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Subject: Re: Rhea Family Group Sheet
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 20:50:21 -0500 (EST)

Re> Martha Luby's group sheet.

What I understand is that there were four distinct branches of Rheas in the
United States. which came either directly from Scotland or from Scotland
through Ireland. They were all presbyterians of the Coventer type. One
branch settled in New Jersey before 1680. The ancestoral farm of this family
is at Freehold, New Jersey. This farm is the old battleground of the Battle
of Monmouth and contains the graves of many of these early New Jersey Rheas.
Colonel David Rhea of this branch was a participant in the Battle of
Monmouth. Another member of the family was also in the Revolutionary War and
also in the War of 1812. Before his death, he was Commisssioned General. He
was a distinguished lawyer of Trenton N.J., one of the founders of Jersey
City, New Jersey, and was buried in the Presbyterian Cemetary at Trenton.
His name was John Rhea.

This is an exerpt of a 18 page letter written by Frank H. Rhea, Springfield,
Ill. to my g.g.uncle James Harvey Rhea , August 9, 1913. Frank descended
from William Rhea and Elizabeth Clark>James Rhea and Elizabeth Meek>James
Rhea and Rachel Jolliff > William Rhea>Thomas Rhea.

Pat

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