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From: Charla A Marchione< >
Subject: [RHEA-L] Re: RHEAs of Monmouth County, NJ (2nd installment)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:57:01 -0400


Continuing from the book History of Old Tennent, this is installment #2
from a section of the book describing the RHEA family of Monmouth Co.,
NJ.

Robert (2) RHEA of Allentown (note this is Allentown, NJ which is located
just outside Trenton), d. Sep. 21, 1777 s. David (Robert) & Anne RHEA,
was a farmer; he & his w. 1772 owned land the title of which began at
Tennent parsonae; Robert's will was probated Dec. 8, 1777, md. dec. 18,
1744 Mary FORMAN d. Sep. 24, 1777 dau. of Jonathan & Margaret (WYCKOFF)
FORMAN, marriage recorded at Trenton, had 10 children:

MARGARET bap. Aug. 24, 1746 d. Nov. 10, 1747 aged 1 yr. 3 mos. 17 da.
bur. in the family plot. DAVID bap. Sep. 18, 1748 d. Aug. 11, 1752 aged
3 yrs. 11 mos. 20 da. bur. in family plot. MARGARET bap. Mch. 17, 1751
d. Aug. 16, 1752 aged 1 yr. 6 mos. 7 da. bur. in family plot. ANNE (2)
bap. Sep. 9, 1753 named in will, md. as 2nd wife to Major Ben. LEDYARD.
MARY (2) bap. dec. 6, 1755 not named in will, md. Major Wm. MONTGOMERY.
JONATHAN (2) bap. Apr. 9, 1758 named in will, inherited 90 acres. JAMES
bap. Sep. 28, 1760 named in will, inherited 1/3 of farm = 350. ROBERT
(3) bap. dec. 15, 1765 named in will, inherited 1/3 of farm = 350 except
90 acres conveyed to Jonathan. MARGARET (3) bap. June 26, 1768 not
named in will, md. Michael JOHNSON.

Eleanor RHEA, probably dau. of David (Robert) & Anne, d. Mch. 14, 1807 in
74th yr., bur. at Old Ten. md. May 28, 1753 Wm. CRAIG, son of Archibald
d. Oct. 18, 1806 bur. at Old Ten., had 12 children: (see under Craig
notes).

Janet RHEA, dau. of David (1) & Anne, b. Apr. 10, 1736, d. Jan. 31, 1813
md. Feb. 11, 1757 Aaron DAVIS, d. Jan. 26, 1803 in 80th yr., they lived
on the John BOWNE property near Freehold. CATHERINE b. Dec. 25, 1759
unmarried. PHEBE b. Dec. 31, 1761. ELEANOR b. Mch. 15, 1766 md. Aaron
CASLER. ELIZABETH b. Dec. 28, 1768 md. Garret DENISE, son of Daniel.
JANET, b. Apr. 29, 1774 d. Jan. 16, 1858 md. Wm. COVENHOVEN, son of John.
AARON b. Feb. 25, 1777.

Jonathan (1) RHEA, yeoman, son of David & Anne, d. May 23, 1767 aged 35
yrs. 9 mos. 1 da. bur. in family plot, md. Oct. 8, 1753 Lydia FORMAN b.
1734 dau. of Aaron FORMAN b. 1693 & Ursilla, will recorded at Trenton
July 8, 1767 children mentioned in the will:

DAVID (4) bap. May 11, 1755. AARON bap. May 8, 1757 graduated at
Princeton Coll. 1776. JOHN (2) bap. Apr. 4, 1762 graduated at Princeton
Coll. 1780. ESTHER bap. July 29, 1759. ANNE (3) bap. Oct. 25, 1767.
They had another dau. named Anne who d. when 5 mos of age bur. in RHEA
family plot.

Anna (1) RHEA, dau. David (Robert) & Anna, md. Nov. 1, 1763 Henry
ROBINSON, s of James, d. Apr. 3, 1768 in his 27th yr., recorded at
Trenton, had issue:

CHARITY bap. Apr. 14, 1765.

One Anna RHEA md. to Jacob WEST had issue:

ANN b. May 28, 1774 d. April 12, 1754 md. John BUCK b. July 7, 1768 (see
"NJ Coast" vol. 3, p. 11).

Jonathan (2) RHEA, son of Robert (2) & Mary (FORMAN) RHEA, b. Apr. 12,
1758 md. Maria Matilda ---, had children:

Probably GERTRUDE MARIA, ---wife of Major HALLET. ROBERT (4) IMLAY b.
at Freehold 1783 admitted to Society of Cincinnati July 4, 1816 d. Dec.
12,1816 at Charleston Harbor, SC. 3rd A dau. md. Garrett Dorset WALL b.
Mch. 10, 1783 d. Nov. 12, 1850 at Burlington, NJ, son of James WALL.

Mary (2) RHEA, dau. Robert (2) & Mary FORMAN RHEA, md. June 13, 1778
Major Wm. MONTGOMERY of Monmouth Co., b. 1750 d. 1815, had 7 children:

WILLIAM W. b. Dec. 7, 1778 d. 18-- of New Orleans, La. md. Marie Louise
PULCHERI AUGUSTINE, dau. Jean Baptiste Michael Piver d'ELINCOURT, Kings
Atty. in San Domingo under Louis XVI. MARY b. 1784 d. 1862 md. Col.
James HAY of Monmouth Co. ROBERT RHEA b. 1786 d. 1857 of New Orleans,
La. md. Eliza McCUTCHEON, dau. Samuel of Louisiana. JONATHAN b. 1788 of
New Orleans, La. unmarried. ANN b. 1790 d. 1861 md. John K. THOMPSON
of Iberville Parish, La. DAVID b. 1792 d. 1862 of Kentucky. MARIE
MATILDA b. 1798 md. John TITUS of Trenton, NJ.

This is the end of the second installment. More to come. I know this is
hard to follow but I have typed it the way it appears in the book.

charla in nj

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