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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: [RHEA] Catherine Rhea next part
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:52:23 -0500


pg. 424
'From researches by W. W. Gordon, Jr. Atty., Savannah, Ga.'

The Gordons of Pitlurg. Scotland, senior representatives of
"Jock" Gordon one of the two earliest known progenitors of the family,
have always
regarded themselves as the chiefs of the Gordon family.

John Hampton, of Freehold, Planter, b.___d. 1702 (formerly of
Elphingstone East Lothian, Scotland, "Gardiner") m. Jean_____ had 10
chldr:

JOHN md. 1686-7 Martha Brown dau. Abraham. DAVID. JOSEPH.
ANDREW. JONATHAN. NOAH. ELIZABETH. LYDIA md
Charles Gordon. JANNETT md. 1689 Robert Rhea. JANE md.
1706-7
Nathaniel Fitzrandolph of Woodbridge.

Charles Gordon d. 1740 was on Grand Jury Feb. 22, 1703 Court held at
Shrewsbury:ruling elder in old Tennent 1731: md. Lydia Hampton dau.
John & Jean, will dated Mch. 1739 probated Apr. 1740 mentions chldr:

PETER b. 1703 d. 1770. JOHN, of Perth Amboy (1771) md.
Elizabeth
_____ had chld. Lydia b. 1740. CHARLES, of Monmouth, md. 1st
Dec, 4,
1739 Mary Newell had child. ROBERT b. 1742 md. 2nd 1747
Gertrude wid.
Geo. Walker had chld. Mary b. 1748. DAVID (see Baptismal List
p.211).
LYDIA md. 1740 Timothy Lloyd Jr. ELIZABETH. CATHERINE b.
June 14, 1705 d. Oct. 26, 1757 md. John Barclay d. Feb. 1786,
grand-s. or
great-grand-s. of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonston, Scotland.

Peter Gordon of New Jersey s. Charles & Lydia md. 1st Margaret______
had 4 chldr:

WILLIAM & ELIZABETH twins b. 1734.CATHARINE h. 1736.
ALICE h. 1739.

Peter Gordon s. Chas. & Lydia md. 2nd 1742 Mary Craig d. Archibald &
had 6 chldr. (see Baptismal List p. 211):
MARGARET b. 1743. PETER b. 1745. ARCHIBALD b. 1747 md. 1779
Sicke Van Wicklen. MARY b. 1749. SARAH b. 1752. LEWIS b. 1754.

William Gordon of Freehold, s. Peter s. Charles, b. 1734 d. 1799 md.
Lydia___
had 7 chldr:
DAVID. LEWIS. WILLIAM TENANT. DORCAS. JOHN LLOYD.
CHARLES. ALICE.

David Gordon of Freehold d. 1783 md, 1767 Easter Parent had 9 chldr:
ANNA. REBECCA. TIMOTHY. PETER. DAVID. LEWIS
JAMES. JOHN. ELIZABETH.


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Peter Gordon 'of Crosswicks" (possibly bro. to Charles d. 1740 (Steen)
)
d. 1725 md. Elizabeth Rhea dau. Robert and Janet. made will 1723, had
at time of will 5 chldr., names not stated, said to be:

JONATHAN RHEA b. 1717 d. Aug. 1, 1800. ROBERT (of King-
wood, Hunterdon Co.?) d. 1778 md. 1742 Patience Mount & had
chld.
Patience (of Crosswicks) who md. 1778John Walton. MARGARET
md. 1744 John Yatman had chldr. (see Baptismal List p. 223).
(One of the men who signed the appraisement of the estate of
Peter Gordon in 1725 was "Abraham Lincon.")

Jonathan Rhea Gordon. probably the s. of Peter & Elizabeth, md. Dec. 5,
1748 Margaret Cole, had 7 chldr. (Compare Baptismal List p.210)

AMBROSE b. May 21, 1750 d. June 28, 1804. BARZILLAI b. Apr.2,
1752
d. young. EZEKIEL b. July 3, 1754 d. Feb. 7, 1830.LYDIA b.
Feb.
6, 1757. CATHARINE (or Jane) I). Mch 28, 1760. ELIZABETH b.
Nov. 8,1763.(GENERAL) LEWIS b. Jan.27, 1766 d. July 3, 1841
md.
Miss Jolly, had chld.Eliza Ann.

Ambrose Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Margaret, was Capt. 3rd Continental
Dragoons served in Revolution under Col. Wm. Washington, was Col.
Georgia State Militia: md Elizabeth Meade b. July 30. 1764 d.Jan31,
1838
dau. William of Va. had 6 chldr:
MARGARETTA b. Apr. 2, 1788 md. Oct. 6, 1808 John H. Matthie.
ANNE b. Nov. 10, 1794 md. Mch. 1, 1815 Wm. Clifford Wayne.
WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. June 17, 1796 d. Mch. 20, 1842
MISS1SSIPPI (twin) b. Jan. 18, 1799 md. Dec. 3, 1819 Richard R.
Cuyler.TOMBIGBEE (twin) b Jan.18, 1799 md. June 3, 1824
Harriet Pigott. JULIAN b. Sep.14, 1802.

William Washington Gordon, S. Ambrose & Elizabeth, was 1st. graduate
from Georgia 1815 from U.S. M. Academy. mayor of Savannah, Ga., member
of State Legislature, built 1st railroad in Ga.. was 1st President of C
R. R. of Ga., md. 1826 Sarah Anderson Stites b. 1807 d. June 25. 1882
dau.
Richard Montgonmery Stites & Mary (Wayne), had 6 chldr:
RICHARD.GEORGE ANDERSON b. 1830 d. Oct. 1872.MARY.
WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. Oct. 14, 1834. ELIZA CLIFFORD
GULIELMA CLIFFORD.

George A. Gordon, s, Wm. Washington & Sarah. was Col. 63rd Ga. Con-
federate Army. md. 1st June 1849 Caroline Steinbergen b. 1831 d. 1850
had
chld. George Steenbergen b. 1850 d July 19.1885 md. Mattie Eason d.
1884;
______ Geo. A. Gordon md. 2nd Ellen Beirne d. 1867, had 6 chldr:
LINA md. 1879 Wm. P. Richardson had chld. Margaret. BEVINE
b. July 20. 1857, Lieut. Col. 1st Reg. Cav. G. S. T., md 1882
Elizabeth
Mc Kim Hazlehurst. had 6 chldr. Henry H., Bevine, George A.,
Hazlehurst, Ambrose, Julian. WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. 1860
d. Sep. 1898 md. 1891 Susan Richardson. PERCY b. 1862 md. 1884
Nannie French had chld. Geo. Anderson. RICHARD CUYLER b.
Nov. 26. 1864 md. Apr 12, 1893 Alice Thomas & had chldr.
Alice,
Elizabeth H., Richard C., Julia T. CARTER GRAY b. Aug. 6,
1867.

William Washington Gordon, s. Wm. Washington & Sarah, was Capt. in
Confederate Army, served 3 terms in State Legislature. was Brigadier
General & member of Puerto Rican Peace Commission in Spanish American
War, md. Dec.21, 1857 Eleanor Lytle Kinzie dau. John H. & grand dau.
John the 1st settler in Chicago, Ill., had 6 chldr:

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ELEANOR KINZIE b. Sep.27, 1858 md. Jan. 2, 1884 Richard Wayne
Parker member of Congress from New Jersey, s. Cortlandt Parker &
Elizabeth (Stites) had 5 chldr. Alice G., Eleanor W., Elizabeth
W.,
Wayne, Cortlandt. JULIETTE MAGILL b Oct.31,1860 md. Dec.
21, 1886 Wm. Mackay Low. SARAH ALICE b. Aug. 7, 1863 d.
Dec 30, 1880. WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. Apr. 16, 1866, was
Lieut & Aide de Camp & Attache Puerto Rican Peace Commission in
Spanish Amer. War, Capt. Georgia Hussars, Troop A. 1st Reg.
Cav.
G S P md Mch. 1,1892 Ellen Buchanan Screven dau. Geo. P. &
Ellen & grand-dau. Admiral Franklin Buchanan Confederate States
Navy & had chldr. Wm. W., Ellen B., Margaret E. MABEL MCLANE
b. Oct.28, 1870 md. Oct.31, 1899 Hon. Rowland Charles
Frederick Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth England, had
chldr.
Margaret R., Rowland H. G. GEORGE ARTHUR b. Aug.30, 1872,
Col. 1st Reg. Inf. G. S. T.

Eliza Clifford Gordon, dau. Wm. W. & Sarah, b. Nov. 11, 1837 md. Apr.
16, 1857 William Henry Stiles, had 9 chldr:
WILLIAM HENRY md. Elizabeth Chadwick had chldr. Wm. H.,
John C.. Hugh G.. Frances D., Gulielma, Eliza G., Robert M.,
Joe M..
Charles P. GULIELMA CLIFFORD. WILLIAM GORDON
md. Elizabeth Boales had chldr. Delcena, Eliza C., William G.,
Elizabeth M. MARY COWPER md. H. J. Swann. ALFRED.
ELLEN BEVINE. ETHEL GORDON. ROBERT MACKAY.
GEORGE GORDON md. Penelope Crumbliss had chldr. Penelope H.,
Ethel G.

Gulielimma Clifford Gordon, dau. Wm. W. & Sarah, b. Nov. 6,1840 md.
Jan.
22, 1863 George Evelyn Harrison b. June 20, 1837, of Brandon Va. had 5
chldr.
GULIELMA GORDON b. July 2,1864 md. Dec. 9.1903 Richard
Randolph Cuyler. GEORGE EVELYN b. July 30,1866 md. Sep: 18.
1890 Mary Walker had chldr. Evelyn B., Virginia R. WILLIAM
GORDON b;Oct.2, 1869 md. Nov.11, 1903 Sarah Hull King. IS-
ABELLA RITCHIE b. June 18, 1873. ROBERT CLIFFORD b.
June 1,1875 md. Dec.21, 1897 Eliza Mackay Huger had chld.
Isabella.

Ezekiel Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Margaret, md. June 24, 1784 Mary
Combs d. July 7,1832 had 4 chldr:

JONATHAN RHEA b. Mch. 1785 d. May 13,1831.
JOHN EARL b. Sep.26, 1791 md. Feb.24, 1823 Lydia Hampton had chld.
George C. who lived at Marlboro. N.J. & had chld.
John Earl.
SARAH COMBS b. Nov.24, 1793 d. Dec. 2, 1793.
JOSEPH C. b. Jan.24, 1795 md. Mary Hampton.

Jonathan Rhea Gordon, s. Ezkiel & Mary, md. Oct.23, 1805 Jane
Covenhoven d. 1832, had chldr:
Seven chldr. names not known. WILLIAM JONATHAN. DR.
LEWIS J. MARY, unmarried, lived on farm in Monmouth Co. N.
J. owner of family Bible.

William Jonathan Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Jane, lived in Cleveland,
Ohio, md. May 25, 1843.Charlotte Gertrude Champlin dau. Wm. Howard
Champlin. had 4 chldr:
CHARLES md. June 15, 1871 Mary Augusta Smythe dau. H. Smythe
of New York, had 5 boys & 2 girls. GEORGIANNA d. Jan. 9, 1876
md. viscount Alphonse Vilain XIII of Belgium. Two other
children
died in infancy.

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Dr. Lewis J. Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Jane, md.had 3 chldr:
DR. JONATHAN RHEA d. in New York July 1902. ROBERT
BRUCE, of Bradevelt, N.J. A daughter, md. John C. Sheffield of
Alachua, Fla.
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