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From: "Patricia Hall" <>
Subject: [RHEA] Catherine Rhea and family
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 15:53:58 -0500


GORDON (See Craig)

RESPONSE:

"THE HISTORY OF OLD TENNENT CHURCH"
BY
Rev. Frank Symmes

pg. 210
'Early Baptismal, Records in Old Tennent Church, Mostly During
the Pastorate of Rev. William Tennent, Jr.'

Jonathan Gordon, had bap. Ambrose, July 1,1750; Priscilla, Apr.26,
1752;
Ezekiel, Aug. 4, 1754; Jane, Apr. 17, 1757; Catharine, June 1, 1760;
Elizabeth, Jan.22, 1764; Lewis, Apr. 6, 1766.

Charles Gorden, son of David Gordon, had hap.___ __, 1762; Hannah,
Oct. 7, 1764.


Pg. 211 Baptisms cont.

John Gordon, had bap. Lydia, June 15, 1740.

David Gordon, had bap. Charles, Jan. 31, 1742; John, Sep. 11, 1743;
Elizabeth, June 1, 1746; William, Apr. 3, 1748; David, May 27, 1750;
Hannah, June 28, 1752; Alice, Sept. 21,1754; Peter, Apr.15, 1759;
Lewis, Nov.22, 1761.

Charles Gordon, had bap. Robert, Sep 17, 1742; Mary, the first child by
Gertrude his Second Wife, which had been George Walker's Wife &
Widow, Dec.11, 1748.


Peter Gordon, had bap. William & Elizabeth. twins, Nov. 3, 1734;
Catharine, Oct. 17,1736; Alice, Apr: 15,1739; Margaret, the first child
by his Second wife, Mary Craig, Jan. 8. 1744; Peter, Nov. 3, 1745;
Archibald, Feb.21, 1748; Mary, Mar. 4, 1750; Sarah, Jan. 5, 1752;
Lewis, July 7, 1754


The rest all comes from 'Genealogy Notes' found in the same book.

pg. 399 - 400
From a research by D. Van Derveer Perrine, Freehold, NJ.

Robert Rhea, the settler, "Bought headland in 1688 of John Keighn. In
1691 he had land from the Proprietors May 26, 1691 he had land from the
noted George Keith who then lived in Philadelphia & in 1693 the
Proprietors confirmed the title." Subsequently he is frequently named
in ancient records & in some deeds he is called a carpenter. "The
ancient Rhea farm since called the Kerr or Carr farm, & owned in late
years by D. D. Denise is situated a short distance Southwest of
Freehold on the Hightstown road. On this farm the main part of the
Battle of Monmouth took place, and here the old family burying ground
is situated." (Salter's History &c). Note: Carr (not Kerr) was the
tenant on the family. Robert d. Jan. 18. 1719 & was bur. in the family
plot. His will in Sec. of State office, Trenton, Book A p.119 was made
Apr. 10, 1718, a memorandum taken May 27. 1719 & recorded June 20, 1719
& gives the name of his w. and children as follows; w. Jannet. had 6
children:
DAVID.ELIZABETH.CATHERINE.MARGARET.
ISABEL.MARY.
The following taken from the journal of Geo. Keith as recorded in Ellis
History of Monmouth p.412. Jan. 4, 1703. I came to the home of Robert
(Rhea) Rey in Freehold in East Jersey accompanied with Thomas Boels,
and lodged at his house that night. At his & his wife's desire I
baptized all his children. some boys & some girls in number five. His
wife is come over to the Church, but he was not then thoroughly out of
Quakerism.

Janet Rhe, w. Robert, d. Jan. 15, 1761 aged 93 years. Her will was
probated Sep. 4, 1761; she names in this will her s. David Rhe, her
dau. Elizabeth?, her s.-in-law James English, her grand-daus. Janet
Rhe, Margaret Gordon, w. John Yetman, Anne VanSkyack & her great grand
dau. Isabella VanSkyack dau John Yetman. This Janet Rhe, w. Robert,
Sr., was the dau. John Hampton who came to America from Scotland prior
to 1683 as he recorded the importation of his children in that year to
Perth Amboy, viz. Janet, Elizabeth, Lydia. John & David: the mother of
his children was Martha. Records show that John Hampton bought
considerable land: he d. 1702 & Robert Rhe is named in his will as
executor. Robert Rhe md. Nov. 9. 1689 Janet Hampton at Shrewsbury (see
Quaker Records of Shrewsbury). About 1880 a relic was exhibited at
Sandy Hook near Red Bank:

"A large chair of dark wood supposed to be cherry, bearing the Rhe
initials ornamented with Scotch thistle."

David (I) Rhea (s. Robt. Rhea & Jannet Hampton) d. May 15, 1761 aged
64 yrs. & 2 mos. bur. in Rhea family plot; was nominated Judge of
Common Pleas Mch. 16, 1756 by Jonathan Belcher; ordained Elder in Old
Ten. Ch. June 1, 1735 (see Ellis History p.685); his will was recorded
July 27, 1761 naming as executor his sons John & Robert & Rev. Wm.
Tennent, & mentions his wife & children. He md. Anne______, d. Aug.26,
1777; he bought land of Geo. Hampton Dec.16, 1731 & also of Wm.
Covenhoven Feb.18, 1750 John Rhea a witness; had 7 children:

DAVID bap. Sep. 22, 1740 d. June 14, 1821 in 81st yr.
unmarried, was Lieut. Col. in Battle of Monmouth, sheriff of Monmouth
Co. 1785. bur. at Old Ten. JOHN a merchant in Phila. Pa. d. 1773.
ROBERT (2) d. Sep 21, 1777.ELEANOR bap. Dec. 30, 1733.JANET
b. Apr. 10, 1736; bap. May 16, 1736; d. Jan. 31, 1813 in 77th yr. bur.
at Old Ten. ANNA bap. Mch. 6, 1743. JONATHAN bap. Sep.26, 1731.

Catherine (Robert; supposed the dau of Robt. & Janet) d. Sep. 29, 1784
not known where bur.

Margaret (I) Rhea, dau. Robt. (1) & Jannet, md. Peter GORDON, had 3
children ;

JONATHAN RHEA, b. 1717 md. Margaret Cole dau. Wm. Cole (see
"New Jersey Coast," Vol. 2p. 182). ROBERT md. Patience_____.
MARGARET md. John Yateman (see Baptismal Record under Rev.
Wm. Tennent).
.....
PAGE 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 b. 1736.
ALICE b. 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.


Pg. 425
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. June25. 1882
dau. Richard Montgomery 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 Porto 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:
Pg. 426
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 Porto Rican Peace Commission in
Spanish Amer. War, Capt. Georgia Hussars, Troop A. 1st Reg.
Cav. G S T 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. ISABELLA 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.

Pg. 427
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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