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From: "Perry Streeter" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] HENDERSON
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:08:36 -0500
In-Reply-To: <1da.15d87e78.2cffb998@aol.com>


Wendy:

ii. John, b. 1743; d. 27 Oct 1834: "John Richey who
departed this life 27 October 1834 in the 91st yr
of his age"; bur. Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield
Township, Warren Co., NJ (Tombstone); m. Elizabeth
(_____) Henderson, m. (1) 1781 David Henderson who
d. before 12 March 1788 per his father John's will
("Henderson, John, of Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co.,
yeoman, will of," New Jersey Post-Revolutionary
Documents: Calendar of Wills--1786-1790
[hereinafter NJPRD], 107). On 5 Feb 1789, John and
Elizabeth, were appointed guardians of her son,
John Henderson, b. about 1780 ("Henderson, John, of
Hunterdon Co. Ward. Son of David Henderson, of
said Co., deceased," NJPRD, 107). The Richeys
resided in Warren Co., NJ. (Kathryn E. Carlson
[hereinafter Carlson], correspondence, 3 September
1998).
The history of John's home, the "Richey-Dunham
House" is detailed in Early Architecture of Warren
County [New Jersey] by Dennis N. Bertland:

This large brick house stands on a low hill
just west of the Cemetery Road several miles
south of Washington. The earliest known
record of the property is the purchase in 1837
by Adam and Sarah Runkle from Mercey Richey
Dunham. Mercey inherited the place--which
apparently had been in the family for many
years--from her father John Richey (57).

Upon the death of her father [Sarah (Richey)
Runkle] inherited a fine farm in the
Musconetcong Valley, to which her husband
largely added by purchasing from her sister,
Mrs. Dunham, an adjoining property" (The
Runkle Family, 66).

Children, surname Richey (Carlson): 1. William,
b. 1 April 1783; d. 27 Aug 1854; bur. Musconetcong
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard; m. Mary Farley. 2.
John, b. 28 Jan 1785; d. 3 Sep 1862; bur. Asbury
Methodist Episcopal Church; m. Mansfield Township,
Warren Co., NJ 17 Feb 1820 Mary Strader (Mansfield
Church Records). 3. Sarah, b. 3 Dec 1786; d. 12
Jan 1878; m. Adam Runkle, b. Runkle "homestead
farm," Hunterdon Co., NJ 18 Jan 1766; d. Easton, PA
18 Oct 1850; both bur. Burke burial-plot, Easton
Cemetery, Easton, PA (The Runkle Family, 66). 4.
Mercy, b. 30 April 1789; b. 25 July 1842; bur.
buried Asbury, NJ; m. 12 March 1817 Silas Dunham;
direct ancestors of Kathryn E. Carlson. 5.
Elizabeth, b. 18 April 1791; m. Jacob Creveling.
6. George, b. Asbury, NJ 15 April 1794; d. 3 Nov
1871, m. Sarah Williamson.

For more information, please see the RICHEY documents at
www.perry.streeter.com. Corrections and additions will be greatly
appreciated!

Perry

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As long as people are looking for the HENDERSON family, thought I'd throw my
missing member into the mix. Elizabeth HENDERSON, m. John RICHEY
(1743-1834).
That's the sum total of my info on the poor woman. Any clues out there?

Wendy Heitzman

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