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From: "Pamelyn P. Bush" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Re: Myers, Fox, Davenport, Haver, Coles, etc.
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 11:54:49 -0400
References: <000e01c56914$4d5f49c0$0200a8c0@carolxp> <42A2D2B5.2010904@iowatelecom.net> <003801c569e6$388ff440$0300a8c0@home4ttgf657k6>


Oops. The Haver-Davenport marriage was 31 Jan 1863. Sorry. 1840 was the
Davenport-Myers marriage date.
Pam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pamelyn P. Bush" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 11:49 AM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Myers, Fox, Davenport, Haver, Coles, etc.


> Lucinda Myers and Samuel Davenport had another daughter, Amy Elizabeth
> Davenport, born 2 January 1845, married 4 June 1840 to William Elias
Haver.
> She died 23 November 1908 and is buried in Locust Grove Cemetery with her
> husband. They lived in Franklin Twp and had 11 children including a first
> born, Ellsworth Haver, who died at age 4 and was the first burial in the
> "new" Locust Grove Cemetery. This is not our family, but I did a little
> research for my husband's uncle by marriage whose family lived in Franklin
> Twp for almost 200 years. The Myers, Fox, Coles, Davenport and older
Haver
> information was given to me by Richard Reger who has been actively
> researching Lucinda Myers Davenport's ancestry for several years.
>
> Quakertown has three cemeteries, two in excellent condition. It is a shame
> to see what has become of the Nixon Craven Burying Ground. We need a
program
> in NJ similar to Adopt-A-Highway called Adopt-A-Cemetery where care would
be
> provided to non-incorporated cemeteries by removing weeds and finding
stones
> that have been covered by earth in the 20th century. It isn't enough to
> transcribe the inscriptions. Until Locust Grove was founded, the
> Nixon-Craven families provided an area where Quakertown families who were
> not Quakers, could bury their dead. This is why most of the Methodists
were
> buried there, and the Baptists were buried in Cherryville Cemetery
adjacent
> to the Cherryville Baptist church and the Presbyterians were buried in Mt.
> Pleasant. A history of the Quakertown United Methodist Church, founded
1836,
> was written by Kenneth V. Myers, a Hunterdon Co historian, for their 150th
> anniversary celebration in 1986 and contains some of this information.
>
> It would be interesting to me to have a list of all the children of Samuel
> and Lucinda Davenport. I had no idea this couple was of interest to anyone
> except Richard and myself. A nice surprise!
>
> Pam
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Myers" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers
>
>
> > The following is about all I have for John Myers
> >
> > There may very well be two John A Myers. Some information I have is very
> > close to matching
> > but not close enough to make a positive match. *John Myers #1* married
> > *Elizabeth Fox* -
> > *John #2* married *Mary Polly Myres. *
> >
> > John A. Miers/Myers b. 8 Jan 1789 d. Apr 1858 m. & Mar 1814 Hunterdon
> > Co., NJ. Elizabeth Fox info from Hunterdon Historical Newsletter Fall
> > 1984; Mormon Library in E. Brunswick N.J.
> >
> > MARY POLLY7 MIRES (SIMON JOHNSON6 MYERS, ANDREW5, IDE4 MEYER,
> > ANDRIES3, JAN DIRKSZEN2, DIRCK1) was born Abt. 1794 in Raritan,
> > Hunterdon Co., NJ,
> > and died January 07, 1850 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. She married
> > *JOHN A. MYERS *
> > July 23, 1814 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was born Abt. 1789 in
> > Hunterdon Co., NJ,
> > and died February 09, 1850 in Raritan, Hunterdon Co., NJ.
> >
> > More About MARY POLLY MIRES:
> > Burial: 1850, Sandy Ridge Cem., Hunterdon Co., NJ
> >
> > Notes for MARY POLLY MIRES:
> > Source - William A. Morrow and Lori Graff
> > _______________________________________
> > Children of MARY MYRES and JOHN MYERS are:
> > CORNELIUS4 MYERS, b. August 28, 1824, Hunterdon County, New Jersey;
> > d. October 03, 1909, Algone, Kassuth County, IA, buried Silver Lake
> > Cemetery, Lake Park, IA.
> > JOHN MYERS, b. June 12, 1828, Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ;
> > d. February 15, 1910, Fairfield Twp., Bureau County, IL, buried
> > Greenville Cemetery, Fairfield Twp
> > ELIZABETH MIRES, b. March 12, 1815, New Jersey; d. Bureau County, IL.
> > SARAH ANN MIRES, b. March 09, 1821; d. May 28, 1902,
> > Buried in Sandy Ridge Cemetery, Hunterdon County, NJ; m. GEORGE
YOUNG.
> > CATHERINE MIRES, b. April 11, 1816.
> > _______________________________________
> > 1830 census for NJ, Hunterdon Co, Amwell Twp image 57 Ancestry.com:
> > John A Myers age bet 40-50
> > Two males under 5
> > One female bet 5-10
> > One female bet 30-40.
> >
> > Also 1830 census for NJ, Hunterdon Co, Amwell Twp image 79 Ancestry.com:
> > Jacob Myers age bet 40-50
> > Two males under 5
> > One female bet 5-10
> > One female 10-15
> > One female bet 30-40.
> >
> > 1840 census for NJ H'don Del Twp image 3 Ancestry.com
> > John age 50-60
> > 2 m 15-20
> > 1 f 40-50
> >
> > 1850 census NJ H'don Co, Alexandria Twp image 61:
> > John B or A Miers age 61, miller, b NJ
> > Elizabeth 57, b NJ
> > Samuel 23, b NJ
> > Rebecca 17, b NJ
> >
> > Gary
> > _________________________________
> >
> > Carol Parks wrote:
> >
> > >Gary, Marfy, and any one else interested,
> > >
> > >I recently discovered that I, too, am a descendant of Albertus Myers.
> Not
> > >through Cornelius but through another son, John, born 8 Jan 1789, died
16
> > >May 1879, who married Elizabeth Fox on 7 Mar 1814. I was wondering if
> you
> > >had any additional information on John's line.
> > >
> > >Carol
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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