64. Moses Conger
Moses CongerPARENTS: Job Conger and Mary Keziah Thorp
BIRTH: Abt. 1732, per Harold Murton Hyde
EMIGRATION: In 1759 Job and Lydia Conger moved to Nine Partners (Now Millbrook, NY) where a syndicate in which he had an interest had purchased land. His younger brother, Moses Conger, went with them. After several years Moses moved to Danby, Vermont and Job moved to Albany Co., NY. (From Franklin Barker Conger's notes.)
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, 276 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)EMIGRATION: Moses Conger remained in Woodbridge until 1771 when he offered his land for sale. CFA I, p. 275.
PROBATE: Moses Conger inherited, through the will of his father, one half of the estate, and his brother, Enoch, inherited the other half, but was to have the use of one half of the Salt Marsh willed to Moses, for a term of seven years father the death of his father, Job, which might indicate that Moses Conger was but 14 years of age at the dating of his father's will in 1749, and that it would be seven years before he would attain his full right at the age of 21, which would be in 1765 -- thereby indicating the year of his birth to be about 1735.Both were forbidden to dispose of their inheritance until they had reached the age of 30 years, which in the case of Moses would be about 1765. He was known to have been living upon his estate in Rahway, NJ as late as 1771.
RESIDENCES: The two older brothers of Moses Conger, Job Jr., and Enoch, removed to Dutchess county, New York and later Job removed to Albany county, New York and Enoch to Danby, Vermont, about 1770. Moses apparently remained in Middlesex county, New Jersey.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 377 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
LAND:
On 18 Feb 1771, the following notice appeared in the "Weekly Post Boy," #1498: "Notice is hereby given that the plantation of Moses Conger is to be sold by a public sale to the highest bidder at vendue, on the 25th day of March in the afternoon, if not sold at a private sale before."It is well situated for a gentleman, a tradesman or farmer, allowed good land lying in Woodbridge, Rahway Neck, adjoining that pleasant river which afford[s] fish in plenty in season, and is navigable for boats, sloops, etc.. There is a tolerable good house and barn. It is exceedingly well watered, some wood and fine orchard, and another one which is considerably older. It contains by estimation between 70 and 80 acres of upland, nearly 15 acres of Salt Marsh, as handy and as good as any in that part. Any person wanting such may apply to the subscriber before the day of the sale, who will give good title, and reasonable terms N.B., said place likes convenient for a ferry to be erected across the Rahway River to Elizabethtown. (signed) Moses Conger."
It is not known if this was his own land he was selling, or the land of his nephew, Jonathan Coddington, of whose will he was an executor. However, the Salt Marsh is mentioned, so this may have been his land.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 377 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
LEGAL_MATTER:
The next, and last, mention we have concerning Moses Conger is that in the April term of court in 1771, John Watson sued Moses Conger, and at the July term of the same year Abraham Shotwell sued Moses Conger. No particulars are given in the Middlesex county Court Records.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 377 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)EMIGRATION:
It has been noted that until 1771 the name of Moses Conger was mentioned quite frequently in the Middlesex county, [NJ] county court records. After that date, there is no further mention of him in any source in New Jersey. Judging from the number of lawsuits in which he was involved, it is surmiesed that he removed from New Jersey to Kentucky [no source citation], and later on went to what is now Cincinnati, Ohio. He may have removed, with his family, to Kentucky between 1785 and 1790.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 378 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)TAX_LIST: Moses Conger was listed in the 1800 tax of Shelby county, Kentucky.
(CFA I, p. 378)
RECOLLECTIONS: According to a letter from Dr. Mount Johnson of Venango, Crawford county, Penn., dated 2 Feb 1911:
"As the tradition went, Moses Conger and a relative unknown, left New Jersey and started west. Moses Conger had his leg broken somewhere in the mountains, between New Jersey and Wheeling, West Virginia [sic, Virginia]. Whether the relative deserted him or was killed by the Indians, Moses never knew."He was taken in by a Quaker family, where he remained about a year, and then floated down the Ohio River to some place in Kentucky. Of his subsequent career, nothing is known until he went with other volunteeers called for by Governor Isaac Sheel, to go to Fort Washington (now Cincinnati) and from there with 'Mad' Anthony Wayne, to the balled of Fallen Timbers in August 1794.
"On his return he was favorably impressed with the lands in Mill Creek Valley in Hamilton County, Ohio, and tried to buy a quarter section of land, but did not have money enough. However, in the spring of 1795 he removed from Kentucky to Ohio, and squatted on some land there, and worked for the Ludlow family, at or near Cincinnati.
"In 1798, his wife died and was buried where not stands the First Presbyterian Church, near the corner of 4th and Main Streets. About 1841, the bodies were removed from this burial ground, and in the removal of bodies, the charts and files were lost.
"In 1804, Moses Conger removed to the Bray place near Westwood, as it is now called.
"In 1809, he died west of the great Miami River, near the present town of Harrison, Ohio, practically on the Indiana line (of milk sickness)."
Dr. Johnson referred to his great uncle, Daniel, so his grandmother must have been Ara Conger, who married John Banos. His mother died of Asiatic Cholera on 12 Jul 1850 and was buried in Banos Graveyard. She was born in 1813 and married in 1834.
[Note: Mrs. Leonard is confused about the relationship of Dr. Mount Johnson. His mother, Ara Conger, married Henry Johnson. His grandparents were: John Hendricks Conger and Nancy Grady and his great grandparents were Moses Conger and Miss Hendricks. This conclusion reached based on where Ara Conger's brother, Daniel McFarlane Conger, fits in the family tree. REH]He mentioned visting the widow of his mother's [note listed in CFA I, p. 378, as g/mother's] brother, Daniel McFarlane Conger, living at Peoria, Illinois and his mother's only sister, Caroline Conger Wallace, who was buried in Lincoln, Ill. When the above letter was weitten from Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Johnson was 76 years of age.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 378 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
DEATH-QUESTION: It is reported that he died in Harrison, OH. There are many places and townships named, Harrison, in the state of Ohio. It is not clear if the death was in the town of Harrison, Hamilton Co., OH.
RESIDENCES: "of Elizabethtown"
65. Esther Conger
Esther CongerPARENTS: Job Conger and Mary Keziah Thorp
Problem: Was the date of death, 19 Oct 1804 at Centre Co., PA or as listed in CFA II, p. 364, 9 Oct 1804 at Penn's Valley, PA?
John LivingstonBIRTH-ERROR: Birth date listed as, Dec 1799, in CFA II, p. 364. The year is probably an error.
243. Daniel Livingston
Unmarried.
244. David Livingston
David LivingstonProblem: Was the date of death Mar 1789 in Centre Co., PA or as listed in CFA II, 364, 1 Nov 1789?
245. Robert Livingston
Robert LivingstonDEATH: CFA II, p. 364 lists the death as, Mar or Nov 1789.
NEVER_MARRIED: Unmarried
John ReedAKA: John Reed(?) in CFA II, p. 364.
249. Isabella Livingston
Isabella LivingstonDEATH-PROBLEM: Dates of Aft. 1838 and Aft. 1841 have been listed. CFA II, p. 364 lists, Aft. 1838.
252. Samuel Livingston
Samuel LivingstonBIRTH: "11 or 17 May 1777" listed in CFA II, p. 364.
John AlwardRELATIONSHIP: Samuel Ford, who married Rachel Cawood, was the uncle of John Alward, who married Ruth Cawood, the sister of Rachel. The mother of John Alward was Anne (Ford), who married, John Alward (senior).
Samuel FordBIRTH: Ancestral Files says he was probably born at Brookhaven, Long Island, NY.
RELATIONSHIP: Samuel Ford, who married Rachel Cawood, was the uncle of John Alward, who married Ruth Cawood, the sister of Rachel. The mother of John Alward was Anne (Ford), who married, John Alward (senior).
Ebenezer FordPROBLEM: Was this person's surname really, Ford, like his wife? He is listed that way in Ancestral File.
76. Daniel Conger
Daniel CongerPARENTS: Benjamin Conger and Experience Foord
DEATH: "age 57 of Dropsey"
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 92 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RESIDENCES: Morristown, NJ and New Vernon
BIOGRAPHY: Daniel Conger served in the Revolution in Capt. Ballard's Company, 3rd Bn, Second Establishment, and in Captain Stillwell's Co., 4th Reg. of Hunterdon Militia. Jonas, [his son?] was a Private in the Revolution.
Deaths of Daniel and Mary are recorded in the Presbyterian and Baptist records of Morristown, NJ, published in 1806.
Children, Jonas, Benjamin, Zipporah and Abigail are mentioned in the will of the grandfather, Benjamin.
Maxine Leonard, believed that son, Benjamin, b. 1757, was married to Rachel Armstrong rather than Phoebe Armstrong. If it was Phoebe, she was his first wife and Rachel his second. [Note: She doesn't state how she arrived at this conclusion. REH]
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 92 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Mary UnknownDEATH: "age 46, of smallpox."
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
257. Jonas Conger
Jonas CongerPARENTS: Daniel Conger and Mary
259. Zipporah Conger
Zipporah CongerPARENTS: Daniel Conger and Mary
SPOUSE: Samuel Moore is listed as a 2nd spouse of Zipporah Conger in Ancestral File.
77. Abigail Conger
Abigail CongerPARENTS: Benjamin Conger and Experience Foord
QUESTION: What does the place name, Morris Plains, have to do with the death of Abigail Conger Stiles?
Ebenezer StilesAKA: Ebenezar Stiles and Ebeneezer Stiles in Ancestral File.
78. Benjamin Conger
Benjamin CongerPARENTS: Benjamin Conger and Experience Foord
270. Lydia Conger
Lydia CongerPROBATE: Mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Benjamin Conger.
81. Enoch Conger
Enoch CongerPARENTS: Benjamin Conger and Experience Foord
RESEARCHER: Sharon Reichert of California was interested in this line of the Conger family.
MILITARY: According to Sharon Reichert, Enoch Conger served in the Revolutionary War. [No source citation given.]
LEGAL_MATTER: Enoch Conger advertised in the New Jersey Gazette on 9 Sep 1778 that a strange bay mare had broken into his pasture in Morristown in June previous and requested the owner to come and take it away.
(Source: New Jersey Arch. 2nd Ser., Vol. 2, p. 415 - CFA I, p. 161)CHILD-DEATH: From the Register of Deaths of Morristown, NJ, "A child of Enoch Conger died June 26, 1778" -- no age or name. (CFA I, p. 161)
PROBATE: The will of Enoch Conger (N.J. Wills Liber 39, p. 478) is dated at Morris Township, Morris County, New Jersey, 9 Apr 1801 and was proved 21 Dec of the same year, a few days after his death.To wife Susanah he left the usual one third of his moveable property and the use of one third of his real estate for the remainder of her life.
To son David he left the homestead farm, 90 acres and 5 1/2 acres in the great swamp, which was bought from Aaron Goble.
To son Enoch he left 7 pounds, the young man having had his share.
To daughter Nancy he left 100 pounds.
To daughter Theodosia Fairchild he left 30 pounds.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 161 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
273. Enoch Conger
Enoch CongerPARENTS: Enoch Conger and Susanna Whitehead
274. Nancy Conger
Nancy CongerPARENTS: Enoch Conger and Susanna Whitehead
82. Lydia Conger
Lydia CongerPARENTS: Benjamin Conger and Experience Foord
ERROR: Ancestral File lists her date of death as, 11 Dec 1765. This is an error. That is the date of her marriage, which is listed correctly in the same file.
COMMENT: Still single at the time her father's will was written in 1762.
Henry GoblePARENTS: Believed to be the son of Deacon Jonas Goble and Maliatiah Towne.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 741 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)CHILDREN: Benoni and Abner Goble are issue of Henry Goble and Lydia Conger. The other children are believed to be their issue.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 741 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
John StollAKA: Listed as "John Stull Stoll" in Ancestral File
AKA: Jan Stoll, CFA II, p. 433; Jan Stoll/Stull, b. 1726, CFA II, p. 433
QUESTION: What is is name of this person?