Albert Voorhees 1786-1863 -- William Geddis connection
Albert Van Voorhees or Voorhies was born December 28, 1786, in New Jersey.He married Rachel Groff or Graff on December 7, 1809, in New Jersey.Rachel was born about April, 1786, and died August 16, 1850, in her sixty-fourth year.Albert died March 17, 1863, in his seventy-seventh year.Both are buried at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church Yard,Morris County, NJ.We are hoping that someone will recognize a family name and we will be able to identify Albert’s parents.Their children are:
*Eliza Voorhees, b. 2-5-1803 NJ, d. 1-15-1888 NJ
m. Anthony Lerch Welsh, b. 1804 NJ, d. 1861 NJ
Son of Susanna Lerch Welsh and Philip Welsh, NJ
Three children.Life-long residents of Morris Co., NJ
*Malinda (Melinda) Voorhees
b. 1810 NJ, d. 1875 NJ
m. 1829 William Clouse, b. 1810, d. 1872
son of Abigail Dickerson and Jacob Clouse
Both buried Methodist Cemetery, Flanders, Morris Co., NJ
Six children – Bonnell, Chapman, Cooke, Dixon, Hildebrant, Neff, Redmer, Stone, Timbrell, Wilkison, Wilkinson
*John Vorhees
b. 1812 Beattystown, NJ, d.1892 NY
Buried Bethany Cemetery, Genesee Co., NY
m.11836 Juliet Beckwith, b. 1815 CT, d. 1853 NY
m.21855 Eunice Beckwith Banning, b. 1818 CT, d. 1884 NY
m.31885 Phebe Esther Rogers Barr, b. 1815 Lyme, CT
Six children – Champion, Justus Barr.
*Charles Voorhees
b. 1814 NJ, d. 1906 Union Co. NJ
m. 1839 Ann Lunger, b.1817 Huntington Co, d. 1892 NJ
daughter of Ann Wilsonand Jacob Lunger, NJ
Twelve children – Allen, Byrne, Condit, DeFriest, Doncourt, Fritts, Garvey, George, Henry, Hoffman, Hopper, Hutchinson, Jacques, Jaques, Johnson, Judd, Kissam, Maxfield, Moore, Randolph, Sigman, Stamper, Taylor, Thwaites, Trask, Trimmer, VanBuskirk, Walker, Wallover, Watkins, Watt, Willard, Weller, Young
*Elizabeth Van Voorhies
b. 1816 NJ, d. after 1870
m. 1833 William Cougle, b. 1813 Warren Co. NJ, d. 1878
Ten children –Casner, Drake, Frace, Estabrook, Idell, Ort
*Arletta Ann or Allie, Abey Ann Van Voorhees
b. 1818 Beattystown, NJ, d. 1884 Peapack, NJ
m. 1843 Chambers D. Tunison, b. 1813, Warren Co., NJ
son of Agnes Johnsonand Hendrick Tunison, NJ
Four children – Apgar, Dalrymple, Huntley, Janes, Jones, Thurston
*William Van Voorhees
b. 1820 NJ, d. 1901 Newark, Essex Co., NJ
m.1 1848 Effie or Elizabeth Force, d. 1863
m.2 1865 Aurilla Angleman, b. 1838 Peapack,
Somerset Co., NJ, d. 1914 Caldwell, Essex, Co., NJ
daughter of Mary Backer and Elias Angleman, NJ
Twenty-onechildren --Anderson, Arnett, Batson, Biggs, Black, Congdon, Cook, Corwin, Crater, DeGrace, Dunne, Engleman, Fitch, Force, Froh, Geddis, Gulick, Jenkinson, Laditsky, Larson, Rutan, Scharbach, Seeman, Smalley, Wood,
*Mary Van Voorhees
b. 1822 NJ, d. 1888 NJ
m.1 Ichabod Leigh, b. 1812, d. 1849 NJ
son of Sarah-Sally Rae and Daniel Leigh, Sr., NJ
buried Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery, NJ
m.2 William W. Mitchell, b. 1822, d. after 1910
Two children – Barker, Bryan, Garey, Inscho, Ketcham, Martenis, Stout, Widner.
*Sarah Ann Van Voorhees
b. 1821 NJ, d. 1913 Kane Co., IL
m. 1856 Jacob M. Frace, b. 1820 NJ
son of Leonora Welsh and Jacob Frace
Both buried Blackberry Cemetery, Kane Co., IL
Three children – Barlow, Ambrose Griffith, Damon, Miller, Morrill
*Daniel Groff Voorhies
b. 1828 Beattystown, NJ, d. 1907 San Francisco, CA
Buried Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park, Alameda Co., CA
m. 1862 Mary J. Keyes, b. 1842, Wayne Co., OH, d. CA
daughter of Clementine Nichols and David Carmichael Keyes
One child – Josephine Adelaide Vorhies 1866-1945 CA m.
Edwin T. Haskell, b. 1867 CA; Carl Haskell, b. CA.
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