Jonathan Conger

He removed to Newark some time before his death. In 1726 he witnessed the will of Joseph Wheeler, of Newark. He died May 8, 1733, and is buried at Newark.

His children as given were: Samuel Conger, b Feb., 1715. Mary Conger, m Nehemiah Baldwin, of Newark, b 1722, d 1765.

"Jonathan Conger. born May 29, 1683. at Woodbridge. New Jersey, and died at Newark. N. J., May 8. 1733. Married and known to have had a son Samuel, and daughter Mary. The son Samuel was born in 1715, and died in Newark, N. J., December 14, 1852. The last genealogist whom I have employed thinks that John Conger of Rowan County, N. C and Jonathan of Woodbridge were also his sons and were older than Samuel. Jonathan, Sr., seems to have removed from Woodbridge to Newark and his son Samuel went with him, but both John of Rowan County and Jonathan, Jr. of Woodbridge remained in that vicinity, Jonathan, Jr. dying there in 1779, and John Conger, supposed to be John Conger of Rowan County, was there as late as 1746, and owned land there and at Paypack, N. J.

My reason for connecting John Conger of Rowan County, N. C.. and Jonathan, Jr. of Woodbridge, N. J., is as follows: Jonathan Conger of Woodbridge had three sons named in his will, David (dead at the making of the will, as it mentions Mary Conger, widow of his son David), Jonathan and John. I have nearly complete records of the sons David and John. The son David married Mrs. Mary Green, nee Mary Darby, and had two sons, David, Jr. and Elias Darby. Both of these sons removed to Washington County. Penn., and David Conger died there. His grandson, Henry Conger, now of Hackney, Penn., tells me that he remembers hearing when he was a small boy that there were three brothers, and one went to North Carolina, one to New York and one to Pennsylvania. Now if it is true that Jonathan. Jr. of Woodbridge and John of North Carolina were brothers, then it was the nephews of John of Rowan County, one of whom went to New York (Washington County) and the descendants of the other nephews who went to Pennsylvania.

Furthermore, the wills of John Conger of Rowan County and Jonathan Conger of Woodbridge read nearly the same and the children's names are about the same. This, together with this North Carolina story from the Pennsylvania Conger, have given me this idea. It may be flimsy, but until something more positive shows up I shall group them this way. Furthermore, there are only three Congers whose parentage are unaccounted for of anywhere near that date, and they are John of Rowan County, Jonathan, Jr. of Woodbridge and Nathaniel, all of whom were about the same age or a few years apart"

CHARLES L. CONGER.

A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS ISAAC ROSS and JEAN BROWN, Compiled by Anne Mims Wright, Jackson, MS, 1911, p. 103

A RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS ISAAC ROSS and JEAN BROWN, Compiled by Anne Mims Wright, Jackson, MS, 1911, p. 104

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