Rebekah Mershon

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• Residence: 1895, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

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Buried:
GRid=117179497; photo of Holder Hall at Princeton University where she and her husband Nathaniel FitzRandoph are buried. The construction of the building uncovered their graves

Rebekah married Nathaniel Fitzrandolph on 20 Oct 1729 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. Nathaniel (son of Benjamin Fitzrandolph and Sarah Dennis) was born on 11 Nov 1703 in Stony Brook, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1786 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in Holder Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eunice Fitzrandolph was born on 10 Nov 1730 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Mar 1759 in Yadkin River, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA.
2. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 26 Apr 1732 in Sassafras River, Kent County, Maryland, USA; died on 3 Apr 1759 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
3. Ann Fitzrandolph was born on 7 May 1734 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died in Apr 1798 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
4. Ruth Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Jan 1735 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died in 1781 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
5. Job Fitzrandolph was born on 6 Nov 1737 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 11 Apr 1760 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
6. Abigail Fitzrandolph was born on 18 Oct 1739 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died about 1767 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
7. Samuel Fitzrandolph was born on 2 May 1741 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 25 Feb 1825 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
8. Rachel Fitzrandolph was born on 31 Jan 1742/43 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 31 Mar 1829 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
9. Hannah Fitzrandolph was born on 20 Jan 1744 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 7 Oct 1846 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
10. Hannah FitzRandolph was born on 5 Jan 1746/47 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 11 Jun 1835 in Redoak, Brown County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Redoak, Brown County, Ohio, USA.
11. John Fitzrandolph was born on 4 Apr 1749 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died before 8 Feb 1815 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA.
12. Sarah Fitzrandolph was born on 19 Jan 1751 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 1 Jul 1812 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
13. Rebecca FitzRandloph was born in 1752 in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 1 Jul 1812 in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; was buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hightstown, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
14. Nathaniel Fitzradolph, Jr was born on 24 May 1753 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Sep 1757 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.
15. Elizabeth Fitzrandolph was born on 15 Feb 1757 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; died on 6 Sep 1757 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA.

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• Arrival: 1685, Long Island, New York, USA
• Residence: Abt 1690, Newtown, Queens County, New York, USA
• Residence: Aft 1700, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
• Possessions: 1708, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Plantation of 323 acres between Maidenhead and Trenton.
• Possessions: 1713, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Another 210 acres in Maidenhead, adjoining James Price on the east. His sons Henry III and Peter lived here.
• Residence: 19 Jul 1738, Maidenhead, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Date of will. Living on 110 acres on the north side of the Princeton-Lawrenceville Rod, adjoining the Provinceline, the old 1687 line of demarcation between east and west Jersey. This land was inherited by his son Houghton

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Buried:
GRid=11094993; Sturdy fieldstone w/ embedded stone tablet from 1925. Original inscription: "HERE LYETH THE BODY OF HENRY HERSHON WHO DE-PARTED THIS LIFE THE 20th SEPT 1738". Also info about wife and inlaws.

Henry married Ann Houghton in 1698. Ann was born on 1 Jan 1679 in Long Island City, Queens County, New York, USA; died on 20 Oct 1738 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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NAME: Some say the name Houghton is inferred from her son's first name. Note that daughter XXX also married a Houghton.

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• Name: Henri Marchand
• Birth: 13 Oct 1647, Reims, Saint-Timothee
• Arrival: 1685, Long Island, New York, USA; It is generally reported that he migrated with his son Henry to escape persecution of (Protestant) Huguenots in France. But one source says that he arrived with his wife and children.

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Died:
Went back to France to pick up the rest of his family, but never returned. His ship may have been lost, or he may have run into the very persecution he was trying to escape.

Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]