Selected Families and Individuals
	John Joseph Thomas III.
	Elizabeth Gay Shirley [Parents].
They had the following children.
|  | 	Thomas L. Van Ness was born 1 about 1795 in New Jersey. Thomas married Elizabeth about 1829.
 Thomas worked 2 as farmer in 1850 in New Jersey.
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|  | 	Elizabeth was born 1 about 1805 in New Jersey. Elizabeth married Thomas L. Van Ness about 1829. | 
They had the following children.
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|  | Elizabeth Van Ness was born about 1830 in New Jersey. |  | 
|  |  | M | ii | Sylvester Van Ness was born about 1832. | 
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|  | Mary G. Van Ness was born 1 about 1837 in New Jersey. |  | 
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|  | Theodore Van Ness was born 1 about 1840 in New Jersey. 
 Found with father in 1860 census data.
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|  | Sarah M. Van Ness was born 1 about 1842 in New Jersey. 
 Found with father in 1860 census data.
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|  | 	Peter A. Decker 1 was born 2 about 1795 in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. He died on 3 Sep 1872. Peter married Sarah.
 Peter worked 3 as farmer in 1850 in Morris County, New Jersey, USA.
 In the 1850 census Peter lives next to a James Decker - likely a son. Found in 1870 census with Andrew. Death date from the will of Peter A. Decker.
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|  | 	Sarah was born 1 about 1800 in New Jersey, USA. She died 2 before 1860. Sarah married Peter A. Decker 3. Perhaps Sarah van der Hoof.
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They had the following children.
|  |  | F | i | Harriet Decker was born about 1832. | 
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|  | Andrew Decker was born 1 about 1835 in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. 
 In the 1870 census Andrew and father, Peter, are found together.
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|  |  | M | iii | John P. Decker was born about 1839. | 
|  |  | M | iv | Wilson Decker was born about 1841. | 
|  | 	Amos Thatcher 1. Amos married 2 Mary Sine on 9 Jan 1802 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. | 
|  | 	Mary Sine. Mary married 1 Amos Thatcher on 9 Jan 1802 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. | 
They had the following children.
|  | 	George Trout. George married Anna Besson on 23 Feb 1811 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. | 
|  | 	Anna Besson was born 1 about 1781. Anna married George Trout on 23 Feb 1811 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. | 
They had the following children.
|  | 	James Haynes was born 1 about 1813 in Maryland, USA. James married Susannah. | 
|  | 	Susannah was born 1 about 1820 in Maryland, USA. Susannah married James Haynes. | 
They had the following children.
|  |  | F | i | Mary M. Haynes was born about 1842. | 
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|  | Susan Haynes was born 1 about 1845 in Maryland, USA. |  | 
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|  | James Haynes was born 1 about 1848 in Maryland, USA. |  | 
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|  | Columbus Haynes was born 1 about 1850 in Maryland, USA. |  | 
|  |  | M | v | Sylvester C. Haynes was born on 2 Jun 1853. He died on 31 Dec 1912. | 
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|  | Ann M. Haynes was born 1 about 1857 in Maryland, USA. |  | 
|  | 	Russel Willis [Parents] 1 was born 1 on 22 Nov 1763 in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. He died 2 on 30 Jun 1842 in Cayuga County, New York, USA. He was buried 3 in Cranebrook Cemetery, Cayuga County, New York, USA. Russel married 4 Mary Sanford 1, 5 in 1781 in New Jersey, USA. Revolutionary soldier.
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|  | 	Mary Sanford [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3 on 24 Apr 1764 in New Jersey, USA. She died on 1 Aug 1861 in Throopsville, Cayuga County, New York, USA. She was buried 4 in Cranebrook Cemetery, Cayuga County, New York, USA. Mary married 5 Russel Willis 1 in 1781 in New Jersey, USA. | 
They had the following children.
|  | 	Lieutenant Bethuel Farrand [Parents] 1 was born 1 on 4 Oct 1741. He died 1 on 27 May 1794. Bethuel married 1 Rhoda Smith on 26 Dec 1762. Lieutenant in the Revolution.
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|  | 	Rhoda Smith [Parents] was born 1 about 1747 in Parsippany, New Jersey. She died 2 on 30 Jun 1839. Rhoda married 2 Lieutenant Bethuel Farrand 2 on 26 Dec 1762. | 
They had the following children.
|  | 	Robert Plum [Parents] was born 1 in 1729 in Newark, New Jersey. He died 1 on 26 Sep 1769. Robert married 1 Deborah Farrand in 1764. Other marriages:
 	, Esther
 Robert wrote his name without the e as "Plum".
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|  | 	Deborah Farrand [Parents] was born in 1744. She died 1 in 1806 in Hanover, New Jersey. Deborah married 1 Robert Plum in 1764. | 
They had the following children.
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|  | David Plum was born 1 on 9 Mar 1765. He died 1 on 18 Sep 1766. |  | 
|  |  | F | ii | Phoebe Plume was born on 1 Dec 1766. She died on 26 Sep 1851. | 
|  |  | M | iii | David Plum was born on 5 Dec 1767. He died on 27 Aug 1835. | 
|  | 	James H. Quimby 1. James married 1 Electa Farrand on 31 Dec 1805. | 
|  | 	Electa Farrand [Parents] was born 1 on 16 Jul 1787. She died 1 on 25 Mar 1832. Electa married 1 James H. Quimby on 31 Dec 1805. | 
 
 
 
 
 
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