DEPEW/DEPUE
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James Van Campen
Depew Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Origin of
the surname “Depew/Depue:”
Generation
7
6 Nicholas Depui
1. Biographical notes:
Born near Paris, France. Died 1691;
his will dated 13 October 1685 stated his residence was New York. Nicholas and a Francois DePui
were Huguenot Protestants during the period of religious wars in France, who
had to flee the Paris region in 1651 to avoid religious persecution, settling
at Artois, a province in the department of Calais, France near the border with
Holland. Francois DePui
emigrated to America by 1661. About a year later Nicholas traveled to
Holland and emigrated from there to America in October 1662 aboard the sailing
ship, Pemberton/Pumerland Church, settling initially
at New Amsterdam (later New York City) with his wife and 3 children: Nicholas,
Ephraim, and Abraham. In 1663 he
received a patent from the Dutch government for a plantation on Staten
Island. Per Katie Depue,
“the homestead of Nicholas Depuy is thought to have
been on the south side of the Rondout [a creek?] at the place now occupied by the widow of Joachim Schoomaker. In 1667
Nicholas swore allegiance to Great Britain.
2. Wife: Catharina deVaux/deVos/Renard
Born . Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. John Depue: Born about
1655. Will probated
14 June 1732. Resided
on Staten Island, New York before moving to Richmond County. Married (1st)
Elizabeth Tysen. Subsequently, John was engaged to be married,
but the engagement was broken. John
married (2nd) Petroneltje (?). Had the following children:
(1. John Depue, Jr.: Was
an invalid at some point. Married Neeletje Decker and had the following children:
(a. Daughter: Born 1724.
(b. John Depue, III: Born 1725.
(c. Matthew Depue: Born 1726.
(d. Nicholas Depue: Born 1730.
(e. Moses Depue: Born 1732.
(f. Aaron Depue: Born 1739.
(2. Nicholas Depue.
(3. Barent
Depue.
(4. Moses Depue: Baptized
22 July 1714.
(5. Catherine Depue.
(6. Magdalena Depue.
(7. Susanna Depue.
(8. Elizabeth Depue:
Baptized 22 October 1707.
(9. Petronella Depue.
b. Moses Depue:
See generation 6, below.
c. (?) Depue: Born about
1660; about 2 years old when Nicholas reached America in 1662. Must have died young.
d. Joseph Depue: Baptized 5
February 1663. Probably
died young.
e. Aaron Depue: Baptized 30
November 1664. No further record, except
his father’s will was prepared in the period 1685 to 1691.
f. Magdalena Depue:
Baptized 16 February 1667.
g. Susannah Depue: Baptized
7 April 1669. Married (1st)
(?) Winter and had at least the following son:
(1. Obadias Winter:
Baptized before 1700 in the Dutch Church, New York City.
Susannah (Depue) Winter married (2nd) (?) Palmerton and had at
least the following son:
(2. John Palmerton: Baptized about 1704.
h. Nicholas Depue: Baptized
11 July 1670. Moved
from Staten Island to Esopus (now Kingston area, NY). Mentioned in his father’s
will.
i. Paulus Depue: Baptized 11 August 1675. Probably died young.
j. Ephraim Depue. Moved from Staten Island to Esopus (now
Kingston, N.Y.). Stayed in the Hudson River basin. In 1730 constructed a stone house about 2
miles north of Accord, New York. Had the
following son:
(1. Ephraim Depue, Jr.:
Had the following son:
(a. Ephraim E. Depue: Had the following son:
(1) Ralph Depue: In 1880
resided near Accord.
k. Abraham Depue. Moved from Staten Island to Esopus (now
Kingston, N.Y.). Appears to have settled below Belvidere, New Jersey in the Delaware
River Valley.
5 Moses/Moysis Depue/Depuis
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1660/1657 in France. Died . Was one of the
first trustees of the Rochester (near Kingston), Ulster County, New York
patent, along with Joachim Schoonmaker, under a grant
from Queen Ann in 1703.
2. Wife #1: Maria Wyncoop
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1660 at Albany, New York, daughter of Cornelius
and Maria Janss (Langendylse)
Wyncoop, who moved to Esopus
(near Kingston) in 1665. Died . Resided at Kingston, New
York. Married
Moses Depue in 1680.
b.
Children:
(1. Merytyen/Marretjin Depue: Born Kingston,
New York. Baptized
there 24 April 1681. Married Alexander “Zander” Roosekrans (b. Kingston, NY) on 22 November 1713.
(2. Nicholaus Depue: See generation 5, below.
(3. Cathrina Depue: Baptized 6 April 1684. Died young.
(4. Magdalena Depue:
Baptized 14 March 1686. Died young.
(5. Cornelis Depue: Baptized 1 January 1688. Married Catrina
Van Aaken on 19 April 1713.
(6. Catarina Depue: Baptized 25 May 1690.
(7. Moses Depue, Jr.: Born
at Rochester (near Kingston), Ulster County, New
York. Baptized 27
September 1691. Married Gretzen/Grietjen Schoomaker (b.
Rochester, Ulster Co., NY), one of the 15 children of Joachim and Aantje (Hussy) Schoomaker, on 22
January 1716.
(8. Benjamin Depue, I:
Born 13 October 1695 at Raysester/Rochester (near
Kingston), Ulster County, New York. Baptized 13 October 1695 at Kingston, New York. Died 1765 in Minisink Township, Orange County, New York. Married (1st) Elizabeth Schoomaker (b. 18 Feb 1699 at Raysester/Rochester,
Ulster Co., NY, d. 24 Dec 1742 in Smithfield Twp, Monroe Co., PA), one of the
15 children of Joachim/Jochem Hendricksz
and Aantje Anna (Hussey) Schoomaker,
about 3 September/16 August 1719 at/near Kingston, Ulster County, New York and
had the following children:
(a. Benjamin Depue, II #1: Baptized 3 July 1720, witnessed by Johannes dePue and Jacomyntjin Schoonmaker. Died 1728.
(b. Maria Depue: Born 1722. Died 1766.
(c. Johannes Depuy #1: Born 1724.
Died 1727.
(d. Johannes Depuy #2: Born 1727.
Died 1777.
(e. Benjamin Depuy, II #2: Born 29 June 1729 in Kingston Township,
Ulster County, Pennsylvania. Died 26 September 1811 in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania. Married
Catherine Van Campen (b. abt 1734 in Kingston Twp,
Ulster Co., NY; daughter of Abraham and Susanna (Dupuy)
Van Campen, d. 4 Apr 1804 in Lower Mount Bethel Twp,
Northampton Co., PA) on 12 January 1755 in Walpack
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey and had the following children:
(1) John Depue: Born about
1755 in Walpack Township, Sussex County, New
Jersey. Died 19 April
1777. Married Mary Van Ammen (perhaps b. abt 1759 in NJ) and had at least the
following son:
(a) John Depue, Jr.: Born
16 November 1764 on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. Died 1 October 1842 in Calno
Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
It appears John Depue, Jr.
married (1st) Ann Symondson (b. 1761, d. 1782) about
1780 and had the following son:
[1. Matthew Depue: Born
about 1782 in Richmond County, New York.
John Depue, Jr. then
married (2nd) Hannah A. Decker (b. 30 Aug 1772 at Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY,
d. 26 May 1839 in Pahaquarry Twp, Warren Co., NJ) and had the following
children:
[1. Elizabeth Depue: Born
1793.
[2. Blandena Mary Depue: Born 1795.
[3. Daniel Depue: Born
1798. Died 1860.
[4. Jane Depue:
Born 4 May 1801 in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Died 18 November 1873 in Dunmore Township, Lackawanna
County, Pennsylvania. Married her
4th cousin (common ancestors: Moses & Maria (Wynkoop)
Depue, gen 7, above), Elijah Depue
(b. 29 Jan 1796 in NJ, d. 27 May 1864), generation 2, below.
[5. Susannah Depue: Born
1801. Died 1894.
[6. Moses Depue: Born
1804. Died 1875.
[7. Nicholas Depue Born
1807. Died 1848.
[8. Mary L. Depue: Born
1811. Died 1894.
[9. John H. Depue: Born
1815. Died 1876.
John Depue, Jr. then
married Mary Van Gorden
(b. 30 Jul 1782
in Walpack Twp, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 1 Apr 1836 in
Lehman Twp, Pike Co., PA), daughter of Moses and Elizabeth (Van Etten) Van Gorden, and had the
following children:
[1.
Nicholas Depew: Born 13 April 1800; baptized 23 August 1807 at the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church, Walpack,
New Jersey. Married Rebecca
Kerrick, 3rd child of Frederick K. Kerrick, who is generation 4 of the Kerrick Annex. See Kerrick Annex
for more info on this family.
[2. Aaron
Depew "Dagon" (nickname pronounced 'Dau-gone'): Born 8
August 1802 in Sussex
County, New Jersey; baptized
23 August 1807 in the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey. Died (apparently “killed”) 11 February
1873 in Mason County, Illinois; interred there in Leveldale
Cemetery.
1860 US Census: Aaron depue, age 58 (b. NJ) and employed as a farmer, was heading
a household in .
His real estate was valued at $8,540, and his personal property was
valued at $1,400. The household also
included his wife, Jane Depue, age 45 (b. NJ); son,
George Depue, age 20 (b. NJ); son, Henry Depue, age 18 (b. NJ); son, Moses Depue,
age 16 (b. NJ); son, Isaac Depue, age 13 (b. NJ);
son, Jemison Depue, age 7 (b. IL); and Lizzie Britt,
age 17 (b. IN).
Aaron Depew married (1st)
Jane Louise Riggins (b. 12 Nov 1812 in Monmouth Co., NJ, d.
28 Jan 1901 in IL; interred with Aaron), daughter of Caleb and Charlotte
(Little) Riggins, about 1830 and had the following children:
[a.
Erastus Depue: Born 1831.
[b.
James Ayres Depue: Born April 1833 in New
Jersey. Died 1913 in Mason County,
Illinois; interred Mason City Cemetery, Mason City, Mason County,
Illinois. Married Trephena
Thompson and had children.
[c.
Sarah D. Depue: Born 1836.
[d.
Mary Depue: Born 1837. Died 8 June 1879, age 41 years, 7 months, and
26 days; interred Old West Cemetery, Athens, Menard County, Illinois.
[e.
George Winsor Depue: Born 25 June 1840 in New
Jersey. Died 6 December 1897 in Mason
County, Illinois; interred Walkers Grove Cemetery, Easton, Mason County,
Illinois. Married Mary Moslander Tomlin (b. 3 Apr 1839 in NJ, d. 12 Jan 1919 in
Mason Co., IL; interred with George), daughter of Thompson and Rebecca (Moslander) Tomlin.
[f.
Henry Martin Depue: Born 4 September 1842 in New
Jersey. Died 12 January 1871 in Mason
County, Illinois; interred there in Leveldale
Cemetery. Married
Rebecca C. Lee (b. 15 Jan 1846, d. 14 Jan 1923 in IA; interred Massena Cem.,
Massena, Cass Co., IA) in 1863.
[g.
Moses V. Depue: Born 26 November 1844. Died 19 February 1888; interred Steele City
Cemetery, Steele City, Jefferson County, Nebraska. Married Mary A. (?)
(b. 12 Sep 1844 in England, d. 9 Feb 1937; interred
with Moses).
[h.
Isaac W. Depue: Born 4 September 1845 in New
Jersey. Died 18 July 1889 in Weir
Township, Cherokee County, Kansas; interred there in Council Corners
Cemetery. Married
(1st) Rebecca Jones (b. 13 Dec 1841 in OH, d. 24 Dec 1878 in Mason Co., IL) in
1866. Married
(2nd) Amanda Jane (Jones) Straughan (b. 12 Jun 1847
in OH, d. 31 Dec 1927 in Montgomery Co., KS).
[i. Emily J. Depue: Born
1850.
[j. Jimmerson H. Depue: Born 1853.
Aaron Depew married
(2nd) Anna Elizabeth Creasy (b. 23 Mar 1841, d. 12 Feb 1899), who grew up in
Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 1865 and had the following children:
[k. Charles "Charley" J. DePue: (photos) Born 1869 in Pennsylvania. Died 1932. Married Eliza Jane
Hawthorn, daughter of Alexander and Ellen (Reynolds) Hawthorn, on 30 June 1897
in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Subsequently resided in southern Pennsylvania.
[l. William Francis DePue “Frank”: (photos) Born 31 March 1870 on
Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Rosa "Rose" Davis on 20
February 1890 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania and resided on Lime Hill,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; no children.
[m. Cora E. DePue: (photos) Born 19 October 1872 in Pennsylvania.
Died 17 June 1914 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married, as his 1st wife, John
Andrew Arnold,
paragraph 4.C.6.d.(1. of the
Alexander Patterson Biles page on 28 February
1891/94 and had children.
John Arnold married (2nd)
Jean Kennedy. He married (3rd)
Elizabeth McMoran Biles (b. 19 Oct 1872, d. 9 Dec
1951), daughter of Peter Alexander Biles; no children.
[n. Irene
Olive DePue "Rena"/“Rene”/"Rennie": (photos) Born 19 January 1875 in
Pennsylvania. Died
1966. Married William Nelson
Atwood (b. 7 Oct 1874 in Wysox Twp, Bradford Co., PA,
d. 1958) and had children.
[3.
Moses Depew: Born 1 September 1804; baptized
23 August 1807 at the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
[4.
Elizabeth Depew: Born 28 November 1806; baptized
23 August 1807 at the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
[5.
Daniel Depew: Born 27 October 1809; baptized 3 June 1810 at the Walpack Dutch
Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
[6.
Sarah Depew: Born 18 June 1814; baptized 7 August 1814 at the Walpack Dutch
Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
[7. Mary
L. Depew: Born 11 August 1816; baptized 10 November 1816 at the Walpack Dutch
Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
[8. Caty Anne Depew: Born 6 October 1821; baptized 9 December
1821 at the Walpack
Dutch Reformed Church, Walpack, New Jersey.
(2) Benjamin Depue: Born
1756.
(3) Samuel Depue: Born
1756.
(4) James L. Vancampen Depuy: Born 1758. Died 1791.
(5) Susanna Dupuy: Born
1760. Died 1783.
(6) Maria Depuy: Born
1762.
(7) Abraham Vancampen Depuy: Born 1765. Died 1851.
(8) Mary Depuy: Born 1767.
(9) Samuel Depuy: Born
1768.
(10)
Moses Depue,
II: Born 9 March 1773 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Died 17 May 1841 in
Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Married Elizabeth Dyer (b. Jan 1785 in PA, d.
Dec 1850 in Moreland Twp, Philadelphia Co., PA) about 1806 and had the
following children:
(a) Catharine Depue: Born
1807. Died 1889.
(b) James Depue: Born
1809. Died 1885.
(c) Mary Depue: Born
1810. Died 1829.
(d) Benjamin Depue: Born
1813. Died 1875.
(e) Elizabeth Depue: Born
1818.
(f) Moses Depue, III: Born
1819 in Pennsylvania. Died
27 January 1890 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Married Eleanor Sackett
(b. Nov 1827 in Wrightstown Twp, Bucks Co., PA; dau
of Joseph Larue and Phebe (Roads) Sackett,
d. 24 Jul 1901 in Philadelphia Co., PA) on 8 Sep 1852 in Pennsylvania and had
the following children:
[1. Franklin Pierce Depue:
Born November 1853 in Pennsylvania. Died .
1900 US Census: F. Pierce Depue,
age 46 (b. Nov 1853 in PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer, was
heading a household in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 46 years [very legible; must be a misunderstanding], Lousia C. Depue, age 36 (b. May
1864 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 6 children, 3 of whom were still alive;
son, Milton M. Depue, age 15 (b. Jan 1885 in PA); and
son, Freddie A. Depue, age 12 (b. Nov 1887 in PA).
1910 US Census: Franklin P. Depue,
age 56 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer in a coal yard, was
heading a household in the Somerton section of the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He
had been married once. The household also
included his wife of 30 years, Louisa C. Depue, age
45 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had been married once and had had 7 children, 4
of whom were still alive; son, Milton M. Depue, age
24 (b. PA) and employed as a salesman, who had been married once for 2 years;
daughter-in-law, Margaret S. Depue, age 23 (b. PA;
parents b. PA), who had been married once for 2 years and had had 1 child,
still alive); son, Frederick A. Depue, age 22 (b.
PA), single, and employed as a trainman for the railroad; son, George M. Depue, age 8 (b. PA); and granddaughter, Elma A. Depue, age 11 months (b. PA). Of interest, the household headed by Louisa's
brother, John H. Ashton, age 42, was enumerated directly before Franklin on the
same census page.
Franklin Pierce Depue
married Lousia Cooper Ashton (b. 29 May 1864 in the
City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA; daughter of Frederick B. and Eliza
Frances (Cooper) Ashton, d. there 17 Oct 1942) on 1 January 1879 in Frankford
Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and had the following children:
[a. Clarence Mirffit Depue: Born 1 October
1879 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Died before 1900. Married Anna Wollston
Smith (b. 16 Nov 1882 in PA, d. 15 Jan 1918 in the City of Philadelphia, PA)
about 1899 and had children.
[b. Milton Moses Depue: Born 11 January 1885 in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County,
Pennsylvania. Died there 1 February 1959
(also seen: d. Abington, Montgomery Co., PA); interred there in William Penn
Cemetery. Married Margaret Shallcross Biles, paragraph 4a.C.2.c.(1.(c.(3)(a)[5.[d.
of the William Biles page; see William Biles
page for more info on this family.
[c. Frederick Ashton Depue: Born 8 November 1887 in Philadelphia County,
Pennsylvania. Died 11
November 1948 in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Married Edna Harp (b. 1885) and had children.
[d. Russell Dupue: Born and died 22 February 1893 in the City of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
[e. Frances Depue: Born 20 May 1899 in the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Died there 21 May 1899.
[f. George M. Depue: Born 24 June 1901 in Philadelphia County,
Pennsylvania. Died 21
March 1949.
[2. Joseph Depue: Born
1856. Died 1861.
[3. Benjamin Depue: Born
1858. Died 1943.
[4. John Robert Depue:
Born 1860. Died 1926.
[5. Frances Ella Depue:
Born 1865. Died 1947.
(g) Sarah Depue: Born
1821. Died 1855.
(h) Susan Depue: Born
1823. Died 1912.
(11) John Depue #2: Born
1776. Died 1845.
(12) Sara Vancampen Depuy: Born 1781. Died 1838.
(13) Maria Vancampen Depuy: Born 1782. Died 1833.
Benjamin Depue married
(2nd) Eycke Dewitt on 13 December 1735 at Kingston,
Ulster County, New York.
(9. Susanna Depue:
Baptized 9 January 1698 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Married, as his 1st wife,
Abraham Van Campen. Abraham married (2nd) widow
(10. Catharina Depue: Born
Rochester (near Kingston), Ulster Co., New York. Baptized 30 November 1701. Married Benjamin “Ben”
Schoomaker, one of the 15 children of Joachim
and Aantje (Hussy) Schoomaker,
on 10 May 1722 (registered 22 Apr 1722).
(11. Jacobus Depue: Born Rochester (new Kingston), Ulster County, New
York. Baptized 19
September 1703. Married Zara/Sarah Schoomaker, one
of the 15 children of Joachim and Aantje (Hussy) Schoomaker, on 20 August 1725 (registered 1 Aug 1725) and
had the following children:
(a. Joseph Depue: Married a daughter of Elias Depuy
and had the following daughter:
(1) Katie Depuy:
Apparently published a book on Depue/Depuy family history in 1880.
(2) Elias Depuy: Died 21
September 1854. Cared for his aged
parents, as well as his sisters, who survived him.
(b. Cornelius Depue.
(c. Benjamin Depue.
(d. Daniel Depue.
(e. Ephraim Depue.
(f. (?) Depue:
Married (?) Smith.
(g. (?) Depue:
Married (?) Miller.
(h. (?) Depue:
Married (?) Harp.
(i.
(?) Depue: Married (?) Bruyn.
Of interest: Johannes dePue
(b. Rochester, Ulster Co., NY; resided there) and Zara van Steenbergen
(b. Kingston, NY; resided Rochester, Ulster Co., NY) registered to be married
at Rochester, Ulster County, New York on 12 December 1725.
3. Wife #2: widow Pieternelletjin
de Pree
Married (1st) Marinus Van Aaken and resided at Raysester/Rochester,
Ulster County, New York. Registered to
marry Moses Depue on 27 September 1724, and
apparently was married to him on 17 October 1724.
4 Nicholas Depue
1. Biographical notes:
Born at Esopus (later
Kingstown (Kingston)), Ulster County, New York; baptized there (Rochester) on
3/5 December 1682. Died 15 June 1766 on
a visit to his old home in Rochester, Ulster County, New York (also seen: d.
1762 in Northampton Co., PA). Moved from Rochester to Keyerrick in
Ulster County, New Jersey. In
1724/25 moved to the Minisink area (the Neversink west of the Shawangunk
Mountains, and the Delaware Valley to the watergap)
of Pennsylvania with his family and sister, Suzanna and her husband, Abram Van Campen, and in the period 1725 to 1727 purchased from
William Penn a large area of real estate where the town of Shawnee,
Pennsylvania was established, on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River,
including two large islands in the River (Shawans and
Manwalamink).
Nicholas was a prominent citizen in that part of Pennsylvania.
The first settlements of record were about 1690 at
what was later called the Upper neighborhood, near Cuddebackville. A few years later the settlement stretched
down the Neversink Valley to the river junction. Later the Valley between Huguenot and Port
Jervis was called the lower neighborhood.
The Neversink River was then called Machackemeck. The
valley between Cuddebackville and Port Jervis was
often called “Peenpack.”
Nicholas’s will, dated 9 June 1745, lists his wife, Wyntye, and the following children: Moses, Aaron, Samuel,
Daniel, Catharina, Susannah, Magdalena, Johanna, and Elizabeth.
2. Wife: Wyntje Roosa
Born 21 December 1679 in Horle/Hurley,
daughter of Jan Aldertsse and Hillegont
(Williams) Rosa, witnessed by Herman Aldertsse Rosa
and Neeltie Rosa.
Baptized 4 June 1682, witnessed by Heyman Rosa
and Margreet Claasy Roosevett. Died . Resided in Horle before marriage. Married Nicholas Depue on 23/22 March 1707 at Kingston, Ulster County, New
York.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Maria Depue: Baptized 20
June 1708 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, witnessed by Albert Rosa and Maritje dePue. Died there 1757. Married Hendricus Rosenkrans (b. 1706 in New York, d. there abt 1781) on 15
December 1728 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York and had children.
b. Catharina Depue:
Baptized 12 November 1710 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, witnessed by
Johannes Wynkoop and Cornelia Tenbreck. Died there after 1745. By one account married Colonel Daniel “Dan” Broadhead. Also
seen: m. Gerrit Schoonmaker
(20 Jun 1708 at Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. there
1775) and (?) Rosenkrans (b. abt 1700).
c. Moses Nicholase
Depue: See
generation 4, below.
d. Aaron/Arianntje Depue: Baptized 27 February 1715 at Kingston, Ulster
County, New York, witnessed by Evert Roosa and Marytjin Pels. Died about 1785 in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania. Married Catharina Decker. Was
commissioned to visit northeast Pennsylvania to ascertain the character and
extent of settlements under Connecticut titles; sent a report of the trip to
the Governor.
Aaron Depue married Jemima Stroud (b. 1734 in Sussex Co., NJ, d.
1777 in Lower Smithfield Twp, Northampton Co., PA), daughter of Barnard and Keziah (Harker) Stroud, and had the
following children:
(1.
Elisabeth Depue: Baptized 22 September 1755 in the
Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania..
(2.
Aaron Stroud Depue: Born 15 April 1760 in Warren
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Died 27 December 1845 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Initially
established a store at the old Oxford Iron Works in Warren County. Later was the 1st merchant in
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Was also a Justice of the Peace there. Married
Elizabeth LaBar (b. 1765 in PA, d. 1815 at Delaware
Water Gap, Monroe Co., PA), daughter of Daniel and Anna Margaretha
(Crowner) de la Barre, about 1782 and had the
following children:
(a. Margaret Depew: Born 19 February 1785. Died 17 March 1863. Married George Houser.
(b. Daniel Depue: Born 27 March
1787. Married Christina Myers and
resided in Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania.
(c. Jemima Depew: Born 17 February 1789 in Smithfield
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died there 15 January 1857.
Married John Newhart (b. 5 Sep 1784 in Smithfield Twp, Monroe Co., PA;
d. there 5 Apr 1850) and resided in Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(d.
Abraham/Abram Depew: Born 14 September 1791 in Smithfield Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania. Died
17 June 1889 in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Anna "Annie" Bush (b. 1789
at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co., PA, d. 1860 in Monroe Co., PA) on 2 June
1816 and resided in Cherry Valley Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Abram and Annie had 10 children.
(e. Hannah Depew: Born 3 October 1793 in Smithfield Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Died 26 December 1860 in Pennsylvania. Married Ferdinand Dulott
(b. 1798 at Dutotsburg, Monroe Co., PA, d. 1850) and resided in Smithfield Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania.
(f. Eliza Depew: Born 5 December 1795 in Pennsylvania. Died 24 November 1860. Married Christopher Teeple
(b. 11 Feb 1785 at Knowlton, Warren Co., NJ, d. 23 Feb
1854 at Equinunk, Wayne Co., PA) on 6 October 1816 in
PA and resided in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
(g. Christiana Depue: Born 1798 in
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsyvlania.
(h. Susanna Depue: Born 1798 at
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(f. Sarah Depew: Born 30 April 1800 in Pennsylvania. Died 21 December 1886 in
Pennsylvania. Married Benjamin Vancampen Bush
(b. 20 Jun 1801 in PA, d. 16 Nov 1880 in Monroe Co., PA) and resided at Water
Gap.
(j. Julia Ann/Juliana Depew: Born 16 May 1802 at Easton,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Died before 1850 in Pennsylvania. Married John Groot
Born 1794 in New York. Died after 1850
and resided in Smithfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(k. John Depew: Born 9 August 1804 in Smithfield Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 3/8
June 1884 in Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred there in
Delaware Water Gap Cemetery. Resided in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: John Depue, age 47 (b. PA) and
employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Smithfield Township, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife, Margret Depue, age 41 (b. PA);
daughter, Jemima Depue, age 17 (b. PA); son, William Depue, age 13 (b. PA); son, Richard Depue,
age 10 (b. PA); daughter, Margaret Depue, age 7 (b.
PA); daughter, Susan Depue, age 4 (b. PA); and
daughter, Ellen Depue, age 8 months (b. PA).
1860 US Census: John Depue, age 56 (b. PA) and
employed as a day laborer, was heading a household in Smithfield Township (Duddsbury Post Office [oldest settlement in Smithfield
Twp]), Monroe County, Pennsylvania. His
real estate was valued at $100, and his personal property was valued at
$120. The household also included his
wife, Margaret Depue, age 52 (b. PA); daughter, Harett Depue, age 25 (b. PA);
daughter, Margaret Depue, age 16 (b. PA); son,
Richard Depue, age 20 (b. PA) and employed as a day
laborer; daughter, Susanah Depue,
age 13 (b. PA); and son, Allen Depue, age 10 (b. PA).
1880
US Census: John Depue, age 76 (b. PA; parents b. PA)
and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Smithfield Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Margaret Depue, age
71 (b. PA; parents b. PA). Of interest, the household headed Nicholus Depue, age 58 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a laborer, was enumerated after John on the same
census page, and that household included Nicholas's wife, Ann M. Depue, age 46 (b. PA; parents b. PA).
John
Depue married Margaret Staples (b. 5 Nov 1808 at
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe Co., PA, d. there 15 Apr
1883; interred with John), daughter of William and Elizabeth (Long) Staples,
and the following children:
(1)
Elizabeth Depew: Born 5 March 1826 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died 14
March 1897 at Bartonsville, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Married Abraham
Albertson (b. 16 May 1821 at Belvidere, Warren Co., NJ, d.
20 Jan 1904 at Bartonsville, Monroe Co., PA) and had
children.
(2)
Sarah Jane Depue: Born 3 October 1828 at Delaware
Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 7 March 1914 at Morris, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Married Charles S. Gordon (b. 18 Jan 1824 at
Jackson, Hamilton Twp, Monroe Co., PA, d. 17 Feb 1875)
and had children.
(3)
Mary Ann Depew: Born about 1830 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
(4)
Rachel Depew: Born 8 August 1831 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died 4
April 1864 at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married George P. Neigh (b. 1827 in PA, d.
Jan 1907) and had children.
(5)
Jemima Depew: Born about 1834 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
(6)
William Staples Depew: Born 9 May 1837 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died 10
October 1908 in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Employed as a mail carrier
in the Delaware Water Gap.
Married Catharine Ace (b. 9 Jan 1839 in PA, d. 17 Jan 1903 in PA) and
had children.
(7)
Harriet Depew: Born about 1837 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Was age 25, apparently
single, and resided with her parents in 1860.
Married Jerome Scott (b. 15 Nov 1838 in Scott Twp, Lackawanna Co., PA)
and had children.
(8)
Richard Staples Depue: Born 20 November 1839 at
Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 15 February 1926 at
Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Susan Williams (b. 13 Jul 1842 in PA,
d. 27 Nov 1925 at Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA) and had children.
(9)
Hannah Depew: Born about 1842 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Was not
enumerated with her parents in 1850 or 1860, so perhaps died young.
(10)
Margaret Depew: Born about 1844 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
(11)
Susannah/Susan Depue: Born 5 October 1846 in PA. Died 22 October 1917 at Stockertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Married George Stocker (b.
18 Sep 1835 in PA, d. 9 Oct 1899).
(12)
Marguerite Staples Depue: Born 8 April 1848 in New
York County, New York. Died 4 August 1897 in Rockland Township, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts. Was
not enumerated with her parents in 1850 or 1860, so perhaps died young. At age 38 married, perhaps as his 2nd wife,
Frank Foulke (b. 1849, d. 1911), age 37, son of Henry
and Hannah (Trotter) Foulke, on 30 May 1885 in
Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Frank Foulke had also married Winifred
Atherton Hull (b. 1861 at Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH).
(13)
Ellen Depew: Born about 1850 at Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
1860
US Census: Allen [very legibly spelled and documented as a male; enumerator
must have misunderstood], age 10 (b. PA) resided in the household headed by his
father, John Depue, age 56, in Smithfield Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Ellen
Depew married Frank Brown (b. 21 Jan 1849 in Stroud Twp, Monroe Co., PA, d. 30
Oct 1919 at East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA) and had at least a son.
(3.
Samuel Depue: Born 1 December 1763 in Sussex
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Died 18 August 1846.
Married Anna Musch (b. 1768) (recorded by the
24 May 1796 Philadelphia Monthly Meeting of Friends, Philadelphia, PA) and had
at least a daughter.
(4.
Jean Depue: Born 1768 in Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. Died
1812. Married Cornelius Schoonmaker (b. 1771, d. Hocking Co., OH) on 3 December
1795 and had children.
(5.
Hannah Depue: Born 1770 in Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania.
(6.
Sarah Depue: Born 30 July 1770 in Wyoming Valley
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Died 18 March 1842 in Chillicothe Township, Ross County, Ohio. Married Paul Overfield and had at least one daughter.
(7.
M. Rachel Depue: Born 30 July 1770 in Wyoming Valley
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 1842. Married
John Yaple (b. 6 Aug 1766 in Upper Milfod Twp, Northampton Co., PA, d.
Nov 1846 in Ross Co., OH) and had children.
(8.
Juliana Depue: Born about 1772 in Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania.
e.
Abram Depew: Born about 1760. Was on of the first settlers north of
Pennsylvania’s Blue Ridge. Served in the War of 1812.
f. Samuel Depue: Born 13 December 1716/19 at
Rochester/Kingston, Ulster County, New York; baptized there 23 December 1716,
witnessed by Cornelis and Christina Wynkoop. Died 15 June 1766 in Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania. In 1724 moved to
the Minisink area of Pennsylvania with his parents
and brothers Moses and Daniel. Inherited
and resided on the Shawnee area family homestead in Smithfield Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, which later was known as Depue’s
Fort. From the Journal of Captain Van Etten: “Samuel Depue’s place was
a fine plantation used as a safety place and fort for settlers during Indian
troubles.”
Samuel Depue
married Jane "Jennie" Elizabeth McDowell (b. abt 1712 at Londonderry,
Ireland, d. ), sister of John McDowell, and had children.
g. Susanna/Zusanna Depue: Baptized 31 May 1719 at Kingston, Ulster County, New
York, witnessed by Ary Roosa
and Johanna de Hosges. Died before 1745. Perhaps a twin. Married Garret Dekker (b. before 3 Jun 1716
at Kingston, Ulster County, New York and had at least one son. (also seen: married
Abraham Van Campen)
h. Johanna “Hannah” Depue:
Baptized 31 May 1719 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, witnessed by Moses
de Pue, Jr. and Marytjen de
Lange. Died 7
September 1779 at Cherry Valley, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps a twin. Married John McDowell (b. 20 May 1714 at
Londonderry, Northern Ireland, d. 7 Sep 1779 at Stroudsburg, Monroe County, PA)
and had children.
i. Elizabeth Depue:
Baptized 6 August 1721 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Died 1803 in Smithfield
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Benjamin “Ben” Hendrickson Schoonmaker
(b. 11 Jan 1719 at Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. 1803 in Smithfield Twp,
Pennsylvania) about 1740 in Orange County, New York and (perhaps) had the
following children (could be the children of Elizabeth Depue
and Daniel Broadhead):
(1. Susanna Schoonmaker:
Baptized 21 June 1741 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(2. Elisabeth Schoonmaker:
Baptized 19 October 1743 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania. Married
(1st) her 1st cousin, Nicholas Moses Depue, son of
Moses Nicholas and Anna (Prys) Depue. Married (2nd) Abraham Van Campen
(b. abt 22 Feb 1736 in Sussex Co., NJ, d. May 1811
while a resident of Pahaquarry Twp, Warren Co., NJ).
(3. Madlena Schoonmaker: Baptized 26 May 1745 in Middle Smithfield
Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(4. Elias Schoonmaker:
Baptized 22 March 1747 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(5. Helena Schoonmaker:
Baptized 6 August 1749 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(6. Daniel Schoonmaker:
Baptized 5 January 1752 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(7. Hanna Schoonmaker:
Baptized 5 May (?) in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(8. Nanny Schoonmaker:
Baptized 12 February 1758 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
(9. Heyetje Schoonmaker: Baptized 31 August 1760 in Middle Smithfield
Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(10. Susanna Schoonmaker:
Baptized 1 December 1763 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania.
j. Daniel Depue: Born 23
December 1723 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York; baptized there 25 December
1723. Died there 1793. Married Elizabeth Decker (b. before 23 Aug
1724 at Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, d. after 1786) and
had children.
k. Magdalena Depue:
Baptized 26 June 1726 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Married Pieter Sosoy.
4 Moses Nicholase Depue
1. Biographical notes:
Born ;
baptized 1 February 1713 at Kingston, Ulster County, New York, witnessed by
Moses dePue and Maria Wynkoop. Died 9 December 1748 in
Monroe Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
2. Wife #1: Antje Keel
Born about 1715 at Esopus,
Ulster County, New York. Died about 1742 at Easton, Northampton
County, Pennsyvlania.
3. Wife #2: Anna Prys/Preis
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1721 in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, d. 1773 at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Married Moses N. Depue on 18/4 July 1742 in Middle Smithfield Township,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania (also seen: m. Smithfield Twp, Monroe Co., PA)
and had the following children:
4. Children:
a. Nicholas Moses Depue: See generation 3, below.
b. Aaron Depue: Baptized 30
December 1744 in the Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania; witnessed by Aaron and Catherine Depue. Died 23 November 1746 in
Smithfield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
c. Elizabeth Depue:
Baptized 23 November 1743 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; witnessed by Ben Schoomaker and Elizabeth Depue. Died 2 August 1821 at Ashland, Scipio
Township, Cayuga County, New York.
d. Maria Depue: Baptized 13
November 1748 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
3 Nicholas Moses Depue
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died 3 August 1775 at
Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Baptized 19 October 1743 in the
Reformed Dutch Church, Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania; witnessed by Nicholas and Wyntje Depue. Died 5/9
February 1778 at Forty Fort, Lower Smithfield Township, Wyoming Valley, Luzerne
County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Wyoming Cemetery.
2. Wife: Elizabeth Schoonmaker (his 1st cousin)
Born . Died . Married (1st) her 1st cousin, Elisabeth Schoonmaker (b. 1743, d. 1828), daughter of Benjamin
Hendrickson and Elizabeth (Depue) Schoonmaker,
about 1760 and had the following children:
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Hannah
b. Mary (1756)
c. Moses (1762)
d. Susanna (1764)
e. Hannah (1767-1831)
f. Anna (1768)
g. Benjamin Depue:
See generation 2, below.
h. Elijah (1775-1853)
i. John (1778-1853)
2 Benjamin Depue/Depew (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born 28 May 1771 in Wyoming Township, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania. Died 2 November 1831 in
Pennsylvania. Was
on a list of church members, along with his wife Lisabeth,
dated 11 October 1750 of the Machackemeck and Hennsinck Dutch Reformed Churches under the ministrations
of Reverends J. C. Fryenmuth and Thomas Rmien. May have resided in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Purchased from Thomas Romeyn
real estate described in a deed signed by Lord Sterling on 28 June 1765 and
recorded in the public records of properties of East Derusia
of New Jersey at Perth Amboy (book S.5 page 256).
2. Wife: Elizabeth Margaret Bossard (pronounced: Boo – sard)
(more
info)
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Born 14 January 1776 in Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsyvlania; daughter of Johannes Melchior and Margaretha Catharine (Keller) Bossard. Died 18/13
October 1828/31 in Pahaquarry Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Married Benjamin Depue in 1791 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
3. Children:
a. Maria Susannah/Susan Depew/Depue
“Susannah”: Born 27 August 1792. Died 18 November 1826.
By one account married James Place, Jr. and had the following child:
(1. Susannah Place: Born 7 November 1826. Presented at baptism on 4
February 1827 by her grandmother, Elizabeth (Bosard) Depue.
By another account Maria Susannah Depew married
Washington Overfield and had the following children:
(2. James “Jim” Overfield.
(3. Moses Overfield.
(4. John Overfield.
(5. Finely Overfield.
(6. Joseph “Joe” Overfield.
b. Margaret Depew: Born 15 April 1794. Married .
c. Elijah Depue: (photos)
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Born 29/28 January 1796 in New Jersey. Died 27 May 1864 in Jackson Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania; interred Sand Hill Cemetery, Shoemakers Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
1840 US Census: Elijah Depuy
was heading a household in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The household included 1
male age 5 to 10; 2 males age 10 to 15; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 male age 40 to
50 [Elijah]; 1 female under age 5; 1 female age 10 to 15; and 1 female age 40
to 50 [Jane].
1850 US Census: Elijah Depue,
age 54 (b. NJ) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Middle
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Jane Depue, age 48 (b. PA); son, John Depue, age 21 (b. PA) and employed as a laborer; son,
Vine Depue, age 19 (b. PA) and employed as a laborer;
son, James Depue, age 15 (b. PA); daughter, Mary Depue, age 12 (b. PA); and son, Charles Depue,
age 4 (b. PA). Of interest, the
household headed by his brother, Melchion Depue, age 50, was enumerated directly before him on the
same and previous census pages.
1860 US Census: Elijah Depue,
age 62 (b. NJ) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Middle
Smithfield Township (Coolbaugh Post Office); Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $2,000, and his personal property was valued at $1,000. The household also included his wife, Jane Depue, age 58 (b. NJ) and employed doing domestic labor;
son, Benjamin Depue, age 36 (b. PA); daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Depue, age 31
(b. PA) and employed doing domestic labor; son, John Depue, age 28 (b. PA) and employed as a day laborer; daughter, Margaret Depue, age 14
(b. PA); grandson, Henry Depue, age 6 (b.
PA); granddaughter, Symtha Depue, age 4 (b. PA); and granddaughter, Vandilia Depue, age 1 (b. PA).
Elijah Depue married his
4th cousin (common grandparents: Moses and Maria (Wynkoop)
Depue, gen 7, above) Jane Depue
(photos)
(b. 4 May 1801 in Sussex Co., NJ; daughter of John (b. 16 Nov 1764 on Staten
Island, Richmond Co., NY, d. 1 Oct 1842 in Calno Twp,
Warren Co., NJ) and Hannah A.
(Decker) Depue
(b. 30 Aug 1772 at Port Jervis, Orange Co., NY, d. 26 May 1839 in Pahaquarry
Twp, Warren Co., NJ), d. 18 Nov 1873 in Dunmore Twp, Lackawanna Co., PA) and
had the following children:
(1. Susan Depue: Born 20
December 1818 in Pennsylvania. Died
16/10 July 1861, age 42 years, 6 months,
and 20 days in Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred Middle Smithfield
Presbyterian Cemetery, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Washington Overfield
(b. 12 Aug 1818 in Durham Twp, Bucks Co., PA, d. 14 Nov 1873) in Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey and had the
following children:
(a. Margaret Jane Overfield: Born about 1835 in Pennsylvania. Died there 7 December 1848.
(b. Sarah V. Overfield:
Born 25 September 1836 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 8 August 1917 in
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(c. James “Jim” D. Overfield:
Born 3 March 1840 in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 September 1917; interred Sand Hill
Cemetery, Shoemakers Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Eleanor Deitrich
(b. 2 Dec 1847 in Middle Smithfield Twp, Monroe Co., PA, d.
1958) and had children.
(d. Moses D. Overfield: Born 6 February 1843 in Pennsylvania. Died 10 September 1930 in
Hamilton Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Martha H. Van Aken
(b. 1835 in PA) on 23 October 1867 in Mendham Township, Morris County, and had
children.
(e. Amile
"Mile" Overfield: Born 21 April 1846 in
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died there 14 August 1935. Married Emma E. Schoonover (b. 15 Oct 1857 in
Bushkill Twp, Monroe Co., PA, d. 28 Aug 1946 in East
Stroudsburg Twp, Monroe Co., PA) and had children.
(f. John Overfield: Born 8 June 1849 in Pennsylvania. Died 11 March 1924. Married Malvene G.
Decker (b. 16 Sep 1846 in Jackson Twp, Monroe Co., PA, d. 7 Apr 1932) about
1873 in Pennsylvania and had children.
(g. Findlay Bogart Overfield: Born 28 August 1851 in Pennsylvania. Died 19 January 1935 in
Nashville Township, Davidson County, Tennessee. Married Helen Gunsaules
(b. Mar 1851 in PA, d. 1925) on 5 April 1876 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania and
had children.
(h. Joseph Overfield: Born February 1856 in Pennsylvania. Died 1922. Married Emma Hull (b. Sep 1862 in Walpack Twp, Sussex Co., NJ, d. 1931 in Monroe Co., PA)
about 1884 in Pennsylvania and had children.
(2. Benjamin “Ben” Depue: (more info) Born 6 September 1821 in Walpack
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; baptized there 21 July 1822. Died 1873 in Shoemakers Township, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Sand Hill Cemetery.
Benjamin Depue married
Elizabeth Frutchey (b. 17 Apr 1827 in Monroe Co., PA,
d. 26 May 1900 in Pike Co., PA; interred with Benjamin), daughter of John B.
and Sarah (Dietrich) Frutchey, and had the following
children:
(a. Henry Depue: Born about 1853 in Pennsylvania.
(b. Cynthia Depue: Born 25 January 1855 in Pennsylvania. Died 4 November 1942 in Cumru Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Married Thomas Gratten Hannas (b. 1853 in PA, d.
12 Apr 1900 in Philadelphia Co., PA).
(c. Vandalia Depue #1: (female) Born 8 January 1858. Died 21 January 1858 in Shoemakers Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Sand Hill Cemetery.
(d. Vandalia
"Van" D. Depew: (female) Born 18 March 1860 in Lehman Township, Pike
County, Pennsylvania (also seen: Monroe Co., PA). Died 26 December 1945 in East Stroudsburg
Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Stroudsburg
Cemetery. Married William M. Cramer (b.
23 Oct 1862 in Monroe Co., PA, d. 23 Jan 1919 in East
Stroudsburg Twp, Monroe Co., PA) and had children.
(e. Helen Depew: Born 17
August 1862 in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 April 1937 in East
Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Nathan Butler Ebert (b. 28 Jul 1867
in Stewartsville Twp, Warren Co., NJ, d. 27 May 1945
in East Stroudsburg Twp, Monroe Co., PA) and had children.
(f. Susan Depue: Born 29 December 1864 in Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died 5
May 1921 in East Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married (?) Brown
(b. abt 1863 in PA) and had a daughter.
(g. Charles “Charley” E. Depew: (photos) Born 13
March 1866 near Meshoppen, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania (also seen: b. Burkkill Co., PA). Died 2 May 1948 in East
Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Married Emma Hampton (b. 9 Apr 1867 in
England, d. 1 Nov 1958 at San Diego, San Diego Co., CA) on 3 June 1896 in Kings
County, New York and had a son.
(h. George Depew: Born 14
January 1870 in East Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 12 July 1954 in
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Married Lizzie Belle Page (b. 12 Mar 1870 in Newport Twp, Cumberland
Co., NJ, d. 14 Oct 1959 in Philadelphia Co., PA) on 23
Feb 1894 in Bridgeton Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey and had a
daughter.
(3. Moses Depue: Born
1823. Died 11 March
1839 in Shoemakers Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(4. Polly Depew: Married (?) and
had the following children:
(a. Ab/Al (?).
(b. Samuel “Sam” (?).
(c. Liza
(?).
(d. Stella
(?).
(5. Sarah Depew: Born 2 May 1826 in
Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; baptized
there 17 September 1826. Married (?) and
had the following daughter:
(1. Clara (?).
(6. John J. Depue:
Born 7 April 1831 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 7 April 1902, age 72, in Tunkhannock
Borough, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Sunnyside Cemetery
(Tunkhannock Democrat, 29 Sep 1905, page 3).
1870 US Census: John J. Depew, age
41 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Auburn Township
(Auburn 4 Corners), Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $1,200, and his
personal property was valued at $400.
The household also included his wife, Sally A. Depew, age 29 (b. PA);
son, Harry E. Depew, age 5 (b. PA); and daughter, Carry [quite legible] E.
Depew, age 3 months (b. PA). Of
interest, the household headed by his brother, James Depew, age 53 (b. PA) was
enumerated before John on the same census page.
1880 US Census: John J. Depue, age 49 (b. PA; parents b. NJ) and employed as a
farmer, resided in the household headed by his "brother," James Depue, age 62 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a
farmer in Auburn Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Sally
A. Depue, age 39 (b. PA; parents b. NYS); son, Harry
E. Depue, age 15 (b. PA); daughter, Jennie R. Depue, age 10 (b. PA); mother-in-law, Sally Rouse, age 70
(b. PA; parents b. NYS); sister-in-law [James' wife], Elizabeth Depue, age 54 (b. PA; parents b. CT); and niece [James' dau], Edith Depue, age 16 (b.
PA).
1890 US Census: (special schedule
for service members and widows) Sergeant John J. Depue
of Meshoppen Borough, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
enlisted 8 October 1862 in Company B of the 179th Pennsylvania Infantry
Regiment (drafted militia). He was
discharged 24 July 1863. He was
diagnosed as having lung and heart disease.
His widow applied for a service-related pension on 27 September 1879.
1900 US Census: John Depew, age 69
(b. Apr 1831 in PA; parents b. NJ) and employed as a carpenter, was heading a
household at 222 Slocum Street in Tuckhannock
Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife of 38 years, Sally Depew, age 59
(b. Jan 1841 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 3 children, all still alive;
and daughter, Fanny Depew, age 17 (b. Feb 1883 in PA), single, and in school.
John Depue
married Sarah "Sally" Ann Rouse (b. 22 Jan 1841 in Smithfield Twp,
NJ, d. 24 Sep 1905, age 64, in Tunkhannock Borough, Wyoming Co., PA; interred
with John), daughter of George and Sally Ann (Delts)
Rouse, on 22 July 1863 at Marshalls Creek, Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(a. Harry
E. Depew: Born April 1865 in Pennsylvania.
Resided in New York.
1930 US Census: E. Harry Depue, age 65 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a
wholesale meat salesman, was heading a household at 2410 Aurora Street in the
City of El Paso, El Paso County, Texas.
He married 1st at age 26. The
household also included his wife, E. Janet Depue, age
61 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married 1st at age 23.
Harry Depew married Janet Eadie (b. 14 Jun 1868 in Rockport, PA, d. 24 Feb 1946 at El
Paso, El Paso Co., TX), daughter of James Glover and Elizabeth Margaret (Stetler) Eadie, on 16 September
1891 in Carbon County, Pennsylvania and had children.
(b. Jennie
R. Depew: Born 1870 Died 8 February
1923; interred Sunnyside Cemetery, Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. At age 21 married Thomas
John Yates (b. 12 Jul 1873/70 in PA, d. Died 11 Sep 1923 at North Warren, Conewango Twp, Warren Co., PA), age 22 and employed as a
druggist at Pittston, Pennsylvania, son of John and Loise
(?) Yates, on 10 September 1891 in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania and had children.
(c. Frances "Fannie"
Depew: Born 4 February 1883 in Pennsylvania.
Died 26 August 1962 in Sacramento County, California. Married Frank L. Sweet (b. 1881 in PA) and
had children.
(7. Vine Depue: (male)
Born January 1832 in Pennsylvania. Died ; interred Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
1860 US Census: Vine Depue,
age 28 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Middle
Smithfield Township (Coolbaugh Post Office), Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. His real estate
was valued at $500, and his personal property was valued at $200. The household also included his wife, Mary
Ann Depue, age 27 (b. PA); son, Charles Depue, age 9 (b. PA); son, Moris Depue, age 6 (b. PA); daughter, Delfem
Depue, age 5 (b. PA); son, Floyd Depue,
age 3 (b. PA); and daughter, Allais Depue, age 1 (b.
PA).
1870 US Census: Vine Depue,
age 38 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Middle
Smithfield Township (Tobyhanna Mills Post Office), Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued
at $3,000, and his personal property was valued at $1,000. The household also included his wife, Mary Depuem age 36 (b. PA); son, Morris Depue,
age 16 (b. PA); daughter, Delia Depue, age 14 (b.
PA); son, Floyd Depue, age 13 (b. PA); daughter, Allice Depue, age 11 (b. PA);
son, Eugene Depue, age 9 (b. PA); daughter, Elmina Depue, age 6 (b. PA); and John Decker, age 8 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: Vine Depue,
age 49 (b. PA; parents b. NJ) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household
in Falls Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Mary Depue, age 44 (b. PA; parents b. PA); son, Floyd Depue, age 20 (b. PA), single, and employed as a farm
laborer; daughter, Alice Depue, age 18 (b. PA),
single, and at home; son, Eugene Depue, age 16 (b.
PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer; daughter, Mira Depue,
age 15 (b. PA) and in school; and son, Harvey Depue,
age 5 (b. PA).
1900 US Census: Vine Depue,
age 68 (b. Jan 1832 in PA; parents b. PA), widowed, and employed as a farmer,
was heading a household in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his daughter, Nellie Swartwood, age 39 (b.
Sep 1850 in PA; parents b. PA); and grandson, Charles Swartwood,
age 18 (b. Jul 1881 in PA; parents b. PA), single, and employed as a day
laborer.
Vine Depew married Mary M. Decker (b. 7 Jul 1835, d.
30 Apr 1898) and had the following children:
(a. Charles “Charley” Depue:
(photos) Born August 1850 in Pennsylvania. Died 20 July 1872.
(b. Morris "Moon" Depue:
Born 6 October 1854 in Pennsylvania. Died 9 October 1920. Married Maggie S. Swartwood (b. 24 Sep
1860, d. 18 Mar 1892 in Monroe Co., PA).
(c. Delfine
"Della" Depue: Born 1855 in Pennsylvania.
(d. Floyd Depue: Born 1857 in Pennsylvania.
(e. Allais/Alice Depue:
Born 1859 in Pennsylvania.
(f. Eugene "Gene" L. Depue:
(photos) Born November 1863 in Pennsylvania.
Died 1934 in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. At age 36 married
Jennie M. Stemples (b. Sep 1869 in Tunkhannock Twp,
Wyoming Co., PA, d. there 1929), age 30, daughter of John and Clarina Louisa (Redfield) Stemples,
on 12 February 1901 in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(g. Elmira Depue: Born
1864 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(h. Myra S. Depue: Born
1867 in Pennsylvania. At age 27, while
employed as a music teacher at Tuckhannock,
Pennsylvania, married William D. Rifenburg (b. 1867
in NYS), age 27 and a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Henry and
Ellen (?) Rifenburg, on 5 June 1894 in Tunkhannock
Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania and had a son.
(i.
Harvey George Depew: Born 1875 in Pennsylvania.
Died 4 February 1933 in Bennington County, Vermont. Married Henrietta Wade (b. 29 Aug 1876 in
Dorset Twp, Bennington Co., VT, d. 29 May 1962 in Bennington Twp, Bennington
Co., VT) on 23 August 1904 in Greenfield Township,
Franklin County, Massachusetts and had children.
(j. James “Jim” Depew: Born 1833 in Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died 21
February 1904. Married
Mary (?) (b. Feb 1838 in PA, d. 1911) and had the following children:
(1) John R. Depue: Born
about 1854 in Pennsylvania.
(2) Edward H. Depue: Born
May 1856 in Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died there. Married Anne Maria Kautz
(b. abt 1856 in PA, d. Stroudsburg Twp, Monroe Co., PA) in 1877 and had
children.
(3) John E. Depue: Born
about 1858 in Pennsylvania.
(4) Alvin Depue: Born
January 1859 in Pennsylvania. Died 1917. Married
Emma (?) and had children.
(5) Louisa Depue: Born
about 1860 in Pennsylvania.
(6) Laura L. Depue: Born and
died 1861 in Pennsylvania.
(7) Eliza J. Depue: Born
July 1864 in Pennsylvania. Married Neldon H. Skidmore (b. abt 1858, d. abt 1923) and had
children.
(8) Arthur Charles Depue:
Born 16 March 1874 at Bartonsville or Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania. Died 25
June 1904. Married Anna Elizabeth
Klingel (b. Sep 1876 in PA, d. 1935) about 1894 and
had children.
(k. Mary Depue: Born February 1838 in Pennsylvania.
(l. Jane Depue: Born 1840 in Shoemakers Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Died
there 1 April 1843.
(m. Charles W. Depue: Born 1846 in Pennsylvania. Died 12 June 1852 in
Shoemakers Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(n. Margaret “Mag” Depew:
Born about 1846 in Pennsylvania. Married
(?) and had the following children:
(1) Anna (?).
(2) Ollie (?).
(3) Will (?).
(8. James F./H.
Depue: Born 1833 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died 21 February 1904, age 69, from
complications of mitral insufficiency.
Veteran of the American Civil War: enlisted as a private on 18 April 1861 at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in the 2nd Battlion of the
116th Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves; discharged 18 April 1864 at
Alexandria, Virginia. Received a pension
of $10 for his service effective 23 December 1902; final settlement of his accounts
sent from National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtell,
Los Angeles County, California to his nephew, James Overfield
of Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: James Depue, age 15, resided with his parents in Middle Smithfield
Township (Coolbaugh Post Office); Monroe County,
Pennsylvania.
1860 US Census: James Depuy, age 28 (b. PA) and employed as a carpenter, was
heading a household in Stroudsburg Borough, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. His personal property was valued at
$100. The household also included his
wife, Mary Depuy, age 27 (b. PA); son, John R. Depuy, age 6 (b. PA); son, Edward H. Depuy,
age 4 (b. PA); son, John E. Depuy, age 2 (b. PA); and
daughter, Louisa Depuy, age 6 months (b. PA).
1870 US Census: James Depuy, age 38 (b. PA) and employed as a carpenter, was
heading a household in Stroud Township (Jackson Corners Post Office), Monroe
County, Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife, Mary Depuy, age 37 (b. PA), whose
personal property was valued at $300; son, John Depuy,
age 16 (b. PA); son, Edward Depuy, age 14 (b. PA);
daughter, Elizabeth Depuy, age 12 (b. PA); and Lavina Depuy, age 11 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: James H.
[quite legible] Depue, age 47 (b. PA; parents b. PA)
and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household in Stroud Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Mary Depue, age 45
(b. PA; parents b. PA), who had a liver complaint; son, John R. Depue, age 25 (b. PA), single, and employed as a laborer;
daughter, Laura L. Depue, age 19 (b. PA); and son,
Arthur C. Depue, age 6 (b. PA).
James Depue
married Mary (?) and had the following children:
(a.
John R. Dupue: Born about 1854 in Pennsylvania.
(b. Edward
H. Depue: Born May 1856 in Stroudsburg Township,
Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died there. Married
Anne Maria Kautz (b. 1856 in PA) and had children.
(c.
John E. Depue: Born about 1858 in Pennsylvania.
(d.
Alvin Depue: Born January 1859 in Pennsylvania. Died 1917. Married Emma (?) (b. abt 1855 in PA, d. ; interred Delaware Water Gap, Monroe
Co., PA) and had children.
(e.
Louisa Depue: Born about 1860 in Pennsylvania.
(f.
Laura L. Depue: Born and died 1861.
(g.
Eliza J. Depue: Born about 1864 in Pennsylvania. Married Neldon H.
Skidmore (b. abt 1858, d. 1923) and had children.
(h.
Arthur Charles Depue: Born 16 March 1874. Died 25 June 1904. Married Anna Elizabeth Klingel
(b. Sep 1876 in PA, d. 1935) and had children.
(9. Mary Depue:
Born 1838.
(10. Jane Depue:
Born 1840 in Shoemakers Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Died there 1 April 1843.
(11. Charles W. Depue: Born 1846 in Pennsylvania. Died 12 June 1852 in
Shoemakers Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
(12. Margaret Depue: Born about 1846 in Pennsylvania.
d. Elizabeth Depew "Lib": (photos)
Born 10 March 1798. Died
19 April 1878. Referred
to as: “Aunt Bep.” Married Stephen Harmon and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(1. Sarah Harmon.
(2. Rebecca Harmon.
(3. Benjamin “Ben” Harmon.
(4. Moses Harmon.
(5. Samuel “Sam” Harmon.
(6. Frederick Harmon.
(7. Stephen Harmon.
e. Melchoin/Mellicher Depew: Born 24 February 1800. Died 26 March 1870; interred Middle
Smithfield Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe
County, Pennsylvania.
1850 US Census: Melchion Depue, age 50 (b. NJ) and employed as an inn keeper, was
heading a household in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife, Eliza Depue, age 47 (b. PA); son,
Samuel Depue, age 22 (b. PA) and employed as a
farmer; daughter, Elizabeth Depue, age 21 (b. PA);
son, Moses Depue, age 18 (b. PA); son, William Depue, age 13 (b. PA); son, Henry Depue,
age 10 (b. PA); son, Phillip Depue, age 4 (b. PA);
and brother, Moses Depue, age 39 (b. NJ) and employed
as a laborer. Of interest, the household
headed by his brother, Elijah Depue, age 54, was
enumerated directly after him on the next census page.
Melchior Depue married
Eliza “Liza” Gonscules and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(1. Ency Depew: Married
John Turn (b. 1821) of Smithfield on 28 March 1844.
(2. Elizabeth “Lib” Depew: Died 1878.
(3. William “Will” Depew: Resided in Pike County,
Pennsylvania.
(4. Henry Depew: Married (?) Dock.
(5. Phillip “Phil” Depew: Married Bertha (?).
(6. Moses Depew.
(7. James “Jim” Depew.
(8. Sarah Depew: Married Dimmock
Overfield.
(9. Sophia Depew.
(10. Elanor Depew.
(11. Samuel “Sam” Depew.
f. Hannah Depew: Born 18 June 1802. Married Samuel Gonzales and had the following
children:
(1. Samuel Gonzales: Born 12 October 1823.
(2. Sarah Gonzales: Born 10 February 1826.
(3. Elizabeth Gonzales.
(4. William Gonzales: Born 25 March 1827.
(5. Emanuel Gonzales.
(6. Wayne Gonzales.
(7. Jarvis Gonzales.
(8. Daniel Gonzales.
(9. Washington Gonzales.
(10. Jane Gonzales.
(11. Ency
Gonzales.
(12. Susan Gonzales.
(13. Anna Gonzales.
g. Nicholas Depew/Depue:
Born 29 July 1804; baptized 4 September 1804 in the Walpack
Reformed Dutch Church, Walpack, Sussex County, New
Jersey. Married (?) and had the
following children:
(1. Eleanor Depew.
(2. Palmer Depew.
(3. James “Jim” Depew.
h. Ann/Anne/Amy Depew: Born 29 August 1806. Married John Van Auken
(sp) on 29 August 1800 and had 8 children, including:
(1. Elijah Van Auken: Born
27 April 1825. Baptized
18 September 1825.
i. Eve Catherine Depew: Born 24 September 1808. Resided in Monroe County,
Pennsylvania. Married Elijah Van Auken and had the following children:
(1. Wilson Van Auken.
(2. Horace Van Auken.
(3. Samuel “Sam” D. Van Auken:
Resided at Elmira, Broome County, New York.
(4. Calvin Van Auken.
(5. Ellen Van Auken.
j. Moses/Moyses Depew: (photos)
Born 13 March 1811; baptized 2 June 1811 in the Walpack
Reformed Dutch Church, Walpack Township, Sussex
County, New Jersey. Died
12 August 1883. Married Sarah Kintner and had the following daughter:
(1. Sophia Depew.
k. Ensey Depew: (female)
Born 10 June 1813. Died
21 May 1818.
l. Benjamin Depew, Jr.: (more info) Born 18 December 1815; baptized 12 May 1816 in the
Walpack Reformed Dutch Church, Walpack
Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Died 1837.
m. James Van Campen
Depew: See generation 1, below.
1 James Van Campen Depew (photos) (more info)
Born 23 December 1816 in Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey; baptized there
31 May 1818 in the Walpack Dutch Reformed
Church. Died 6 January 1884, age 67
years and 14 days in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; interred Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen
Borough, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Rebecca H. Biles (photos) (more info),
ninth child of Alexander
Patterson Biles, who is generation 7 of the Ancestors of John Addison Biles, on 5 February 1844
and had 9 children. Married (2nd)
widow Elizabeth (Maynard) Hicks (photos) (d. 19 Feb 1902), mother
of 2, and had 2 additional children.
See Alexander
Patterson Biles Page for More Info
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Other, still unidentified,
Depews/Depues:
1.
John Walter Depew (DAR #A032042): Born 1725. Died 21 April 1811. Married Catharine Sheperd
(b. 1726, d. 1809) and had the following son:
a.
Captain Isaac Depew: Born 16 September 1758 in Middlesex County, New
Jersey. Died 17 September 1855 at
Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
1850
US Census: Isaac Depew, age 92 (b. NJ) and employed as a wheel wright, was heading a single-person household in Sullivan
County, Tennessee. Of interest, the
household headed by William Depew, age 46 (b. TN) and employed as a farmer, was
enumerated directly after Isaac on the same census page. William household also included his wife,
Eliza Depew, age 41 (b. TN).
Isaac Depew
married Jane Jones on 19 January 1780 in Botetourt County, Virginia.
(1.
William Depew: Born 1781. Died 1870.
(a. Isaac Newton Depew: Born 1818. Died 1894.
(1)
Thomas Jefferson Depew: Born 19 September 1860 at Sneedville, Hancock County,
Tennessee. Died there
2 June 1935. Married
Mary Elizabeth McCarty.
(a)
Emory Lee Depew: Born 14 July 1886 at Sneedville, Hancock County,
Tennessee. Died 27 June 1955 in Faulkner
Township, Charles County, Maryland; interred LaPlata
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Dentsville, Charles
County, Maryland. Married
Bertha Howard.
[1.
Thomas Adrian Depew: Born 19 March 1916 in Harlan County, Kentucky. Died 9 January 1981 in Hernando County,
Florida; interred Fivay Greenfield Cemetery,
Greenfield, Pasco County, Florida.
2.
Samuel Depew: Born 15 February 1789. Died 25 May 1845.
Married Jemima Rigater (b. 20 Oct 1802, d. 12
Sep 1847) and resided in Sussex County, New Jersey. Samuel and Jemima had the following children:
a.
Elizabeth Depew: Married Jackson Dennis.
b.
Keron H. Depew: Born 1834 in New Jersey. Married David Shay (b. 1 Feb 1831 at Port
Jervis, Orange Co., NY, d. 29 Mar 1890 at Jessup, Susquehanna Co., PA), of
Jessup Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, son of Benjamin and Jane
(Writer) Shay, and had children.
c.
Samuel R. Depew: Born 11 September 1836 in Sussex County, New Jersey. Died 3 March 1874; interred Fairdale
Cemetery. Moved to
Franklin Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania about 1856.
1870
US Census: Samuel R. Depue, age 35 (b. NJ) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Franklin Township (Montrose
Post Office), Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
His real estate was valued at $3,000, and his personal property was
valued at $950. The household also
included his wife, Phebe Depue,
age 31 (b. NJ); daughter, Priscilla J. Depue, age 7
(b. PA); daughter, Minerva Depue, age 4 (b. PA); and
son, Ogden Depue, age 2 (b. PA).
Samuel R.
Depew married Phoebe Gunn on 2 October 1858 in Jessup Township and had the
following children:
(1. Ada Depew: Died young.
(2. Melruna Depew: Died young.
(3.
Priscilla Depew: Married Calvin Peck of Franklin Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsyhlvania.
(4.
Minerva Depew: Married Charles Palmer.
(5.
Ogden Depew: Resided in Franklin Township, Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania. Married Hattie Peirson and had one daughter, who died young.
d.
Jane Depew: Married Robert Pettitt of Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
3. James Depue: Born April 1846 in New Jersey.
1900 US Census:
James Depue, age 54 (b. Apr 1846 in NJ; parents b.
NJ) and employed as a farm laborer, was heading a household in Athens Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife of 20 years, Mary E. Depue,
age 39 (Nov 1860 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 5 children, 3 of whom were
still alive; son, James Depue, age 18 [this James b.
1 Sep 1881, d. 17 Nov 1953] (b. Sep 1881 in PA), single, and employed as a farm
laborer; son, George L. [Lord] Depue, age 16 (b. Jan
1883 in PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer; and daughter, Ida O. Depue, age 9 (b. Aug 1890 in PA).
James Depue married Mary Ellen Lord.
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