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Elizabeth Roberts

Female 1738 - 1783  (44 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elizabeth Roberts was born on 11 Dec 1738; died on 21 May 1783; was buried in Trinity Episcopal Churchyard, Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., NJ.

    Elizabeth married George Van Leer on 28 May 1756 in Gloria Dei "Old Swedes" Church, Philadelphia, PA. George (son of Bernardhus Van Leer and Mary Branson) was born in 1735; died on 22 Apr 1807; was buried in Trnity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Swedesboro, Gloucester Co., NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Hannah Van Leer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jan 1759 in Glocester Co., NJ; died in May 1801.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hannah Van Leer Descendancy chart to this point (1.Elizabeth1) was born on 27 Jan 1759 in Glocester Co., NJ; died in May 1801.

    Hannah married Harrison Wells about 1779. Harrison (son of Noah Wills and Mary Harrison) was born about 1755 in Hunterdon Co., NJ; died on 6 Feb 1795 in Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Margaret Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1777; died in 1826.
    2. 4. Elizabeth Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1778; died on 20 Aug 1863.
    3. 5. Seth Vanleer Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jul 1780; died on 25 Feb 1847; was buried in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    4. 6. William Vanleer Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Apr 1783.
    5. 7. George Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1785; died on 21 Oct 1833.
    6. 8. Mary Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1787; died on 4 May 1869; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    7. 9. Harrison Vanleer Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Feb 1793; died on 28 Jan 1830.
    8. 10. Hannah Wells  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jun 1795; died on 6 Jan 1865.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Margaret Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 5 Feb 1777; died in 1826.

    Margaret married Thomas Springer on 7 Dec 1802. Thomas was born on 19 Feb 1763; died in 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married George Pierce on 8 Jan 1807. George was born in 1767; died in 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Elizabeth Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 15 Dec 1778; died on 20 Aug 1863.

    Elizabeth married Abraham Mendenhall on 14 Jan 1798 in Old Swedes, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. Abraham was born on 28 Mar 1766; died on 17 May 1833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Alina Mendenhall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1798; died on 22 Feb 1856.

  3. 5.  Seth Vanleer Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 4 Jul 1780; died on 25 Feb 1847; was buried in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

  4. 6.  William Vanleer Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 5 Apr 1783.

  5. 7.  George Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 12 May 1785; died on 21 Oct 1833.

  6. 8.  Mary Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 20 Nov 1787; died on 4 May 1869; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.

    Mary married Benjamin Gregg in Jun 1803 in Trenton, Hunterdon Co., NJ. Benjamin (son of Enoch Gregg and Hannah Beeson) was born on 24 Feb 1774; died on 11 Feb 1834; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Hannah W. Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Mar 1805; died on 18 Feb 1885; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    2. 13. Mary Ann Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 May 1807; died on 10 Feb 1885 in New Garden twp., Chester Co., PA; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    3. 14. John Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1809; died in 1877.
    4. 15. Margaret Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1810; died on 1 Dec 1892; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    5. 16. Joseph W. Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1811; died on 28 Jan 1878; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    6. 17. Elizabeth Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Apr 1813; died on 15 Aug 1889; was buried .
    7. 18. James Bayard Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Mar 1814; died on 21 Jan 1885 in Binghampton, Broome Co., NY; was buried in Grand Street Cemetery, Binghampton, Broome Co., NY.
    8. 19. Edith Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1817; died in 1884; was buried in Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    9. 20. Sarah Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1819; died in 1898.
    10. 21. Beeson Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1823; died on 16 Jun 1907; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

  7. 9.  Harrison Vanleer Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 18 Feb 1793; died on 28 Jan 1830.

  8. 10.  Hannah Wells Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 28 Jun 1795; died on 6 Jan 1865.


Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Alina Mendenhall Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 27 Oct 1798; died on 22 Feb 1856.

    Alina married Joshua Windal Johnson on 7 Feb 1822. Joshua was born about 1793; died on 4 Mar 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Simon Johnson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1823.

  2. 12.  Hannah W. Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 3 Mar 1805; died on 18 Feb 1885; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.

    Hannah married Isaac Gregg on 13 Mar 1828. Isaac (son of Solomon Gregg and Anna Brita Vandever) was born on 27 Oct 1802; died on 19 Nov 1869; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Mary Anne Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1829; died on 7 Oct 1848.
    2. 24. John Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1830; died on 14 Jul 1867; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    3. 25. Louisa Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Mar 1833; died on 10 Feb 1905; was buried in Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Chester Co., PA.
    4. 26. Amanda Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Oct 1835; died on 31 Jul 1886; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.

  3. 13.  Mary Ann Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 16 May 1807; died on 10 Feb 1885 in New Garden twp., Chester Co., PA; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.

    Family/Spouse: Laban Pierson. Laban was born on 13 Nov 1801; died on 16 Jul 1877; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Nelson Pierson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Mar 1837; died on 29 Jul 1910.
    2. 28. Anna Matilda Pierson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1841; died on 11 Apr 1924; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    3. 29. Ethan Dixon Pierson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1843; died on 11 Feb 1887; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.
    4. 30. Sarah E. Pierson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1844; died on 29 Sep 1921; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    5. 31. Mary Emma Pierson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Dec 1844; died on 31 Mar 1911.

  4. 14.  John Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1809; died in 1877.

    Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann Walker. Sarah was born in 1812; died on 29 Jul 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Benjamin Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 May 1835; died on 12 Sep 1910; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    2. 33. James Edmund Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1837; died in 1901; was buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA.
    3. 34. Jehu Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1841.
    4. 35. Ann Eliza Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1843.

  5. 15.  Margaret Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 9 Apr 1810; died on 1 Dec 1892; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

    Margaret married Aquila Derickson on 4 Feb 1830. Aquila was born on 21 May 1809; died on 27 Nov 1881; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Elizabeth Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Oct 1830; died on 30 Dec 1833; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    2. 37. Joseph Wells Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Feb 1833; died on 17 Jun 1898; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    3. 38. Mary Louisa Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1835; died on 1 Sep 1836; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    4. 39. James Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1837; died on 7 Dec 1837; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    5. 40. Margareta Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1838; died on 16 Nov 1841; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    6. 41. Aquila Derickson, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 May 1841; died on 11 Mar 1865; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    7. 42. Calvin Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1844; died on 14 May 1900; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    8. 43. Bayard Edwin Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Mar 1846; died on 21 Dec 1904; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    9. 44. Sarah Frances Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1849; died on 21 Oct 1852; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    10. 45. Sarah Frances A. Derickson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1852; died on 11 Aug 1922; was buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA.

  6. 16.  Joseph W. Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 6 Nov 1811; died on 28 Jan 1878; was buried in Hockessin Friends, Hockessin, New Castle Co., DE.

    Family/Spouse: Eliza Jane Mendenhall. Eliza was born on 1 Sep 1814; died on 29 Jan 1857. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 46. Mary Jane Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 1835.
    2. 47. Mary Emma Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Dec 1837; died on 29 Apr 1859.
    3. 48. Hannah Ann Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug 1840; died in 1915; was buried in Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.
    4. 49. Albina Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1845; died on 19 Dec 1919; was buried in White Clay Creek Church, Newark, New Castle Co., DE.

  7. 17.  Elizabeth Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 9 Apr 1813; died on 15 Aug 1889; was buried .

  8. 18.  James Bayard Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 3 Mar 1814; died on 21 Jan 1885 in Binghampton, Broome Co., NY; was buried in Grand Street Cemetery, Binghampton, Broome Co., NY.

    Family/Spouse: Emma T. Felter. Emma was born on 2 Apr 1822 in Piermont, Rockland, NY; died on 10 Mar 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 50. Sarah S. Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Aug 1847 in Piedmont, Rockland Co., NY; died on 19 Oct 1862.
    2. 51. Dudley Wells Gregg  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1852; died on 25 Jan 1910 in Manhattan, New York, NY; was buried on 27 Jan 1910 in Susquehanna Cemetery, Suquehanna Co., PA.

  9. 19.  Edith Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1817; died in 1884; was buried in Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

    Family/Spouse: Gilpin Stidham. Gilpin was born on 30 Jan 1813; died on 27 Jul 1883; was buried in Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 52. Sarah C. Stidham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Apr 1843; died on 29 Jul 1891; was buried in Mount Salem Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

  10. 20.  Sarah Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1819; died in 1898.

    Sarah married Isaac Murray on 3 Oct 1850 in Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA. Isaac was born on 2 Dec 1820 in Ohio; died on 28 Nov 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 53. Isaac Beeson Murray  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Nov 1855; was christened on 9 Mar 1859 in Third Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA; died on 27 Dec 1921.
    2. 54. Bayard G. Murray  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1859; died on 9 Nov 1914; was buried in Fernwood Cemetery, Delaware Co., PA.

  11. 21.  Beeson Gregg Descendancy chart to this point (8.Mary3, 2.Hannah2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1823; died on 16 Jun 1907; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE.

    Beeson married Eliza Ann McElwee in Dec 1876. Eliza was born on 1 Oct 1828; died on 7 Jun 1883; was buried in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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