The John Conger Family

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Rowan County, North Carolina


Most information on this page gleaned from the
following three sources:

Book"The Conger Family of America"
by Helen Maxine Leonard c 1972

Printing by Larry and Maxine Leonard, Janesville,
Iowa 50647 Copyright 1972

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"The Genealogy Research of
Barbara B."Bebe" (Mrs. Leonard S.) Platt
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(a descendant of Amos Rounsavall
)

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Book"A Record of The Descendants of Isaac Ross &
Jean Brown & Allied Families
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Compiled by Anne Mims Wright
Originally published December 1911
Photographic reprint 1977
Linda Walter Johnson and Ledlie W. Conger
The Conger Printing & Publishing Company, Atlanta, GA


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 My sincere appreciation to the book authors for their time and effort spent to record our family.
 I've corresponded with "Bebe" Platt on numerous occasions, a thorough researcher.
 

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~How Our Conger's In New Jersey Evolved
To Sarah Conger & Josiah Rounsaval~

 1st Generation - John Belconger/Conger & Mary Kelly
 2nd Generation - John Conger & Mary Tuttle
 3rd Generation - John Conger & Zipporah Moores
 4th Generation - Sarah Conger & Josiah Rounsaval

The first Conger to come to this country was John Belconger who
shows up on the marriage records of Newbury, MA.

John Belconger md (1) 12 Apr 1666 Newbury, MA.,
         
Mary Kelly, daughter of John Kelly
 
(2)  Sarah Cawood
                 

     ~Upon moving to Woodbridge, NJ in early 1667, John was known as John CONGER~
He died in 1712.

 

 GENERATION 1

Issue of John Belconger/Conger by (1) Mary Kelly:

Name       Birth      Place     Death Marriage           Spouse
 Sarah   Jan 1668-9 Woodbridge,
Middlesex
Co.  NJ
           -        - Edward Wilkinson
 Johannah       Aug 1670          "            -        - Joseph Fitz Randolph
 John 24 May 1674          "              1727
Salem Co. NJ
       -    Mary Tuttle
 Elizabeth 1 Jan 1678-9          "            -        - John Sutton
 Lydia 1 Jan 1678-9          " Young        -                   -
 Jonathan 29 Mar 1683          "   8 May 1733        -                   -

Issue of John Belconger/Conger by (2) Sarah Cawood

Name        Birth Place Death Marriage         Spouse
 Gershom         abt 1685     -     -        -  Anne DeSignye
 Enos  21 Nov 1689     -       -        -               -
 Joseph  17 May 1692     -     -        -  Mary Marsh
 Job      9 Jun 1694     -     -        -  Keziah
 Rachel  12 May 1696       -     -        -                -
 Lydia  28 Apr 1698     -     -        -                -
 Benjamine      abt   1700     -     -        -  Experience Foord

GENERATION 2

Issue of John Conger by Mary Tuttle

   Name     Birth       Place          Death Marriage              Spouse
 John   abt 1708  Woodbridge,
 Middlesex
 Co.  NJ
  Feb 1784
Salisbury,
Rowan Co. NC
bur Abbott's Creek
Rowan Co. NC
Conger Cem
        -  Zipporah Moores
 Jonathan         1710          "     3 Mar 1779                  -  Ann Enyard
 Joanna   abt 1712                              -         -  John Sturdivant
 Nathaniel         1714          "             -         -                    -

GENERATION 3

Issue of John Conger by Zipporah Moores

   Name       Birth       Place      Death Marriage Spouse Born Died
 Jonathan  22 Jan 1732  Woodbridge,
 Middlesex
 Co.  NJ
  8 May 1793
Rowan Co.
NC - bur
Abbott's Creek
area - Conger
Cem - (Now in
Davidson Co.)
          -

Euphemia
"Fanny"
Ross

-  -
 Sarah   1732 - 1738 " 1792  Early 1750's  Josiah
Rounsaval
abt 1730
NJ?
1780
Camden,
SC
(Rev.
War)
 John  abt 1734 " 22 Mar 1806
Smith
       Co. TN          
          - (1) Judith
Moores
 (2) Mary
Ross
-  -
 Phoebe
abt 1740
Woodbridge,
Middlesex
Co. NJ       
abt 1816
Cleveland
Co. NC
            -           - Jacob
Randall
1721 - 1730
Gloucester
Co. NJ
 Jan 1806
Grover,
Cleveland
Co. NC
 Elizabeth
    "Lizzie"
abt 1742           "  1796            -  (1) Nicholas
Ross

 (2) Zaccheus Wilson
- -
 Hannah   5 Feb 1747          "  15 Apr 1820           -  Arthur
Brown
Ross
- -
 Isaac            -           -  1842 McLean
 Co. IL
          - Susannah
Barrett
- -

Note: Jacob & Phoebe Conger Randall's daughter, Sarah "Sally" Randall,
married John Rounsaval son of Josiah & Sarah Conger Rounsaval.
Thus Sarah Randall & John Rounsaval were first cousins!
                                             ~ Teresa Randall Bransby

Euphemia "Fanny" Ross & Arthur Brown Ross were step-brother & sister.
They married siblings; Jonathan and Hannah Conger.
                                                      ~Richard E. Henthorn Research

Click To View Sarah & Josiah's Family

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