Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham Van Voorhis and Jane Phillips




Husband Abraham Van Voorhis 1 2 3 4

            AKA: Abram Van Voorhis 5
           Born: 28 Dec 1785 - Burlington Co, NJ 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1871 6 7
         Buried: 


         Father: Daniel Van Voorhees (1738-1819) 4
         Mother: Mary Newton (      -1789/1789) 3 4 6 8


       Marriage: 27 Nov 1829 7

   Other Spouse: Ann Watkins (      -1828) 2 3 6 7 - 11 May 1818 7



Wife Jane Phillips 3 7 9

           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1892
         Buried: 


         Father: William Phillips (      -Abt 1817) 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Matthews (      -      ) 9




Children
1 F Eliza Van Voorhis 3 10 11

           Born: 1 Sep 1830 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1850 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thornton F. Watkins (      -1852) 10 11
           Marr: 12 Apr 1849 11


2 F Lucinda Van Voorhis 3 11

           Born: 7 Aug 1832 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jun 1840 11
 Cause of Death: Scarlet fever
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M John Van Voorhis 10 11 12

           Born: 6 Sep 1835 - Carroll Twp, Washington Co, PA 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Isophene H. Teeple (      -1904) 3
           Marr: 15 Sep 1859 3 11
         Spouse: Mary B. Grooms (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1 Aug 1906 3


4 F Emaline Van Voorhis 3 10 13

           Born: 28 Feb 1838 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph Brown (      -      ) 10 13


5 F Caroline Van Voorhis 3 10 14

           Born: 1 Nov 1840 13
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Jones (      -1877) 5 10 15
           Marr: 29 May 1862 13


6 F Serenia Ann Van Voorhis 13

            AKA: Ceraunia Van Voorhis 3
           Born: 2 Jul 1843 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Mar 1861 13
         Buried: 



7 F Cynthia Van Voorhis 3 10 13

           Born: 16 Jan 1848 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: J. Cooper Bentley (      -1880) 10 13
         Spouse: [Unk] Snyder (      -      ) 13


8 F Cintha Van Voorhis 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Abraham Van Voorhis


He was born near Rancocas Creek, on the Delaware River, in New Jersey. [HWC 1882, 696]

He was born on Long Island. In 1785 he came with his parents to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he spent his entire life, passing away at the age of eighty-six years. [TCHWWC, 1220]


General Notes: Wife - Jane Phillips


She lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years.

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 695.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1059.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1220.

4 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 187.

5 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 157.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 696.

7 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1058.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1146.

10 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 697.

11 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 197.

12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1114, 1220.

13 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 198.

14 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 157, 198.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 143.


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