Conger, James

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Birth

James was born on January 11, 1760 at Rahway, NJ, a son of Job Conger and Lydia Coddington. [1]

Marriage & Children

In 1784 he married Elizabeth McNab who was born in December of 1769[1]. They had the following known children:

  • Margaret Conger was born at about 1785, she married Ovid Chesebrough[1]
  • William Conger was born at about 1788, he married Katherine Follock[1]

Sometime between 1805 and 1809 he married Sarah Doty who was born in Connecticut on July 7, 1773, a daughter of Samuel and Mercy Doty. Sarah and James had the following known children:

  • Eliza Ann Conger who was born at about 1810
  • James Conger who was born at about 1812. [2]

After the death of James, Sarah married Deliverance Smith.

Death

Elizabeth died on February 17, 1805.[1]James died shortly before May 13, 1813 the date Sarah was appointed executrix of James's estate[3]. Sarah Doty Conger Smith died in Delaware County, NY on August 10, 1863 at the home of her son, James Conger[2]. She was buried at the Arabia Cemetery in Franklin, Delaware County, NY. [4]

Obituary

Additional Research Notes

James died intestate. Sarah was made administrator of his estate. [3]


Additional Media


Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 bernehistory.org
  2. 2.0 2.1 1855 Census, Hamden, Delaware Co., NY, page 19, line 27
  3. 3.0 3.1 Albany County NY Letters of Administration, Book 3, page 54
  4. Find A Grave memorial #99079791, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=81&GScid=2357677&GRid=99079791&