Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJemima Condit8, 113
Birth24 Aug 1754, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey8
Death14 Nov 1779, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey8
BurialOld Burying Grounds (1st Presbyterian Church), Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey
FatherDaniel Condit , 11 (1723-1783)
MotherRuth Harrison (1723-1807)
Spouses
Birth1753, Swinefield Rd, Newark, New Jersey862
MemoLater called Orange
Death14 May 1837, Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey624
BurialOld Burying Grounds (1st Presbyterian Church), Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey624
FatherMatthew Harrison (1726-1767)
MotherMartha Dodd (1731-1792)
Marriage17788
ChildrenIra B. (Died as Child), 113:1 (1779-1789)
Notes for Jemima Condit
Jemima was the author of a diary, kept by Jemima Cundict between April, 1772, when she was seventeen years old, and about December of 1778. This diary has passed down through the centuries and is now kept by the New Jersey Historical Society in their document collection in Newark, New Jersey. It was transcribed and printed in a limited edition in 1930 and later reprinted by the Jemima Cundict Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Notes for Aaron (Spouse 1)
Revolutionary War
Aaron, son of Matthew and Martha (Dod) Harrison, was born in 1753 at the old homestead on the Swinefield road. He also served with the New Jersey militia in the Revolutionary war, and, the martial spirit continuing long after that memorable struggle, he was elected major of a battalion of light horse composed of seven companies, every member of which furnished his own uniform and equipment’s, at a cost of one hundred dollars. It is said that the first farm wagon ever used in this locality was brought here by Major Harrison. He was a man of excellent judgment and sound common sense, and possessed the confidence and respect of all his neighbors. He married, first, Jemima, the third child of Daniel and Ruth (Harrison) Condit. Ruth being a daughter of Samuel Harrison (2d). One child was born to Major Harrison and his wife, but it died early in life. After the death of Mrs. Harrison the Major married Phebe, a daughter of Lewis Crane, son of Elihu, son of Jasper (3d), son of Jasper (2d), son of Jasper (ist), one of the original settlers of Newark. Mrs. Lewis Crane was a cousin of Rev. Aaron Burr. The children born to Aaron and Phebe Harrison were: Samuel, who died when about sixty-five years old: Charles, who married Miss Mary Williams: Matilda; Phebe; Jemima became the wife of Caleb W. Baldwin; Ira, the father of our subject: Aaron Burr, Abigail and Mary.2949
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