Jonathan Perdue (abt. 1774 - 1859)

Husband of Rebecca Engle — married 2 Jun 1807 in Jefferson, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Oct 1859 at about age 85 in Guernsey, Ohio, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Mark Stickle [send private message]

Biography

Jonathan's date and place of birth are uncertain; responses on Census returns from 1820 thru 1850 point to birth between 1771 and 1790, while the 1860 Census Mortality Schedule points to a Virginia birth in 1766 and unsourced online "trees" claim England in 1774. With such a wide date range the possibility of conflated identity cannot be entirely ruled out. But it seems clear that the Jonathan Perdue who resided in Guernsey county, Ohio from 1820 through 1850 is the Jonathan Perdue who died in 1859.

Numerous online "trees" claim that Jonathan is the son of Joseph Perdue (or Pardue/Perdieu), b. maybe Virginia say 1732. I have found no documentation supporting this relationship.

An extract of Jonathan's will (see attached) enables us to identify heirs as follows:

• wife Rebecca 1/3 of estate
• son William $300
• daughter Catherine Estella $300
• son James $300
• daughter Rachel Carpenter $100
• daughter Sarah Davidson $300 [died 1860]
• daughter Mary Spenser $300
• son of deceased daughter Elizabeth COGAN [unclear] Izaak Cogan
• grandson and son of Rachel Carpenter -- Neal Perdue

Sources

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD5Z-V86 : 13 October 2021), Jonathan Perdue and Rebeckah Engle, 1807.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #32184005: accessed 22 December 2018), memorial page for Jonathan Perdue (1774–5 Oct 1859), citing Engle Cemetery, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Carole Marie McMahan (contributor 46939474) .

• Will [image attached] Record of Wills, 1812-1918; Index, 1812-1972; Author: Ohio. Probate Court (Guernsey County); Probate Place: Guernsey, Ohio. Vols 1 and 2, 1852-1875. pp. 292-293 original and image 173 in digitized version.

• 1850 USC Ohio, Guernsey county, Washington Twp. line 28, Dwelling 1835 Family 1851. Jonathan Pardue, age 60, b. VA ....

• Mortality Schedule 1860 USC. Ohio, Guernsey county, Washington township

Acknowledgements

This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

I have assumed this profile to add sourcing and as part of a project to establish a late 18th/early 19th century link between the Perdue, Howell, and Stickle families in Guernsey, Muskingum and Coshocton counties that was discovered three years ago through Y-DNA testing. MStickle NOV2023