Denys Tunison (1708 - bef. 1778)

Born 28 Apr 1708 in Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey

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Died before 1778 before age 69 in Martinsville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

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Research Notes

I found this to be interesting, I have not read the article beyond the part I copied and paste, I will do that tomorrow. "About 1717, Derrick married Mary, who may have been a member of the Van Kirk family of Flatbush. In 1721, they moved from Raritan, N.J. to an area along the Millstone River in Somerset Co., N.J. On March 2, 1741, he purchased 278 acres at Amwell, N.J., which he eventually deeded to two of his sons, William and Jacobus (James).

In Amwell, Derrick ran a public house. Family tradition claims that there were always "at least two generations of Hooglands under its roof and that from its doors none ever went away hungry." Derrick was the first to be appointed elder of the Amwell Presbyterian Church. He died sometime between August 21, 1765 – the date of his will – and October 5, 1765, when it was probated. Mary died in 1793.

Derrick and Mary had the following children:

John, baptized 5 Apr 1719, New Brunswick, N.J., in the Dutch Reformed Church William, baptized 9 Oct 1720, New Brunswick, N.J., in the Dutch Reformed Church; m. Rachel ______; d. in late 1799 or early 1800 Jacobus (James), baptized 7 Dec 1722, New Brunswick, N.J., in the Dutch Reformed Church; m. ca. 1746 Mary Newman; d. 1770 Derrick, baptized 28 Jan 1725, New Brunswick, N.J., in the Dutch Reformed Church; married Abigail Howell; d. 1763 Hendrick, b. 13 May 1726 near Millstone, N.J.; m. 2 Apr 1749, Leah Sutphen; d. before 1765 George, b. ca 1729; m. Mrs Margaret Probasco; d. ca. 1791 Abraham, b. ca. 1731 Joseph Caderus, b. 11 Dec 1737 Daniel, b. 1738 Amos, b. 21 Aug 1741 Sarah m. Denys Tunison Mary m. _________ Quick Siche or Fytje, m. 1st, Mr Van Vliet; 2nd, Joseph Leigh" Link to the article.

I do not know if this is your Denys Tunison, but will continue tomorrow. JWW.

That Sarah who married Denys Tunison was apparently born after 1741, so she was a different generation than the man born in 1708, as described in this profile. - Smith-62120 12:48, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Denys /Tunison/^[2]

Name: Denias /Tunison/^[3]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Denys /Tunison/.

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1786

Place: Bridgewater Township SE-, Somerset County, NJ^[4]

Probable death before 1778 based on petition to New Jersey Assembly in March 1778 that was signed by his son Cornelius and wife "Sary" (Sara) Tunison as land owners plus neighbors who suffered Rev. War losses after encampment of Washington's troops at Middlebrook. Sourced from Somerset County Genealogical Quarterly Vol. I, (1912) #1 Article on Somerset County Losses in the Revolution - pages 283-4 <https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924087788315;view=1up;seq=314/>

Denys Tunison was born before 28 APR 1708 in near Raritan, NJ ^[5]

Father: Cornelius Tunison b: ABT 1657 in New Amsterdam Mother: Neeltje Bogart b: BEF 22 AUG 1665 in near NYC, NY

Marriage 1 Sarah Hoogland b: ABT 1717

Children:

1. Neeltje Tunison b: BEF 19 DEC 1736 in near Raritan, NJ
2. Neeltje Tunison b: BEF 18 AUG 1743 in near Raritan, NJ
3. Cornelius Tunison b: BEF 22 APR 1746 in near Harlingen, NJ
4. Sarah Tunison b: BEF 29 MAY 1749 in near Harlingen, NJ
5. Teunis Tunison b: BEF 22 SEP 1751 in near Raritan, NJ
6. Derck Tunison b: BEF 23 MAY 1754 in near Raritan, NJ
7. Annetje Tunison b: BEF 30 OCT 1757 in near Raritan, NJ

S. Tunison is on the New Jersey Tax List Sept & January for 1779. ^[6]

Will of Sarah Teunison 1790, Feb. 13 of Bridgewater, Somerset Co.; will of. My sons and daughters to have an equal share in a legacy bequeathed to me by my father: my children are Cornelius, Dirck, Denis, Mary, Sarah and Anne. They are to have the residue. Executor - John Sebring. Witnesses - Samuel Bishop, Albert Bulmore, Daniel Castner. Proved March 29, 1790 (Lib 31, p520) ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Tunison-19 was created by Lenny Darnell through the import of AND 9G Tree.ged on Jul 23, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=64993570&pid=1346
3. ↑ Source: #S39
4. ↑ Source: #S39
5. ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=morrvoort&id=I08909
6. ↑ New Jersey Tax List on ancestry.com
7. ↑ New Jersey Abstract of Wills, Vol. XXXVI, 1786-1790

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