Xerxes Price (1777 - 1845)

Born 24 Sep 1777 in Connecticut

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XERXES PRICE, b. at Hartford, CT, 24 Sep 1777 son of Ebenezer Price and Lois Gray; ^{[1] [2]} d. at South Amboy, NJ, 24 Oct 1845 ^[3] from suicide by hanging; ^[4] m. about 1805, ANN “NANCY” LETTS, b. 1779 daughter of Francis and Mary (van Deventer) Letts; ^[5] Nancy d. 8 Aug 1829. ^[6]

Xerxes Price settled on property near that of his father Ebenezer on Roundabout Landing between South River and Roundabout Landing in Sayreville, New Jersey. He operated a stoneware making business in Sayreville.^{[7] [8]}

In December 1829, a judgment was issued against Ebenezer Price, Xerxes Price, and Isaac Fourate in favor of George Whitehead. There was a property seizure of a 146-acre tract which was then sold at auction to George W. Price. Isaac Fouratt was a son-in-law of Xerxes and George W. Price was a son of Xerxes. ^[9]

On 4 March 1830, Xerxes Price of South Amboy, in consideration of $697.02, conveyed 66 acres in South Amboy to Peter VanDeventer. ^[10]

On 23 April 1842, a Court judgment was entered in a case with Joseph Taylor as claimant and George W. Price, Ebenezer Price, and Henry French as defendants and a further defendant represented by the executor of the will of Robert Morris deceased. The property involved was a 146-acre tract which had been the subject of a property division from the estate of Xerxes’s father Ebenezer. Others involved were Isaac Fouratt and Ebenezer Price, Jr. Part of this property had come under mortgage. George W. Price was part owner of this property, and he was ordered to pay $80.43 and $13.49. ^[11]

In 1830, Xerxes headed a household of four persons at South Amboy: one male 40 to 49, one male 10 to 14, one female 5 to 9, and one female 15 to 19.^[12]

Children

Xerxes Price and Nancy Letts were parents of six children born likely at South Amboy. ^[13]

i MARY ANN PRICE, b. about 1806; d. at New Brunswick, NJ, 1867 (probate 9 Oct 1867); m. 1821, ISAAC FOURATT, b. at Piscataway, 1801 son of Enos and Anna (Runyon) Fouratt; Isaac d. by suicide, 4 Mar 1861 at New Brunswick. Capt. Isaac Fouratt was keeper of the Raritan House in New Brunswick and attaché of the Custom house. ^[14]

ii GEORGE W. PRICE, b. about 1808; d. at East Brunswick, NJ, 17 Jul 1895; m. at Taunton, MA, 24 Sep 1833, MARY DRAKE PRESBREY, b. at Taunton, 1815 daughter of John and Fanny (Soper) Presbrey; ^[15] Mary d. at North Brunswick, 24 Dec 1885.

iii JANE PRICE, b. 6 Jan 1812; d. at South Amboy, NJ, 22 Jan 1893; m. 1831, JOHN DISBROW, b. 1810 of undetermined parents; John d. at South Amboy, 16 Aug 1882. iv CAROLINE PRICE, b. 14 Mar 1814; d. at Mason, MI, 13 Oct 1894; m. 20 Jan 1831, JOHN ANDERSON, b. at Jersey City, 31 Mar 1810 son of Andrew and Jane (Cadmus) Anderson; John d. at Parma, MI, 20 Dec 1877.

v JOHN R. PRICE, b. 1 Jul 1816; d. at Lansing, MI, 11 Jul 1895; m. 1843, JANE POWELL, b. at NY, 11 Sep 1818 daughter of John L. and Margaret (Hulburt) Powell (death record); Jane d. at Keene, MI, 2 Jan 1904. John R. Price served as Captain in Company G of the Third Regiment of the Michigan Infantry during the Civil War. He served as Marshall of Lansing, Michigan.^[16]

vi LOUISE PRICE, b. about 1825; d. at South Amboy, 5 Nov 1873; m. at Middlesex County, NJ, 26 Jan 1843, ANDREW J. DISBROW, b. 1823 son of Andrew and Rebecca (Munday) Disbrow; Andrew d. at Sayreville, 1902 (probate 16 May 1902).

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, p 340
2. ↑ The 1786 will of Lois's brother Abiel Gray includes a bequest to his sister Lois Price and her three children Lois, Ebenezer, and Xerxes Price. Connecticut. Probate Court (Hartford District); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut, volume 23, pp 206-207
3. ↑ Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, p 341
4. ↑ Clayton, History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey, p 853
5. ↑ Wright, Our Family Ties, p 32
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV7-JYLW : 2 August 2020), Nancy Letts Price, ; Burial, South River, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States of America, Washington Monumental Cemetery; citing record ID 8969188, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ Clayton, History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey, p 853
8. ↑ U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
9. ↑ New Jersey Land Records, Middlesex County, 23:406
10. ↑ New Jersey Land Records, Middlesex County, 22:136
11. ↑ New Jersey Land Records, Middlesex County, 38:237
12. ↑ 1830; Census Place: South Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey; Series: M19; Roll: 83; Page: 261; Family History Library Film: 0337936
13. ↑ There are an uncertain number of children. There are six children for whom records were located and these correspond with those given in Wright, Our Family Ties, p 32. Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, pp 341-342, reports there were nine children in the family but does not name them; this source reports John R. Price was the next to youngest child.
14. ↑ New York Times, New York, New York, 09 Mar 1861, Sat, Page 2
15. ↑ Presby, William Presbrey of London, p 64
16. ↑ Chapman Brothers, Portrait and Biographical Album of Ingham and Livingston Counties, pp 340-341

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