Jonathan Lambert (abt. 1761 - abt. 1805)

Born about 1761 in Monmouth County, Colony of New Jersey

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Died about 1805 at about age 44 in Harrison County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Jonathan was born about 1740. He is the son of Daniel Lambert and Mary Randolph. He passed away in 1796. ^[1]

Census of 1785 Harrison Co. WV list Jonathon Lambert as living on the waters of Elk Creek. George Jackson list of tithables 18th. July, 1785, on the waters of Elk Creek. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Kathryn Carter, Dec 2, 2012
2. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/1785census.html

• "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Z-561 : 4 December 2014), Jonathan Lambert in entry for William Jr. Davis and Hannah Lambert, 12 Apr 1790; citing Harrison, West Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 163,840.
• Kathryn Carter, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Kathryn and others.

http://genealogytrails.com/wva/harrison/1785census.html

• <http://www.familycentral.net/index/pedigree.cfm/>

• <List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia

L. page 54 Lambert, Jonathan, H. D., May, 1777, 16

• "West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QM-TPSZ : 22 June 2016), Jonathan Lambert, 1805.

• http://www.usgenealogyexpress.com/~wv/harrison

/wv_harrisonco_history1910_earlysettlements.htm

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DEEDS: LAMBERT DEED, HARRISON CO, WV http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=484e567e-1c00-42ec-ba44-883d5b5aec65&tid=29001262&pid=2 ID: I00069

Notes

DEEDS: LAMBERT DEED, HARRISON CO, WV^[3] DEED BOOK 6 PAGES 13 & 14 The heirs of Jonathan Lambert, deceased, To // Deed William Lambert, 300 Acres This Indenture made the second day of September Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and five between Benjamin Holden & Ann, his wife, late Ann Lambert, William Davis and Hannah his wife, late Hannah Lambert , Robert Parks and Susina his wife late Susina Lambert, John Lambert, Amos Lambert and Sarah his wife, Josias Lambert & Aaron Lambert (which said Ann, Hannah, Susina, John, Amos, Josias & Aaron are the children, heirs & representatives of Jonathan Lambert deceased) All of the County of Harrison and State of Virginia of the one part and William Lambert, the remaining child heir & legal representative of the said Jonathan Lambert deceased of the same place of the other part WITNESSETH that they the said Benjamin, Ann, William,Hannah, Robert, Susina, John, Amos, Sarah, Josias and Aaron, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to them in hand paid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained, granted and sold & by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff and confirm unto the said William Lambert his heirs and assigns forever all their respective rights, Tittles & interests in and to the tract of land hereinafter described & to which a la which they claim respectively undivided portions as the heirs and legal representatives of the said Jonathan Lambert deceased Situate lying and being in the County of Harrison and State of Virginia on both sides of the Brushy Fork of Elk Creek and bounded as followeth To-Wit: Begining at three white oaks Caleb Stoule corner thence South 210 poles crossing said fork is a poplar & 74 E 160 poles to the Lines 269 poles by Craigheads line to a poplar thence North to a line of Cale Steu is and along the line to the begining containing three hundred acres to have and to hold the said tract of land and its appurtenances unto the said William Lambert and his heirs forever and they the said Benjamin, Ann, William, Hannah, Robert, Susina, John, Amos, Sarah, Josias, & Aaron for themselves their heirs. Do covenant that they will forever warrant and defend the said tract of land unto the said William Lambert his heirs and assigns from themselves their heirs & assigns & from all persons laying any lawfull claimthereto under them or either of them. In witness whereof they have hereunto set their hands and seals the day & year above written. At a Court held for the County of Harrison on the 2d day of September 1805 This Indenture of bargain and sale was presented in Court and acknowledged by William Davis & Hannah, his wife, John Lambert, Amos Lambert & Sarah, his wife, Aaron Lambert and Josias Lambert, which said Hannah & Sarah being first privily examined & consenting was ordered to be recorded. JOHN LAMBERT SEAL AMOS LAMBERT SEAL SARAH LAMBERT SEAL AARON LAMBERT SEAL JOSIAS LAMBERT SEAL ROBERT PARKS SEAL SUSINA PARKS SEAL WILLIAM DAVIS SEAL HANNAH DAVIS SEAL Also at a Court held for said County on the 21st day of October following SEAL This Indenture was acknowledged by Robert Parks and Susina his wife she SEAL being privily examined and consenting which ad acknowledgement is ordered to be recorded to be recorded by the Court Teste Ben Wilson, C.H.C. Copyright 1997 by Jane Hunter Hodgson. Jane Hunter Hodgson grants USGenWeb Archives the right to post this information. This information may be freely copied, but may not be sold.

• <List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia

L. page 54 Lambert, Jonathan, H. D., May, 1777, 16/>

DEEDS: LAMBERT DEED, HARRISON CO, WV http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=484e567e-1c00-42ec-ba44-883d5b5aec65&tid=29001262&pid=2 ID: I00069 Name: Jonathan (WV) * LAMBERT Sex: M Birth: ABT 1747 Birth: ABT 1790 in New Jersey Death: ABT 1790 in Harrison County, West Virginia, Virginia Event: Moved (3) 1785 Harrison County, Virginia Event: Moved 1774 Harrison County, Virginia Event: Moved 1782 Monongalia County, Virginia Reference Number: 8 Note:

Name

Name: Jonathon /Lambert/^[4]

Event

Event:

Type: Deed

Date: 1805

Jonathan Lambert L516 1747 Oct Abt Born in New Jersey? Probably Hunterdon Co NJ Married unknown (NOT DOCUMENTED) FTM says father Daniel of Monmouth Co NJ
1767 Abt William born in NJ
1770 Abt Anna born in NJ
1770 Abt John born NJ
1772 May 3 Lucinda born in NJ
1772 Abt Hannah born in NJ
1772 Dec 27 Josias born in NJ
1773 Served in Lord Dunmore's War
1774 About the time family migrated to Virginia
1774 Hezekiah Davisson assignee of Jonathan Lambert 400 acres on Lamberts Run adjoining Joshua Allen
1777 Lambert, Jonathan, H. D., May, 1777, 16. List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia
1777 Petition to Virginia Colony for road signed by Jonathan Lambert
1777 Virginia Colonial Soldier
1778 New Jersey Rateables Jno Lambert 16 acres, 2 horses, 4 cattle, 1 hogs Saddle River Twp (Is this the same man? NO)
1779 May 25 Signed a 2nd petn
1780 New Jersey Rateables Jno Lambert 16 acres, 2 horses, 5 cattle, 2 hogs Saddle River Twp (Is this the same man? NO)
1781 Sep 12 Amos born in VA
1781 Apr 9 400 acreson Lamberts Run to Hezekiah Davisson
1781 Apr 9 1000 acres on Lamberts Run to Hezekiah Davisson
1782 Tax list Monongalia Co, VA page 36, 07 00 (with Nicholas Carpenter & Daniel Carpenter & John Reed & Robert Parks)
1783 Signed road petition in Tigert Valley with other Lamberts
1785 July 18 Name appears on George Jackson's list of tithables on the waters of Elk Creek, Harrison County, Virginia
1786 Aaron born in VA
1787 Census of Virginia, Jno Lambert Page 531 (Nutter 532)
1787 Tax list Harrison County, VA List C
1788 Oct Freeholder of Harrison County, Virginia
1789 Elector Harrison County, Virginia
1790 Apr 12 Hannah married William Davis, Harrison County, Virginia
1790 Abt Jonathan died
1792 15 Oct; Ord. That Jonathan Lambert be exempted from laboring on the highway. (book 1784-1792)
1796 Property listed for Jonathon Lambert heirs
1796 Tax List Harrison Co VA Lambert, Josiah, Lambert, Jonathan
1800 Mar 17 Vol. 4, court page 71, typed page 34: Ordered that Jonathan Lambert be fined in the sum of three dollars for comtempt to the court in refusing to appear in court and serve on a petit jury. That he be summoned to appear before the next court to show cause if any, why the said fine should not be levied on his respective goods and chattles.
1800 Mar 18 Vol. 4, court page 76, typed page 37: Jonathan Lambert came into court and satisfied the same that he was not guilty of a contempt to the court yesterday in not appearing to serve on a petiti [sic] jury. The fine of three dollars is remitted.
1802 John (son?) witnessed marrriage bond for Anna Lambert and Benjamin Holden
1803 June 20 Vol. 5, court page 297, typed page 127: Thomas Stout and Amos Stout came into court and proved by their own oaths that they were witnesses to a deed of conveyance from Daniel Stout to the heirs of Jonathan Lambert and not to be recorded until proven by 3rd. witness.
1803 Sep 5 Vol. 5, court page 353, typed page 154: Benjamin Smith came in court and proved by his oath that he is a witness to a deed from Daniel Stout to the heirs of Jonathan Lambert. Ordered to be recorded.
1805 Sep 2 Harrison County, VA Deed Jonathan Lambert Heirs (Benjamin Holden
& Ann, William Davis & Hannah, Robert Parks & Lusina, John Lambert, Amos Lambert & Sarah, Josias Lambert, Aaron Lambert) to William Lambert 1805 Oct 15 Inventory Harrison County, Virginia
1805 21 Oct Vol. 7, court page 18, typed page 8: Ordered that an inventory of the estate of Jonathan Lambert, deceased, be recorded. __________________________________________________________________

Descendants of Jonathan WV * LAMBERT Generation No. 1

1. JONATHAN WV *1 LAMBERT was born Abt. 1747, and died Abt. 1790 in Harrison County, West Virginia, Virginia. He married UNKNOWN.

Children of JONATHAN LAMBERT and UNKNOWN are:
i. JOSIAH HARR CO VA2 LAMBERT.
ii. WILLIAM LAMBERT, b. Abt. 1767, New Jersey; d. 1832, Greene County, Ohio1; m. (1) MARY HENLEY, 29 March 1800, Harrison County, Virginia2,3; m. (2) MARY THOMAS, 05 April 1804, Harrison County, Virginia4.
iii. ANNA * LAMBERT, b. Abt. 1770, New Jersey; d. 30 November 1824, Harrison County, Virginia5; m. (1) FULLENS; m. (2) BENJAMIN * WV HOLDEN, 27 June 1802, Harrison County, Virginia6,7; b. Abt. 1762, New Jersey or England8; d. 05 March 1832, Harrison County, Virginia9.
iv. JOHN LAMBERT, b. Abt. 1770, New Jersey; d. Aft. 1850; m. (1) REBECKAH CONNER, 03 May 1806, Harrison County, Virginia10; m. (2) NANCY LEE, 10 June 1813, Green County, Ohio; m. (3) NANCY MURPHY, 29 December 1832, Green County, Ohio.
v. HANNAH LAMBERT, b. 1772, New Jersey; d. Harrison County, Virginia; m. WILLIAM JOSEPH DAVIS, 12 April 1790, Harrison County, Virginia11,12; d. 1819, Harrison County, Virginia.
vi. LUCINDA LAMBERT, b. 03 May 1772, New Jersey13; d. 03 May 1834, Harrison County, Virginia13; m. ROBERT PARKS, 06 August 1797, Harrison County, West Virginia14,15; b. 28 May 1768, Delaware16; d. 26 December 1845, Harrison County, Virginia17.
vii. AMOS LAMBERT, b. 12 September 1781, Virginia; d. 28 March 1849, Shelby County, Ohio; m. SARAH ALBIN, 15 November 1804, Harrison County, Virginia18; b. 1785, Virginia19.
viii. AARON LAMBERT, b. 1786, Virginia20; d. 12 August 1850, Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio21; m. (1) MARY TURNER, 16 October 1805, Greene County, Ohio; b. 1787; d. 01 January 1857, Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio; m. (2) ANN BEASLEY, 05 May 1808, Harrison County, Virginia22,23; b. March 1786, Kentucky; d. 01 January 1857, Jamestown, Greene County, Ohio; m. (3) ELEY KIRKENDALL, 14 June 1814, Greene County, Ohio.

Endnotes
1. Deed, 263-264, 1833 Green County, OH Deed Book 15.
2. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 388.
3. Harrison County Marriage Book 2, 261.
4. Harrison County, Virginia Marriage Book No. 1, 72.
5. Baptist Church called Centrebranch, Harrison County, VA (WV).
6. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 14.
7. Harrison County, Virginia Marriage Book No. 1, 58, 1802 June 27 Benjamin Holden & Anna Lambert.
8. New Jersey State Archives, Revolutionary War Index Cards.
9. Baptist Church called Centrebranch, Harrison County, VA (WV).
10. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 392.
11. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 3.
12. Harrison County, Virginia Marriage Book No. 1, 261.
13. Gravestone, Brushy Fork at Elk Creek.
14. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 9.
15. Harrison County, Virginia Marriage Book No. 1, 261.
16. Gravestone, Brushy Fork at Elk Creek.
17. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 17.
18. 1850 Federal Census Shelby County, OH, Age 55 (must be error).
19. 1850 Federal Census Shelby County, OH, 429 and 430, Caesar Creek Twp living with family of James T. Lambert and with wife Mary.
20. Greene County, Ohio, Cemetery Inscriptions, Silvercreek twp (including James town)Publlished by the Greene County Chapter OGS.
21. Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894 by Wes Cochran, 23.
22. Harrison County, Virginia Marriage Book No. 1, 98. _________________________________________

Revolutionary War Records VIRGINIA SECTION IV

Resolved, as the opinion of this committee, that the petition of Jonathan Lambert and Christopher Baker, praying to be allowed for their services as soldiers in Capt. Lowther's Co. of Militia, their names being omitted in the pay roll, is reasonable, and that the said Jonathan Lambert ought to be allowed the sum of 1 l. 5 s. 6d. the amount of his pay for 17 days, and the said Christopher Baker the sum of 9 l. 18 s. for 132 days. _________________________________________

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY Page 23 Microfiche 6101674 The following extracts taken from certificates issued in 1781 by this commissiioner to settlers for lands in Monongalia County in the territory subsequently included in Harrison County as it was originally created in 1784 from the former county.

Hezekiah Davisson assignee of Jonathan Lambert 400 acres on Lambert's Run adjoining the lands of Joshua Allen to include his settlement made in 1774.

Hezekiah Davisson, assignee of Jonathan Lambert 1,000 acres in the riight of preemption on Lambert's Run, adjoining lands of Joshua Allen. _________________________________________

November 4, 1777 Appendix "A" of "The Western Waters: Early Settlers of Eastern Barbour County, West Virginia" by Violet Gadd Coonts, Published by Stephen P. Coonts, P.O. Box 13218, Denver, Colorado 80301; May 1991

Legislative Petition, Augusta County 1776-1783, Box A, Virginia Archives, Richmond, Virginia. The document in the Virginia Archives in a handwritten copy of the original petition. We are informed that the old part of Augusta are Petitioning to have the same Divided into Smallor Counties for the Conveniencey of the People: We your Petitioners - Humbly pray we may not be join'd to any County that lies to the East of the Allegania Mountains, nor Included in any County on the Wasters of James River or the South branch of Powtomack, nor Mononglia County, for we flatter ourselves we are able to Build & Support all Publick buildings necessary for a County town -- There fore we your Petitioners - humbly request your Honourable House would take their Case under your Consideration & Grant them a New County including the Tiger's Valley Settlement & the Settlement on the Westfork of the Monongalia and also Buckhannan's Creek Settlement, which will greatly ease your Petitioners and Very as in duty shall ever Pray -- ____________________________

List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia L. page 54 Lambert, Jonathan, H. D., May, 1777, 16.

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HACKER'S CREEK JOURNAL PAGE 108 VII ISSUE 3

AUGUSTA PET. TO BE ADDED TO MONONGALIA Submitted by Ed Schoolcraft

The two following Virginia Legislative Petitions were pub- lished in Issue No. 1, Vol. XXIX, dated March 1941 of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Washington, D.C., pp. 32-34. The submission was made by Prof. Joseph Kellogg, Lawrence, Kansas and was listed under the heading: COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA.

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