The Coopers of Long Hill

Document G.239 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim

Find a Grave memorial 7632998 - Jonas Carle, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey

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1815

What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header with plot, gravesite note ("Died at age 47."), bio (quoting Littell's Passaic Valley pages 67-68), family panel (two parents, spouse, three siblings and five children, with memorial ids) and three images: the monument (two views) and a plaque to the Revolutionary War soldiers of the churchyard. The parser returned no Ancestry record links (the records in suggested_records were taken from an earlier reading of the page).

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Jonas Carle deceased Jonas Carle 1748–1815
birth: Feb 1748, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
death: 31 Mar 1815, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
burial: Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
Jacob Carle parent
Rebekah Stites Carle parent
Anna Cooper Carle spouse Ann (Cooper) Carle 1750–1795
John Carle sibling
Elijah Carle sibling
Jacob Carle sibling
Elizabeth Carle Vail child Elizabeth (Carle) Vail 1770–1805
Jacob Carle child Jacob Carle 1775
Ann Carle child Anne (Anna) Carle 1776–1852
Timothy Carle child Timothy Carle 1781–1801
Sarah Carle child Sarah (Carle) Williams 1794–1834

Transcription and notes

Bio, as given on the memorial:

Page 67 and 68 Littell's Passaic Valley Book John Carle, son of Jacob Carle, lived on Long Hill, on the 500 Acre Tract, which was divided between him and his brother Jonas. Jacob Carle removed to the farm now owned by John Worth, on the north of Dead River. He then bought 500 acres, the one-fourth part of the Berkley Tract of 2000 acres, north of Passaic River, on which his grandson, Daniel Carle, now lives. JONAS CARLE, (son of Jacob,) lived where his father did, and Anna Cooper, had children: 1. Betsey, who married James Vail, son of Isaac Vail, who was brother of Daniel Vail, Sen. [See Vail.] 2. Jacob, who died a young man, unmarried. 3. Elijah, who died in youth. 4. Anne is unmarried, and lives with her brother Daniel. 5. Timothy, who died at 19 years of age, unmarried. - Find-a-grave website: died March 1801 6. Daniel is unmarried, and lives on the farm his father owned. 7. Sally, married Ebenezer Williams, son of John. [See Williams.] 8. Lydia, married the same Ebenezer Williams. They live near the cross-roads, one mile east of Basking Bridge. his will: Ancestry.com Abstract of Will, New Jersey: 1805 Sep 30 Carle, Jonas of Morris Twsp.; and Co. is will of Three daughters Anne, Sarah, and Lydia Carle, each $175. Daughter, Elizabeth Vail, $80 over what she had since her marriage. Moveable estate to be sold and proceeds to be decided equally between three daughters Anne, Sarah and Lydia, and two sons Jacob and Daniel. Son, Jacob, that part of lands in Morris and Somerset Co. (being part of farm whereon I live) adjoining Elias Coryell, Ludlow Squire, David Coryell, David Kirkpatrick and adjoining Benjamin Smalley, Alexander Kirkpatrick, in Somerset Co. Son Daniel residue of lands lying in both counties as aforesaid. If either should die before me, leaving no issue, his share to survivor. Executors - son, Jacob Carle, Stephen Cooper, Benjamin Ludlow, and if I should die before youngest daughter is 18, they are to be guardians of her person and estate. Witnesses - John Williams, Robert Boyle, William Boyle Jr. Proved April 5, 1815, when Jacob Carle and Benjamin Ludlow Signed as Executors. volume XLII file 1582 page 72 and 73.

Family panel: - parent: "Jacob Carle", 1702-1769, memorial 7633021 - parent: "Rebekah Stites Carle", 1707-1770, memorial 7633028 - spouse: "Anna Cooper Carle", 1750-1795, m. 1770, memorial 7633001 - sibling: "John Carle", 1734-1815, memorial 70801371 - sibling: "Elijah Carle", 1737-1759, memorial 70882910 - sibling: "Jacob Carle", 1746-1759, memorial 7633017 - child: "Elizabeth Carle Vail", 1770-1845, memorial 70855776 - child: "Jacob Carle", 1773-1817, memorial 7633009 - child: "Ann Carle", 1778-1852, memorial 7633013 - child: "Timothy Carle", 1782-1801, memorial 7633005 - child: "Sarah Carle", 1796-1834, memorial 7633011

Photograph (monument):

JONAS CARLE, DIED MARCH 31ST. 1815, AGED 67 YEARS. ANNA, WIFE OF JONAS CARLE, DIED FEB. 5TH. 1795, AGED 43 YEARS.

Photograph (bronze plaque): "IN MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE BASKING RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH", with a list of names (not legible in the photograph), "PRESENTED BY THE BASKING RIDGE CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION".