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State of Service: NJ
Qualifying Service: Civil Service
photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
PRUDEN, JOSEPH, baptized 1760, Morristown, New Jersey to parents Benjamin & Elizabeth Laton Prudden and grandson of Joseph Prudden and his wife, Joanna Lyon of Morristown NJ. Joseph was born in 1692 in Newark NJ, Joanna was born in Elizabethtown NJ in 1695 and died in 1761 in NY. She was the daughter of Benjamin Lyon (b. 1668 in Elizabethtown NJ) and his wife, Bethia Condit (b. 1659). Joseph and Joanna are also the 5th-great-grandparents of First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush (wife of President George Bush). He served in the Revolutionary War as a Pvt with New Jersey’s Morris County Militia. Will dated June 7, 1821, probated Dec. 11, 1827. He married Providence Gauden (1760-_); children: Joseph b. 1797 & Abigail b. 1798. He died 1830 and buried at Casterline Cemetery, Cortland, Bazetta Twp., Trumbull Co., OH. Plaque Inscription: Joseph Pruden Revolutionary Soldier 1760-1830 placed by his descendants (also name on back of stone) MI: "Joseph Pruden." Ref: Revolutionary Soldiers bur in Trumbull Co. Cleveland Historical Library. Fur infor Mary Chesney Chap. 36th-45th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Has a tombstone and Bronze marker.
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