Display Patriot - P-282743

Matthew RUE

SAR Patriot #: P-282743

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State of Service: NJ Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A099652

Birth: 1740
Death: 19 Oct 1824

Additional References:

Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Graves report submitted by Gregory Bodge, 177162, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR - Sep 2018

Spouse: Catherine Voorhees
Children: Eleanor;

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Burial:

Brainerd (aka First Presbyterian Church) Cemetery_(C-0371332)

Location:

Cranbury / Middlesex / NJ / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1977947

Grave Plot #:

Old Yard-51-04

Grave GPS Coordinates:

40.308430 / -74.518738

Find A Grave Memorial #:

43899035

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Gregory Bodge, 177162, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: LtC Gregory Ormand Bodge

When Matthew Rue, Jr. was born in 1740, his father, Matthew, was 34 and his mother, Margaret, was 40. He had at least two sons and three daughters with Catherine Voorhees between 1780 and 1793.

He served in the American Revolution as a Private in the NJ Militia in Capt Kenneth Hankison's company, 1st Regiment of Monmouth Militia.

He died on October 19, 1824, in Cranbury, New Jersey, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried there.

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Additional Information:

Headstone next to headstone for Catherine Vorhees, wife of Matthew Rue. SAR P-282743 shows his wife as Ann Combs. page 721, Genealogies of New Jersey Families Vol. I by Joseph R. Klett also shows Cahterine Vorhees as the wife of this Matthew Rue