Display Patriot - P-318677 - Onesimus WHITEHEAD

Onesimus WHITEHEAD

SAR Patriot #: P-318677

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A124469

Birth: 13 Aug 1742 Morristown / Morris / NJ
Death: 04 Jul 1814 Morristown / Morris / NJ

Qualifying Service Description:

Private: Morris County Militia


Additional References:
  1. Stryker's Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Rev War, pg 318
  2. Stryker, Register of Officers & Men of New Jersey in the Revolution, pg 484, 818
  3. Index card to NJ Archives record of Onesimus WHITEHEAD's Revolutionary pay certificates

Spouse: Rebecca Condit
Children: Isaac; David Brainerd; Ezekiel; Silas; Huldah; Asa; Isaac; Elizabeth; Abner
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2012-01-17 LA 45989 Joel Raphun Whitehead USCG (ret.) (182098) Isaac   
2017-04-28 LA 74407 Donald Scott Whitehead (202396) Isaac   
2017-04-28 LA 74408 Douglas Scott Whitehead (202397) Isaac   
2017-04-28 VA 74409 Sterling Lewis Whitehead (202398) Isaac   
2017-04-28 LA 74410 James Patrick Whitehead (202399) Isaac   
2018-09-21 LA 82899 Jackson Joel Thurston (208934) Isaac   
2018-09-21 LA 82900 Brooks Connor Thurston (208935) Isaac   
2019-09-06 OH 88326 John Jacob Klein (212890) Isaac   
Burial:
First Presbyterian Churchyard (C-0371190)
Location:
Morristown / Morris / NJ / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1590153
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
40.798150 / -74.479380
Find A Grave Memorial #:
5797947
Marker Type:
DAR marker
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



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Author: Joel Raphun Whitehead
“Onesimus Whitehead was born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1741 and was the son of Isaac and Sarah Whitehead. Onesimus (a biblical name) and his wife Rebecca Condit Whitehead owned a farm in Mendham Township where he farmed. In May 1776, he and his father Isaac committed themselves to the cause of the Revolution by voting in an election to choose Morris County’s five delegates to the New Jersey Constitutional Convention. Sometime after 1775, when the New Jersey Provisional Congress passed the Militia Act, Onesimus, a yeoman farmer, joined the Morris County Militia. Although no service record has been found, he served during the period when George Washington’s Continental Army of over 10,000 men encamped at nearby Jockey Hollow during the winters of 1777 and 1779. Certificates from 1784 in the New Jersey Archives document his continental pay in the Morris County Militia. Onesimus passed away in July 1814. He is buried with his wife Rebecca at the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey where his grave is prominently marked with a DAR grave marker.”
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