Jonathan Dexter, Sr.^[1]

1753 - Bef 1790  (36 years)

• Name	Jonathan Dexter  [2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	20 Aug 1753	Litchfield Co., CT   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1790	Prob. Narrowsburg, NY   [6]
  Person ID	I6533	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Josiah Dexter,   b. 12 Nov 1704, Rochester, Plymouth Co., MA d. Abt 1769 (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Abigail Dexter   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	13 Nov 1740  [3, 7]
  Family ID	F5566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charity Thomas,   b. 1755, Fairfield Co., CT d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1773	Narrowsburg, Sullivan Co., NY   [8, 9]
  Children	1. Jonathan Dexter, Jr.,   b. 1774, Connecticut, USA d. Between 1824 and 1830 (Age 50 years)   2. Louisa Dexter,   b. Abt 1776   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Settled in Sullivan Co.,Tusten, Narrowsburg, NY 1754 located near Cochecton Falls. Source: Dexter-Campfield Genealogy. Prosperous entrepreneur, sawmill, tanneries, landowner Hobert Mill. "He came to the Cushetunk Settlement sometime before the Revolutionary War." (Popielarz) Jonathan Dexter settled on the Poss place on the west side of the river, soon after the Rev. war. A man named John Summerfield lived on the same farm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- John Land is the second Branch of the Land family. The most commonly occurring surnames in this branch are: Appley, Sheard, and Burcher. John Land John was the oldest son of Robert and Phebe Scott. In April 1777, Robert and Phebe appeared before the Committee of safety, a tribunal held to hear charges of treason against the Patriots. Robert was found guilty and condemned to prison, but he escaped from his captors and fled into the hllls. leaving Phebe and the family to carry on at their homestead. One night the Indians raided their farm and burned down their home, however they managed to escape only through the intervention of a friendly Indian, but Abel was carried off in the raid. John, with a group of neighbours, followed and overtook the raiders. He bargained successfully for his brother's release, but not before Abel was forced to run the gauntlet, escaping with minimum injury due to his speed. On a trip to the grist mill to get flour for the family, John and a friend were captured and taken to prison at Minisink by a Capt. Mush, who was on his first trip to Cochecton. John was abused by his captors and sent to a prison in New Jersey known as the "Log Jail" where he remained for the duration of the war. After the war he returned to Conchecton, married Lillian Skinner, daughter of Daniel Skinner, former neighbour and friend of Robert Land. As John had not been personally involved in the war due to his imprisonment, he was able to purchase 433 acres of the original Land farm from "Joseph Thomas and Jonathan Dexter for 5 pounds of New York money good and lawful". Phebe Land with two of her sons Robert and Ephraim, stopped off to see John and Lillian on their way from New Brunswick to Niagara. John tried to persuade them to remain with him as they thought their father was dead, but Phebe was determined to go on to Niagara. In 1796 John built a large two storey house between the Thomas farm and Milanville. Known as "The Old Red House', it stands today in a good state of preservation and is believed to be the oldest frame house in Wayne Co. PA In 1815 John sold the property to Nathan Skinner for $10,000, and purchased land at Ashland known as Stanton Corners. In 18828 the building in Damascus that housed St. Tamany Lodge 83 burned down and the lodge moved into the third floor of the former Land home. page 2-1 from A LOYLIST LEGACY THE FAMILY OF ROBERT LAND DORTHY I. BROWN 1804-35 FRONT ST. S. MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L5H 2C5 She no longer lives here but all her mail is forwarded to her by the present owner. This is of last year 1999 that I heard this. lacoe@microserve.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- See: Heads of Fams at the first U.S. census. Ct. By U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (227p.):147 Record of Conn. Men in mil. And naval service during the Rev. war, 1775-1783. By Henry P.Johnston. Hartford. 1889. (17,779p.): 173, 505 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S540] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S2225] Beverly Branning Green, World Family Tree, (Volume 5, #0421 The source for most of this was Dexter book, Narrowsburg Library, Margaret Dexter, Bradley Article, deeds, DAR patriot book.), Volume 5, Tree # 0421 (Reliability: 3). [S2212] Gail Ferris , Gail Ferris Genealogy Report, (Compiled 1975 by Elvira Dexter w. of Gerald Dexter Elvira corresponded with Judith Rush on this genealogy. Maxine Schauer in CA entered the data into FTM.). [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com), 31 (Reliability: 3). [S2201] Terrill Hayes , Annette Dexter Ancestor Report, (10/27/2000 Terrill & Laureen Hayes are descended from Virgil Young Dexter who m. Priscilla Jane Sherwood.), 9 (Reliability: 3). [S1247] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 2, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S2826] William A. Warden and Robert L. Dexter, Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, (The Blanchard Press, Worcester Mass, 1905 Reproduced by Higginson Book Co., Salem, Mass Order from WWW.Higginsonbooks.com). [S2225] Beverly Branning Green, World Family Tree, (Volume 5, #0421 The source for most of this was Dexter book, Narrowsburg Library, Margaret Dexter, Bradley Article, deeds, DAR patriot book.). [S1247] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 1, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3).