Jonathan Doty and Mary [Unk]

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Husband Jonathan Doty ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Feb 1687 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ 2
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         Father: Capt. Samuel Doty (1643-Abt 1715) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Jane Harman (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Abt 1717

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Wife Mary [Unk] ^{1 2}

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Children

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1 M William Doty ^{2 6}

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           Born: 11 Sep 1719 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ 2 6
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2 M Jonathan Doty ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1724 - Piscataway, Middlesex Co, NJ
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           Died:  - Basking Ridge, Somerset Co, NJ
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         Spouse: Patience Sutton (      -      ) 2 6
           Marr: Basking Ridge, Somerset Co, NJ

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3 M Daniel Doty ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1727
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4 M Joshua Doty ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1730 - Basking Ridge, Somerset Co, NJ
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5 M Joseph Doty ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1735 - Basking Ridge, Somerset Co, NJ
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6 F Mary Doty ^{1 2 6}

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         Spouse: Zebulon Sutton (      -      ) 1 7

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7 F Jane Doty ^{2 6}

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         Spouse: John Johnson (      -      ) 2 6
           Marr: 21 Oct 1747 2 6

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8 F Elizabeth Doty ²

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General Notes: Husband - Jonathan Doty

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There is an interesting entry concerning him on March 25, 1717, as follows: "The marks of Samuel Doty are now the marks of his ongly son, Jonathan Doty," these marks referring to the brand which he placed upon his cattle to distinguish them from others. What is meant by the expression "his ongly son" is decidedly mysterious, since he was certainly far from being his father's only son, nor was he the only one residing at Piscataway at that time.
He was probably the first of the family to settle in that beautiful and fertile region of New Jersey known as Basking Ridge, in Somerset County, and here he was accompanied by his own children and so many of his nephews that the town appears to have been little more than a family settlement. Among the papers of Lord Sterling we find among the earliest leases recorded one of the date of August 16, 1739, to Jonathan Doty, of Somerset County, one hundred and fifty acres at Basking Ridge, on the east side of Dead river. The name is spelled in the body of the lease, Doughty, but it is signed Jonathan Doty. There is little else found concerning him on the records, but we know that his children were all prosperous and that at a later date they all possessed comfortable and fertile farms at Basking Ridge. It is curious that there is neither record nor any family tradition throwing light on the name of his wife, especially as she bore him eight children.

1 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 179.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 652, 951.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 314.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 781.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 652.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 315.

7 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 421.