Henry Southard (1747 - 1842)

Born 7 Oct 1747 in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Lewis) Southard — married 28 Mar 1771 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 22 May 1842 at age 94 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Henry Southard is Notable.

Soldier Henry Southard served with Somerset County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Henry Southard is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A107326.

U.S. Rep. Henry Southard performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Henry Southard was a Revolutionary War Veteran. He was also in the New Jersey State House of Rep (Somerset Co., ) for 9 years and in the US Congress 1801-1811 and 1815-21. He was listed as a slaveholder in 1808, 1810 and 1813. (Somerset County Hist. Soc Quar Vol 6 page 96) One description by a contemporary calls him, " a plain, unpretending man of good solid sense".

Military records at New Jersey State Library in Trenton show that Henry enlisted in August, 1776 as a private in the Somerset County Militia under Capt. Gavin McCoy. He served 4 tours and was in the battles of Ash Swamp, Short Hills and Red Bank. In November, 1777, he was made a "Wagoner" in Capt. Jacob Ten Eyck's Co., and in October, 1778 he was appointed to the post of Teamster in Hinman's Team Brigade of the Wagonmaster (James Abel / Abeel) Abeel-41 General's Dept and was employed in carting commissary stores from Kings Ferry.

The records say he received from Joseph Lewis ( a relative), Quartermaster at Morristown, NJ., certificates for a total of $13,763.00 for carting. A special census of Rev War pensioners for NJ in 1840 showed Henry, at 92 years., living with his daughter and son-in-law, Samuel S. Doty, in Bernards Twp. His wife Sarah had died 9 years before this and he died 2 years later.

Henry's will 2835 R leaves to his daughter, Sarah Southard Doty, "the house in which I now live and the land --- located on the east side of the road between Morristown and the Basking Ridge meeting house in the Great Swamp."

According to the church records of the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, on Nov 4, 1810 a child named Diana was baptized and is listed as a black child of H Southard family, indicating that Henry Southard may have had slaves or servants. Also according to the same records, Henry is listed as a church elder. The pastor Dr. Robert Finley of the church must have had a large influence on this family as Henry named one of his sons Finley Southard and Henry's son Lot named one of his sons Robert Finley Southard.

Henry's will is on file at Trenton ( 2835 R). He was Congressman from Somerset county from 1801-1811 and from 1817 to 1821, in which latter year his son, Samuel Lewis Southard, became United States Senator.

Name

Name: Henry /Southard/

Surname: Southard^[1]

Event

Event: Alt. Birth

Type: Alt. Birth

Date: 7 Oct 1747^[2]

Event: Alt. Birth

Type: Alt. Birth

Date: 7 Oct 1747

Note: Long Island NY^[3]

Event: Alt. Birth

Type: Alt. Birth

Date: 17 Oct 1747

Note: Long Island, New York^[4]

Event: Alt. Death

Type: Alt. Death

Note: Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey^[5]

Event: Alt. Death

Type: Alt. Death

Date: 2 Jun 1842

Note: Basking Ridge, NJ^[6]

Event: New Jersey Pensioners, 1835 record

Type: Pension

Date: 1835

Place: Somerset, New Jersey, USA

Note: Name: Henry Southard

Rank: Wagon master

County: Somerset Co.

Annual Allowance: 320 00

Sums received: 960 00

Description of service: New Jersey militia

When placed on the pension roll: January 19, 1833 Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831

Laws under which inscribed, increased or reduced OR Remarks: -^[7]

Census

Census: 1830 NJ Federal Census

Date: 1830

Place: Bernards , Somerset, New Jersey^[8]

Census: 1840 US Census

Date: 1840

Place: Somerset, New Jersey, USA^[9]

Marriage:^[10]

Date: 28 Mar 1771

Place: Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, USA^[11]

Event: Alt. Marriage

Type: Alt. Marriage

Date: 28 Mar 1771^[12]

Death

Date: 22 May 1842^[13]

Burial

Place: Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey, USA^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S195: Source: #S203: Source: #S208: Source: #S198: Source: #S201
2. ↑ Source: #S203: Source: #S198: Source: #S201
3. ↑ Source: #S203
4. ↑ Source: #S202: Source: #S195: Source: #S203
5. ↑ Source: #S202: Source: #S195: Source: #S203
6. ↑ Source: #S203
7. ↑ Source: #S304: Page: Henry Southard Entry: Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
8. ↑ Source: #S293: Page: Year: 1830; Census Place: Bernards, Somerset, New Jersey; Roll: 83; Page: 104.
9. ↑ Source: #S303: Page: Year: 1840; Census Place: , Somerset, New Jersey; Roll: 259; Page: 224.
10. ↑ : Somerset County Quarterly Vol VII page 120
11. ↑ Source: #S202: Source: #S195: Source: #S203
12. ↑ Source: #S203
13. ↑ Source: #S198: Source: #S201
14. ↑ Source: #S198: Source: #S201

• Wikipedia profile: Henry Southard
• EARLY LEWISES OF NORTHERN NJ by Potter. page 79
• Source S191: Betsey Howe
• Source S195: lewisv2.FTW
• Source S198: KEVINBERG-MASTER4.FTW
• Source S201: LEWIS - KEVINS GEDCOM.GED
• Source S202: Dr. John Dayton Bible, with additions in pencil by J. Dayton Allen
• Source S203: heath-master.R GED.GED
• Source S208: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol VITHE LEWIS FAMILY OF SOMERSET BY HOWARD S. F. RANDOLPH, NEW YORK CITY.: Title: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol VITHE LEWIS FAMILY OF SOMERSET BY HOWARD S. F. RANDOLPH, NEW YORK CITY.
• Source S293: 1830 US Census: Title: 1830 U.S. Federal Census: Author: Ancestry.com: Publication: [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1830 United States Federal Census. M19, 201 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.: Date: 20 Sep 2005
• Source S303: 1840 U.S. Federal Census: Ancestry.com: Publication: [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States. 1840 United States Federal Census. M704, 580 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.: Date: 13 Jan 2006
• Source S304: New Jersey Pensioner, 1835: Title: New Jersey Pensioners, 1835: Author: Ancestry.com: Publication: [database online]. Orem, Utah: Ancestry, Inc., 1998. Original data: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New Jersey Section], Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.

Acknowledgments

• This profile was created through the import of Wilson.ged on 14 September 2010.