Jerusha Price

Notes:

According to researcher J. Kelsey Jones, writing in 1988, her date of birth is taking from a family Bible record.

After the death of her husband Isaac DeWitt, Jerusha (Price) DeWitt removed with some of her children to Knox County, Ohio, perhaps around 1818.

From Jerusha (Price) DeWitt's Find a Grave page, by J. Kelsey Jones:

Jerusha purchased property 29 Apr 1820 (D:595-6) in Knox County, Ohio from John P. Lindley and his wife, Susannah, being in Section 2, Township 7, Range 14. Jerusha DeWitt of Chester township deeded (O:60) 32 acres on 13 Dec 1828 to Benjamin Pitman for $1 for "love and affection which I bear towards my daughter Jemima wife of the said Benjamin Pitman of Franklin township, in said County of Knox,” containing 32 acres and 132 perches known as lot no. 3. On this same date Jerusha deeded (H:138-9) to "my daughter Susannah Dalrymple" of Marion County for $1 the southeast corner of her 1820 purchase, containing 32 acres and 137 perches known as lot 4. Also, on this same date, Jerusha deeded (M:324-5) the northeast corner of her 1820 purchase to Charles Mann for $1 for "love and affection which I bear towards my daughter Asuba Mann wife of the said Charles Mann of Marion County" containing 32 acres and 137 perches known as lot 1. Jerusha signed by mark on all land transfers. After selling these three parcels there remained 32 acres and 137 perches in the northwest corner of her 1820 purchase, which she sold (O:61) 23 Aug 1831 while a resident of Knox County to Benjamin Pitman for $120.00 and known as lot 2 (present Wayne township) in Section 2, Township 7, Range 14. Jerusha is not enumerated in the 1830 census enumeration with any of her known children (John DeWitt, Azuba Mann, Elizabeth Hazen, Susannah Dalrymple, Isaac DeWitt, or Catherine Struble) living in Ohio. Perhaps living with Jemima Pittman or another daughter whose residence has not been located in 1830. Jerusha deeded the last of her land on 23 Aug 1831.

Family/Spouse: Isaac DeWitt. Isaac died between 28 Jul 1811 and 25 Jan 1813; was buried in Frankford Plains Cemetery, Augusta, Sussex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth DeWitt was born on 18 Mar 1775 in Frankford, Sussex, New Jersey; died on 26 Aug 1850 in Mt. Gilead, Morrow, Ohio; was buried in Rivercliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Morrow, Ohio.

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He was taken captive as a child by native Americans in the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704, in which (among many others) his mother was killed. Neither the exact duration and circumstances of his captivity, nor the manner in which it ended, are known with any great certainty, but it seems clear that he was a still a child when he was taken, that he lived among natives for a number of years, and that some of the period of his captivity transpired in Quebec, where, in keeping with the usual practice toward English-speaking captives, he was baptized into the Catholic faith and given a new name, in his case Louis.

A narrative by J. Kelsey Jones, author of the self-published Account of Robert Price of Deerfield, Massachusetts and His Son, Samuel Price of Frankford, New Jersey and Some of Their Descendants, a work of which we have been unable to find a copy, can be read on Samuel Price's Find a Grave page. (Among other things, it usefully disambiguates this Samuel Price with another Samuel Price of 18th-century New Jersey.) A summary of narratives and speculations from various sources about Samuel Price and his captivity can be found on the well-made WeRelate page for Samuel Price.

Samuel married Sarah Perrin in 1729. Sarah was born about 1706; died on 30 Jun 1761; was buried in Frankford Plains Cemetery, Augusta, Sussex, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her forebears are unknown.

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He and his son John were the only members of their family to both survive the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704 and also evade captivity.

Robert married Sarah Webb about 1677. Sarah (daughter of John Webb and Ann Bassett) was born about 1646; died on 29 Feb 1704 in near Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was captured during the Deerfield Massacre of 29 Feb 1704, but died just afterward while being led away from the village.

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First of record in Roxbury on 6 Jan 1634, where he is seen being released from his master William Parks of that place.

John married Ann Bassett about 1640. Ann (daughter of John Bassett and Margery) died on 26 Aug 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In New Haven by 1647.

John married Margery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]