Name |
Demas Lindley Lindley |
Birth |
3 Jun 1733 |
Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Christening |
3 Jun 1733 |
Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
LifeSketch |
See Findagrave.com Memorial # 15161533 - includes his history. Lindley\'s Fort was built on his property for protection against the Indians. During 2015 historical sources for all of the descendants of Demas Lindley were attached to their person pages. All ancestors who were presumed deceased by that year (born before 1915) were added. The 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records and obituaries that are attached may contain the names of children who were presumed still living when the sources were attached and so were not added. They will need to be added as time goes by. Of course new sources will continue to be added as more indexing is done, but all available sources were added and dates standardized, and relationships corrected as much as possible at that time. Contact me with questions. |
Residence |
1800 |
Morris, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA |
Burial |
Jan 1818 |
First Presby. Church Cem., Morris, New Jersey, United States |
Death |
22 Jan 1818 |
Upper Ten Mile, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA |
Notes |
- In 1760 Demas Lindsley left Mendham, Morris Co., NJ and led a band of pioneers to Washington County, PA, where they settled in 1763 and built the Lindsley Fort near Upper Ten Mile, now called Prosperity. Demas was a church elder, miller, county commissioner, and land owner.
Demas Lindley, built a very strong fort eight miles south of Washington,later Prosperity, Penn. about 1770. He moved there with his family from Mendham, N.J. in 1773. (In 1928, there was a momument erected marking the location of this fort.) He was buried in the graveyard at the Upper Then Mile Presbyterian Church. His tombstone states in the "60th. year of his Eldership in the Church."
Notes from "History of Washington Co.
PAP 1882, Boyd Cumrine, Records of First Chruch, Morristown, N.J., Combined Registers, 1742-1885, P.197.
Notes ,"The History of the Lindley, Lindsley-Linsley Families in America"1639- 1930, by John M. Lindly, Page 177.
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Person ID |
I190 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
1 Feb 2022 |
Father |
John Lindley, b. Apr 1693, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA d. 9 Mar 1749, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA (Age 55 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Plumb, b. 1700, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 3 Jan 1750, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA (Age 50 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1717 |
Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
Family ID |
F121 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Joanna Prudden, b. 4 Nov 1735, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. 11 Nov 1808, Prosperity, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
25 Jan 1755 |
Mendham, Morris, New Jersey, USA |
Children |
| 1. Ziba Lindley, b. 4 Nov 1762, Sussex, New Jersey, USA d. 2 Jun 1849, Athens, Harrison, Ohio, USA (Age 86 years) |
| 2. Rev Jacob Lindley, b. 13 Jun 1774, Lindleys Fort, Ten Mile Creek, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jan 1857, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) |
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Family ID |
F42 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
6 Jun 2020 |