Cookie Crumbs Ancestry - William Force

William Force

b. 14 September 1792, d. 17 January 1860

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Father*

Squire Force^1,2 b. abt. 1748, d. 24 Apr 1829

Mother*

Margaret Johnson^1,2 d. 7 Dec 1836

Charts

Ancestors of Adele (La Force) Cooke
Madeleine Talmadge (Force) Astor and Adele (Force) Cooke
King Henry II to Adele (La Force) Cooke

William Force was born 14 September 1792 at New York.^3,4,2 He married Aletta Carter, daughter of Captain Luke Carter and Zilla Pierson, 17 July 1817 at Madison, Morris Co., New Jersey.^4,3 He died 17 January 1860.³ He was buried at Hillside Cemetery, Madison, Morris Co., New Jersey.³

William moved to New York City by 1832 where the youngest daughter was born.

He has a monument in the Hillside Cemetery, which notes he died Jan 17, 1860, age 67 yr, 4mo, 3da.

A "mug book" sketch of his son states that William was born near Madison, a carpenter, died about 1867, and had seven children. William's son William died in 1867, and the Madison Presbyterian Church records show the 1860 date for William Sr. The Will for Wm Jr., names a wife, Mary S. See Kings Co., New York probate files.^4,3,5

Family

Aletta Carter b. 12 Feb 1797, d. 28 Apr 1842

Marriage*

He married Aletta Carter, daughter of Captain Luke Carter and Zilla Pierson, 17 July 1817 at Madison .^4,3

Children

Charles Carter Force^6,4 b. 4 May 1818, d. 12 Mar 1906
Priscilla Pierson Force⁴ b. 16 Jul 1820
Ephraim Squire Force+⁴ b. 6 Jan 1822, d. 11 Mar 1914
William Force+⁴ b. 4 Feb 1824, d. 9 May 1867
Juliet Force⁴ b. 29 Sep 1826
Susan Caroline Force⁴ b. abt. 1830, d. abt. 1860
Margaret Ann Force⁴ b. 18 Apr 1832, d. 26 Feb 1917

Citations

[S282] "Force", 17 Jul 1989, Rosemary F. Lovell (Picayne, Mississippi). Research Report to Gregory Cooke (Vandenberg AFB, California), 44; copy in the Compiler's genealogy files West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
[S283] "Force Manuscript Collection", 11 Mar 1980, Charles T. Galbraith (New York, New York). Research Report to Gregory Cooke (Vandenberg AFB, California); copy in the Compiler's genealogy files West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
[S117] Viola E. Shaw and Barbara S. Parker, compilers, Madison, New Jersey Presbyterian Church Vital Records 1747-1900, (Madison, New Jersey: The Presbyterian Church of Madison, N.J., 1982), 126. Hereafter cited as Shaw and Parker, Madison Presbyterian Church Records.
[S282] Lovell, "Force", 82-83.
[S1315] Lewis-Historical Pub, A History of Morris County, New Jersey: embracing upwards of two centuries, 1716-1913 (New York, New York: Lewis-Historical Pub, 1914), 2:790. Hereafter cited as History of Morris County.
[S117] Shaw and Parker, Madison Presbyterian Church Records, 124.