Person:Ephraim Doty (1)

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Ephraim Doty
b.1760 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey
d.Aug 1831 Jackson, Illinois
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m. 8 Mar 1786
  1. David Doty DaughertyAbt 1787 -
  2. William Doty Daugherty1787 - 1867
  3. Thomas Doty DaughertyAbt 1789 -
  4. Daniel Doty Daugherty1790 -
  5. Rebecca Doty DaughertyAft 1790 -
  6. John Doty DaughertyAbt 1791 -
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Name Ephraim Doty
Gender Male
Birth? 1760 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Alt Birth? 1760
Marriage 8 Mar 1786 Rockbridge County, Virginiato Juliet Daugherty
Reference Number 453281
Juliet Daugherty
Death? Aug 1831 Jackson, Illinois
Reference Number 22839

Family lore is that Ephraim was involved in the Boston Tea Party & the Battle of Bunker Hill. Some report that his hears & nose were frozen off @@ Valley Forge & that he became separated from his family. Later his sons William & Daniel heard about a man fitting the description of their father & went & got him.


Thanks to Robert B Macllrath and his site at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mcilbob&id=I9590

ephraim lived in Rockbridge Co. Virginia after thewar. That is proven fact. Isaac's son's John and Azariah also livedin


Revolutionary record from New Jersey: Ephraim Doty received certificate No. 99 dated June 8, 1784, signed by Thomas Stelle, for 10 pounds, for the depreciation of his Continental pay in the Middlesex County Militia (Ref. Miitia, 2nd year, p.294)

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