Person:Jerusha Conant (1)

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Jerusha Conant
b.15 Mar 1743 Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States
d.27 Mar 1819 Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
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m. 17 Mar 1737
  1. Jerusha Conant1743 - 1819
Spouse and Children
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  1. Zebulon Marcy1767 - 1770
  2. John Marcy1769 - 1840
  3. Lydia Marcy1772 - 1817
  4. Nicholson Marcy1773 - 1827
  5. Sarah Marcy1776 - 1778
  6. Sarah Marcy1778 - 1854
  7. Abel Marcy1782 - 1850
  8. Jerusha Marcy1783 -
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Facts and Events
Name Jerusha Conant
Gender Female
Birth[1] 15 Mar 1743 Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Marriage to Zebulon Marcy
Death[2] 27 Mar 1819 Tunkhannock, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Famous for telling off Indians while she and her family were held captive during fighting in the summer of 1778. She had managed to make a loaf of bread for her children and had to hide it in her bed when an Indian came in. He smelled the bread and wanted some. She fought him and managed to salvage half the bread. She had one of her children during the fighting as they fled their home.

References
  1. ↑ Charles Edney Marcy; Charles Edney Marcy; Pauline (Pauline Grace Thompson) Marcy; and Herman A. (Herman Alvin) Marcy. History and Genealogy of John Marcy, 1662-1724, Woodstock, Conn: and many of his descendants; eleven generations. (United States: C.E. Marcy, c1980).
  2. ↑ Marcy Cemetary, Transcription found at “Wyoming Co., PA Cemetaries,” http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thstiger/WYOCOCEM4.htm.
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