Naphtali Byram
Birth: Mar. 13, 1749, Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Death: Jun. 24, 1812, Middletown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Burial: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Inscription: A Lineal Descendant of / The Fifth Generation / from John Alden of / The Mayflower
[Has Photograph - gravestone not original]
Naphtali Byram, son of Ebenezer Byram (1716 - 1762) and Abigail Alden Byram (1721 - 1762)
Siblings: Huldah Byram b. 1739, Huldah Byram (2nd) b. 1740, Edward Byram b. 1742, Ebenezer Byram III, b. 1744, Abigail Byram b. 1745, Naptali Byram b. 1747, Anna Byram b. 1751, Joseph Byram b. 1753, Mary Byram b. 1755, Alden Byram b. 1757, Phoebe Byram b. 1758, Alden Byram (1st) b. 1759
Alden Byram (2nd) b. 1761
Spouse: Amy Hedges Byram (1746 - 1823,)married in 1769 in Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey. Amy Hedges is the daughter of Abraham and Phoebe (Moore) Hedges.
Naphtali Byram and Amy Hedges children are:
Children: Abigail Byram b. 3 Mar 1771, Amy Byram b. 1774, Ebenezer Byram b. 1778, Hulda Byram b.1782
Susan Byram b. 1782, Silas Condict Byram b. 1783, Sarah Byram b. 1786, Anna Byram b. 1790
There are two additional children born before 1779 who died at ages four and two. Several of his children died in infancy.
During the winter of 1779-1780, a portion of George Washington's Army encamped on his land and members of the Byram family cared for the needs of the suffering Patriots.
See Jerseymen in the War of the Rev. page 528.
Family Information contributed by family member: Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
