Hendricks Family History - Person Sheet
Hendricks Family History - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Creemer 
Birth Date6 Mar 1763
Death Date5 Apr 1828
Burial PlaceFirst Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
Misc. Notes
Veteran of the American Revolutionary War. William served with Captain John Holmes in Colonel Mathias Ogden's 1st Regiment New Jersey Line, from spring 1777 to 1783; he was awarded a pension in 1818. On June 20, 1784, he married Phoebe Osborn; of their three children, only Susannah (Mrs Isaac Brandt, 1786-1876) survived infancy. After the death of his first wife circa 1788-89, William married Phebe Johnson (1769-1861) of Woodbridge, New Jersey, on August 28, 1790; their children included Mary Chapman (Mrs Joseph Pool Pierson, 1793-1881), John B. (1794-1857; husband of Permelia), Deborah Barron (Mrs Jacob Messerve, 1791-1870), Adeline Mathilda (Mrs. John Leveridge, 1797-1823), William W. (1799-1841; husband of Elizabeth), and Abraham Johnson Creemer (1801-1883; husband of Hannah Mathilda Dillingham). Phebe Johnson Creemer was a widow for more than thirty years; in 1840, she was granted a small pension as the relict of a Revolutionary War soldier. She died in New Jersey on October 29, 1861. [Sources: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 30 March 1942 No.1, page 33; History & Genealogy of the Maynard, Maurer and Related Families, 1984, volumes 1,2 & 3--the inscription on his tombstone appears in vol. 2, page 1242.]
Inscription
His Creed was Justice, and his Theme Good Will.
Generous to propose and honest to fulfill.
He knew no Guile, such was his Noble Mind.
He lived and died the Friend of all Mankind.
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Inscription
His Creed was Justice, and his Theme Good Will.
Generous to propose and honest to fulfill.
He knew no Guile, such was his Noble Mind.
He lived and died the Friend of all Mankind.
Find A Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198111103/william-creemer
Spouses
Birth Date22 Jul 1772
Death Date29 Oct 1861
Burial PlaceFirst Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey
ChildrenDeborah (1791-1870)