David Rhea

Abt 1691 - Bef 1761  (< 70 years)

• Name	David Rhea
  Birth	Abt 1691
  Gender	Male
  Name	David Rhe  [1]
  Residence	1718	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	When left his father's lands, tenements and carpenter and cooper tools
  Religion	1 Jun 1735	Freehold, Greene, New York, USA
  	Presbyterian.
  	Date ordained as an elder
  Occupation	16 Mar 1756	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Judge of Common Pleas
  Death	Bef 23 Jun 1761	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Probate	23 Jun 1761	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Will	26 Jul 1761	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Executors: sons Robert and Hohn, Rev William Tennent
  Burial	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	In a private family plot on the farm of D.D. Denise, one mile west of Freehold
  Person ID	I44738	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Rhea,   b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 27 May 1718, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janett Hamton,   b. 1668, Scotland d. 15 Jan 1761, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Jan 1688/89	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	In Quaker usage before 1752, the 'ninth' month was January In Janett's home
  Family ID	F31180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann (Rhea)   d. 26 Aug 1777
  Family ID	F31775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - When left his father's lands, tenements and carpenter and cooper tools - 1718 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Religion - Presbyterian. - 1 Jun 1735 - Freehold, Greene, New York, USA Occupation - Judge of Common Pleas - 16 Mar 1756 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 23 Jun 1761 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - 23 Jun 1761 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: sons Robert and Hohn, Rev William Tennent - 26 Jul 1761 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3732] Honeyman, A. Van Doren , Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, etc, Vol.4, 1761-1770, p351. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p399. [S3551] Smith, Henry Goodwin, The History of the ‘Old Scots’ Church of Freehold, p viii.