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Notes for Peter Decou and Mary Decou

A biosketch of a son reports [1]:

Peter Ellis De Cou. of Hamilton township, belongs to one of the oldest families in Mercer county, living now in the homestead of Samuel and Lucy Abbott with the date 1797 cut in the brick wall, being one of the county's historic places.

Joseph De Cou, grandfather of Peter Ellis De Cou, lived near Chesterfield. He married Sarah Ellis, and among their children was a son, Peter, of whom later.

Peter De Cou, son of Joseph and Sarah (Ellis) De Cou. married Mary De Cou, came in possession of the Pearson homestead in Nottingham township, and their children were: 1. Elizabeth, wife of William C. Ivins; children: Alexander, Hannah, Peter Ellis, William Penn, Caroline Derbyshire, Sarah, Mary, Susan D., and Howard, married Eliza Foskit, one child, William Clifford. 2. Charles, married Rachel Barton; both deceased. 3. Miriam, unmarried. 4. Margaret, deceased. 5. Peter Ellis, of whom later. 6. Susan, wife of Joseph E. Barton; children: Charles, married Emily Witticre, one child, Louis Witticre; Joseph, married Elizabeth Yarnel; and Mary, unmarried. 7. Sarah, deceased. 8. Barclay, deceased, married Cornelia Miller; children: Emma, Mary Helen and Lillie Blanche.


Footnotes:

[1] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1907), 509, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].