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Robert RHEA (d. January 18, 1719/20)

Robert RHEA^{1085, 1086, 1087} was born in Scotland¹⁰⁸⁷, and died January 18, 1719/20 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, East Jersey^{1087, 1088}. He married Janet HAMPTON on November 09, 1689 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey^{1089, 1090, 1091}, daughter of John HAMPTON and Unknown.

Notes for Robert RHEA:
ROBERT RHE, as the name was first spelled, was the first of the name in Monmouth Co., N. J., where he bought headland in 1688, and in 1691 he had land from the proprietors, and also bought land in the same year of which the proprietors confirmed the title in 1693. He married Jan. 9, 1689-90, or as the date is given on the margin of the record in Shrewsbury Meeting, Apr. 10, 1690,54 Jannet Hamton, who was born about 1668, died Jan. 15, 1761, aged about 93 years, daughter of John and (Janet?) Hamton. Robert Rhe died Jan. 18, 1719. Robert and Jannet (Hamton) Rhe had 6 children. Robert Rhe made his will Apr. 10, 1718, and it was proved May 27, 1719; his widow making her will Apr. 1, 1752, which was proved Aug. 14, 1761.

Robert RHEA - Quaker, carpenter, emigrated from Scotland to America during 1685. Settled in Monmouth Co, NJ in 1688. Father of David, Elizabeth, Catharine, Margaret, Isabel and Mary. Died 18 January 1720.

More About Robert RHEA and Janet HAMPTON:
Marriage: November 09, 1689, Shrewsbury, New Jersey.^{1092, 1093, 1094}

Children of Robert RHEA and Janet HAMPTON are:

Isabel RHEA, d. date unknown.
+David RHEA, d. date unknown.
Elizabeth RHEA, d. date unknown.
Catherine RHEA, d. date unknown.
+Margaret Rhea, d. date unknown.
Mary RHEA, d. date unknown.