Margaret Rebeckah COONS
Daughter of: David COONS (9 Jan, 1800 - 28 Feb, 1865) m. 26 Oct, 1824, Elizabeth BRECKENRIDGE (24 Apr, 1806 - 12 Dec, 1876)
David's parents were Jacob COONS (1759 - 1844) and Magdalena (Carman) COONS (1767 - 1865)
Elizabeth's parents were David A. BRECKENRIDGE(Rev) (b. Vt. USA 1782 d. ON, 11 Oct, 1833) m. Rebecca LAWRENCE (b. Mont. PQ, 1781 d.NY, USA 22 Apr, 1849).
Born: 21 July, 1835, Matilda Twsp. ON
Married: c1855, John B. LENT
Died: 28 Aug, 1912, Salamanca, NY
Siblings: David Breckenridge (18 Jan, 1826 - ?), Eliza Jane (1 Jan, 1828 - ?), William Henry (18 Dec, 1829 - ?), Harriet Ann (24 Oct, 1831 - ?), John Wesley (5 Aug, 1834 - ?), Albert Matthew (8 June, 1837 - ?), Almira Britania (3 Oct,1839 - ?), Sarah Magdalene (25 Dec, 1841 - ?), Marcus Hiram (25 July, 1844 - ?), Jeheil Milton (16 Feb, 1850 - ?) COONS
Issue: Edith Annette, David Harmon, Albert W., Eugene, Lewis LENT
-from Kathy Lawrence
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LENT

COONS/CARMAN
http://www.carman.net/mattheus.htm

From: William B. Carman - "Yeoman's Service", Being an account of the first Carman's from Kehl, Germany to come to America, their sojourn in Pennsylvania and New York, and their activities as Loyalist pioneers in Canada (1708-1840).

1 Mattheus (KIRMAN) KERMANsr.
+ ?
2 Mattheus (KIRMAN) KERMANjr.
+Anna Maria GEYLER
3 Michael CARMAN, (b. 1708, Kehl4, Baden, Germany, d. 1790, ON)
+(Matilda) Magdalena WALTER(WALDORF?) (b. 2 Jan, 1709, Kehl, Baden, Germany, d. 28 Feb, 1801, Matilda Twsp. ON)
4 Michael CARMAN jr. (b. 1743, Kehl, Baden, Germany, d. 1824, Matilda Twsp. ON)
+(1765) Maria Margaretha ALTER(IN) (1747 - 1824)
5 Magdalena CARMAN1 (1767 - 1865)
+(1 July, 1783)Jacob C. COONS2 (b. 1759, Hudson Valley, US, d. 1844, Matilda Twsp. ON)
6 David COONS3 (9 Jan, 1800 - 28 Feb, 1865)
+(1824) Elizabeth BRECKENRIDGE (24 Apr, 1806 - 12 Dec, 1876)
7 Margaret Rebeckah COONS (b. 21 July, 1835, Iroquois, Matilda Twp. ON d. 28 Aug, 1912, Salamanca, NY.)
+(c.1855)John B. LENT (b. 1834, Hamilton Township, ON d. 8 Oct. 1913, NY.)

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1Siblings of Magdalena CARMAN:
George John (1766-1857), Michael (1769-1834), Anna Katherine (1771-1814), Jacob (1774), Rebecca (1776-1818) CARMAN

2 Jacob's parents were Conradt (KOUNTZ) COONS and Catherine (?).

3Siblings of David COONS:
Anna (1790), Maria Magdalena (1791), Michael (1793), Barbara (1795), James, Mathew COONS.

4Just across the Rhine from Strasbourg, France.

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The CARMAN/COONS/WALTER Families in the Mohawk River Valley, NY and Matilda Township, ON.

LOYALISTS

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1871 Ontario Census:

COONS , ELIZABETH - (Nee BRECKENRIDGE, mother of Margaret Rebeckah LENT)
Stray:Individual bears a different surname than the head of the family
Sex: Female Age: 64 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: UNKNOWN District: HALDIMAND ( 017 ) Sub-district: Seneca ( G ) Division: 3 Page: 13 Microfilm reel: C-9917-8 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada
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COONS, MARCUS -(Margaret Rebeckah Lent's brother)
Sex:Male Age:26 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: GER Occupation: FARMER District: DUNDAS ( 071 ) Sub-district: Matilda ( A ) Division: 1 Page: 32 Microfilm reel: C-10,005 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada
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COONS, WILLIAM -(Margaret Rebeckah Lent's brother)
Sex: Male Age: 42 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: GERMAN Occupation: LABOURER District: DUNDAS ( 071 ) Sub-district: Matilda ( A ) Division: 1 Page: 35 Microfilm reel: C-10,005 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada

LENT

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