First Generation

(1) Peter Emery Sr. (1739 – 1798) & Catharine Apgar (~1743 – 1814)

Peter Emery was born in Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County to Conrad and Margreth Emery, immigrants from Wolfenbüttel, Germany.

They may have been part of the Palatine migration of the early 18th century. His wife Catharine was a daughter of Frederick Apgar and Anna Eva Schafer, immigrants from Westerwald, Germany, also part of the Palatine migration. The Apgars settled in Tewskbury and the Emerys settled in Lebanon Township. Peter and Catharine married about 1760 and had ten children.

For more information on the family, see Frederic B. Emery, M.D., Conrad Emery and His Descendants, published 1970 by Unique Printing Service, Logan UT.

Second Generation

(1) Peter Emery Sr. & Catharine Apgar of Lebanon Township
|    (2.1) Peter Emery Jr. (1761 – c.1794) & Elizabeth Gearhart (1770 – 1794)
|    (2.2) John C. Emery (1763 – 1833) & Christiana B. Shriner (1778 – 1843)
|    (2.3) Anne Emery (1765 – bef. 1787) & William DILTS
|    (2.4) Catherine Emery (1768 – c.1806) & Michael Shurts (1765 – c.1807)
|    (2.5) Jacob Emery (1770 – 1830) & Elizabeth ROCKAFELLAR (1773 – 1866)
|    (2.6) William Emery (1772 – )
|    (2.7) Conrad Emery (1775 – ) & Nancy
|    (2.8) Elizabeth Emery (1777 – 1810) & John ALLER (1768 – 1810)
|    (2.9) Conrad Emery (1782 – )
|    (2.10) Mary Maria Emery (1781 – 1814) & Noah Cramer (1779 – 1814)

Third Generation

(1) Peter Emery Sr. & Catharine Apgar of Lebanon Township
|    (2.1) Peter Emery Jr. & Elizabeth Gearhart of Lebanon Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Anna Emery (1789 – 1870) & Lucas Voorhees (1787 – 1868)
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery (1791 – 1876) & Eliza Ann ROCKAFELLAR (1792 – 1864)
|    |    (3.3) Catharine Emery (1794 – ) & William Cramer (c.1779 – 1852)
|    (2.2) John C. Emery & Christiana B. Shriner of Clinton Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Catharine Emery (1800 – 1873) & John Nehemiah Dunham (1797 – 1868)
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery (1802 – 1854) & Mary Ann Stiger (1805 – 1881)
|    |    (3.3) John I. Emery (1807 – 1843) & Sophia Boeman Kline (1809 – )
|    |    (3.4) William Patrick Emery (1810 – 1888) & Ann Runkle (1811 – 1887)
|    |    (3.5) Mary Ann Emery (1824 – 1912) & William Paxson JOHNSON (1816 – 1900)
|    (2.4) Catherine Emery & Michael Shurts of Lebanon Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Abraham Shurts (1787 – 1837) & Margaret ROCKAFELLAR (1789 – )
|    |    (3.2) Catherine Shurts (1789 – 1871) & Henry D. ROCKAFELLAR (1785 – 1875)
|    |    (3.3) Peter Shurts (1794 – 1873) & Catherine A. EMERY (1795 – 1876)
|    |    (3.4) Alche Althea Shurts (1796 – 1876) & William Fritts (1795 – 1865)
|    |    (3.5) Jacob V. Shurts (1798 – 1838) & Julia Fritts (1802 – )
|    (2.5) Jacob Emery & Elizabeth Rockafellar of Bethlehem Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Catherine A. Emery (1795 – 1876) & Peter Shurts (1794 – 1873)
|    |    (3.2) Anne Nancy Emery (1796 – 1832) & Capt. Benjamin Fritts (1773-1855)
|    |    (3.3) Peter Emery (1798 – 1874) & Sarah Bloom (1801 – )
|    |    (3.4) Mary Emery (1800 – 1844)
|    |    (3.5) Godfrey R. Emery (1802 – 1844) & Jane ALLER (1811 – 1890)
|    |    (3.6) Christianna Emery (1804 – 1885) & Jacob M. JOHNSON (1801 – 1885)
|    |    (3.7) Elizabeth Emery (1806 – 1897) & James Smith (1801 – 1877)
|    |    (3.8) Jacob B. Emery (1808 – 1890) & Nancy Hulsizer (1813 – 1894)
|    |    (3.9) John Rockafeller Emery (1810 – 1878) & Mary C. Wilson (1817 – 1872)
|    |    (3.10) William A. Emery (1813 – 1878) & Celinda Bird (1814 – )
|    |    (3.11) Charles C. Emery (1815 – 1888) & Lavinia Boss (1817 – 1885)
|    |    (3.12) Nicholas A. Emery (1817 – 1875)
|    (2.8) Elizabeth Emery & John F. Aller of Lebanon Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Elizabeth Aller (1806 – 1873) & William LARE (1803 – 1880)
|    (2.10) Mary Maria Emery & Noah Cramer of Lebanon Twp.
|    |    (3.1) Mary Henn Cramer (1798 – 1882) & Jacob Tiger (1800 – 1874)
|    |    (3.2) Noah Stewart Cramer (1802 – 1875) & Ann Huffman (1794 – 1884)
|    |    (3.3) Ann Barbara Cramer (c.1804 – ) & Lewis HIGGINS (1809 – 1864)
|    |    (3.4) Elizabeth Cramer (c.1807 – )
|    |    (3.5) Matthias Cramer (c.1809 – )
|    |    (3.6) Peter Emery Cramer (1810 – 1836) & Sarah Smith (1813 – 1901)
|    |    (3.7) Jacob Cramer (1813 – )
|    |    (3.8) Rebecca Adaline Cramer (1814 – )

Fourth Generation

(1) Peter Emery Sr. & Catharine Apgar of Lebanon Township
|    (2.1) Peter Emery Jr. & Elizabeth Gearhart
|    |    (3.1) Anna Emery & Lucas Voorhees
|    |    |    (4.1) Elizabeth Voorhees (1807 – 1807)
|    |    |    (4.2) Abraham Lucas Voorhees (1808 – 1878) & Catherine ROCKAFELLAR (1808 – 1889)
|    |    |    (4.3) Judge Peter Emery Voorhees (1810 – 1872) & Rebecca Wyckoff (1814 – 1890)
|    |    |    (4.4) Charity Voorhees (1813 – 1814)
|    |    |    (4.5) Elias W. Voorhees (1815 – ) & Jane T. Brokaw (1824 – 1900)
|    |    |    (4.6) Catherine Ann Voorhees (1818 – 1887) & Asa Sharp (1812 – 1880)
|    |    |    (4.7) Willempie W. Voorhees (1820 – ) & Balthazor A. Melick
|    |    |    (4.8) Sarah Mary Voorhees (1823 – ) & Jacob M. Stiger
|    |    |    (4.9) Lucas W. Voorhees (1826 – ) & Catharine Gearhart
|    |    |    (4.10) John E. Voorhees (1828 – ) & Lydia Hoffman
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery & Eliza Ann ROCKAFELLAR
|    |    |    (4.1) Eliza Ann Emery (1813 – 1893) & Nicholas P. Wyckoff (1811 – 1884)
|    |    |    (4.2) Margaretha Emery (1816 – 1893)
|    |    |    |    |    m. 1) William E. Haver (c.1810 – )
|    |    |    |    |    m. 2) Peter Melick
|    |    |    (4.3) David Rockafellar Emery (1821 – 1907) & Elizabeth Lane (1831 – 1903)
|    |    |    (4.4) Mary Ellen Emery (1823 – )
|    |    |    |    |    m. 1) John HOPPOCK (c.1820 – )
|    |    |    |    |    m. 2) Asa Lowe
|    |    |    (4.5) John Rockafellar Emery (1827 – 1880) & Mary L. Cooper (1836 – 1890)
|    |    (3.3) Catharine Emery & William Cramer
|    |    |    (4.1) Euphemia Cramer (1813 – 1906) & Joseph Ramsey (1813 – 1906)
|    |    |    (4.2) Aletta Catherine Cramer (1817 – 1901)
|    |    |    (4.3) Elizabeth A. Cramer (1821 – 1885)
|    |    |    (4.4) Peter Emery Cramer (1824 – 1902) & Ellen Hall (1825 – 1892)
|    (2.2) John C. Emery & Christiana B. Shriner
|    |    (3.1) Catharine Emery & John Nehemiah Dunham
|    |    |    (4.1) Mary Clarkson Dunham (1819 – 1887) & Morris S. Stiger (1811 – 1867)
|    |    |    (4.2) James Dunham (1821 – 1864)
|    |    |    (4.3) John Emery Dunham (1823 – 1895) & Susan Elizabeth Stiger (1824 – 1916)
|    |    |    (4.4) William E. Dunham (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Bethany Dunham (c.1832 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Catharine Emery Dunham (c.1839 – 1853)
|    |    |    (4.7) Christiana Dunham (c.1840 – )
|    |    |    (4.8) Asa C. Dunham Jr. (c.1846 – )
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery & Mary Ann Stiger
|    |    |    (4.1) Margaretta M. Emery (1824 – 1871) & Wellington Bird (1820 – 1881)
|    |    |    (4.2) Catharine Dunham Emery (c.1826 – 1834)
|    |    |    (4.3) Lydia Lambert Emery (1829 – 1906) & Augustus K. Kline (1819 – 1858)
|    |    |    (4.4) Elizabeth S. Emery (1831 – 1909)
|    |    |    |    |    m. 1) John V. HIGGINS (c.1820 – 1863)
|    |    |    |    |    m. 2) Thomas B. Fidler
|    |    |    (4.5) Matilda L. Emery (c.1833 – 1909) & unknown Parker
|    |    |    (4.6) Christiana S. Emery (c.1835 – 1919) & Dr. Homer A. Trego (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    (4.7) John Stiger Emery (1837 – 1908) & Mary Ann Skillman (1837 – 1914)
|    |    |    (4.8) William Edgar Emery (1842 – 1912) & Elizabeth Stires Crater (1847 – 1925)
(see Union Hotel, part three)
|    |    |    (4.9) Adaline Stiger Emery (1845 – ) & Edwin A. Taft
|    |    |    (4.10) Peter E. Emery (1847 – 1911) & Mary Hanna THATCHER (1857 – 1936)
|    |    (3.3) John I. Emery & Sophia Boeman Kline
|    |    |    (4.1) Elizabeth K. Emery (1828 – 1879) & Jonathan A. HUNT (1826 – 1897)
|    |    |    (4.2) Mary Jane ( – 1844)
|    |    (3.4) William Patrick Emery & Ann Runkle
|    |    |    (4.1) Mary Capner Emery (c.1839 – ) & Rev. Samuel M. Studdiford (c.1835 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) Theodore Emery (1840 – 1910) & Margaret Cornelia Boyd (1844 – 1930)
|    |    |    (4.3) John Runkle Emery, Esq. (1842 – 1916) & Alia MacKee
|    |    |    (4.4) William P. Emery Jr. (1844 – 1929)
|    |    |    (4.5) Annie Emery (1846 – 1915) & unknown Pierce (c.1840 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Julia Emery (1851 – 1903) & William H. Katzenbach (1847 – 1926)
|    |    (3.5) Mary Ann Emery & William Paxson JOHNSON
|    |    |    (4.1) Harriet Mathews Johnson (1850 – 1902) & Henry Bishop
|    |    |    (4.2) Louise Paxson Johnson (1868 – 1926) & Charles Wm Daggett
|    (2.5) Jacob Emery & Elizabeth ROCKAFELLAR
|    |    (3.1) Catherine A. Emery (1795 – 1876) & Peter Shurts (1794 – 1873)
|    |    |    (4.1) Jacob Shurts (1815 – 1881)
|    |    |    |    |    m. 1) Maria Probasco (1821 – 1851)
|    |    |    |    |    m. 2) Harriet N. Smith (1819 – 1881)
|    |    |    (4.2) Elizabeth Ann Shurts (1819 – 1907) & William Whitfield Bird (1815 – 1888)
|    |    (3.2) Anne Nancy Emery & Capt. Benjamin Fritts
|    |    |    (4.1) Rev. Jesse L. Fritts (1810 – 1850) & Sarah Ann Carhart (1812 – 1900)
|    |    (3.3) Peter Emery & Sarah Bloom
|    |    |    (4.1) John Bloom Emery (1823 – 1887) & Mary ALLER (1815 – 1863)
|    |    (3.5) Godfrey R. Emery & Jane ALLER
|    |    |    (4.1) Henry A. Emery (1827 – 1869) & Margaret Murray Dusenbury
|    |    |    (4.2) Mary Ellen Emery (1829 – 1903) & John M. Rodenbough
|    |    |    (4.3) Jacob E. Emery (c.1831 – 1910)
|    |    |    (4.4) Elizabeth Jane Emery (1833 – 1904) & Wesley Alpaugh
|    |    |    (4.5) Christiana J. Emery (1836 – 1927)
|    |    |    (4.6) Lemuel Emery (1839 – 1872) & Elizabeth Lunger
|    |    |    (4.7) Mercy G. Emery (1842- )
|    |    (3.6) Christianna Emery & Jacob M. JOHNSON
|    |    |    (4.1) Elizabeth Johnson (1824 – 1880) & Cornelius C. ALLER (1821 – 1911)
|    |    |    (4.2) Susan Johnson (1825 – 1909) & Christopher K. Kline (~1820 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Margaret W. Johnson (1826 – 1896) & Thomas T. Bosenbury (1825 – 1908)
|    |    |    (4.4) Nancy F. Johnson (1827 – 1897) & George W. Beavers (1824 – 1865)
|    |    |    (4.5) James W. Johnson (1829 – 1926)
|    |    |    (4.6) John Warner Johnson (1831 – 1909)
|    |    |    (4.7) William E. Johnson (1833 – 1905) & Margaret Boss (~1842 – 1907)
|    |    |    (4.8) Sarah Celinda Johnson (1836 – 1916)
|    |    |    (4.9) Aaron W. Johnson (1839 – 1929)
|    |    |    (4.10) Lucy C. Johnson (1842 – ) & Charles Case (1840 – 1907)
|    |    |    (4.11) Jacob M. Johnson (1848 – 1916)
|    |    (3.7) Elizabeth Emery & James Smith
|    |    |    (4.1) Catharine Smith (1826 – 1903) & Holloway H. ALLER (1825 – 1876)
|    |    (3.8) Jacob B. Emery & Nancy Hulsizer
|    |    |    (4.1) William Emery (1839 – 1913) & Mary Elizabeth Bird (1838 – 1903)
|    |    (3.9) John Rockafeller Emery & Mary C. Wilson
|    |    |    (4.1) Andrew W. Emery (1839-1916)
|    |    |    (4.2) Lyndon L. Emery (1841-1898)
|    |    |    (4.3) Jane Foster Emery (1844-1920) & William Tinsman Bird (1841-1894)
|    |    |    (4.4) Ann Emery (1844-1844)
|    |    (3.10) William A. Emery & Celinda Bird
|    |    |    (4.1) Mary Elizabeth Emery (c.1839- )
|    |    |    (4.2) James M. Emery (c.1842- )
|    |    |    (4.3) Joseph Emery (c.1844- )
|    |    (3.11) Charles C. Emery & Lavinia Boss
|    |    |    (4.1) Joseph Boss Emery (1838 – 1925) & Elizabeth Tinsman (1842-1916)
|    |    |    (4.2) Susan Fairchild Emery (1839-1892)
|    |    |    (4.3) Godfrey R. Emery (1844 – 1923) & Matilda A. JOHNSON (1844 – 1935)
|    |    |    (4.4) Stanford Emery (1855 – 1929)

Fifth & Sixth Generations

Note: I have a lot of unknowns with this family and welcome any additions & corrections.

(1) Peter Emery Sr. & Catharine Apgar of Lebanon Township
|    (2.1) Peter Emery Jr. & Elizabeth Gearhart
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery & Eliza Ann ROCKAFELLAR
|    |    |    (4.3) David Rockafellar Emery & Elizabeth Lane
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Andrew Lane Emery (1856 – 1891) & Phoebe Emma Van Doren (1860 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Emma Emery (1861 – )
|    (2.2) John C. Emery & Christiana B. Shriner
|    |    (3.2) Peter Emery & Mary Ann Stiger
|    |    |    (4.1) Margaretta M. Emery & Wellington Bird
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Joseph Bird (1845 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Mary Bird (1845 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Peter C. Bird (1845 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.4) George Bird (1847 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Elizabeth S. Emery & John V. HIGGINS
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Annie D. Higgins (1849 – 1867)
|    |    |    (4.6) Christiana S. Emery & Dr. Homer A. Trego
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Lilly Annette Trego (1868 – 1919) & Henry Martin Voorhees (1861 – 1913)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Eleanor Christine Voorhees (1901 – )
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) John Newton Voorhees (1903 – )
|    |    |    (4.7) John Stiger Emery & Mary Ann Skillman
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Charles W. Emery
|    |    |    (4.8) William Edgar Emery & Elizabeth Stires Crater
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Florence Baker Emery (1874 – 1929) & Frederick F. Georger
|    |    |    |    (5.2) May E. Emery (1876 – ) & Percy Cornelius
|    |    (3.3) John I. Emery & Sophia Boeman Kline
|    |    |    (4.1) Elizabeth K. Emery & Jonathan A. HUNT
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Ida S. Hunt (1853 – 1935) & Wilson Kugler (1854 – 1921)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Jane Dawes Hunt (1857 – 1939) & Luther Calvin Voorhees (1858 – 1934)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Augusta Hunt (1863 – 1957) & William V. Ramsey (1864 – 1918)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) William Ramsey (1902 – 1980)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Kate L. Hunt (1870 – 1953) & Robert R Volk (1870 – 1953)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) John E. Hunt (1871 – 1944) & Eleanor Carkhuff Blackwell (1876 – 1948)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) William R. Hunt (1897 – 1978) & Hazel Hill (1902 – 1997)
|    (2.5) Jacob Emery & Elizabeth ROCKAFELLAR
|    |    (3.11) Charles C. Emery & Lavinia Boss
|    |    |    (4.1) Joseph Boss Emery & Elizabeth Tinsman
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Anna T. Emery (1865-1950) & Luther C. Parker
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Lilly Emery (c.1866- )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) William Gardner Emery (1866-1899)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Charles Alpaugh Emery (1869-1943) & Esther Francis McGrath
|    |    |    (4.3) Godfrey R. Emery & Matilda A. Johnson
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Henry J. Emery (1865- )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Lizzie Emery (1869 – 1955) & William H. Garrison (1870 – 1937)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Ila M. Garrison (1894 – 1930) & John R. BODINE (1885 – 1962)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Charles W. Emery (1874-1949)