Biography of zebulon montgomery pike genealogy
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When General Zebulon Montgomery Pike was born on 5 January , in Lamington, Bedminster Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Col. Zebulon Pike, was 27 and his mother, Isabella Brown, was He married Clarissa Harlow Brown on 4 March , in Boone, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in He died on 27 April , in York Township, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 34, and was buried in Military Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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Zebulon Montgomery Pike ( - )
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Son of Zebulon Pike and Isabella (Brown) Pike
Brother of James Brown Pike, Maria Herriot (Pike) Wardell and George Washington Pike
DescendantsFather of Clarissa Brown (Pike) Harrison and Unnamed Pike
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- An American brigadier general and explorer
- As a United States Army captain in –, he led the Pike Expedition to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase during which he recorded the discovery of what later was called Pike's Peak.
- In Pike published an account of his expeditions
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Woodbridge Township, New Jersey
Zebulon Montgomery Pike (), for whom Pike’s Peak is named, was born in Somerset County, New Jersey but his family has roots in Woodbridge. Zebulon was the third great grandson of John Pike () and Mary Turvell () who were first settlers of Woodbridge. John Pike is listed eighth in the first associates of Woodbridge coming with the first group of settlers in
John Pike, born in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England, came to New England with his father John Pike; sisters Ann, Dorothy, and Israel; and brother Robert. His mother Dorothy Day had died in England several years before the family migrated. John married Mary Turvell about ; she was the daughter of Thomas Turvell and Dorothy Rogers. John and Mary had eight children born in Newbury. Five of the children (Hannah, Mary, Ruth, John, and Thomas) made the trip to Woodbridge with their parents. Two of the children had died in childhood and the oldest son, Joseph, remained in Massachusetts.
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