Joseph Ireland Jervis (1764-1841) and Phebe Carll Jervis (1761-1790) Long Island, New York

My 4th great grandfather Joseph Ireland JERVIS is not exactly a brick wall.  His second wife Elizabeth Hendrickson is a brick wall, but I'm not actively seeking her parents. What I really want is more information on their children. I don't even have any dates for some of them. Some genealogies confuse Joseph's 2 wives, Phebe and Elizabeth, and have the children listed under the incorrect mother. 

The basics:

Joseph Ireland JARVIS is the son of Robert JARVIS (1735-1833) and Sarah IRELAND (1742-1780)

     b. 24 Oct 1764 probably Suffolk county, New York (Long Island)
     m. 1st on 1 May 1789 Phebe CARLL (30 May 1761-6 Nov 1790)
     m. 2nd on 3 Mar 1794 Elizabeth HENDRICKSON (dates unknown)
     d. 1841 probably Suffolk county, New York

Joseph and Phebe are the parents of one child, my ancestor (notice Phebe died 2 weeks after his birth):

1-Joel JARVIS/ JERVIS (24 Oct 1790-3 Nov 1863) m. Elizabeth SMITH (click on their names to go to their posts)

Joseph and his second wife Elizabeth had several children, but I'm having a hard time getting dates for them. I have been able to track Hendrickson and his sister Phebe in the census records a bit, and and I have the name of one child of Catherine's (Warren b. 1830), but other than that, what I have written below is about all I have. I do not know if they are in the right order. I was given dates that Robert was born in 1781 and Eliza in 1785 and Maria in 1786, but since Joseph and Elizabeth didn't marry until 1794, errors were made (and this is probably why the children are listed as being Phebe's although Phebe and Joseph married in 1789, so they couldn't have been hers, either).

Joseph and Elizabeth are the parents of:
1-Catharine JARVIS (b. 11 Dec 1796-1847 ) m. John Hicks WILLIAMS in 1818
2-Robert JARVIS
3-Eliza JARVIS m. William CABRIA (William GREGORY?)
4-Maria JARVIS m. Stephen RICHE in 1816
5-Hendrickson JARVIS (b. 1806) m. Jane (and then married Abbie?)
6-Phebe JARVIS (b. between 1809-1825?) m. John Francis ADAMS
7-Harvey JARVIS
8-William JARVIS

In searching census records for the widow of Joseph, Elizabeth Hendrickson Jarvis, I found in the 1850 census an Elizabeth Jarvis  age 83 (so born about 1766-67) living with William and Eliza Gregory in Camden, Middle ward, Camden, New Jersey. This census lists them all as being born in New Jersey, including Elizabeth. I found William and Eliza in the 1860 census still in Camden. No Elizabeth Jarvis is living with them and I didn't find her on findagrave either. I'm trying to track some of William and Eliza's children now. I had been told that Eliza had married a William Cambria. I'm guessing it was William Gregory instead.

Hendrickson is listed in the 1850 and the 1860 census records as having be born 1805-1806. In the 1880 census he is list in the household of his sister, Phoebe Adams, and being 65--which would make him being born about 1814-1815. They are about 10 years off on his date.

1840 Census Henrickson Jarvis in Flushing, Queens, New York:

1 male less than 5 years old; 1 male 5-9; 1 male 15-19, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 30-39

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Hendrickson and Jane JARVIS household in 1850 census Flushing, Queens, New York:

Hendrickson Jarvis age 44 (b. 1805-1806)
Jane Jarvis age 44 (b. 1805-1806)
Joseph Jarvis  age 17 (b. 1832-33 )
Richard Jarvis age 15 (b. 1834-35)
Jane Mundy Jarvis age 8 (b. 1841-1842 )
Henry Jarvis age 5 (b. 1844-45)
William Jarvis age 10 (b. 1839-40 ) 
Sarah E. Jarvis age 2 (b. 5 Sep 1848 in Flushing, Queens, New York)

For updated info on William, click here.

There is a birth record for Sarah E, so I know she belongs to Hendrickson and Jane.

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Hendrickson and Abbey 1860 Flushing:

Hendrickson age 54   mason
Abbey age 45 (2nd wife?)
William age 20    mason
Henry E.  age 14
Sarah J age 11
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can't find them in 1870
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1880 Flushing:

Phoebe Adams age 55
Mary E. Adams age 19 granddaughter b. New Jersey (daughter?)
Hendrickson Jarvis age 65 brother  widower (occupation: carman)
and 2 boarders

Now, on to Phebe.

There is a marriage record of a Phebe Jarvis and John Francis Adams for 30 December 1832 held at the Seventh Presbyterian Church New York, New York.

Phoebe Adams is in the 1860 census in Dover, Ocean, New Jersey. This is her family:


John F. Adams  age 53  born New York  hotel keeper
Phebe                      51 (indexed as 57) born on Long Island
Mary E.                   19 born New York
Emma E.                  16 born New York
Margaret A.             14 born New York
George W.               11 born New York [but we know it was New Jersey]

This is Phoebe in the 1880 census in Flushing, Queens, New York:

Phoebe Adams     age 55  born NY-NY-NY
Mary E.                      19          NJ-NJ-NJ  (granddaughter)
Hendrickson Jarvis      65          NY-NY-NY (brother)
and there are 2 boarders living there with them and right next door is her son:
George W. Adams      31         NJ-NY-NY
Mary                           30         NY-NY-NY
John F.                          4         NY-NY-NY
George W.                    1         NY-NY-NY


I found a death record online that says this:

Phebe Adam [sic] buried in Freehold, [Monmouth,] New Jersey.
She died 2 Jun 1884 at Flushing, [Queens,] New York at age 67. She was born at Oyster Bay, [Nassau,] New York, so she was born about 1817. She was widowed and her parents were Joseph J. Jarvis and Elizabeth Jarvis.

So the 1860 census would have us believe she was born in 1808/09.
The 1880 census would have us believe that she was born in 1824/25.
Her death record lists 1816/17 as her birth year.
Since she was married in 1832, I'm not believing the 1880 census--and I believe they were wrong with Hendrickson's birth, too.

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