Capt John Bel Conger

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    Captain of a ship
    He 1665 came to Newbury, Massachussetts from England.
    Mary Kelly (Wife)
    Marriage: 12 APR 1666 in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts
    
    Children:
    Mary Conger-Birth: 29 Dec 1666 in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts
    
    Enos Conger-Birth: About 1667 in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts
    Death: 21 Nov 1689
    
    Sarah Conger-Birth: Jan 1668 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    Death: About 1702
    
    Johannah Conger-Birth: 1 Aug 1670 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    
    John Conger-Birth: 24 May 1674 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    Death: 1727
    
    Elizabeth Conger-Birth: 1 Jan 1678 in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts
    
    Lediah Conger-(F) Birth: 1 Jan 1679 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    
    Jonathan Conger-Birth: 29 Mar 1683 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    Death: 8 May 1733
    
    Gersham Conger-Birth: 1685 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    
    2) Sarah Kelley (Wife)
    Marriage: 12 JAN 1666 in Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts
    
    3) Sarah Cawood (Wife)
    Marriage: ABT 1689 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    
    Children:
    Abigail Conger-Birth: 1690 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,New Jersey
    Joseph Conger-Birth: 17 May 1692 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,NJ
    Job Conger-Birth: 9 Jun 1694 in Woodbridge,Middlesex NJ
    Rachel Conger-Birth: 12 May 1696 in Woodbridge,Middlesex NJ
    Lydia Conger-Birth: 28 Apr 1698 in Woodbridge,Middlesex NJ
    Benjamin Conger-Birth: About 1700 in Woodbridge,Middlesex NJ
    Tryell Bonny Conger-(M) Birth: 1702
    Gershom Conger-Birth: 5 Apr 1711 in Woodbridge,Middlesex,
    
    It is believed that the family came from Alsace (then a French province) to Holland about the date of the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the family name being Koniger, of German origin. From Holland the Konigers went to England and the name was anglicized into CONGER (sometimes spelled Bellconger). It is said the CONGERS are numerous in Lincolnshire and in the neighborhood of Bristol. John CONGER came to Newburyport, Massachusetts in his own ship the "Elizabeth Ann" around 1665/6 and lived there about one year. He was probably one of the soldiers of the Commonwealth Army and in 1667 he moved to Woodbridge, New Jersey with his wife Mary and one son, Enos. He was not one of the original proprietors who founded Woodbridge, but was one of the first settlers and participated in the first distribution of lands, his patent to 170 acres bearing the date March 18, 1669. He held various offices of trust in the township, became a member of the first (Presbyterian) church and died about September 1712. His will was dated January 11, 1711 and probated October 7,
    1712.
    
    Individual:
    It is reported that the Conger family came from Normandy to Holland and thence to England. John Conger was apparently one of 56 men who moved to the newly acquired province of New Jersey which King Charles had taken from the Dutch in 1664. There they founded the township of Woodbridge, his patent to 170 acres of land being dated 18 Nov 1669.
    He held various town offices and was one of the commissioners
    appointed to prosecute thieves who were cutting timber from the common land.
    Ancestors of E. G. Keefer: Gencircle