Gen Zebulon Montgomery Pike

1779-1813 Gen Zebulon_Pike

Zebulon was born on January 5th, 1779 in Trenton, NJ.  Zebulon's father was Col Zebulon Montgomery Pike and his mother was Issabella Brown.  His paternal grandparents were James Pike and Mary Harriot. He had two brothers named George and James.  He was the second oldest of the three children.  He died at the age of 34 on April 27th, 1813 in Toronto, ONT, CA.

• Death Notes

  d: in battle of York, Toronto, CA

• General Notes

  founded pikes peak
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  from Clayton Brown:
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  The Brown, Pike, connection in Woodbridge NJ. My great Uncle three times would be John Alston Brown, born 1752,his daughter was Clarissa Brown who married Zebulon M. Pike. To start I will go back to 1685, John Foreman, came from Scotland, on the Henry & Francis to Perth Amboy, NJ. he had four daughters Agnes, who married James Brown, son of George Brown, Janet, Married Zebulon, son of John, Pike, Ursula, married David, son of David Herriot. John Foremans(Furman) will dated 5, Dec. 1720. mentions Zebulon, Agnis, Ursula as administrators. Zebulon and Janet Pike, had James, James and Agnis Brown had George, David and Ursula Herriot had Mary, James Pike and Mary Herriot were married, they were first cousins, George Brown was a first cousins to both of them. James and Mary Pike had Zebulon, George and Mary (Alston)Brown, Had John Brown, which would make Zebulon Pike, and John Brown, Second cousins. Making Zebulon Montgomery Pike, and Clarissa Brown, third cousins. I have all the wills of these people. Their is no mention of Isabell Brown in George Browns Will as being a sister. My family line goes back to Scotland, coming over on the Henry Francis in 1685.
  
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  Birth:     Jan. 5, 1779
  New Jersey, USA
  Death:     Apr. 27, 1813
  York
  Ontario, Canada
  
  Explorer, War of 1812 United States Army General. He is most remembered for his discovery of Pike's Peak in 1806. While Lewis and Clark explored the Northwest United States, he explored the upper Mississippi River. He would later explore what is now the Southwest portion of the Nation. Born in Lamberton, New Jersey, the second of eight children and the only one to grow to adulthood. At the time of his birth, his father, also named Zebulon Pike, was an officer in George Washington's Continental Army, which was then fighting the British in the American Revolution. At the end of the Revolutionary War, Zebulon Pike Sr, remained in the American Army, and young Zebulon grew up on frontier military posts. Young Pike began his military career in 1794, at the age of 15, when he joined his father's regiment as a cadet, and he would follow his father's regiment to the west, serving at Fort Massac in Illinois. In 1799, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the First Infantry Regiment, then stationed in western Pennsylvania, where he earned a reputation as an officer who could carry out orders. In 1803, when President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Northwest United States after purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France, General James Wilkinson sent Pike to explore the Mississippi River to discover its headwaters. Pike's discoveries were important to the growing nation, although they were overshadowed by the excitement caused by the Lewis and Clark expedition. Two years later, he was sent to discover the headwaters of the Red River, which some people thought might provide an all water route to the Pacific Ocean, and to determine the extent of Spanish fortifications along the Texas-New Mexico Spanish boundary with the United States Louisiana Purchase. This route took him across the Southwest into Spanish controlled territory. Pike first sighted the peak that bears his name from 150 miles away, out on the Colorado plains. They attempted to climb it, but its height of 14,110 feet proved too high, and after one attempt, they gave up (some historians claim he climbed nearby Cheyenne Peak instead). While continuing his search for the Red River headwaters, he crossed over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains into New Mexico, where he discovered the headwaters of the Rio Grande River (he thought it was the headwaters of the Red River). Shortly afterwards, Spanish troops arrested his expedition for trespassing on Spanish soil and escorted them to Santa Fe, the territory's capital. After several months of negotiation, Pike and his men were released and they returned to Washington, DC, bringing valuable information about the land and its resources. Later Pike was accused of involvement in a scheme involving Aaron Burr and James Wilkinson to establish an empire in the Southwest, but investigation would prove Pike's innocence. During the War of 1812, he led a successful advance on York (now called Toronto), Canada, in which he was killed by a hidden mine that also killed 52 of his soldiers. In revenge for the death of their commander, American soldiers torched public buildings in York. (bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  
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  Parents:
    Zebulon Pike (1751 - 1834)
  
  Spouse:
    Clara Harlow Brown Pike (1783 - 1847)*
  
  Children:
    Clarissa Brown Pike Harrison (1803 - 1837)*
    Infant Son Pike (1804 - 1806)*
  
  *Calculated relationship
  
  Burial:
  Military Cemetery
  Sackets Harbor
  Jefferson County
  New York, USA
  
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  Record added: Jan 01, 2001
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