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Mundy, Phebe Ayers

 Person

Family History

Henry Mundy (1783 or 1784-1851) married Phebe Ayers or Ayres (1787-1858), and they had several children: Henry E., Eliza Squier, Sarah Ayers (or Ayres), Phebe Ayers (or Ayres), Rebecca, David A., and William E. Henry and Phebe Mundy are buried in the Rahway Cemetery in Rahway, New Jersey.

Eliza Squier Mundy was born on December 10, 1808. She married Israel Doty or Doughty (1794-1879), a farmer. She died on November 25, 1873, and is buried alongside her husband in the New Providence Presbyterian Churchyard in New Providence, New Jersey.

Sarah Ayers (or Ayres) Mundy was born on October 20, 1809. She married James Harris Poindexter (1800-1867). Sarah died on May 26, 1872, and is buried alongside her husband in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.

The younger Phebe Ayers (or Ayres) Mundy married Asa Read of New York City on March 16, 1843, in the Presbyterian Church at Jersey City, New Jersey. She died at the age of 27 is buried in the Rahway Cemetery.

External Sources:

"Eliza Doty" in the New Jersey, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/518961699:2540, accessed January 22, 2024.

"Eliza Mundy Squier Doty", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193288333/eliza-squier_doty, accessed January 22, 2024.

"Henry Mundy" in the New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/509802:8796, accessed January 22, 2024.

"Henry Mundy", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92583769/henry-mundy, accessed January 22, 2024.

"Sarah Ayres Mundy Poindexter", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49866373/sarah-ayres-poindexter, accessed January 22, 2024.

"Phebe Ayres Mundy", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92583770/phebe_ayres_mundy, accessed Nov. 8, 2024.

"Phebe Mundy" in the U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61048/records/901064713, accessed Nov. 8, 2024.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letters to Eliza Doty and Phebe Mundy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-146
Abstract The letters to Eliza Doty (also Doughty; 1808-1873) were written by her sister, probably Sarah Poindexter (1809-1872), to Eliza in New Providence, New Jersey, in 1840, 1845, 1868, and 1869 from Richmond and Culpeper, Virginia. The letters detail weather, community information, and familial updates. They also contain information on the declining economic conditions in Richmond and the sister's negative feelings about reconstruction conditions in Virginia. Other letters are written by...
Dates: 1834 - 1869