Captain Peter Soloman Salmon

Birth: 25 NOV 1740 Mt. Olive, Morris Co, New Jersey Marriage:  27 JAN 1763  to Margaret Stark;  Morris Co, New Jersey Living:  by Schooley's Mountain Birth of Son:  Name:  Samuel Salmon Birth of Son:  14 FEB 1764 Name:  William Salmon Birth of Daughter:  13 DEC 1765 Name:  Sarah Salmon Birth of Son:  03 AUG 1768 Name:  Aaron Salmon Birth of Son:  09 JUL 1770 Name:  Peter Salmon Birth of Daughter:  29 NOV 1772 Name:  Elizabeth Salmon Birth of Son:  15 MAR 1775 Name:  John Salmon Military Service:  Was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  Also wanted to fight in the war of 1812 but was 72 years old and they wouldn't let him.  Was known to parade solo on the road in front of his farm in full military regalia each July 4th. Tax Payer:  MAY 1776 Place:  Roxbury Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey Birth of Daughter:  30 AUG 1777 Name:  Anne Salmon Birth of Son:  26 NOV 1779 Name:  Stephen Salmon Birth of Daughter:  28 FEB 1782 Name:  Elizabeth Salmon Birth of Daughter:  29 SEP 1784 Name:  Margaret Salmon Birth of Son:  22 FEB 1787 Name:  Cutler Salmon Death:  19 FEB 1825  Morris Co, New Jersey Buried:  Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Mt. Olive Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey Epitaph:  "Beneath this stone Death's prisoner lies, The stone shall move; the prisoner, rise. When Jesus with Almighty Word Calls his dead saints to meet their Lord." Click here to see parents:  William Salmon and Elizabeth Braddock

Captain Peter Salmon came from Long Island, NY, married a Miss Stark and settled up on a hill above Flanders. He was an extensive land owner, having in his possession the tract of land now covered by several farms. Captain Salmon was the father of three sons and four daughters, William, Aaron, Peter Jr, Elizabeth, Sarah Ann and Margaret. Nothing could be more natural, in so sparsely a settled community, than for Captain Salmon's sons and daughters to become acquainted with the young family of Richard Stephens living only about one mile west of them. William Salmon, the oldest son, married Dolly, the oldest daughter of Richard Stephens.  His farm was later known as the Rush Creamery.  - From the Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies: Mount Olive Presbyterian Church

Margaret Stark
Birth:  1740  Flanders, Roxbury Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey Death:  01 OCT 1820  Morris Co, New Jersey Buried:  Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Mt. Olive Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey Click here to see parents:  Aaron and Margaret Stark

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