Delaware Township – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

The Haines Farm

June 1, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Featured, Haines, Historians Revisited, Moore No Comments Tags: early settlers, land titles

This post returns to an article by Egbert T. Bush titled “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon,” published in 1931. I published large parts of this article before, in “The Moore Family,” in 2016. As the introduction to that article mentioned, two families were discussed in Bush’s article, the Moores and the Haines. Having discussed the Moore family at length, it is time to focus on the Haines family and their farm on the east side of Haines Road in East Amwell. This will conclude my study of some (but not all) of the farms located in the original proprietary tract of John Dennis.

The Two Farms of Gideon Moore

May 18, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Carrell, Delaware Township, Featured, Headquarters, Moore, Sandbrook 1 Comment

My most recent article was the first part of a history of the owners of adjacent farms surrounding the old Hart-Taylor Cemetery. Part One ended with the person who owned both farms, Gideon Moore, Sr., who died in 1840, after bequeathing his two farms separately to two of his sons, William H. Moore and Jacob D. Moore.

Owners of the Hart-Taylor Cemetery

May 4, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Fisher, Headquarters, Moore 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, land titles, proprietors

There are two ways of writing about a cemetery. One is to portray the people buried there, which I attempted to do in my previous article. The other is to relate how the cemetery came to be—in other words, the history of the property where the cemetery is located. It usually makes sense to focus on the place since many of its early owners were buried in the cemetery. At first I thought that in this case, none of them were. But, research has changed my mind.

The Hart-Taylor Cemetery

April 20, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Featured, Headquarters, Historians Revisited, Lambert, Taylor 6 Comments Tags: cemeteries

Twice in his career, Egbert T. Bush wrote about a small family burying ground in Delaware Township. The first time was in 1911, in a paper presented to the Hunterdon County Historical Society which was later published in the Hunterdon County Democrat. This was many years before Mr. Bush became a regular contributor to the Democrat.¹

The Lawshe House

April 6, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Hunt, Lawshe, Williamson 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, Going, houses, land titles

Quite some time ago, I wrote an article called “Going-Going- Gone” about houses that are disappearing or have disappeared. One of them was a mystery to me. But finally I have figured out who it belonged to.

Cyrus Vandolah, Jr.

March 23, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Families, Historians Revisited, Sandy Ridge, Vandolah No Comments

Or, Sandy Ridge, part eight

This is a continuation of my history of the Vandolah family of Sandy Ridge, Delaware township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. (See The Vandolah Family, Sandy Ridge, part seven.) Cyrus, Jr. was the last of the line.

The Vandolah Farm

March 23, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Sandy Ridge, Vandolah No Comments

Or, Sandy Ridge, part seven

I have been writing about the neighborhood of Sandy Ridge for several weeks now, but have neglected probably the most important family to live there—the Vandolahs. It is time to remedy that omission.

Sandy Ridge, part six

March 8, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Case, Delaware Township, Dilts, Ent Family, Holcombe, Sandy Ridge 1 Comment Tags: land titles

The Case-Dilts Farm

Once again, I return to Egbert T. Bush’s article, “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community.” He wrote:

Sandy Ridge, part five

February 24, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Butterfoss, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Hunt, Sandy Ridge 5 Comments

This post is a return to Egbert T. Bush’s article “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community,” the first half of which was published last month (“Sandy Ridge, part four.”) Today I resume with Mr. Bush’s description of a small lot on Sandy Ridge Road, where once stood a house that is now long gone. (Block 54 Lot 10).

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Sandy Ridge, part four

January 26, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Butterfoss, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Ent Family, Historians Revisited, Sandy Ridge, Sharp 2 Comments Tags: early settlers, houses, land titles, proprietors

This article continues my exploration of the neighborhood of Sandy Ridge by presenting the first half of Egbert T. Bush’s article “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community.” There could be no better expert on the subject than Mr. Bush, who lived in Sandy Ridge for many years and taught at the old Vandolah School.