Delaware Township in Hunterdon County, NJ is my hometown, and so, as you might expect, I know more about this town than any other that I write about. Prior to 1838, Delaware Township was a part of Amwell Township, created in 1708–which means that Amwell’s history is also very familiar to me. There is no end to the stories that can be written about this place, so expect many additions to this list in the coming years.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Carrell, Case, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Featured, Historians Revisited, Hunterdon County, Raritan Township 2 Comments Tags: maps, roads
This article by Egbert T. Bush concerns a family who lived in the Croton neighborhood in the mid-19th century. I thought it typical of Mr. Bush’s style of writing, which may seem a bit florid, but is full of empathy for the characters he described.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Aller, Carrell, Delaware Township, Fauss, Featured, Moore, Sandbrook, Sergeant, Williamson No Comments Tags: railroads
The train continues on its way to Sand Brook. Having passed through the southern side of the Village of Sergeantsville, it now proceeds through the properties of James Carrell, Othniel Fauss, William Aller, Acker Moore and Mrs. Sergeant.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Featured, Historians Revisited, Sergeantsville, Stockton No Comments
This article was originally published in “The Delaware Township Post” on March 1, 2009. The Post went out of business, and the articles I published there have disappeared. It seems appropriate now to republish this article, greatly modified, here.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township 2 Comments Tags: houses, land titles
This is a short article, intended as a postscript to “Route Not Taken, Part Four.” It concerns surprising connections between the landowners I researched, starting with Elizabeth Abbott. It also carries on the theme of married women who buy real estate.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Sergeantsville 4 Comments Tags: farming, railroads
Properties owned by Abbott, Parks & Cole
Continuing with the saga of the railroad that was never built. You can view the previous three articles by going to the home page, where they appear in the row of featured articles.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Featured, Fisher, Fulper, Gordon, Green, Lake, Moore, Sergeantsville 1 Comment Tags: railroads
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Featured, Higgins, Johnson, Lawshe 5 Comments Tags: land titles, railroads
This is part two of the history of the landowners living along the proposed railroad route that was surveyed for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company in 1873 and was intended to run from Prallsville to Flemington. (And here is part one.)
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Fisher, Hunt, Rake No Comments Tags: railroads
This is part three of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was an article by Egbert T. Bush describing the birth and death of the company. Part Two described the reasons for the company’s failure and how its directors fared afterwards. This article will focus on the route that was planned for the new rail line.1
By Marfy Goodspeed in Brookville, Delaware Township 8 Comments Tags: cemeteries
Last April, I received an email from a reader, Pamela Milam, describing a tragic incident in her family’s history. I was struck by how unusual and dramatic it was and encouraged her to write it up. But she knew it needed more research, so she set to work. Each version she sent me was better than the previous one, and in time she finished the story, as it is presented here. I hope Pamela’s experience will encourage others to consider writing up a chapter of their own family history. It can be very rewarding.
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Higgins, Sandbrook 7 Comments Tags: crime and punishment
My next article on the proposed route of the Delaware Flemington Railroad is not ready for publication. However, a few years after the railroad company collapsed, one of the company’s directors found himself confronted by an angry man.
