I am publishing this article now because it ties in with the other articles I have recently written about residents of or near the village of Sandbrook in Delaware Township. This is one of Mr. Bush’s articles that could be taken as an historical document in itself, because it includes the contents of two old records—an account book from the 1830s and an old family bible.
Families
The families listed here are the ones whose names appear most often in my posts. The website has many other names of Hunterdon and old Burlington County families. Please use the search window to find what you are looking for.
The Moore Family Tree
There were two separate Moore families living in the vicinity of Sandbrook and Headquarters in Delaware Township in the 19th century. One was English and one was German, and oddly enough, they seem never to have intermarried. This page will list both of them. The German family is far more extensive than the English one.
The Rounsavells, part two
This is a continuation of my study of the Cook Proprietary Tract, this time focusing on the southern half of the tract that was purchased by Richard Rounsavell in the mid 18th century. (See Rounsavells of Amwell.)
Rounsavells of Amwell
Concerning the history of one of Hunterdon’s Earliest Families
This article is a continuation of the history of the Cook Proprietary Tract,1 The previous articles dealt with the northern half of the tract. It is time to turn our attention to the southern portion, half of which came into the possession of the Rounsavell family at a very early date, and remained in the family for many years thereafter. The other half was acquired by John Young, and after his death was conveyed to John Hice in 1789. The Young and Hice families will have to wait for another time.
The Rounsavell Tree
The Rounsavells originated in England before coming to Stratford, Connecticut, then to Southampton, Long Island, and finally to Hopewell, New Jersey in the early 18th century. That first couple to settle in Hopewell was Richard (1658-1704) and Hannah Rounsavell. I have begun this tree with their son Richard (c.1695-1775), even though they had one other son, Benjamin, and a daughter Martha. It was this second Richard who settled in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County.
Wolvertons aka Kallikaks
or The Misuse of Genealogy
On May 29th, my son, Carl Zimmer, published a book titled She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions and Potential of Heredity. This is a book that all genealogists and geneticists will love. (I’m not biased at all!) And there is a special reason for New Jersey genealogists to love it.
In his chapter concerning Mendelian eugenics, Carl wrote about Henry Goddard of the Vineland Training School in south Jersey, and his study of one particular family that proved to him that feeble-mindedness and “moral degeneracy” were inherited. A member of that family was institutionalized at the school, which was established to care for “mentally-defective” children.
The Woolverton/Wolverton Tree
The Wolverton family of New Jersey began with Charles Wolverton and Mary Chadwick, who first settled in Burlington County in the late 1690s and came to Amwell Township as early as 1714, one of the very first families to settle in present day Hunterdon County. They quickly became one of the most prominent and widespread families in the County.
A primary source is The Woolverton Family, 1693-1850 and Beyond, in two volumes, by David A. Macdonald & Nancy N. McAdams, 2001, 2015. It is thorough, but a little hard to follow, so I have added the ID numbers from the Wolverton Genealogy, but also kept the generation numbers, in parenthesis.
This is not a complete family tree. My focus is on residents of Hunterdon County, so many of the Wolvertons who moved away are missing. One can only do so much. And to be honest, I am not completely confident about some of the families. People may be misplaced here; the tree is subject to revision. There is one important exception. I have included certain descendants of Gabriel and Catharine McMurphy Wolverton who figure prominently in my article “Wolvertons aka Kallikaks.”
First Generation:
(1) Charles Wolverton i (1660 – 1746) & Mary Leet Chadwick (1674 – 1741)1
Second Generation:
| (2) 1, Charles Wolverton ii (1698 – 1761) & Margaret (c.1700 – ?)
| (2) 2, Roger Wolverton (1700 – 1748) & Mary [possibly Fox] (1700 – bef. 1748)
| (2) Mary Wolverton (1702 – 1769) & George Fox ? (1700 – c.1754) see Fox Family Tree
| (2) 3, Daniel Wolverton (1704 – 1783) & Ruth [Wright ?] (c.1705 – ?)
| (2) 4, Isaac Wolverton (1706 – 1770) & Abigail [Heron ?] (c.1710 – ?)
| (2) 5, Dennis Wolverton (1709 – 1774) & Elizabeth Pettit (1714 – 1783)
| (2) Dinah Wolverton (1711 – after 1779) & 1) Andrew Pettit (c.1716 – 1748); 2) Jonathan Furman (c.1700 – ?)
| (2) 6, Joel Wolverton (1715 – 1795) & Elizabeth Robins [?] (c.1718 – c.1800)
| (2) Elizabeth Wolverton (1716 – 1807)2 & Richard Green (c.1712 – 1794) see Green Family Tree
| (2) 7, Thomas Wolverton (1717 – 1759, not HC) & Mary Pettit (c.1720 – ?)
Third Generation:
| (2) 1, Charles Wolverton ii & Margaret
| | (3) 1.1, Morris Maurice Wolverton (c.1730 – 1770) & Mary Margery Baker (c.1735 – bef. 1801)
| | (3) 1.2, John Wolverton (c.1735 – c.1773) & Elizabeth Wilson (c.1745 – after 1773)
| (2) 2, Roger Wolverton & Mary Fox
| | (3) Charles Wolverton (c.1730 – 1731)
| | (3) 2.1, Isaac Wolverton (c.1729 – ?) & Catharine, lived in Hopewell.
| | (3) Rosannah Wolverton (after 1728 – ?)
| | (3) Mary Wolverton (c.1730 – ?)
| | (3) Sarah Wolverton (c.1730 – ?)
| | (3) Dinah Wolverton (1738 – c.1787) & Francis Tomlinson (c.1730 – 1784)
| | (3) 2.2, Charles Wolverton (1742 – ?) & Mary Drake (c.1745 – ?)
| | (3) Rosemond Wolverton (c.1745 – ?)
| | (3) 2.3, Roger Wolverton (1747 – 1778) & Martha Thatcher (1745 – 1818)
| (2) 3, Daniel Wolverton & Ruth Wright
| | (3) 3.1, Daniel Wolverton (1739 – 1786) & Hannah Chamberlin (1741 – 1818)
| | (3) 3.2, Jacob Wolverton (c. 1742 – ?)
| | (3) Mary Wolverton (c.1745 – ?) & George Smith (c.1745 – ?)
| | (3) Jonathan Wolverton (c.1760 – ?) – not included in the Wolverton Genealogy
| (2) 4, Isaac Wolverton & Abigail Heron
| | (3) 4.1, Isaac Wolverton (c.1750 – ?) & 1) Abigail Herrin; 2) Hannah Rose
| | (3) Stephen Wolverton (1751 – 1826) & Mercy Cox (1750 – 1830)3
| (2) 5, Dennis Wolverton & Elizabeth Pettit
| | (3) Abigail Wolverton (1734 – 1763) & George Meldrum (c.1730 – c.1762)
| | (3) Elizabeth Wolverton (1736 – 1760) & Francis Tomlinson (c.1730 – 1784)
| | (3) 5.1, Charles Wolverton (1738 – 1763) & Anna Jewell (c.1740 – ?)
| | (3) Nathaniel Wolverton (c.1740 – 1760)
| | (3) Andrew Wolverton (c.1745 – 1749)
| | (3) Isaac Wolverton (c.1749 – 1749)
| | (3) Mary Wolverton (1756 – 1840) & Gen. Daniel Bray (1751 – 1819)
| | (3) 5.2, Hon. Jonathan Wolverton (1754 – 1831) & 1) Mary Barcroft (1751 – 1804);
. . . 2) Mary (c.1780 – 1813); 3) Alice Beam (c.1775 – ?)
| (2) 6, Joel Wolverton & Elizabeth
| | (3) Jane Wolverton (c.1736 – 1790) & John Duckworth (1736 – 1771)
| | (3) 6.1, Joel Wolverton Jr. (1741 – 1804) & Anne Runyon (1763 – 1808)
| | (3) 6.2, Charles Wolverton (c.1743 – 1790) & Effie Naylor (c.1755 – ?)
| | (3) Mary Wolverton (c.1744 – 1828) & Simon Duckworth (c.1740 – 1827)
| | (3) Israel Wolverton (c.1748 – after 1770)
| | (3) 6.3, Andrew Wolverton (c.1750 – 1812) & Sarah Ann Stone (c.1760 – 1808), left H.C.
| | (3) 6.4, Gabriel Wolverton (c.1751 – 1804)
. . . m. 1) Catharine McMurphy (c.1751 – 1852); m. 2) Abijah Paschall
| | (3) 6.5, Job Wolverton (c.1760 – 1830) & Martha Wood (c.1760 – 1860)
| | (3) Amy Wolverton (c.1761 – 1790) & John Severns (c.1750 – ?)
| | (3) 6.6, John Wolverton (c.1769 – c.1815) & 1) Rebecca; m. 2) Mary Roney
Fourth Generation:
| (2) 1, Charles Wolverton ii & Margaret
| | (3) 1.1, Morris Maurice Wolverton & Mary Margery Baker
| | | (4) 1.1.1, John Wolverton (1755 – 1837) & Rachel Quinby (1753 – 1842)
| | | (4) Margaret Wolverton (1758 – 1803) & Silas Wilson (1754 – 1819)
| | | (4) Mary Wolverton (c.1760 – c.1770)
| | | (4) Abigail Wolverton (c.1765 – 1821) & John Kensall (c.1760 – 1828)
| | | (4) Sophia Zurviah Wolverton (1769 – 1862) & Samuel Cowdrick (1770 – 1842)
| | (3) 1.2, John Wolverton & Elizabeth Wilson
| | | (4) 1.2.1, Charles Wolverton (c.1769 – ?) & Ann Kelley
| | | (4) 1.2.2, George Wolverton (c.1771 – ?) & Amy Reading (1776 – 1856)
| (2) 2, Roger Wolverton & Mary Fox
| | (3) 2.1, Isaac Wolverton & Catharine
| | | (4) 2.1.1, Isaac Wolverton (c.1752 – ?)
| | (3) 2.2, Charles Wolverton & Mary Drake
| | | (4) Sarah Wolverton (c.1765 – ?) & [?] John Taylor (c.1760 – ?)
| | | (4) Rachel Wolverton (1766 – 1836) & Clement DuMont Bonnell (1766 – 1836)
| | | (4) 2.2.1, Dennis Wolverton (1768 – ?) & Mary Saxton
| | | (4) Mary Wolverton (c.1770 – 1842) & Phineas Hull
| | | (4) 2.2.2, Roger Wolverton (1773 – ?) & 1) Mary Huffman; 2) Mary Chamberlain
| | | (4) 2.2.3, John Wolverton (1775 – ?) & Elizabeth Chamberlain
| | | (4) 2.2.4, Isaac Wolverton (1777 – ?) & Lucretia Chamberlain
| | | (4) Osceola Wolverton (1778 – ?) & Samuel Foy
| | | (4) Elizabeth Wolverton (1783 – ?) & Amos Hixson
| | | (4) 2.2.5, Charles Wolverton (1787 – ?) & Amelia Jane Polk
| | (3) 2.3, Roger Wolverton & Martha Thatcher
| | | (4) Lydia Wolverton (c.1765 – ?) & [?] Loman Sergeant (1763 – 1852) see Sergeant Family Tree
| | | (4) 2.3.1, Amos Wolverton (1767 – 1870), m. 1) Mary; 2) Elizabeth
| | | (4) 2.3.2, Charles Wolverton Sr. (1769 – 1844) & Mary Aller (c.1771 – 1834)
| | | (4) 2.3.3, Samuel Wolverton (1771 – 1871), m. 1) Mary; 2) Elizabeth
| | | (4) 2.3.4, Isaac Wolverton (1774 – 1846) left Hunterdon
. . . . m. 1) Jerusha Wilson (c.1775 – ?); m. 2) Lucretia Chamberlin (c.1780 – ?) doubtful?
. . . . m. 3) Ann Burket; m. 4) Mary L. Hubart
| | | (4) 2.3.5, Rev. John Wolverton (1776 not 4 – 1822) & Rachel Aller (c.1775 – ?)
| | | (4) 2.3.6, Richard Wolverton (1778 – ?) & 1) Sarah Kase; m. 2) Elizabeth Hackett
| (2) 3, Daniel Wolverton & Ruth Wright
| | (3) 3.1, Daniel Wolverton & Hannah Chamberlin
| | | (4) 3.1.1, Joel William Wolverton (1760 – 1814) & Sarah Gano
| | | (4) 3.1.2, Joab Wolverton (c.1763 – ?)
| | | (4) Lucretia Wolverton (1766 – 1839) & Thomas Dawson (1770 – ?)
| | | (4) 3.1.3, Levi Wolverton (c.1771 – ?) & __ Seavers
| | | (4) 3.1.4, Lewis Wolverton (1769 or 1775 – ?) & Jane Forman
| | | (4) Rebecca Wolverton (c.1775 – c.1805) & John Myers (1759 – 1841)
| | | (4) Mary Polly Wolverton (c.1775 – ?) & Samuel Hill
| | | (4) 3.1.5, John Wolverton (1781 – 1851) & Mary Hoagland (1781 – c.1881)
| (2) 5, Dennis Wolverton & Elizabeth Pettit
| | (3) 5.1, Charles Wolverton & Anna Jewell
| | | (4) 5.1.1, Nathaniel Wolverton (c.1760 – ?) & Parmelia Hudnut (c.1765 – ?)
| | (3) 5.2, Hon. Jonathan Wolverton & Mary Barcroft
| | | (4) Hannah Wolverton (1776 – ) & Jonathan Potter (1779 – 1832)
| | | (4) Elizabeth Wolverton (1778 – 1848) & Daniel Palmer (1776 – 1851)
| | | (4) Orpha Wolverton (1781 – 1865) & Pearce Moore (1781 – 1831)
| | | (4) Mahlon Wolverton (1783 – 1785)
| | | (4) Mary Wolverton (1786 – 1788)
| | | (4) Martha Wolverton (c.1788 – ?)
| | | (4) 5.2.1, Dennis Wolverton (1790 – 1875) & Catherine Nixon (1790 – 1851)
| (2) 6, Joel Wolverton & Elizabeth Robins
| | (3) 6.1, Joel Wolverton & Anne Runyan
| | | (4) 6.1.6, Charles Wolverton (c.1781 – 1844) & 1) Cordelia Taylor; 2) Amy
| | | (4) 6.1.1, Daniel Wolverton (c.1783 – ?) m. 1) Margaret Petty; 2) Mary Petty
| | | (4) 6.1.2, Asher Wolverton (c.1785 -?) & Anna Kels
| | | (4) 6.1.3, Mahlon Wolverton (1788- ?) & Mary Lake
| | | (4) 6.1.4, Moses Wolverton (1790 – ?) & Ranchey Matthews
| | | (4) Elizabeth Wolverton (1791 – 1868) & John Salter
| | | (4) Mary Wolverton (1793 -?) & Adam Everitt
| | | (4) 6.1.5, Aaron Wolverton (1795 – ?) & Sarah Kels
| | | (4) 6.1.7, Joel Wolverton (c.1799 – ?) & Katherine Buckalo
| | | (4) 6.1.8, Jonathan Wolverton (1802 – ?) & Catharine C. Voorhees
| | (3) 6.4, Gabriel Wolverton & Catharine McMurphy
| | | (4) Elizabeth Wolverton (1774 – 1863) & Robert Wolverton (c.1771 – ?) 1st cousin
| | | (4) 6.4.1, John Wolverton (1776 – ?) & Elizabeth Roads (c.1780 – ?)
| | | (4) Sarah Ann Wolverton (1779 – 1865) & Robert Bonham (1779 – 1865)
| | | (4) Amy Wolverton (1780 – 1844) & Peter Aller (1776 – 1828)
| | | (4) Jonas Wolverton (1786 – 1840)
| | | (4) 6.4.4, Joel Wolverton (c.1772 – 1802) & Mary St. Clair (c.1798 – ?)
| | | (4) 6.4.5, Job Wolverton (1788 – 1864)
. . . . m. 1) Anna Housel (1791 – 1826)
. . . . m. 2) Catharine Rockafellar Servis (~1799 – after1870)
| | | (4) Rachel Wolverton (1791 – 1876) & Adam Bellis (1788 – 1850)
| | (3) 6.4, Gabriel Wolverton & Abijah Paschall
| | | (4) 6.4.2, Gabriel Wolverton (c.1781 – ?) & Elizabeth Schamp (c.1780 – ?)
| | | (4) 6.4.3, William Wolverton (c.1785 – ?)
Fifth Generation:
| (2) 1, Charles Wolverton 2 & Margaret
| | (3) 1.1, Morris Maurice Wolverton & Mary Margery Baker
| | | (4) 1.1.1, John Wolverton & Rachel Quinby
| | | | (5) 1.1.1.1, Samuel Wolverton (1779 – 1841)
. . . . . m. 1) Mary Johnson (1788 – 1812)
. . . . . m. 2) Elizabeth Wilson (1788 – 1836)
| | | | (5) Mary Wolverton (1782 – 1817) & Joshua Opdycke (~1780 – 1854)
| | | | (5) Sarah Wolverton (1784 – 1875)
. . . . . m. 1) Joseph Stockton (~1765 – 1805)
. . . . . m. 2) John King Stockton (1781 – 1850)
| | | | (5) Martha Wolverton (1787 – ~1808)
| | | | (5) Margaret Wolverton (1788 – 1883) & Asher Reading (1784 – 1864)
| | | | (5) 1.1.1.2, James P. Wolverton (1791 – 1871) & Mary Ann Sergeant (1798 – 1853)
| | | | (5) Anna Wolverton (1794 – 1883)
. . . . . m. 1) John Hoagland (~1790 – )
. . . . . m. 2) Ambrose Barcroft Jr. (1793 – 1881)
| | (3) 1.2, John Wolverton & Elizabeth Wilson
| | | (4) 1.2.2, George Wolverton & Amy Reading
| | | | (5) 1.2.2.1, George Wolverton (1799-?) & Edith Johnson (c.1785 – ?)
| | (3) 2.3, Roger Wolverton & Martha Thatcher
| | | (4) 2.3.2, Charles Wolverton Sr. & Mary Aller
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.1, John Wolverton (c.1792 – ?) & Rebecca Stevenson
| | | | (5) Elizabeth Wolverton (1793 – ?) & John Trimmer (1790 – bef. 1830)
| | | | (5) Keziah Wolverton (c.1795 – 1867) & Elnathan Cowdrick
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.2, Job A. Wolverton (1796 – ?) & Mary Lanning
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.3, Dennis Wolverton (c.1800 – ?) & Nancy Allegar
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.4, Peter Wolverton (c.1803 – ?) & Anne Quick
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.5, Caleb Farley Wolverton (1809 – ?) & 1) Lucretia Bearder, 2) Amy Moore
| | | | (5) Martha Wolverton (1811 – 1875) & William Moore (1814 – 1866)
| | | | (5) 2.3.2.6, Charles Wolverton Jr. (c.1814 – 1844) & Mary Ann Grassman
| | | (4) 2.3.6, Richard Wolverton & Sarah Kase
| | | | (5) Elizabeth Wolverton (c.1818 – ?) & Jacob Fauss p. 255
| | | | (5) Sarah Wolverton (c.1821 – ?) & Wilson Hunt
| | | (4) 2.3.6, Richard Wolverton & Elizabeth Hackett
| | | | (5) 2.3.6.1, William K. Wolverton (1826 – ?) & Abby Mulford Woodruff
| (2) 6, Joel Wolverton & Elizabeth Robins
| | (3) 6.1, Joel Wolverton Jr. & Anne Runyon
| | | (4) 6.1.6, Charles Wolverton & Cordelia Taylor4
| | | | (5) Lydia Wolverton (1804 – bef. 1879) & Henry J. Hoppock
| | | | (5) Elizabeth Wolverton & James DeWitt
| | | | (5) 6.1.6.1, Samuel Wolverton (c.1823 – ?)
. . . . . m. 1) Margaret Ann Lewis, 2) Mary M. Taylor, 3) Phoebe L. Morgan
| | | | (5) Jane Wolverton (1828 – 1907) & Addison Mixter
| | | | (5) Sarah Wolverton (c.1829 – ?) & __ Brown
| | | | (5) Cordelia Wolverton (1839 – 1858)
| | | (4) 6.1.1, Daniel Wolverton & Margaret Petty
| | | | (5) 6.1.1.1, Job Wolverton (1805 – ?) & Eleanor Peterson
| | | | (5) 6.1.1.2, Ebenezer Wolverton (1807 – ?) & 1) Elizabeth Rodenbaugh, 2) Ann Deremer
| | | | (5) William Wolverton (c.1809 – ?)
| | | | (5) 6.1.1.3, Asher Wolverton (1811 – ?) & 1) Mary Nailor, 2) Mary Creque
| | | | (5) Margaret Wolverton (c.1812 – ?) & Silas Huffman
| | | | (5) Mary Wolverton (1814 – ?) & 1) Carvel, 2) Eckman
| | | | (5) 6.1.1.4, Runyan Wolverton (1815 – ?) & Mahala Bunn
| | | | (5) Rebecca Wolverton (c.1818 – ?) & George Fulper
| | | | (5) 6.1.1.5, Jonathan Wolverton (1822 – 1823)
| | | | (5) Caroline Wolverton (c.1823 – ?)
| | | (4) Jonathan Wolverton & ?
| | | | (5) Alfred Wolverton (c.1832 – ?) & Sarah E. Davis (c.1843 – ?)
| | | (4) 6.1.5, Aaron Wolverton & Susan Kels
| | | | (5) 6.1.5.1, Eli Wolverton (c.1823 – ?) & Delilah Besson
| | | | (5) Amy Wolverton (c.1825 – ?)
| | | | (5) Ann Maria (c.1829 – ?) & Joseph B. Cougle
| | | | (5) Adaline Wolverton (c.1833 – ?)
| | (3) 6.4, Gabriel Wolverton & Catharine McMurphy
| | | (4) 6.4.1, John Wolverton & Elizabeth Roads
| | | | (5) 6.4.1.1, William W. Wolverton (c.1803 – 1892) & 1) Ann Hoagland (1813 – 1858)
| | | | | (6) 6.4.1.1.1, John Wolverton (1834 – 1906) & Emma Burroughs (1840-1883)
| | | | | | (7) Malinda Wolverton & unknown
| | | | | | | (8) Emma Wolverton, aka Deborah Kallikak
| | | | (5) 6.4.1.1, William W. Wolverton & 2) Mary Scudder Foster (c.1839 – 1911)
| | | | | | | (8) Nathaniel Wolverton (c.1868 – after 1885)
| | | | (5) 6.4.1.2, Jonathan Wolverton (1808 – ?)
. . . . . m. 1) Sarah Ann Snook, 2) Mary Elizabeth Case
| | | | (5) Catharine Wolverton (1811 – 1897) & Elias M. Rake (1808 – 1873)
| | | | (5) Jane E. Wolverton (1814 – 1900) & John Hinkley
| | | | (5) 6.4.1.3, Mary Wolverton (c.1817 – ?) & Richard Arrison
| | | | (5) Susan Wolverton (1821 – ?) & William Green
| | | | (5) Ann Wolverton (1821 – ?) & George Jordy
| | | | (5) 6.4.1.4, George Wolverton (c.1822 – ?) & Bridget Mooney
| | | (4) 6.4.5, Job Wolverton & Anna Housel
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.1, Andrew Wolverton (1809 – 1881) & Rebecca Dilts (1807 – 1896)
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.2, John H. Wolverton (1810 – ?) & Rebecca Alston
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.3, Joel Wolverton (c.1811 – 1871) & Lucinda Rockafellow
| | | | (5) Ann Wolverton (1815 – 1862) & Jonas Bosenbury (1814 – 1865)
| | | | (5) Mary H. Wolverton (1818 – 1901) & Philip Rockafellow (1817 – 1880)
| | | | (5) William H. Wolverton (1826 – ?) & Amanda Lewis
| | | (4) Job Wolverton & Catharine Rockafellar Servis
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.5, Asher B. Wolverton (1831 – after 1913) & Mary E. Naylor (~1839 – )
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.6, Daniel R. Wolverton (c.1832 – ?) & Ann L. Goodfellow
| | | | (5) 6.4.5.7, Gabriel Wolverton (1837 – 1902) & Sarah Catherine Cole (1838 – 1927)
| | | | (5) Clarissa B. Wolverton (c.1840 – ?) & Joseph B. Johnson
| | | | (5) Caroline Wolverton (c.1842 – 1916) & George W. Higgins (~1839 – 1906)
Footnotes:
Rake Cemetery, part two
Burials in the Rake Cemetery
In 1922, Hunterdon historian Hiram Deats visited the Rake Cemetery. He found 44 unlettered stones and 25 lettered ones. Those 25 stones were listed in the Hunterdon Historical Newsletter (vol. 3 no. 3, p. 2) and are give here.
Lake Family Tree
The first of the Lake family to arrive in America was John Lake and wife Ann Spicer, who came from Hertfordshire to Gravesend, New York. John Lake died there in 1696, wife Ann died about 1709. I have very little information about this first family. The had 8 children, as seen below, stayed mostly in New York. Son John Lake, Jr. and wife Neeltje came to New Jersey.
Gordon Family Tree
The Gordon family of Hunterdon County is connected back to Thomas Gordon of Scotland (1652-1722) who emigrated as one of the early proprietors to Perth Amboy, with his second wife Jannette Mudie. Of her six children, son Thomas acquired land in Amwell Township in 1722, and will be treated here as the first generation.