Bearder – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

Bearder Family Tree

November 23, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bearder No Comments Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Dea. Jacob Bearder (1768 – 1838) & Elizabeth Trimmer (1769 – 1832)

Actually, Jacob Bearder should be considered the second generation, as his father Andrew Bearder (1741-1829) and mother Margaret Shepherd (c.1720-1800) were the ones to emigrate to New Jersey from Germany. Margaret came as the wife of a Mr. Shafer, who died at sea. Her three sons were all under ten at the time. Shortly after arriving, Margaret married George Henry Wambaugh, who had also immigrated from Germany, perhaps on the same ship as Andrew and Margaret.

The Barns-Bearder Farm

December 9, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bearder, Delaware Township, Fulper, Kitchen, Raritan Township, Robins, Rounsavell 8 Comments Tags: early settlers, Haddon Tract, houses, roads

My previous article discussed the Bearder family and the home of Andrew Bearder, Sr. on the Locktown Flemington Road. Just east of this farm was another tract that Bearder shared with his son Jacob, but whose ownership goes back much further.

Andrew Bearder, Sr.’s homestead farm was part of Jacob Snyder’s plantation. But the farm next to it on the east was part of the 700 acres first sold by the Haddons to Daniel Robins. (For background on the Haddons, see The Haddon Tract, part one.)

Pysong & Peartree

December 1, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Bearder, Delaware Township 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, Haddon Tract, houses, roads, The Revolution

This is part two of a series on some of the properties created in the Haddon Tract of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County.

Jacob Peter Sniter and Nicholas Sayn jointly purchased 1300 acres in Amwell Township from Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh in 1748. The two men sold off several lots and then divided the land remaining between them. Part One dealt with Nicholas Sayn/Sine, who acquired the southern half. This article deals with Jacob Peter Sniter who got the northern half.