Larison

Howell House, part three

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Howell, Larison, Rosemont Tags: houses, land titles, roads

A continuation of the history of a very old house on Shoppons Run, once owned by Benjamin Howell and Agnes Woolever. Please check out part one and part two; otherwise, part three won’t make much sense.

The Sutton Farm

May 4, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Families, Historians, Larison, Sandbrook, Sine, Sutton, Taylor

The following article by Egbert T. Bush describes an old farm with a distillery located near Sandbrook. The village of Sandbrook is located in what was once the Haddon Proprietary Tract. Just east of the Haddon Tract was the Cook Proprietary Tract, and that is where the distillery farm was located.

The ‘Wickcheoche’ Tribe of Red Men

November 13, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Flemington, Hunterdon, Kitchen, Larison, Sergeantsville Tags: Indians, The Revolution

Many years ago, Bob Dilts wrote an article entitled “Sergeantsville’s a Nicer Name.”¹ While describing George Fisher’s harness shop (pictured below), on the southeast corner of the main intersection, Dilts wrote a paragraph that really caught my attention:

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