Larison – Page 4 – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

Democrats & Union Men, continued

October 27, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Buchanan, Delaware Twp, Fisher, Fulper, Hockenbury, Larison, Moore, Rittenhouse, Williamson, Wolverton Tags: Civil War

Here are some more of the Delaware Township gentlemen who took sides during the early years of the Civil War—men who joined the Democratic Club of Delaware Township in 1863, and also men living in the same vicinity who supported the Administration.¹

Fisher-Reading Mansion

August 16, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Fisher, Flemington, Hunterdon, Larison, Reading Tags: architecture, Downtown Flemington, Going, houses, portraits

The Reading Mansion — The Fisher-Reading Mansion at 119 Main Street, Flemington, NJ,  photograph by the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1936

Beautiful, isn’t it? One of the most extraordinary buildings to be found in Flemington, a town with more than its share of great old buildings. It is an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture.¹

Recital: From Reading to Larison

June 12, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Green, Lambert, Larison, Reading Tags: early settlers, land titles, maps, Pauch Farm, proprietors, Recitals

For those of us who look for genealogical information in deeds, there is a very special word we hope to find: “Whereas.” This wonderful word introduces a clause that should appear in every deed, but often does not—the recital clause, which states who the seller of the property bought it from. Most of the time, that’s all it does—name the preceding property owner. But every once in a while, mostly in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, you will get a recital that goes all the way back to the beginning, to the original proprietary owner.