Gordon

Hunting for a Cemetery

January 10, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Gordon, Headquarters, Historians Revisited Tags: cemeteries

Three Great Hunterdon Co. Historians Try to Find the Opdycke Cemetery

Over five years ago, I published an article about the Opdycke Cemetery in the Delaware Township Post. It has now been revised as “Opdycke Cemetery Revisited.” More recently, I came across some letters exchanged by Egbert T. Bush and Hiram E. Deats regarding their attempts to find this burying ground and to identify who was buried there. These letters can be found in the Egbert T. Bush Papers at the Hunterdon County Historical Society.

Historic Hunterdon Church For Sale

May 17, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Families, Gordon, Hoppock, Lair, Lake, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: churches

Once Known as the Locktown Christian Church

Near the center of the village of Locktown stands a 19th-century church and its parsonage, waiting for a new owner. The congregation that has been worshipping in this church for the past 30 years or so is joining with the Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church on Route 202 in Flemington, so the Locktown property must be sold.

Another House Lost

November 16, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fisher, Gordon, Heath, Sergeantsville Tags: Going, houses

The Gordon-Fisher Homestead

Gordon-Fisher House — Fisher Tenant House, Nov. 13, 2012, photographed by Renee Kiriluk-Hill

photograph found on NJ.com, taken by Renée Kiriluk-Hill for the Hunterdon County Democrat http://connect.nj.com/user/rbhill/photos.html

On November 13, 2012, the home of Brian McVey and his 11-year-old son Calvin was destroyed by fire. Not only did they lose all their possessions, they also lost their dog, who for reasons unknown ran back into the house while the McVeys were escaping. The community is coming together to help the McVeys get back on their feet. Gift cards to places like Target, Walmart, Lowes, etc. can be delivered to the Delaware Township school, in an envelope marked for Eileen Ventimiglia and Sue Whitlock.

Hunterdon’s Oldest School House

April 9, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Bray, Delaware Township, Families, Gordon, Heath, Historians Revisited, Hoppock, Hunterdon County, J. M. Hoppock, Lair, Opdycke, Rittenhouse, Sergeant, Williamson Tags: early settlers, schools

by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published in The Democrat Advertiser, January 25, 1906

This article was written by J. M. Hoppock. I have added corrections and additions in footnotes. Mr. Hoppock’s very specific description of this building, which was demolished long ago, is invaluable to students of the township’s history and early architecture.

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