Rosemont

ROSEMONT was first known as Rose Mont or Mont Rose, a name given to the place at the time of a wedding held there in 1845, when Fanny Barcroft married Peter Ten Broeck Runk. Early 18th-century settlers here were George and Mary Fox, William and Catharine Rittenhouse, and John and Elizabeth Reading.

Howell House, part one

September 22, 2018By Marfy Goodspeedin Delaware Twp, Howell, Prallsville, Reading, Rittenhouse, Rosemont, Stockton Tags: architecture, early settlers, ferries, houses, land titles, maps, proprietors

Not long ago, Dennis Bertland inquired about an old house that might have been located on the William Rittenhouse tract that I recently wrote about (“The Rittenhouse Tavern.” Dennis’ inquiry can be found in the comments section.) It is located in a blank space on the Hammond Map between the Wickecheoke Creek and Shoppons Run. Who did that space belong to?

The Rosemont Store and Tavern house

September 1, 2018By Marfy Goodspeedin Delaware Twp, Families, Reading, Rosemont, Wolverton

Although this article concerns two more owners of the Rittenhouse Tavern, I am going to interrupt the story to relate the history of the Rosemont Store. The reason for that is that the next tavern house owner, Lambert B. Mathews, purchased the store before he bought the house.

Rittenhouse Tavern, continued

August 24, 2018By Marfy Goodspeedin Delaware Twp, Families, Hoppock, Rittenhouse, Rosemont, Wolverton

This is a continuation of my history of the ownership of the Rittenhouse Tavern. The previous article covered the period of time when members of the Rittenhouse family owned the tavern. The following article looks at the subsequent history, starting with James Wolverton and Mary Ann Sergeant in 1843, George Hoppock and Jane Elizabeth Wolverton in 1868 and Lambert B. Mathews and Lizzie Nixon in 1910, and ending with Frank W. Reading and Charlotte Venable in 1922.

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