Pittstown Inn, part two

October 13, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon, Pittstown Tags: architecture, taverns

I ended part one of the Pittstown Inn when the Revolution came to an end. The Treaty of Paris was finally signed on September 3, 1783, thanks to the efforts of America’s representative at the negotiations, Benjamin Franklin.

The next stage in the history of the Pittstown tavern should cover the years from 1783 to 1800, when the tavern’s owner, Moore Furman, began thinking about replacing the old tavern house with a new one.

The question becomes—what was going on with the tavern between those years? Much to my dismay, I can say next to nothing about what was going on with the tavern. Clearly, there were tavernkeepers at work there while the owner, Furman, had returned to his home in Trenton.

Pittstown Inn, part one

September 10, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon, Kingwood Twp Tags: early settlers, Indians, taverns, The Revolution

In her excellent book All Roads Lead to Pittstown (2015),¹ Stephanie Stevens called attention to the early roads that converged on the village of Pittstown. Roads were certainly important, but just as important were creeks in creating the locations of Hunterdon villages.

In the 18^th century, there were very few power sources. It was basically wood (a lot of it) and water. The water powered sawmills for shaping lumber into wood for building, grain mills to turn wheat into flour, and fulling mills to clean and prepare wool for spinning into yarn.²

It was the fulling mill of Edward Rockhill that gave Pittstown its start.

Quakertown’s Taverns

July 17, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Franklin Twp, Historians Tags: alcohol, maps, taverns

There was a time when the sleepy little village of Quakertown was a lively place, back when it had two taverns. I learned this from Egbert T. Bush, who wrote a couple articles about the village.

Since I am focusing on taverns these days, I will publish parts of Mr. Bush’s first article on the village, the parts concerning its taverns.

Interesting Facts About Quakertown

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
Hunterdon Co. Democrat, February 27, 1930

There are so many interesting points about Quakertown that one does not know where to begin.

Cherryville’s Tavern

June 19, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Franklin Twp, Green, Historians, Johnson, Lawshe, McPherson, Rake, Snyder, Warford Tags: houses, land titles, maps, politics, taverns

This is an article by Egbert T. Bush about the village of Cherryville in Franklin Township, Hunterdon County. It serves as a follow-up to my article on the earliest owners of the Cherryville Tavern, back when the village was known as Anderson Town, after the early tavern owner, James Anderson.

Cherryville, Once Called Dogtown,
Has Long History

Nobody Knows When the Old “Dogtown Tavern” Was Built
Some Neighborhood History¹

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
Hunterdon Co. Democrat, December 19, 1929

Two McPherson Trees

May 28, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, McPherson Tags: family trees

Thomas and Samuel McPherson seem to have arrived in Hunterdon County at about the same time, in the mid 18^th century. It is quite likely they were related, but I found no proof, and am therefore playing it safe and publishing their trees separately here. Thomas’ family comes after Samuel’s.

The William/Jannette Anderson Tree

May 28, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Anderson, Families Tags: family trees

This tree has been compiled to accompany my article on the Anderson tavern at Cherryville (“James Anderson’s Tavern”). It seems to have more holes than my usual trees. I had hoped to publish another Anderson Tree in conjunction with this one, for an entirely different Anderson family—the one connected with John Anderson, who ran a tavern near Ringoes (“Anderson’s Tavern”). But that one has even more holes in it and is not ready for publication.

James Anderson’s Tavern

May 28, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Anderson, Bray, Franklin Twp, Hunterdon Tags: taverns

This article will be followed by one written by Egbert T. Bush titled “Cherryville, Once Called Dogtown, Has Long History.” He knew the Cherryville Tavern was an old tavern, but could only get back as far as Reuben McPherson, who owned it from 1827 until his death in 1831.

Point Tavern

May 7, 2022 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, E. T. Bush, Raritan Twp Tags: early settlers, land titles, maps, taverns

or “Peter Cherry’s Inn”
on the Klinesville-Cherryville Road,
in Raritan Township

“Point Tavern” is surely one of the oddest names for a tavern. When Egbert T. Bush wrote his article, Klinesville Once Had A Tavern, he pointed out (sorry) that

. . it was a place of note in its day, and reference was made to the old “Pint Tavern” and to some of the doings there, long after it had fallen into disuse. The name is said to have been given because of its location on the point. But everybody called it the “Pint Tavern,” and as such it is remembered.

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Interesting Facts About Quakertown

Cherryville, Once Called Dogtown, Has Long History

or “Peter Cherry’s Inn” on the Klinesville-Cherryville Road, in Raritan Township

Cherryville, Once Called Dogtown,
Has Long History

or “Peter Cherry’s Inn”
on the Klinesville-Cherryville Road,
in Raritan Township