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The German Baptist Church in Amwell

February 19, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Families, Historians Revisited, J. M. Hoppock, Moore, Sandbrook Tags: cemeteries, churches

Here are two versions of the history of the Amwell Church of the Brethren in Hunterdon County. The first was written by Jonathan M. Hoppock and published in the Democrat-Advertiser on October 17, 1901. Short and sweet. The second one, a little bit longer, was written by Egbert T. Bush and published in the Hunterdon County Democrat on March 26, 1931. Mr. Bush’s ‘history’ is truncated, and as he put it— “it is not the intent to give here anything more than the merest sketch of church history, an indispensable part in any sketch of the community.” He was always more interested in the members of a community than institutional histories, and so he spends more time on those who were buried in the three cemeteries associated with the church members.

A Stroll Through The Moore Cemetery

February 5, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Families, Lair, Moore, Sutton Tags: cemeteries

There are three ways to write about the graves in a cemetery. First, a straight alphabetical list; second, chronologically by when people died, perhaps linked to who owned the cemetery at the time; and third, by the layout of the graves.

The Moore Cemetery

January 22, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Moore Tags: cemeteries

One of the oldest cemeteries in Delaware Township is also one of the loveliest, with a long view of Hunterdon County’s rolling hills and farm fields. It is surrounded by a stone wall and at one time had a wrought iron gate.

Farewell, Relic of Another Age

January 9, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Historians Revisited, Moore Tags: Going, houses

Burning of the Old Wagner Homestead Prompts
Mr. Bush to Cite Its History
Was Prized By Its Owners

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, January 19, 1933

Note: This article was published two years after Mr. Bush’s previous article on the Moore homestead plantation, “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon.”

The Moore Family

January 9, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Historians Revisited, Kitchen, Moore Tags: churches, early settlers, houses, Indians, The Revolution

I have written a few articles recently concerning the neighborhood of Bowne Station (“The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne,” “The Bowne Homestead,” “Bowne Station” and “The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards”), and have frequently come across references to the first settlers in that area, one Jacob Moore and his wife, Apolonia Amy Moret. Just when I thought I had published all articles by Egbert T. Bush and Jonathan M. Hoppock pertaining to the early history of the Moore family in Amwell, another one turned up. Actually, two articles, “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon” and “Farewell Relic of Another Age.”

Favorite Articles from 2015

December 30, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Uncategorized Tags: thoughts

The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882

Time for some reflection. Here are the ten posts from the past year that I am most pleased with, listed chronologically, because I could not possibly rank them from 1 to 10.

The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards

December 18, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bowne Station, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Kitchen, Sandy Ridge, Taylor Tags: cemeteries

This post is published in conjunction with a recent article on Bowne Station, because in that article Mr. Bush recalled the Bosenbury family, and the trouble they had burying old Cornelius Bosenbury. In this article, Mr. Bush went looking for that cemetery.

Bowne Station

December 4, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Barber, Bowne Station, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited Tags: early occupations, early settlers, old ways, slavery

This article by Egbert T. Bush answers some questions about the Bowne farm that were raised in the previous post, “Dr. Bowne’s Homestead.“¹ Lora Olsen had pointed out that there were two houses on the property, one quite old, and one built in the mid 19th century. But it turns out there was a third house—one built for the slaves that lived on the farm.

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Burning of the Old Wagner Homestead Prompts Mr. Bush to Cite Its History Was Prized By Its Owners

Burning of the Old Wagner Homestead Prompts
Mr. Bush to Cite Its History
Was Prized By Its Owners