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19th century Accidents

December 1, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon County Tags: alcohol, farming

After November’s big snowstorm, when so many people trying to drive home found themselves in crashes or stuck in a ditch, I began to wonder what sort of trouble people got into back in the last half of the 19th century. Luckily for me, I had Bill Hartman’s abstract of the Hunterdon Republican, 1856-1900, to turn to. With his abstracts collected into one pdf file, it was easy to search on a word like “accidents.” I found quite a few of them.

Reading-Wolverton Farm, part two

November 17, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Stockton, Wolverton

This is a continuation of the history of the farm once owned by Richard Reading, then later by John Woolverton and wife Rachel Quinby. After John Wolverton’s death, it came to his son Samuel.

Reading-Wolverton Farm

November 2, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Quinby, Reading, Rosemont, Wolverton Tags: houses, land titles, The Revolution

My previous three articles concerned the history of the old Howell House on Worman Road, on the periphery of the Rosemont neighborhood. Today I move over to the southwest quadrant of the village, back to the part of Mount Amwell that John Reading kept for himself.

Quinby Family Tree

November 1, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Quinby Tags: family trees

The first members of the Quinby family to settle in Hunterdon County were Ephraim Quinby and his brother Isaiah.

I have little information on Ephraim Quinby’s family. He went into debt, and his children seem to have left Hunterdon County. His brother Isaiah remained and was farm more successful.

Please add comments, additions and corrections in the Comments section, below.

Howell House, part three

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Families, Howell, Larison, Rosemont Tags: houses, land titles, roads

A continuation of the history of a very old house on Shoppons Run, once owned by Benjamin Howell and Agnes Woolever. Please check out part one and part two; otherwise, part three won’t make much sense.

The Ent Family

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Ent Family, Families Tags: family trees

Hendrick Endt is said to have traveled from Rotterdam to America in 1733. He was accompanied by Rev. John Naas of the Amwell Brethren Church, his sons Valentine and Daniel, and a Catherine Endt who may have been his daughter. I do not know where he settled or when he died.

Many of the families that the Ents married into have family trees of their own published here, or else they are on my list of trees to publish in the future. I have included the children of female Ents, but not their grandchildren.

The Bodine Family Tree

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Families Tags: family trees

This is the family tree belonging to a branch of the Bodine family that lived in or near Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ. The reason I specify that is because there are many earlier branches of the family living in other parts of Hunterdon County that I am not familiar with.

As is my practice, I will include the children of female Bodines, but not their grandchildren. I will make an exception to that rule if I have written about the grandchildren in one of my articles.

Howell House, part two

October 13, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Howell, Prallsville, Rittenhouse, Rosemont Tags: houses, land titles

The old house on Worman Road has been something of a mystery house for many years. Who built the house and when? These are the classic questions asked when starting work on a house history. In this case, finding the answer took some digging.

Sine Family Tree

September 26, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Sine Tags: family trees

One of the early settlers in Amwell Township was Nicholas Sayn, who partnered with Johann Peter Sniter to purchase 1300 acres of the old Haddon Tract in 1748. The partners divided the property between them, and Nicholas settled down and raised a family and farmed his large property. But his son William did not wish to carry on the work, so Nicholas bequeathed his from to his nephew Honis.

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