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Sergeant Mill and Mansion, 1745

March 20, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Historians Revisited, J. M. Hoppock, Opdycke, Sergeant Tags: mills

by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published in the Democrat Advertiser, December 5, 1901

This interesting old property deserves a much longer treatment than Mr. Hoppock was able to give. He did return to this subject when he published “The Old Sergeant Mill” on July 20, 1905. However, that article was focused on the mill, rather than the house—the mill was located just north of the house, but has since been torn down. The most remarkable thing about the house is that it has been in the same family since Charles Sergeant and wife Sarah Green took possession in 1805, over 200 years.¹

Poor Horace Greeley

March 15, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Families, Historians Revisited, Williamson Tags: politics, slavery

“Poor Horace” was Horace Greeley (1811-1872), founder, publisher and editor of the New York Tribune, a very influential newspaper during Greeley’s lifetime. He was also one of the founders of the new Republican Party in 1854. He was a vigorous opponent of slavery, and promoted many idealistic causes. In 1872 he was the candidate of both the Liberal Republican party and the Democratic Party against Republican Ulysses S. Grant, who was running for a second term. Despite the corruption of Grant’s administration, Greeley lost the electoral college in a landslide.

Generations of Greens

March 8, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Families, Green, Hunterdon County, Larison Tags: Pauch Farm

The family of Samuel Green and Sarah Bull were among the earliest settlers of Amwell Township in Hunterdon County. The part of Amwell they lived in became Delaware Township in 1838. Their descendants were important to the town’s history, and married into other notable local families. Because this one family had such an impact, I thought it appropriate to list them all, or at least down to the great-grandchildren of Samuel and Sarah—all 154 of them. Each of their four children had an astounding number of grandchildren: 21, 50, 31 and 52.

A Scandal in Baptistown

March 1, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Baptistown, Bray, Families, Hunterdon County, Kingwood Township, Lair, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: churches

“Repeated Rascalities” Create
Embarrassment for a New Church

A continuation of the Kingwood Baptist division of 1839

The Missionary Baptists of Kingwood got off to a very rough start. After a promising beginning, they turned their backs on the pastor who led them through the creation a new church, and chose instead a newcomer who proved to be a scoundrel. (You can see the first installment of this story here.)

Baptists Divided, or

February 21, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Families, Hunterdon County, Kingwood Township, Lair, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: architecture, churches

Who Put the Lock in Locktown?

The Kingwood Baptist Church and the Second Great Awakening

This article is based on an article published many years ago in “Friends Report,” the newsletter of the Friends of the Locktown Stone Church. I have added information and made some major corrections.

The Swamp Meeting House

Pediment over a door to the Locktown Stone Church

In the village of Locktown, in Delaware Township, there is a handsome stone church constructed in 1819 in the federal style.

Richard and Elizabeth Green

February 14, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Delaware Township, Families, Green, Hunterdon County, Opdycke Tags: early settlers, houses, land titles, Pauch Farm, proprietors, slavery, surveying

This is a continuation of a series of articles on the history of the Pauch Farm in Delaware Township. To see the previous articles, click on the topic “Pauch Farm” on the right.

Signature of Richard Green, 1737, on Hunterdon County Loan Office application

Richard Green was born about 1712 in Amwell Township. He was the only son of Samuel Green and Sarah Bull, and the third of four children. Around the time he reached adulthood, his mother had died and his father was exploring the unsettled lands in the north of New Jersey. By the late 1730s, Samuel Green was preparing to relocate to Sussex County (still part of Morris County), despite his high standing in Hunterdon County.

Old Records Throw Light on the Ways of Past Ages

February 7, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, E. T. Bush, Hopewell Township, Reading Tags: crime and punishment, early legislation, early settlers, Indians

Law Once Compelled Every Town
to Have a Drinking Place

How “Amwell” Originated

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, NJ
published in the Hunterdon County Democrat, May 7, 1931

Sundry notes from old histories and other sources though jotted down in a haphazard way may serve to awaken thought or to throw light upon the ways of the past.

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The Greens of Amwell

February 1, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Bull, Delaware Township, Families, Green, Hunterdon County, Opdycke Tags: Daniel Coxe, early settlers, land titles, local government, Pauch Farm, proprietors, surveying

This is a continuation of my research into the history of the Pauch farm in Delaware Township. This was once the property of Samuel Green, which is why I am publishing it here on my website. It was Samuel Green who got me started on this blog, back in 2009. Apologies to those of my readers who were interested in what I wrote 4 and 5 years ago for taking so long to return to Samuel Green’s life.

How New Jersey Began

January 26, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers, England, Indians, land titles

It is already January 26, in this 350^th year of the existence of New Jersey. I think it is time to publish a short history of New Jersey, the sort of preamble I generally use for my house histories. It glides breezily over some very complicated proceedings, but sometimes a shorthand version is useful. (This little essay is not meant for those who make a study of New Jersey’s convoluted history.)

So—without more ado—How New Jersey Began.

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“Repeated Rascalities” Create Embarrassment for a New Church

Who Put the Lock in Locktown?

The Kingwood Baptist Church and the Second Great Awakening

The Swamp Meeting House

Law Once Compelled Every Town to Have a Drinking Place

How “Amwell” Originated

“Repeated Rascalities” Create
Embarrassment for a New Church

Law Once Compelled Every Town
to Have a Drinking Place