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A Stockton Hotel Register

May 7, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Hockenbury, Stockton Tags: taverns

Stockton Hotel copy

While going through my files I came upon an article about the Inn by Hunterdon historian Egbert T. Bush. It tells us much about how popular and important the Inn was, not just to Stockton but also to the surrounding towns.

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The Tunis & Eva Case Tree

April 27, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Case, Families Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Tunis Hontis Case (1691 – 1772) & Eva Catharine Dubraucke (1695 – after 1774)

My apologies. On May 25, 2021, I found too many mistakes on this tree to let it stand any longer. Making corrections is going to take a lot of work, but I hope to be able to restore the tree before too long.

Summit School

April 27, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Case, E. T. Bush, Hartpence, Historians Revisited, Raritan Township Tags: Civil War, maps, roads, schools

Beers-icon

Raritan Township was in the news not long ago for its effort to acquire and preserve a 48-acre farm to the west of Flemington. It is located near an area that has long been known as “Hardscrabble.”

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Flemington’s First Bank

April 23, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Featured, Flemington, Hunterdon County Tags: architecture, debt, Downtown Flemington, Going

Bank 1902 copy

My last article described the political turmoil in Hunterdon County in the 1850s. There was another kind of turmoil going on at the same time, an economic one. For Hunterdon that meant a local bank was needed.

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The Housel Family Tree

April 9, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Housel Tags: family trees

The Oak Tree by Thomas Bewick

I first came upon the Housel family while researching early families and their properties in old Amwell Township. Later on, I found Ann Housel, wife of Flemington banker John C. Hopewell (see “One Man Makes a Difference.”) The family is a very old one in Hunterdon County.

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Choosing Sides

April 9, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Flemington, Hunterdon County, Raritan Township Tags: Civil War, local government, newspapers, politics

56 Eagle icon

My previous article discussed the evolution of political parties in the early 1850s, both nationally and in Hunterdon County. The Democratic party was still going strong, while the Whig party was fading away and two new parties had come on the scene: the Republican party and the American party, better known as the Know Nothings.

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Political Turmoil

March 26, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bellis, Flemington, Hunterdon County Tags: Civil War, newspapers, politics

Gazette Oct 17 1855

Hunterdon County Politics in the 1850s

I am going to step away briefly from the life of John C. Hopewell to shed some light on a political movement that Hopewell and many other Flemington notables got caught up in.

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Lair/Lare Family Tree

March 18, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Lair Tags: family trees

The second generation of this Lair Family tree came to New Jersey came from Germany in the mid-18th century, after the death of the patriarch in Lyons, France. The widow and her sons came to Hunterdon County in 1757, but settled in different places, one in the northern county and the other in the southern. The name is usually spelled Lair, but sometimes as Lare.

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Myers Family Tree

March 16, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Myers Tags: family trees

The Myers family from Germany was prominent in old Amwell Township, Hunterdon County for several generations. But people were not careful about how they spelled the name. It could be Myers, Myres, Mires, Meyers or anything else they could think of.

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