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Baptistown, part one

February 15, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Baptistown, E. T. Bush, Heath, Historians Revisited, Kingwood Township, Trimmer Tags: alcohol, churches, early settlers, land titles, maps, stores, taverns

Cornell-Baptisttown copy

Recently there has been much discussion on the Facebook page “Historical Kingwood Township” about the history of Baptistown. So, it seems appropriate now to publish this article by Egbert T. Bush with his memories of the ancient village.

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Surprising Connections

January 25, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township Tags: houses, land titles

This is a short article, intended as a postscript to “Route Not Taken, Part Four.” It concerns surprising connections between the landowners I researched, starting with Elizabeth Abbott. It also carries on the theme of married women who buy real estate.

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The East End of Sergeantsville

January 25, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Sergeantsville Tags: farming, railroads

Beers-Abbott

part six of Route Not Taken

Properties owned by Abbott, Parks & Cole

Continuing with the saga of the railroad that was never built. You can view the previous (and future) articles by going to the home page and clicking on the tag for railroads.

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Moore, Maresca & Fulper

January 14, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Fisher, Fulper, Gordon, Green, Lake, Moore, Sergeantsville Tags: railroads

Maresca1 copy

part five in the series, The Route Not Taken

Imagine what this peaceful area today was like in the 19th century with a tannery just south of a blacksmith shop—certainly noisy, and probably very smelly. Add a rail line passing through and you would have had a very different environment from today.

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On the Eve of War

January 7, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon Tags: Civil War, politics

John Brown 1859

Disturbing news of late, somehow reminiscent of the lead-up to America’s first Civil War. Whilst scrolling through the Hunterdon Gazette recently, I came across an item that caught my attention, published on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1859:

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From One Johnson to Another

December 21, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Dilts, Higgins, Johnson, Lawshe Tags: land titles, railroads

tannery house copy

part four in the series, The Route Not Taken

This is part four of the history of the landowners living along the proposed railroad route that was surveyed for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company in 1873 and was intended to run from Prallsville to Flemington.

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Johnson Tree

December 21, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Johnson Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Martin Johnson (1754 – 1828) & Anna Trout (1758 – 1812)

I have very little information on Martin Johnson before his first appearance in Amwell township in 1798 when he purchased a large farm along the Delaware River from John Vancamp. His father was probably Daniel Johnson of Cumberland County, who named son Martin in his will of 1757. Martin Johnson served in some capacity during the Revolution, and may have become acquainted with Amwell Township during that time. This possibility is reinforced by the fact that in 1779 Johnson married Anna Trout, daughter of Amwell landowners George Trout and Hannah Lequear. The Trouts were present in Amwell in the 1750s. Their daughter Anna was the oldest of 11 children.

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From Prallsville to Rake’s Farm

November 30, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fisher, Hunt, Rake Tags: railroads

RR Prallsville

part three in the series, The Route Not Taken

This is part three of my series on the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company. Part One was an article by Egbert T. Bush describing the birth and death of the company. Part Two described the reasons for the company’s failure and how its directors fared afterwards. This article will focus on the route that was planned for the new rail line.1

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