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The Creation of Hunterdon County, part three

December 12, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Hunterdon, Reading 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, legislation, politics

This is the third and final part of a speech delivered on Nov. 16, 2014 for the Hunterdon County Tercentennial. You can find the first two installments here and here.

Petitioning for a New County

With so many surveys being made in the new Indian purchases, it was clear that people would be settling in this area very rapidly. And it was also clear that this new area was going to be hard to manage from far-away Burlington City. The residents of the northern townships in Burlington County were becoming frustrated by the need to travel 20 to 35 miles by horseback to the county seat to record their deeds, probate wills and attend court.¹

John Reading and the Creation of Hunterdon Co., part two

December 5, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Hunterdon, Reading 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, legislation, surveying

This is part two of a speech delivered on Nov. 16, 2014 for the Hunterdon County Tercentennial. You can find the first installment here.

Moving to Hunterdon

I ended the last post with the statement that in 1704, John Reading had a tract of 1440 acres surveyed in the far northwestern corner of the Adlord Bowde purchase. It was an excellent location—superior agricultural soil and access to the river. At this point, the river runs east-west, so Reading’s house could face south as well as face the river, and he had an excellent view of traffic going both ways. He named it Mount Amwell, after his family’s ancestral home in England.

Gathering Nuts Was Once An Industry

November 28, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Croton, E. T. Bush, Historians, Hockenbury, Raritan Twp No Comments Tags: flora and fauna, maps, old ways

A Boy Could Make From 30 to 40 cents a Day by Hard Work
Pegg Family Conserved Acres

by Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
published by the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, November 21, 1929

This is another in a series of articles by Egbert T. Bush Paying attention to the wonderful trees of old Hunterdon County. A complete list of Bush’s tree articles can be found at the end.

The Creation of Hunterdon County, part three

Petitioning for a New County

John Reading and the Creation of Hunterdon Co., part two

Moving to Hunterdon

Gathering Nuts Was Once An Industry

A Boy Could Make From 30 to 40 cents a Day by Hard Work Pegg Family Conserved Acres

A Boy Could Make From 30 to 40 cents a Day by Hard Work
Pegg Family Conserved Acres