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The Secrets To A Great House History

March 29, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon, Sources 8 Comments Tags: land titles

Most people who decide to research their properties head straight to the Search Room in the County Clerk’s Office to find the earliest deed they can. I understand the impulse—that’s exactly what I did over 30 years ago. But experience has taught me there is a better way to get started. I recently gave a talk on this subject for the Hunterdon County 300th Anniversary speakers’ series. It gave me a chance to boil down my approach to a few simple rules. Here they are:

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Charles Sergeant and Sarah Green

March 21, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Green, Kitchen, Lake, Larison, Opdycke, Sergeant No Comments Tags: Pauch Farm

This article is a continuation of the history of the Pauch Farm in Delaware Township, first owned by Richard Bull in 1702, then by Samuel Green, then by Green’s son Richard, and now Richard’s granddaughter Sarah and her husband Charles Sergeant in 1794. Ninety-two years in the same family, and counting.

The Old Sergeant Mill

March 20, 2014 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Historians, J. M. Hoppock, Opdycke, Sergeant No Comments Tags: mills

by Jonathan M. Hoppock
published in the Democrat-Advertiser, July 20, 1905

This article is a follow up to the one published in 1901 titled “Sergeant Mansion and Mill, 1745.” Some of the information in this article was taken directly from the earlier one. Perhaps Mr. Hoppock figured no one would remember what he had written before. I am publishing these articles on the website because there are errors and this is a good way to make note of them.