First Landowners of Hunterdon County

September 2, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Green, Hunterdon 2 Comments Tags: early settlers, land titles, proprietors, surveying, thoughts

Edward Kemp

When I first began my blog in 2009, I thought I would use it as a way to discover more about the life of my ancestor Samuel Green. So I began hunting for traces of him in the earliest days of the Province of West New Jersey. But the history of that place became so interesting in itself, that I began to follow its development year by year, thinking that eventually I would get to 1695 when Samuel Green first shows up. (For an index of stories on West New Jersey, go to my About page.)

Boarshead Tavern in the 18th Century

August 25, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon, Raritan Twp, Thatcher 8 Comments Tags: maps, roads, taverns

A follow-up to Egbert T. Bush’s article, “Boarshead Tavern One of the Earliest to be Established”

In 1896, Egbert T. Bush presented a paper to the Hunterdon County Historical Society titled “Croton and Vicinity.”¹ As part of his survey, Mr. Bush gave a brief history of the Boarshead Tavern.

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Delilah Buchanan’s Tavern License Application

August 13, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon 2 Comments Tags: Buchanan's Tavern, taverns

I sometimes lose track of the information I have collected in my researches. Today I stumbled across these photographs I took of Delilah Buchanan’s 1829 tavern license application, on file at the Hunterdon County Archives. Delilah Buchanan got a lot of my attention while researching Buchanan’s Tavern. (The series of articles can be found by clicking on the topic in the right-hand column.)