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By Their Names You Shall Know Them

February 17, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Hunterdon Tags: Indians

Part 2

A personal note:  I am writing this series on the Lenape of Central New Jersey for the benefit of my fellow residents of Delaware Township, who have lacked a local history for all of their nearly 175 years as a township. I realize I am wandering into an area that has been deeply researched by accomplished scholars, and that it is all too easy to get things wrong about this shadowy yet fascinating subject. I am prepared to stand corrected, but hope it won’t be necessary.

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The Division of Amwell, part two

February 15, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Delaware Twp, Hopewell Twp, Hunterdon, Raritan Twp Tags: "The Post", 1838, legislation, politics

This year residents of Delaware Township in Hunterdon County celebrate the 175 years since the township was created. Five years ago, in celebration of its 170th anniversary, I published a series of articles on the website “The Delaware Township Post.” It seems appropriate to republish those articles this year on my own website, slightly edited. Here is part two:

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The Higgins-Horner-Hawk Farm

February 9, 2013 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp Tags: Going, houses

I see from the Planning Board minutes that a house on Locktown School Road (Block 5 lot 5) is likely to be demolished, as part of a subdivision plan. I’m never happy to learn that an old house is going to disappear. Perhaps it’s in terrible shape now—I don’t know, having never been inside it. I considered waiting to publish a story about the house until I could get a photo, but it looks like it will be awhile before that happens. And in truth, just because a property has a history does not mean that the house that is standing there is the one with the history. The house was not included in the Township’s Historic Sites Survey, so there’s no picture to be found there either. But with a title like Higgins-Horner-Hawk House, how could I wait?

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