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Coming into the Station

January 9, 2021 By Marfy Goodspeed in Flemington, Hill, Raritan Twp Tags: farming, railroads

part 15, and last chapter, of The Route Not Taken

This is the last of my series on the route planned for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company, a rail line that was never built. In the survey, the train is finally approaching the station. But to get there it must traverse the properties of John C. Hopewell and William Hill, two prominent gentlemen who probably were not supporters of the railroad company.

Bray Family Tree

December 25, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray Tags: family trees

Thanks to the efforts of Gen. Daniel Bray of Kingwood Township to collect the boats that Washington needed to get his army across the Delaware River before the British caught up with them, the surname Bray has a certain caché in Hunterdon County. But the family traces back much further, to a Rev. Jonathan Bray of Middletown, Monmouth County, who arrived from England in 1686.

Sergeant & Hastings

December 12, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Copper Hill, Raritan Twp, Sergeant Tags: railroads

part 14 of The Route Not Taken

This article comes in two parts. Part one describes the life and property of Gershom C. Sergeant, the brother and neighbor of John P. Sergeant who was featured in my last article. Part two describes the owners of the next property along the route of the railroad that was never built—at different times owned by Baptist ministers and a mining company.

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