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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.

Robins/Robbins Tree

December 3, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Robins Tags: family trees

I have written quite a bit about Daniel & Mary Robins. They arrived in Amwell Township as early as 1715, making the family among the earliest to physically settle in Hunterdon County. Despite the hardship of raising a family in the wilderness, the Robins succeeded very well. So well, that they got the attention of a newspaper writer.

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