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Bearder Family Tree

November 23, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bearder Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Dea. Jacob Bearder (1768 – 1838) & Elizabeth Trimmer (1769 – 1832)

Actually, Jacob Bearder should be considered the second generation, as his father Andrew Bearder (1741-1829) and mother Margaret Shepherd (c.1720-1800) were the ones to emigrate to New Jersey from Germany. Margaret came as the wife of a Mr. Shafer, who died at sea. Her three sons were all under ten at the time. Shortly after arriving, Margaret married George Henry Wambaugh, who had also immigrated from Germany, perhaps on the same ship as Andrew and Margaret.

Bucking the Party Line in 1812

November 11, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Coryell, Lambert, Lambertville Tags: John Lambert, politics, The Revolution

Two Letters Written by Sen. John Lambert

Senator John Lambert of Amwell is one of Hunterdon’s most interesting historical figures.¹ He served in the state legislature during the Revolution and afterwards served as Acting Governor before being elected to Congress and then to the U.S. Senate.

The Coryell Family Tree

November 11, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Coryell Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Emanuel Coryell (1706 – 1749) & Sarah Tunison (1706 – )

The Somerset Quarterly published “Earliest American Ancestors of Somerset Families” in Vol. V p.188 et seq, which included this statement: “Elias, Emanuel (or John Emanuel) and David Coriell, perhaps with another brother Abraham, emigrated from the island of Corsica in 1663, and were French. Emanuel went to Lambertville and operated a ferry there in 1733.