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Barber Family Tree

November 10, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Samuel Barber (c.1690 – 1751) & Eliada Alida Johnson (c.1695 – after 1782)

The Barber Family in present day Hunterdon begins with Samuel Barber who died sometime before May 1751, age about 61. It is not clear who his parents were. The family was primarily located on Lambertville-Headquarters Road in Delaware Township. Much of the family information comes from Hiram Deats’ notebook on the Barber Family at the Hunterdon Co. Historical Society, which includes his transcription of the Barber family bible.

Hunterdon Divided

November 7, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bellis, Hunterdon, Kingwood Twp, Larison, Locktown, Sergeantsville Tags: Civil War

(Hunterdon’s Militias, part 2)

My previous article (Hunterdon’s Militia) included mention of the Locktown Volunteers and their Captain, John Bellis, who happened to be “an ardent Republican” in a neighborhood of equally ardent Democrats or Copperheads.¹ How Bellis managed to get along with his neighbors is an interesting question.

Hunterdon’s Militia

October 30, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bellis, Flemington, Larison, Locktown, Sergeantsville Tags: Civil War

Hunterdon County, like all the other counties in New Jersey, had a state militia system in place since before the Revolution. Gen. Washington relied on these volunteers as he fought the British in New Jersey, and they did their part during the War of 1812. But after that, there was little need for them—not until the mid 1850s, when they began to reorganize.