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Williamson Tree

March 20, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Williamson Tags: family trees

This is a revised version of my Williamson Tree. The previous one was limited to the family of Cornelius Williamson, son of Willem Williamson & Mayken Wyckoff. I had planned to publish a separate tree for Cornelius’ brother William, as both of them lived in Hunterdon County, but have since realized that it is better to start the tree with their parents and include all their siblings.

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Pole Raising in the Days of Lincoln

March 13, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Historians, Sergeantsville, Stockton Tags: Civil War

Clay Flag

This article was originally published in “The Delaware Township Post” on March 1, 2009. The Post went out of business, and the articles I published there have disappeared. It seems appropriate now to republish this article, greatly modified, here.

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Baptistown, part two

February 29, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Baptistown, Hunterdon, Kingwood Twp, Sine, Thatcher Tags: houses, maps, roads, taverns

Bptn-Tavern retouch

My previous post began with Egbert T. Bush’s article “Baptistown, One of Hunterdon’s Oldest Villages.” Baptists settled here very early and established a church by 1745. But there was another early institution here—the tavern, which was in operation before the Revolution.

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