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The Lambert Tree

April 19, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Lambert Tags: family trees

The Lambert Tree

The Lambert family was very prominent in old Amwell Township in the 18th and 19th centuries, beginning with John Lambert and Abigail Bumstead who came to Hunterdon County from Stonington, Connecticut about 1745, and settled in Kingwood Township. John Lambert’s ancestor, Francis Lambert, came to Salem, Massachusetts in 1638, but this tree will deal only with John and Abigail’s children and descendants.

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The Lawshe House

April 6, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Hunt, Lawshe, Sergeantsville, Williamson Tags: early settlers, Going, houses, land titles

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Quite some time ago, I wrote an article called “Going-Going- Gone” about houses that are disappearing or have disappeared. One of them was a mystery to me. But finally I have figured out who it belonged to.

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The Lawshe Tree

April 6, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Lawshe Tags: family trees

The Lawshe Tree
The Oak Tree by Thomas Bewick

The Lawshe family came to America from Rheinland-Pfalz in Germany. Abraham von Laaschet was born in Creyfeldt, Prussia. (The name was Anglicized to Lawshe.) He married Margaret Bechelsheimer, daughter of Elder John Bechelsheimer, minister to the fledging German Baptist congregation in Amwell Township. The Lawshes appear in connection with the church several times in the book A History of East Amwell, 1700-1800.

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