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The Green Family Tree

April 3, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Families, Green 2 Comments Tags: family trees

plus Kemp, Bull and Wright

Samuel Green, an English immigrant and a surveyor in Gloucester county, was married three times. His first wife, Margaret Kemp died before Green moved to Amwell Township in Hunterdon County. His second wife Sarah Bull was a member of the Bull family of Gloucester County. She died before Green moved to Sussex (Warren) County. His third wife, Hannah Wright, was the daughter of a Dutch couple who moved to Amwell Township from Bergen County.

An Old Easter Egg

April 1, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in E. T. Bush, Historians No Comments

Here’s a special article by Egbert T. Bush in celebration of Easter. As usual, Mr. Bush manages to include some genealogy—this time the Case and Hewitt families.

The Cook Proprietary Tract

March 24, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Moore, Pettit, Rounsavell, Sandbrook, Sutton, Taylor 11 Comments Tags: early settlers, proprietors

The Hammond Maps of Hunterdon County proprietary tracts are a wonderful resource for county historians. Many of the property owners shown on these maps drawn by D. Stanton Hammond in 1963 were the first Europeans to claim title to this part of the state of New Jersey. What happened to those properties in succeeding years has always fascinated me and provided wonderful material for my articles.

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