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Sen. Lambert’s Farm, pt 2

October 10, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Delaware Twp, Families, Hoppock, Lambert, Lambertville, Prallsville Tags: houses, John Lambert, land titles, mills

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A continuation of the article on Sen. John Lambert’s home farm.

Having discovered which of two farms belonged to Sen. John Lambert, I realized how amazingly interconnected the Lambert family was. That will hold true even more so here in part two. However, I have not done all the research that could have been done before publishing this article. It was a question of when to stop.

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Two Lambert Farms

September 25, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Barber, Delaware Twp, Hunterdon, Lambert Tags: early settlers, ferries, houses, John Lambert, land titles, portraits, proprietors

Lambert House Seabrook Rd

There are two farms in southern Delaware Township that are particularly interesting. They were part of the old Dimsdale proprietary tract north of Lambertville until 1750, when John Lambert, a recent immigrant from Connecticut, purchased it.

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Who Collected the Boats?

August 20, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Clinton, Hunterdon, Pettit Tags: The Revolution

1819 Bray monument

Who really found the Delaware River boats in December 1776? the boats that Gen. Washington was supposed to rely on to carry his army across the river on Christmas Eve? For a long time I was certain it was David Johnes of Amwell, working with Daniel Bray and Jacob Gearhart. Now I’m not so sure. In fact, I now have serious doubts.

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