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Dr. Bowne’s Homestead

November 20, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bowne Station, Historians, Hunterdon, J. M. Hoppock

This article is meant as a companion to the article by Egbert T. Bush, “The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne.” In this article, Mr. Hoppock goes on at some length about the first owner of the Bowne farm being Jacob Moore. Unfortunately, he was mistaken. As Mr. Bush wrote, Jacob Moore settled on what later became known as the Wagner farm (at Haines and Wagner Roads). The Bowne farm was first settled by Peter Moore, but Mr. Bush does not say when he settled there. It was certainly early, because Peter Moore’s executors (his three sons) sold the farm to Dr. Bowne in 1795.

The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne

November 20, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Barber, Bowne Station, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Historians, Hunterdon Tags: early settlers, maps, occupations, old ways

Recently I attended a workshop given by archivist Don Cornelius on the holdings of the Hunterdon County Historical Society. They are extensive, far more than I realized. Among them are the original daybooks of Dr. John Bowne of old Amwell Township, filled with the names of his patients and their treatment. These Daybooks are so important to genealogists that someone at the Historical Society has gone to the considerable effort of indexing the names into a card catalog, and—primitive as it may seem to be today—it’s a very useful genealogical tool for the time period of 1791 through 1857.

The ‘Wickcheoche’ Tribe of Red Men

November 13, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Flemington, Hunterdon, Kitchen, Larison, Sergeantsville Tags: Indians, The Revolution

Many years ago, Bob Dilts wrote an article entitled “Sergeantsville’s a Nicer Name.”¹ While describing George Fisher’s harness shop (pictured below), on the southeast corner of the main intersection, Dilts wrote a paragraph that really caught my attention: