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The Moore Family

January 9, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Historians, Kitchen, Moore 21 Comments Tags: churches, early settlers, houses, Indians, The Revolution

Wagner House

I have written a few articles recently concerning the neighborhood of Bowne Station (“The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne,” “The Bowne Homestead,” “Bowne Station” and “The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards”), and have frequently come across references to the first settlers in that area, one Jacob Moore and his wife, Apolonia Amy Moret. Just when I thought I had published all articles by Egbert T. Bush and Jonathan M. Hoppock pertaining to the early history of the Moore family in Amwell, another one turned up. Actually, two articles, “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon” and “Farewell Relic of Another Age.”

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Favorite Articles from 2015

December 30, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Uncategorized 2 Comments Tags: thoughts

EakinsDad
The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882
The Writing Master by Thomas Eakins, 1882

Time for some reflection. Here are the ten posts from the past year that I am most pleased with, listed chronologically, because I could not possibly rank them from 1 to 10.

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The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards

December 18, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bowne Station, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Kitchen, Sandy Ridge, Taylor No Comments Tags: cemeteries

locomotive

This post is published in conjunction with a recent article on Bowne Station, because in that article Mr. Bush recalled the Bosenbury family, and the trouble they had burying old Cornelius Bosenbury. In this article, Mr. Bush went looking for that cemetery.

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