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The Kitchen Cemetery

June 27, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Kitchen, Sandbrook, Thatcher 18 Comments Tags: cemeteries

Also known as the Thatcher Cemetery,
but is not to be confused with the Thatcher Burying Ground in Sergeantsville.

One of the most interesting private cemeteries in Delaware Township lies hidden among the trees on an old farm located near Routes 523 and 579. In 1931, Egbert T. Bush wrote that half of the cemetery was located on the Thatcher farm and half on a farm owned by A. J. Dalrymple. Bush identified a few of the stones, and on a visit in 1995 I found a few more, for a total of 18 gravestones with initials.¹

Recital: From Robeson to Howell

June 19, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Gloucester County, Howell, Reading 2 Comments Tags: Recitals

In the last post, I described the recital in a deed of 1815. It began with the sale in 1727 of 147 acres in Amwell Township by Joseph Howell to John Wright. But how did Joseph Howell get the property? That was not explained, but I assumed it had to come from John Reading, who had the tract surveyed for him in 1715, as shown on the Hammond Map of Hunterdon County.

Recital: From Reading to Larison

June 12, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Green, Lambert, Larison, Reading No Comments Tags: early settlers, land titles, maps, Pauch Farm, proprietors, Recitals

For those of us who look for genealogical information in deeds, there is a very special word we hope to find: “Whereas.” This wonderful word introduces a clause that should appear in every deed, but often does not—the recital clause, which states who the seller of the property bought it from. Most of the time, that’s all it does—name the preceding property owner. But every once in a while, mostly in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, you will get a recital that goes all the way back to the beginning, to the original proprietary owner.