GOODSPEED HISTORIES – Page 30 – New Jersey History and Genealogy

Swallow Family Tree

May 9, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Swallow Tags: family trees

First Generation:

(1) Johannes Swallow Sr. (c.1680 – 1749) & Agnes

I know little about this original Johannes and Agnes Swallow. With a name like Johannes, we can presume they were either German or Dutch. There is a record of March 25, 1737 when Johannes Swallow mortgaged 180 acres on “the road leading to Rarington,” which could be almost anywhere.¹ A complicating factor is that his son Johannes Swallow, Jr. died the same year he did. Both men wrote wills a short time apart, Johannes Sr. on December 27, 1748 and Johannes Jr. on December 30^th. Both were yeomen of Amwell.

A Train Through Sand Brook

April 18, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Fauss, Higgins, Holcombe, Moore, Sandbrook, Sine, Sutton Tags: railroads

part eight of The Route Not Taken

Proceeding along the proposed railroad route, we come to the village of Sandbrook. If the rail line had been laid out as planned it might have changed the village significantly.

Holcombe Family Tree

April 18, 2020 By Marfy Goodspeed in Holcombe Tags: family trees

The Holcombe family is one of the most extensive early families in Hunterdon County. I have included a sixth generation for them, but perhaps I shouldn’t have—there are just so many of them.

Please, share any corrections or additions you might have. And remember, I list the children of daughters, but not their grandchildren.