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The County House, Part Two

A Tavern & A Courthouse The history of a hotel that once stood on the west side of Flemington’s Main Street has quickly turned into something much more. Part One began with Flemington’s first European property owners and ended with the Revolution. This article goes on from there, but only as far as the 1790s, […]

The County House, Part One

This is one of my favorite photographs.1 The building is Mount’s Hotel on Flemington’s Main Street, across from and a little north of the Union Hotel. It was replaced in the 1970s by the group of shops called ‘New Market,’ built by Don Shuman.

Beers-Stryker

Pittstown Inn, part 3

The history of the Pittstown Inn, from 1800 to 1880, includes the many residents of the Pittstown neighborhood.

Century Inn - featured

Pittstown Inn, part two

Following the Revolution, Moore Furman moved back to Trenton and left his Pittstown properties to son John & Benj. Guild, until it was time to build anew.

1778 Faden-Hoffs Map

Pittstown Inn, part one

The Pittstown Inn, once located in Hoff’s Town, was in business as early as 1754, and probably earlier.

Cornell-Pittstown map

Quakertown’s Taverns

The fact that a little village like Quakertown boasted two taverns in the early 1800s tells us how important they were to their communities.

Cherryville detail

Cherryville’s Tavern

Mr. Bush is an invaluable source for local history, but we don’t always agree.

1804Andreson1 copy

James Anderson’s Tavern

The tavern that predated the Klinesville tavern and the Point Tavern was just up the road in Cherryville.

George Fox of Hunterdon County

June 25, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fox Tags: early settlers

In my last post, I discussed the founder of the Quaker religion, George Fox of England (1624-1691) and his nephew George Fox of New Jersey (1662-aft. 1721) and his wife Jane Palmer.

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Postscript to Quaker George Fox

June 21, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fox, Rosemont Tags: early settlers, land titles

One of the advantages of writing a blog is that you can update what you write and make corrections. I expect to be doing quite a lot of that.

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The Quaker George Fox

June 13, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Fox Tags: early settlers, England, portraits

I thought I’d choose for my first post an old Hunterdon family whose roots I have been trying to trace for years. The idea came from a discussion on the Fox family of Kingwood Township that took place on the Hunterdon mailing list on Rootsweb.

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Historical Glossary

June 13, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Other Sources

When writing about Hunterdon history, I will refer to events in New Jersey history that require some explanation. In order to avoid repetition, I will put short explanations of major events here, and update this post as needed.

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Sources: Early NJ Politics

June 13, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bibliographies

This is a subject of some interest to me, especially the development of political parties. I have many books to list here, and will add them as they show up in my posts. People have strong opinions about the value of the books listed below, both pro and con. That’s a subject for another time.

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Sources: Genealogies and Local Histories

June 13, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bibliographies, Larison

This is a very large category which will take some time to develop. These titles are just a beginning.

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Sources: New Jersey History

June 13, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bibliographies

In addition to the basic sources for Hunterdon County history and genealogy, there are many sources on New Jersey history that are relevant to research for Hunterdon County. Some might find this list a little peculiar. It is a personal list of favorites, not meant to be definitive. I will be adding to this list as time goes on.

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A Blog About Hunterdon History

June 11, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Uncategorized Tags: thoughts

I have been researching Hunterdon County, New Jersey families since 1981 when I started my house history business. Along the way, I have collected a lot of information.

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