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“Michigan Fever”

November 7, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Green, Howell, Hunterdon Tags: early settlers

A Genealogical Journey

Many descendants of the early settlers of old Amwell Township in Hunterdon County remained in Amwell. But many others chose to move on, always looking for new land to start afresh. Such is the case with my ancestors, who made the journey from Amwell to northwest New Jersey, then on into New York State, ending up in Michigan. Both grandparents on my father’s side came from families who made that journey, the Goodspeeds through New York State, and the Rankins through Ohio.

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The Gershom Lambert Farm

October 21, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Barber, Delaware Twp, Hunterdon, Lambert Tags: early settlers, John Lambert, land titles

Because there has been some confusion about exactly where Sen. John Lambert lived, I have spent the past two articles determining that his farm was located on Seabrook Road and not on Lambertville-Headquarters Road, as some have thought. The confusion was caused by the fact that both farms were owned at one time by men named John Lambert and Gershom Lambert.

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Sen. Lambert’s Farm, pt 2

October 10, 2016 By Marfy Goodspeed in Barber, Delaware Twp, Families, Hoppock, Lambert, Lambertville, Prallsville Tags: houses, John Lambert, land titles, mills

A continuation of the article on Sen. John Lambert’s home farm.

Having discovered which of two farms belonged to Sen. John Lambert, I realized how amazingly interconnected the Lambert family was. That will hold true even more so here in part two. However, I have not done all the research that could have been done before publishing this article. It was a question of when to stop.

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