GOODSPEED HISTORIES – Page 87 – New Jersey History and Genealogy

The Bosenbury and Taylor Graveyards

December 18, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bowne Station, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Kitchen, Sandy Ridge, Taylor Tags: cemeteries

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.

Bowne Station

December 4, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Barber, Bowne Station, Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Historians Tags: early settlers, occupations, old ways, slavery

This article by Egbert T. Bush answers some questions about the Bowne farm that were raised in the previous post, “Dr. Bowne’s Homestead.“¹ Lora Olsen had pointed out that there were two houses on the property, one quite old, and one built in the mid 19th century. But it turns out there was a third house—one built for the slaves that lived on the farm.

Dr. Bowne’s Homestead

November 20, 2015 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bowne Station, Historians, Hunterdon, J. M. Hoppock

This article is meant as a companion to the article by Egbert T. Bush, “The Daybooks of Dr. Bowne.” In this article, Mr. Hoppock goes on at some length about the first owner of the Bowne farm being Jacob Moore. Unfortunately, he was mistaken. As Mr. Bush wrote, Jacob Moore settled on what later became known as the Wagner farm (at Haines and Wagner Roads). The Bowne farm was first settled by Peter Moore, but Mr. Bush does not say when he settled there. It was certainly early, because Peter Moore’s executors (his three sons) sold the farm to Dr. Bowne in 1795.