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The Haines Farm

June 1, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, Featured, Haines, Historians Revisited, Moore No Comments Tags: early settlers, land titles

This post returns to an article by Egbert T. Bush titled “Old Farms in Old Hunterdon,” published in 1931. I published large parts of this article before, in “The Moore Family,” in 2016. As the introduction to that article mentioned, two families were discussed in Bush’s article, the Moores and the Haines. Having discussed the Moore family at length, it is time to focus on the Haines family and their farm on the east side of Haines Road in East Amwell. This will conclude my study of some (but not all) of the farms located in the original proprietary tract of John Dennis.

Owners of the Hart-Taylor Cemetery

May 4, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, Fisher, Headquarters, Moore 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, land titles, proprietors

There are two ways of writing about a cemetery. One is to portray the people buried there, which I attempted to do in my previous article. The other is to relate how the cemetery came to be—in other words, the history of the property where the cemetery is located. It usually makes sense to focus on the place since many of its early owners were buried in the cemetery. At first I thought that in this case, none of them were. But, research has changed my mind.

The Lawshe House

April 6, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Hunt, Lawshe, Williamson 1 Comment Tags: early settlers, Going, houses, land titles

Quite some time ago, I wrote an article called “Going-Going- Gone” about houses that are disappearing or have disappeared. One of them was a mystery to me. But finally I have figured out who it belonged to.

Sandy Ridge, part six

March 8, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Case, Delaware Township, Dilts, Ent Family, Holcombe, Sandy Ridge 1 Comment Tags: land titles

The Case-Dilts Farm

Once again, I return to Egbert T. Bush’s article, “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community.” He wrote:

A Lambertville House History

February 9, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon County, Lambertville, Other Sources 7 Comments Tags: architecture, houses, land titles, maps, portraits

Last Sunday, I gave a talk to the Lambertville Historical Society about how to research one’s property in Hunterdon County, with a special focus on Lambertville. It was a great group of people, and I got a chance to appreciate how awesome old photos look when projected on an enormous screen. It was also nice to show many more pictures than I can reasonably do on this blog.

Sandy Ridge, part four

January 26, 2019 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bodine Family, Butterfoss, Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Ent Family, Historians Revisited, Sandy Ridge, Sharp 2 Comments Tags: early settlers, houses, land titles, proprietors

This article continues my exploration of the neighborhood of Sandy Ridge by presenting the first half of Egbert T. Bush’s article “Sandy Ridge Long a Farm Community.” There could be no better expert on the subject than Mr. Bush, who lived in Sandy Ridge for many years and taught at the old Vandolah School.

Reading-Wolverton Farm

November 2, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, Historians Revisited, Quinby, Reading, Rosemont, Wolverton 3 Comments Tags: houses, land titles, The Revolution

My previous three articles concerned the history of the old Howell House on Worman Road, on the periphery of the Rosemont neighborhood. Today I move over to the southwest quadrant of the village, back to the part of Mount Amwell that John Reading kept for himself.

Howell House, part three

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Families, Howell, Larison, Rosemont 1 Comment Tags: houses, land titles, roads

A continuation of the history of a very old house on Shoppons Run, once owned by Benjamin Howell and Agnes Woolever. Please check out part one and part two; otherwise, part three won’t make much sense.

Howell House, part two

October 13, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Howell, Prallsville, Rittenhouse, Rosemont 2 Comments Tags: houses, land titles

The old house on Worman Road has been something of a mystery house for many years. Who built the house and when? These are the classic questions asked when starting work on a house history. In this case, finding the answer took some digging.

Howell House, part one

September 22, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Howell, Prallsville, Reading, Rittenhouse, Rosemont, Stockton 4 Comments Tags: architecture, early settlers, ferries, houses, land titles, maps, proprietors

Not long ago, Dennis Bertland inquired about an old house that might have been located on the William Rittenhouse tract that I recently wrote about (“The Rittenhouse Tavern.” Dennis’ inquiry can be found in the comments section.) It is located in a blank space on the Hammond Map between the Wickecheoke Creek and Shoppons Run. Who did that space belong to?