This is part two of the history of the landowners living along the proposed railroad route that was surveyed for the Delaware Flemington Railroad Company in 1873 and was intended to run from Prallsville to Flemington. (And here is part one.)
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The Deremer-Wilson Farm
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Deremer, Sandy Ridge, Wilson No Comments Tags: architecture, Daniel Coxe, early settlers, houses, land titles, maps, portraits, proprietors
or Dilts Farm Revisited, part two
Part one focused on the family of Judson Rittenhouse and Martha Bodine, who lived on the farm now known as the Sarah Dilts Farm Park in Delaware Township for most of their lives. The farm was purchased by Judson’s father, Wilson Bray Rittenhouse, in 1844. This article will first describe Wilson and his family, and then will trace the history of this property back to the first European owner.
Shrinking Township, part 2
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, East Amwell, Hunterdon County No Comments Tags: early legislation, land titles, local government, politics, roads
In my previous post (A Shrinking Township, part one), I wrote about a petition in 1896 to take a large chunk out of Delaware Township and give it to East Amwell Township. That petition was signed by two East Amwell residents, William H. Manners and Simpson Sked Stout. This post will describe these two, as well as the journey the bill took through the legislature, and the property owners who were affected by it.
The Haines Farm
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, E. T. Bush, East Amwell, 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
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Fisher, Headquarters, Moore 2 Comments 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
By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Township, Featured, 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
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
By Marfy Goodspeed in Hunterdon County, Lambertville, Other Sources 8 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
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
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.