Nath’l Saxton – Page 3 – GOODSPEED HISTORIES

Saxton’s Politics

February 11, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Hunterdon Tags: Nath'l Saxton, politics

As a researcher, there’s one thing I keep learning over and over–if you go looking for an answer to a question, you might not find it, but chances are you will find answers to questions you never thought of.

That was definitely my experience today when I went to the Hunterdon Co. Historical Society, hoping to find some mention of Nathaniel Saxton in Saxtonville between 1808 and 1815, and most of all, some record of who might have been running the Saxtonville Tavern for him while he carried on his legal career in Flemington. No luck.

Raven Rock Was Once Bool’s Island

January 30, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Bull, E. T. Bush, Heath, Johnson, Raven Rock, Reading Tags: Bull's Island, D&R Canal, Nath'l Saxton, post offices, stores, taverns

“Village Might Appropriately Have been Called Riven Rock
Quarry Once Busy Place”

By Egbert T. Bush, Stockton, N.J.
published in the Hunterdon Co. Democrat, February 12, 1931

Note: This article was written by Egbert T. Bush, not by me. I have only added some footnotes for clarification and the photograph of Raven Rock Station, which was not part of the original article.

Saxton in Raven Rock

January 10, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Twp, Delaware Twp, Hunterdon, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, mills, Nath'l Saxton

Saxton’s First Appearance in Raven Rock

In 1802, Nathaniel Saxton witnessed the will and codicil of Guilbert Van Camp, who lived just east of Raven Rock. In 1807, he witnessed a deed from the estate of William Reading deceased, whose property was in the same vicinity.¹ These two events, and probably others I have not found yet, may have served to acquaint him with the neighborhood of Raven Rock.