roads

Andrew Bray and Sarah Rittenhouse

April 9, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bray, Delaware Twp, Families, Locktown, Rittenhouse Tags: churches, portraits, roads, schools, The Revolution

I am not ready to write at length about Gen. Daniel Bray. But in order to write about his son Andrew, something must be said of the father.

Saxton’s Saxtonville

March 14, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Holcombe, Raven Rock Tags: Bull's Island, ferries, maps, mills, Nath'l Saxton, roads

Recap

In March and May, 1808, Nathaniel Saxton and George Holcombe bought the two moieties or half shares in the 10-acre mill lot and the 30-acre lot that consisted of the southern half of Bull’s Island. Previous articles about the mill property can be read here and here.

The Bull’s Island Bridge

February 22, 2012 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Raven Rock Tags: bridges, Bucks County, Bull's Island, legislation, Nath'l Saxton, politics, roads

In a recent post I mentioned that I found two items at the Hunterdon County Historical Society that explained what Nathaniel Saxton was doing during the years 1808-1815. Besides investing in Raven Rock and a couple properties in other locations, and becoming an active supporter of the Federalists, Saxton was thinking of infrastructure, in particular, construction of a bridge between Bull’s Island and Lumberville.

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