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Howell House, part three

October 20, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, Families, Howell, Larison, Rosemont 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.

Hoppock Farm Over 600 Acres

February 17, 2018 By Marfy Goodspeed in Delaware Twp, E. T. Bush, Heath, Hoppock Tags: early settlers, Haddon Tract, land titles, roads

Not long ago I published some articles about properties located in what was once known as The Haddon Tract (The Haddon Tract, part one). Today’s article by Egbert T. Bush concerns a very large farm located in that tract that I have not yet written about. It was sold by Jacob Sniter and Nicholas Sayn to John Peter Foxe of Amwell, who subsequently sold it to Jost Hoppock in 1749.

The Barns-Bearder Farm

December 9, 2017 By Marfy Goodspeed in Bearder, Delaware Twp, Fulper, Kitchen, Raritan Twp, Robins, Rounsavell Tags: early settlers, Haddon Tract, houses, roads

My previous article discussed the Bearder family and the home of Andrew Bearder, Sr. on the Locktown Flemington Road. Just east of this farm was another tract that Bearder shared with his son Jacob, but whose ownership goes back much further.

Andrew Bearder, Sr.’s homestead farm was part of Jacob Snyder’s plantation. But the farm next to it on the east was part of the 700 acres first sold by the Haddons to Daniel Robins. (For background on the Haddons, see The Haddon Tract, part one.)