USA > New Jersey > The early Germans of New Jersey : their history, churches, and genealogies. > Part 14
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF LOWER VALLEY.
This church is located in the southeast corner of the town- ship, near the thriving village of Califon. The original mem- bers were from other churches, and more especially from the Presbyterian Church at German Valley, with which it was at one time connected. Many of the members living in the vicinity of Lower Valley began to feel the need of a place of worship nearer home, and September 30th, 1870, half an acre of land, upon which the house now stands, was purchased of Samuel K. Weller. A building committee was at once ap- pointed, consisting of Samuel Trimmer, Oliver Bunn and David Neighbour. The corner stone was laid in May, 1871, by Rev. I. A. Blauvelt, of the German Valley Church, and the building was completed and dedicated December 19th, 1871. It is of wood, 38 by 65 feet and cost $12,000. May 7th, 1872, this church was regularly and legally organized by the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, with the following constituted members : On certificate from German Valley Church, George Neighbour, Elisabeth Neighbour, David Neighbour, Jacob M. Trimmer, Susan L. Trimmer, James Trimmer, Catherine Flumerfelt, Adaline Neighbour, Caroline Apgar, John Neighbour, Marga-
REV, JOHN REID, D. D.
REV. W. J. HENDERSON.
161
SETTLERS OF THE LOWER VALLEY
ret Q. Neighbor, Charles Miller, Mary Miller, James Foster, Ellen Foster, Elias V. Cregar, Eliza Ann Cregar, Sylvester Neighbour, Zilpha Neighbour, Mary Trimmer, Elisabeth Miller, Gilbert Trimmer, Caroline Trimmer, Samuel Trimmer, Ann C. Trimmer, Leonard G. Neighbour, George E. Naugh- right, Caroline Trimmer, George Apgar and Ann Naughright ; from Pleasant Grove, Rachel Apgar, Peter Bunn and wife, Abraham Hoffman and wife and Oliver Bunn ; from Flanders, Mary Welch ; from Reformed Church at High Bridge, Benj. Cole and Sophia Cole ; from Evangelical Lutheran Church of Spruce Run, O. B. Hoffman and Margaret A. Hoffman. The first elders were George Neighbour, David Neighbour and Jacob M. Trimmer. May 18th, 1872, the following additional elders were elected : Elias V. Cregar, Benj. Cole and Abraham Hoffman. In 1874 the church officials purchased three-quar- ters of an acre, adjoining the church lot, and built thereon their present beautiful and commodious parsonage at a cost of $4,000. The first pastor was Rev. I. A. Blauvelt. He preached at German Valley in the forenoon and at Lower Valley in the afternoon. He was succeeded in December, 1871, or January, 1872, by Rev. R. H. Van Amburgh, who remained only till February, 1872, when Rev. John Reed was called. He was succeeded by Rev. Chester Coe Murra, installed in May, 1875. His successor was Rev. W. J. Henderson, installed in May, 1877.
Rev. James R. Gibson was called 1884, and remained the pop- ular and efficient pastor of the church until the year 1894.
For six months he was pastor of a Presbyterian Church, of Berwick, Penn., but was called back to his former charge, which had been unable to unite upon any one to fill his place. Mr. Gibson resigned on account of impaired health to seek relief in the employ of the Prudential Insurance Company, of Newark.
He was followed by Rev. A. Nicholson, who is the present pastor. The church a year or two ago purchased a pipe organ at an expense of $1,200, and have recently procured an expen- sive steam heating apparatus. This church is now in the Presbytery of Elisabeth. Present value of property, $16,000 ;
16z
EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
membership 154. The Sunday school was established in 1840 by David Neighbour, the first superintendent.
HIGH BRIDGE.
This township was included in the Allen and Turner tract of 10,000 acres. The whole tract was purchased, 21st October, 1752, of the West Jersey Society by William Allen and Joseph Turner for £3,997, New York currency. It included 586 acres previously purchased by them [Trenton, K, 194].
In 1742, December Ist, William Allen had purchased 3,000 acres and in the deed a forge is spoken of as already in opera- tion. The same company owned land in Sussex county, includ- ing the Andover Furnace, and in Chester township, Morris county. They were large iron manufacturers and are said to have been engaged in this business as early as 1728.
In 1802 the tract including the present township of High Bridge and also part of Bethlehem, was divided into 52 farms. The map of these farms is now in the possession of Mr. Lewis Taylor, of High Bridge, who has kindly permitted it to be copied and it will be found in this volume.
WILLIAM ALPOCK occupied farm No. 1 of 184 acres.
On the 23d of September, 1734, there landed at Philadelphia, Zacharias and John Wilhelm Ahlbach, with three others of the same name, who were under sixteen years of age, viz., Johann Wilhelm, Joh. Gerhard and Johann Peter. Zacharias and Wil- liam occupied parts of the Society Lands in 1735. The three brothers William, George and Peter, who tradition says were the first, were probably of the second generation. Of these Peter settled in Alexandria township, and George, between Bray's Hill and Cokesburg.
MORRIS ALPOCK was the first of the name in Morris county and owned or occupied land on the road from Bartley to Flanders. He had three children, William, Philip and Elisa- beth. From the first of these, William, have descended all the Alpocks of Morris county. William bought 223 acres, in 1773, of the Bowlsby tract, between German Valley and Chester. This farm is now owned by Theodore Coleman. Morris, his oldest son, owned 265 acres at Naughright until his death in 1835-
....
z
Nº 45
2
...
265 5
-
247 A .-
2 .4
....
LALL
Nº22 A. m 145
2
H Sindund
Mener It A
N SS E 117 44.
Nº 15
.......
544. 1 8 34
5704 . 73
Jos 11.11
4
4 397 --
N. 4.
..
... ..... ..
ANUS
Nº11
...
(23)
.1268
Als. Hirt
Nº +&
Nº10
Nº 4 7
N+1
A Tayter
RE D. Rur.y
() Fargo
Se- Sin
Will Atpock
Nº 17
No tul
119 A .***
C. Cramers
Pate Apgar
B
Lin Apque
2/9. A ....
....
54-6- Lend
Nº 15
Teylar
W.Il Seals
No. Lonely
-
Nº10
A 5 Tapet
MUC.ASS
Survey of lands, commonly called the Union Tract. mluated townships of Bethlehem and Lebanon. belonging to the heirs and deviates of With Allen and Joseph Turner Tule of the city of Phila. deceased, surveyed laos and aos by
Un a Scale y su atsinh lu an euch
Be: Chant aup
fue
TON
٨.٠٠٠٠٠5
AiMIJY
A ...
PRUCE
52:30 E ill
172 4 .- 21
٨.٠٠٠٤٠٢
A. ..
6
do Pout Ween
ANCH
ILL13.08.ON
O.I HOL.RS N
David Frutera
.
1/ 51
J 2030 E 125.30
49
- 4-N
R Taşler
N + in
..****** 7
-
SOUTH
.... ....
52915 €39
163
SETTLERS OF THE LOWER VALLEY
HANRY LINDABERRY occupied lot No. 3. He was the ances- tor of those of his name in Tewksbury township and in Morris county. He had eight children, Conrad, Jacob, Harbert, Ann. the wife of Tunis Updike, Casper, John, George and Eva the wife of Peter Hockenberry.
CONRAD LINDABERRY, who removed from near the White- house to Hope, Warren Co., was probably the brother of Her v.
GEORGE LINDABERRY, of Whitehouse, the grandfather of William N. Lindaberry, of Hackettstown, and Mrs. Leonard F. Apgar, of Middle Valley, may have been a brother of Henry and Conrad.
There were originally two brothers, CONRAD and NICHOLAS LEINENBERGER, who came to Philadelphia, 15th September, 1752. Caspar Lindaberry bought in 1796 a farm of 176 acres east of the John Sharp place near High Bridge.
JOSEPH HOCKENBERRY, who occupied lot No. 5 of 266 acres was probably a grandson of HERBERT, who died in 1769, and left twelve children, of whom six were boys, viz., John, Peter, Jost, Henry, Christopher and Harman.
HARMAN LANCE occupied lot 9 and HERBERT lot 12. Three brothers of the Lance family came to this country together. They were Jacob, who settled in Warren county, and whose descendants are found near Sparta ; Michael, who died in Greenwich township, Warren county, leaving five children ; and John, who was the father of Harman and perhaps also of Herbert. The three brothers came to Philadelphia on October 28th, 1738, in ship Thistle.
MATTHIAS CRAMER was probably the father of George, who is found on lot 11 of 193 acres. The former had at least two sons : Matthias, one of whose daughters, Anna, married John Hager, and another, Mary, married John Sharp ; Morris, who removed to Mendham, and left descendants in Chester township.
JOHN ADAM APGAR was probably the first of the family in this country. His name was originally Ebcher and he came from the borders of Italy. His oldest son, Herbert, was prob- ably the father of George, who occupied lot 13 of 268 acres, and of Peter, who lived upon lot 17 of 219 acres.
There were ten sons and one daughter of John Adam, the
164
EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
emigrant : Herbert, who settled east of Cokesburg ; Henry, in Alexandria township, Hunterdon county ; Jacob, west of Cokesburg ; Peter, of Lebanon ; John Peter, near Whitehall ; William, of Clinton ; Adam, of Cokesburg ; Frederick, of Alex- andria township; Conrad, of Mountainsville ; George, who went West, and Catherine, an only daughter, who married first John Emery, and second John Sharp.
JOHN SEALS, an English school-teacher, who came to this country adout 1762, was the father probably of Daniel and William Seals, who lived on lots 22 and 15 respectively. John lived on lot 20.
¢
REV. JAMES R. GIBSON.
REV. ALFRED NICHOLSON.
CHAPTER XVIII.
SETTLERS OF UNIONVILLE.
NIONVILLE, or Parker, includes the hilly section between German Valley and Fox Hill. The post office is in the store of Mr. Sutton, at the cross-roads where are also the school house and a blacksmith shop. THE BOWLSBY TRACT Of 2,365 acres taken up in February, 1765, by Thomas Bowlsby, joins the valley tracts on the east. Part of this, 1,652 acres, had been surveyed 29th October, 1714, for Samuel Barker [Burlington L., 3 and 4].
WILLIAM ALPOCK bought 225 acres of this tract 1773. This is now the farm of Theodore Coleman.
CONRAD BUNN bought the next farm of 358 acres November 18th, 1772. Of this land Bunn sold 112 acres to John Dean in 1783, and he to Andrew Shangle in 1801. The rest finally came into the possession of J. J. Crater and Stephen I. Howell.
CALEB SWAYZIE bought 250 acres next to Conrad Bunn, and on both sides of Mudd street. This farm was sold to Conrad Bunn. From Conrad it came to John Bunn and the latter sold the 250 acres for $1,000 to William D. Lusk, 17th November, 1824. The Messlar property, formerly Lomersons, belonged to this land. Two hundred and eight acres were sold April, 1855, by James Vanderveer and D. C. Horton to Henry M. and Ser- ing Hoffman.
Hedges Howell sold the next farm of 159 acres to George Weise in 1847. It is now owned by Lauerman.
106
EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
JOHN F. SMITH owned the next farm of 110 acres, which is How Thecore Philbower's
JEREMIAH APGAR owns the next place of about go acres.
ISAAC HOWELL bought at an early date about 243 acres, which was divided up at his death into six shares, now occupied by his descendants.
PETER HOFFMAN now owns the next and most southern farm on the Bowlsby tract. It contains 97 acres, 48 acres west of this farm and between it and the old Trimmer property there were 48 acres which were sold in 1790 by J. Culver to Leonard Neighbor.
NICHOLAS TRIMMER purchased 119 acres extending from the old Fox Hill road at Parker to and across the present turnpike. This is the property on which the store and school house stand. It now belongs to the Salter estate.
CONRAD BUNN bought 158 acres, including the present Albert Bunn farm, of Gershom Gard, 19th July, 1784.
North of this property Nicholas Trimmer bought, 19th March, 1789, 155 acres which he sold 1820, April 4th, to George Dufford.
HENRY SMITH gave a mortgage 8th March, 1784, to Caleb Swayzie for 123 acres between the Shangle farm and the Alpock in Cherry Valley.
This completes the Bowlsby tract.
THE WETHERELL TRACT
bounded the Bowlsby tract on the south. It contained 1,100 acres and was taken up 1719 [Burlington, Lib. A, fol. 148].
The eastern end of this tract where John Rhinehard lives was sold to ADAM LORENTZ in 1750. Of his 250 acres Lorentz sold 100 to Anthony Waldorf in 1754 and the latter sold the same in 1784 to Adam Rhinehart. The other 155 acres (the western half) were sold to Jacob Frazee and by him to Leon- ard Shangle in 1793, and by Leonard to John, Jacob and Frederick Shangle. On the opposite side of the road is the old Rhinehart place.
In 1773, November 13th, Asa Budd to William Smith sold a farm of 119 acres east of the old Rhinehart place and running from the Rhinehart road to the road to Pottersville.
M E. CHURCH OF CALIFON
17
167
SETTLERS OF: UNIONWILLA
ANTHONY SCHENKEL bought 120 aores south of the old Rhinehart place, 16th December, 1793.
The rest of the Wetherill tract was divided into three lots, which were bought by Philip Crater, Jacob Miller and John Snyder.
PHILIP CRATER bought 243 acres in 1785, including the Barkman farm.
JACOB MILLER purchased the farm south of this of 243 acres. This plantation included the Walter's of 163 acres, and another farm of 71 acres.
WILLIAM FLEMING bought the farm west of these, called lot No. 3, containing 280 acres of John Snyder in 1798.
THE DAVENPORT TRACT
ran almost east and west between the road on the north, separ- ating it from the Wetherill tract and the Hunter survey and the county line on the south. It contained about 500 acres, was taken up 29th October, 1714 ; was sold to Joseph Reckless 23d October, 1747, and on a resurvey 19th April, 1748, was found to contain 585 acres.
MORRIS CRETER bought 7th February, 1748, 308 acres, or the western, and ANDREW ABLE, the eastern half of the same amount at the same date. Both these purchasers were in actual possession at the time of signing the deed, and it is probable that they first settled on the land some years previ- ously, paying a little on the land each year until the full amount was reached, when the deed was given.
MORRIS CRETER was the ancestor of all of the name in New Jersey. His brother JOHN probably came to this State with him, as his name is found on the old Tewksbury township book in 1756, but none of the descendants of the latter have been found.
Morris had four children : Jacob, an imbecile ; Morris, whose son Philip owned considerable land in Chester township and whose son Morris was the grandfather of Rev. Dr. W. O. Ruston's wife ; Philip, who owned land in Chester and near Unionville, and whose son Matthias had descendants at Glen Gardner; Esther, who married Thomas Van Buskirk.
ANDREAS ABEL was probably an uncle of Matthias of Upper
I68
EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
German Valley. He had two children, Michel and Paul. The former owned the land on which the first church (a union church) of Fox Hill stood.
HEINRICH SCHENKLE probably settled on the farm (of 167 acres) east of the Davenport tract. This he left at his death in 1769 to his wife for 14 years, when (1788) it was sold to Henry's oldest son Anthony. Besides Anthony he had four sons and four daughters.
JOHN BUNN, of German descent, settled on the farm in the extreme southeastern corner of the township, before 1756. He was the father of CUNRAD, who bought the land near Union- ville. It is not known whether he had other children. Another family of the same name was settled in Somerset county. There were Bunns of English descent from Woodbridge, New Jersey, in Hunterdon county. The name would suggest a Huguenot origin.
JOSEPH VAN PELT purchased in 1799 161 acres or part of the Benjamin Hunter survey of 250, which was between the Daven- port tract and the county line.
PHILIP PHILHOWER was the great-grandfather of the family of that name now settled east of Middle Valley. Andrew Jesse, Jacob, Elias and David, are sons of Philip, who was the grandson of the first Philip. The last named probably had a brother George, who went to Virginia, and a father George Philip Wuhlhauer, who landed at Philadelphia 16th September, 1748, from the same vessel as Rev. Casper Wack's father.
THE READING TRACT, which this family once owned, has always been difficult to survey. It contained 250 acres and was frequently sold. It joined the leased lands on the east and the county line on the south.
CHAPTER XIX.
SETTLERS OF SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN.
BUDD'S LAKE- MOUNT OLIVE-DRAKETOWN - FLOCKTOWN- SPRINGTOWN-SCHOOLEY MOUNTAIN SPRINGS- PLEASANT GROVE.
AUTKAUIANNING is the name by which Budd's Lake was called by the Indians and in the early surveys. It lies half in the Reading and half in the Eyre tract. When the former of these was first sur- veyed John Reading was on a surveying trip in this region. Of this trip he has left an account in his diary, now in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society. As an illustration of the wild con- dition of this part of New Jersey at that time we quote a few extracts :
May 22 [1715]. Left Allamucha * * kept a path which led to a very pleasant pond [Budd's Lake] being upon the head of a branch of the Rarington, called south branch, being near a mile over and two miles in length ; kept the path about two miles farther to an Indian plantation called Chanongong, where we slept that night.
May 23. We went back in the morning to aforesaid pond where we laid out a tract [the Reading survey of 600 acres] having got an Indian to help us and lay by the pond all night.
May 24. We waited in the morning for some venison which the aforesaid Indian promised to bring us, but failed. Went to the Indian plantation where we surveyed and it raining very fast in the afternoon lodged there all night.
During this trip, as far as the Water Gap and down the Mus- conetcong, the party suffered from want of food and required the help of an Indian guide, during part of the time. Nothing
170
EARLY GERMANE OF NEW JERSTY
but Indian settlements are found west of Whippany or the Passaiok river.
The family of Budds who settled very early on the upper part of the lake gave their name to this body. of water.
Jesse M. Sharp, of German Valley, purchased land along the eastern shore and erected the large hotel which is now located there. The post-office was established in 1857.
MT. OLIVE,
the nearest village, was named from Benjamin Olive. The Presbyterian Church in this place was at first a preaching station of the Chester church. Thus the Rev. James Harcourt, probably, preached here as early as 1752.
The Baptist Church was constituted with about twelve members in 1753. as a branch of the church in Morristown. In 1786, September 27th, it was organized as a separate charge. In 1768 James Heaton gave an acre of land for church, burial and school purposes. The trustees to whom the deed was given were Jacob and Job Cossett (Corzat) and Richard Stephens. A log building was probably already built upon this land at that date and was a union church.
SAMUEL HEATON and his three brothers are said to have come from Wrentham, Mass., to engage in the iron business. Samuel was an overseer of highways in Roxbury township in 1741.
DRAKETOWN
is situated on the farm of 200 acres purchased by Ebenezer Drake in 1759, This land was part of the great Boynton tract of 3,314 acres, taken up by Joseph Pigeon, 8th October, 1718 [Burlington A, 193]. This tract was sold to Boynton and, in part, by him to Allen.
SAMUEL BARBER bought the Drake farm and sold it in 1800 to John Peter Sharp, of German Valley. The latter left this property to his son John in the year 1826. The last named built a store, which is still in use.
At the cross-roads a tavern was once kept by John Hager, who bought the farm there of 200 acres from Joseph Arney in 1763, who had bought it in 1736 from William Biddle, of Phil-
-
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN.
171
SETTLERS OF SOHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN
adelphia. Hager sold to Jonas Smith and Smith to Jeremiah Pool, 17th April, 1800.
THE BOYNTON TRACT
was very early. divided into lots of 100 and 200 acres.
Lot No. I was bought by Thomas Batson and sold to Peter Hiles.
Lot 2 was bought by William Allen who sold to Lambert Van Sickle and he to Philip Scheeler and the latter to John Smith in 1802.
Lot No. 3, bought by Thomas Batson, was sold to Samuel Shoemaker and by him to Joshua Howell, 1771.
Amos Grandin bought lot 15 of nearly 400 acres, and WIL- LIAM WIRE purchased 319 acres of him 19th September, 1804. Jonathan Bilbee bought 100 acres of this land, which he sold in 1839 to James Force, the father of Thomas, the present owner. The Raricks and Waterhouses owned a considerable number of acres on this tract.
DANIEL LAWRENCE gave in 1768 a mortgage for 260 acres east of the Boynton tract.
SILAS DRAKE gave a mortgage on 200 acres north of the Schooley tract to Magdalena Cook of New York.
In 1796 Lockman sells 100 acres of this land to Benjamin Coleman and in 1802 the rest of the heirs sell the same to John Coleman, the son of Benjamin.
JOHN KEMPLE sells 40 acres of the remaining hundred to John Coleman in 1802. The latter sold 120 acres to Daniel Young in 1818. The Schooley tract (200 acres) was sold to Thomas Culver in 1749 by Thomas Batson.
THOMAS COLVER (son of Thomas) sold 46 acres to Jabesh Pembleton in 1794, to whom also George Colver sold 18 acres in 1802.
AMOS COLVER disposes of 44 acres in 1808 in trust for his daughter Sarah Van Sickle.
FLOCKTOWN.
MATTHIAS THOMAS bought the Benjamin Wright tract of 400 acres which had been sold before 1761 to John Eaton.
ANDREAS FLOCK and his son Matthias bought the whole 600
172
EARLY GERMANS OF NEW JERSEY
acres of the tract surveyed to Collins and Gosling and sold to Samuel Furness in 1720.
DAVID ZOFRIN (Sovereign) bought the Daniel Robbins tract of 333 acres, which had belonged originally to Samuel Johnson. Part of this is now the Robert Durham property.
The Schooley tract running along the road from north to south was formerly owned by the Ayres, Forces, Lefoy and Hance families.
THE HOLLINSHEAD TRACT
was surveyed to Joseph Hollinshead 24th July, 1755, and con- tained 807 acres. After passing through several hands it was con veyed in 1798 to Thomas Bowlsby and Christian Hoffman. By the latter 19 acres were sold in 1799 to Simon Culver, and 25 to Wm. Little ; 61 to Jacob Teeple (the Read farm) in 1826.
ABRAHAM DICKERSON bought 90 acres of this tract from Philip Flock, which is now in the possession of his heirs.
THE HUGH SHARP tract of 400 acres, west of the Hollinshead, was surveyed 13th March, 1717, and was sold to John Sharp and Ziba Hazen, his son-in-law. This included the Hugh Menagh farm.
THE FRANCIS DAVENPORT tract, south of the road running northwest and southeast by Flock's school house, was surveyed 20th October, 1714, and contained 604 acres. This includes the Searles farm (bought by William Searles in 1816), the Swack- hamer and Parker places, formerly owned by Wm. Hoffman ; the Rettie Hunt and Elias Howell and Orts farms.
GEORGE HAGER, the son of John, bought the Beswick tract of 330 acres, taken up in 1719, about 1776, but repurchased it in 1796.
SPRINGTOWN
is situated on the Elijah Bond tract of 500 acres, taken up 24th July, 1751, and sold to Braithwaite in April, 1771.
The Terriberry and Sager (now the Hiram Petty place), the Seneca Wise and Newton Smith farms, are included in this tract.
The village contains a hotel, kept by Jacob Drake and owned by Mrs. Rose, the blacksmith shop of Mantius Lindabury and the marble yard of Thomas Y. Ward.
173
SETTLERS OF SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN
Between the Braithwaite tract and the valley lands Daniel Smith had taken up 633 acres along the side of the mountain in 1763. Of this 13334 acres were sold to John Sharp in 1807 ; 5512 to John Hager in 1795; 2134 to Sharp in 1807 ; 6434 to William Nitser in 1774 and the northern end of 14414 to Sharp in 1807.
South of the Smith lands and running along the side of the mountain was the tract of William Hewlings.
George Beatty, of Trenton, owned the land between Hew- lings and Stevenson, which included the farms of Jacob Duf- ford, Henry I. Hoffman and Philip Terriberry. West of these was the farm sold by Beatty to Joseph Colver in 1783.
THE STEVENSON TRACT
of 2,550 acres, taken up 4th May, 1713, extends from the Parker road running nearly north and south to the Pleasant Grove road, running in the same direction. The eastern end of this survey was sold in 1726, by the executors of Stevenson to Jacobus Van Sant and by him to George Wood and Simon Hilyer, and by them to William Hilyer.
Of this land Abram or Thomas Larew sells 200 acres to David Welsh in April, 1801, and David Welsh in October, 1801, conveys 106 acres to Richard Gray and 49 to Conrad Rarick. North of this latter lot were 160 acres which Conrad Rarick in 1839 conveyed to C. H. Hendershot.
AMOS GRAY in 1801 owns 80 acres east of Rarick, which John Gray conveys in 1835 to Abram Emmons.
MATTHIAS DUFFORD bought a farm of 185 acres, west of Rarick and Larew, of William Hilyer in 1775 for £462.
West of Dufford is the "still house lot" of 79 acres which was sold by John Sharp in 1809 to Doughty, Ralston & Co.
North of this farm were the 112 acres sold 1779 by Joseph Culver to Joseph Heath for $750. Of these 112 acres 20 were bought from Thomas Mill and Nancy in 1787, 30 from Richard Mann in 1793 and the rest were inherited from Robert Colver. This farm now belongs to William Marsh's estate.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.