Diane Hope this is of some help to you. Linda Croft Note: van Bochoven (Dutch ?) and Bockoven appear to be variations of Bochoven. Mary Bockoven found in: Marriage Index: New Jersey, 1680-1900 Married: Sep. 13, 1820 in: Sussex, NJ Gender: F Source: County Clerk Records Film number: 1294801 - 1294805 Spouse name: Decker, Joseph 1830 CENSUS - WANTAGE TWP., SUSSEX CO., NJ DECKER, JOSIAH 110101000000 111001000000 BOCKOVEN, GEORGE 011101000000 111010000000 BOCKOVEN, JACOB 000020001000 020100000000 REED, JOHN K. 100010000000 110010000000 REEVES, DANIEL 000000100000 011000100000 Sussex, NJ 1850 Federal Census I Page 206A 15 320 321 Bockover J. J. 33 M . Merchant 1,000 N. J. 16 320 321 Bockover Ruth 26 F . . . N. J. 17 320 321 Bockover Mary E. 8 F . . . N. J. 18 320 321 Bockover John L. 4 M . . . N. J. Page 208A 17 350 351 Bockover George 60 M . Blacksmith 2,000 N. J. 18 350 351 Bockover Eunice 54 F . . . N. J. 19 350 351 Bockover Miranda 22 F . . . N. J. 20 350 351 Bockover Jane 19 F . . . N. J. 21 350 351 Bockover Martha E. 16 F . . . N. J. 22 350 351 Bockover Emma 14 F . . . N. J. 23 350 351 Davis Oran 12 M . . . N. Y. http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/nj/sussex/1850/indx-d.txt Deckers listed in 1850 Sussex NJ Census For info on the Descendanta of Gerrit Decker below contact: Donna L Jones wjeagles@northnet.org 1766 State Route 11B North Bangor, NY 12966 A-United States http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/n/Donna-L-Jones-NY/BOOK-0001/0006-0013.html Descendants of Gerrit Gerritsen Decker Page 130 of 640 143. Josiah7 Decker (Bowdewine6, Josias5, Petrus4, Johannes Jan3, Jan Gerritsen2, Gerrit Gerritsen1) was born 15 April 1792 in Wantage, Sussex Co., NJ, and died Bef. 25 October 1830. He married (1) Hannah Adams. She died Unknown. He married (2) Mary Bockoven 13 September 1820. She died Unknown. PETER CYMER will, 1813, Sussex Co. NJ Posted by Franklin P Stahl fstahl@superpa.net 1813, mar. 9 Cymer, Peter (signed by mark) of Wantage Twp., Sussex Co., will. Elder brother, George Cymer, all lands for life. If my elder sister, Christeen, should ever come to want, she shall be supported out of my real estate and afer their deaths, said lands to brother's four sons, Peter, Adam, John and George. After debts paid , bed and bedding, and table, to nephew, George Cymer. To Mary Bockoven (daughter of Jacob Bockoven), a cow. Rest to be sold and money divided between 4 sons of my brother and Daniel and Peter Rutan (sons of Samuel Rutan) and Lewis (son of Anna Cymer). Executors -- Jesse Gustin, William Tuthill Witnesses - Samuel Hough, John Bedell, Benjamin Tuthill. Proved Feb. 16, 1814, when Jesse Gustin signed a Executor, the "other one having renounced". 1814, Feb. 12, Inventory $401.84; made by George Bockoven, Jonathan Dunning, File 1410 S 1900 Census New Jersey, Morris County, (Roxbury) Roll 988 Book 2, Page 13a #296-296 Bockoven, Mary Head 50 b Oct 1849 NJ NJ NJ Lillian Daughter 21 b Jan 1879 NJ NJ NJ Mary E. Bockoven found in: Census Microfilm Records: New Jersey, 1910 Age: 63 Gender: F Race: W Birthplace: NJ State: New Jersey County: MORRIS Locale: ROXBURY TWP Series: T624 Roll: 903 Part: 1 Page: 184A [With daughter and her husband, George W Thorpe] Abstract: BASKING RIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS - Somerset Co NJ Those interested in the exact reading of any one stone, or the accompanying epitaph, may consult the original record in the Library rooms of the New Jersey Historical Society, at 16 West Park Street, Newark. The Editor of the QUARTERLY is responsible for the abstract, which is here arranged in strict alphabetical order. The graveyard is one of the best-preserved in the County. ABSTRACT OF THE INSCRIPTIONS Page 125 Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol I (Record tracing the ancestors of Somerset families who mostly emigrated from Scotland Bockhoven, George, d. June 8, 1814, in 80th yr. Bockoven, Mary (wife of George, Esq.), d. June 20, 1806, in 66th yr.