Thanks to my cousin Valerie we have just learned some new information on the Salem County, NJ Geiger/Kigers. This is from the Vineland, NJ HS mag. and concerns an unrecorded Salem County, NJ deed. Note: Adam Geiger/Kiger is listed as Adam Cuyger: > > > > Cake. Deed. (Paper). 1784. Christiana Cake, widow of Pilesgrove to > > Richard Brick, of Mannington, Farmer. Whereas Adam Cuyger late of > > Pilesgrove died seized of a plantation at Pilesgrove afsd., "Bounding on > > Moses Wood, William Clark, Elisabeth Sinickson, George Dennis & Others, > > Containing Forty three Acres and half of Land" (no other dec) And > whereas > > sd. Adam Cuyger by his will gave sd. Plantation to his son Lawrence -- > And > > Whereas sd. "Lawrence Died in his NonAge: & sd. land "descended to the > > three Daughters of sd. Adam Cuyger as copceners, namely the aforesd. > > Christanna, and Mary" (only the 2 names), -- Now sd. Christiana, in > > consideration of L100, gold and silver, conveys etc. the undivided third > > part" of sd. Plantations, etc. (Never signed witnessed nor acknowledged) > > (p. 187. We have NOT seen this before. It obviously refers to the Kiger House and farm in Mannington Township Salem County, on Major's Run just off Warner Road. It may not refer to the entire property--it might only be a portion of it (1/3 share maybe?). We know the house itself went to Adam's brother Henry at some point after Adam's death in 1773. The earliest deed we were able to trace in Salem was in reference to Henry, younger brother of Adam. Adam's son Lawrence Kiger disappeared from the face of the earth after 1778 when he witnessed his sister's wedding--now we know why--he died prior to becoming of legal age--which would have been Feb. 1784. We did know that Christiana Go"ck/Cake/Geek/Koch and Mary Macoy were two of Adam's daughters but he actually had 4 daughters--the other two being Elizabeth and Agnes. We have NO marriage information on either of them and we know from Adam's Will that one of them died before he wrote the will. It is of interest that a Clark and Wood were neighbors. Rebecca Clark married Henry Kiger, son of Adam's brother Henry--about 1800; and Margaret Kiger married Capt. Joseph Wood in 1775. It is my belief (I know cousin Val has a problem with this) that this Margaret Kiger (shown as Margaret Rajer in her marriage record) was the widow of Adam Kiger above--how was Joseph Wood (born about 1731) related to Moses Wood above? Does anyone know whether the above Go"ch's were the reason the land where the Kiger House sits was once called Go"ch's Landing? Joan