> Listers, > > I feel like I stuck a stick in a hornets' [really HORNERs'] > nest, and they all came out a "buzzin." I have many early > NJ names, both in East and West New Jersey, and have done a > lot of extracting of those names from many state and county > records. My names in East Jersey include WOODMANSEE and in > that branch, BOWKER, JEFFREY, and (I think) HORNER. > > My 3-great grandmother, Abigail BOWKER WOODMANSEE was the > daughter of Samuel BOWKER and his wife Elizabeth HORNER. > Abigail BOWKER and her husband migrated to Highland County, > OH directly from Monmouth (now Ocean) County, NJ about 1820, > with the rest of his family. That Samuel BOWKER's wife > Elizabeth was named HORNER was originally based on a Lineage > Society Application statement (only-no proofs). Recently, I > found an 1816 Will and Codicil for a William HORNER in > Burlington County (New Hanover Township), where Samuel > BOWKER (and three prior generations of that BOWKER name; > 1-Francis, 2-John, 3-William BOWKER) had been, before his > wife Elizabeth and he moved over to Waretown/Wiertown in > Monmouth County. The codicils (addendum) to that William > HORNER Will names his brothers Richard and Samuel, and > Samuel BOWKER/BOKER/BOGART (Elizabeth HORNER's? husband.) I > truly hope that this 4 name grouping of HORNERs will be > sufficient to lead me to that family, and hopefully their > parents, though dates and ages are woefully lacking. Does > anyone have a HORNER family, probably in Burlington County, > NJ, with the children named William, Richard, Samuel and > Elizabeth? > > Though the earliest HORNERs (early 1700's) from NY Island to > New Jersey were Quakers, neither this family I search nor > the BOWKERs show up in the Quaker records. Samuel BOWKER > was a Revolutionary War Patriot, also indicating his > leanings away from a peaceable Quaker. > > Can anyone help here? Thank you in advance for any > consideration. > > To keep the Archives neat, I will post a separate offer and > mention of a Barzilla HORNER. > > Robert A. "Bob" Fetters >