Hello Pat ... Thank you for posting. I spent some time yesterday looking for your Gertrude HOFF (b. 1795), searching online sources such as RootsWeb and the NJGenWeb archives. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything there, but then this afternoon I searched the US Census records at HeritageQuest, where I found a citation for what may be your Gertrude HOFF COZZEN. She appears in the 1870 US Census for the township of East Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, enumerated 1 Jul 1870, shown as living with the George COZZENS household: 1) George COZZENS (age 30), born in New Jersey 2) Jane COZZENS (age 26), born in New Jersey, 3) Gertrude COZZENS (age 6), born in New Jersey. 4) Edward COZZENS (age 1), born in New Jersey, and finally --- 5) Gertrude COZZENS (age 74), born in New Jersey Next door to the George COZZENS household in this census is the John C. COZZENS household: 1) John C. COZZENS (age 53), born in New Jersey 2) Rachael J. COZZENS (age 52), born in New York, 3) Charles W. COZZENS (age 20), born in New Jersey, 4) Florence A. COZZENS (age 18), born in New Jersey, 5) Gertrude COZZENS (age 16), born in New Jersey, 6) Hester K. COZZENS (age 14), born in New Jersey, 7) Joseph C. COZZENS (age 12), born in New Jersey, 8) Agnes A. COZZENS (age 7), born in New Jersey Armed with that information, I searched the 1860 US Census. In Spottswood, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, enumerated on 9 Jun 1860, I found what appears to be Charles COZZEN himself and his household: 1) Charles CAZZINS (age 75), born in New Jersey, 2) Gitty CAZZINS (age 64), born in New Jersey [Gitty is a common nickname for Gertrude], 3) Mary SHERBURNE (age 37), born in New Jersey, 4) Catherine SHERBURNE (age 15), born in New Jersey Next door to the Charles CAZZINS household is the John C. CAZZINS household: 1) John C. CAZZINS (age 43), born in New Jersey, 2) Rachel J. CAZZINS (age 43), born in New jersey, 3) Daniel W. CAZZINS (age 22), born in New Jersey, 4) Isaac CAZZINS (age 19), born in New Jersey, 5) William CAZZINS (age 18), born in New Jersey, 6) Amanda CAZZINS (age 17), born in New Jersey, 7) John S. CAZZINS (age 15), born in New Jersey, 8) Margaret CAZZINS (age 14), born in New Jersey, 9) Charles W. CAZZINS (age 12), born in New Jersey, 10) Florence A. CAZZINS (age 7), born in New Jersey, 11) Gertrude CAZZINS (age 5), born in New Jersey, 12) Hester CAZZINS (age 3), born in New Jersey, 13) Joseph H. CAZZINS (age 2), born in New Jersey, 14) George CAZZINS (age 1 month), born in New Jersey Do you think that the 1860 and 1870 US census entries I've quoted above relate to Gertrude HOFF COZZEN's family? Then this evening I found an entry in WorldConnect for John C. COZZENS, the possible "family next door" to Gertrude HOFF COZZEN: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wcolley2&id=I0702 It lists Daniel W. COZZENS as the only child of the marriage of John C. COZZENS and Rachel J. DAVIS, and Rachel is listed as being born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It cites Broderbund World Family Tree Volume 7, Pedigree #1914 as the source of the COZZENS information -- perhaps there is more information there about Gertrude HOFF COZZEN. Also -- BTW -- I do see that Gertrude is about 50 years younger than Abigail HOFF BRITTEN, Elizabeth HOFF MAINS, Mary HOFF CLARK, and Miriam HOFF ZUTPHEN, so Gertrude is almost certainly not their sibling. ;-) But it is possible that the sisters may be Gertrude's great-aunts, for example. I have not yet confirmed my HOFF sisters' parents nor any other siblings they may have had, and so my HOFF records are unfortunately not of any help at this point. However, I am now adding Gertrude to my list of people to look for and will let you know if I do happen to find anything more about her. I wish you the best of good luck in your searches. Best regards, Constance Britten Bothell, Washington [email protected] wrote: > I am trying to locate clues into the ancestry of Gertrude Hoff, born April > 12, 1795, place unknown, buried Sept 15, 1870 in St. Peters Episcopal > Churchyard, Spotswood, Middlesex County, NJ. Dates are from her tombstone. > She married Charles Cozzen (Cozens, Cousins, etc.), place unknown, circa > 1813. Sons carry Monmouth County surnames as middle names: Clayton, Hankinson, > Ward, Heathcote Johnson and Heathcote. An Asher Cozins of Monmouth County may be > related to Charles. > > Any information would be much appreciated. > > Best Regards, > Pat Harned Blend >