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    1. [NJ] DENSTEN/Woodbury Creek Dam Tavern,Gloucester County
    2. Sandy
    3. I have an ancestor who inherited this Tavern from a Jedediah Elwell about 1830. His name was Levin Densten (Levin,Eleven Dunstan). He inherited through his wife Permelia who died shortly after in 1835. I have tried to gather info on this Tavern with no success. I would like to find out when it was built and if there are any surviving photos of it as it was abandoned about 1850 when the town fathers decided to build a dam between the Delaware River and Woodbury, putting the tavern and the farms and homes of others under afew feet of water. I would also like info on Permelia. I know she might have been born in VA where her husband is reported to have been born but there is no death certificate or mention in the local church records of her passing. I have found the order for her coffin and also a record of her burial site, which was Stranger's Graveyard. Later the bodies (the ones they found) were moved to a cemetery in Deptford. There has never been mention of her maiden name. I do know she was a niece of Jedediah Elwell but that does not mean that she shared the same surname. Finding her surname or family would be a major breakthrough for me.

    06/06/2007 06:32:30