FYI from don smith's page MYSpace page [http://profile.myspace.com/ index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=30283064] My name is Don Smith. I am a writer from Hawthorne, NJ with a growing writing career. I live with my beautiful wife, Laura, and my cats - Silent Bob, Merlin, and Banjo. My first book - "Hawthorne" - came out in May of 2006. It gives a look at aspects of Hawthorne, NJ's past. Most of my time my writing can be seen in "The Gazette" and "Community News" which are weekly newspapers owned by North Jersey Media Group. I am in the process now of writing a book detailing the Van Winkle murders of 1850 in Hawthorne. I am currently working to edit the first draft of my first novel and finishing up my first screenplay. For more information, visit my blog over at www.xanga.com/ donsmith. Maria (Ree) Pratt Hopper compiler of The Hopper Family Genealogy; Descendants of Andries Willemszen Hoppe(n) of New Amsterdam 1651-1658; First Six Generations www.reetree.com Please also visit my larger web site - Ree's Trees PS Nancy Could you tell me what the Diary says about the Hoppers? Thanks, Ree On Jun 11, 2008, at 3:00 AM, njbergen-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > (nancyterhune@optonline.net) > 2. Re: Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > (ETHELKK@aol.com) > 3. Re: Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > (RMorris216@aol.com) > 4. Re: Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > (RMorris216@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:30:16 +0000 (GMT) > From: nancyterhune@optonline.net > Subject: [NJBERGEN] Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > To: NJBERGEN@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <e41692861f1aa.484e81e8@optonline.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > There is a typewritten transcription, three-and-one-half pages > double-spaced, in the collection of the Bergen County Historical > Society, entitled "Diary of Bogert Family - Hohokus N.J." The > dates range from 1832 to 1850. > > Who was this Bogert family? > > The document is with the Bogert family Bible records, in the > shelved Bible records binders. I do not know whether it is > connected to any of the Bible records. The records were re-ordered > at some point. > > A list of the names mentioned in the diary is below. > > Included in the records was a double murder: > "Murder committed on the body of John Van Winkle and wife Jan 9 1850." > Then later: > "Johnson executed for the murder of John Van Winkle and wife April > 30 1850" > > Does anyone know anything more about these murders? > > Names in diary: > Casper WESTERVELT > Jacob STOR > James POST > David CHRISTIE > Henry QUIRE > Matilda WESTERVELT > Ellen HOPPER > John QUACKENBUSH > Albert A. ACKERMAN > John CHRISTOPHER > Albert VOORHIS > Albert HOPPER > Nicholas BOGERT > Stephen BOGERT > John GARRISON > William VOORHIS > Jacob YOUNG, Mariah ACKERMAN (marriage) > Henry BERRY > John HALSTED > Crines VAN HOUTEN, Betsey BOGERT (marriage) > John C. WESTERVELT > Josiah G. BOGERT > John VAN NOSTRAND > Henry WESTERVELT, Mariah JERSEY (marriage) > Daniel PERRY > John VAN WINKLE > Hassel GARRISON > Abraham TERHUNE > > Also of interest: "Earthquake happened in the night Sept 8 1848" > > Nancy > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:06:04 EDT > From: ETHELKK@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NJBERGEN] Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > To: njbergen@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c24.39fb7490.357fe44c@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > In a message dated 6/10/2008 9:30:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > nancyterhune@optonline.net writes: > > You wrote: > <Included in the records was a double murder: > "Murder committed on the body of John Van Winkle and wife Jan 9 > 1850." > Then later: > "Johnson executed for the murder of John Van Winkle and wife April > 30 1850" > > Does anyone know anything more about these murders? > > > Hi Nancy, > > I was born in Hawthorne, Passaic County and the local story was of > the Van > Winkle murders. Yes, there was a murder in the very old sandstone > house on > Goffle Road opposite the 'duckpond'. From memory, it was an > elderly couple > murdered by the 'handyman'. > > If you find the story, please put it on line. > > Regards, > Ethel Kay Konight > > > > > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. > City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:50:17 EDT > From: RMorris216@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NJBERGEN] Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > To: njbergen@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <c2d.37e90f64.35805f29@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > A little twist on the story but here's a link to a ghost hunter's > investigation of the Van Winkle murder: > _http://books.google.com/books?id=TGe- > NEDtW3gC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=murder+%2Bjohn+van+winkle > +1849&source=web&ots=lTn09BTbnw&si > g=USYoP_IXxNW7g4oTj3-OmfP3GR8&hl=en#PPA32,M1_ > (http://books.google.com/books?id=TGe- > NEDtW3gC&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=murder++john+van+winkle > +1849&source=web&ots > =lTn09BTbnw&sig=USYoP_IXxNW7g4oTj3-OmfP3GR8&hl=en#PPA32,M1) > > > In a message dated 6/10/2008 9:30:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > nancyterhune@optonline.net writes: > > There is a typewritten transcription, three-and-one-half pages > double-spaced, in the collection of the Bergen County Historical > Society, entitled "Diary > of Bogert Family - Hohokus N.J." The dates range from 1832 to 1850. > > Who was this Bogert family? > > The document is with the Bogert family Bible records, in the > shelved Bible > records binders. I do not know whether it is connected to any of > the Bible > records. The records were re-ordered at some point. > > A list of the names mentioned in the diary is below. > > Included in the records was a double murder: > "Murder committed on the body of John Van Winkle and wife Jan 9 > 1850." > Then later: > "Johnson executed for the murder of John Van Winkle and wife April > 30 1850" > > Does anyone know anything more about these murders? > > Names in diary: > Casper WESTERVELT > Jacob STOR > James POST > David CHRISTIE > Henry QUIRE > Matilda WESTERVELT > Ellen HOPPER > John QUACKENBUSH > Albert A. ACKERMAN > John CHRISTOPHER > Albert VOORHIS > Albert HOPPER > Nicholas BOGERT > Stephen BOGERT > John GARRISON > William VOORHIS > Jacob YOUNG, Mariah ACKERMAN (marriage) > Henry BERRY > John HALSTED > Crines VAN HOUTEN, Betsey BOGERT (marriage) > John C. WESTERVELT > Josiah G. BOGERT > John VAN NOSTRAND > Henry WESTERVELT, Mariah JERSEY (marriage) > Daniel PERRY > John VAN WINKLE > Hassel GARRISON > Abraham TERHUNE > > Also of interest: "Earthquake happened in the night Sept 8 1848" > > Nancy > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJBERGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. > City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:01:30 EDT > From: RMorris216@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NJBERGEN] Bogerts of HoHoKus and the Van Winkle murders > To: njbergen@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <cf9.36477b15.358061ca@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > sorry - I realized after I sent this that it was an extremely long > address. > Here it is converted to tiny url: > > http://preview.tinyurl.com/3mxmx5 > [_Open in new window_ (http://preview.tinyurl.com/3mxmx5) ] > > > In a message dated 6/10/2008 10:06:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > ETHELKK@aol.com writes: > > > In a message dated 6/10/2008 9:30:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > nancyterhune@optonline.net writes: > > You wrote: > <Included in the records was a double murder: > "Murder committed on the body of John Van Winkle and wife Jan 9 > 1850." > Then later: > "Johnson executed for the murder of John Van Winkle and wife > April 30 1850" > > Does anyone know anything more about these murders? > > > Hi Nancy, > > I was born in Hawthorne, Passaic County and the local story was of > the Van > Winkle murders. Yes, there was a murder in the very old > sandstone house on > Goffle Road opposite the 'duckpond'. From memory, it was an > elderly couple > murdered by the 'handyman'. > > If you find the story, please put it on line. > > Regards, > Ethel Kay Konight > > > > > > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. > City's Best > 2008. 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