I've nailed down the CAKE pretty firmly now. Sarah could be Updyke, Updike, or any of the variations, I expect. Vince On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Pearl Stephen <pearlyg8s@pacbell.net> wrote: > Could he name be Updyke? Pearl > > "Vincent E. Summers" <vsummers@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, > > For a long time now I have listed George STOCKHAM as marrying > Sarah W. LONG. They had a number of kids. One married a > CAKE. Now the death cert for Elizabeth Sarah CAKE, a daughter, > indicated that Sarah's maiden name was actually OPDYKE, and > not LONG. > > This Sarah OPDYKE is written up as a descendant of Samuel > FARNSWORTH: > > Bordentown. > Special to The Inquirer. > BORDENTOWN. Nov. 13.--Mr. and > Mrs. George Stockham, two of this > city's oldest residents, celebrated their > sixty-second anniversary of their > marriage at their home on Farns- > worth avenue Tuesday. They were > married November 9, 1835, by Rev. > John C. Harrison, D. D., pastor of the > Baptist church here. They have re- > sided in the same house ever since. > Mr. Stockham was born in Penn's > Manor, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, > in 1812. Mrs. Stockham is a native > of this place and was born in 1813. > She is a descendant of Samuel Farns- > worth, Bordentown's first settler. > Eight children were born to Mr. and > Mr. Stockham, and but one survives, > Mrs. Edward Knight Cake, of Wash- > ington, D. C., who, with her husband, > attended the an[n]iversary. The couple > are hale and hearty for their advanced > age, and delight in relating interesting > reminiscences of their early days. > While a resident of Philadelphia Mr. > Stockham was a member of the Hu- > mane Fire Engine Company, Philadel- > phia's first volunteer fire company. > Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards, relatives > of the old couple, and who have also > been married sixty-two years, were > among those who called to offer con- > gratulations. > > Can anyone tell me of the parentage > of Sarah OPDYKE? I haven't a clue. > > Thanks! > Vince Summers > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJBURLIN > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry NJBURLIN Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages > by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJBURLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJBURLIN > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry NJBURLIN Message Board are > gatewayed to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed > messages may not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages > by clicking on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJBURLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >