On 22 Jan 2002, at 12:01, MaisieAnn@aol.com wrote: > BURLINGTON CO. NJ 13 July 1860, PO Bordentown, Chesterfield Twp. p. 870 > 21 1648 1713 REED John S. 37 m w mash farmer NJ 870 22 1648 > 1713 REED Rebecca H. 35 f w NJ 870 23 1648 1713 REED What is a mash farmer? Donna Ristenbatt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DRistenbatt@dejazzd.com On the Trail of Our Ancestors http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy

Oh, the fun that could be had with this! My first thought was beer and liquor preparation, but my dictionary (sigh) has as the first definition of mash "ground feed for livestock".