Linda & Oliver wrote: > > I am searching the name of HUSK - but I also see the names of JACOBUS and > DOREMUS intertwined with this family. Would love to have any HUSK > information that you might have. I have some on this family- when I add your data to mine this is what I get: Descendancy Chart of John Husk John1 HUSK, b. 1788 at Holland, d. May 1816, bur. May 1816 at Old Burying Ground, First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA +Abigail1 (--?--), [Affey] m. before 1809 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA Rachel2 HUSK, b. at Essex County, NJ, USA, d. at Boonton, Morris County, NJ, USA Abraham2 HUSK, b. either 1792 or 1801 at NJ, USA, d. 08 Mar 1858 at Essex County, NJ, USA +Esther2 CRANE, b. 1806, m. 28 May 1822, d. 1866 Maria3 HUSK James H.3 HUSK Stephen3 HUSK Eliza3 HUSK Lucetta3 HUSK John3 HUSK, b. circa 1836 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA Richard3 HUSK William3 HUSK Alfred3 HUSK Abby R.3 HUSK Thomas O.3 HUSK, b. circa 1847 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA, d. 1865 at Essex County, NJ, USA (Could "O" stand for Oscar- that was a popular middle name in Caldwell then) Marcus3 HUSK Eleanor2 HUSK, b. Apr 1805 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA, d. after 1880 +John M.2 VAN DUYNE, m. 05 Jun 1822 at Morris County, NJ, USA Ellen3 VAN DUYNE Samuel3 VAN DUYNE, b. 1842 at NJ, USA Ellen2 HUSK, b. circa 1810, d. 16 Mar 1812, bur. 17 Mar 1812 at Old Burying Ground, First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA Eliza2 HUSK, b. 1812 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA, d. before 1898 at NJ, USA +Henry Wood2 STAGER, bap. 13 May 1798 at First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA, m. 01 Jun 1828 at First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA Sarah2 HUSK Richard2 HUSK, b. 1816 at Essex County, NJ, USA, d. 14 Jan 1888 at Boonton, Morris County, NJ, USA +Catherine2 (--?--), b. 1816 at NY, USA, m. circa 1840, d. after 1860 William3 HUSK Catherine3 HUSK, b. 1840 at Morris County, NJ, USA Sarah J.3 HUSK, b. 1842 at Morris County, NJ, USA John3 HUSK George3 HUSK, b. 1860 at NJ, USA John2 HUSK, b. 1818 at Caldwell Township, Essex County, NJ, USA, d. 16 May 1846 at NJ, USA +Abigail2 COURTER, b. 1815 at North Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA, m. before 1839, d. 1900 at North Caldwell, Essex County, NJ, USA Mary3 HUSK, d. after 1912 +John3 JACOBUS, d. after 1912 John4 JACOBUS Jr, b. before 1912, d. before 1912 Ella4 JACOBUS, b. before 1912, d. after 1912 +Frank4 WILLIAMS, m. before 1912, d. after 1912 Carrie4 JACOBUS, d. after 1912 Ellen3 HUSK, b. after 1839 at NJ, USA, d. 16 Mar 1842 As you can see, I have done only a little on this family- all my research was done in the dual contexts of a local history of the Caldwell area as well as my family history. Abigail Courter was a 3rd cousin 4 times removed (also a 4th, 5 times removed) and Esther Crane was a 3rd cousin 4 times removed (and a 4th 4 times removed)- I have information on their families if you are interested. I have only a littlee bit of confusion with your data. First, you have John husk residing in Clinton in 1800 in Essex county. Clinton is not in Essex county not does it adjoin it. Clifton, in neighboring Passaic County, is more reasonable for a couple of reasons. Apart from the location, Clifton was then part of Acquackanonk Township, and the usual migration route for the Dutch in this region was NYC (New Amsterdam) to Bergen County to Passaic County. I assume you are trying to trace John, and that's where I'd look. The other discrepancy I have temporarily resolved by making separate people of Ellen and Eleanor in the second generation. The church data definitely have recorded a grave in the Old Burying Ground for "Ellen Husk, dau of John & Abigail, d March 16, 1812 in her 3rd year"- and you have her in the 1880 census. Could mine be another daughter who died young? My source for the church data is "A Puritan Heritage" by Lynn G. Lockward, 1955 (privately published & out of print)- a history of the First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell. The same source also has Husk, John, d May 1816 in his 28th year. Both these stones are listed as either missing or illegible by 1955. In addition, Abraham Husk is recorded as a purchaser of grass from the church through a bid he placed on 23 Jul 1825. James H. Husk was elected a Deacon of the church Jan 14, 1887. He was the last proprietor of the local stage line that went from the Caldwells to Newark. (The line had originally terminated in NY, but the trains gradually put it out of service.) James took it over in 1883, but it finally went out of business by about 1895. His son Tom drove his father's stage, and is mentioned as a driver who, when behind schedule, would "let 'er rip" by releasing the brakes as he drove down the mountain. (In case you are not familiar with this area, there are two mountains between Newark and the Caldwells- First Mountain and Second Mountain. They are actually ridges, set like two parallel hot dogs running north to south. The Caldwells begin at the crest (i.e., the top of the western slope) of Second Mountain. Second Mountain is about 800 feet high.) I have not placed these two Husks- can you help? I surmise that you have additional data on this family- I would be very appreciative of more information, particularly on the branch that lived in Caldwell and their origins in Holland. Please let me know what you think of the Ellen/Eleanor data. Regards- Bev Crifasi