Don't get your hopes up here, since I nothing about any individual you mention. I am, however, familiar with Essex and Morris County names and almost all these marriages are to early NJ settlers. The Bruens were among the founding settlers of Newark, arriving in 1666-7. The same is true of the Freemans (I have Freemans away back in my ancestry). These two families came from Connecticut and were very Puritan. Condit was not among the first Newark settlers, but was an early family. Tappans were a Morris County family, as were the Farrands, and the Squiers. A part of Livingston (in west Essex) was called Squiretown. I saw a lot of Crowley graves in Maplewood (essex). It looks to me as if some of the family was in the South Orange area (including Maplewood), and another part in the eastern part of Morris County. For NJ genelaogy, it is a little like marrying into a host of the founding families of the area. I hope some people get in contact with you. If you don't hear after a while, send me a note and I can find a Squire and Crowley person for you. If you have any Browns, let me know. Wilson Brown >>> "vic" <vic@pathwaynet.com> 04/06/07 9:10 PM >>> Charles Mat(t)hews b 1780 & d 1855 in NJ married July 1801 to Rachel Whitmore & 2nd Jane B. Carle June 1829 Harriet C. Matthews married Feb. 1825 to Linus Condit Freeman Edmund R. Matthews b 1807 married Catharine Jane Tappan Victor M. Matthews married Nov. 1836 in Essex, NJ to Sarah Munn Bruen Charles Matthews, Jr. married Feb. 1834 Madison, NJ to Susan Caroline Bruen Charlotte B. Matthews married David Farrand Ward Feb 1839 Anna Laura Matthews married Jan. 1845 Alfred Squier Joseph M Matthews b 1836 married Catherine Crowley b 1846 Appreciate any info if you have see these folk in your search and I will share what I have. Thank you, Janet e-mail vic@pathwaynet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/748 - Release Date: 4/5/07 3:33 PM ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJESSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message