Thank you for sharing, Dee. What perfectly delightful humor. I absolutely will put the book on my birthday wish list, and get it for myself if need be. Still Chuckling, Annie Waterman Meneakis descendent of John Taylor and Isreal Coon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Snook" <[email protected]> To: "Hunterdon Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:37 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Fare to Midlands If you ever get the chance to read "Fare to Midlands" (Forgotten Towns of Central New Jersey, do it. I expected it to be very factual, but instead it's a collection of stories and tales about the small towns, many now gone of Central Jersey. I've just been reading the chapter about Hopewell and Amwell and how the names possibly came about. According to Miss Susan Weart "David used to come down from his house and Jonathan from his. They'd meet, usually, at the crossroads (between Hopewell and Amwell) within hearing of everybody. Their greeting was always the same. Jonathan would greet his brother with, 'I hope you are well, David!' And David would reply, blusteringly, as if some doubt of it had been implied, 'I am well, Jonathan!' So, before there was either Hopewell or Amwell, their neighbors called them Amwell David and Hopewell Jonathan!" The book is a treasure filled with little tales of the areas of what are now Hunterdon, Mercer and Burlington counties. When a person dies, a library closes. Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message