Marfy, Mike and all.... I was elated to learn about Adeline's parents last night. I thanked Mike promptly and directly by email for his contribution to my research. I'm also greatly impressed with the list's familiarity with the people and history of Hunterdon. Makes me realize just how much I still need to learn on this subject. (Side note-- I spent 10 years researching my family, took a 12 year break, and only recently returned to this project!) Soon after learning of Adeline's parents, I began looking for Eve/Evelyn's first marriage. So far, nothing has surfaced. It made me wonder, though, if perhaps Eve/Evelyn was a Fox, and she dropped her married name upon the ending of that first marriage. After all, the Fox name stayed in the family when Jonathan and Adeline had their son and named him Jacob Fox Rake. Just seems slightly unusual to me. My Saturday is starting out great thanks to you. And the sun is shining here in Tacoma, Washington! Kim Golding [email protected] RAKE, GODOWN, PHILKILL, HOPPOCK, TAYLOR, THATCHER, LAREW and others.... ---------- Marfy Goodspeed wrote: > Dear Mike, > Thank you for sending this citation to the list. I have long wondered about > how Jonathan H. Rake was connected with Jacob Fox. He shows up in deeds > selling land that belonged to Fox's estate, and in fact, sold the land on > which my house stands. However, the land in dispute in the court case you > cited is a different lot from mine. > > I was fascinated to learn that Thomas Godown and wife Eve separated after > Isaac Fox came of age, and that Thomas died in the poorhouse. What I don't > know is where Eve and son Isaac went to live after selling the "premises" to > Asa Moore. (By the way, that premises was located on Ferry Road in Delaware > Twp. Hunterdon Co., I think.) > > The answer may be that Isaac Fox owned land in Alexandria Township, and was > a miller there. That land was probably other land that he inherited from his > father Jacob. Jacob was something of a real estate speculator, which makes > figuring out who was where when a little challenging. I do not know where > Jacob Fox's Alexandria homestead was, but that is where he died in 1795. > > Just to make things a little more interesting, the Fox and Rake families got > their start in Delaware Twp in the mid 1700s, bordering Sandbrook Road in > Delaware Twp. So Jonathan Rake certainly had reason to be acquainted with > Isaac Fox. > > Regards, > Marfy Goodspeed > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Mike Morrissey <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Kim, >> >> Adeline was the only child of Thomas Godown and Eva Fox, per a New Jersey >> Supreme case. >> New Jersey Law Reports, Vol XXIV, >> Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and the Court >> of Errors and Appeals in the State of New Jersey, A.O. Zabriskie, Reporter. >> page 364 >> Go to Google books and search on "Thomas Godown" to read more. >> >> Mike Morrissey >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kim Golding" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:44 PM >> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Adaline Godown's Parents >> >> >> Since there is so much wisdom in the room tonight, I will ask for help >> with my most pressing challenge. >> >> Jonathan Hunter Rake and Adaline Godown were married 20 June 1826 in >> Hunterdon Co., NJ >> >> I have determined they had 4 children (at least): >> Jacob Fox Rake 9 Feb 1826 >> Sarah Adaline Rake 1828 >> Jonathan Hunter Rake 18 Sep 1830 >> Susan E. Rake 4 Apr 1841 >> >> I have not determined who Adaline's parents are. HOWEVER, a couple days >> ago, I found something on the internet at the Godown site that caught my >> eye: >> >> Marriage Records, Hunterdon County New Jersey (1795-1875). According to >> the book Adeline Godown and Jonathan Rake were married June >> 26,1826, 2-295 (Wilson,J.P.). J.P. meaning justice of the peace. The >> numbers following the date are the volume and page number of the >> original record. This may be a long shot but there is only one marriage >> listed early enough to be Adeline's parents. Godown,Thomas and Eve Fox, >> January 4,1801 1-43 (Lambert,Esq.). >> >> I thought it was a long shot "guess" until I remembered Jacob's middle >> name. If anyone has ideas or information on this, please let me know. >> I'd like to think I've finally made some progress on this one! >> >> THANK YOU! >> >> Kim Golding >> Tacoma >> [email protected] >> (PS - I originally sent this the the list's request email addy. whoops!) >> >

Dear Kim, Concerning Eve Fox Godown's name, I believe she was born on 29 May 1764 to John (Honis) Sine and his wife Anna. This John Sine wrote his his will on 23 Jan 1797 in Amwell Twp. in which he named his daughter Eve Fox. Marfy On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kim Golding <[email protected]> wrote: > Marfy, Mike and all.... > > I was elated to learn about Adeline's parents last night. I thanked > Mike promptly and directly by email for his contribution to my > research. I'm also greatly impressed with the list's familiarity with > the people and history of Hunterdon. Makes me realize just how much I > still need to learn on this subject. (Side note-- I spent 10 years > researching my family, took a 12 year break, and only recently returned > to this project!) > > Soon after learning of Adeline's parents, I began looking for > Eve/Evelyn's first marriage. So far, nothing has surfaced. It made me > wonder, though, if perhaps Eve/Evelyn was a Fox, and she dropped her > married name upon the ending of that first marriage. After all, the Fox > name stayed in the family when Jonathan and Adeline had their son and > named him Jacob Fox Rake. Just seems slightly unusual to me. > > My Saturday is starting out great thanks to you. And the sun is shining > here in Tacoma, Washington! > > Kim Golding > [email protected] > RAKE, GODOWN, PHILKILL, HOPPOCK, TAYLOR, THATCHER, LAREW and others.... > > ---------- > Marfy Goodspeed wrote: > > Dear Mike, > > Thank you for sending this citation to the list. I have long wondered > about > > how Jonathan H. Rake was connected with Jacob Fox. He shows up in deeds > > selling land that belonged to Fox's estate, and in fact, sold the land on > > which my house stands. However, the land in dispute in the court case you > > cited is a different lot from mine. > > > > I was fascinated to learn that Thomas Godown and wife Eve separated after > > Isaac Fox came of age, and that Thomas died in the poorhouse. What I > don't > > know is where Eve and son Isaac went to live after selling the "premises" > to > > Asa Moore. (By the way, that premises was located on Ferry Road in > Delaware > > Twp. Hunterdon Co., I think.) > > > > The answer may be that Isaac Fox owned land in Alexandria Township, and > was > > a miller there. That land was probably other land that he inherited from > his > > father Jacob. Jacob was something of a real estate speculator, which > makes > > figuring out who was where when a little challenging. I do not know where > > Jacob Fox's Alexandria homestead was, but that is where he died in 1795. > > > > Just to make things a little more interesting, the Fox and Rake families > got > > their start in Delaware Twp in the mid 1700s, bordering Sandbrook Road in > > Delaware Twp. So Jonathan Rake certainly had reason to be acquainted with > > Isaac Fox. > > > > Regards, > > Marfy Goodspeed > > > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:59 AM, Mike Morrissey <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > >> Kim, > >> > >> Adeline was the only child of Thomas Godown and Eva Fox, per a New > Jersey > >> Supreme case. > >> New Jersey Law Reports, Vol XXIV, > >> Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court and the > Court > >> of Errors and Appeals in the State of New Jersey, A.O. Zabriskie, > Reporter. > >> page 364 > >> Go to Google books and search on "Thomas Godown" to read more. > >> > >> Mike Morrissey > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Kim Golding" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:44 PM > >> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Adaline Godown's Parents > >> > >> > >> Since there is so much wisdom in the room tonight, I will ask for help > >> with my most pressing challenge. > >> > >> Jonathan Hunter Rake and Adaline Godown were married 20 June 1826 in > >> Hunterdon Co., NJ > >> > >> I have determined they had 4 children (at least): > >> Jacob Fox Rake 9 Feb 1826 > >> Sarah Adaline Rake 1828 > >> Jonathan Hunter Rake 18 Sep 1830 > >> Susan E. Rake 4 Apr 1841 > >> > >> I have not determined who Adaline's parents are. HOWEVER, a couple days > >> ago, I found something on the internet at the Godown site that caught my > >> eye: > >> > >> Marriage Records, Hunterdon County New Jersey (1795-1875). According to > >> the book Adeline Godown and Jonathan Rake were married June > >> 26,1826, 2-295 (Wilson,J.P.). J.P. meaning justice of the peace. The > >> numbers following the date are the volume and page number of the > >> original record. This may be a long shot but there is only one marriage > >> listed early enough to be Adeline's parents. Godown,Thomas and Eve Fox, > >> January 4,1801 1-43 (Lambert,Esq.). > >> > >> I thought it was a long shot "guess" until I remembered Jacob's middle > >> name. If anyone has ideas or information on this, please let me know. > >> I'd like to think I've finally made some progress on this one! > >> > >> THANK YOU! > >> > >> Kim Golding > >> Tacoma > >> [email protected] > >> (PS - I originally sent this the the list's request email addy. > whoops!) > >> > > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enjhunter> > ------------------------------- > 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 >