My gt-grandfather was an 'elected' Justice of the Peace in Hampton, Hunterdon County around 1900 or so. I don't know if J of P's were always elected, however. Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hoffman" <dvh592341@fastmail.fm> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] Ministers and Justices of the Peace > > In Marriage Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1795-1875 by Hiram > E. Deats, the ministers or Justices of the Peace are provided. > > Is there any way of determining the church of these ministers and of > their locations? > > In Hunterdon County, were Justices of the Peace appointed for each > township? Is it possible to find out in which area of the county they > performed their duties? > > Thank you. > > David > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > This mail list is archived at: > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Hello Rita I've now found out that in the early part of the 1800s, justices were appointed; at some point (unknown) they then were elected. Thanks for your response. David On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:49:07 -0400, "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> said: > My gt-grandfather was an 'elected' Justice of the Peace in Hampton, > Hunterdon County around 1900 or so. I don't know if J of P's were always > elected, however. > > Rita -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin