I am not researching Wortman but have a suggestion...If you have not checked the Wortman genealogy forum it might give you a clue to do so. I had noticed a number of responses about or about Canada when I was checking for another surname on the forum ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene Talbot" <cdkribs@pioneer.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:54 PM Subject: [NJHUNTER] John WOORTMAN/WORTMAN > John WOORTMAN (probably WORTMAN, and possibly my ancestor) was accused of > treason in New Jersey in 1778. He's listed in Jones's book, LOYALISTS OF > NEW JERSEY (1928), but no county is named. The man and his wife & 4 > children were sent on the Spring Fleet to New Brunswick, Canada, in 1783 and > he got land there. He was accused of being the ringleader of a group who > were planning to capture some patriots and deliver them to Col. Butler and > the Indians. I can only imagine that they were planning to take their > captives by boat up the Delaware so he would most likely have been in one of > the western New Jersey counties. The man who accused him was Isaac > Thompson, who paid taxes for land in Gloucester County, but there were > Wortmans in Hunterdon County. In fact, I have found about five men named > John Wortman at that time, in various counties, but they don't fit, for one > reason or another. Several were still in New Jersey after the Revolution. > Does anyone have any idea where I should look next? > Charlene in Oregon > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

I have been told that there are a lot of records on "WORTMAN" from the Bedminster Reformed Church. These records are on file at the Alexander library at Rutgers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice" <alice34@alltel.net> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] John WOORTMAN/WORTMAN > I am not researching Wortman but have a suggestion...If you have not > checked the Wortman genealogy forum it might give you a clue to do so. I > had noticed a number of responses about or about Canada when I was checking > for another surname on the forum ... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlene Talbot" <cdkribs@pioneer.net> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 9:54 PM > Subject: [NJHUNTER] John WOORTMAN/WORTMAN > > > > John WOORTMAN (probably WORTMAN, and possibly my ancestor) was accused > of > > treason in New Jersey in 1778. He's listed in Jones's book, LOYALISTS > OF > > NEW JERSEY (1928), but no county is named. The man and his wife & 4 > > children were sent on the Spring Fleet to New Brunswick, Canada, in 1783 > and > > he got land there. He was accused of being the ringleader of a group > who > > were planning to capture some patriots and deliver them to Col. Butler > and > > the Indians. I can only imagine that they were planning to take their > > captives by boat up the Delaware so he would most likely have been in > one of > > the western New Jersey counties. The man who accused him was Isaac > > Thompson, who paid taxes for land in Gloucester County, but there were > > Wortmans in Hunterdon County. In fact, I have found about five men > named > > John Wortman at that time, in various counties, but they don't fit, for > one > > reason or another. Several were still in New Jersey after the > Revolution. > > Does anyone have any idea where I should look next? > > Charlene in Oregon > > > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > ______________________________

Hi! Do you know how I could access these records? I'm out in Oregon. Sorry to be so long in replying. Trying to find this man is so discouraging, and I got side-tracked with other things in life. Charlene