Where might one find a copy of the 1873 Atlas of Hunterdon (to buy)? Bertha Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Coefer" <danec@osfashland.org> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 -- Andr ew BELLIS at Hopewell Meeting House > Good question! > > The town of Hopewell was called "Hopewell Meeting" in several publications > of the early 1800s ("A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey," 1834 was > one.) > The reference, I believe, is to the Baptist Meetings of the original > settlers. Originally they were held in individual homes. My Amwell > ancestors > (MANNERS) would travel over the mountain to attend meetings at their STOUT > cousins' homes in Hopewell in the early 1700s. > > The 1873 Atlas of Hunterdon might help you with William. It listed > property > owners. That depends, however, on how much lead time they had for > corrections--Gideon Quick died in 1872 (his wife Clara died in 1873). > Gideon > lived in or near Reaville. > > Dane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bellis Genealogy [mailto:bellisgenealogy@verizon.net] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:30 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 -- > Andrew > BELLIS at Hopewell Meeting House > > Dane, > > Thank you for all this info. What I need to do get the "Adam BELLIS > homestead" deed history, plus the deed history on immigrant Adam's brother > William's land referred to in LEQUEAR's "Traditions...": "Adam, the > father, had a brother William who settled where Gideon Quick now lives..." > and map out this area. > > But something new has now popped up. Lequear's "Traditions" mentions that > Adam's son Andrew moved to the Hopewell meeting house. Was this a Quaker > meeting house? > > Thanks! > > Roz BELLIS > Alexandria VA > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dane Coefer [mailto:danec@osfashland.org] > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:45 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > Roz, > > Hopewell Borough would be those areas included within the city limits. The > Township of the same name also includes rural land that is not within > those > limits. > > This Bellis farm would likely have originally belonged to Andrew Bellis or > one of his descendants. Lequear's "Traditions of Hunterdon" has "Shortly > after William was born, his father Adam, built a new house, still known as > the old Bellis homestead, and moved to it. He had five children: William, > who remained on the homestead till his death, in 1826; Peter, who went to > Kentucky; John, who lived on a part of the place; Andrew, who moved to > Hopewell meeting house; and Adam, who died near Cherryville." > > http://www.geocities.com/dane97520/Bellis.html > > Dane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bellis Genealogy [mailto:bellisgenealogy@verizon.net] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:21 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > Dane, > > This is very interesting, however, I'm still confused insofar as the > meaning > of "north of the borough" and "North District Hopewell Twp". If you are > saying that you think the referenced "BELLIS farm" was probably located in > what is today Mercer Co NJ, then I am ready to jump for joy...but I won't > start jumping until I've actually reviewed the deed history. > > Here's "the rest of the story." According to online databases, which I > presume at this point to be correct, "Enoch W. DRAKE was a descendant of > Thomas and Dorothy (VanKIRK) DRAKE." I know, through correspondence with > a > descendant, that George BELLIS (b. 1805 in Highland Co OH) had a son who > married Arminda Jane KIER, also a descendant of Thomas and Dorothy > (VanKIRK) > DRAKE. BELLIS and KIER married in Highland Co OH in 1862. The question > is: > who was the father of George BELLIS. > > All signs point to George being a descendant of the BELLESFELTs of Selters > (Nordhofen) Germany who immigrated to the Hunterdon Co NJ area circa > 1730/40, but the question is, which branch. He probably doesn't belong to > immigrant Adam BELLIS(felt), the original owner of the "BELLIS Homestead" > located along KUHL Road, since most of Adam's descendants have been > accounted for and I can't fit in "George from OHIO". If Enoch W. DRAKE > bought a different piece of BELLIS property, located not too far away from > Adam and perhaps owned by Adam's brother, then the scent continues... > > Thanks for your reply! > > Roz BELLIS > Alexandria VA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dane Coefer [mailto:danec@osfashland.org] > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 6:39 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > This Bellis farm was likely in Mercer County in Hopewell Twp. north of the > Borough boundaries. On the 1880 Census Joseph M. Phillips resided in the > "North Dist. Hopewell Township." Enoch W. Drake likely bought the property > as an investment and never lived on it. He died in 1905 at his home of 15 > years on Broad St. Hopewell. > > Dane Coefer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bellis Genealogy [mailto:bellisgenealogy@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:47 PM > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897 > > Was hoping someone might know, off the top of their heads, what "Bellis > farm" is being referred to in the following item. This was reported in > the > November 16, 1897 Trenton Evening Times, under the subheading "HOPEWELL": > > "At the sale of the real estate of Joseph M. PHILLIPS, deceased, on > Saturday, the harness property was sold to J.C. HARRISON and the adjoining > lot, now occupied by Samuel CARVER to John TITUS, and the house and lot in > East Hopewell, known as the BUCKLEY property, was sold to Samuel CARVER, > and > the farm north of the borough, known as the BELLIS farm, to Enoch W. > DRAKE. > Fair prices were obtained for all." > > I'm trying to ascertain if this farm might be the "BELLIS homestead" > located > along KUHL Road near the Copper Hill/Reaville area or is a different > Bellis > property. > > Thanks, > > Roz BELLIS > Alexandria VA > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Updated Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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