Hi Roz, Can this be the BELLIS property in question? From the book "Rural Hunterdon" by Hubert G. Schmidt Rutgers University Press; New Brunswick 1946 Page 33: "Traditions which say that the early settlers of the Ringoes area were German are given some support by a survey of 1721 which mentioned "the palatin's land." But it is probable that most of the Germans came in later than the English and Scotch settlers. However, by 1747 there were thirty members of the German Reformed faith in that locality. The settlement was evidently scattered, as Johann Adam BOELLISFELDT (John BELLIS), one of the pillars of the church, lived at Copper Hill, where he had settled about 1730. A list of the twenty-two landholders located on the Field tract in 1754 contains many German names, though there were a few English, one Dutch, one French, and two or three of doubtful origin. There is an index to Snell's "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties", although it is elusive to obtain. The index to Hunterdon County alone runs to 174 pages! I have one, and if anyone with access to this book needs a lookup for page references, I will be happy to send the page numbers. The Somerset index runs to 76 pages. If you wish to reach me personally, evelyn15@cox.net Evelyn