Hello, Thought that I would throw into the mix of names that of GOLDEN, Abraham and family that he married into were the Houghtons, Aaron & Eliz. Sexton Houghton. Abraham was the eldest son of Capt. Wm. Golden of Hopewell and my ggggg uncle. Abraham and wife, Sarah Ann eventually moved from Maysville, Ky. to near Jacksonville, Illinois and by the 1840's were moved to Nauvoo, IL. and were intertwined with many of the Mormon events of the area. I don't know of the Houghtons as to why they went to Ky. but surely could have been as to land granted from the Rev. War. Yes, there were many who left NJ due to having to repay on their own homes. Wm Golden in turn repaid his home off in Hopewell and stayed, many families could not do that. Eventually many of the younger generation left Hopewell and moved to Rock Island Co., Illinois in the area of where Black Hawk's land was taken by the federal government. This is where Abraham's youngest sister, Charity Golden Marshall ( my gggg gra! ndmother ) and family moved to with many others to settle by 1838 and on.... Ruth in southern ILL.