Wow, Rita! What a valuable resourse. Thank you! Mary Jo C. Martin Melbourne, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Chesterton" <rchesterton@erols.com> To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 4:24 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] family migrations patterns and DNA? > A wonderful series of small pictorial/historical books which focus on NJ > town can be found at http://www.faithfabric.com/books4.htm > I've seen them in various shops and historical societies. They are very > well done and mention many family names. > > -Rita in Hunterdon Co. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Johnson" <ljonson@citlink.net> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 11:57 AM > Subject: [NJHUNTER] family migrations patterns and DNA? > > > > You are so right in 'apples don't fall far from the tree'. In doing our > > Pieterse/Peterson Dutch migrations across this country, particularly > > studying the sons of Tomas and Anntje Lammers Pieterse/Peterson of > Hunterdon > > Co., NJ. Two of their sons, Peter and my line, Harpert traveled together > to > > WV, Harp went into the Ohio River Valley, Peter and descendants into Oh > and > > some into Kentucky...this was 8 generations ago. Recently I had lunch with > > an 8th cousin, a male Peterson, direct descendant of Peter and I, a direct > > descendant of Harpert. It is amazing the parallel lines these families > > took...some generations down...both lines of Petersons migrating on into > > South Dakota around 1890...living within 100 miles of each other...same > time > > frame. But the most uncanny of all...9th cousins, both direct > descendants, > > male Petersons...living in China, both marrying Chinese women in the same > > time period of the year 2002-3. They say the Male DNA is almost > replicated > > in each male off-spring exactly as the father back thousands of > > years...makes you wonder! > > Annie Peterson Johnson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Walker, Linda" <Linda.Walker@fwpubs.com> > > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:18 AM > > Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky > > > > > > > Hello Doug, > > > > > > My 6th gen. grandfather, Absolom Smith (son of John and Mary Houghton > > > Smith and nephew of Col. Joab Houghton) received his land in Clermont > > > County Ohio from a Rev. War grant as did his brother John Jr., a former > > > minuteman from Amwell, who settled in Butler County. Because Absolom > > > didn't get a written discharge at the end of the war, when it came time > to > > > collect his pension, he had to testify in front of a judge and retell > his > > > war service. I bought copies of those papers from the National Archives > > > many years ago - I'm sure documents such as these are still available. > > > They are fascinating and tell in his own words, not only about his > > > service--enlisting at Ringoes Tavern, being at the Battle of Monmouth, > the > > > surrender at Yorktown, his work as a wagoneer taking baggage back to NY > > > for a French general whose name he couldn't recall etc.--and also how he > > > came to Ohio. He and his wife Susan stopped at Redstone Old Fort > > > Pennsylvania before coming down the Ohio River. He settled for t! > > > hree years in Columbia, one of southern Ohio's earliest settlements just > > > due east of Cincinnati on the river (site of present day Lunken > airport). > > > From there he went to Williamsburg, OH (my guess is up the Little Miami > > > River) where he farmed until the Depression of @1832 when he lost his > > > land. One of the interesting things in my family history is that my > uncle > > > Ray Smith, who had grown up in the city of Cincinnati, moved up to > > > Williamsburg as a young married man and bought a farm. When I began to > do > > > my genealogy, we found out that his land was very, very near the site of > > > Absolom's - he almost "re-bought" his 5th generation grandfather's lan d. > > > Supposedly Absolom's log cabin had stood in Williamsburg up until the > > > 1950's. > > > > > > Apples really do not fall far from the tree--sometimes they just don't > > > know it : ) > > > > > > Linda Walker > > > Editor - Writer's Digest Book Club > > > F + W Publications, Inc. > > > 4700 E. Galbraith Rd. > > > Cincinnati, OH 45236 > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Betty Lynne Bernhardt [mailto:blb63@suscom.net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:15 AM > > > To: NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky > > > > > > > > > Having just moved from KY, I know there are many families there who did > > > receive their land as Rev. War grants. > > > betty lynne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <DieselDis@aol.com> > > > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:10 AM > > > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Emigration to Kentucky > > > > > > > > >> In a message dated 11/2/04 4:44:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > >> doug@wdgordon.com writes: > > >> > > >> > My ancestors and a number of related families moved from Hunterdon > Co. > > > to > > >> > the northern Kentucky area (mostly Mason Co.) in the 1790's to early > > > 1800's. I > > >> > believe they were mostly from the Hopewell area, and the surnames > > > include > > >> > Gordon, Stout, Runyan, Anderson, Donovan, Corwine, and Hart. I would > > > really > > >> > like to know something about their actual journey: why they left, how > > > many went > > >> > at a time, what route they took, etc. Does anyone have anything like > > > this? > > >> > I've looked in a number of places for this information in both KY and > > > NJ, but > > >> > no luck so far. > > >> > > > >> > Doug Gordon > > >> > > > >> > > >> Hi Doug. Can't be of any help to you, but would love to know why some > of > > > my > > >> family also removed to Ky. around the same time. Could it be they were > > > given > > >> land for serving in the Rev War? If you find out anything off the list > > >> and > > > would > > >> like to share, I would appreciate it. 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