Dear Mary Jo and Marcy, On behalf of the Hunterdon Holcombes I would like to thank you both for locating and explaining this helpful information. I'm a somewhat narrow focus "direct line" researcher, so I have very little information outside that line. The result is that my only "George" was in the 1700s. However, I think Jon Holcombe (who keeps a whole family file) monitors this list and will be able to incorporate this information. This list is unique in the extent to which those living in and visiting the area share information with all the rest of us. It's deeply appreciated. Reading this back, "direct line" may make me look a bit lazier than I really am. I run 8 lines in depth (both mine and my wife's grandparents) and run every wife in each line's family back as far as possible. I'm not sure how many others follow a similar path, but it's kept me busy! Jack Fallin Walnut Creek, CA On May 20, 2012, at 3:34 AM, Marfy Goodspeed wrote: > Dear Mary Jo, > > James J. Fisher was the Hon. James Johnson Fisher (1784-1870), freeholder > for Delaware twp. when it was created in 1838, who died childless. Martha > Fisher was, according to my software, a second cousin once removed from J. > J. Fisher. Why she and her husband would be living with him in 1860, I > cannot say. > > The parents of Charles Johnson are still a mystery. A clue lies in the 1880 > census for West Amwell, where Charles 48 and Martha R. 46 are living with > sons Fisher C. 23 and George 14, and grandson Holcombe Johnson 3, along > with *uncle* Peter Phillips 65. On the same page are Elnathan Phillips 62 > and Israel Phillips 38. I don't know enough about the Phillips family to > make the connection. > > Marfy > *Marfy Goodspeed **marfyg@gmail.com** > Goodspeed Histories http://goodspeedhistories.com/ > * > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Mary Jo C. Martin < > mjcmartin@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Sarah F. Holcombe's mother, Martha R. Fisher Johnson, is buried in Amwell >> Ridge Cemetery, Ringoes, according to Find A Grave. There's no indication >> of who her spouse might have been. >> >> In the 1860 US census for Delaware, Hunterdon, New Jersey, I found the >> following household: >> >> Name Age >> James J Fisher 75 (farmer) >> Chas Johnson 28 (farmer) >> Martha Johnson 26 >> Sarah Johnson 4 >> Fisher Johnson 3 >> John Walker 16 (laborer) >> James W Naylor 13 >> Emma P Chedister 18 (servant) >> >> All were born in NJ. There are other Fishers either side of them. >> >> There is a Charles Johnson buried at Amwell Ridge Cemetery, but without >> further research I cannot be sure that this is Martha's husband and Sarah's >> father. >> >> James J. Fisher was buried at Amwell Ridge Cemetery. Fisher Johnson was >> buried at Mount Hope, Lambertville. >> >> Richard L. Godown of Caledonia, New York, in his website Godown Family >> History, http://thegodowns.com/d8/i0014997.htm , names George S. >> Holcombe's >> parents as Andrew W. Holcombe and Sarah Sheppard. Andrew was buried at >> Second English Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Amwell. Sarah's burial place >> is unknown. >> >> Regards, >> Mary Jo C. Martin >> Melbourne, Australia >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Marfy Goodspeed >> Sent: Sunday, 20 May 2012 1:56 AM >> To: njhunter@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] George S. Holcombe, Lambertville >> >> Bingo, Mary Jo, >> That Sarah F. has to be the wife of George S. And the other two must be >> their children. Or a son and his wife. The censuses should established >> that. (Too busy to look them up.) >> Marfy >> *Marfy Goodspeed **marfyg@gmail.com** >> Goodspeed Histories http://goodspeedhistories.com/ >> * >> >> >> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Mary Jo C. Martin < >> mjcmartin@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Me, me, me! Don't lose me, MrBill! >>> >>> mjcmartin (at) optusnet (dot) com (dot) au >>> >>> The only reason I listed George S. Holcombe in Holcombe-Riverview >> Cemetery >>> on Find A Grave was that I'd taken a photo of his memorial. One of my >>> great-aunts (Catherine Reid Holcombe, Lambertville town nurse) was >> married >>> to a Holcombe, so I walked the cemetery photographing all Holcombes in >>> order >>> to help myself piece her husband's immediate family together. >>> >>> I don't have any other information on George S. Holcombe. >>> >>> I can tell you who he's buried with (in the same plot), but I don't know >>> the >>> relationships of these people to each other so I couldn't link them via >>> Find >>> A Grave: >>> Edna F Holcombe 1881-1926 >>> Marvin J Holcombe 1879-1949 >>> Sarah F Holcombe 1855-1925 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Mary Jo >>> >>> Mary Jo C. Martin >>> 9 Heysen Grove >>> Doncaster East VIC 3109 >>> Australia >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto: >> njhunter-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Mr. Bill Hartman >>> Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2012 10:19 PM >>> To: NJHUNTER >>> Subject: [NJHUNTER] George S. Holcombe, Lambertville >>> >>> The Hunterdon Republican gives a very short obit for "George S. >> Holcombe," >>> b. 1852; d. 10 May 1896. >>> >>> He was listed in the "Findagrave.com" by Mary Jo C. Martin, whose email I >>> must have lost during my computer's crash a year or so ago! >>> >>> I was unable to positively identify him in any Census Record, but he was >>> listed as having been married, in the NJ Death Index. >>> >>> Does anyone have the name of his wife and/or children, so I can add it to >>> the abstracts of the Hunterdon Republican newspaper? He was also noted to >>> have been a "Merch'T" - Merchant? in the New Jersey Death Index; any >>> information on what kind of merchant? >>> >>> Thank you for checking, >>> MrBill >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: >>> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ >>> >>> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message