Not sure why my computer messed up the citations, they looked good when I sent the message. See corrected below, I hope! Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Bill Hartman" < mrbill1033@comcast.net > To: "Nancy_J" < ncj@epix.net >, njhunter@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 9:58:09 AM Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Frame Meeting House Cemetery Sorry to join the conversation so late, but I have been in the car travelling from Florida to Virginia and just now got on-line. I searched the Hunterdon Gazette - 1825-1866, my T ext, Hunterdon Democrat - 1838-1888, Sutton's Text and Hunterdon Republican - 1855-1896, my Text for the words "frame house". There were hits similar to those already cited, but I have given the source. I have left off references to just a "frame house" if it had no connection to a "frame meeting house" or similar place where people would meet: Hunterdon Gazette: 1. No. 40: Thursday, December 22, 1825. FARMS FOR SALE. A FARM in Bethlehem, At the cross roads from the hen’s foot to Pittstown, and from the old Frame Meeting House to Machlin’s Tavern, now in the tenure of Philip Case, containing about 155 acres. — this farm is favorably situated, has a lasting water, a proportion of wood, and good buildings. Etc. 2. No. 144. Wednesday, December 19, 1827. Sale of Real Estate. By virtue of an order of the Orphans Court of the county of Hunterdon, WILL BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC AUCTION, On Wednesday the 13th day of February next, between the hours of 12 and 5 o'clock P. M. On the premises, all that PLANTATION whereof Josiah Briggs died seised, situate in the township of Kingwood, County of Hunterdon aforesaid, lying on the South Branch of Raritan River, about 5 miles from Flemington and 3 from the Old Frame Meeting-house, adjoining lands of James Johnson, Jacob S. Demutt, and others, containing 25 acres of land more or less, a suitable proportion of which is timber land. 3. No. 208. Wednesday, March 18, 1829. Married: 26th ult. at the Old Frame Meeting-house, in Bethlehem township, by the Rev. H. W. Hunt, Mr. John Little to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Mr. Andrew Wilson, sen, dec'd, all of Bethlehem. 4. No. 227. Wednesday, July 29, 1829 . Hunterdon Bible Society . The annual meeting of this Society will be held on the 3d Tuesday of August, the 18th, at the Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, (usually known by the name of the Old Frame,) at 11 o’clock A. M. 5. No. 240. Wednesday, October 28, 1829. Hunterdon Bible Society. An adjourned meeting of this Society will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Bethlehem, usually known by the name of the Old Frame, on Tuesday next the 3d of November, at 11 o’clock A. M. Hunterdon Democrat - only one reference to an "old frame" house, but not relevant Hunterdon Republican: [full details on the Internet] 6. August 14, 1889 [This may be the best of all references!] Category: Trivia - Proud Day for an Old Church. Date: 7 Aug. 1889. Celebration of Forty-Years of WILLIAMSON, J. Gilliard, Rev. [Joseph G.] pastorate in the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, a Memorable occasion in the County’s History. Etc. A short history of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church: [couple of paragraphs not copied] The first house of worship of this old society was a log structure, which in 1760 was succeeded by a frame building. In 1830, the “Old Frame” was replaced by a stone building and from that day, the church is commonly spoken of as the “New Stone,” although in 1870, it was replaced by the present large and handsome frame building. The old burial ground of the last century - West of the church building, though by no means deserted, has also been followed by a new cemetery, handsomely laid out and well kept and where many imposing monuments of marble and granite already commemorate the passing of the later generations. [The Hunterdon Republican, cited the Clinton Democrat for the above Item.] 7. June 24, 1891 A Bit of History. The following, which appears in the Doylestown Democrat, concerning the death of INGHAM, Jonathan, Dr. -[Hx], in 1793, is taken from the book of records of the late LIVEZEY, Cyrus -[Hx]: In a letter addressed to my friend, J. D. A., by BLAINE, John, Dr., of Hunterdon County, N. J., the following information in relation to Dr. Jonathan Ingham is communicated: He died on his way to Schooley’s mountain, by the roadside and was interred in the graveyard of the Presbyterian Church, in Bethlehem Township, about a mile from Clinton, N. J.; and the stone erected to his memory bears the following inscription: Sacred to the memory of Dr. Jonathan Ingham. Who Fell a Victim to the Yellow Fever, On the First of October, 1793, Aged 49 Years. Soon as man expert from time has found The key of life - it opens the gates of death. This place was formerly called Hunt’s Mills and the church was called the “old frame.” It is one of the oldest burying grounds in the County. Other references in the Republican were not pertinent. Hope this helps, Regard, MrBill Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/