Harman and Howard; Thanks you both, it is nice to know my query was read. I was at Rutgers about ten years age and got the Drake material. The first names don't match very well. I believe the names of Ephraim and Phoebe's sons were John, Abraham, Asher, and Samuel and possibly Ephraim Jr. The names John and Asher are found in the Harned family, the names Ephraim, Abraham and Samuel don't show up in any other Jones family in Woodbridge or the Harned family. I will check "Ancestors & Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" by Patty B. Myers as soon as I get a chance.

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1030 Surname: Freeman, Moores, Jones, Brinkerhoff ------------------------- RE: Freeman-Moores of Middlesex Co. NJ Basically working on some of the wives of Moores & Jones James Jones b. a.1731 (fa. of Wm. Jones b. 1757 m.Abigail Moores) he m. Cattharine ? b. ? Richard Jones b. a.1675 Huntington, LI (fa. of Elephabt b. 1696 m. Mary Piatt/Pyatt) he m. Sarah ? b. ? James Moores b. 1669 (fa. of Samuel Moores m. Experience Fitz Randolph) he m. Margaret Craig b. poss. Freehold, Monmouth Co., poss. a dau. of John.

The best places to look for Jones, Moore[s], Harned, etc., are "Ancestors & Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" by Patty B. Myers (1995), and the Special Collections section of Gen. Soc. of N.J. at Rutgers University, papers of Oliver D. Drake -- who was a Jones--Moores descendant himself. Avoid Monnette's First Settlers in any case. Harman Clark hclark@bypass.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard M. Vail <hvail@worldnet.att.net> To: <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:53 AM Subject: [NJMIDDLE] Jones, Harned of Middlesex Co., NJ > Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum > Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1027 > > Surname: Jones, Harned, Harnett, Fitz Randolph, Piatt, Pyatt, Hull, Moores > ------------------------- > > RE: Jones-Harned marriage in Middlesex Co., NY > No info on couple. The names in response ancestors of a > William Jones of Woodbridge who m. Abigail Moores of Woodbridge. Ephraim > probably a relative of William. Jones family came from Long Island. Their > have been a number of marriages between the families mentioned. > William's anc./desc. appeared in The New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings > Vol. 64, No. 2, April 1946, pp.77-94. > Try researching the Society. Also check out First Settler's of Woodbridge > & Piscataway, NY by Monette=pub in 1930's. Also check Fitz Randolph Gem=pub > 1950. >

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1029 Surname: JONES, MOORES, HARNED ------------------------- The best places to look for Jones, Moore[s], Harned, etc., are "Ancestors & Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman" by Patty B. Myers (1995), and the Special Collections section of Gen. Soc. of N.J. at Rutgers University, papers of Oliver D. Drake -- who was a Jones--Moores descendant himself. Avoid Monnette's First Settlers in any case. Harman Clark

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1028 Surname: Bird, Fitz Randolph ------------------------- RE: Bird Family of Middlesex Co., NJ Have the FitzRandolph Gen. =pub 1950. Also see my reply to Jones-Harned query of 6/20/98

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1027 Surname: Jones, Harned, Harnett, Fitz Randolph, Piatt, Pyatt, Hull, Moores ------------------------- RE: Jones-Harned marriage in Middlesex Co., NY No info on couple. The names in response ancestors of a William Jones of Woodbridge who m. Abigail Moores of Woodbridge. Ephraim probably a relative of William. Jones family came from Long Island. Their have been a number of marriages between the families mentioned. William's anc./desc. appeared in The New Jersey Historical Society Proceedings Vol. 64, No. 2, April 1946, pp.77-94. Try researching the Society. Also check out First Settler's of Woodbridge & Piscataway, NY by Monette=pub in 1930's. Also check Fitz Randolph Gem=pub 1950.

Aloha Readers: A Pliny Fisk Park update. Pliny Park married Kat Hull of Orwell, Vermont in 1866. After their child Katharine was born in North Brunswick, NJ in 1872 the marriage appears to have dissolved. Looking for a new marriage to an unknown Sanford. Kate Park becomes Kate Sanford and the child is known as Katharine Park Sanford. Thanks for reading. Audrey on Maui in the Hawaiian Isles

I have finally conquered my email & computer problems and am back online to stay. Unfortunately, I have lost all my old emails & addresses. If you were waiting for a message from me, please re-send the request and I'll get back to you. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nancy Pope oregongirl@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~oregongirl/genealogy/genhome.html

Does anyone know how old St. Bartholomew Church is? Any history on who founded the church? My grandmother's maiden name is Bartholomew and I'm curious to know if we have cousins or a direct line to Bartholomew's in NJ. Regards & thanks in advance, Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: Robin Pastorio-Newman <pastori@rci.rutgers.edu> I found these in the phone book (all in the 732 area code): St. Bartholomew 257-7722 Yours, Rob

> Subject: [NJMIDDLE] Pre St Peter's Irish Catholic records0 > From: "kevin and rika" <kevrik@shaka.com> > Has anyone found a source for New Brunswick Catholic records for events that > occurred before St. Peter's opened? I would like to find a marriage record > for abt. 1850 (Eliza Haggerty/Henry McSpaden); a baptism abt. 1832 (Eliza > Haggerty) and another wedding about 1830 (David Haggerty/Nancy). Any help on > this one would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo , Kevin Have you tried St. Paul's in Highland Park? The phone number there is 732 572 0977. They like you to put requests in writing - small staff. A number of Irish Catholic people with long-time New Brunswick residencies are affiliated with a church or churches in East Brunswick. I don't know if they started out there or in New Brunswick and moved. I found these in the phone book (all in the 732 area code): St. Bartholomew 257-7722 St. Joseph 545-2195 I don't know if they're Irish Catholic, but of all the numbers in the book, they're the ones I didn't immediately know were something else, like Coptic or Greek Orthodox. Yours, Rob

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1026 Surname: Moores, Carman, Fitz Randolph, Dickinson, Brinkerhoff, Mundy ------------------------- In Patty B. Myers' book - "Ancestors & Descendants of Lewis Ross Freeman & Related Families" pp 72,73, there is a quote from Feorge W. Freeman's book, 1899, which begins "Our grandfather, Thomas Freeman of Woodbridge township, county of Middlesex, State of New Jersey, was a Revolutionary patriot. He was scout for Washington while at Valley Forge and Scotch Plains..." and continues for most of two pages. It also notes that his wife was Sarah "Sallie" Moores. You might want to contact Mrs. Myers, at pbmyers@SATX.rr.com to see if she has any moore copies of this fook, which has a tremendous amount of well-documented material, and is my treasure!

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1025 Surname: Freeman ------------------------- I am looking for any information I can find on Thomas Freeman son of Henry Freeman Jr. He was beleived to have been a Revolutionary patriot and served with George Washington at Valley Forge and Scotch Plains. His wifes name was Sarah Moore. His was from Middlesex Co. Woodbridge township.

Has anyone found a source for New Brunswick Catholic records for events that occurred before St. Peter's opened? I would like to find a marriage record for abt. 1850 (Eliza Haggerty/Henry McSpaden); a baptism abt. 1832 (Eliza Haggerty) and another wedding about 1830 (David Haggerty/Nancy). Any help on this one would be greatly appreciated. Mahalo , Kevin

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1024 Surname: ------------------------- Interested in the history of Railroad avenue in Carteret. Has it changed since 1892. Has the lenght been decreased or has it been rerouted?

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1023 Surname: Sheridan, Fullam, Geise ------------------------- Looking for information on the Sheridan,Fullam and Geise families. Lived in Woodbridge,Carteret and Rahway areas.

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1022 Surname: GASTON ------------------------- My ancestor John Gaston and family sailed from Inverness, Scotland in 1715. The family is said to have emigrated to Connecticut, Pennsylvania, the Carolinas, Massachusetts, and Jew Jersey. I believe that he arrived in New Jersey on the last voyage of the ship "Caledonia." I am interested in all information about this ship and passengers on its various voyages. I have been unable to find passenger lists for this ship. Perhaps we could reconstruct lists from other sources. Here are some notes and citations I have collected about the "Caledonia." An interesting site, "End of Empire - Darien: Scotland's Pre-UK Colonial Misadventure." can be found at http://www.macfarlane.org/darien.htm. The ship "Caledonia" is mentioned. Source: Mackenzie, George Nonbim. "Colonial Families of the United States of America." Baltimore, Maryland: Seaforth Press, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1912. Vol. III, pp. 175-176. | John Gaston emigrated from France to avoid religious persecution. He was a Hugenot. He went to Scotland and then to Ireland to live with his sons John, William, and Alexander. They sailed from Scotland with four other families. The Gaston, Mount, Rue, Rew, and Davidson families sailed from Inverness, Scotland on the ship "Caledonia," under the command of Captain John Anderson in 1715. Source: Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family. Bergen & Tripp. New York. 1866. page 174. | The ancestor of Jonathan Combs, it is said, came from Scotland, in the old ship Caledonia, which brought the first emigrants from the land of stern Presbyterianism; they seeking a home in the wild conntry from the intolerance of Papal and Episcopal power and persecution. Source: Huidekoper, Frederick Louis. The American Ancestry of Frederic Louis Huidekoper and Reginald Shippen Huidekoper. 1930. Reprint, Geneva, Switzerland: Imprimerie Albert Kundig, 1931. pages 22-23. | 7. James CHRISTIE, born in Scotland in 1670, presumably at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, on October 9, 1670; died at Schraalenburg (now Dumont), New Page 22 Page 23 Jersey, April 16, 1768; supposed to be the second son of John Christie 8 and Anna Ramsay, of Stirlingshire, and a member of the family of Christie--which first appeared as a surname in northern Scotland in the 12th Century and in the southeastern counties in the 15th Century--that acquired "the lands and barony of Canglar, commonly called Charterhouse, in the parish of St. Ninians"(*); joined the ill-fated Darien Expedition, organized by William Patterson, the founder of the Bank of England, and sailed from Leith, Scotland, in the Caledonia, for the Colony of New Caledonia, Isthmus of Darien, July 26, 1698; sailed from the Isthmus of Darien in the Caledonia, June 18, 1699, for New England, en route back to Scotland; arrived at New York, August 3, 1699, and resolved to remain in the American colonies; settled at Schraalenburgh (now Dumont), New Jersey; married at Hackensack, New Jersey, September 18, 1703, Madeleine des Marets, 1684-1749 (vide des Marets 7, page 26). Source: Lee, Francis Bazley, ed. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County New Jersey. Page 310. | (I) Alexander Laird, the pioneer ancestor of the Laird family in this country, emigrated to America, making the voyage in the sailing vessel "Caledonia." He came from the county of Fife in Scotland, and made his home in Englishtown, Monmouth county, New Jersey, where all his descendants in a direct line have been born. Among his children was a son, William. Sincerely, William Henry Roll Link: The Roll Family Genealogy Windmill URL: <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~windmill>

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1018 Surname: VAUGHN, CHEESEMAN ------------------------- Early tax lists show a Jacob VAUGHN in Windsor Twp., Middlesex Co. I'm trying to (1) establish that he had a son John who married Mary CHEESEMAN in 1764 in Monmouth Co., and (2) anything else about Jacob, who remains a mystery. He may also have had a son Daniel b. ca 1737, probably others as well. Hope to eventually establish a link from Jacob back to the John VAUGHN who was in Middletown, Monmouth Co. by 1670 or so. Any help?

A search of the census indexes shows a David Haggerty on the 1840 census in New Brunswick. Nancy Haggerty had a son David . Would anyone have any information about David ? Mahalo , Kevin

Posted on: Middlesex Co. NJ Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Middlesex?read=1017 Surname: William Martin, Jennie Martin ------------------------- Looking for information on the aforementioned people. Known at James St, Perth Amboy(1911) and Evergreen Av. Plainfield in 1915. Link: Martin Homepage URL: <http://website.lineone.net/~ross.britt-mari>

Thanks to Michelle , I believe I have a mother for my Eliza Haggerty who married Henry McSpaden. In the 1850 Census , Eliza is the 18 yr. d/o Nancy age 40 born in Ireland. Others in the household include James (17);Charles(12); Mary (10); David (6); and Margaret (80) I would guess Margaret is Nancy's mother. Would anyone be able to supply husbands for these 2 ? Any assistance appreciated. Mahalo, Kevin