My grandfather was Clifford Hurling b. 1888-1954 in East Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ. I am seeking to find out about his father Samuel Hurling/Herling? b. abt 1858-? in Somerville NJ his wife's name was Emma JACKSON, his mother's name was Sarah Jane WHITE 1820-1898, her husband my gg grandfather was Samuel Herling b, abt 1819-1871, in Lamington, Somerset County, NJ. My ggg grandfather, Thomas Herling, b. 1786-1856, in Lamington, Somerset County, NJ Anxiously awaiting a reply. Dolores Patterson

Hello Researchers, I've noticed that a few of the recent posts have come through anonymously. Where all friends on these lists so please sign your posts with your real names. I would think that you may get a better response by doing that. Thank you for your cooperation, -------- Glenn G. Geisheimer, Iselin, New Jersey: germanic42@home.com Owner: NJMiddle,NJEssex, Co-Sysop Baden-Wurttemberg Mailing Lists Essex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/ Middlesex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/ Personal Genealogy Site: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/ggg/ Virtual Newark, NJ(NEW): http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geishome/

I am trying to locate information regarding my husband's family. His father, Otto Roessler, b. 1897 (Germany?) came to the USA in 1905 with his mother, Theresa, and brother(s) Alfred and Carl. Their father stayed in Germany. Otto died in 1942, and Theresa died 1 week later in September 1942. She married twice (unsure of spellings) Burkowski, and Osiecki. I have no other information. My husband, Vernon was born to Otto Roessler and Anna Steurenthaler in Perth Amboy and the family lived there their entire lives. Can anyone give me a lead? I have reached a dead end.

Hello MCRs, I've updated the town pages on the Middlesex County Genealogy Web Site with links to the Family History Library Catalog records for each town. --------- Glenn G. Geisheimer, Iselin, New Jersey: germanic42@home.com NJMIDDLE Mailing List Administrator Middlesex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/ Middlesex Co. Resources: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/NJ/Middlesex/

I note that "genealogylibrary.com" for today lists three volumes of Monnette's First Settlers as now online. I hope all remember that all they are doing is making the stuff available on line. I cringe! My recommendation is to avoid Monnette at all costs, even if, like me, you have subscribed to that service. Harman Clark

Does anyone know who the Runyon Watershed on Middlesex County Rt 516 in Old Bridge was named after? A few years ago( about 10) the signs came down and now you could drive by and never know it. Bob Runyon

Hi Randy -- I wioll see what I can find and will answer you more directly with regard to your questions. I do, however, have the following initial comments: (1) I have (Deacon) William Cutter, born ca 1721, died 14 Feb 1780, as the son of Richard Cutter and his first wife, Mary Pike. He is so listed in a numer of references and he received some Pike Land. I also recognize that Mercy Cutter (his second wife) refers to William as a son in her will dated 13 Nov 1759, and that the inscription on William gravestone could be interpreted as placing him as a son of Mercy, so that is open to question. (2) You mention ">Monnette's collection of "First Settlers of Piscataway and >Woodbridge, NJ Genealogy" gives a brief synopsis of the >first two generations of the family there - listing: .... My comment there is that if Monnette said it, it has more than a 50% chance of being wrong. My strong recommendation is to stay completely away from anything Monnette has. (3) As you have probably seen, in Patty Myers' book and elsewhere, there was a great deal of interaction of Stephen Kent with the Moore, Moores, Carman, and Bloomfield families -- not only with marriages, but with deed transactions. While I have not seen Mary Kent in any of those, the answer may lie in an in depth look at those marriages and deeds, as well as estates. Harman Clark

Hi Randy -- I wioll see what I can find and will answer you more directly with regard to your questions. I do, however, have the following initial comments: (1) I have (Deacon) William Cutter, born ca 1721, died 14 Feb 1780, as the son of Richard Cutter and his first wife, Mary Pike. He is so listed in a numer of references and he received some Pike Land. I also recognize that Mercy Cutter (his second wife) refers to William as a son in her will dated 13 Nov 1759, and that the inscription on William gravestone could be interpreted as placing him as a son of Mercy, so that is open to question. (2) You mention ">Monnette's collection of "First Settlers of Piscataway and >Woodbridge, NJ Genealogy" gives a brief synopsis of the >first two generations of the family there - listing: .... My comment there is that if Monnette said it, it has more than a 50% chance of being wrong. My strong recommendation is to stay completely away from anything Monnette has. (3) As you have probably seen, in Patty Myers' book and elsewhere, there was a great deal of interaction of Stephen Kent with the Moore, Moores, Carman, and Bloomfield families -- not only with marriages, but with deed transactions. While I have not seen Mary Kent in any of those, the answer may lie in an in depth look at those marriages and deeds, as well as estates. Harman Clark

Hello members! I just subscribed hoping to find info on my grandfather, Lewis Frances Dey, b. Sept. 10, 1896 in South Amboy. He migrated to Fla. and registered for the WWI draft near Lake Okeechobee. Hoping to find his parents or siblings.Married Thelma Anderson and had three sons in Fl. Hope some one can help. Thanx so much, Jane

I have the Stephen KENT family of colonial MA and NJ in my ancestry, but have been unable to identify the parents of a Mary KENT. William CUTTER was born 1721 Woodbridge NJ to Richard and Marcy (Kelsey) Cutter. He married Mary KENT before 1745 in NJ. I don't know Mary's parents, birth or death dates/locations. The KENT family had children born in the Woodbridge NJ area. Monnette's collection of "First Settlers of Piscataway and Woodbridge, NJ Genealogy" gives a brief synopsis of the first two generations of the family there - listing: 1. Stephen Kent Sr. m. 1) Marjory _____, 2) Ann _____, 3) Ellinor (_____) Scadlock (widow). Children: i. Mary Kent m. Robert Ford ii. Elizabeth Kent b. 1 Mar 1643, d 27 Feb 1652 iii. Hannah Kent, b. 20 Mar 1644, d. 10 Dec 1688, m. Isaac Toppan 29 Sep 1669. +2 iv. Stephen Kent, b 6 Mar 1649, see below. v. Rebecca Kent b 3 Aug 1650, m. John Farnhum. vi. Elizabeth Kent, b 4 Dec 1653 m. John Adams 1 Jun 1671. vii. David Kent, b. 26 May 1657, perhaps dead in 1679. 2. Stephen Kent, b 6 Mar 1649, m. 1) Jane Scott 25 Dec 1683, 2) Mary ____, living 1696, 3) Abigail named in 1716 will, proved 25 Mar 1719. i. Susannah Kent, b 21 Dec 1684 ii. David Kent b 30 Jun 1685 iii. John Kent iv. Stephen Kent v. Hannah Kent vi. Abigail Kent. I estimate that my Mary Kent was born about 1715-1730, and my guess is that she is the daughter of either David, John or Stephen Kent in the third generation listed above. Does anyone have data for the families of these KENT fellows? The KENT genealogy books I've found so far are very inadequate for these NJ families. Can anyone help me solve this puzzle? Randy Seaver rjseaver@electriciti.com

Does anyone have any information of a George W. Reynolds (b. ~1803) and his wife Elizabeth? Thanks Brian

I am seeking more information on my gggg-grandparents John DANS(C)ER who married Mary (Maria) Brown in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Mary Brown's parents were John BROWN(E) and Susannah REZEAU. I am trying to find information on the parentage of John DANS(C)ER and John BROWN(E). John BROWN(E) may or may not have been from the Woodbridge area. Susannah REZEAU was from Staten Island and was the daughter of Pierre REZEAU and Dorcas GUILBERT who were Huguenots. Pierre's parents were Rinier REZEAU and Anne COURSIER. As far as I can tell they came to the United States in the late 1680s. They were supposed to go to the Carolinas. They left France and went to England before coming to the states. Does anyone know how I could go about getting information on births and marriages during the 1700s in the Middlesex area? Any help or additional information will be greatly appreciated. Joyce Reed

Still searching for infomation on subject names. The Durdens migrated from England to N. C. or Va. and settled in Alabama. The Kyles migrated from Scotland and settled in Ala. The Vasvarys(Vasvari) migrated from Hungary and Germany and settled in New Jersey. Any infomation you may have will be very helpful. Thanks Dorothy Durden ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Thanks John, This page is so interesting! Spending hours reading and looking up information. Thanks for caring. "Peace" Dorothy MacKenzie Popham- Texas NJMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > NJMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 114 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [NJMIDDLE] Interesting Historical ["John Cresseveur" <jjc@bardstown.c] > > Administrivia: > Please read the entire digest before answering any postings. > Someone may have already answered the question. > > When replying from the Digest Mode, please change the Subject Line > from "Digest ...." to whatever the subject of the post is. > > To unsubscribe from NJMIDDLE-D, send a message to > > NJMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [NJMIDDLE] Interesting Historical Web Site > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 15:09:44 -0700 > From: "John Cresseveur" <jjc@bardstown.com> > To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Folks, > I was notified of this site from the Morris County mailing list. > http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html > > John Cresseveur - Kentucky

I'm confused over the location of "Hillside cemetery, Plainfield". Is it the same as Hillside Cemetery of Samptown, which the South Plainfield website says is c/o First Baptist Church, 201 Hamilton Blvd, South Plainfield? There are several Hillside cemeteries on various lists and web map sites, Scotch Plains (says office), Lyndhurst, and one northeast of Edison, none of which appear to be it. Web map sites have been no help. Planning a trip on Tuesday, if possible to the cemetery, looking for my gggrandmother's grave, Maria Vail Harned. Any help locating it and information on available transcriptions etc would be great. Also, would like to hear from Vail and Harned researchers. Anita Clayton rclaytonsr@juno.com

Hi Folks, I was notified of this site from the Morris County mailing list. http://www.universitylake.org/primarysources.html John Cresseveur - Kentucky

In a message dated 8/25/99 3:21:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, NJMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << __________________________ -------------------- X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:32:02 EDT From: KThomas321@aol.com To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9f0f8b56.24f45b42@aol.com> Subject: [NJMIDDLE] Professions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello list: Came across the following job title that was common amongst a group of Scottish immigrants in the 1860 NJ Census, Essex County, Newark and was wondering if anyone is familiar with the profession/job. Oil Cloth Printer (Painter?) Kevin Thomas - kthomas321@aol.com ----- >> Hello to the list and also Kevin Thomas. An Oil cloth printer is primarily just what it says..They used oil cloth which was a fabric that had a somewhat like plastic coating to cover there tables..Today we call it "a table cloth". The material was a coating that would peel off, but it almost always had some kind of design printed on it..such as flowers or plaid, circles, dots etc. I remember this very well as my grandmother always was "fussy" about her choice of design and when she found a "good one" was always disappointed when it would start to peel. The coating adheared to a kind of canvas type material underneath the coating, and the top surface was easily wiped clean with a wet cloth and "soap" as they did not have detergents in those days. Hope that this helps. Dorothy Blakeley NY USA

Hello list: Came across the following job title that was common amongst a group of Scottish immigrants in the 1860 NJ Census, Essex County, Newark and was wondering if anyone is familiar with the profession/job. Oil Cloth Printer (Painter?) Kevin Thomas - kthomas321@aol.com

Hello List, Could anyone tell me what Election Districts/Wards or Precincts the following addresses are/were located in Perth Amboy during the 1910-1920 time period to enable me to look them up in the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census? 990 Amboy Avenue 317 Grove Street 430 Ashley Street Thank you, Walter

I am searching for information on the Vasvary line that migrated from Hungary in the late 1800s. I hope someone can help me. Thanks William ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html