I am looking for information on Alfred Law Griggs. Arrived from England in 1857 and lived in New Brunswick,New Jersey. Later moved to Newark with his family. Had a con Charles born in 1865 in New Brunswick. I would appricate any help you may have on this family. Alfred and Eleanor had a daughter Fanny when they arrived here from England. Thanks again, Shirley JCRSAE@aol.com

I am looking for information on Albert Johnson who arrived in New Brunswick from Wales in 1860. He was naturalized in 1874. Could anyone direct me on where his naturalization papers would be filed? I am also looking for any information about his children: Frederick (m. Julia McDonald), Catherine and Leslie.

I am sorry to send this to the list, but I can't find the address of "RAY" Ray you wrote a letter to the list on 13 Aug saying you were interested in HOWELL/MOLLESON. I am too. My 9th gr grandparents were John 2) MOLLESON and Sarah HOWELL. I don't know who her parents were..I'd like to hear from you, or any one else for that matter that's interested or have data on them... Thank you, Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com

Working on the following Perth Amboy ancestors and their descendants: John TKACS (1858-1948) and (Ann MUSKA ?) John KOLLAR (1862-1929) and Elizabeth MATEJ (1863-1955) contact me if you would like to exchange information

BRITTON/BRITTAIN: Am researching the following family that--according to military, census, probate & deed records--long lived in the New Brunswick area of Middlesex Co. NJ. My g-g-grandfather William B. BRITTON below moved to Wisconsin after his marriage in 1851: (1) Nicholas BRITTON (d 1828) m. Mary _____? (d aft 1844) (2) Nathaniel BRITTON (d bef 1844) (2) Nicholas BRITTON (1791 - aft 1850) m. Gertrude? _____? (3) Nicholas BRITTON (3) William B. BRITTON (1829/30 - 1910) m. Elizabeth COMBES (1829 - 1912) (4) Irene Elizabeth BRITTON (1853 - 1925) (3) Edwards BRITTON (d aft 1910) (2) Elisabeth BRITTON (2) Mary BRITTON (2) Catherine BRITTON I'd like to find other descendants of this family, learn maiden names of wives, & carry the family further back. I have undocumented information showing Nicholas (1) to be a son of Dan'l BRITTAIN (1655-1733). Several books have been written on the BRITTON/BRITTAIN family - - anyone know which may be most reliable, & most likely to focus on the northeast? COMBES/COOMBS: Elizabeth COMBES appeared in 1850 New Brunswick Census, age 20, living in a rooming house - - no mention of parents. Her death certificate provided: birthplace: England parents: Stephen & Mary COMBES emigration to America: about age 12 My grandfather was given the middle name of COOMBS. I've not yet found any other records for this family. Any information on above families would be greatly appreciated ! Lou - - nbvena@juno.com _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Is the Leigh High Valley Railway still in operation and would they have information on workers from 1920 ? My great grandfather William M. Wood was an engineer for the company in 1920 (according to census) If the company is still in operation...could someone please send me the address to write for information. Thank you in advance Anita Oak Harbor, WA rocket@whidbey.net

I am looking for any information on one Jacob Showels renouned Ringling Brothers horseman married Elzabeth Manahan. Elizabeth also rode with the circus as a bareback rider billed as Libby Showels. Libby and Jacob took in a boy from Middlesex county and raised him as thier own. Any information would be helpful Neil Campbell (researching Campbell, Coveney, Manahan, LaFetra)

I have a family Bible in my possession for a Kelly family from Woodbridge....is anyone else working on these lines? Daniel KELLY (b. 15 Jan 1769; d. 17 May 1849) m. 7 Jan 1798 to Rhoda DRAKE (b. 11 Jul 1771;d. 12 Mar 1846) children: Mary KELLY b. 21 Nov 1798 Hannah KELLY b. 7 Feb 1800 Samuel Drake KELLY b. 7 Sep 1805 Christian KELLY b. 8 Apr 1811 Mary (above) m. David LAING children: Rachele Ann LAING b. 15 Aug 1817 Michele Kelly LAING b. 18 Feb 1819 Catherine LAING b. 24 Jun 1821 in the Bible, but not sure how connected, probably a son of Samuel or Christian William KELLY (b. 17 Aug 1837) m. Besser PALMATER (b. 2 Oct 1845) Eva KELLY dau of William and Besser KELLY m. John H. CAMPBELL (b. 25 Jun 1861) children: Besser Kelly CAMPBELL b. 25 Apr 1890 William K CAMPBELL b. 2 Jun 1896 It looks like the Bible started out with the KELLYs, moved to the LAING family and then ended up with William KELLY's daughter....it's interesting that only one marriage is noted, I created the "couples" from the recorded births....don't know if any of this is helpful to anyone... Robin Campbell

I am looking for the birth Certificates of David F. WARE b 4/15/1910 and John J. WARE b 1877 in New Brunswick. Also need marriage record of Ellen McGovern and John WARE about 1909. Also, Virginia Rosemary LANE b 12/20/1914 and birth & marriage records of John J. LANE died 1940 & Rosemary HOPKINS died 1951, all of New Brunswick. All help appreciated,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Don Firsdon in Lexington, KY

What is this mortgage message supposed to mean? I don't wish to receive commercial messages as part of my subscription to Roots Mailing Lists ! Lou On Sun, 16 Aug 1998 06:18:07 -0700 (PDT) NJMIDDLE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: >------------------------------ > >Content-Type: text/plain > >NJMIDDLE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 40 > >Today's Topics: > #1 SavingsMortgage Consultation [DT1@mailtag.com] > #2 Re: SavingsMortgage Consultation ["Harman Clark" ><hclark@plainfield.] > >Administrivia: >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. > >______________________________ >------------------------------ > >X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 13:49:26 -0400 >From: DT1@mailtag.com >To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <04064817@David> >Subject: SavingsMortgage Consultation >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Reply today for a free mortgage consultation !! There is no obligation >to speak with a >qualified loan officer about your situation. > >Whether you want to lower your rate or avoid bankruptcy/foreclosure >our referral >agents can help you. Simply reply with your name, phone number, and >best time to >reach you and someone will be happy to speak to you at no cost >whatsoever! Also, >give a brief description of what you are trying to do, such as: lower >my rate, consolidate >my bills into one monthly payment, avoid foreclosure, etc. > >If you wish to be removed from future mailings, simply write remove in >your subject >header. > >______________________________ >------------------------------ > >X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 15:44:23 -0400 >From: "Harman Clark" <hclark@plainfield.bypass.com> >To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <01bdc885$1aa3f440$LocalHost@default> >Subject: Re: SavingsMortgage Consultation >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Why am I getting this JUNK -- SPAM. I do not buy or deal with anyone >who sends me junk and want my name removed immediately. > >-----Original Message----- >From: DT1@mailtag.com <DT1@mailtag.com> >To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Saturday, August 15, 1998 3:07 PM >Subject: SavingsMortgage Consultation > > >>Reply today for a free mortgage consultation !! There is no >obligation to speak with a >>qualified loan officer about your situation. >> >>Whether you want to lower your rate or avoid bankruptcy/foreclosure >our referral >>agents can help you. Simply reply with your name, phone number, and >best time to >>reach you and someone will be happy to speak to you at no cost >whatsoever! Also, >>give a brief description of what you are trying to do, such as: lower >my rate, consolidate >>my bills into one monthly payment, avoid foreclosure, etc. >> >>If you wish to be removed from future mailings, simply write remove >in your subject >>header. >> > >-------------------------------- >End of NJMIDDLE-D Digest V98 Issue #40 >************************************** > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Why am I getting this JUNK -- SPAM. I do not buy or deal with anyone who sends me junk and want my name removed immediately. -----Original Message----- From: DT1@mailtag.com <DT1@mailtag.com> To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, August 15, 1998 3:07 PM Subject: SavingsMortgage Consultation >Reply today for a free mortgage consultation !! There is no obligation to speak with a >qualified loan officer about your situation. > >Whether you want to lower your rate or avoid bankruptcy/foreclosure our referral >agents can help you. Simply reply with your name, phone number, and best time to >reach you and someone will be happy to speak to you at no cost whatsoever! Also, >give a brief description of what you are trying to do, such as: lower my rate, consolidate >my bills into one monthly payment, avoid foreclosure, etc. > >If you wish to be removed from future mailings, simply write remove in your subject >header. >

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Hi! Here are the surnames that I am searching: Booraem (van Boerum) Goodheart (Goodhart) Van Sickle (van Sichelen) Heider Blakeney Cottrell Rolfe

Researching MCPHERSON's from MIDDLESEX and HUNTERDON CO NJ. Also several other counties. This name is spelled a variety of ways in early NJ Documents including : McFARSON, Mcferson, MACKFARSON, Macforsen, MicFerson and even Farfason. I guess any combination you can imagine that might phonetically sound similar to McPHERSON. My earliest known ancestor is SAMUEL MCFARSON b. April 4, 1709 possibly in PISCATAWAY, MIDDLESEX CO. NJ. His Earmark is recorded in PISCATAWAY Records in 1728. Later moved to KINGWOOD Twp. HUNTERDON CO. NJ. Other McPHERSON's include : JAMES b. 1716, WILLIAM, REUBEN, DAVID, THOMAS. Some or all may be brothers. Looking for Parents of SAMUEL McPHERSON b. 1709 and his siblings. Midge Haines Jasspro@aol.com

Working on family research on the Campbell surname in Middlesex/Monmouth County areas and LaFetra name in New Jersey during the early 1700's Any information would be appreciated Neil Campbell

I am new to this list and am looking for info on William Wilson FREDERICKS, born June 5 1883 in Monmouth Junction. This info comes from the family bible that was his and his wife's. She was Florence SYERS of Camden and they married in Princeton, so I know I am hopping county lines! Also, is there anyone out there with info on SIPOS and RACZ families in the Woodbridge area? These are in-laws and most came here from Hungary pretty recently. I also have a Julia ADAMS, who married a SIPOS. Amy Gothard Louisville, KY

I'm researching Erich HUELSMAN/HÜLSMANN (a nephew of my great-grandfather) who was born in Germany 13 May 1895 and died in South Amboy, NJ on 26 January 1975. I don't know if he was ever married, or if he had any children. He was buried in Shoreland Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Hazlet, NJ on 30 January 1975. He worked for a time just prior to WWI in a bakery in the Richmond Hills section of Queens, NY. This bakery may have been owned by an uncle or cousin. For many decades, he operated a bakery in Morgan in Middlesex County. Alan Furchtenicht furcht@macc.wisc.edu

Hello Middlesex County Researchers, I've just added a page on the site for links to Middlesex County Researchers. If any researcher has a personal web site for Genealogy please forward the link to me for the page. Thank You, Glenn G. Geisheimer: glenng@castle.net Owner: NJMiddle,NJEssex & Co-Sysop: Baden-Wuerttemberg Mailing Lists Essex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/ Middlesex County, NJ Genealogy: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmiddle/ Personal Web Site: http://www.castle.net/~glenng/index.html Virtual Newark, NJ: http://www.castle.net/~glenng/newark/newark.htm

Hi Roberta, I'm sorry I can't help you on the Cornelius & Mary Tunison line. They are not inmy line of Tunisons, although I do have two Cornelius's in my line. My Great Great grandfather was Cornelius Walter and married Dinah Walker, and my great geandfather was Cornelius Walter Jr., and he married three times but none to a Mary. However we do connect on Richead Heath and Sarah Wilson. Richard was a son of the Immigrant Andrew Heath and wes born in the late 1690's or early 1700's. There seems to be no dates for the birth of Richard or his brothers or sisters but they were all baptized together about 1704. Richard married Sarah Wilson 6 Nov 1736. Sarah's parents were Samuel Wilson Sr. & Esther Overton. After Sarah's death Richard married a Mary____. I have him having only one child and that would be Esther. Esther married Abraham Coryell and they had eleven Children: Sarah, Agnes, David, Elsie, Susannah, Ann, Esther, Abraham, Richard, John, and Elias/Eltas. I have more on Richard if you would like the info and also on the descendents of his father Andrew. My mother and several people she became aquainted with while doing research on the Heaths put together a manuscript," The Heath Family of Hunterdon County, New Jersey". The date on it is April 1977 but the research was done in the sixties and seventies. Don

I will take a good look at your message as I am a Drake descendant and have a good data base on the family. However, looking at it quickly I see you reference Monnette's First Settlers of Piscataway. BEWARE -- he is almost totally unreliable. His entries on Drake are particularly bad. Harman Clark. -----Original Message----- From: Jasspro@aol.com <Jasspro@aol.com> To: NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com <NJMIDDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, August 13, 1998 12:34 PM Subject: Re: NJ MIDDLESEX SURNAMES >Hi Mark, >Sorry to send this to the list but have tried several times to send it to just >your address and it keeps getting sent back as undeliverable. Below is the >copy I sent last week of info I had in my files on DRAKES in MIDDELSEX >Midge >Jasspro@aol.com > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >451 mkcox@brightnet.com... brightnet.com: Name server timeout >Message could not be delivered for 3 days >Message will be deleted from queue > > ----- Original message follows ----- > >Received: from Jasspro@aol.com > by imo25.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id 6AZa003745 > for <mkcox@brightnet.com>; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 19:45:41 -0400 (EDT) >From: <Jasspro@aol.com> >Return-path: <Jasspro@aol.com> >Message-ID: <1c7a76d5.35ce34a6@aol.com> >Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 19:45:41 EDT >To: mkcox@brightnet.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Subject: DRAKES NJ 1700's >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 170 > >Hi Mark >I Missed these DRAKES last week. >>From NJ ARCHIVES 1st Ser. Vol XXX Abstract of Wills Vol 2, >and page 234--- >The will of Benjamin Huff, Esq. Mar 9, 1744-45 mentions the plantation joins >land which DANIEL DRAKE and SAMUEL MACKFERSON bought of Thomas Brown. >>From the book "Marriage Records of Hunterdon Co. 1795-1875" by Hiram >DeatsFrom >other counties: >page 119 Drake, Catherine and Henry Molleson, Middlesex Co. 1749 Mar 2 >page 281 Molleson, Ruth and Ephraim Runyon, Piscataway, 1757 Oct 12 > Molleson, Sarah and John Juley, Middlesex 1780 Dec 30. >>From the book "FIRST SETTLERS OF PISCATAWAY AND WOODBRIDGE-GENEALOGICAL >AUTHORITIES" on Page 76-77, Piscataway Names Originating In Piscataqua, New >Hampshire--the following Drakes included-- >Captain Francis Drake, Robert Drake, Nathanial Drake, George Drake, John >Drake, Mary Drake. >On Page 78--The orginal pioneers to take up land in Piscataway, under the >generous terms of "The Consessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors of >the Province of New Jersey" came in 1666 from the most northeasternly >settlements in New England on a borderline between what is now the States of >Maine and New Hampsire. Woodbridge NJ friends from Mass., bought a large >tract of land lying between the Rahway and Raritan Rivers. These few were >soon followed by other friends from New England--inclucing Francis Drake, John >Drake and George Drake. Page 79---Prominent among the other citizens and >freeholders of Piscataway at a date just previous to the close of the >Proprietary period (1702) were the folowing property owners and residents, >many who were sons of pioneer planters include Samuel Drake, Francis Drake, >Jr., Joseph Drake, John Drake........ >On Page 80--Earliest settlers who had died before the beginning of the >Colonial Epoch, 1702, among those who originally settled the wilderness >include Francis Drake, Sr. died 1687. >Page 844----Under Children of JOHN MOLLESON and SARAH HOWELL > CHRISTIAN (female) b. Dec 15, 1689 married ca. 1709 JACOB DRAKE b. >May 10, 1710 a son of REV JOHN DRAKE and wife REBECCA TROTTER. They had 7 >children. > A second son named GILBERT b. March 21, 1706 (a first son name GILBERT >b. Sept 10, 1697 d. before second was born). GILBERT-2 married SARAH DRAKE >daughter of ANDREW DRAKE and wife HANNAH FitzRANDOLPH. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- >------------------------------------------- >There is more --if you do not have any of this let me know. I will get what >I can find . Seems as though DRAKES were from the New England. I have more >information to digest in a big packet from Walt Ayars whose family are also >Pioneers and he is deeply into tracing all of this stuff. You may have >already run across him or his family as they were also neighbors of the >McPHERSONS in some places. > >Midge Haines >Jasspro@aol.com >