Hi Hermon, I've got some original documents in the "family trunk" relating to the Middletown/Holmdel "Dutch" Church. Since I'm just back from five weeks in the Middle East and trying to get "caught up", it's going to a while before I can send anything, but am keeping messages from you and others in front of me.. Jim Rev. James M. Thorne, Jr. (Jim) RR 1 Stanhope, York PO Prince Edward Island PE Canada C0A 1P0 Phone: (902) 672-2326 james.thorne@pei.sympatico.ca HERMON B FAGLEY wrote: > I'm reading a few pages xeroxed from 'Early Dutch Settlers of Monmouth". > I'm reading the Dutch who came from w Long Island to Monmouth 1698-1708 > in 1709 started a Reformed Dutch church in Monmouth with Daniel > Hendrickson > as elder,and Jacob Van Dorn as deacon. And then Rev Bernardus Freeman,of > Kings,L.I. installed Joseph Morgan as minister. Though my wife had Dutch > in > Monmouth, this minute my interest is in the Pole,Antoni Sadowski, who m > Marye > Bordt [Bird] at Flatlands,RDC ,kINGS,1690'S,and 1707 was twice on > merchant,JOHN > Bowne's estate inventory-once for land [?] .I assume Antoni migrated with > the > Flatlands church Dutch to Monmouth,but later,he,and his,was with Abe's > Lincoln's. > SE Berks[Philadelphia] Co ,Pa had the Boone's,Lincoln's,and Sandusky's. > 1720's > Then, Brock's Gap thru North Mt on the west side of the Shenadoah Co had > Boones [1 year] ,Lincoln's and Sandusky's. Lincoln's followed Sandusky's > to early Ky- > Washington Co,area. > Anyway, I'm searching records of the earliest Dutch in Momouth. I > "think' the > church fell 1st in Middletown,then Holmdel,and finally Marlboro > twnsp.west of > Pleasant Valley. Over the years,it became called Marlboro Brick Reformed > [Dutch] church. I don't know the original name. I assume the 1st Dutch > must have taked > their pre-1709 babies back to Long Island to be Christened. Or Staten > Island? > The Pole,Antoni Sadowski, was an Indian trader in se Pa,if not in ne NJ. > My wife has 2 NJ Johnson's who intermarried with Dutch,if not Dutch > thenselves. > Antoni Sadowski should have been Christening babies in his Monmouth Co,NJ > years. Was in se BERKS Co,Pa by 1715-20. At least,he was there part of > the year. > His daughters married men,with similar surnames to men on John Bowne's > inventory of 1707. John Warren [Warring,etc] and Isaac Johnson. Another m > a n > Increase Miller,with Holmes blood. Pa marriages. Antoni's son,Andrew , m > [2nd?] an > INSKEEP. > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.