My 3X great grandparents were James and Josephine FOSTER. I can only find them in the 1860 census and they were then residing in what was considered Chatham Twp., Morris Co., NJ. Their daughter, Mary Augusta FOSTER married John M. STEWART and they lived in EAst Newark, NJ Both died in the early 1900's. James FOSTER was born in England and Josephine was born in France. I do not know her maiden name. They had a son named Charles FOSTER. If anyone can help me with any additional information with this family, it would be most appreciative. Thank you. Mona in Richmond, IN

Are you doing Look-Ups in the Morris County Directory 1875-76 ? Or is anybody? I am looking for surname Hamler (Hambler, Hombler/Homler/Homlar) Kathleen In a message dated 1/31/04 5:20:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, kdw72696@yahoo.com writes: The Morris County directory for 1875-76 : containing the names of the inhabitants of Morristown, Dover, Booton, together with a business directory of the principal towns of Morris County, and much other miscellaneous information. New Jersey?: J.H. Lant, 1875, 168 pgs.

John Rowe in Parsippany [blacksmith] C. T. Rowe on Speedwell ave, Morristown Reuben Rowe, clerk, corner of spring and Randolph av, Dover Patrick Roe, on Liberty, Boonton That is all. Dave --- Dave Wisneski <kdw72696@yahoo.com> wrote: > Like this? > > The Morris County directory for 1875-76 : containing the names of the > inhabitants of Morristown, Dover, Booton, together with a business > directory of the principal towns of Morris County, and much other > miscellaneous information. > New Jersey?: J.H. Lant, 1875, 168 pgs. > > Dave > > --- Kathy Atwood <katwood@chartermi.net> wrote: > > Were there any Polk Directories for the the Morris Co. area in the > > 1865-1875 > > time period? I am looking for an entry after 1866 for Henry Rowe. > > He lived > > Hibernia at that time. > > > > If someone has access to a directory which might give his address, > I > > would > > appreciate a lookup. > > > > Thanks so much in advance, > > Kathy > > >

I was recently sent an abstract of a testimony made in 1843 by Leah Westervelt to the Monroe Court of Common Pleas in respect of a claim for a Revolutionary War Pension due to her first husband, David Doremus. The abstract gives several important new pieces of information about my Vanderhoof family of Penfield and Webster. Does anyone know where the original records of this court might be accessed? Terry HJ England

Like this? The Morris County directory for 1875-76 : containing the names of the inhabitants of Morristown, Dover, Booton, together with a business directory of the principal towns of Morris County, and much other miscellaneous information. New Jersey?: J.H. Lant, 1875, 168 pgs. Dave --- Kathy Atwood <katwood@chartermi.net> wrote: > Were there any Polk Directories for the the Morris Co. area in the > 1865-1875 > time period? I am looking for an entry after 1866 for Henry Rowe. > He lived > Hibernia at that time. > > If someone has access to a directory which might give his address, I > would > appreciate a lookup. > > Thanks so much in advance, > Kathy >

Were there any Polk Directories for the the Morris Co. area in the 1865-1875 time period? I am looking for an entry after 1866 for Henry Rowe. He lived Hibernia at that time. If someone has access to a directory which might give his address, I would appreciate a lookup. Thanks so much in advance, Kathy

I am seeking the parents names and their places of birth for: John S BENJAMIN b 1814 Morris Co. NJ d Jan 1892 Colfax, Clinton, Indiana Edward J BENJAMIN b.1826 Morris Co. NJ d aft 1880 Clinton County, Indiana Thank you, Michael Swanson

Can anyone tell me WHO the Rachel DeCamp was who owned land adjoining Samuel Frost and Joseph Post and/or Jeremiah Post in Morris Co., NJ, in 1780-1783? Who was she married to? How did she come by the land? This land appears to have been adjacent to land owned by Jeremiah Post, purchased from Abm. Osman, and mortgaged to Joseph Ford, Esq., s/o John Ford and his wife Elizabeth (Freeman). It was located on the road from Morristown to Newark. Bordering properties were owned by Samuel Frost (to the west) and possibly Zebee Potter, Samuel Potter and James Burnett elsewhere. Could she be the daughter of William DeCamp who d. about 1830 in Chester, Morris Co.? Or was she the wife of another DeCamp? Wilson DeCamp

In the late-1850s and the 1860s, were there any other ports by which English immigrants would arrive to in New Jersey other than Castle Garden, or NY? This is just "word of mouth" from one generation to the next in my family, but the story is that my G-Grandmother came from Wales to New Jersey (ca. 1860) and her uncle waited for her "at the Jersey Docks." Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com Surnames: Carpenter, Pearce, Johns, Hamler, Webb, Conklin, Kindred, Losey, Shawger/Shauger, Anthony, Fullington, Anderson, Paugh, Orner/Arner, Howard, Harrington, Robinson, Fisher

In the late-1850s and the 1860s, were there any other ports by which English immigrants would arrive to in New Jersey other than Castle Garden, or NY? The only Henry Rowe listed in the NY Passenger lists (Ancestry.com) came in 1856. His age approximates the age (b. 1839)and place of origin (Eng.) of my gg-grandfather Henry [aka Harry] Rowe, but my 'Henry' was in Cornwall, England in 1861 to marry and had children there in 1863 and 1866 respectively. His wife and the aforementioned children came to NJ via NY in 9/1868, but Henry was not listed with them. He appears in the 1870 US census of Hibernia, Morris Co., NJ with his family and US-born son (b. 1869). I was wondering if he came in from a different port other than NY or Castle Garden? Were there others? Any helps, hints, or suggestions appreciated! Kathy

There was a methodist congregation established "before 1840" in nearby Bloomingdale. They built their church in 1842. Eventually, another church as built in Butler around 1884 with a split in the congregation. Then the Bloomingdale church closed. Later, around 1902, a new Methodist church in Bloomingdale was built (the current one in use). The church & congregation in Butler is still active, might they know of the location of any old records? Dave --- GreenDavid@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/24/2004 7:00:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, > kevrik@spamcop.net writes: > I am starting to think the main advantage of being Methodist was > the complete absence of records. > Kevin, if there was not an established Methodist church in the area > at the > time of the baptisms, they more than likely were performed by the > itinerant > preacher - circuit rider who would pass through the area on a > periodic basis. > Many Methodist meetings at that time were held in the homes of laymen > until there > were enough members to necessitate a larger meeting house, then a > church > would have been constructed. When a circuit rider would come through > town, he > would preach and administer the sacraments. > > Many circuit rider preachers carried their own records and only > recorded > those which were required, i.e. marriages, when they eventually > reached the county > clerk's office and then did so as a group, often much after the > event. I've > found marriages recorded all in a group in the clerk's record book in > Kent > Co, DE - even with established churches in the area at the time. > > The key would be to determine which circuit riders were working in or > passing > through the area and then determine if the preacher's personal > records have > been saved or archived. The Greater New Jersey Methodist Conference > has a > conference historian: www.gnjumc.org and the United Methodist Church > Archives are > located at Drew University in Madison, NJ: www.gcah.org. From their > website: > "Where are baptismal and membership records? Local church records, > such as > baptismal and membership records, are not kept by the General > Commission on > Archives and History. Local church records are kept at the local > church. If > that church closes and merges with another church, then the records > go to the > new church. If the church closes and there is no sucessor church, > then the > records are usually transferred to the annual conference archives. > You will need > to contact the conference archives to learn more about the status of > the > church and how to go about finding its records. Feel free to use our > on-line > conference directory to locate the person you need to contact. If > you have any > questions please feel free to contact us." That is correct - unless > the UMC > Archives has any personal records of some of the early circuit > riders. > > I'm still looking for records for the Red Lion, DE Methodist Church > without > much success - and it was established during the timeline I'm > researching. - > Dave Green >

In a message dated 1/24/2004 7:00:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, kevrik@spamcop.net writes: I am starting to think the main advantage of being Methodist was the complete absence of records. Kevin, if there was not an established Methodist church in the area at the time of the baptisms, they more than likely were performed by the itinerant preacher - circuit rider who would pass through the area on a periodic basis. Many Methodist meetings at that time were held in the homes of laymen until there were enough members to necessitate a larger meeting house, then a church would have been constructed. When a circuit rider would come through town, he would preach and administer the sacraments. Many circuit rider preachers carried their own records and only recorded those which were required, i.e. marriages, when they eventually reached the county clerk's office and then did so as a group, often much after the event. I've found marriages recorded all in a group in the clerk's record book in Kent Co, DE - even with established churches in the area at the time. The key would be to determine which circuit riders were working in or passing through the area and then determine if the preacher's personal records have been saved or archived. The Greater New Jersey Methodist Conference has a conference historian: www.gnjumc.org and the United Methodist Church Archives are located at Drew University in Madison, NJ: www.gcah.org. From their website: "Where are baptismal and membership records? Local church records, such as baptismal and membership records, are not kept by the General Commission on Archives and History. Local church records are kept at the local church. If that church closes and merges with another church, then the records go to the new church. If the church closes and there is no sucessor church, then the records are usually transferred to the annual conference archives. You will need to contact the conference archives to learn more about the status of the church and how to go about finding its records. Feel free to use our on-line conference directory to locate the person you need to contact. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us." That is correct - unless the UMC Archives has any personal records of some of the early circuit riders. I'm still looking for records for the Red Lion, DE Methodist Church without much success - and it was established during the timeline I'm researching. - Dave Green

My Rileys were Methodists. James Riley married Mary Rogers in 1835 and worked at Ringwood Manor. He moved to Morris County about 1850. (the house still stands at 82 Newark-Pompton Turnpike) While they had 10 children, I have yet been able to find any baptisms recorded anywhere. So I am starting to think the main advantage of being Methodist was the complete absence of records. I have checked just about every record I can find. I have found marriages recorded for some of Mary's alleged siblings in the Pompton Reformed records, but nothing else. The Riley and Rogers families are complete brick walls. If I could catch them being careless once, I think I could crack it. But so far, they have been VERY careful. Has anyone ever found any Methodist records for Passaic and Morris Counties? Mahalo and take care, Kevin

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F.Y.I. From CyndisLIst, January 20 Good luck. Marybeth C. ========= << =~=~=~= URL: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/cem_montvilletrc.shtml TITLE: Graveyard Records of the True Reformed Church, Montville, New Jersey (aka Seceder Cemetery) DESCRIPTION: Search for ancestors in this database of cemetery records for Morris County New Jersey. =~=~=~= >>

I am interested in contacting relatives or anyone else who may have known Mrs. Phoebe Howard (wife of John) who lived at Ridgedale Ave., Morristown, NJ during the time period of 1920 on. Thanks, Carol

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Does anyone know where I would contact for a marriage certificate in Morristown, NJ for the time period 1909-1912. Thanks so much. Carol

--=======310B64D8======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-9F95B08; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Joan, I looked at the Library's website, where they give a phone number -- (973) 290-4237. http://www.cse.edu/library_rarebooks.htm The materials you are seeking might not be represented in the library's online catalog, which is a shared catalog with Farleigh-Dickinson. <http://www.fdu.edu/studentsvcs/library.html>www.fdu.edu/studentsvcs/library.html Probably best to speak with a librarian or archivist about the specific items you seek. I did not see a link to write to a librarian (Mahoney Library, 2 Convent Rd., Morristown, NJ 07960-6989) I found the name of the Director: Br. Paul Chervenie Ext: 4233 and the Head of User Services Amira Unver Ext: 4236 My own experience with family diaries donated to the archives at the University of Cincinnati was that they were very willing to help a relative with materials that were donated and are of a special nature. --Noelle Ohio At 03:55 PM 1/14/2004 -0700, Joan Eddy wrote: >My aunt, Helen C. Phillips, gave a collection of rare books, manuscripts >and furniture to Saint Elizabeth's--so they named a room in the Library in >her honor. A cousin tells me Aunt Helen gave them a family bible--am not >certain this to be true, but would like to find out if she did actually >give them some family documents. The write up on the college's website >mainly mentions books she acquired while living and working in Florence, >Italy. That is not my interest. I would like to know if there are any >Phillips or Uhland (my other great grandparents) documents at the >library--and if so, how I can obtain copies. Any help would be most >appreciated. > >Joan Eddy >Tucson, AZ >eddyjoan@comcast.net > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 --=======310B64D8======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-9F95B08 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 11/21/2003 --=======310B64D8=======--

My aunt, Helen C. Phillips, gave a collection of rare books, manuscripts and furniture to Saint Elizabeth's--so they named a room in the Library in her honor. A cousin tells me Aunt Helen gave them a family bible--am not certain this to be true, but would like to find out if she did actually give them some family documents. The write up on the college's website mainly mentions books she acquired while living and working in Florence, Italy. That is not my interest. I would like to know if there are any Phillips or Uhland (my other great grandparents) documents at the library--and if so, how I can obtain copies. Any help would be most appreciated. Joan Eddy Tucson, AZ eddyjoan@comcast.net