Could anyone help me by looking for an obit at the historical society or library in Morris County, if you live in the area. I will happily pay for your time and the obituary. Here is what I'm trying to locate: Obit for Gertrude VAN HOUTEN - maiden name of Rogers. She was born in 1869 and died in 1916. Gertrude is bured at the Monteville Reformed Church Cemetery, in Montville, Morris County, NJ. Thanks! Tina in Florida

Cobbs Corner can be found in Parsippany - Intersection of Route 46 and Route 202. If you want to plot it on a map: Latitude 405214N Longitude 0742509W Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex> > -----Original Message----- > From: Marjorie B. Winter [mailto:marjw@pinelink.org] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 2:45 PM > To: NJMORRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJMORRIS] VAN RIPER - WINYALL/WYNYALL/WINYOL - COBB > > > Hello, List: We are all researching our ancestors HARMON J. VAN > RIPER who m. > CATHARINE WINYALL 1848 in Philadelphia, PA. Harmon is listed in one record > as a waterman/boatswain of Whippany. Their first child, Helen, > was born 1849 > in Hanover, Morris County, NJ. Helen died unmarried in PA. Second child, > Catharine Amelia (Kate) b. 1851 in Newark, NJ. Kate married Charles Lang > Cobb 12/20/1873 in Philadelphia. That couple lived in NYC. > > We believe Harmon may have been a canal worker on the early Morris Canal. > > We are interested to know more about the town of Cobbs Corner. > > Are there directories for any of these areas, particularly Morris County, > for 1840-1850? > > Help much appreciated. Thank you. Marj Winter in Oriental, NC > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.559 / Virus Database: 351 - Release Date: 1/7/2004 > >

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Hello, List: We are all researching our ancestors HARMON J. VAN RIPER who m. CATHARINE WINYALL 1848 in Philadelphia, PA. Harmon is listed in one record as a waterman/boatswain of Whippany. Their first child, Helen, was born 1849 in Hanover, Morris County, NJ. Helen died unmarried in PA. Second child, Catharine Amelia (Kate) b. 1851 in Newark, NJ. Kate married Charles Lang Cobb 12/20/1873 in Philadelphia. That couple lived in NYC. We believe Harmon may have been a canal worker on the early Morris Canal. We are interested to know more about the town of Cobbs Corner. Are there directories for any of these areas, particularly Morris County, for 1840-1850? Help much appreciated. Thank you. Marj Winter in Oriental, NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.559 / Virus Database: 351 - Release Date: 1/7/2004

I found the following articles in the Daily Record that may be of interest. The first is concerning the restoration of an old cider mill in Mendham. http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news8-cidermill.htm and the second, what was it like to live in the winter of the 1700's http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news7-Wickhouse.htm Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex>

-------4f9528fef223369ebee8d476c0308124 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -------4f9528fef223369ebee8d476c0308124 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Message 121" Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Message 121" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Received: from 64.136.26.228 by ms8.verisignmail.com (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with HTTP/1.1; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:39:39 -0800 Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:39:39 -0800 From: info@windowssouth.com Subject: Re: [NJMORRIS] Seek Burial Sites, David & Amy (Drake) Hamler To: LPurch6636@aol.com X-Mailer: Webmail Mirapoint Direct 3.2.2-GA MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Kathleen, I can't give you the date but I can tell you how to find it. I had the same situtation with my 3-gr grandfather, Benjamin Sutton who married (2nd) Elizabeth Drake Aber, both of Walnut Grove (Mt. Freedom), Morris County, NJ. I knew he was born about 1801 and died in Walnut Grove - but not when- and must have lived until the last available census, 1850. (The census records on Ancestry.com weren't out at the time I was searching.) I rented the yearly New Jersey death records at the local LDS Family History Center a few at a time, and searched the Morris County section of every tape all the way to 1891, where I finally found him - he had lived to be 90 years old! On www.familysearch.com, get on the Library search section for Sussex County in New Jersey, and you will get a list of available tapes. Then you may order the tapes by the number indicated. Regards, Caroline While you're online, please check out www.awindowsouth.com and pass the word if you wish. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:04:53 EST >From: LPurch6636@aol.com >Subject: [NJMORRIS] Seek Burial Sites, David & Amy (Drake) Hamler >To: NJMORRIS-L@rootsweb.com > >I am trying to find the burial site/sites of husband and wife David & Amy >(Drake) Hamler. >David was born in either 1809 or 1813 and he died after 1885. Amy was born >in 1822 and died after 1885. They spent the first part of their married lives >living in Warren County, NJ but they spent the rest of their lives in Sussex >County, NJ and they might be buried where Amy was born and where the Drake >family has a stronghold: Morris County, NJ. > >Also would appreciate a reference that will indicate David's *date of death* >in particular. >I am asking for David's death certificate for my birthday in March but I will >need the exact date of death! > >Many thanks! > >Kathleen >LPurch6636@aol.com > -------4f9528fef223369ebee8d476c0308124--

FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE. If you have any questions, please call 973 394-0554. Thank you ________________________________________________ Short Version MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY Presents �GROWING UP IN MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP� Presenters: Betty Pyontek of Montville and Evelyn Kovarik of Towaco MONDAY, January 12 7:30 p.m. MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY Pio Costa Auditorium 90 Horseneck Road, Montville free admission refreshments served For further information, please call 973�334�3665 or 973-394-0554 ---------------------------------------------- Article Version MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS �GROWING UP IN MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP� Come see this program at the Montville Township�s Historical Society�s January 12 program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck, Montville. �Growing Up In Montville Township� will be the subject of the next program at the Montville Township�s Historical Society�s January 12 (Monday) program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck, Montville. The program is presented by Betty Pyontek of Montville and Evelyn Kovarik of Towaco. Do you know what it was like to grow up in Montville, Towaco and Pine Brook? Did they walk to school, watch TV, play game boy and have chores? Did everyone go to church, were there summer people or all year around residents in the area? Where did everyone shop? Did everyone know your name? Betty and Evelyn will describe what it was like in the �good olde days�. Both life long residents, Betty descends from the Van Duyne clan and Evelyn from the Jacobus family. Both of these families are original settlers of the area. They will use photographs and tales to illustrate what it was like growing up in Montville Township and give us a picture of the old town. Come share in the memories of Montville, Towaco and Pine Brook. The program is presented at Montville Township�s Historical Society�s January 12 program, 7:30 p.m. in the Pio Costa Auditorium, Montville Township Library, 90 Horseneck. All are invited to come. Refreshments will be served. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes

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In looking through various books of church records I have always wondered how anyone could be a half-way member of a church. In browsing through the First Presbyterian Church's book "The Record" I found the following definition, which made for interesting reading. page 90 HALF-WAY COVENANT. Editor of the Record: Some of your readers, doubtless, desire information concerning the list of "Half-Way Members," found in The Record, from time to time. Dr. Johnes' caption is as follows: "The Names and Number of Persons that have renewed their cov. or taken their Baptismal Vows upon themselves." (Record p. 28.) None but the children of church members were regarded, by the early churches of New England, as proper subjects of baptism. Baptized children were considered members of the church, and entitled, at a proper age, if irreproachable, to partake of the Lord's Supper. Certain civil privileges, also, were confined to church members. The children of the second generation, however, it was found, were much addicted to unsanctified and worldly habits of life, such as unfitted them for full membership in the church. Others, by reason of the awe with which the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was regarded, refraining from the ordinance, until the later period of life. All such were denied the privilege of presenting their offspring to God in baptism. A large number of children were thus growing up unbaptized, and fears were seriously entertained that, in some places, the church would consequently become extinct. To remedy this evil, it was proposed to recognize a qualified church membership in all baptized persons, even after coming to maturity, on their consenting to assume publicly the engagements made by their parents for them when baptized, and this without any profession of Christian experience, or conversion, binding themselves simply to live a Christian life, but not to partake of the Lord's Supper; in consequence of this qualified membership they were to have their children duly baptized. This proposition, after considerable discussion and much opposition, was sanctioned, by the Synod of elders and messengers from all the churches of Massachusetts that met in 1662, at Boston, in the words following: "Church members who were admitted in minority, understanding the doctrine of faith, and publicly professing their assent thereto, not scandalous in life, and solemnly owning the covenant before the church, wherein they give up themselves and children to the Lord, and subject themselves to the government of Christ in the church—their children are to be baptized." This obtained the name of "the half-way covenant," was introduced partially into the other New England Colonies, and found its way into other churches by emigrants from New England. It became a fruitful cause of contention and bitter alienation, and was the means of filling many of the churches with unconverted members, leading at length to great corruption of doctrine. It has long since been entirely abandoned. E. F. Hatfield. Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex>

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I am trying to find the burial site/sites of husband and wife David & Amy (Drake) Hamler. David was born in either 1809 or 1813 and he died after 1885. Amy was born in 1822 and died after 1885. They spent the first part of their married lives living in Warren County, NJ but they spent the rest of their lives in Sussex County, NJ and they might be buried where Amy was born and where the Drake family has a stronghold: Morris County, NJ. Also would appreciate a reference that will indicate David's *date of death* in particular. I am asking for David's death certificate for my birthday in March but I will need the exact date of death! Many thanks! Kathleen LPurch6636@aol.com

Does any one know if there is documentation for the Hibernia Catholic Cemetery in Rockaway, NJ? Looking for Winnifred/Winifred/Heddy Roe(mn Casey) who died 1849-1851 in the Boonton area.

Over the last few years, Martha, wife of Ezekiel Baldwin, has been said to be a Hayward. When I first talked with Cheryl about this, Martha's father was said to be Daniel Hayward. Checking gedcoms at World Connect, I see now that people say it's James Hayward and a will is mentioned with underage daughters, Martha and Ziporah. I don't see a James Hayward will. Hayward, Daniel, 409N. B. 19, p. 466. W. 1777. Hayward, Ebenezer, 550N. B. M, p. 58. W. 1782. Hayward, Ebenezer, 1036N. B. 39, p. 200. W. 1800. Inv. 1800. Hayward, Jabez L., 2685N. Inv. 1837. Hayward, John, 1347N. W. 1808. Inv. 1808. Hayward, Sarah, 1007N. B. 38, p. 483. Int. 1799. Inv. 1799. Hayward, Shadrach, 725N. B. 30, p. 219. W. 1789. Inv. 1789. State of New Jersey Index of Wills, Inventories, Etc p.1049. Has anyone seen it? And does anyone know which estate Ezekiel helped settle? The Haywards came from Ipswich via Hartford and intermarried with the Allen family.I see it said (no source) Daniel Hayward was a son James and Mary Allen and married Elizabeth Clark. Ezekiel did name children Daniel and Elizabeth, and these are not Baldwin names.John Hayward ("of Newark")bought land in "Whipeny" 18 Jan. 1715. "James Hayward & Co." bought 505 acres 15 Jan. 1715. Has anyone else been looking into this lately? Take care, Kevin

William Winds was originally from Southold, Long Island and arrived in Morris County around 1756. Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex> > -----Original Message----- > From: g-leaves@yahoo.com [mailto:g-leaves@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:23 PM > To: NJMORRIS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NJMORRIS] General William Winds > > > Does anyone know the ancestry of one of Morris County, NJ's most famous > Revolutionary Heroes: General William Winds? > > I recently found out I am descended from his sister Huldah but cannot > find anything on who their parents were. > > Any info at all would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks! >

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Does anyone know the ancestry of one of Morris County, NJ's most famous Revolutionary Heroes: General William Winds? I recently found out I am descended from his sister Huldah but cannot find anything on who their parents were. Any info at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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I seek information concerning the John Clark 1781-1836-Tryphena Roberts Clark 1782-1853 family of Morris County. Their family included sons: Sylvestor Clark b. 1810, Mahlon Clark b. @1808, Aaron Hutchinson Clark b. 1812, Horace Nelson Clark b. 1822 and Albert H. Clark b. 1816 and daughters Sarah Margaret b. @ 1808, Joanne b. 1803, Maryette b. @ 1819. The above named Sylvestor Clark had a son named Johnson M. Clark b. 1842. I have family background information to share. Lucy Russell

Thanks, Brianne, for the very interesting items from the Boonton Weekly Bulletin, 1890. I was especially intrigued to see the obituary of James Munn, Sr. since I am researching the Munn family in Morris County and specifically the family of David Munn, father of Alson, Ira and Ruth. Is there anyone else out there who has info on this family??? Could James and David have been related in some way??? I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information on this family. Thanks for your time and help and yes, may we all have a healthy, prosperous and above all, peaceful 2004!!! Marilynn Munn Strand mmstrand@aol.com

Happy Holidays to All! >From the newspaper The Boonton Weekly Bulletin, Thursday, Aug. 14, 1890 Local News P. V. Salmon has gone to Michigan for more horses. During the shower in Boonton on Sunday, hailstones fell in great quantities. Mr. Geo. W. Logan, of this place, is spending his vacation at Delaware Water Gap. Since the mad dog excitement began some thirty-five dogs have been killed in Dover. Mr. Philip Losere has purchased a lot in the park and will erect a fine residence upon it. Mr. R.M. Ricketts, of Elizabeth, is the latest attache of the Cyclone Paint Company of Boonton. Among the late arrivals at the Mansion House are Mr. and Mrs. R. Bisbee, of New York City. An original invalid pension was granted to Jonathan Dixon, of Pine Brook, on the 2d inst. Also one to Geo. H. Fulmer, of Rockaway, on Aug. 6th. Rev. John Krantz and family are Summering at Hackettstown. Mr. Krantz preached in the M. E. Church of that town on Sunday morning last. Mr. Robert Carter, of the New York publishing firm of Carter Bros., will make his home in Morristown, having rented the residence of Mrs. E. B. Sutphen, on Franklin Place. A new house is in course of erection for Mrs. David Dawson, on Washington Street. Hopler & Davenport are doing the work. It will be a fine looking residence when completed. Mrs. Jane Vanness died at Mountain View on Tuesday in the house where she was born and in which she had always lived. She was 88 years old and was in remarkable health until a few days since, when she was injured by a fall from a stoop. William M. Smith, Treasurer of the Interchangeable Tool Company, whose plant will soon be removed from Brooklyn to Boonton, is very desirous of obtaining a pleasant residence here. He will no doubt erect one in a comparatively short time. The report that H. V. Condict, a lawyer of Jersey City, was drowned at Morristown, on Thursday, was not true. It was his coachman, a German named Johann Hartze, who was drowned. The coachman took Mr. Condict's boy out to swim and was seized with cramps. DEATH OF A VETERAN At 12:30 o'clock yesterday morning, James Munn, Sr., died at his residence on Union Street, in this town. He was a member of the Second N.J. Cavalry, and was injured by being thrown from his horse while in the army, in 1865. He has suffered more than ten thousand deaths during the past 25 years. He was a complete wreck and presented a most pitiable sight. His spine being terribly injured, for years his nervous condition has been such as to cause his body to quiver every moment. The expressions of pity for the veteran have been innumerable, and the great wonder is that he survived so long. He possessed wonderful vitality and will power. Seldom did the soldiers turn out without he accompanied them in a carriage. He took the greatest interest in every demonstration by them, and while the multitude pitied his condition, all were pleased that the unfortunate man took an interest in and enjoyed as much as possible, the gatherings, parades, &c. For more than a week before his death he suffered excruciating agony unless kept constantly under the influence of morphine. He was aged 50 years at the time of his death. Funeral services on Sunday, at 9 a.m., from his late residence. Interment at Kotalus Cemetery, near Bloomingdale. DIED Cramer - At Lower Montville, August 4, 1890, Benjamin S. Cramer, age 75 years. Jacobus - At Montville, August 6, 1890, Robert D. Jacobus, age 78 years. Charlton - At Boonton, August 11th, 1890, May, daughter of John and Elizabeth Charlton, age 3 years, 10 months and 4 days. Young - Aug. 3, at Pompton Plains, James C. Young, age 44 years. Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex>