I too live in California but know the five counties of Northwest New Jersey fairly well; Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, and Somerset. If you search on "Skylands, NJ" it offers a current map of these five counties and a listing of events and trips possible. The southern terminus of the Old Mine Road begins in Warren County on the NJ side of the Delaware River just before Interstate 80 crosses into Pennsylvania, Sparta is in the southeastern part of Sussex County on State Route 15. I have many ancestors buried in the Sparta Presbyterian Church Yard. Robert S. "BoB" Lanterman of San Diego, CA 92128 ----- Original Message ----- From: "JUDY DEGENNARO" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 8:05 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Re: NJSUSSEX-D Digest V05 #13 > My ggrandmother (Carrie Rochelle) was from Sparta, NJ. I'm just curious if the Old Mine Road that is talked about in these messages is anywhere near Sparta. I live in California and have never been to NJ so I'm 'lost'. Thanks for any help. > > [email protected] wrote: > > > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > NJSUSSEX-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 13 > > Today's Topics: > #1 gazetteer ["Flower Child" #2 RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink regi ["Nancy Pascal" > ] > #3 Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer [] > #4 Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer ["R.Musselman" ] > #5 RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink regi ["Bellis Genealogy" > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from NJSUSSEX-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > 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. > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:55:09 -0500 > From: "Flower Child" > To: [email protected] > Subject: gazetteer > > Hi Helen, > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > Thanks Michelle > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:44:53 -0500 > From: "Nancy Pascal" > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations > > At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex > Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if > there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine > Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker > (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in > Newton should have copies available. > > Nancy Pascal > [email protected] > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Helen Graves > > To: > > Date: 2/1/2005 3:44:53 PM > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their > ocations > > > > > > Does anyone know if a sort of a glossary exists which lists the villages, > settlement areas, forts and early churches along the Old Mine Road from > Kingston (Esopus) down into the Minisink region ? Most of the old deeds > and church records list Indian names for settlements of the late 1600s into > the 1700s whose names were changed and appear on no modern-day maps. > > > > What I am looking for (to save myself from preparing such a list) is a > glossary of names then and names now and where they are located now so I > can add annotations about the settlement, the earliest settlers, and their > forts: > > > > Name Name, Location, Description > > > > Flatbrookville ..................... on the Delaware River, Sussex Co., > NJ; 1738 first grist mill built on the river at > > Flatbrookville. It was > the only grist mill serving this area of Sussex Co. for many > years. > > > > Machackemeck .................. aka Nahant in 1759. In 1826, incorporated > into Port Jervis. Located > in southern Orange Co., NY, near the NJ border. > > > > Mamakating ....................... became Deerpark.in 1798. > > > > Minisink Village .................. 8 miles below Port Jervis on the Old > Mine Road; in the present town of > > Montague, Sussex Co., NJ; > it was the site of the Minisink Indian Village > > > > Nahant ................................. 1759 known as Nahant. See > Machackemeck and Port Jervis. > > > > Neversink Settlement ......... located in the area of Port Jervis, > southern Orange Co., NY > > > > Namenoch, Nominack, > > Nomenack ......................... now Sandyston. Capt Johannes > Westbrook settled here on the Sandyston side of > the stream . On the other side of the stream, in Montague, Daniel Westfall > settled. > > In 1739, this was the > most important (and well-settled) area in the valley. It had a > stone fort. It was opposite Minisink and Namenoch Island. > > > > Peenpack or Pynpack ...... often referred to as "the Peenpack > neighborhood". North of Port Jervis. This area > > had an "upper > neighborhood" and a "lower neighborhood". > > > > Peenpack Forts .................. Three forts were built in the Peenpack > Neighborhood -- one on the Neversink not > far from Cuddebackville, one at the house of Peter Gumaer, and one at the > house of William Westfall. > Three other forts were built nearer to the Delaware River. > > They were: > > > > Shapanach ........................... just south of Namenack/Sandyston. > In 1735 Adam Dingman purch. land here. > > > > Shawangunk ........................ > > > > > > Helen Graves > > in Calif. > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:45:06 -0500 > From: > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of information. > > Rick Lane > > > > From: "Flower Child" > > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > > > Hi Helen, > > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > > Thanks Michelle > > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:06:53 -0500 > From: "R.Musselman" > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > The person you are searching for is Susan Kopcczynski, historian for the > National Park Service. I believe they have recently moved their offices > which had been in Bushkill, PA and I do not have current contact info. A > call to the park service would probably provide the information. > Dick Musselman > Family History Research & Photography > Nazareth, PA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > > > I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a > woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building > on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and > she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of > information. > > > > Rick Lane > > > > > > From: "Flower Child" > > > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > > > > > Hi Helen, > > > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I > can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a > look at their website. > > > Thanks Michelle > > > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > > > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:14:58 -0500 > From: "Bellis Genealogy" > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations > > You can also find the book online at HERITAGE QUEST if you have a > subscription to this service. If not, perhaps your local library subscribes > to HQ that you can view on their computers. Some libraries even allow their > patrons to log on remotely from their home computers. > > Roz Bellis > Alexandria VA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Pascal [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & > their ocations > > At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex > Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if > there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine > Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker > (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in > Newton should have copies available. > > Nancy Pascal > [email protected] > >

I am seeking a copy of the original Peenpack Patent of 1696-1697 which granted 1,200 acres which was basically between Huguenot and Cuddebackville, lying between the Old Mine Road and the Neversink River (per the map on the Minisink Valley Historical Society website). Does the Peenpack Patent appear in the book "Patents and Deeds and Other Early New Jersey Records of the Proprietors of New Jersey 1664-1703" ? Does anyone have this book who could check and see if this Patent is there? Many thanks, Helen Graves

My ggrandmother (Carrie Rochelle) was from Sparta, NJ. I'm just curious if the Old Mine Road that is talked about in these messages is anywhere near Sparta. I live in California and have never been to NJ so I'm 'lost'. Thanks for any help. [email protected] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 NJSUSSEX-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 13 Today's Topics: #1 gazetteer ["Flower Child" #2 RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink regi ["Nancy Pascal" ] #3 Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer [] #4 Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer ["R.Musselman" ] #5 RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink regi ["Bellis Genealogy" Administrivia: To unsubscribe from NJSUSSEX-D, send a message to [email protected] 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. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:55:09 -0500 From: "Flower Child" To: [email protected] Subject: gazetteer Hi Helen, I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. Thanks Michelle Learn about Pike Co., Pa. http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:44:53 -0500 From: "Nancy Pascal" To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Helen Graves > To: > Date: 2/1/2005 3:44:53 PM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations > > > Does anyone know if a sort of a glossary exists which lists the villages, settlement areas, forts and early churches along the Old Mine Road from Kingston (Esopus) down into the Minisink region ? Most of the old deeds and church records list Indian names for settlements of the late 1600s into the 1700s whose names were changed and appear on no modern-day maps. > > What I am looking for (to save myself from preparing such a list) is a glossary of names then and names now and where they are located now so I can add annotations about the settlement, the earliest settlers, and their forts: > > Name Name, Location, Description > > Flatbrookville ..................... on the Delaware River, Sussex Co., NJ; 1738 first grist mill built on the river at > Flatbrookville. It was the only grist mill serving this area of Sussex Co. for many years. > > Machackemeck .................. aka Nahant in 1759. In 1826, incorporated into Port Jervis. Located in southern Orange Co., NY, near the NJ border. > > Mamakating ....................... became Deerpark.in 1798. > > Minisink Village .................. 8 miles below Port Jervis on the Old Mine Road; in the present town of > Montague, Sussex Co., NJ; it was the site of the Minisink Indian Village > > Nahant ................................. 1759 known as Nahant. See Machackemeck and Port Jervis. > > Neversink Settlement ......... located in the area of Port Jervis, southern Orange Co., NY > > Namenoch, Nominack, > Nomenack ......................... now Sandyston. Capt Johannes Westbrook settled here on the Sandyston side of the stream . On the other side of the stream, in Montague, Daniel Westfall settled. > In 1739, this was the most important (and well-settled) area in the valley. It had a stone fort. It was opposite Minisink and Namenoch Island. > > Peenpack or Pynpack ...... often referred to as "the Peenpack neighborhood". North of Port Jervis. This area > had an "upper neighborhood" and a "lower neighborhood". > > Peenpack Forts .................. Three forts were built in the Peenpack Neighborhood -- one on the Neversink not far from Cuddebackville, one at the house of Peter Gumaer, and one at the house of William Westfall. Three other forts were built nearer to the Delaware River. > They were: > > Shapanach ........................... just south of Namenack/Sandyston. In 1735 Adam Dingman purch. land here. > > Shawangunk ........................ > > > Helen Graves > in Calif. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:45:06 -0500 From: To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of information. Rick Lane > > From: "Flower Child" > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > Hi Helen, > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > Thanks Michelle > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:06:53 -0500 From: "R.Musselman" To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer The person you are searching for is Susan Kopcczynski, historian for the National Park Service. I believe they have recently moved their offices which had been in Bushkill, PA and I do not have current contact info. A call to the park service would probably provide the information. Dick Musselman Family History Research & Photography Nazareth, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of information. > > Rick Lane > > > > From: "Flower Child" > > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > > > Hi Helen, > > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > > Thanks Michelle > > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > > > > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:14:58 -0500 From: "Bellis Genealogy" To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations You can also find the book online at HERITAGE QUEST if you have a subscription to this service. If not, perhaps your local library subscribes to HQ that you can view on their computers. Some libraries even allow their patrons to log on remotely from their home computers. Roz Bellis Alexandria VA -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Pascal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected]

You can also find the book online at HERITAGE QUEST if you have a subscription to this service. If not, perhaps your local library subscribes to HQ that you can view on their computers. Some libraries even allow their patrons to log on remotely from their home computers. Roz Bellis Alexandria VA -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Pascal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected]

The person you are searching for is Susan Kopcczynski, historian for the National Park Service. I believe they have recently moved their offices which had been in Bushkill, PA and I do not have current contact info. A call to the park service would probably provide the information. Dick Musselman Family History Research & Photography Nazareth, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of information. > > Rick Lane > > > > From: "Flower Child" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > > > Hi Helen, > > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > > Thanks Michelle > > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > > > > > >

I will have to check my notes and see if I have her name, but there is a woman who works for the Park Service at Delaware Water Gap in the building on I-80 who is very familar with the area. I met her a few years ago and she formerly lived in Hampton Twp. Sussex Co. and was a wealth of information. Rick Lane > > From: "Flower Child" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/02/02 Wed AM 10:55:09 EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] gazetteer > > Hi Helen, > I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. > Thanks Michelle > Learn about Pike Co., Pa. > http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/ > >

At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Helen Graves <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/1/2005 3:44:53 PM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations > > > Does anyone know if a sort of a glossary exists which lists the villages, settlement areas, forts and early churches along the Old Mine Road from Kingston (Esopus) down into the Minisink region ? Most of the old deeds and church records list Indian names for settlements of the late 1600s into the 1700s whose names were changed and appear on no modern-day maps. > > What I am looking for (to save myself from preparing such a list) is a glossary of names then and names now and where they are located now so I can add annotations about the settlement, the earliest settlers, and their forts: > > Name Name, Location, Description > > Flatbrookville ..................... on the Delaware River, Sussex Co., NJ; 1738 first grist mill built on the river at > Flatbrookville. It was the only grist mill serving this area of Sussex Co. for many years. > > Machackemeck .................. aka Nahant in 1759. In 1826, incorporated into Port Jervis. Located in southern Orange Co., NY, near the NJ border. > > Mamakating ....................... became Deerpark.in 1798. > > Minisink Village .................. 8 miles below Port Jervis on the Old Mine Road; in the present town of > Montague, Sussex Co., NJ; it was the site of the Minisink Indian Village > > Nahant ................................. 1759 known as Nahant. See Machackemeck and Port Jervis. > > Neversink Settlement ......... located in the area of Port Jervis, southern Orange Co., NY > > Namenoch, Nominack, > Nomenack ......................... now Sandyston. Capt Johannes Westbrook settled here on the Sandyston side of the stream . On the other side of the stream, in Montague, Daniel Westfall settled. > In 1739, this was the most important (and well-settled) area in the valley. It had a stone fort. It was opposite Minisink and Namenoch Island. > > Peenpack or Pynpack ...... often referred to as "the Peenpack neighborhood". North of Port Jervis. This area > had an "upper neighborhood" and a "lower neighborhood". > > Peenpack Forts .................. Three forts were built in the Peenpack Neighborhood -- one on the Neversink not far from Cuddebackville, one at the house of Peter Gumaer, and one at the house of William Westfall. Three other forts were built nearer to the Delaware River. > They were: > > Shapanach ........................... just south of Namenack/Sandyston. In 1735 Adam Dingman purch. land here. > > Shawangunk ........................ > > > Helen Graves > in Calif.

Hi Helen, I think it is a great idea and you will let me know when you finish so I can buy one. I would give a call to the Park Service Historian or take a look at their website. Thanks Michelle Learn about Pike Co., Pa. http://pages.ivillage.com/lilykintner/

Yes, to prepare my "Minisink Region Gazetteer", which will be a list of villages, settlement areas, forts, and churches (say 1660-1776) located along or near the Old Mine Road, I am using the very helpful maps on the Minisink Valley website. I am also using maps found in the book The Old Mine Road by C.G.Hine. I am also using a more recent map of New York county and township boundary outlines and a NY atlas to determine in which county and township they are today. I am also determiing distances from one place to another so I can add this to my annotations. I am also using maps which show the various large early patents which were granted. For example, the Peenpack Patent granted in 1697 to the Swartwouts (one of my husband's lines). My goal is to prepare for my research a list of the "old" names found referenced in church records and deeds, with a cross-reference to changes in the names and spelling variants. For example: a source may refer to a "from" place or "of" place, as in "he was of Mombackus" and married in "Esopus". On the list, I will have "Esopus" -- see Kingston. Under Kingston, it will say: First called Esopus and referred to in many Dutch records as Esopus until it became known as Kingston." If I can determine WHEN the name change occurred, I will list it. Or: "she was of New Dorp"... I will list "New Dorp"... see Hurley. "Hurley" a town about 3 miles from Esopus (Kingston), often referred to in records as New Dorp. etc. I also want to annotate the list and add information pertinent to my own research, such as listing the earliest settlers and when they settled. For example: Aldert Heymans Roosa arrived in Niew Amsterdam (New York) in April 1660 and immediately went to Esopus (Kingston). In 1670 he was granted a lot in New Dorp (Hurley, 3 miles from Esopus) where he resided until his death in 1679." Why am I doing this? I can't keep straight WHERE Machackemeck was as opposed to Mombackus. I can't remember the difference between Shappenkonk and Shawungunk or Napenoch and Namenoch. I want to include the early churches, when formed and where they were, and whether there are burial grounds at the church or nearby. I want to include the early forts ... where they were and who had them because my ancestors and my husband's ancestors either were killed during an Indian raid at a fort, near a fort, leaving on patrol from the fort, or fleeing to the fort. Researching and developing such a list of places, cross-referenced names, and their location will not be accomplished overnight. But I think it will be a worthy resource for my research. The next time I see a deed saying, "she was of New Dorp" or "he was of Mombackus" or "he was of the Peenpack neighborhood", I'll have a quick reference as to just where that was/and is/today. Right now I am starting with Charles E. Stickney's "A History of the Minisink Region" and "A History of Deerpark in Orange Co., NY" by Peter E. Gumaer for some of the old names and settlement location descriptions and earliest settlers. The spelling variants are keeping me on my toes. I was hoping a "Minisink Region Gazetteer" had already been published. If you know of one, let me know before I get far into this project. (I will be using New York state gazetteers to help me.) If someone has run across a list -- even a partial list -- of village/settlement names, their variant spellings, and a description of their locations and who the first settlers were, I would appreciate having it or being told where I can find it. Helen Graves

Helen Graves' list of early settlements in or near Sussex Co. reminded me that I have been looking for the location of PINE BANK for years. My ggggrandfather, William Van Gelder, supposedly was born there in 1792. Seeing the name "Pynpack" made me realize that perhaps I had been too literal in my translation. Has anyone ever heard of Pine Bank in the area of Sussex, Passaic, Morris or even Bergen Counties? Bill Andrews Canandaigua, NY

Some Hendershots were perhaps in Easton,Nothhampton Co,Pa. My Lefler family of NJ has a Hendershot marriage in the early 1800s which was said to be in Easton area. I know my family was constantly back and forth across the River-living on one side and Church on the other side in some cases. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Pascal" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:03 AM Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Need some Hendershot help > I have two possibles in my database: > > Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1808) and 2nd wife Eliabeth Decker > or > Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1795) and wife Hannah Anderson > > Nancy Pascal > [email protected] > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Mary Alvarado <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 2/1/2005 10:44:28 AM > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Need some Hendershot help > > > > I just received Harriet South's death certificate in the mail. It states > her father's name was Abram Hendershot. Mother's name was not given. She > died April 14, 1912 in Newton and was the widow of John South. Do any of > the Hendershot researchers know who Abram might be? > > Thanks for any help. > > Mary > > >

> -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Chubenko [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Help Needed: GSNJ Seeking Volunteers > > > Dear NJ Genealogical Community: > > The Genealogical Society of New Jersey is seeking volunteers to assist > in placing our Collections' Finding Aids online on GSNJ's website. > [More info on our collections: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/collectionguide.html] The original > finding aid booklets have been scanned and the text has been copied to > MSWord. Volunteers would reformat (copy & paste) text into formatted > templates provided by GSNJ using text files and as well as the copies of > the original pages. Most of the finding aids are 3-8 pages in length. > > If you are interested in this project, please reply to > [email protected] > > Thank you in advance for your assistance!! > > -- > Michelle Tucker Chubenko > GSNJ Trustee & Webmaster > http://www.gsnj.org >

Nancy, Thanks for all the info, but you have combined 2 of the Samuel Brinks. At least I hope so because Sarah (the daughter of Samuel A. and Nancy, per her death certificate) married Dewitt the son of Samuel Jr. (According to his CW pension file he grew up on his grandfather's, Samuel Brink, farm. Mother's name is Mary on death certificate) This is what I have so far on both families. I sure wish they had been a bit more original with the names. All these Samuel's have been giving me fits for years. Descendants of Samuel A. Brink 1 Samuel A. Brink b: Bet. 1801 - 1810 in Frankford Twp., Sussex, NJ d: 14 July 1868 in Frankford Twp., Sussex, NJ .. +Nancy Unknown b: Abt. 1812 m: Bef. 1840 d: Aft. 1860 ....... 2 Sarah Catherine Brink b: 20 June 1840 in ,,NJ d: 12 January 1883 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ ........... +Dewitt C. Brink b: 13 February 1836 in ,,NJ m: 24 November 1860 in Port Jervis, NY d: 15 June 1907 in Newton, Sussex Co, NJ ....... 2 Catherine J. Brink b: Abt. 1843 ....... 2 Nelly Brink b: Abt. 1845 d: Aft. 1860 ....... 2 Jacob V. Brink b: Abt. 1847 d: Aft. 1870 ....... 2 Emily Brink b: 1849 d: Aft. 1860 And this is Samuel Sr and son Samuel Jr Descendants of Samuel Brink 1 Samuel Brink b: Abt. 1778 in Wantage, Sussex Co, NJ d: Aft. 1860 in Wantage, Sussex Co, NJ .. +Mary Roloson b: 29 December 1774 in ,,NJ m: 23 December 1795 in , Sussex, NJ d: 11 April 1844 in ,,NJ ....... 2 Samuel Brink, Jr b: Abt. 1814 ........... +Mary Unknown ................ 3 Matthew Brink b: Abt. 1836 .................... +Nellie Unknown ................ 3 Dewitt C. Brink b: 13 February 1836 in ,,NJ d: 15 June 1907 in Newton, Sussex Co, NJ .................... +Sarah Catherine Brink b: 20 June 1840 in ,,NJ m: 24 November 1860 in Port Jervis, NY d: 12 January 1883 in Wantage, Sussex, NJ ....... 2 John Brink b: 28 September 1796 in NJ d: 19 May 1873 in NJ ........... +Selina Unknown b: 01 May 1809 in NJ d: 13 August 1878 in NJ ................ 3 Eliza Brink b: Abt. 1848 ................ 3 William Brink b: Abt. 1854 ....... 2 George Brink b: 12 September 1799 d: 29 January 1884 in Wantage, Sussex Co, NJ ........... +Phebe Bowman b: March 1809 m: 19 December 1829 ................ 3 David C. Brink b: October 1830 d: 1904 .................... +Phoebe Roloson ................ 3 Sarah M. Brink b: Abt. 1831 .................... +George Bishop m: 22 October 1859 in Port Jervis, Orange, NY ................ 3 John J. Brink b: Abt. 1833 ................ 3 Judson Brink b: November 1834 ................ 3 Emily E. Brink b: Abt. 1835 ................ 3 Margaret A. Brink b: Abt. 1837 .................... +John Meeker m: 26 October 1861 in Sussex Co., NJ ................ 3 Hannah J. Brink b: Abt. 1841 ................ 3 Janson Brink b: Abt. 1846 ................ 3 Marcus Brink b: Abt. 1849 ................ 3 Hester Brink b: Abt. 1850 ................ 3 George Brink b: October 1856

I have been researching the Sigler family of Sussex Co., NJ and Orange Co., NY for many years. My ancestor was Oliver H. Sigler b 1794 and married Hannah Courter b 1796. They were married in 1816 Sussex Co. I find a baptismal record for the Reformed Church in Wantage with the information that a son Matthew Brink was born to John Brink and his wife Rebekah Sigler, in the 1790s. I would like to know if someone has information on this John Brink family. Thank you in advance Bertha

He is most likely same person as James M. Brink b 1838, son of Samuel Brink and wife Nancy (unk), and a grandson to Samuel Brink and Mary Roleson. Nancy Pascal [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Mary Alvarado <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/1/2005 10:56:01 AM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Madison Brink > > Does anyone know who Madison Brink is? He is living with Samuel Brink in 1860, a grandson perhaps? I have only found him in these 2 censuses. > > 1860 Wantage, SussexCo., NJ > Samuel Brink 80 M > Marcy 56 F > Madison 21 M > --------------------- > 1870 > New Jersey > SUSSEX > WANTAGE TWP Series: M593 Roll: 889 Page: 297 > > BRINK MADISON 27 M W NJ NJ SUSSEX WANTAGE TWP 1870 > Nelly 26 > Jane 3 > > Any help is greatly appreciated > Thanks. > Mary

Does anyone know if a sort of a glossary exists which lists the villages, settlement areas, forts and early churches along the Old Mine Road from Kingston (Esopus) down into the Minisink region ? Most of the old deeds and church records list Indian names for settlements of the late 1600s into the 1700s whose names were changed and appear on no modern-day maps. What I am looking for (to save myself from preparing such a list) is a glossary of names then and names now and where they are located now so I can add annotations about the settlement, the earliest settlers, and their forts: Name Name, Location, Description Flatbrookville ..................... on the Delaware River, Sussex Co., NJ; 1738 first grist mill built on the river at Flatbrookville. It was the only grist mill serving this area of Sussex Co. for many years. Machackemeck .................. aka Nahant in 1759. In 1826, incorporated into Port Jervis. Located in southern Orange Co., NY, near the NJ border. Mamakating ....................... became Deerpark.in 1798. Minisink Village .................. 8 miles below Port Jervis on the Old Mine Road; in the present town of Montague, Sussex Co., NJ; it was the site of the Minisink Indian Village Nahant ................................. 1759 known as Nahant. See Machackemeck and Port Jervis. Neversink Settlement ......... located in the area of Port Jervis, southern Orange Co., NY Namenoch, Nominack, Nomenack ......................... now Sandyston. Capt Johannes Westbrook settled here on the Sandyston side of the stream . On the other side of the stream, in Montague, Daniel Westfall settled. In 1739, this was the most important (and well-settled) area in the valley. It had a stone fort. It was opposite Minisink and Namenoch Island. Peenpack or Pynpack ...... often referred to as "the Peenpack neighborhood". North of Port Jervis. This area had an "upper neighborhood" and a "lower neighborhood". Peenpack Forts .................. Three forts were built in the Peenpack Neighborhood -- one on the Neversink not far from Cuddebackville, one at the house of Peter Gumaer, and one at the house of William Westfall. Three other forts were built nearer to the Delaware River. They were: Shapanach ........................... just south of Namenack/Sandyston. In 1735 Adam Dingman purch. land here. Shawangunk ........................ Helen Graves in Calif.

Nancy, Thanks. It is a place to start. I don't have much Hendershot info yet. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Pascal" <[email protected]> To: "Mary Alvarado" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:03 AM Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Need some Hendershot help > I have two possibles in my database: > > Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1808) and 2nd wife Eliabeth Decker > or > Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1795) and wife Hannah Anderson > > Nancy Pascal > [email protected] > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Mary Alvarado <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Date: 2/1/2005 10:44:28 AM > > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Need some Hendershot help > > > > I just received Harriet South's death certificate in the mail. It states > her father's name was Abram Hendershot. Mother's name was not given. She > died April 14, 1912 in Newton and was the widow of John South. Do any of > the Hendershot researchers know who Abram might be? > > Thanks for any help. > > Mary > > >

I have two possibles in my database: Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1808) and 2nd wife Eliabeth Decker or Abram/Abraham Hendershot (b 1795) and wife Hannah Anderson Nancy Pascal [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Mary Alvarado <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/1/2005 10:44:28 AM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Need some Hendershot help > > I just received Harriet South's death certificate in the mail. It states her father's name was Abram Hendershot. Mother's name was not given. She died April 14, 1912 in Newton and was the widow of John South. Do any of the Hendershot researchers know who Abram might be? > Thanks for any help. > Mary

Can anyone confirm that Enos J. Brink who married Ellen Vangorden was the son of Samuel A and Nancy Brink? His mother's name is not on the marriage record so I have not been able to confirm it that way, but he is working for the family next door to Samuel and Nancy Brink in the 1850 census. 1CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: NJ COUNTY: Sussex DIVISION: Wantage REEL NO: 464 PAGE NO: 212B REFERENCE: 5 September 1850 John J. Cooper 423 ============================================ 13 413 414 Howell James 43 M 14 413 414 Howell Catharine 41 15 413 414 Howell Miranda S. 14 16 413 414 Howell Bowdawine D. 12 17 413 414 Fuller Abram 14 M 18 413 414 Brink Enos J. 20 M 19 414 415 Brink Samuel A. 32 M 20 414 415 Brink Nancy 38 F 21 414 415 Brink Sarah 10 F 22 414 415 Brink Catharine J. 7 F 23 414 415 Brink Nelly 5 F 24 414 415 Brink Jacob V. 3 M 25 414 415 Brink Emily 9/12 F Montague Marriages Vol. AF-2, p. June 11, 1853, Enus Brink, Montague, Samuel & (blank) Brink to (Ellen Winfield crossed out) Ellen Vangorden, do, Abraham & _oncey Vangorden ------------------------------------------- I appreciate any thoughts on this matter. Thanks, Mary

I just received George Brink's death certificate in the mail. He died 29 January 1844 and his parents were Samuel and Mary Brink. I am assuming that the Samuel he is living next to in 1850 is his father. So far I have 3 children for Samuel and Mary Brink: John, Samuel Jr. and now George. Does anyone else have any other children? In 1850 Wantage census 11 120 121 Brink George 48 M 12 120 121 Brink Phebe 42 F 13 120 121 Brink David C. 19 M 14 120 121 Brink Sarah M. 18 F 15 120 121 Brink John J. 16 M 16 120 121 Brink Emily E. 14 F 17 120 121 Brink Margaret A. 12 18 120 121 Brink Hannah J. 8 F 19 120 121 Brink Jonson 3 20 121 122 Brink Samuel 72 M . farmer 21 121 122 Brink Mariah 45 F . . 22 121 122 Brink Samuel, Jr. 36 M 23 121 122 Brink Mathew 14 M 24 121 122 Brink Dewitt 11 M --------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for any help. Mary