Diane, I'm going to reply to the list as we might get more help this way. I hope you don't mind. first let me say I don't know who William's parents are but I do know a bit abt him. According to the Ennist Genealogy published my the Ulster Co. Gen. Society, William Courtright was married to Lidia Ennes. I also have found the family in the 1850 Sussex Co.,NJ census. My own Courtright line left NJ between 1798-1800. Here's what I have on your William: 1 William Courtright b: 1806 NJ d: Aft. 1860 .. +Lidia Ennes b: Sep 20, 1806 Orange Co.,NY m: Abt. 1829 d: Aft. 1860 Father: Alexander ENNES Mother: Rosanna ROSENKRANS . 2 Diana Courtright b: Feb 19, 1830 Sussex Co., NJ d: Jan 20, 1886 in Shunk, Sullivan Co.,PA ..... +Hiram C. Fuller b: 1826 NJ m: NJ ..... 3 Jacob Fuller b: 1849 Sussex Co., NJ . 2 Amanda Courtright b: Jul 6, 1834 Sussex Co., NJ d: Feb 11, 1920 in South Canaan, Wayne Co.,PA ..... +Thomas Eager b: Abt. 1834 . 2 Ann Eliza Courtright b: Abt. 1838 . 2 Arta Maliss Courtright b: 1842 NJ . 2 John D. Courtright b: 1846 Sussex Co., NJ d: Aug 26, 1894 in South Canaan, Wayne Co.,PA ..... +Caroline A. Swingle . 2 William Courtright b: Aft. 1850 ******************** ----- Original Message ----- From: John Farnach To: cindyo@va.prestige.net Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 9:07 PM Subject: Missing Courtrights I am looking for my missing Courtrights, John D. Courtright, born New Jersey in 1847 and ? his father, William Courtright of Sussex Co., New Jersey, born abt 1806. I have Wiliam's death certificate listing his parents as William and Eliza B. Courtright, of New Jersey. Any light you could shed would be appreciated. Thank you Diane

Hi, folks... I've added another very small, private cemetery, located in Hampton Township, Sussex County, to my web site. You can find it at: http://raub-and-more.com/hamptonprivate.html Jan Reuther

There are several sources you can check for Loyalists from Sussex county. The NJ Historical Society Proceedings had biographical writeups on NJ Loyalists through several volumes. These are not indexed but are worth leafing through. In the glass case at the Sussex County Library in Frankford Local History room there is a compilation of Sussex County residents who lost property surrendered to the Safety Committee as Loyalists. Books on Lt. Moody, the leader of the migration directly northward from Sussex County to Ontario (the 46 families?), would contain more info. Other groups left NJ for PA, staying in the Columbia/ Lycoming county area for a generation before moving to Ontario. The early Ontario records website: http://www.tbaytel.net/bmartin/earlyont.htm On the Columbia County, PA Biographies page you will find many Sussex County names: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacolumb/bio1main.htm More about Loyalists from the Loyalist Institute http://www.royalprovincial.com/ Hopefully this will get you started, Cathy DiPietro listowner: NJSussex-L

The following was forwarded to me. "In the winter of 1786-1787 (with the consent of Revolutionary New Jersey) a large convoy (46 families) of United Empire Loyalist (UEL) refugees was being organized at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. Almost all the members of this loyalist refugee convoy came from Sussex County, New Jersey, itself. March 1787 the refugee convoy took off north for Niagara via Indian Trails through the wilderness. From Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey to the Finger Lakes district of New York. Then they turned west toward Niagara near present Syracuse, New York. When the refugee column reached the Niagara River in the summer of 1787, about half the families were ferried across from Fort Niagara to Newark (Niagara on Lake Ontario, North or Lower end of the river) and half were ferried across from Buffalo, New York to Fort Erie (South or Upper end of the river)." It would appear that many other families followed within a few years and many families in the 1790's. I have been amazed at the number of Sussex County families I am researching and a branch seems to disappear about that time frame and I find them in Ontario. J. Kelsey Jones

from http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/cousin/abesmith.html "In the winter of 1786-1787 (with the consent of Revolutionary New Jersey) a large convoy (46 families) of United Empire Loyalist (UEL) refugees was being organized at Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey. Almost all the members of this loyalist refugee convoy came from Sussex County, New Jersey, itself... March 1787 the refugee convoy took off north for Niagara via Indian Trails through the wilderness -- From Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey to the Finger Lake district of New York. Then they turned west toward Niagara near present Syracuse, New York... When the refugee column reached the Niagara River in the summer of 1787, about half the families were ferried across from Fort Niagara to Newark (Niagara on Lake Ontario, North or Lower end of the river) and half were ferried across from Buffalo, New York to Fort Erie (South or Upper end of the river)." Robin -----Original Message----- From: montrose [mailto:montrose@ptdprolog.net] Sent: August 25, 2000 8:53 PM To: NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] migration to Canada Does anyone know which route families who left Sussex County, New Jersey traveled via to arrive at Niagara in the 1780's and 1790's. Western New York was pretty much a wilderness and there were no roads. Did they cross the mountains to the Wyoming Valley (present Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania area) and up the Susquehanna River and then the Chemung River Valley into western New York. Any ideas? J. Kelsey Jones

I am not aware that any definitive study exists, but if you would like, I could I forward your question to the Ontario and Upper Canada lists. A website that may be of interest is the Norfolk County, Ontario genealogy website. (http://www.norfolkgenealogy.com/) The area was originally known as the Long Point settlement, and many of the original settlers came from Sussex county, including the Pettits, Swayzes, the Smiths, the Beemers, the Ryerses and my Chambers family. A list of these settlers can be found at http://www.norfolkgenealogy.com/settlers/index.html. There is also a publication called "Early Settlers in Niagara: including the first census", by Corlene Taylor (published by either the Hamilton or Niagara Genealogy Society, I think)which includes a section called "Return of Families who have this season come into the Settlement of Niagara & who have not taken the Oaths." I believe that this list contains a lot of the people from the 46 family convoy from Sussex. An extensive Loyalist Bibliography can also be found at http://www2.magmacom.com/~ekipp/loybib.htm Robin Toronto -----Original Message----- From: montrose [mailto:montrose@ptdprolog.net] To my knowledge there has been no scholary research on the numbers of families who left Sussex but it would appear to be much larger than most people realize. Is anyone compiling any data on these families as to names and numbers? J. Kelsey Jones

Does anyone know which route families who left Sussex County, New Jersey traveled via to arrive at Niagara in the 1780's and 1790's. Western New York was pretty much a wilderness and there were no roads. Did they cross the mountains to the Wyoming Valley (present Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania area) and up the Susquehanna River and then the Chemung River Valley into western New York. Any ideas? J. Kelsey Jones

Hi Kelsey My mother-in-laws family the Green's came from Sussex Co. between 1777 & 1787. I'm still not totally sure yet. Our Green's came to the Grimsby area then on to the Wentworth & Wellington Co. in Ontario. One of them became a well known person called Billy the Scout. It's funny that you have a Hopkins and Swayze as one of our ancestors married a Israel Swayze Hopkins son of Joseph & Hannah Kelsey. I haven't come across too much about the people who left Sussex Co. and came to Ontario but I do know that several families came together and settled together in the Grimsby area. Janine -----Original Message----- From: montrose [SMTP:montrose@ptdprolog.net] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 3:16 PM To: NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Migration to Canada after the Revolution Most of what we read would tend to indicate there were a few families in Sussex County during the Revolution who were Loyalists and a few of these left for Canada. However, in my research over the years it would appear that this number was perhaps much higher and in the 1780's and 1790's hundreds of families left Sussex County for Ontario. Who actively participated as Loyalists and who went for land claims and family reasons is probably not fully known. Recent correspondence with a person in Canada references forty six families leaving for Canada in 1787. Among these families were John Smith and Ann Roy, previously of which little was known, and a whole branch of the Roy family previously not researched by earlier Roy researchers. Ann Roy's brother Hooks Roy and his family also removed to Canada. These were cousins to the Roy brothers John, Stephen, and Insley who settled in the Fredon area and their sisters Rachel Roy Goble and Ann Roy Goble. Members of my Beemer family also removed to Canada and my own ancestors Silas Hopkins and Mary Swayze removed to Ontario in Canada, eldest daughter Mehitable DeWitt who had married, remained in Frankford, Sussex County. To my knowledge there has been no scholary research on the numbers of families who left Sussex but it would appear to be much larger than most people realize. Is anyone compiling any data on these families as to names and numbers? J. Kelsey Jones

Most of what we read would tend to indicate there were a few families in Sussex County during the Revolution who were Loyalists and a few of these left for Canada. However, in my research over the years it would appear that this number was perhaps much higher and in the 1780's and 1790's hundreds of families left Sussex County for Ontario. Who actively participated as Loyalists and who went for land claims and family reasons is probably not fully known. Recent correspondence with a person in Canada references forty six families leaving for Canada in 1787. Among these families were John Smith and Ann Roy, previously of which little was known, and a whole branch of the Roy family previously not researched by earlier Roy researchers. Ann Roy's brother Hooks Roy and his family also removed to Canada. These were cousins to the Roy brothers John, Stephen, and Insley who settled in the Fredon area and their sisters Rachel Roy Goble and Ann Roy Goble. Members of my Beemer family also removed to Canada and my own ancestors Silas Hopkins and Mary Swayze removed to Ontario in Canada, eldest daughter Mehitable DeWitt who had married, remained in Frankford, Sussex County. To my knowledge there has been no scholary research on the numbers of families who left Sussex but it would appear to be much larger than most people realize. Is anyone compiling any data on these families as to names and numbers? J. Kelsey Jones

Hi, folks... I've added another cemetery to my site, Upper Harmony (Presbyterian) Graveyard. The list of inscriptions begins at http://RAUB-and-more.com/harmonycem.html Jan Reuther

Hello Everyone, I'm not too sure if you can use this but I came across this paper (unfortunately it's in 3 parts) that has a number of names on it. Next to each name is a "D" or an "R" and I have no idea what that might represent, any ideas please let me know. Is it possibly the political party they belonged to?. One other note, the paper dates around 1880. http://home.att.net/~mforder02/mark-500a.JPG http://home.att.net/~mforder02/mark-500b.JPG http://home.att.net/~mforder02/mark-500c.JPG ---Mark http://home.att.net/~mforder/homepage.htm ....1800's Ephemera

Please respond to Rosemary at <brose@cloh.net> with your KIMBLE connections. -----Original Message----- From: Rosemary McCarty <brose@cloh.net> To: vdpcom@warwick.net <vdpcom@warwick.net> Date: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 8:05 PM Subject: Kimble >I have only direct decendants named David and Aaron Kimble an Uncle and a nephew however the picture of Clarence Aaron Kimmel 1896 is the spitten image of my father Howard Kimble born April 27,1937 anyone having any info. would be much appreciated.. My gggggrandfather Titan Kimble was born in New Jersey in 1774 have lots of info to share. Titan moved to Cherryville, Aid township in Lawrence County, Ohio brose@cloh.net > >

Hi All, Looking for Kittle cousins who want to join a new Kittle MyFamily web page. If interested, please reply to me and I will send out an invitation to join. I'm also looking for any information on Mason Kittle and his wife from Sussex County, NJ. Thanks Mike Holland

For old maps, here are some suggestions you can try using: Old history books. Books on the Revolutionary War itself which discuss New Jersey. Library of Congress in Washington DC. LDS Library in Salt Lake City. State Archives in New Jersey. Rutgers University. Old Atlases. National Archives in Washington DC. Your local University library or even public library. Stanford Library at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Any New Jersey Historical and/or Genealogical Society within the state. New Jersey Historical and Genealogical Society in Trenton. These are just a few ideas that are available to the researcher. Christie Trapp

I apologize for being a little off topic on this post, but I hope someone can help me with this. When that major storm hit about 10 days ago I recall hearing about a mudslide that closed a road for several days while they hauled away the mud. I also recall that the mudslide was probably caused by some recent clearing of trees on the hillside by a developer. I am interested in leaning more about this and who in the Township could be contacted for more information. My reason for asking is that in our community we have a developer who is trying to clear cut a steep hill of old growth. We fear the same thing could happen here if we don't stop it. If we could obtain newspaper clippings or other documents pertinent to this event it may be helpful in pressing our case in upcoming zoning hearings. Please respond to be personally, rather than to the list. Thanks for your assistance. Ted Nichols (Researching the Pellet(t) family in Sussux County)

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<< Does anyone know where I can locate Rev. War era maps of Sussex County/Warren County? >> Jonathan Sheppard Books has a PA & NJ map, circa 1825; also NJ circa 1853. See their catalog at www.jonathansheppardbooks.com I've bought quite a few maps from them; I like doing business with them. Good luck. Kathy

Hi, folks... I've added Calno Cemetery, Pahaquarry Township, and Clark Cemetery (2 names and one set of initials!) to my web site at http://RAUB-and-more.com/calnocem.html Jan Reuther http://RAUB-and-more.com

Hi Sheryl, I have Beer's County Atlases of 1871 for Sussex, Warren, and Northampton counties and somewhere I have a book of old early maps but I don't think there is anything specific for Sussex/Warren. Your California cousin, BoB Butch & Sher wrote: > Does anyone know where I can locate Rev. War era maps of Sussex County/Warren County? > > Thank you, > Sheryl Gunderman Robinson

The wife of Matthias Goble was Rachel Roy born 17 Dec 1739 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey and removed as a child with her parents John Roy and Margaret Insely (Inslee, Ensley, etc.) to Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey where she made her acquaintenance with Matthias. Below is the information on Matthias and Rachel from my Roy file. Rachel Roy b. 17 Dec 1739 m. Matthias Goble b. 5 June 1736 Morristown, New Jersey eight child of Robert Goble and wife Mary. He is related to have served in the American Revolution. Matthias Goble and Joseph Roy were pew holders of no. 27 in the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church 1769 to 1776. Matthias was issued certificate no. 1386 of $36 on 15 Sept 1781 by Thomas Anderson, Quartermaster of Sussex County, New Jersey for nine days service with a four horse team during the American Revolution, indicating the family was perhaps residing in Sussex County at that time. Matthias was still holding pew no. 28 in 1783 to 1786. Matthias and Rachel Goble removed to Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. Rachel's name appears on the 4 Jan 1795 membership list of the First Baptist Church of Wantage and again in 1797. Will of Matthias Goble of Wantage dated 16 Jan 1816. Children named; John Goble being eldest son, Amos Goble, Nathan Goble, heirs of Hannah Sayres wife of Jonas Sayres, Mary Pentlar wife of John Pentlar, and heirs of Margaret Westbrook wife of John Westbrook. Executors, son Nathan Goble and friend Jesse Gustin of Frankford township. Witnessed by Sarah Gustin, John Dennis, and Daniel Everitt. Proved 19 Aug 1818 and inventory filed 20 Nov 1818. Matthias Goble d. 1818 sometime before 19 Aug. Rachel Goble was living 4 Dec 1810 when her name appears on a deed. She was evidently deceased before 16 Jan 1816 as she is not named in her husband's Will. No markers known to exist. The order of birth for the children below is uncertain. John Goble b. c. 1764. Nathan Goble b. 31 Oct 1766 m. Azubah Price. Amos Goble b. 19 July 1768 m. Sophia Runyon. Sarah Goble b. 4 Jan 1773 m. John Frederick Snover. Hannah Goble m. Jonas Sayres. Mary Goble m. John Pentlar. Margaret Goble m. John Westbrook. Peter Roy Goble b. 1785 m. Hannah VanScrog (2)Mary Weller. Aaron Goble. Samuel Goble. J. Kelsey Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Cosgrove, Ph.D." <COSGROVE@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu> To: <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Mathias Goble > Does anyone have information on Matthias Goble who resided in Siussex > (Deckertown) about 1800. I am interested in his children since I just found out > that my ancestor Kelley Westbrook of Johnsonsburg and Yellow Frame was his > grandson and I have not been able to get Kelley's parents names. > >