The fifth installment (paragraph) of the Sesqui-Centennial Address of Sussex County given by Justice Francis J. Swayze on 2 Sep 1903 and printed by the Sussex Independent newspaper.... " THE POPULATION OF SUSSEX The population of Sussex at the time of its organization as a county was composed of immigrants and descendants of immigrants from many different sources. The predominant element in the Delaware Valley were the descendants of the early Dutch settlers. The Irish and Scotch-Irish came into Warren county and many of them early worked their way into Sussex. Quakers from Pennsylvania settled around the Quaker "settlement." Hugenots appeared in various parts of the county. Some of the early German settlers have already been named. The pressure of population in Hunterdon and Morris counties drove many to seek new fortunes in the wilderness and a stream of New England stock began to come in. Although the foundation was laid for substantial growth, settlements were still infrequent, roads were few or none, means of conveyance were extremely primitive and accomodations for travelers hardly existed. David BRAINARD, the missonary to the Indians, who made a journey across the county to the forks of the Delaware just before 1750, describes it as a desolate and bilious country." Some might say the accomodations for travellers are still a bit primitive..... Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L

Thanks for the encouraging words, I need them! I won't bore you w/ the boring, gory details but the new info is indeed correct. But trust me, I'm not getting rid of any of my "old" info. I've simply detached my John from his bogus father in my FTM file. I will no doubt plug him back in somewhere along the line. I know there were plenty of Courtrights in Sussex, I just need someone to adopt him! In the tax records of Beaver Co., PA (down near Pittsburg) John appeared w/ the following CLARK folks. Anyone recognize them as coming from NJ?? I've never found Mary Clark's parents either. Clark, Avery PA BEAVER CO. 179 1800 00000-0001000 Clark, Daniel PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 10110-2011000 Clark, David PA BEAVER CO. 162 1800 10001-1200100 Clark, John PA BEAVER CO. 172 1800 00010-0001000 Clark, Mark PA BEAVER CO. 157 1800 00201-0030100 Clark, Rhoda PA BEAVER CO. 175 1800 10010-2200000 Clark, Robert PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 10201-3210100 Clark, Thomas PA BEAVER CO. 176 1800 00000-0010000 Courtwright, John PA BEAVER CO. 152 1800 10100-1010000 Cindy Torres Owens Stafford, VA cindyo@staffnet.com cindyo@va.prestige.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html

Cindy Torres Owens wrote: > Well disaster has struck my Courtright family tree. I was just informed this week that my Johannes Courtright b. 1774 & married Mary Clarke 1797 in Sussex Co., NJ was NOT the s/o William Ennes Courtright & Sarah Hyndshaw! That info came from Abbott & has been proved wrong, .....(SNIPPED) >> Sorry to hear that, Cindy. Be refreshed by the fact that you aren't the first person that has happened to. If I may make just a couple of suggestions, it might make your life easier.... (1) Keep anything you've collected on the family even if it appears to be the wrong line. (2) Leave your records exactly as they are, until you are convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have the wrong parent. (3) Even if/when you are convinced, keep the "info in error". Try to find where he fits in correctly. (4) Keep comparing your old info with your new info. Somewhere, somehow you might discover that you were right in the first place. Hang in there ----- Cheers, Rich in NH

Well disaster has struck my Courtright family tree. I was just informed this week that my Johannes Courtright b. 1774 & married Mary Clarke 1797 in Sussex Co., NJ was NOT the s/o William Ennes Courtright & Sarah Hyndshaw! That info came from Abbott & has been proved wrong, it seems John the s/o William Ennes Courtright never left PA & married Maria Gonsalus. I am devasted as I have spent many years on the related lines. Is anyone researching this family ? I'm sure that's where he came from, he married there at least. They moved rather soon after their marriage as I've tracked him best I can w/ the early census records. His migration seemed to be :1800-1810 Beaver Co., PA, 1820 Jefferson Co., OH. From an OH History I know that he actually was in Columbiana Co., OH in 1818, however I believe that he did not move but the boundary changed. Courtright, John NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 1793 **might not be him Courtwright, John PA BEAVER CO. 152 1800 10100-1010000 Courtright, John, 1 cow. 1804 TAX LISTS, SOUTH BEAVER TWP. BEAVER CO. AP. Caurtright, John PA BEAVER CO. NORTH SEWICKLY TWP 015 1810 Cortwright, John 1820 CENTRE TWP, COLUMBIANA CO., OH 086 Courtwright, John OH JEFFERSON CO. SMITHFIELD TWP 137 1830 Here are the men in Sussex Co., NJ 1774 & 1793 tax list that are possible fathers: Can anyone rule some of them out??? Cortraght, Elias NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 001 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Elias NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE TWP 135 1774 Cortraght, Henery W. NJ SUSSEX CO. WLPCK, SNDYSTN,MON 001 1781 Cortraght, Henry NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 001 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Henry NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE TWP 135 1774 Cortraght, John NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 001 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, John NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 002 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, John NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE TWP 135 1774 Cortraght, John NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE TWP 136 1774 Cortraght, Josias NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 002 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Josias NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON TWP 142 1774 Cortraght, Marget NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON TWP 142 1774 Cortraght, Margit NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 002 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Peter NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 002 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Peter NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON TWP 142 1774 Cortraght, Sammual NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 002 1774 TAX LIST Cortraght, Samuel NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON TWP 143 1774 ********* 1793 Tax List Courtright, Anthony NJ SUSSEX CO. WALPACK 1793 Courtright, Bastean NJ SUSSEX CO. WANTAGE 1793 Courtright, David NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 1793 Courtright, Henry NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 1793 Courtright, Jacob NJ SUSSEX CO. WANTAGE 1793 Courtright, Jacob, Jr. NJ SUSSEX CO. WANTAGE 1793 Courtright, John NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 1793 Courtright, Peter NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 1793 Courtright, Samuel NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 1793 Courtright, Solomon NJ SUSSEX CO. WANTAGE 1793 Courtright, Thomas NJ SUSSEX CO. WALPACK 1793 Courtright, William NJ SUSSEX CO. MONTAGUE 1793 Courtright, William NJ SUSSEX CO. SANDYSTON 1793 I'm looking strongly at Jacob, due to John's children: Descendants of Johannes Courtright 1 Johannes Courtright b: c1776 d: Aft. 1830 res: Jefferson Co.,OH .. +Mary "Polly" Clarke b: Abt. 1776 NJ m: Sep 14, 1797 Stillwater Reformed Church, Sussex Co., NJ d: Aft. 1821 Jefferson Co.,OH . 2 Sarah Courtright b: Aug 18, 1798?? Sandyston,Sussex Co.,NJ . 2 Jacob Courtright b: Bet. 1799 - 1800 Sussex Co.,NJ /or Beaver Co., PA . 2 James Courtright b: 1801 Beaver Co., PA d: Bet. 1831 - 1839 ..... +Rebecca Sneary b: Abt. 1801 m: Mar 22, 1825 Harrison Co.,Ohio, by J.R.Kirkpatrick, JP d: Aft. 1840 . 2 Mary Courtright b: Abt. 1805 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA d: Bef. 1880 Belmont Co., OH ..... +Matthias Springer b: 1805 Columbiana Co., OH m: Oct 20, 1825 Columbiana Co.,OH d: Dec 14, 1890 Belmont Co., OH . 2 Samuel Courtright b: Apr 30, 1809 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA ..... +Frances Zollars b: Abt. 1810 Harrison Co., Oh m: 1829 Carrolltown,Harrison Co.,OH d: 1862 Father: Frederick ZOLLARS Mother: Mary HAHN . *2nd Wife of Samuel Courtright: ..... +Mary E. Stonebraker m: 1867 . 2 William Courtright b: 1813 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA ..... +Mary Sergent b: Abt. 1820 m: Nov 17, 1842 Harrison Co.,OH, by George Atkinson,JP . 2 Isaac Courtright b: Jul 8, 1814 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA d: 1889 Center Twp., Carroll co.,OH ..... +Sarah Watson b: 1802 NJ m: Jul 5, 1835 Carroll Co, OH d: Apr 22, 1885 Center Twp., Carroll co.,OH . 2 Milo Courtright b: 1815 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA ..... +Mary Skaggs b: Abt. 1820 m: Aug 28, 1843 Jefferson Co., OH . 2 Judith Courtright b: 1817 Beaver Falls, Beaver Co.,PA . 2 Rebecca Courtright b: Feb 18, 1821 Centre Twp., Columbiana Co.,OH d: Dec 3, 1897 Jay Co.,IN (my line) ..... +Justus Kelly b: Apr 18, 1817 OH m: Oct 22, 1840 Harrison Co., OH, by George Atkinson, J.P. d: Jan 12, 1887 Jay Co.,IN Father: Jonathan KELLY Mother: Sarah KERRIGAN Any help w/ this would be greatly appreciated! Hope to hear from you, Cindy Cindy Torres Owens Stafford, VA cindyo@staffnet.com cindyo@va.prestige.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html

Greetings, The fourth installment (paragraph) of the Sesqui-Centennial Address of Sussex County given by Justice Francis J. Swayze on 2 Sep 1903 and printed by the Sussex Independent newspaper.... " THE MINERAL RESOURCES There are indications in some of the early records that the mineral resources of the county had already began to attract attention, and in 1755 Governor BELCHER, in an official report to the Lords of Trade, says that the counties of Morris and Sussex are cheifly mountainous, rocky land which yield plenty of iron ore and timber and that there are now three furnaces within them which yield a considerable quantity of pig iron and a great number of forges for melting bar iron into pigs , and a considerable number of forges or Bloonieries which make bar iron out of the out of the ore; these counties, he says, "are so well timbered that they can supply coal enough for a long time for those and many other iron works." Governor Belcher was evidently more impressed by the possibility of making charcoal and iron than he was by ouw fertile valleys, the development of which had fairly began." Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L

Hi Folks, I'm glad you're enjoying the installments of Justice Swayze's address. Everything posted on the NJSussex-L list goes into an archive which you can access at any time from the Internet... Go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Put in NJSussex for the mailing list name. On the search screen, type in Swayze to search on and select the year 2000. Click on [Full] to view (and copy or print out) the paragraph you want - or deleted by mistake - or missed - or your dog ate the copy of..... Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro vdpcom@warwick.net listowner NJSussex-L

Hello Again Fair Researchers, The third installment (paragraph) of the Sesqui-Centennial Address of Sussex County given by Justice Francis J. Swayze on 2 Sep 1903 and printed by the Sussex Independent newspaper.... " THE EARLY SETTLEMENTS Just prior to 1750, notices of settlements became more and more frequent. In 1742, the same year in which Decker settled in Sussex, two Germans, John Peter BERNHARDT and his son-in-law , Casper SHAFER, located in Stillwater, and were soon followed by another son-in-law, Peter WINTERMUTE. Henry BALE, also a German, settled at Lafayette and built a log grist mill fifty yards east of the present railroad station, about 1750. Thomas WOOLVERTON, Darius YOUNG and John BUCHNER settled in the neighborhood of Huntsville about the same time, and in 1752, Samuel HUNT, of Lawrenceville, now Mercer county, died while visiting and improving his property at Hunt's Pond, and is buried there; in 1756, Joshua OPDYKE purchased 320 acres from Richard GREEN, including land of the late Samuel B?. HUNT; the county was rapidly filling with settlers. The early returns recorded at Perth Amboy for lands along the Papkating and the Wallkill date from 1750. Most of them are made to the heirs and assigns of Anthony SHARP and the devisees of Mary ALEXANDER." Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L

I can only say that I, too, am waiting with anticipation for the following instalments of the Swayze speech. My 5x gr grandfather, James Dawdy, and children hailed from Newton then Sussex Co., NJ in mid to late 1700s. Catherine, thank you for putting this up for us all to have the pleasure of reading. Joan Dawdy Wilton

What a wonderful way to learn about the early days in Sussex Co. when our ancestors were pioneers there. I cannot wait for the next installment of the Swayze speech. Marjory PETTY Austen, desc. of Joseph PETTY of Sussex/Warren area.

Harriet CRABTREE was born about 1823, Sussex Co., NJ to William CRABTREE and Elizabeth McCONNELL. Their usual residence was in the Vernon area. I have tried desperately to learn more about Harriet and her family but to no avail until very recently. She married Charles GARDNER. I have no record of his parentage or dates of birth, death or marriage. In the 1880 census, Harriet GARDNER was living with her sister and husband, Jane and Alex McKAIN. Just recently I have acquired from the Sussex Co Hall of Records, Probate Dept. the administration of the estate of Harriet GARDNER. It states that Harried died in 1906, probably in Andover, Sussex Co., NJ, but this administration did not take place until 1913. In these papers there is mention of her children which include: Charles A. GARDNER, administrator and son of Andover, Sussex Co., NJ. Sorena GARDNER who married Nathan A. STACKHOUSE. They resided in Andover, Sussex Co., NJ. Sorena was already deceased. Julia GARDNER, widow of Abner WHITE, both of the state of New York and city of New York. Sarah E. GARDNER, widow of Abram HARRIS of Dover, Morris Co., NJ. Can anyone connect with this family? If so, please contact me. Mona Bross Hylton, Indiana

I hope these help someone. When I printed out a page with an obit of my family these next two were also on it. Wantage Recorder, Friday, May 31, 1912: "Mrs. Charles DENNIS died Sunday in Jersey City where she was suddenly taken ill of Bright's disease while visiting friends. Her maiden name was Sadie EGAN and she resided in Hamburg at the time of her marriage to Mr. DENNIS, and they resided near there since their marriage. He survives her with one sister and a brother, whose names we have not learned. We have not obtained the names of her parents or of her age but she was about thirty-six years old. The funeral took place on this Wednesday morning in Jersey City, and the interment in the afternoon in North Church cemetery, near Monroe, NJ." "Mrs. Sarah M. SNYDER died in Middletown, NY on Friday klast aged 84 years, 4 months and 16 days. She was long time a resident of the village of Ridgeberry, NY where her husband died many years ago, and from whence she moved to Middletown abut two years ago. She is survived by children: Mrs. E. MULLIN, of Edenville, NY; George M. SNYDER, of Middletown; Mrs. Sarah C. CONKLIN of Jersey City; C. Eugene SNYDER, of Hurd, Sullivan Co., NY: Mrs. Lewis MORRIS, of Ridgeberry; John C. SNYDER, of New Milford, NY and Mrs. L. MOHL, of Jersey City. The funeral was held on Monday at the Methodist church in Ridgeberry at 2 p.m. Interment in Ridgeberry cemetery."

The second paragraph of Justice Francis J. Swayze's Sesqui-Centennial of Sussex County Address..... THE MINISINK AND OTHER PATENTS In addition to the large grant in New York known as the Minisink patent of which I have already spoken, another large grant was made along the boundary line to the southeast of the Minisink Patent, and is known as the Waywayanda Patent. In 1724, 1,200 acres of this land were conveyed to Colonel Thomas DeKAY, of the City of New York. A portion of it is still in the ownership of his lineal descendant, Henry B. DeKAY. Col. DeKay did not remove immediately from the city of New York; for in 1733 he was alderman of the o?t ward of that city, but he must have come shortly afterward, and the date ascribed to his settlement, the first authentic date for the settlement of Vernon township, is 1734. Within a few years thereafter, Petrus DECKER in 1742 had settled at what is known as the Borough of Sussex, which for a long time bore the name of its first settler. This is the earliest settlement of which I have knowledge within the township of Wantage, but I am told that in 1739 taxes were imposed by Orange county upon property in Wantage for the cost of building the Goshen jail, and a deed from James ALEXANDER to Johannis Dirckse WESTBROOK for the Woobourne mill property, dated March 20, 1753 recites that the Proprietors in 1746 had agreed to give him 3 acres for a garden if he would thereon erect a mill for the convenience of the inhabitants, and that he had erected the mill in accordance with the contract; this land on the west branch of the Papakating was therefore conveyed to him for the use of his mill and garden spot for the annual rental of one ear of Indian corn yearly, if demanded on the premises. The recitals in this deed prove that in 1746 there was sufficient population in the neighborhood of Woodbourne to require a mill and to justify the Proprietors making a donation of land for the convenience of the inhabitants and incidently no doubt for the encouragement of other settlers and prospective purchasers of land. Have Fun, Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L

Thank you VERY much Cathy, I can't wait to rest the next installment. Cynthia In a message dated 06/03/2000 9:38:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, vdpcom@warwick.net writes: << And so ends the first paragraph of Swayze's address..... >>

<REALLY BIG SNIP> > And so ends the first paragraph of Swayze's address..... And people complain about the sound-bite... <<G>> Mark Daly Pittsburgh PA

Greetings Sussex Researchers, I found Swayze's address "the salient points" printed in the Sussex Independent newspaper dated Fri, 4 Sep 1903. It is quite lengthy but I will type sections when I get the chance. The title of the address is: Sesqui-Centennial of Sussex County Great Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Settlement of the County at Newton, the County Seat, on Wednesday September 2d, 1903, Salient Points in the Address of Justice Francis J. Swayze, the Historian of the Occassion A Historic Day in the County, Incidents and Details of the Important Events The history of Sussex County covers a period of about 200 years. The imagination may indeed pierce the mists which obscure the early settlements, and we may conjecture with great probability that even during the Dutch occupation of New Netherlans, prior to 166?, miners had penetrated into the valley of the Delaware and fur traders rom Manhattan were dealing with the Indians then inhabiting the forest which covered the county. What is certain is that the earliest settlements were made along the Delaware by settlers following the valley of the Wallkill, from Esophus, now Kingston, on the Hudson, who penetrated the valley of the Delaware and followed it's course southward. Mining operations were certainly carried on at a very early period in what is now the township of Pahaquarry, in the present county of Warren, not far from the Sussex county line. In order to afford access to the mines, a road was constructed which was early known as the "Old Mine Road" one hundred miles in length leading through the Delaware Valley, across the county of Orange, and thence to the Hudson. This road is said to have been the first road constructed in the United States. The intercourse of the early settlers was with the people to the northward, like themselves, of Dutch descent, rather like the settlers of the lower Delaware, with whom they might have had a more ready communication by the river. Mr. Edsall quotes a tradition from Hazard's Register, based on letters of one Samuel Preston, dated in the year 1828, that in 1730 the government in Philadelphia, evidently meaning the proprietors of West Jersey, sent one Nicholas Sc?ll to investigate a settlement said to have been made in Meanesink. This agent is reported to have been hospitably entertained at the venerable Samuel Dupuis and to have admired a grove of apple trees of size far beyond any near Philadelphia. From this tradition, the inference is fairly drawn that there was a settlement at that point many years before 1730. We are assured on better testimony that the settlements of the Delaware Valley, then known as Minisink country, must have been of little consequence as late as 1694. In that year one Arent Schuyler was sent by the government of New York, to learn if the French, who controlled the valley of the St. Lawrence, and the region around the Great Lakes, or any of the Indians in alliance with them had been in the Minisink country. Captain Schuyler left New York Feb. 3, 1694, hired two men and a guide at Bergentown, now a part of Jersey City, stopped at Hackensack and went by way of an Indian place named Peekwes to Maggahkamieck, which is supposed to have be Port Jervis, and from thence to the Minisink. There he met two Indians sachems and two other Indians, of whom he inquired if the French or the French Indians had sent for them or been to Minisink country. Schuyler would hardly have sought this information from the Indians if there had been white settlements at which inquires might have been made. He was evidently pleased with the country; for on May 20, 1697, a patent for 1,00 acres of land was issued to him under authority of the Province of New York. The records of that period in the Minisink and Mackhackamack churches contain entries as early as 1716. In the years 1716, 1717 and 1718 there were twelve baptisms by the Rev. Petrus Vas, of Kingston. There is a gap in the records from 1716 to 1737 when Georg Wilhelm Mancuis became minister. From that date unter 1744, there are regular records of baptisms twice in each year upon the occassions when Dominie Mancuis was able to visit his distant congregarion. The number baptised was as high as 26 in the year 1739. The Wallpack church was organized in the same year as the Minisink church. The deed for the land bears date Feb. 1, 1737 and conveys land to the "inhabitants of Wallpack and the near inhabitants thereabouts." It contains a reference to the burying yard. Settlements must, therefore, have existed at Wallpack prior to the date of this deed. The population in the Delaware Valley had by the year 1737 become large enough to susjtain four churches, two of which, the one at Minisink and the one at Wallpack, were within the bounds of Sussex county; on was at Port Jervis and one at Smithfield. In 1741 the Rev. Johannes Casparas Fryenmuth (or Fryenmoot as the name is sometimes spelled) was regularly settled as pastor over there four churches at the age of twenty. He had been educated at the expense of the churches, who admidst the hardships of the wilderness and in great poverty, had sent him to Holland to be trained in the principles of the Dutch Church. There he was ordained by the class?s of Amsterdam. He returned as minister to a district which stretched fifty miles north to south. This district he served at a salary of seventy pounds per annum, of which wach church contributed one- fourth. Afterward, two churches together agreed to pay 40 pounds or 20 pounds each, but stipulated that they if he remained unmarried they should only be liable to pay him 35 pounds or 17 pounds, 10 shillings each. With the encouragement of the extra five pounds pay before him, he married Lena Vanetten July 23, 1742 and continued to minister his churches until the outbreak of the French and Indian War in 1756. His congregation felt unable to support him as was "needful and necessary" and they petitioned the Board of Proprietors for a grant of land to assist them. This petition is without date but as it was addressed to the Proprietors of East Jersey, it was probably after 1743, when the line between East and West Jersey was run. The petition was successful and on May 24, 1752, James Alexander by direction of the Board of Proprietors, conveyed 210 acres in Sandyston to Abram Van Campen and Garret Brink for use of the Reformed Dutch Church of Wallpack and Pahaquarry professing doctrines of Calvin, the consideration was six pence and a pint of spring water yearly from the large spring on the premises, if demanded. And so ends the first paragraph of Swayze's address..... Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L

Wantage Recorder, Friday, May 31, 1912: "Mrs. Sarah HARDEN died at her home in this borough on Friday last following an operation for strangulated hernia, her illness lasting only two days. She was 42 years, 1 month and 2 days old and a daughter of the late Grinnell and Sarah (ROE) VAN GELDER, of Wantage, where she was born. She married Arthur HARDEN who survives her with two sons, William of Scranton, PA., and Harry, and one daughter, Harriet, of this borough, and is also survived by one sister, Mrs. John RANDOLPH, of Wantage. Deceased was an industrious and pre-eminently a good woman. Her example will long be missed in the community. She was a member of Truth Rebecca Lodge, I. O. O. F. and Wantage Council D. of L. of this borough. The funeral was held on Monday at 2 p.m. at the house, Rev. E. E. Loux officiating. Interment in Deckertown Union Cemetery." Mona Bross Hylton, Indiana

June 1910; Wantage Recorder "Sarah (MARTIN) JAY died at her home in Goshen, N. Y., Friday last, aged 86 years, 10 months and 10 days. She was born near this borough, a daughter of Hymphrey and Isabelle (TEASDALE) Martin, and married Jackson D. JAY of Goshen. He died several years ago. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth DIKEMAN, of Goshen, and one sister, Anna T., wife of Moses B. NORTHRUP, of Newton. Mrs. NORTHRUP is now the last survivor of a family of eleven children. The deceased had been a member of the First Baptsit Church of this borough since 1837, and a resident of Goshen fifty years. The funeral was held at the house on Monday at 1:30 p.m., Rev. F. S. Haines officiating. Interment in St. James' cemetery, Goshen."

Cynthia, My cousin has DECKER, and DEWITT from Sussex Co. NJ through her LETTEER line. I am searching for my 3rd great grandfather Henry (Henrich) WALTER(S) possibly WATERS who was reported to have been b. 1778 in Sussex Co. NJ. I have not been able to find any records for him. Have you run across any WALTER(S) in your Sussex or Warren research? Ken Walter Pasco, WA RV4cats@aol.com wrote: > Mike, > Apparently your Kittles are also my Kittles. > Ritsert Kittle was bp. July 04, 1697 in the Kingston RDC of Ulster Co., NY. > The records show his name as "Rutsjert" which is only a matter of spelling, > probably the Germanic version. His parents were Jeremy Kittle (Ketelhuyn), > the emigrant from Grimmen, Mecklenburg, Germany and Elizabeth Claessen. On > December 23, 1724 in the Kingston RDC Ritsert married Rachel Van Etten bp. > 1708, also in the KRDC. I show 10 children for this couple. > > Catharina Kittle was the dau of Ritsert and Rachel. Although bp. in > Rochester, Catharina's bp. record is in the Kingston RDC. She and > Peter/Petrus Kuykendall were married January 12, 1753 in the Reformed Church > at Machackemack, Orange Co., NY (Deerpark), not Sussex Co., NJ. Peter was the > son of Pieter Jacobsen Kuykendall and Femmetje Decker of Kingston. According > to the Machackemack RDC marriage record for Peter and Catharina, he was "born > at Machackemack" but the baptismal records for that church are missing from > 1719 to 1737. Peter's date of birth is estimated at ca. 1730. > > Lea Kittle is also a dau of Ritsert and Rachel. She was bp. July 11, 1736 in > the Kingston RDC. Lea married Daniel Van Auken on December 15, 1753 in the > Machackemach RDC, Orange Co., NY (Daniel & Lea are my direct ancestors) and > they had 15 children. Among their children was Jeremiah b. 1756 who was the > school teacher scalped in the Indian Raid by Chief Joseph Brant and his > Delaware Indians in 1779 as he tried to protect the children. Daniel Van > Auken was bp. 2 February 1735 in Rochester, NY and his bp record is entered > in the Kingston RDC. His parents were Abraham Van Auken and Jannetje De Witt > of Kingston. > > The Jeremias Kittle who married Lea Davis is also a son of Ritsert and > Rachel. He was bp. June 11, 1727 in the Kingston RDC. Lea and Jeremias were > married January 04, 1754 in the Machackemach RDC, Orange CO., NY. Lea was b. > June 05, 1717 in the Mach. RDC, dau of Solomon Davids and Lea Decker. > > Hope this helps....... > Cynthia > > In a message dated 06/02/2000 10:26:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > James.M.Holland@compaq.com writes: > > << Specifically, I'm looking for the following persons: > > Rutsjert Richard "Dirck" Kittle who is supposely buried in Sussex > County, date unknown. He was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY > in 1697. > > Petrus "Peter" Kukendall who married Catharina Kittle in Sussex > County on 12 Jan 1753. > > Daniel Van Aken who married Lea Kittle in Sussex County on 13 > Dec 1753. > > Jeremias Kittle who married Lea Davis in Sussex County on > 4 Jan 1754. > >>

Mike, Apparently your Kittles are also my Kittles. Ritsert Kittle was bp. July 04, 1697 in the Kingston RDC of Ulster Co., NY. The records show his name as "Rutsjert" which is only a matter of spelling, probably the Germanic version. His parents were Jeremy Kittle (Ketelhuyn), the emigrant from Grimmen, Mecklenburg, Germany and Elizabeth Claessen. On December 23, 1724 in the Kingston RDC Ritsert married Rachel Van Etten bp. 1708, also in the KRDC. I show 10 children for this couple. Catharina Kittle was the dau of Ritsert and Rachel. Although bp. in Rochester, Catharina's bp. record is in the Kingston RDC. She and Peter/Petrus Kuykendall were married January 12, 1753 in the Reformed Church at Machackemack, Orange Co., NY (Deerpark), not Sussex Co., NJ. Peter was the son of Pieter Jacobsen Kuykendall and Femmetje Decker of Kingston. According to the Machackemack RDC marriage record for Peter and Catharina, he was "born at Machackemack" but the baptismal records for that church are missing from 1719 to 1737. Peter's date of birth is estimated at ca. 1730. Lea Kittle is also a dau of Ritsert and Rachel. She was bp. July 11, 1736 in the Kingston RDC. Lea married Daniel Van Auken on December 15, 1753 in the Machackemach RDC, Orange Co., NY (Daniel & Lea are my direct ancestors) and they had 15 children. Among their children was Jeremiah b. 1756 who was the school teacher scalped in the Indian Raid by Chief Joseph Brant and his Delaware Indians in 1779 as he tried to protect the children. Daniel Van Auken was bp. 2 February 1735 in Rochester, NY and his bp record is entered in the Kingston RDC. His parents were Abraham Van Auken and Jannetje De Witt of Kingston. The Jeremias Kittle who married Lea Davis is also a son of Ritsert and Rachel. He was bp. June 11, 1727 in the Kingston RDC. Lea and Jeremias were married January 04, 1754 in the Machackemach RDC, Orange CO., NY. Lea was b. June 05, 1717 in the Mach. RDC, dau of Solomon Davids and Lea Decker. Hope this helps....... Cynthia In a message dated 06/02/2000 10:26:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, James.M.Holland@compaq.com writes: << Specifically, I'm looking for the following persons: Rutsjert Richard "Dirck" Kittle who is supposely buried in Sussex County, date unknown. He was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY in 1697. Petrus "Peter" Kukendall who married Catharina Kittle in Sussex County on 12 Jan 1753. Daniel Van Aken who married Lea Kittle in Sussex County on 13 Dec 1753. Jeremias Kittle who married Lea Davis in Sussex County on 4 Jan 1754. >>

Good Morning All, I am a new member of the Sussex County mailing list. I am researching my Kittle family in New York and have found many references to Sussex County, NJ and the Minisink region. If anyone has Kittles in their family or have any information that they can share, I would really appreciate anything the will help me determine who these folks are and where they fit into my family database. Specifically, I'm looking for the following persons: Rutsjert Richard "Dirck" Kittle who is supposely buried in Sussex County, date unknown. He was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, NY in 1697. Petrus "Peter" Kukendall who married Catharina Kittle in Sussex County on 12 Jan 1753. Daniel Van Aken who married Lea Kittle in Sussex County on 13 Dec 1753. Jeremias Kittle who married Lea Davis in Sussex County on 4 Jan 1754. Any information on ANY Kittle person or persons is welcomed. My entire family gedcom is online at: http://www.my-ged.com/holland/ Many Thanks Mike Holland james.m.holland@compaq.com