A list member just pointed out to me that the 1850 US Census - Sussex County only covers Walpeck Twp. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/2000/mar/mar27c.htm

The 1850 U.S. Census for Sussex County, NJ is here: USGenWeb Archives Census Project Census Additions http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/newsletter/2000/mar/mar27c.htm

Julie Thompson-Miller wrote, >>I am researching THOMPSON. I have a Catherine Briggs that was Married to my >>g-g-g-g-Grandfather Preserved Thompson. They lived in Dutchess Co, New York >>and then moved to Cayuga Co, New York for several years. They then migrated >>to Ontario around 1821. Catherine died possible around 1839. Thier last >>child was born that year and Preservid remarried and had another child with >>his new wife Ann Dixon in 1841. Do these location sound familair? Let me >>know. Julie Thompson-Miller< Julie, My ancestor Andrew THOMPSON b 24 Jul 1788 in Wantage Twp Sussex Co NJ married Susan __________ and had at least two children. Sometime early in the 1800's they moved to NY state and in 1818 were living in Ovid Twp Seneca Co. They are shown in the 1820 census in Ovid. Then they disappeared. Would you have any information in your files on this family? Paul Thompson

Hi all, I guess staying up all night working on my page, I left out the most important thing: http://people.ce.mediaone.net/backster/family.html I have updated my web page this morning. A lot of new Backster & Baxters on it. For the IL-Western and IL-Hancock, a lot of the Baxter's were in the Hancock area. I am letting you know the older portion has been updated. Take a look around, got any questions or information, drop me a line. thanks, julie

Hello list,,,I am looking for the family name "SUGGS" Please email me at; pattycake71963@hotmail.com thanks patty ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Hi I have a correspondence from a person who signed it with Tab and the e-mail address of Prpse@webtv.net. Unable to contact this person who back in March 25, 1999 made reference to a Elting Corners Library. Would anyone on the list know of this library. Thank you Allen Johnson ajohnson@twcny.rr.com

Anyone have any info on the Canin family,circa-1800-1850,in Sussex Co.? Thank you, Gert

Looking for Ann or Anna Cole, born aprox. 1786. Ann married Richard DeRemer on 3/24/1805, at Old Greenwhich Presbyterian Church. She was from Sussex County (the area is now Warren County), Richard was from Hunterdon county. At least one of their children was baptized at Mansfield-Woodhouse, I think. Possibly, they moved to New York [Ithaca area?], and last they lived in northeast PA. Their 10 children were born 1805-1825. Her second husband was a Case; she died in 1856, in PA. She is possibly related to a Benjamin Cole, who had a grist mill in Newark (?) or Benjamin who is listed with Mansfield-Woodhouse Church. I don't know what happened to Richard DeREMER. I have no record of him in PA; but he must have been there. I have unconfirmed reports that he died 1831 or 1834, and that he was a Captain in the War of 1812. -Michelle DeRemer

-----Original Message----- From: Sjhcamp@aol.com <Sjhcamp@aol.com> To: NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 01, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} New Surname Mailing List >I have just started a rootsweb mailing list for the > > HOGENCAMP ~ HOGANCAMP ~ HOVENCAMP ~ HOVENKAMP > >Surname if you are interested in joining. Feel free to email me if you have >any questions. > >It is called: HOGENCAMP-L@rootsweb.com > >To subscribe just put the word subscribe in the subject line and the body >of an email message and send to: HOGENCAMP-L-request@rootsweb.com >or HOGENCAMP-D-request@rootsweb.com for digest mode. > >Susan Hovencamp >sjhcamp@aol.com >Co-Listowner of: OBIT-LOOKUPS-L, Listowner: HOGENCAMP-L >Obit Volunteer List at: http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html > >

Nancy, I have received references to the ADAM and MARY SNOOK listed below. I believe this may be the ADAM I am looking for. My Rev. War ancestor, Capt. CONRAD GONTTERMAN from Sussex Co. gave permission for a MARY CONTERMAN to marry ADAM SNOOK in 1768 in Sussex Co.. I have a feeling this could have been his sister. If so, this could have been a later in life marriage, which the grown children of ADAM could indicate. As far as the SIMMONS connections....there are many. The more I discover, the more "tangled" the web becomes! CONRAD's wife was MAREY SIMMONS, daughter of JOHN SIMEONS/SIMMONS (born Germany) and MARY WHITTAKER. MAREY was also the sister of your JOHN who married ELIZABETH (some say ELIZABETH's maiden name was TITMAN, but that is disputable). MAREY also had brothers PHILLIP who married ANN, and PETER who married LAVINA. There is an ANN SIMMONS in the old Stillwater Cemetery who died 4/1/1838, aged 94 years. MAREY died before 1807 and left children, MARY, who married ISAAC STICKLES, WILLIAM, who married a cousin, MARY SIMMONS (sister to JOHN SIMMONS III who married 1. ___________UPTEGROVE) JOHN, who married ABIGAIL NORTHRUP, (d/o BEN & LENORA WHITEHEAD NORTHRUP) HENRY, who married BARBARA GONTERMAN, d/o HENRY and CATHARINE COSS GONTERMAN. (This latter HENRY was a brother? to CONRAD MARGARET, who married WILLIAM VAN NO(L)TE PETER, who married MARY/POLLY CHRISTY (d/o JOHN and ELIZ. LARUE CHRISTY). WILLIAM is my ancestor. As mentioned above, his first wife was MARY SIMMONS, sister of the JOHN III you mention in your e-mail. MARY died as did her brother JOHN. But before JOHN died, he married after ____UPTEGROVE, 2. MARY KISHPAUGH. When JOHN died, MARY KISHPAUGH SIMMONS married WILLIAM GONTERMAN/GUNTERMAN, above, and they had children MARTHA, SAMUEL and JOHN SIMMONS GUNTERMAN. WILLIAM's wife MARY also had the following brothers and sisters besides JOHN III (1777-1824): PHILLIP, (1782-1868) married 1. LAVINA __, 2. 1813, SUSAN STRUBLE SARAH (1783-1858) married 4/12/1802 DAVID HOPKINS PETER, (1784-1805) married MARGARET LYDIA married 1796 JOHN B. KNOFF SUSAN (1792-1871) married CONRAD STRUBLE ELIZABETH, married PETER SNOOK BARBARA, married 1799, SAMUEL PRICE (he died in 1802) CATHERINE, married 1812 IRA BURRELL The original JOHN SIMEONs may have had brothers PHILLIP, PETER, and SAMUEL, for in 1766 (Deed Book, Vol. C, pg. 387 staes that the above persons (including JOHN) purchased 301 plus acres from JACOB DODDER in Sussex Co., NJ. Another reference states that these SIMMONS' settled near Marksboro, now in Warren Co., NJ. Later, around 1772, SAMUEL, JOHN and PETER SIMMONS bought land in LaFayette, Sussex Co., NJ, situated between Hopkins Corners and Monroe Corners. >From "LaFayette Township, New Jersey" by Everitt and McCann, pg. 2: "HENRY BAIL/BALE (who married CONRAD GONTTERMAN's sister, ELIZABETH) came here in 1750"....."BAIL was a German, as were most of the families who settled in the LaFayette area at the same time. Their names were SIMMONS, SNOOK, SNYDER, STRUBLE, STRADER, SPACE, COUSE, CALTS, MAINES, LANTZ, and others. Many of these people were related or had been neighbors back in Germany." I have more SNOOK information, such as: CASPER SNOOK was born about 1740, died Dec. 1817. His wife was ELIZABETH_________. It is believed that CASPER settled in Sussex Co., NJ about 1760. He purchased land in what is now LaFayette, 12/30/1800. He left a Will. (#A-452, Hall of Records, Sussex Co., NJ) Children were: MATTHIS, b. 1770 (married 1. ANN DIVERS, 2. CATHARINE) JOHN, b. 1772 SUFFIAH (Sophia) b. 1774 (married JACOB BALE) RODEY (Rhoda) b. 1775 (never married) WILLIAM C., b. 1777 (married MARY CUMMINS) HENRY, b. 1779 (married ESTHER SEELY) SUSAN, b. 1780 (married REUBEN HARDIN) ***A CASPARUS SCHNUCH, bapt. 1740 in Rhinebeck Flats Reformed Church, in Rhinebeck, NY was a child of JOHANNES and JULIANA KLEE/KLIE SCHNUCH, who married in 1733 in the German Palatinate (Nordhofen Churchbook) PETER SNOOK was born 1744 in Germany. He served in the Revolution and died in Beaver Springs, Union Co., PA His wife was MARIA COSS/GOSS. Children were: PETER, b. 1777 in NJ and married MARY ABER, CASPER, b. 1781 and married ESTHER GILLIAN, JOHN, KEZIAH, KATHERINE who married ANTOINE SCRATHER, MARY who married PHILIP LASH, ANNA BARBARA, MARGARET who married MICHAEL ONSTED, and a second JOHN, b. 1770, son of PETER and second wife KETURAH LASH (from Alan Jones) http://members.tripod.com/~alanjones/Biographys/Snooks.htm You are really GOOD if you can follow this! Up to present day, we have JOHN SIMMONS/SIMEON GUNDERMANs in our line and they have no clue where their names originally came from! Your Cousin from Horseheads, NY, Sheryl Gunderman Robinson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Roses674@aol.com> To: <robinson@clarityconnect.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 10:30 AM Subject: Re: SNOOK > Sheryl, > > Have you seen Chamber's Early Germans that lists Adam Snuke/Snook as perhaps > son of Hendrick. Will was dated 20 Oct 1774 in Hunterdon Co., prob. 23 May > 1776 then Black River, now Chester, Morris Co., NJ. Wife Mary and ch: Mary > m. Hockenberry; John; Eva m. Hatin/Heaton; Ulla (under 18) m. Brinkerhoff; > witnesses Ludlum Salmon, Robert Cummins, and Jost Miller. Perhaps there were > other minor children from this marriage not mentioned. > > My gruncle told me that the Snooks came to the New World with Peter > Stuyvesant, Gov. of NY, but so far I have not found anyone earlier than 1711 > in NY, but it is getting closer to the 1660's arrival of Stuyvesant and his > party. > > Let me know what you think of this theory. > > Nancy

Greetings, Here's the URL for some baptisms in Oldwick, Hunterdon Co., NJ. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/hunterdon/vitals/birthbapt.txt You will recognize many German surnames which later came north to Sussex county. If you find someone, don't forget to drop the contributor a line. Happy Hunting, Cathy DiPietro listowner NJSussex-L

Duh, I guess it would help if I put the web address in the message. Here it is: http://people.ce.mediaone.net/backster/family.html julie

Hi all, I have updated my web page this morning. A lot of new Backster & Baxters on it. For the IL-Western and IL-Hancock, a lot of the Baxter's were in the Hancock area. I am letting you know the older portion has been updated. Take a look around, got any questions or information, drop me a line. thanks, julie

--part1_c1.1f6a86c.26156519_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi listers! I ran across this family Bible auction on eBay (#291383895) and inquired about the surnames. SMITH, SWAYZE and ADAMS of Hanesville/Hainesville? Anybody know these folks?! Good luck! Liz France Liz3130@aol.com Searching WASHER, KIMBLE/KEMBLE, WINFIELD, TITUS, BERRY, ROBBINS, JARVIS, WOODBURN and others in Sussex Co. In a message dated 3/30/00 3:44:51 PM Pacific Standard Time, jesfam@aiov.com writes: << Subj: Re: SCOTT'S BIBLE-3 Vols.-1818-w/Fam. History Item #291383895 Date: 3/30/00 3:44:51 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jesfam@aiov.com (john and ester) To: LIZ3130@aol.com Hi, In Vol. IV The names mentioned are Henry Smith and Mary Swayze. In Vol. V the names mentioned are Temperance, Jane, Gabriel, and Robert Adams. The books were purchased from an estate in Hanesville. Hope this was helpful. Thanks for looking, John Scott >> --part1_c1.1f6a86c.26156519_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jesfam@aiov.com> Received: from rly-za04.mx.aol.com (rly-za04.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.100]) by air-za04.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:44:51 -0500 Received: from mailsite1.nac.net (mailsite1.nac.net [209.123.109.38]) by rly-za04.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:44:42 -0500 Received: from jesfam (s6.dial6.new.nac.net [209.123.56.6]) by mailsite1.nac.net (Rockliffe SMTPRA 3.4.5) with SMTP id <B0000321444@mailsite1.nac.net> for <LIZ3130@aol.com>; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:56:10 -0500 Message-ID: <000601bf9aa3$aaf82880$06387bd1@jesfam> From: "john and ester" <jesfam@aiov.com> To: <LIZ3130@aol.com> Subject: Re: SCOTT'S BIBLE-3 Vols.-1818-w/Fam. History Item #291383895 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 18:57:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Hi, In Vol. IV The names mentioned are Henry Smith and Mary Swayze. In Vol. V the names mentioned are Temperance, Jane, Gabriel, and Robert Adams. The books were purchased from an estate in Hanesville. Hope this was helpful. Thanks for looking, John Scott -----Original Message----- From: LIZ3130@aol.com <LIZ3130@aol.com> To: jesfam@aiov.com <jesfam@aiov.com> Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 6:01 PM Subject: SCOTT'S BIBLE-3 Vols.-1818-w/Fam. History Item #291383895 >SCOTT'S BIBLE-3 Vols.-1818-w/Fam. History >Item #291383895 > > >Hi there! I'm not a book/Bible collector, but I am a Sussex County >genealogist. Would you mind telling me the surnames you see in handwriting >in these volumes? And, also, which Sussex County town was this estate sale >in? > >Thanks for any info. >Best wishes, >Liz France >Liz3130@aol.com --part1_c1.1f6a86c.26156519_boundary--

A Henry Westfall. a watchman, was in that Patterson city directory. Does anyone know how he connects with the NY/NJ/PA Westfalls? Dorrie in Lexington, MA FERRETT99@Prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Lanterman <lantermanbob@earthlink.net> To: <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX-L] Paterson, Passaic Co, NJ City Directories 1890-1893 > Thank you Catherine! > > I found my grandfather Horace Potter Lanterman and my great > grandfather Alfred Dillistin's families in the Paterson City Directories > for 1890-1893. Great tip. Robert S. Lanterman of San Diego, CA > > Catherine Di Pietro wrote: > > > Hi Folks, > > > > For a short time, the Paterson, NJ city directories for 1890 - > > 1893 are available for free on the Ancestry.com site at > > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4440.htm > > > > >From reading the newspapers, the access from the rail > > head in Stockholm and points north plus migrating worker > > patterns - you'll find many Sussex county family members > > in Paterson during this time. Try it out and see... > > > > Happy Hunting, > > Cathy DiPietro listowner: NJSussex-L > > ______________________________

Hi Lisa! My tree has WOODBURN on a maternal branch. I haven't ruled out Warren Co. for their early years in NJ, but I haven't found them on a census there either. So far they have been in Stanhope, Sussex Co., NJ with an occasional siting over the borderline in Morris Co. But since the Morris Canal and RR routes would have given them easy access to Warren-Sussex-Morris, I am checking for other researchers in all three counties. I have found records (1920) for them living in Stanhope, Sussex Co., NJ, and my g-grandfather stated that he was born in "Dodge Mine, NJ" on his DL&W RR application, (which was morphed into "Ford Mine, NJ" on his death certificate -- "I know it was one of those auto companies!"). I don't know which County this was in. (My g-g-grandparents) John WOODBURN b. in England abt. 1843 and d. murdered near Stanhope in 11 March 1921. He married Sarah Elizabeth DICKERSON b. Cornwall, England on 27 Sept 1863 and d. at Dover General Hospital on 31 Jan 1954. Their children were -- John Edward, b. 22 August, 1887 (see more below) Carl William, b. 31 January, 1903 Richard Agnes (My g-grandparents) John Edward WOODBURN b. 22 August, 1887 in Dodge Mine, NJ and d. 24 May, 1955 at Newton Mem. Hospital, Newton, Sussex Co. NJ. He married Ella Mae TITUS b. 10 June 1887 in Stanhope, Sussex Co., NJ and d. 15 Mar 1957 in Stanhope, Sussex Co., NJ. Their children were -- Mary A., b. 07 Apr 1908, d. 11 May, 1973 (m. Clarence JENNINGS and stayed in Stanhope. Had kids -- Carol, Barbara, Clarence Jr.) Henrietta, b. abt. 1911, d. abt. 1983 (m. Walter LOLLER and stayed in Stanhope. No kids.) Annabelle, b. 11 May 1912, d. May 1977 in Newton (m. Elmer ROBBINS in Oct 1932 and moved to Newton. Children Evelyn May and Elmer Dale.) John Lawrence, b. 04 March 1915, d. 02 May 1979 (m1. Cleata ? children - yes; m2. Doris Burtiss - children - Lawrence, Donna, Allen; moved to Budd Lake, NJ.) Sarah, b. 12 Nov 1917, d. 30 March, 1982 (m. Ernest STALEY and stayed in Stanhope. No kids.) Ralph, b. abt. 1920, (m. Virginia ? and moved to Ironia, NJ. No kids.) If there are any other WOODBURN researchers out there, please contact me! I would love to exchange more info with you. (And if cousins Carol, Barbara or Judy see this, please e-mail me!) Thanks!!! Sincerely, Liz France Liz3130@aol.com

The following is an excerpt from Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, 1925, Volume 5. ----------------- SAMUEL S. VANDRUFF--Sussex--Railroading. Born at the Old Homestead, which he now owns and operates, at Wantage Township, near Sussex, Oct. 14, 1848; son of Samuel and Margaret (Benjamin) Vandruff; married to Anna M. Bronson, daughter of Oscar and Susan M. (Overheiser) Bronson. Children: (1) Susan, deceased. (2) Anna, died in infancy. (3) Frederick B. He married Effie Lawrence, daughter of Mayor Seymour Lawrence, of Sussex, N.J. They have two children, Eleanor and Anna. --------------------- Jacob Vandruff, paternal grandfather of Samuel S. Vandruff, was a farmer of Vernon Township. He married Margaret Benjamin, of Sussex. They were the parents of (1) Frank, who died in infancy. (2) Margaret, deceased. (3) Eve, deceased. (4) Nettie, deceased. (5) Elizabeth, married H.L. Emmons. (6) Samuel. (7) Della, married J.L. Quick. (8) George, married Stella Shorter. Samuel, son of Samuel and Margaret, a farmer, was the father of Samuel S. Vandruff. Mrs. Vandruff, daughter of Oscar Bronson and Susan M. (Overheiser) Bronson, is a cousin of Rear Admiral Bronson, of Rhode Island. -------------------------------------- Samuel S. Vandruff was educated at Sussex and Mendham, N.J. After finishing school, he helped his father who was engaged in farming. At the death of his father, Mr. Vandruff continued the cultivation of the lands until his interests were drawn elsewhere. He became associated with John Loomis, serving as assistant post master and clerk. Finding clerkship to his liking he was engaged as such for a period of twenty-one years, when he formed a merchandise company under the name of Couse and Vandruff. Some time later, Mr. Vandruff received an offer which he accepted with the Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad Company, and is still connected with its successor, the Lehigh and New England, where he has been for forty-one years. He was at one time superintendent of the New Jersey division. He was appointed a State Board of Health officer, which position he held for twenty-six years. At one time he served as freeholder of Sussex County, and Mayor of the Borough of Sussex for nine years. He was trustee of schools for number of years and is now president of the Board of Education. Mr. Vandruff built a railroad for the State of Massachusetts, known as the Vandruff, Primrose & Simmons. He also constucted a reservoir at Haverille, Massachusetts. Mr Vandruff is a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Sussex, and is an associate life member of the New Jersey Genealogical and Biographical Society. His business address is Sussex, N.J.

I recently acquired a copy of Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide, Vol 5, 1925, and I thought I would share with the list the entries I find that relate to Sussex County. To assuage anyone's concerns about copyright issues, I relay this information printed on the back of the cover page, below the copyright information: "By giving credit therefor to 'Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide,' newspapers and other presses are given permission to use any of the information contained in this work." To the extent that the copyright owners could not have anticipated the internet, I believe that this list would qualify as one of the "other presses." One note- I have kept in the spelling as it appears (except for my own typos, though I tried to be careful)... some of it may not be correct- for example, the river is now known as Paulin's Kill or Paulinskill (or even the Paulinskill River, which is a little redundant). I am not sure how many entries will prove to have Sussex links, but I estimate it at a dozen or more. I'll try to type them in as soon as I can! ------------- ANNA MAY EMMANS- Paterson--Housewife. Born Oct. 2, 1868, at Swartswood Lake, N.J., daughter of James and Harriet Ayers (Marsh) Emmans; married June 21, 1917 to Joseph Roy Emmans. --------- Joseph R. Emmans, born February 5, 1857, was raised by his grandfather at Pulan's Kill, near Fredon, N.J., where he received his education attending the Pond's School. He entered Starkey Seminary, N.Y., in his early twenties and upon graduation migrated to the West as far as the State of Minnesota, where he remained for a year or more before returning to the East. He married near Fredon, Sussex County, N.J. to Marion Roy, who was born December 26, 1854, near Fredon on a large farm. She was the daughter of WIlliam and Tabathy (Hunt) Roy. Shortly after his marriage he engaged in the timber business at Middleville, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in the course of a few years settled in Paterson in the fence building business. He then entered the excavating business and subsequently engaged in Real Estate. Mrs. Emmans died in Paterson on April 14, 1916. He again married in 1917 to Anna May Emmans. He died December 17, 1919. In politics Mr. Emmans was a Republican and an ardent member of the Lakeview Presbyterian Church. Abraham Emmans, grandfather of Mrs. Emmans, was born August 13, 1804. He married Clarissa Turner, born August 29, 1802. His son, James Emmans, father of Mrs. Emmans, was a farmer in Sussex County. He was born December 22, 1825, at Cloves, near Deckertown, N.J., and resided therein his younger days. He was one fo nine children, the others being: (1) Hannah, July 30, 1828. (2) Thompson, July 31, 1829. (3) Rebecca, November 27, 1833. (4) Anna, July 13, 1835. (5) Jane, December 14, 1838. (6) Harmon Lane, July 13, 1840. (7) Meribah L., December 20, 1842. (8) Dorcas, Sept. 29, 1845. James Emmans married Harriet Ayres Marsh, January 19, 1854. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Corsen) Marsh, of Swartswood, N.J. They had children: (1) George Mortimer Emmans, born January 13, 1855, a florist of Newton, N.J. He married Hanna Struble, of Myrtle Grove, N.J. She was the daughter of Leonard and Jane Struble. (2) John M., born March 14, 1856, died November 14, 1882, at Omaha, Nebraska. (3) James, born March 12, 1860, and died May 8, 1922. (4) Frank Alton, born June 29, 1863, now resides at Sanger, California, on a large fruit ranch. He is engaged in orange and grape raising. (5) Anna May, October 2, 1868. Mr. Marsh was a farmer owning the adjoining farm of James Emmans, near Swartswood Lake, who owned two and one half miles of the Swartswood Lake shore of the big Swartswood Lake property, and five acres on the Little Swartswood Lake and the Pond Brooks which connects the two lakes. To maintain private ownership of his water front property until such time as he could be in a position to donate it to the state for public use, Mr. Emmans was forced to endure many unpleasant experiences, causing Mr. Emmans a great deal of litigation. This unpleasant condition lasted even after his death, and finally, after more litigation, the lake was made a state possession, by George Mortimer Emmans, son of James Emmans, and was opened to the public by the deeding of the park known as Emman's Grove Park. James Emmans died November 27, 1904. Mrs. Emmans died October 14, 1900. The following article is a reprint from the N.J. Herald, April 26, 1915. The deed conveying a gift of twelve and one-half acres of land on the east shore of Swartswood Lake to the State of New Jersey was filed yesterday in the County Clerk's Office. The gift, which includes Emman's Grove, the scene of many annual picnics, was made by George Emmans, of Clinton Street. The consideration in the deed is given as "$1, and other valuable considerations, and an intent that the people may have the use of the premises herein conveyed as a public park forever." Mr. Emmans and his wife reserve the right to provife entertainment to the public on these premises, such as letting boats for rowing on the lake, which was purchased about a year ago by the State Forestry Commission, and providing food for man and beast. It is agreed in the deed that no intoxicating liquors can be sold in the park and that Mr. and Mrs. Emmans at any time may remove any buildings that they may see fit to erect within the park for entertaining the public. The donor requests that the State Park be known at "Emmans' Grove Park." Mr. and Mrs. Emmans agreed not to assign, sell or convey the entertaining privilege. It is directed that the State Board of Conservation and Development or its successors have the care, supervision and management of the park. -------------- Anna May Emmans, descendant of a family who have taken an important part in the history of New Jersey, attended the Pond school until she was sixteen years of age, when she supplemented her education by studying at home. Mrs. Emmans has never interested herself in public life, being a believer that a woman's place is at home. In politics she is an independent voter. Religiously attends the Christian Church. She is an associate life member of the New Jersey Genealogical and Biographical Society, Inc.

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Thank you Catherine! I found my grandfather Horace Potter Lanterman and my great grandfather Alfred Dillistin's families in the Paterson City Directories for 1890-1893. Great tip. Robert S. Lanterman of San Diego, CA Catherine Di Pietro wrote: > Hi Folks, > > For a short time, the Paterson, NJ city directories for 1890 - > 1893 are available for free on the Ancestry.com site at > http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4440.htm > > >From reading the newspapers, the access from the rail > head in Stockholm and points north plus migrating worker > patterns - you'll find many Sussex county family members > in Paterson during this time. Try it out and see... > > Happy Hunting, > Cathy DiPietro listowner: NJSussex-L