I am looking for any information on a David L. DECKER, this is my cousins grandfather and we haven't been able to find much on him. He was born in PA on Oct. of 1878. In the 1920's he lived in Sussex County. I have been searching for his obit with no success. He supposedly was killed when he was run over by a milk wagon while he was walking along the road. I think this happened in Hamburg along Rt. 23 somewhere but am not absolutely sure. That was the info my aunt told me. He died around 1930 - 1933 or maybe even 1929. If anyone comes across his obit, please let me know. I have searched some of the NJ newspapers but if its there, I missed it. Thanks for any help. Sue

Gail, Thank you for your thorough response. I will save it and share it. It provides an excellent overview of why roads may have been located where they were relative to settlements. Sharon Pearce GailRVW@aol.com wrote: In American Colonial times most trails used for movement followed the pre-existing Native American paths and for the most part those were along the mountain tops and ridges above the valley floors [think Appalachian Trail]. While much of the underbrush had been burned periodically, the reality is that valley floors are usually riparian and water means lots of underbrush, bushes, thickets, stream fording and poison ivy - in plain words hard work and slow going. [Unless you had a canoe and went by water, which brings its own set of obstacles] There were a few clearings near NA settlements but for the most part the woods/trees & thickets came up to the river banks. Walking in the relatively dry woods on long established 1 &1/2 to 3 foot wide paths on the ridge tops with few streams to ford, [and having periodic views out over the valleys] was a much faster, easier and safer way to travel. Until a significant part of the valleys were cleared and under cultivation the European colonists continued to use the ridge top paths [which they were prone to widen, due to animals in use, horses & oxen] for most movement if not traveling on water. Once the flood plains and valley floors & piedmont were cleared and cultivated and there was a critical mass of settlers to work the road crews to cut the roads [ mostly removing trees and stumps and big boulders], then initial roads were usually built from the settlement in one valley up the hill/MT to get to the established path up there for distance travel along the ridge until above the settlement[s] in the next valley, where a road is built down/or came up built by the folks there; only then and later were practical and possible roads built at the bottom of mountains and hills. But for the most part roads of any kind were not common or evident until after the French and Indian War and then it took much of a generation to create a real network of roads in the valleys. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A.

In American Colonial times most trails used for movement followed the pre-existing Native American paths and for the most part those were along the mountain tops and ridges above the valley floors [think Appalachian Trail]. While much of the underbrush had been burned periodically, the reality is that valley floors are usually riparian and water means lots of underbrush, bushes, thickets, stream fording and poison ivy - in plain words hard work and slow going. [Unless you had a canoe and went by water, which brings its own set of obstacles] There were a few clearings near NA settlements but for the most part the woods/trees & thickets came up to the river banks. Walking in the relatively dry woods on long established 1 &1/2 to 3 foot wide paths on the ridge tops with few streams to ford, [and having periodic views out over the valleys] was a much faster, easier and safer way to travel. Until a significant part of the valleys were cleared and under cultivation the European colonists continued to use the ridge top paths [which they were prone to widen, due to animals in use, horses & oxen] for most movement if not traveling on water. Once the flood plains and valley floors & piedmont were cleared and cultivated and there was a critical mass of settlers to work the road crews to cut the roads [ mostly removing trees and stumps and big boulders], then initial roads were usually built from the settlement in one valley up the hill/MT to get to the established path up there for distance travel along the ridge until above the settlement[s] in the next valley, where a road is built down/or came up built by the folks there; only then and later were practical and possible roads built at the bottom of mountains and hills. But for the most part roads of any kind were not common or evident until after the French and Indian War and then it took much of a generation to create a real network of roads in the valleys. ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Hello Sussex board, I am still looking for verified proof of parents of my: Alexander Decker born ca Dec 7, 1789, m. Keziah/Kasah/Kzia Adams May 1, 1811 in Sussex County, NJ (she d/o Alexander Adams and Ann Bellis). Alexander Decker d. 10 June 1870 in Warren County, NJ. PRESUMED PARENTS ARE ALEXANDER DECKER AND CATHERINE BRINK. JANE HOUSE who married James VanKirk Their son James VanKirk m. Mary Jones 16 Nov 1800 in Hunterdon County. Who are her parents? Mary Jones born 17 April 1781, who are her parents (born ?Monmouth County?). Married James VanKirk 16 Nov 1800 in Hunderton Co. She died 26 Oct 1858 in Knowlton, Warren Co. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. I have the VanKirk and Bellis and Adams histories. Still working/searching for Alexander Decker's (owned Decker's Ferry), Mary Jones' family and Jane House's parents. Thanks for any direction/help. Marilyn in CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol VanBuren" <ty@warwick.net> To: <njsussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] House > Verner Jay aka Jack who died in Newton in 1979 was my grandfather. > > Carol > > -----Original Message----- > From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of pascalfl > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:36 PM > To: njsussex@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] House > > I show that Jay? was Vernon Jay and I have that the next child after his > death was also named Vernon Jay House. And I show that he died in 1979 > in > Newton. > > Nancy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "the hopps" <linhopp@netins.net> > To: "Sussex List" <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:40 PM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX] House > > >>A tombstone in Walpack twp. Sussex Co. NJ: >> Hiram K. House1865-1932 >> Jennie M Brink, his wife1870-1907 >> Clayton 1893-1899 >> Henry 1899-1907 >> Jay ? 1907-1908 >> Arthur 1902-1918 >> Hiram Jr. 1891-1974. Hiram Jr. was the only one of the children who >> lived > >> beyond 16 years of age. What happened to them? Linda >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Verner Jay aka Jack who died in Newton in 1979 was my grandfather. Carol -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pascalfl Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:36 PM To: njsussex@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] House I show that Jay? was Vernon Jay and I have that the next child after his death was also named Vernon Jay House. And I show that he died in 1979 in Newton. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "the hopps" <linhopp@netins.net> To: "Sussex List" <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] House >A tombstone in Walpack twp. Sussex Co. NJ: > Hiram K. House1865-1932 > Jennie M Brink, his wife1870-1907 > Clayton 1893-1899 > Henry 1899-1907 > Jay ? 1907-1908 > Arthur 1902-1918 > Hiram Jr. 1891-1974. Hiram Jr. was the only one of the children who lived > beyond 16 years of age. What happened to them? Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Pat, I will follow up on that. I have a lateral line with this couple. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "BestGeneaology" <bestgeneaology@hotmail.com> To: <njsussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] Mooney > Margaret Mooney's b. Mar 28,1877 d. aft 1930. > I have her parents as Barney Mooney 1835-1894 and Catherine Coleman 1842-? > > > P Best > Researching the following surnames: Aaroe, Apgar, Best, Bonham, Brooks, > Damen, Donohue/Donahue, Deremer/Deriemer, Dunham, Eakeley/Ackley, Eike/ > Eyke/ Ike, Fuller, Haffenden, Haggerty, Hendershot, Hooey, Kitzeler, > Lippington, Lothrop, McNally/Nally, Mitchell, Oberhuber, Parlan, Pierce, > Pruden, Roche/Roach, Sickles/Sickels, Smith, South, Suart, Thompson, > Thielen/Thelen, Tiger/Tyger, Woolever, Woertman/Workman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of pascalfl > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:22 PM > To: njsussex@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] Mooney > > Does anyone know who the parents of Margaret MOONEY (b ca 1877) w/o Gideon > HOOEY, are? > > Nancy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kirswill" <kirswill@chesapeakenet.com> > To: <NJSussex@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:58 AM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX] William Mooney 1937 obit > > >> >From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 >> >> William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died last >> Thursday >> in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had recently undergone an >> operation. He lived twenty years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in >> Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna >> SHOTRIDGE, >> of Kenvil, and Mrs. Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, >> and >> two sons, Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were >> held >> Sunday afternoon. >> >> Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing the >> Mooneys >> >> Kirsten >> >> -- >> Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Margaret Mooney's b. Mar 28,1877 d. aft 1930. I have her parents as Barney Mooney 1835-1894 and Catherine Coleman 1842-? P Best Researching the following surnames: Aaroe, Apgar, Best, Bonham, Brooks, Damen, Donohue/Donahue, Deremer/Deriemer, Dunham, Eakeley/Ackley, Eike/ Eyke/ Ike, Fuller, Haffenden, Haggerty, Hendershot, Hooey, Kitzeler, Lippington, Lothrop, McNally/Nally, Mitchell, Oberhuber, Parlan, Pierce, Pruden, Roche/Roach, Sickles/Sickels, Smith, South, Suart, Thompson, Thielen/Thelen, Tiger/Tyger, Woolever, Woertman/Workman -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pascalfl Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:22 PM To: njsussex@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NJSUSSEX] Mooney Does anyone know who the parents of Margaret MOONEY (b ca 1877) w/o Gideon HOOEY, are? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirswill" <kirswill@chesapeakenet.com> To: <NJSussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] William Mooney 1937 obit > >From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 > > William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died last > Thursday > in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had recently undergone an > operation. He lived twenty years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in > Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna > SHOTRIDGE, > of Kenvil, and Mrs. Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, > and > two sons, Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were > held > Sunday afternoon. > > Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing the > Mooneys > > Kirsten > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Kirsten, The Henderson portion is rather sparse. There are a lot of Henderson in Morris and Sussex Counties. I have a lot of misc. Henderson info but it does not fit. Here is what I have. Karen, NJ RACHEL ANN TILLOTSON, daughter of George Tillotson and Sarah Eliza Predmore Born: Sept 12, 1831, Conn Died: Jan 18, 1924, Dover, Morris Cty, NJ Age 92.4.6 ( Per DC) Buried: Hurdtown Cemetery Married WILLIAM HENDERSON, son of John Henderson and Jane______ ? Born: Jan 18, 1825, NJ Died 3 Dec 1890, NJ (DC) Buried: Hurdtown Cemetery Co B 39th Regt NJ Vol (Civil War) Children: William H. a1853 John James a1855 Phoebe Ann Joseph a1859/60 Thomas Dec 7, 1861 - Oct 26, 1933 m. Susan A. Utter (have DC, burial First Pres. Bershire Valley) Nancy a1865 Sarah Eliza a1867 Mary Elizabeth Sep 1870 Martha Mar 1871 m. William Smith ba1852 Calhoun Cty, State? they had a daughter Dollie, m. John Daniel Bailey in 1904 Cullman, Alabama Rachel Ann Mar 1873 Simeon Apr 24,1874 - May 3, 1927 m. Maggie (Magaline) L. Davenport Maggie is the daughter of George Davenport and Emeline __? Simeon died in an explosion at the Navy Depot in Morris Cty. and the DC states he is buried in Hurdtown Cem. Family member says he is buried in Locust Hill with his wife. Have not resolved that yet. No gravestone in either cem. JOHN HENDERSON son of ? Born: Ireland Died: about 1850 Buried: ? Married Jane _________ Born a1805, Scotland Died: ? Buried:? Known children: William Jan 18, 1825 -Dec 3, 1890 m. Rachel Ann Tillotson Phoebe A. a1825 Martha a 1827 Nancy Mar 1831 - Feb 14, 1909 m. Joseph W. Fichter Died at 117 West Clinton St, Dover, NJ age 78 yrs; Burial First Pres. Berkshire Valley, DC Elizabeth a1830 John a.1835 James a1839/40 - Sep 13, 1922 (gravestone 1842-1922) m. Mary _____ (d. Mary 31, 1901) (gravestone 1844-1901) James resided in Newark for 20 yrs. Died in Kearny, Hudson Cty; at N.J. M. Home for D___? Soldiers. DC Mary J. a. 1842 Catherine Sep 1850 (not on 1860 census) 1850 Census for Sparta Twp, Jane Henderson is a widow

I show that Jay? was Vernon Jay and I have that the next child after his death was also named Vernon Jay House. And I show that he died in 1979 in Newton. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "the hopps" <linhopp@netins.net> To: "Sussex List" <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] House >A tombstone in Walpack twp. Sussex Co. NJ: > Hiram K. House1865-1932 > Jennie M Brink, his wife1870-1907 > Clayton 1893-1899 > Henry 1899-1907 > Jay ? 1907-1908 > Arthur 1902-1918 > Hiram Jr. 1891-1974. Hiram Jr. was the only one of the children who lived > beyond 16 years of age. What happened to them? Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Karen, glad to help. Maybe Mary died about 1916 or 1917, which is my guess from the statement in the obit that William lived with the Youngs for 20 years before his death in March, 1937. Kirsten On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:16:35 -0400, karen wreden wrote > Kirsten, > > This obit is for William H. Mooney who is the son of Lydia > Caroline Tillotson and Andrew Mooney. Mrs. Alfred Young (his sister) > is Sarah Catherine Mooney. My note of "1936" DoD was close but I > could not find anything. My other note is his wife is Mary ____? > Don't know what happened to Mary. Since he died in Stanhope, the > Stanhope Union Cem. is a good place to start as many of the family > members had burial plots there. Since they are not on the > transcription list there probably is no gravestone, unless one was > put there after the list was made. Maybe the E plot of his parents > (no markers)? Many thanks for the obit as I had nothing else on him. > > Karen, NJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kirswill > To: NJSussex@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:58 AM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX] William Mooney 1937 obit > > >From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 > > William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died > last Thursday in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had > recently undergone an operation. He lived twenty years with his > sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY > leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna SHOTRIDGE, of Kenvil, and Mrs. > Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, and two sons, > Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were held > Sunday afternoon. > > Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing > the Mooneys > > Kirsten > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

Does anyone know who the parents of Margaret MOONEY (b ca 1877) w/o Gideon HOOEY, are? Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirswill" <kirswill@chesapeakenet.com> To: <NJSussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] William Mooney 1937 obit > >From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 > > William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died last > Thursday > in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had recently undergone an > operation. He lived twenty years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in > Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna > SHOTRIDGE, > of Kenvil, and Mrs. Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, > and > two sons, Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were > held > Sunday afternoon. > > Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing the > Mooneys > > Kirsten > > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Kirsten sent this obit to list. I believe Clarissa's maiden name is GREEN. Are Clarrisa and her sisters all the children of James GREEN and Sarah LAYTON? If not, does anyone know who their parents were? Nancy "Mrs. Aaron BURD Mrs. Clarissa BURD, fifty-seven, wife of Aaron BURD, of 8 Pine street, Newton, died Monday at Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Sussex and had lived in Sussex County all her life. She leaves also a son, Martin, of Newton, and four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie SOUTH, Mrs. Hattie KIMBLE and Mrs. Anna KOLLBOCKER, of Hamburg, and Mrs. Lena PIERCE, of Ogdensburg. Funeral services were held this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the ILIFF Funeral Home, Newton." ----- Original Message ----- From: "kirswill" <kirswill@chesapeakenet.com> To: <NJSussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] some Sussex Independent Feb 24, 1938 obits > from the Sussex Independent, Thursday, February 24, 1938. There were > other > obits in that day's paper. I just have 5: > > Mrs. Maxie ROACH > Mrs. Maxie ROACH, of Butler, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, > Tuesday morning following an operation. She was in her thirty-second > year. > Born in Newfoundland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward [private], she > had > been a resident of the area all her life. A graduate of Butler High > School > and Newark Normal School, the former Doris [private] taught in Campgaw > school > for five years and in the Bloomingdale school two years. She married > Maxie > ROACH and the couple lived at 41 Brook Street, Butler. She was a member > of > St. Anthony's R. C. Church and the Rosary Society. She was a member of > St. > Anthony's R. C. Church and the couple lived at 41 Brook Street, Butler. > Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Emma [private]; > one > daughter, Marie, and a sister, Mrs. Earldon MAXFIELD, of Butler. A solemn > high requiem mass will be celebrated at St. Anthony's Church Friday at 10 > a.m., with the Rev. Father Kiren MCGRATH, O. F. M. pastor of the church, > officiating. Interment will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Butler. > > William CATON > Ogdensburg - Funeral services for William CATON were held from the > SHUMAN > Funeral Home in Sparta Saturday afternoon. Mr. CATON was seventy-four > years > of age andhad resided in this borough for many years. He was stricken > with > apoplexy last Thursday morning while on his way from this town to his home > where he lived alone, between the Brookside section and the Mines section. > He > was found dead leaning against a guard rail along Sparta road. Police > Chief > H. W. FATZINGER called Coroner Clarence DEHART, of Newton, who gave > apoplexy > as the cause of death. He was a native of Stockholm. Surviving relatives > in > the county are a brother, Jasper CATON, of Newton, and two nephews, Herman > CATON, of Monroe, and Harry CATON, of Newton. Other relatives in New York > state also survive. > > Mrs. David W. BENJAMIN > Mrs. Florence Isabelle BENJAMIN, wife of David W. BENJAMIN, of the > town > of Greenville, Orange County, died Wednesday at her home. She was born in > Colesville May 9, 1859, a daughter of Levi and Mary JONES LATEER. She was > a > member of the Colesville .M. E. Church. Besides her husband, she leaves a > son, Harry L., and a daughter, Mrs. Alice HARLOR, both at home; six > grandchildren; a brother, Emmett LATEER, of Goshen, and a sister, Charity, > wife of Loren KELLER, of Port Jervis. Funeral services will be held > Saturday > at 2 p.m. at her home. Burial will be in Unionville Cemetry. > > Mrs. Aaron BURD > Mrs. Clarissa BURD, fifty-seven, wife of Aaron BURD, of 8 Pine street, > Newton, died Monday at Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Sussex > and > had lived in Sussex County all her life. She leaves also a son, Martin, > of > Newton, and four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie SOUTH, Mrs. Hattie KIMBLE and Mrs. > Anna > KOLLBOCKER, of Hamburg, and Mrs. Lena PIERCE, of Ogdensburg. Funeral > services > were held this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the ILIFF Funeral Home, Newton. > > Miss Margaret CONNELL > Miss Margaret CONNELL, fifty-seven, of Water street, Newton, died > Tuesday > in Morristown after a long illness. The funeral was held this Thursday > from > the home of Miss Ellen MCCONNELL, of Walker Street, with a mass at 9 a. m. > in > St. Joseph's R. C. Church. > > Kirsten > -- > Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nancy, I am so greatful. This is fabulous. Finally a female name as well as a Pearce name and some witnesses. Just guessing, I think, perhaps, this Jonathan may be the one who died in the Battle of Minisink, 1779, and he might have been the father or a relative of Jonathan Pearce born ca. 1761-64. I think the latter is too young to be the father of this Sarah, although he did have a daughter named Sara born ca. 1800-06, who married a Willett, probably in Yates Co., NY where they all migrated.. Also, my first guess is that John "Wallis" may have been a "Willis" but need to research this. The latter Jonathan's brother was William Willis Pearce, and it is from this point that the name "Willis" consistently filters down through various male lines. I feel this gives me a lot to look into. Thank you. Sharon Pearce pascalfl <pascalfl@comcast.net> wrote: I found this in "MINISINK-MACHACEMECK CHURCH RECORDS" Baptism and Births, 1737 - 1803: (NYGBS) page 168: 1777, June 1, Parents: Jonathan Paers and Blandina Terwilliger Child: Sara Witnesses: John Wallis and Gretje Van Imwege Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Pearce" To: "NJSussex email" Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:24 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck > To Carol and Nancy, > > Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a > marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also > went west to IN before them and with them. > > I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a > later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early > Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be > researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward > Amity, Orange Co., NY. > > Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount > Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in > Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and > what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have > traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been > difficult? > > Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have > anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my > gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where > he obtained it; it is: > > William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). > Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. > > The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck > who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James > also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of > Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 > because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I > believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed > in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by > 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married > there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have > worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I > was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm > when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few > years in between. > > Thank you for any assistance. > > Sharon Pearce > > > > --------------------------------- > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.

Kirsten, This obit is for William H. Mooney who is the son of Lydia Caroline Tillotson and Andrew Mooney. Mrs. Alfred Young (his sister) is Sarah Catherine Mooney. My note of "1936" DoD was close but I could not find anything. My other note is his wife is Mary ____? Don't know what happened to Mary. Since he died in Stanhope, the Stanhope Union Cem. is a good place to start as many of the family members had burial plots there. Since they are not on the transcription list there probably is no gravestone, unless one was put there after the list was made. Maybe the E plot of his parents (no markers)? Many thanks for the obit as I had nothing else on him. Karen, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: kirswill To: NJSussex@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 9:58 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] William Mooney 1937 obit >From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died last Thursday in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had recently undergone an operation. He lived twenty years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna SHOTRIDGE, of Kenvil, and Mrs. Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, and two sons, Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing the Mooneys Kirsten -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I found this in "MINISINK-MACHACEMECK CHURCH RECORDS" Baptism and Births, 1737 - 1803: (NYGBS) page 168: 1777, June 1, Parents: Jonathan Paers and Blandina Terwilliger Child: Sara Witnesses: John Wallis and Gretje Van Imwege Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Pearce" <sharpearce@yahoo.com> To: "NJSussex email" <njsussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:24 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck > To Carol and Nancy, > > Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a > marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also > went west to IN before them and with them. > > I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a > later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early > Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be > researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward > Amity, Orange Co., NY. > > Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount > Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in > Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and > what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have > traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been > difficult? > > Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have > anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my > gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where > he obtained it; it is: > > William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). > Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. > > The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck > who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James > also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of > Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 > because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I > believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed > in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by > 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married > there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have > worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I > was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm > when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few > years in between. > > Thank you for any assistance. > > Sharon Pearce > > > > --------------------------------- > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you. Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: Machemeck is known today as Port Jervis NY. There was most likely a road or they may have followed the Wallkill River. They most likely traveled along the base of the mountain. Deckertown is now Sussex NJ. It may be about 10 miles. Carol -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of S. Pearce Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:25 AM To: NJSussex email Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck To Carol and Nancy, Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also went west to IN before them and with them. I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward Amity, Orange Co., NY. Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been difficult? Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where he obtained it; it is: William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few years in between. Thank you for any assistance. Sharon Pearce --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.

Thank you. Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: Machemeck is known today as Port Jervis NY. There was most likely a road or they may have followed the Wallkill River. They most likely traveled along the base of the mountain. Deckertown is now Sussex NJ. It may be about 10 miles. Carol -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of S. Pearce Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:25 AM To: NJSussex email Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck To Carol and Nancy, Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also went west to IN before them and with them. I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward Amity, Orange Co., NY. Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been difficult? Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where he obtained it; it is: William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few years in between. Thank you for any assistance. Sharon Pearce --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut.

Thank you. Carol VanBuren <ty@warwick.net> wrote: Machemeck is known today as Port Jervis NY. There was most likely a road or they may have followed the Wallkill River. They most likely traveled along the base of the mountain. Deckertown is now Sussex NJ. It may be about 10 miles. Carol -----Original Message----- From: njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:njsussex-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of S. Pearce Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 2:25 AM To: NJSussex email Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Followup to Decker information and Machemeck To Carol and Nancy, Thank you both for the details on the Deckers. I am using them as a marker family because they intermarried with my Jacobus family and also went west to IN before them and with them. I was going to ask where Machemeck was located but it was offered in a later email today as to the four earliest churches, including the early Dutch Reformed Churches. I think this is the area I want to be researching, one side or the other of the drowned lands and going toward Amity, Orange Co., NY. Can anyone tell me if there would have been a path or road from Mount Pochuck, ca. 1770s up to 1803, that would have easily led to Amity in Orange Co., NY, or would there have been a road from Deckertown there, and what sort of mileage that would be on foot? Would people easily have traveled back and forth to these villages, or would the terrain have been difficult? Finally, I haven't asked if there is available through the books you have anything on marriage records? Some family researcher in the past gave my gg grandparents marriage date, that no one else had, and I wondered where he obtained it; it is: William Willis Pearce to Mary Shepard, January 1791 (I think the 18th). Maybe they married in Sussex Co. or possibly Orange Co., NY. The Pearce family reportedly lived near James Jacobus on Mount Pochuck who, according to one census, resided next to a "Sieman" family; James also lived near a John Shepard, who may well have been a relative of Mary's, during this period. I think the Pearces were there by 1779 because a Jonathan Pearce was killed in the Battle of Minisink and I believe him to be a relative, along with the two Shepards who were killed in that battle. James Jacobus, my 3G grandfather, was on Mount Pochuck by 1774. Because Shepards lived in Amity; this couple might have married there or possibly "Machemeck" (various spellings). My Pearces might have worked in the iron mines and perhaps did not own land on Mount Pochuck; I was told they didn't farm before they went to IN, but I know they did farm when they moved from Mount Pochuck to Ontario/Yates Co., NY for a few years in between. Thank you for any assistance. Sharon Pearce --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games.

>From the Sussex Independent dated Thursday Mar 18, 1937 William MOONEY William MOONEY, seventy-seven, of Stanhope, died last Thursday in a New York Hospital from pneumonia. He had recently undergone an operation. He lived twenty years with his sister, Mrs. Alfred YOUNG, in Stanhope-Newton road. Mr. MOONEY leaves three daughters, Mrs. Anna SHOTRIDGE, of Kenvil, and Mrs. Mary MCADAMS and Mrs. Sadie NORTON, both of Newark, and two sons, Edward, of Newark, and John, of Kenvil. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon. Thought I would share this one today since we have been discussing the Mooneys Kirsten -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

Would anyone have any more information on the CATON family. I also have information on the KOLLBOCKER family if anyone is interested. Sue > > William CATON > Ogdensburg - Funeral services for William CATON were held from the SHUMAN > Funeral Home in Sparta Saturday afternoon. Mr. CATON was seventy-four years > of age andhad resided in this borough for many years. He was stricken with > apoplexy last Thursday morning while on his way from this town to his home > where he lived alone, between the Brookside section and the Mines section. He > was found dead leaning against a guard rail along Sparta road. Police Chief > H. W. FATZINGER called Coroner Clarence DEHART, of Newton, who gave apoplexy > as the cause of death. He was a native of Stockholm. Surviving relatives in > the county are a brother, Jasper CATON, of Newton, and two nephews, Herman > CATON, of Monroe, and Harry CATON, of Newton. Other relatives in New York > state also survive. > > > Mrs. Aaron BURD > Mrs. Clarissa BURD, fifty-seven, wife of Aaron BURD, of 8 Pine street, > Newton, died Monday at Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Sussex and > had lived in Sussex County all her life. She leaves also a son, Martin, of > Newton, and four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie SOUTH, Mrs. Hattie KIMBLE and Mrs. Anna > KOLLBOCKER, of Hamburg, and Mrs. Lena PIERCE, of Ogdensburg. Funeral services > were held this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the ILIFF Funeral Home, Newton. >