There was a large German population in Sussex but the families who went to Canada also included non Germans such as Swayze and Hopkins. The families who went to Canada from Sussex are not well documented and Snell's "History of Sussex" does not begin to detail the hundreds of families who left the county for Ontario. To my knowledge there has never been a scholary documentation and research on these families. J. Kelsey Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Burton" <prburton@home.com> To: <NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:27 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Cramer and Sussex History > Hi -- I'm new to the list and have two queries. First, as to my family, > Nicholas Cramer and his wife barbara (last name unknown) were my 3x > g-grandparents. They apparently came to Ontario in the late 1700's with > seven children, one of whom, mary Anne (Polly) married Nehemiah Wheeler. > They settled first in the Ancaster area in Wentworth County and then in > Halton County. > > I have a fair bit of information on antecedents including a copy of a page > of the record of the debts to Queen Anne of some of the Palatines who > settled in New York in 1710, including Ana Maria Kramerin, from whom > Nicholas came. I am interested in all information on the Cramers. > > My second query is historical. Clearly a large number of people, many of > them of German origin, came from the Sussex County area to Canada in the > post-war period. Common names include Zimmerman, Van Sickle, beam, etc. Is > there an explanation for this phenomonon (other than the obvious, that they > were 'loyalists') and is there a worthwhile history of Sussex County? > > Cheers > Peter Burton > >