At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: Helen Graves <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/1/2005 3:44:53 PM > Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations > > > Does anyone know if a sort of a glossary exists which lists the villages, settlement areas, forts and early churches along the Old Mine Road from Kingston (Esopus) down into the Minisink region ? Most of the old deeds and church records list Indian names for settlements of the late 1600s into the 1700s whose names were changed and appear on no modern-day maps. > > What I am looking for (to save myself from preparing such a list) is a glossary of names then and names now and where they are located now so I can add annotations about the settlement, the earliest settlers, and their forts: > > Name Name, Location, Description > > Flatbrookville ..................... on the Delaware River, Sussex Co., NJ; 1738 first grist mill built on the river at > Flatbrookville. It was the only grist mill serving this area of Sussex Co. for many years. > > Machackemeck .................. aka Nahant in 1759. In 1826, incorporated into Port Jervis. Located in southern Orange Co., NY, near the NJ border. > > Mamakating ....................... became Deerpark.in 1798. > > Minisink Village .................. 8 miles below Port Jervis on the Old Mine Road; in the present town of > Montague, Sussex Co., NJ; it was the site of the Minisink Indian Village > > Nahant ................................. 1759 known as Nahant. See Machackemeck and Port Jervis. > > Neversink Settlement ......... located in the area of Port Jervis, southern Orange Co., NY > > Namenoch, Nominack, > Nomenack ......................... now Sandyston. Capt Johannes Westbrook settled here on the Sandyston side of the stream . On the other side of the stream, in Montague, Daniel Westfall settled. > In 1739, this was the most important (and well-settled) area in the valley. It had a stone fort. It was opposite Minisink and Namenoch Island. > > Peenpack or Pynpack ...... often referred to as "the Peenpack neighborhood". North of Port Jervis. This area > had an "upper neighborhood" and a "lower neighborhood". > > Peenpack Forts .................. Three forts were built in the Peenpack Neighborhood -- one on the Neversink not far from Cuddebackville, one at the house of Peter Gumaer, and one at the house of William Westfall. Three other forts were built nearer to the Delaware River. > They were: > > Shapanach ........................... just south of Namenack/Sandyston. In 1735 Adam Dingman purch. land here. > > Shawangunk ........................ > > > Helen Graves > in Calif.

You can also find the book online at HERITAGE QUEST if you have a subscription to this service. If not, perhaps your local library subscribes to HQ that you can view on their computers. Some libraries even allow their patrons to log on remotely from their home computers. Roz Bellis Alexandria VA -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Pascal [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NJSUSSEX-L] Fw: Minisink region villages, places, names & their ocations At my web site under 'FYI' there is a Geographical Dictionary for Sussex Co., NJ. It's been a while since I posted that so I can't remember if there's much for along the 'Old Mine Road'. There is a book, "Old Mine Road -Trail for Indians and Early Settlers" by Ameilia Stickney Decker (1932) published by Wantage Record Press, Sussex, NJ. The Book Shelf in Newton should have copies available. Nancy Pascal [email protected]