An early NJ source that has been helpful to me has been an article in the Genealogical Society of New Jersey's magazine, vol. 33, Jan/April, Numbers 1/2, **1958** article:"The Janeway Account Books 1735-1746" by Kenn Stryer-Rodda. The Janeway Account Books are for a businessman whose last name was Janeway whose book of accounts from the mid-1700's still exist. The account books were for the locals of Somerset County, NJ but if your family was "old New Jersey" (as mine is) you might find that your Sussex County family began in Somerset County, only a couple counties away. Sorry, but I don't do Look-Ups from this magazine first of all, because all I have is a copy of the Janeway Account books article, and then because it is laid out in such a way that there is a primary name and then there are other names that connected with the primary name which are not alphabetized. You can simply write Dorothy Stratford c/o the Genealogical Society of New Jersey-- or simply the Genealogical Society of New Jersey-- and ask for a copy of the article (at least that's what I did. Be sure to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope). I'd try Dorothy first; I noticed that the GSNJ does not list the Janeway article in it's available back-issues. The mailing address for the Genealogical Society of New Jersey is PO Box 1476, Trenton, NJ 08607-1476. Dorothy is the corresponding secretary for the Society. Also, if your ancestor was a Palatine-- which I suspect "John Hough" might be--this book is helpful, "More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies 1717-1776 and their European Origins plus New Discoveries on German Families Who arrives in Colonial New York in 1710" (two books which sometimes can be found as one book) by Henry Z. Jones, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, Universal City, CA 1991. If you have a library card, you can get it through Inter-Library loan. At least my library was able to get it for me for three weeks. Also you can get a free copy of the genealogical catalogue of books from Heritage Books and Willowbend Books. Check them online at _http://www.heritagebooks.com/_ (http://www.heritagebooks.com/) Hope this was helpful. I know how frustrating doing research in the early 1800's and 1700's can be! Kathleen Hamler Purchase [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Looking for New Jersey families: Hamler/Hamler/Homlar/Hambler/Hombler; Kindred; Losey; Paugh; Townsend; Anthony; Harrington; Shauger/Shawger; Orner/Arner; Howard; Morgan and Carpenter

I found the Janeway Account Books in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, some years ago. For my own research, they were of great interest, in tha,t previous researchers have enthusiasticly decided that my ancestor Cornelius Van Horen of Hunterdon County, the brother of Abraham Van Horne of Whitehouse, was a Captain in the militia. He has become known as Captain Cornelius Van Horne in the Van Horne genealogies and someone also had the title chiseled on a tombstone that apparently replaced the original. I had previously discovered that in none of the documents written while he was living was this title attached to him. Not in his marriage to Hannah Seabrook, not in the estate papers for his half-sister's husband, Alexander Clarke, not in deeds and not in his will did he use this title. In these documents he was always referred to as a yeoman or a miller. The Janeway Accounts were the finishing touch so to speak. Cornelius Van Horne is mentioned from June of 1735 to April of 1745 [the last entry is for his widow], and never once was the title captain applied to his name. His brother Abraham, however, is referred to as an Esquire. Now, I understand there is a commission for a Captain Cornelius Van Horne in the Archives in Albany, but there is nothing in the document to indicate which Cornelius Van Horne the commission was given to. There are at least two Cornelius Van Hornes in the Jan Cornelissen line that actually had military careers. There is no evidence contemporary to the life of Cornelius Van Horen of Hunterdon County that he had any military service whatsoever, let alone served a captain. The originals of the Janeway Accounts are in the Rutgers University Library. The publication of the accounts by Kenn Stryker-Rodda are abstracts of the names in the accounts and not the full text. I have a copy of the pages on which the Van Hornes were mentioned, but can not do look-up, because I do not have an index. Although the names are presented alphabetically, within each name there are references to other people, so you have to study the whole article to find the information on your ancestor. These are very useful documents. I really want to visit Rutgers to see the original. Marleen Van Horne