I ran across the name Lemon recently in a Morris County deed. I think the location was Jefferson Township, which adjoins Byram. I will look it up for you and should be able to get back to you by Friday. Kirsten Saxe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Current" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:17 PM Subject: [NJSUSSEX-L] RE: BELLIS/CURRENT/LEMON > Roz, I did some research on line, and it looks like maybe I need to be doing > my research for William Current in Warren Co., now, instead of Sussex Co? > (Oxford, where he lived, is in the part of Sussex Co. which became Warren > County, right?) But, the Beaver Brook area that Joseph Lemon lived in, is > that now in Warren County, or Morris County? Or are these different Beaver > Brooks? These are what I found: > > "Where to Fish in New Jersey > Morris County: ...Beaver Brook..." > > "Beaver Brook Wildlife Management Area > Upper Sarepta Road, Sarepta, White Township, Warren County, NJ" > > In the deeds, can you tell me what "LWT" means? > > I would certainly like to know more about the Christina Limmin, and Johan > Peter Kemple. (I wonder if that is a variation of Kimble - a common name in > Sussex Co.) This gives me a lead of where to look further for the Lemon > family before Sussex/Warren Counties. I do know that William Current was > married to Esther Lemon before moving to Oxford, so did they come from New > York? Where in New York is Germantown? is that in Orange Co? > > Marilyn Current > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roz Bellis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:42 PM > To: Marilyn Current; [email protected] Com; Diane Bellis > Subject: BELLIS/CURRENT/LEMON > > > Marilyn, > > Yes, I noticed CURRENT didn't sign the petition... I've found some online > tidbits on BARTON, but will put it in another email. I'm haven't figured > out who these LEMONs are yet, but here's the Deed info...does it give you > any clue? > > Sussex Co NJ Deed Abstracts > > Index Deeds A, B, C, D, & E > > Abstract p. 279; Deed Book page 302 > > > > 14 December 1796; Elizabeth SWAYZE & Joshua SWAYZE, Executors of LWT of > Israel SWAYZE dec’d of Oxford to John & Michael LEMON sons of John LEMON of > Fishing Creek Twp., Northumberland County, Penn. WHEREAS Israel SWAYZE by > his bond dated 2 May 1772 bound himself to make a deed for lands in Oxford > to the said Joseph LEMON (?) and he deceased and left LWT dated 19 December > 1792 wherein he bequeathed to John & Michael LEMON equally between them the > said lands. Now for ₤ 180 … 120 acres in Oxford adjoining lands > formerly of Peter BELLIS, land Israel purchased of John BURLING, Edward > BURLING Jun., Samuel BURLING, Edward BURLING, Phebe PELL & Sarah SMITH on 14 > May 1771, Part of a tract conveyed by Jacob DOUGHTY to Edward BURLING on 13 > September 1729. Both signed. Witnesses: James BISHOP & Robt ALLISON who > deposed to John MAXWELL on 28 February 1797. > > Here is the deed to Peter's land, which says it's located on the Beaver > Brook...I do not know where, exactly, but have a suspicion it's near > Sarepta. According to a local chronicle published by Frank Dale, a mill > located in Sarepta, in what used to be Oxford, but now White Township, was > built about 1760 . Peter BELLIS, who died in 1767, was a miller and did > have a mill on his land, but which plot I don't know. He had other parcels > along the Paulins Kiln around Columbia...so it may have been there (?) Dale > states a man named Charles CROXALL built and operated the Sarepta mill, and > that it was subsequently bought by Andrew RAUB. What's curious is that > RAUB's sister was married to Peter BELLIS's grandson. > > Sussex Co NJ Deed Abstracts > > Index Deeds A, B, C, D, & E > > Abstract p. 25; Deed Book page 221 > > BURLING to BELLIS > > > > 2 June 1764: John BURLING of New York City, Distiller, Edward BURLING of > Westchester County, New York, Yeoman & Phebe PELL of New York City, Widow of > Phillip PELL dec’d; Sarah SMITH of New York City Widow of Benjamin SMITH dec > ’d; which said John, Edward, Phebe & Sarah are children and devisees of > Edward BURLING late of New York City, Merchant, dec’d and Edward BURLING of > New York City, Distiller, Eldest son of James BURLING who was the brother & > heir at law of Martha another daughter and devisee of the said Edward > BURLING the Testator deceased. And the said John and Edward first above > named as Executors of LWT of the aforesaid James BURLING the Elder dec’d who > was also one of the sons of the said Testator of the one part to Peter > BELLIS of Oxford, Yeoman… ₤ 62.6.7 … 6 full undivided 7th parts of all > that tract in Oxford, being part of a larger tract that was conveyed by > Jacob Doughty to the said Edward BURLING the Testator by deed dated 13 > September 1729 … Lying upon and near Beaver Brook … 180 acres. All Grantors > signed. Witnesses: Jacob WASTON and John MURRAY. Judge John CLEVE SYMMES > of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. (This land was adjacent to other lands > of Peter BELLIS. This deed was not recorded until twenty years later on 9 > August 1784.) > > > If you know alot about LEMON, perhaps you can answer a curiousity. > According to this database, Christina LIMMIN married Johan Peter KEMPLE > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2531236&id=I21360 . They > appear to be from Germantown NY area. I'm wondering if LIMMIN was perhaps > LEMON and possibly related to your Oxford Twp NJ LEMONs? If so, there's > more to the story... > > Roz Bellis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marilyn Current [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 6:40 PM > To: [email protected] Com; Diane Bellis; Roz Bellis > Subject: RE: Elisha BARTON's, h/o Mary's GRIFFIN & DISBROW, NJ > > > HI Roz, > > I REALLY appreciate these bits of info! That is exciting info about the > Lemmons and Bellos living on Beaver Brook in Oxford Twp. Was that Jacob and > Prudence Lemon? They were William Current's father-in-law and > mother-in-law. Did you notice that William Current didn't sign that 1763 > Sussex Co. citizens petition to the Governor? I am wondering if that was > before he moved to Sussex Co.? Maybe in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co at that time? > I would like to locate where he was then. In the meantime, I'll work with > what you just gave me. Can you fill in more details about the Beaver Brook > area? > > As for that website-- Rupert Sexton got all his Current info from me! > After I found Charity Current Sexton, I shared all my Current info with > Rupert so he could post it for others to access. Also I shared it with Pat > Chadwick, who has a Current family tree posted on Gen Circles. I just want > the info out there, so people like yourself can access it ;-) > > Please keep in touch > > Marilyn Current > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roz Bellis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:38 PM > To: Diane Bellis; 'Marilyn Current' > Subject: Elisha BARTON's, h/o Mary's GRIFFIN & DISBROW, NJ > > > Hi Marilyn/Diane, > > I did a search of WorldConnect on William CURRENT, father of Charity, > and found this database: > http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=insure&id=I25926 Very > interesting... Notice the listing of 1763 petitioners includes "William > BELLY" and "William BELLOS"...this is probably William BELLIS, s/o immigrant > Peter. William CURRENT apparently married Esther LEMON; she may belong to > the LEMMON's who owned land next to that plot immigrant Peter owned on the > Beaver Brook in Oxford. > > Doesn't get us any closer to figuring out BARTON, but seems to show a > proximate relationship between CURRENT and BELLIS there in Sussex/Warren Co > NJ...(notice WALKER and JEWELL on the list of partitioners too, Diane...) > > Roz Bellis > Alexandria VA > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Bellis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:48 AM > To: 'Marilyn Current' > Cc: 'Roz Bellis' > Subject: RE: [MinVal] 2 Elisha BARTON's, h/o Mary's GRIFFIN & > DISBROW, NJ > > > I am interested in the Barton name. Note that the youngest son (and > my ancestor) is William BARTON Bellis. We have never been able to figure out > where the name came from. The particulars (birth date and place) about > Philip are all hypothetical though the Bellis/Bellisfelt/Bollesfeldt > families are in and around Hunterdon, Sussex and Warren Cos NJ. The other > interesting thing about your message is that Bartons first name is Elisha. > Mary Brown’s father is David Brown from MA and he has brothers and uncles > named Elisha. Elisha always hints New England to me. > > > > Some thoughts or clues. Diane > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > Descendants of Philip Bellis > > > > 1 Philip Bellis b: July 12, 1794 in Knowlton, Warren > Co., NJ d: Abt. October 02, 1852 in Weston, Platte Co., Missouri > > .. +Mary Brown b: 1789 in VA d: October 19, 1879 in > Bellis Cemetery, Weston, MO > > ......... 2 daughter1 Bellis b: Bet. 1814 - 1815 > > ......... 2 daughter3 Bellis b: Bet. 1814 - 1820 d: Bef. > 1830 > > ......... 2 son Bellis b: Bet. 1814 - 1820 d: Bef. 1830 > > ......... 2 daughter2 Bellis b: Bet. 1816 - 1820 > > ......... 2 John Bellis b: Abt. 1825 in Kentucky d: 1899 > in Lenwood, CA > > ......... 2 Son Bellis b: Abt. 1826 > > ......... 2 James Garret Bellis b: Abt. 1828 in Nicholas > Co., Kentucky d: Unknown > > ............. +Margaret Bellis b: Abt. 1815 d: > Unknown > > ......... 2 Miranda Ellen Bellis b: Abt. 1830 in Nicholas > Co., Kentucky d: February 09, 1887 in Weston, Platte, Missouri (Mount > Bethel Cemetery) > > ............. +James Martin b: 1820 in PA > > ......... *2nd Husband of Miranda Ellen Bellis: > > ............. +William Henry Harrison Brown b: December > 25, 1840 in OH d: December 26, 1886 in Weston, Platte, Missouri (Mount > Bethel Cemetery) > > ......... 2 James H. Bellis b: Abt. 1830 > > ............. +Elizabeth Frances Bellis b: 1834 in > Kentucky > > ......... 2 William Barton Bellis b: August 15, 1831 in > Nicholas Co., Kentucky d: December 1917 in Marshall Township, Platte > Co., Missouri > > ............. +Lucinda Jane Brown b: May 02, 1836 in > Clinton Co., OH d: Aft. February 04, 1913 in Platte Co., MO > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marilyn Current [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 6:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MinVal] 2 Elisha BARTON's, h/o Mary's GRIFFIN & DISBROW, > NJ > > > > Hello, > > > > Hoping for help in unravelling a family mystery. > > > > Bet. 1745-1747 our ancestor, WILLIAM CURRENT, landed in NJ, an > orphan, > > (maybe 5-7 years old?)the rest of his family having died of ship's > fever. > > An ELISHA BARTON took him in, (possibly as an indentured servant?) > The next > > record we have of William is in Oxford, Sussex Co., as an adult. > When he > > lived with the Bartons he was probably in another part of New > Jersey. I > > really need to identify who this Elisha Barton was, in order to > piece > > together the real facts about William's early years. The problem is, > there > > were many Elisha Bartons in NJ, NY, and PA in this time period. I > need HELP > > in figuring out which is the correct one. > > > > One of William Current's eldest children, Charity Current, married > THOMAS > > CAMPBELL SEXTON from Hunterdon Co., NJ on May 10, 1787, in Sussex > Co. > > Recently I located Sexton family records which give Charity's birth > as > > February 18, 1769, Hopewell, Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co. So maybe > William > > lived in Hunterdon Co. before moving to Sussex Co? Giving further > support > > to this, I have located an Elisha Barton who lived in Hunterdon Co. > in the > > same time period: > > > > Capt. Elisha Barton was b. 5 Oct 1729 in Amwell, Hunterdon, NJ, d. > 31 Mar > > 1823 same place, m.abt 1755 to JEMIMA VAN KIRK b. 20 Feb 1735/1736 > in > > Hopewell Twp., Hunterdon Co.. But, I'm afraid this Elisha would > have been > > slightly too young to have taken in an indentured servant in 1747, > and > > definitely too young in 1745. There is conflicting information > about who > > this Capt. Elisha Barton's parents were. The only source I have > seen who > > has attempted to assign a father to Elisha, gives him as Noah > Barton, > > (citing no real evidence), b. 1668 in CT, d. aft. 1737, Cranberry, > Middlesex > > Co., NJ, m. bef. 1710 NY to Mary unknown. Even descendants of Capt. > Elisha > > have had reason to doubt this connection, partially based on the age > > difference. > > > > I just came across some more information which I believe sounds more > > plausible. But, without proof, it is nothing but theory. This new > > information appears to place 2 consecutive Elisha Bartons > immediately prior > > to Capt. Elisha Barton, making him Elisha Barton, III. Elisha > Barton, II, > > would be the correct age to be the benefactor of William Current. > What do > > you think of this? Anything anyone can add, or detract, from this?: > > > > from Lorne Shunk's Family Tree: > > > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shunkfamilytree/FamilyTree/fam0766 > > 6.htm) > > Elisha BARTON, (SR.) (s/o Roger Barton & Mary Lounsberry) b. > bet.1662-1668, > > d. bef. 1717 at Burlington Co., NJ, m.1 to _?_ Contine, (d/o Isaac > Contine), > > at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY; m2 to MARY GRIFFIN. CHILDREN > by 1st > > marriage: 1) Thomas BARTON, b. at Westchester Co., NY, d. Hunterdon > Co., NJ, > > m. Hannah Clark; and2) _?_ Barton, (whom I believe was Elisha > Barton, Jr.), > > d. NJ > > > > Put this together with a bit of information picked up from Michael > S. > > Disbrow's Family Tree > > (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5853/hendis/hendis.html): > > BENJAMIN DISBROW (son of Henry I), b. abt. 1672, poss. on Long > Island, NY, > > d. 10 Dec. 1733 Matawan, Monmouth Co., NJ, m. MARY GRIFFIN, > Children: 1)John > > Disbrow, b. 1702; 2)Benjamin Disbrow, Jr., b. abt. 1707; d. 17 Mar. > 1735 > > Matawan, Monmouth Co., NJ; m. Margaret _; no children, 3)Anne > Disbrow, b. > > 1710; d. 1733, 4) Griffin Disbrow, b. 1712, 5) MARY DISBROW, m. > Elisha > > Barton (This would be Elisha Barton, Jr., Mary Disbrow's > step-brother, son > > of her mother, Mary Griffin's second spouse, Elisha Barton,Sr.) > > > > This Elisha Barton, Jr., and wife Mary Disbrow, then, are probably > the > > parents of Capt. Elisha Barton (III) of Hunterdon Co., NJ, as well > as being > > the Elisha Barton who took William Current into their home when he > landed, > > orphaned, on NJ soil. > > > > So, tell me, am I crazy?!!! Is there anything anyone can add, to > support > > this, or to point me in another direction for the real Elisha Barton > who > > took in William Current? > > > > thanks so much for any and all help, yea or nay. > > > > Marilyn Current > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/2004 > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/2004 > >