----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> To: "Janfos@hughes.net" <JanFos@hughes.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] RE: Grandin & Janeway account books > Don't find it under any spelling variant in either listing. > Do you know the origin of this family? Given the D-T similarity in German > and Dutch, do you ever search under "Dorp" to be thorough? With my own > name, Sauder/Sauter and all variants, I've become accustomed to looking > under D-T alternatives. And there are many names during this period where > that applies: Deats/Teats/Titus or Domer/Tomer or Tildine/Dildine. > Tharp sounds English but some of these names were Anglicized early and > then German/Dutch variants applied to morph them into different spellings. > I was thinking that Dorp, which means village in Dutch, is a common Dutch > word - there's a place called New Dorp here on Staten Island (but to be > honest, I've only heard Dorp in relation to a place name, not a person's > name) > > Wait...do you include Throop? That is a bona fide Dutch name. There's a > Throop Avenue here in Brooklyn dating back to the immigrant family. > > In Janeway is this: > Troop, John, Nov. 37, paid by Jacob Janeway. > > I have no way of sussing this out. Jacob Janeway was the owner of the > store - perhaps he and Troop bartered something to erase his store bill? > Or Troop could have worked/been indentured to Janeway? Or related to him? > > Good luck, Marilyn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janfos@hughes.net" <JanFos@hughes.net> > To: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] RE: Grandin & Janeway account books > > >> Thanks Marilyn, for the offer. >> >> Looking for Tharp/Thorp/Throp/Terp.... > > >> >> Regards, >> Jan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Marilyn Souders" <msouders@nyc.rr.com> >> To: <NJWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [NJWARREN] RE: Grandin & Janeway account books >> >> >>>I may kick myself for this, but, I've cleared a path through my bedroom >>>and found the Janeway account records. >>> If anyone on this list is looking for ancestors in the 1730-40 period, I >>> will check two names (max) for them in the records. Please provide >>> alternative spellings as they're indexed the way they were written. >>> >>> A similar offer for the Grandin Fulling Mill records, which span the >>> 1775-1785 period. Grandin was in present-day Hamden, south of Clinton, >>> Hunterdon Co. Janeway was further east, experts believe it was near >>> present-day Bound Brook. >>> >>> This offer will expire at the end of the week. Also, I am very >>> protective of my email address and do not want a lot of extra spam or >>> non-subscribers sending me things. >>> >>> Sorry to be so grouchy-sounding but previous good-natured offers have >>> brought me a lot of grief. >>> Marilyn >>> >>> ______________________________ >> >> >