When I pulled together the information from Snell yesterday I had the feeling that the information for Hope Township was not entirely all there. My understanding has always been that the northern portion of what is now Hope Township was once part of Knowlton Township and the southern part of the township came from Oxford. However, Snell only mentions Oxford in his description of the civic organization of Hope Township. I looked through two other resouces I have concerning the history and geography of New Jersey. And low and behold, in 1839, Hope Township was formed from BOTH Knowlton and Oxford Township. The first resource: Thomas F. Gordon "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey" Reprint of the 1834 Edition Family Line Publications, Westminster, 1995 Gordon describes the village of Hope as a post town being "on the line dividing Knowlton from Oxford t-ship..." (page 68). He further describes Hope as a post town in Knowlton Township (page 76). However, he does not mention the village of Hope as being part of Oxford Township (page 112). Remember, the Gazetteer was published in 1834, before Hope Township had been created. The second resource: John W. Barber and Henry Howe "Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey" Reprint of the 1846 Edition, Clearfield Publishing Co. Printed by the Geneological Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995 By the time this work was published, Hope Township was 7 years old. Barber and Howe state that "Hope was formed from Oxford and Knowlton in 1839" (page 491). So, if you are looking for records concerning ancestors in Hope (the township or village) prior to 1839, you need to check in Knowlton and Oxford Township. I am willing to do look-ups of towns in my copy of the 1834 Gazetteer. Please limit requests to two towns per email. Why don't we do it through the list? I will print answers on the list so everyone can share... As you can see the second resource was published in Baltimore...and right now we are up by 9 points (sorry Dolphins fans), I need to return to "Festivus Maximus II" (i.e. the play off game)!!!!!!!