Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 By Grafton (Mass.), Grafton (Mass. : Town), Franklin Pierce Rice, Grafton (Ma

Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 By Grafton (Mass.), Grafton (Mass. : Town), Franklin Pierce Rice, Grafton (Mass: "a n m 15 d Scorfula groom Born in Uxbridge DRAKE Joel married s Francis and Sarah Dec 31 1847 a 59 y 2 m 12 d Consumption Jonathan H Feb 13 1843 Samuel s Francis and Sarah May 30 1792 a 9 y 6 m GS DRUCE Abigail d Ichabod and Abigail June 28 or 29 1740 "

Monday, March 2, 2009

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "Ham Boscowen and Emma married Reuben Beebe and had one son Leslie Stout all of whom reside in New York Phebe daughter of Col Ira married Jacob Drake and removed to Ohio Letitia Burroughs third daughter of Col Ira was a lady of much culture and refinement She resided in New York but frequently visited Hopewell friends fifty years ago She died unmarried Ann the fourth daughter of Col Ira married Newton Boggs son of Elder John Boggs of Hopewell He was a teacher and he 278 PIONEERS OF OLD HOPEWELL "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "property of his son J Hervey Stout Samuel H Stout and Deborah Drake had children as follows Helen Baldwin Sarah Drake Anna Hagaman Abraham died in infancy James Hervey Samuel Holmes died in childhood and Mary Titus Helen married David L Blackwell of Hopewell and had children Anna wife of Joseph H Moore of Glen Moore William D who married Belle Gandy and resides at Cordova Nebraska Fanny married Joseph B Hill a lumber and coal dealer in Hope well Sarah married Harvey Boice of Griggstown and James Hervey who died in childhood PIONEERS OF OLD HOPEWELL 275 "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "the better and stronger man for having felt the warm and friendly grasp of Holmes Stout How many who read these lines have had the same experience Samuel Holmes Stout married February 14 1833 Deborah daughter of Elnathan Drake and granddaughter of Dr Benjamin Van Kirk who one hundred years ago owned the farm and mills which were owned by Mr Stout during his life and are now the "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "of New Jersey Mrs Swallow died October 20 1862 Ruth daughter of John Sexton married John L Phillips of Hopewell who owned and operated a tannery at Hopewell on lands now occupied by Mr EW Drake and the lot of Mrs Shep pard adjoining on the east This long forgotten Hopewell industry was subsequently conducted for many years by his brother Enoch Phillips and abandoned nearly sixty years ago John L Phillips and Ruth Sexton had children Catharine Ruth Elizabeth John Sexton William and perhaps others They "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "within a radius of five miles now numbers over two hundred thousand inhabitants and includes some of the largest and most flourishing manufactories in the country In 1814 Nathan Drake sold the undivided tract of the David Larison farm to Benjamin Blackwell of Hopewell for the sum of six hundred and fifty pounds the deed stating explicitly that it was equal to one thousand seven hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty three cents The removal of the family of Nathan Drake to Lexington Ky and the subsequent marriage of Mrs Drake to David Stout of Lexington is given in our last The name of Judge Jared Sexton has been frequently referred to in connection with the settlement of estates etc in previous articles and after the death of Hon John Hart Judge Sexton was one of the most conspicious public men in this part of Old Hunter "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "NUMBER XLI After the death of David Larison the family continued to reside on the old farm described in our last until the marriage of Mrs Larison with Nathan Drake when the farm was sold to Mr Drake the deed bearing date May 15 1807 The same spring Jonathan the oldest son of David removed to Ohio settling in Hamilton County twelve miles north of Cincinnati which was then about the present size of the Borough of Hopewell Here Mr Larison cleared and improved a fine farm on which he resided for a period of fifty years and being within a few hours drive of the most rapidly growing town in the country at that time he found a ready market for his products and became very prosperous Mr and Mrs Larison lived to celebrate the sixty fourth anniversary of their marriage and had a family of four boys and four girls to each of whom he left a comfortable competence from the "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "and also had a family David Larison died November 29 1800 aged 43 and his widow married second Nathan Drake and removed to Lexington Ky where he died and his widow married third David Stout son of Jonathan Stout and Mary Leigh of Hopewell David Stout"

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "5 son Andrew born October 2 1803 married Mary Phillips and became the father of our townsman David Larison who by his marriage with Sarah A Wilson had children Mary C John F Cora M and Howard W David Larison married second Rhoda daughter of Benjamin Drake and widow of Prall Quick of Ringoes Benjamin son of Andrew Larison and Mary Wilson married Hannah A Holcombe and became the father of Dr George H Larison deceased of Lambertville Rev Andrew B Larison deceased of Ringoes and Dr Cornelius Wilson Larison of Ringoes to whose very interesting history of the Larison family published in 1 888 the reader is referred The Larison family history is given by him in detail in a book of nearly 500 pages involving an immense amount "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "neighborhood and his death was an irreparable loss to the community Sarah Parke born 1749 daughter of William Parke and Sarah Jewell married David Stout son of Jonathan Stout and Mary Leigh of Hopewell They settled at Lexington Kentucky and reared a large family After the death of his first wife David Stout married the widow of Nathan Drake of Hopewell Mrs Drake"

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "6 George W Titus married Belle Henry and settled in the west 7 Ruth A married John Sked a prosperous farmer of Hope well They settled at Pennington and reared a large family all of whom are well settled in life and nearly all in this township 1 Howard married Laura daughter of Simpson Van Dyke 2 Elizabeth married Johnson Drake of Pennington 3 Etta married Theodore Reed of Pennington 4 Flora married Livingston Atchley 5 Annie married Albert Blackwell son of John 6 Homer married first Miss Cooper second Ida Snook of Pennington 7 John married Mary daughter of George Bunn 8 Walter W resides in the West unmarried 9 Fred married Emma daughter of Alfred Phillips deceased 10 Clarence unmarried n Edith married Robert son of Charles Blackwell who is a merchant in Pennington 8 Rachel twin sister with Ruth married Asa H Sheppard "

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "James Baldwin married Carrie daughter of Johnson T Blackwell Hallie Altha and Elizabeth Francina or Fanny daughter of Stephen H Titus married Alexander H Drake of Titusville and had Cora Jane Wilmer Howard and Georgianna Enos son of Stephen H Titus married Mary A daughter of Samuel Dalrymple of Hunterdon County and sister of John M Dalrymple Esq of our Borough They resided near Lambertville and had two viz Stephen engineer the Belvidere Del "
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Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "of their only child a little boy who had died a short time before his father Elizabeth daughter of Rev John Blackwell married Cornelius son of Capt John Stilwell of Woodsville NJ and had two daughters viz Sarah the second wife of Deacon Benjamin Drake of Hopewell and Elizabeth born June 20 1814 died Jan 20 1903 married Richard Stout Sutphin and had two daughters Adelia who married Henry D Sutphin of the borough and Miss Anna referred to above Capt John Stilwell alluded to above was a revolutionary soldier in Capt William Tucker"
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Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "temptation fugitive in the woods only a short distance away and he then fled in the direction of Rosedale Mills On reaching the residence of Mr Enoch Drake who lived on the road leading from Mount Rose to Pennington and who was a friend of the Hart"

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "family plot on the farm of A L Holcombe Esq We have very little data concerning the family of Capt Golden by his first marriage except their names and date of birth as recorded in the old family bible now in possession of William F Golden Esq who resides on the homestead which has descended from father to son for so many generations Amy the oldest married Benjamin Drake and moved to Ohio Rachel married Lemuel Hunt son of John who was a brother of Miller James Hunt one of the pioneers of this region who owned the farms now owned by DP Voorhees Esq and the railroad quarry farm west of the borough "
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Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "daughters 5 Jacob married Martha A daughter of Edward Lanningof Lawrence and sister of Hon A Price Lanning They had seven children viz George married Sarah daughter of Noah Reed and had five children viz Noah R Jacob Charles MR Sarah M and Mary E Sarah daughter of Jacob married WW Meredith a Baptist clergyman of Delaware Edward L married Emma daughter of Peter Vanderveer Van Dyke of Hopewell He died soon after and his widow married John Q McPherson and resides in Pennington Elizabeth married Chas Pierson of Lawrence Ebenezer W married Anna daughter of Reuben Savidge who was a prominent merchant of Mount Rose in this county Ebenezer W Golden died November 3oth 1899 and his widow and three children viz Maude Jennie and Edward reside in Hope well Margaret married Reuben L Savidge who succeeds his his father in business at Mount Rose f J Price married Eliza daughter of Jefferson Drake and resides near Hopewell "
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Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege

Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege: "lerjeau Edmond Beakes and Wm Embly to the second Thomas Houghton the purchaser of this tract had at least nine children viz John Absalom Thomas Joab Elizabeth the first wife of Abraham Stout Sarah wife of John Merrill Annie wife of John Smith Mary wife of William Drake and Alice sec cond wife of Abraham Stout Only one of the four sons of Thomas Houghton left a will viz Thomas His will is dated December proved April "

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Pioneers of Old Hopewell With Sketches of Her Revolutionary Heroes By Ralph Ege