Morris Arca Genealogy Society

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RECENT MEETINGS

by Deborah Adamus

September 13, 1988

It certainly was exciting to see all the familiar faces and hear about the wonderful research trips taken over the summer.

Special interest groups have been formed based on interest surveys taken last spring. Thanks to the following people who will act as leaders: Janet Harman (Pennsylvania), Joan Hantel (New York State), Carol Post (England), Marion Harris (New England), and Tom Peters (Germany).

There is a new addition to the library. The Society presented a copy of Thomas B. Wilson's book, Notices from New Jersey Newspapers 1781-1790. See the New Acquisitions column in this issue for more information.

After the business portion of the meeting, Stephen Conti gave an interesting presentation, with the use of beautiful slides, on tracing Italian ancestors. He gave some helpful hints that would benefit all European researchers.

October 11, 1988

By the time of the October meeting, many people were able to put names and faces together. It's great to see so many new friendships being formed.

Janet Harman gave an update on the Society's finances: as of October, there was a balance of $911.75. All who haven't yet renewed their membership should do so as soon as possible.

The speaker for the evening was Trish Little-Taylor. She spoke about the difficulties and rewards in Irish and Scots/Irish research. It was standing room only.

November 8, 1988

A clarification was made at the meeting concerning membership. The business year is June 1 through May 31. Last year's dues were for a half year only, since we only met from February until May. Renewals for June 1988 through May 1989 are due now. Meetings are open to the public, but in order to reap the special benefits of the Society (newsletter, discussion groups, field trips, and many more), you must be a paid-up member.

Congratulations were extended to Janice Nusbaum on becoming head of the Morristown branch of the LDS Library.

Looking for a clever stocking stuffer? The Post Office has a great idea. They are offering, free of charge, a family tree chart. It is designed to get young people interested in genealogy but would be great for any beginner. Just ask for some of these charts at the Post Office.

Bette Barker, of the New Jersey Archives, was the speaker for the evening. With the use of slides, she answered questions concerning the information available at the Archives. She offered a helpful hint to those planning to visit the Archives: do not go when the Legislature is in session as the parking is terrible.

In This Issue Recent Meetings Page 1 Genealogy and Computers 2 Peter Kemble 3 New Acquisitions 5 Morris County Marriages 6 Chatham Map Index 9 Epidemic in Morristown 11 Resource Review 14 Queries 15 Membership Application Insert

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GENEALOGY AND COMPUTERS

Software Review - Roots III

by Lori Baum

I began looking into genealogy software the summer of 1987. A year and a half of research was piling up and every new piece of information required manually updating several charts. I knew there had to be a way of harnessing the power of our AT&T 6300 PC to help me. I sent for literature on three software programs advertised in PC magazine: Family Reunion, Family Roots, and Commsoft's Roots II. A copy of a syndicated column on personal computing comparing genealogy software was included in the Roots literature, as was a Kennedy family genealogy done completely with Roots II. These two items convinced me that Roots was the program for me. The newspaper article stressed that Roots II was the only genealogy software written in assembler language, the rest being written in Basic language. The difference is speed. The bigger your data base, the bigger the difference in the amount of time the program takes to retrieve and format the data for the reports you want. The Kennedy family genealogy showed me what final reports and charts looked like and how they could be formatted into a ready-to-publish book, complete with page numbers and an index.

Roots II arrived in August of 1987. The documentation was not particularly user friendly, but I did eventually figure out how to load the program and create my basefile. The screens for individual and marriage records are straight forward, though it pays to read the manual before starting. For example, it is much quicker to enter a husband's and wife's individual records first, their marriage record second, and their children last. The program anticipates this and enters the surname and parents of the children for you. I was able to load all the data I had collected to date and reproduce the charts I had been keeping manually. When entering new individuals or updating information, I can print only the pages that have changed if I wish.

Purchasers of Roots software get a newsletter

called Roots Rap. The spring 1988 edition announced the addition of three new programs: Roots III, Roots Writer, and REVENT. Roots III was touted as an enhancement of Roots II with major changes, Roots Writer is a word processing package specifically designed to interface with the Roots III software, and REVENT is a computerized book of days that allows the genealogist to pull up significant events from history that coincide with dates for ancestors.

Since I had already mastered creating a text file with the word procesing package that I have and attaching that file to charts in Roots II, I chose not to purchase Roots Writer and REVENT (packaged together as utilities). I did however send in my $55 (introductory price) to upgrade my Roots II software to Roots III. The new software, complete with a totally rewritten and much improved manual, arrived in July.

The new Roots III is as good as promised. Particularly useful is a new free-form individual record layout. You choose the event definitions for each person as you enter the data. There are six event fields, each having a date, a date certainty code, and place. You may name the events as you wish and these names may be different in each record. For example, if you know when and where a person died but not where they were buried, you may choose to enter census data, military record, probate, passenger list/immigration data or other item you have on that individual.

In addition, for each event you may enter a footnote by simply hitting the "page down" key. This is great for noting where the information was gathered: official birth, marriage or death records, grave stones, pension records, family bible, etc. I have also used it to note things like cause of death, and where conflicting information exists for a date or place. Another enhancement is the addition of separate "major footnote records," designed specifically for printed source material. These are useful if you have found a number of facts from one source, e.g. the National Archives and Records Service, a printed genealogy or local history, or a state library. You can embed this information in other footnotes to extend their length.

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Roots III also has added some reports to its features. The Register and Record plan creates a family history in a format used by the National Genealogical Society and the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Text is woven into the report and combined with data from the data base, following a numbering system that allows quick reference across generations. There is also a format called a "Reverse Register" that allows a history to be developed along ancestral lines rather than the usual descendant format. This is especially nice for creating a printout for a cousin or aunt: you start the report with them and work back, listing only their direct ancestors.

In addition to numbering pages for a book and creating an index, Roots III can now produce a table of contents. The family group sheets now only print the information that you want to appear. Further, if you do not have an event defined for a given person, the field will not be printed on the family group sheet. This saves paper, particularly when you have many events defined for one person in a family but know very little about the others.

Among the other features of the Roots III package: Text files written in a word processing package are easily attached to reports; Tiny-Tafels can be prepared automatically from the data base; There are many search routines to help you locate the records you want to edit -- up to 10 records can be stored in a "fetch table" that appears at the bottom of the screen; Soundex codes can be used to search the data base; relationships between people can be established (e.g. S. Pugh is the fourth great grandfather of J. Johnson); A Heredity Statistics chart computes a statistical summary for a specified family branch including life span, number of children, number of marriages and age when married; assorted lists and calendars can be produced from the data base. With this list, I have just begun to describe the power of Roots III.

The people at Commsoft support their users with a customer service hotline (8:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m. Pacific time), and a 24-hour dial-up bulletin board service. System requirements are an IBM PC or compatible with DOS 2.0 or

later, a minimum of two floppy drives or one floppy and one hard drive (recommended), and a minimum of 512K RAM is recommended. A major enhancement of Roots III over Roots II is a greatly expanded capacity. With enough expanded memory, Roots III can store up to 65,535 records. To find out more about Roots III, a demo disk and sample book can be ordered for $10, which can be applied to the Roots III purchase price of $250. The utility package containing Roots Writer and REVENT costs $60. Write to Commsoft, 2257 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View, CA 94043, or order toll free 1-800-32ROOTS.

PETER KEMBLE OF MT. KEMBLE

by Joan Armour

If you have ever been on Route 202 between Bernardsville and Morristown you probably have noticed the large white mansion on the left just past Tempe Wick Road. That is "Mt. Kemble." Around 1758 Peter Kemble acquired about 680 acres of land one mile from the Green in Morristown. Mt. Kemble was built about four miles from town. The original house was probably built around 1765 and it was later moved to a different site on the property and modernized.

Peter Kemble was born in Symrna, Asia Minor on December 12, 1704, the son of Richard Kemble and his wife, a Greek lady named Movrocordato of Scio. Peter was sent to England to be educated when he was eight years old. At age fourteen, Peter became an apprentice to a wine merchant in Rotterdam and later went on a trading voyage to Guinea and then to London to engage in business.

Peter Kemble came to the United States in 1730 and very shortly thereafter married Gertrude Bayard, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Van Cortlandt) Bayard. They first settled near New Brunswick where he was engaged in business. As he was related by marriage to many of the finest families in New York, he quickly became very prominent.

Peter was appointed to the Governor's Council on recommendation by Governor

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Lewis Morris and was President of the Council when the Govenor was absent. He was considered for the Supreme Court and was a Justice of the Peace for Morris County.

He was very much a Loyalist and a Tory. He had many slaves but was always noted for being kind to them and gave many of them their freedom. Peter Kemble kept his land up in the style of the great manor estates of England. In order that his land would be saved just in case the colonists won the war against England, he had his second son, Richard Kemble, appear before the Council of Safety and take the oath of allegiance to the United States. Peter was accused of passing out literature for Great Britian saying that all who pledged allegiance to Great Britian would be pardoned. Because of his friendship and good service to Governor Morris and his age and bad health, he was able to keep his lands.

In 1758 before the Revolutionary War broke out, Peter's daughter Margaret married General Thomas Gage, who later became the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in America. Thirteen months before the war, George Washington had tea with Peter Kemble. Little did he know that he would be facing Peter's son-in-law General Gage in battle.

When the colonial troops were encamped at Jockey Hollow, the Kemble property, which was adjacent to Henry Wick's land, had a total of eight infantry brigades encamped there. Luckily there was no fighting, even though guns were placed high on a hill overlooking the valley toward the Caldwells. The American general Anthony Wayne had his headquarters at Mt. Kemble. So you see, Peter Kemble was friendly to both sides, even though his loyalties were with the British.

Peter Kemble was the grandson of Richard Kemble who was deputy alderman of the Bishopgate Ward, London, merchant, and only son of the youngest nephew of Peter Stuyvesant. The Kemble family came from the northern part of Wiltshire, England. In Tilbury there was both a village and a church bearing the name Kemble. Peter's uncle, a Mr. Edward's, first introduced coffee to England.

Peter was the father of seven children by his first marriage, five sons and two daughters: Samuel was deported because of his Loyalist sympathies. He died in exile on the island of Sumatra in 1796. Richard, born 1733, inherited Mt. Kemble and died unmarried. He was best known for introducing a pressed apple drink to New Jersey. Peter, born 1739, married Gertrude Gouveneur. Stephen, born 1740, died unmarried, was Deputy Adjutant General of the English forces in America. -William died in England, a Captain of the British Army. Judith married Archibald McCall of Philadelphia and had 18 children. Margaret married General Thomas Gage.

By his second marriage to Elizabeth Tuite he had three children. Robert, born 1755, was in the commissary department of the British Army during the Revolution. Elizabeth was born in 1753. Ann was born in 1757. She and her sister Elizabeth never married; both lived and died at Mt. Kemble.

Peter Kemble died at Mt. Kemble February 23, 1789 and is buried in the family graveyard on the property.

Sources:

Peter Kemble: A Monograph, by Wendy L. London. Morristown, New Jersey. Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township. 1972.

Peter Kemble, by Laurie Jeanne Johnson. Morristown, New Jersey. Glintwood.

Morristown Topics, Vol. VII, No. 20. November 3, 1927. Morristown.

Peter Kenible, Esquire. Paper read to Colonial Dames of Morristown.

New York Historical Society Collections, 1884 - Kemble Papers. Vol. II, pages xii-xv.

WHEN THE SNOW BLOWS

If the library is closed for inclement weather, any meeting scheduled for that night will be cancelled. Call the library (538-6161) for closing information. If the library has closed early that day, you will hear a recorded message. Then, snuggle up in front of a warm fire with a cup of hot chocolate and your genealogy charts, and think about your ancestors in some frontier town in a drafty house on a night like this.

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NEW ACQUISITIONS AT THE LIBRARY was taken. Both the National Archives and LDS film numbers are shown for each town.

by Marilyn Foote Masi

Notices From New Jersey Newspapers 1781-1790, by Thomas B. Wilson, 1988, H2/ Wils Not

This book contains abstracts from all newspapers published in the state between 1781 and 1790, including extracts from the New Jersey Gazette beginning with July 4, 1782 and from the New Jersey Journal starting with 1781.

The New Jersey Gazette was the state's first newspaper beginning in 1777. Extracts from this newspaper from 1777 to July 3, 1782 were published in the New Jersey Archives series. This book continues that work until the newspaper ceased publication in 1786.

Extracts from the New Jersey Journal for the years 1779 and 1780 were also published in the New Jersey Archives series. This new book continues that work until the newspaper ceased publication in 1783.

All items contained in this work have a bearing on genealogy or local history, including abstracts of advertisements. A copy of this book was given to the library as a gift by the Morris Area Genealogy Society.

To Gettysburg and Beyond, The Twelfth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1862-1865, by Edward G. Longacre, H2/Long

This book is based on previously unpublished primary sources, including 450 soldier's letters, eight wartime diaries, and four postwar memoirs. The work features 55 portraits of officers and enlisted men.

United States Census Key, 1850, 1860, 1870, H929.01/Census

This volume is the result of a fortunate discovery, in 1985, of the remnants of the only remaining copy of a listing of the contents of the federal population censuses of 1850, 1860, and 1870. This book lists each town or district for each county and state for which a census

The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, Vol. I and II, by John Fiske, 1899, H973.2/Fis V.2

This work adds another volume on American history to the author's other works: The Beginnings of New England and Old Virginia and Her Neighbours.

German Immigrants - Lists of Passengers Bound from Bremen to New York 1863-1867, H929.3/Zim

The destruction of the Bremen passenger lists has been a great hindrance to the study of German immigration to America. In many cases the Bremen lists were thought to be the sole source of information concerning the place of origin of an immigrant family. This partial reconstruction of Bremen passenger lists for 1863 to 1867 is based on American sources and is a continuation of two earlier volumes covering 1847 to 1854 and 1855 to 1862.

Guide to Historical Resources in Kings County (Brooklyn), Vol. II, New York Repositories, H974.723/NYHRC

In 1978 the New York Historical Resources Center began the Historical Documents Inventory, a statewide survey of manuscripts and collections in repositories open to the public. This guide is part of that effort. The goal of the survey is to locate, identify, describe and report all of the manuscripts and archives material in New York State repositories.

Information is also reported to the Research Libraries Information Network, the on-line national data base. Thus, in addition to the printed guides, data on New York State documentary holdings is available in a computerized on-line format at libraries that are members of this service.

The New York Historical Resources Center plans to create a guide for each of New York State's 62 counties.

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MORRIS COUNTY MARRIAGES

by Deborah Adamus and Sharon Holley

Beginning in 1795 New Jersey ministers, justices of the peace, and other officials who performed marriages were required to report those marriages to the County Clerk, who recorded the information in a book kept for that purpose. Usually the information recorded included at least the date of the marriage and the name of the bride and groom. County Clerks often recorded additional information when it was provided, such as the residence of the parties, the place where the marriage took place, and the names of of the couple's parents.

As with any change in procedure, early compliance with the recording law was spotty. As local ministers and officials got used to the requirement, a greater percentage of marriages were reported to the county. Naturally, some ministers and officials were diligent in reporting marriages promptly and accurately; others were not. Some ministers gave their current church when recording marriages; it is possible, however, that some of the marriages reported may have taken place in another location, possibly even at another church during a previous pastorate.

Beginning in 1848 marriage information was reported to the state, however many marriages continued to be recorded at the county level for many years after that date. In Morris County occasional marriages were still being reported at the county level as late as 1919.

Abstracts of some marriage books have been published for some New Jersey counties. The Morristown and Morris Township Library has many of these abstracts in one form or

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another. Books A, B, and C for Morris County (covering the period from 1795 to about 1832) have been abstracted in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, and are included in the Stryker-Rodda index for that periodical. Book D (about 1833 to about 1841) and later books for Morris County have not been abstracted or published as far as we know.

Beginning in this issue, we will publish a transcription of Book D. The marriages have been transcribed in the order in which they were recorded. The name of the minister or official who performed the marriage is shown, along with the date the entries were recorded by the county clerk. The History of Morris County, Munsell, 1882 is a good source for identifying and locating ministers and officials. For each marriage we have included all the names, dates and places from the marriage book.

The first column of the following listing shows the page number in the original Book D. The second column shows the date of the marriage. The third column shows the names of the bride and groom, and any other information shown in the original record.

We recommend that you use this transcription as a guide to the original book. A microfilm copy of all Morris County marriage books is available at the library. Each book is indexed on the film. For books A through D there are two indexes: the original index that was prepared as entries were made, and another index made at a later time. Microfilm copies of marriage books for most other counties are available at the State Archives in Trenton, and through LDS libraries. The books for surrounding counties include some marriages of Morris County couples.

by Wm. W. Newell, Clergyman - Recorded 4 August 1834

Wm. Bradner of Hanover Township to Charlotte Smith of Hanover Township

Wm. Hopler of Hanover Township to Phebe R. Fairchild of Hanover Township

Matthias Dickerson of Randolph Township to Phebe Dula of Randolph Township

James Day of Mendham Township to Elizabeth Reeves of Morris Township

by Peter A. Johnson, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 11 August 1834

Jacob Chaimberline of Morristown to Widow Margaret Mount of Morristown

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by Ulric Maynard, VDM - Recorded 2 September 1834

1 23 Jul 1834 John Bockoven to Cynthia Brees 2 31 Aug 1834 John D. Serring of Newark to Amy Matilda Arnold of this county

2 27 Jul 1834 Thomas Miller to Ann Williams, both colored free persons

by James M. Fleming, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 23 September, 1834

2 15 Jul 1834 John Asbury of Pequanack to Mary Jones of Pequanack, at Powerville

by Fr.(?) G. F. Cornell, Pastor of the FRD Church at Montville - Recorded 23 September 1834

3 3 Jun 1833 Robert Courter to Miss Mary Ann Van Duyne, parents Herriman (?) Courter and Martin Van Duyne

3 26 Oct 1833 Bernard C. Ryerson to Miss Mary Vreeland, parents Wm. Ryerson and Harvey Van Duyne 3 12 Apr 1834 William Atkins to Miss Sarah Earle, parent Morris Earle

3 12 May 1834 James Tuttle to Miss Electa Bedford, parents John Tuttle and Simeon Bedford 3 17 Jul 1834 Samuel Riker to Miss Jane Cyphers, parents Isaac Riker and George Cyphers

3 30 Aug 1834 James Young to Miss Maria Duryea, parents Peter Young and Edmund Duryea

by Morgan R. Cox - Recorded 20 October 1834

3 10 Sep 1834 Mr. Elias Miller of Morris County to Miss Mary Clark of Morris County, daughter of Mr. Ebenezer Clark

by William A. Wilmer, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded November, 1834 4 27 Apr 1834 Joshua C. Case of Roxbury Township to Miss Hannah Lawrenson(?) of Randolph Township

by Charles Jones, Minister of First Congregational Church at Chester - Recorded 26 November 1834

4 28 Jun 1834 Alvah Gray to Mary Ann Leeks at Chester 4 20 Sep 1834 Byram Lisk to Jane White at Chester 4 25 Sep 1834 James Vandeveer to Marriane Horton at Chester 4 15 Oct 1834 Alvah Terry to Harriet Young at Drakesville 4 13 Nov 1834 Benj. W. Backer to Mary W. Norris at Drakesville

by Joseph M. Ogden, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 1 December 1834 4 3 Feb 1834 John 0. Day of Chatham to Miss Emily Brown of Chatham 4 20 Feb 1834 Mr. George Riker of Chatham to Miss Sarah Caroline Edison of Chatham 4 30 Apr 1834 Mr. Charles Torry of Bethany, Pa to Miss Elizabeth Bruen of Chatham 4 1 Oct 1834 Mr. Calvin S. Dennis of Livingston Township to Miss Catherine Denmon of Springfield 4 20 Oct 1834 Mr. John A. Smith of Newark to Miss Lavina Looker of Newark

by James M. Fleming, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 16 December 1834

5 13 Dec 1834 Butler Stiles of Pequanack to Amanda Tunis of Hanover, at Powerville

by Robert Hand, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 16 December 1834 5 3 Sep 1834 Mr. Thomas Dodds of the city of New York to Miss Elizabeth Ward of Chatham Township

by James M. Fleming, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 16 December 1834

5 4 Nov 1834 Daniel Munn of Hanover to Delia Smith of Pequanack, at Powerville

by Ulric Maynard - Recorded 31 January 1835 5 24 Jan 1835 William Cyfor to Mary Webb

by C. Hoover, Pastor of the Pres. Church Morristown - Recorded (no date)

6 13 Nov 1833 Samuel A. Loree to Mary Ann Arnold

6 28 Nov 1833 Robert Williams to Elizabeth Cutler 6 30 Nov 1833 Francis Casterline to Mrs. Joanna Fleet 6 11 Dec 1833 Henry Y. Overton to Abigail Prudden 6 14 Jan 1834 William W. Coburn to Harriet Esther Shelley 6 16 Jan 1834 William S. Savage to Sarah P. Blazure

6 18 Jan 1834 Philemon Depoe to Ellen Miller

6 21 Jan 1834 Ezekiel Day to Harriet D. Jaggers 6 23 Jan 1834 Ira P. Goble to Jane Parsill

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6 4 Feb 1834 William J. Lewis to Elizabeth Ann Marsh 6 12 Feb 1834 Silas Cory to Julia Stiles 6 18 Feb 1834 Augustus A. Gould to Eliza B. Crane 6 10 Apr 1834 George Cooper to Eliza Cooper 6 16 Apr 1834 Aaron C. Johnson to Catharine Johnson 6 16 Apr 1834 Charles Gardner to Eliza Johnson 6 1 May 1834 Richard Gray to Sarah Keepers 6 14 May 1834 David H. Hall to Maria Condict 6 11 Jun 1834 William H. Wilson to Jane Trowbridge 6 12 Jun 1834 John Force to Lucetta Friemon 6 13 Sep 1834 Samuel Elsen to Deborah Ann Rigs 6 17 Sep 1834 John S. Johnson to Deborah M. Arnold 6 1 Oct 1834 David Morrow to Mary L. Conklin 6 30 Oct 1834 James Sanders to Ann Watts 6 18 Dec 1833 Frederick Smith to Mary Holloway

by Daniel Runyon, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 17 March 1835 7 14 Feb 1835 James C. Blazure of Morris Township to Elizabeth Willis of Morris Township

by Summer Mandeville, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 17 March 1835 7 13 Nov 1835(sic) Nathaniel Douglas to Nancy Ball 7 13 Dec 1835(sic) Andrew S. Ball of Morris County to Catharine Ann Topping of Morris County

by Jacob Welsh, Justice of the Peace - Recorded 17 March 1835 7 28 Oct 1834 Henry H. Tuts to Ann Tuts 7 31 Jan 1835 William Trase to Catharine Ader

by Rev. Henry R. Hedges - Recorded 2 April 1835 7 22 Jul 1834 Emmons Dennis to Harriet Richards Cory 7 10 Aug 1834 John MacKesney to Mary Edwards 7 5 Mar 1835 Jacob Davis to Qually (?) Ryerson, of Chatham Township

by James R. Talmage, Minister of the Gospel at Pompton Plains - Recorded 12 May 1835 8 22 May 1834 Nicholas L. Demarest to Susan Roome 8 2 Aug 1834 Anthony 0. Beam to Margaret Beman 8 7 Aug 1834 Geo. G. Garrabrant to Jane Mead 8 23 Aug 1834 Henry Casy to Malina Fredericks 8 27 Sep 1834 Martin Cook to Elizabeth V. Ness (Van Ness?) 8 9 Oct 1834 Cornelius Jacobus to Eliza Mandeville 8 4 Dec 1834 Samuel Vader to Maria Hopper 8 1 Jan 1835 Thomas Sindel to Maria V. Ness (Van Ness?) 8 8 Jan 1835 Geo. Cockefair to Margaret V. Houten (Van Houten?) 8 22 Jan 1835 Henry C. Doremus to Sophia Mandeville 8 21 Feb 1835 Cornelius Jacobus to Ann Hopper 8 12 Mar 1835 Cornelius Roome to Maria Debow 8 20 Apr 1835 John Witty to Eliza Decker 8 23 Apr 1835 Nicholas J. Mandeville to Jane Debow

by Joseph M. Ogden, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 1 June 1835 8 6 Nov 1834 Mr. Daniel Baker of Newark to Miss Hannah Minton of Morris Township 8 14 Dec 1834 Mr. Thomas Phipps of Chatham Township to Miss Eliza Spencer of Chatham Township 8 30 Dec 1834 Mr. William Pierson of Newark to Miss Charlotte Denman of Springfield Township 8 16 Feb 1835 Mr. Isaac Pierson of Chatham Township to Miss Mary Ann Ward of Long Hill

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BEERS ATLAS INDEX - CHATHAM

by Marilyn Foote Masi

The following listing is an index of property owners shown on the map of Chatham (page 12) in the 1868 Beers Atlas of Morris County, New Jersey. The number shown to the right of the name indicates the school district in which the building or other feature is located. The letters "Mt. St" indicate the Mount Stanley District, which is not numbered on the original map.

Ackerman, J H 9 Carter, E Wesley 2 Allen, C D 3 Carter, E 4 Anderson, W G (res) 6 Carter, G 4 B S Sh 3 Carter, Wm 2 B S Sh 4 Carter 4 B S Sh 5 Cemetery 2 B, B B 1 Cemetery 4 B, D Mt. St. Cemetery Mt. St B, E Mt. St. Chapel 3 B, I 3 Chapman, G 6 B, J 6 Chapman 3 B, J 6 Cherry Cottage 6 Bailey, H 2 Chovey, C 6 Baker, J 6 Church, J Mt. St. Baldwin, A 7 Clark, J D 9 Baldwin, E D 7 Clark, Mrs 3 Baldwin, S 7 Cochran, T 8 Baldwin, W 7 Colter, Jacob 5 Ball, Mrs J 5 Columbia 5 Barto Lodge 6 Comunsay, J 8 Bedford, Mrs 4 Conklin, Mrs 6 Berry, J 4 Conklin, Mrs 8 Bissell, S 9 Conklin, Mrs 8 Black Meadow 3 Conners, E 3 Black Smith Shop 8 Corbiet, M 3 Black Smith Shop Mt. St. Cowl, E 3 Blazier Mt. St. Crane, A (store & P.0) 8 Bonnell, D L 1 Crane, A 9 Bonnell, W 1 Crane, I 9 Bonner, Mrs Mt. St. Crowell, D 6 Boraem, H 3 Crowell, D 8 Borsaubin, A E 2 Crukell, C 6 Borsaubin, F 2 Cucuel, J 8 Brant, A 4 Cukell, C 6 Bruen, A F 2 D, C 7 Bruen, E 2 D, C Mt. St. Bruen, J B 2 D, Cory 5 Bruen, M L 2 D, Geo 4 Bruer, Mrs 2 Davidson 2 Bryce, J 6 Davis, Mrs H J 1 Bryce, J 8 Day, H P 1 Bryce, Jas 4 Day, P 2 Budd, I W 1 DeBurgh, C R 3 Budd, J S 1 Deforest, R 4 Budd, Wm 1 Dehart, Geo 4 Burch, C W 8 Dehart, J 6 Burnett, C 8 Delong, C 1 Burnett, Ira 3 Delong, C Mt. St. Butler Mt. St. Dennis, S 6 Calins, T 3 Depot & Post Office Mt. St. Cameron, F 9 Deremas, F 7 Campbell, J 7 Dickhut, H Mt. St. Canfield Place 5 Dickinson, C 7 Canfield, D 4 Distillery 6 Canfield, H 5 Distillery 6 Canfield, Mrs. J C 5 District No 6 6 Canfield, Miss S 5 Donley, P 5 Canfield, Mrs E 5 Drayton, Wm R 4 Canfield, T 5 Drew, D 6 Carl, Jas 5 Durie, S 9 Carney, Mrs 3 Dwight, J 3 Carter, A 2 East Madison 4 Carter, Ashbel 4 Ebling, Geo G 2

Elsworth, P G 3 Enright, J 9 Enright, Mrs 7 Fairmount Ave Mt. St. Fanning 3 Felch, B M 4 Felch, G W 5 Felt Mills Mt. St. Fish, John 4 Fish, John (res) 5 Fish, L B 5 Fish, Nathan 5 Ford, H 3 Ford, L B 3 Ford 3 Fouret, J 1 Friend, M 6 Fruchnicht, H 9 G, J S 5 G, P 2 G, W H 3 G, W S 5 Genung, A N 5 Genung, A W 4 Genung, E P 5 Genung, I Genung, M

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Genung, T & G 5 Genung, W S 5 Georges 7 Gibbons, W H 6 Gillem, C 6 Goldbeck, E S 5 Goldberg, G 4 Grant, H 7 Grant, S H 7 Grapery 2 Great Swamp 6 Great Swamp 9 Green Village P.O. 8 Green, E 7 Green, F 7 Green, L S 6 Griswold, B G 4 H,CW 3 H,CW 3 H, E 6 H, E 6 H, S & M 5 Haiman, F 7 Haloway, R 6 Hancock, J W 4 Hancock, M 4 Hancock, M 4 Harper, C W 3 Hedge, E 2 Hedges, Henry R 4 Hedges, J 0 5 Hedges, J 5 Hess, L Mt. St. Highland, Mrs 3 Hill Side 3 Hillside Mt. St.

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Holland, E 6 Mills, S Holland, E (res) 6 Monahon, B Hopping, C 5 Moore, D Hopping, C C 5 Morris Essex Rail Road Hopping, H L 5 Mount Stanley Hopping, J A 5 Mount Vernon Hopping, M A 5 Mount Vernon School Hopping, Mrs P W 5 Muchmere, Chas

5 Mulford, C Houghwout, E V 2 Mulford, G D Howard, T L 1 Mulford, J R Howel, Miss A 4 Myers, J Hoyt, J K 4 N, J L Hoyt 4 Nicholas, A S Hunter 2 Niles, N (res) Hunting, Col 3 Noe, D Huntley, W Mt. St. Noe, J Hyatt, W E Mt. St. Noe, L Jennings, H 8 Noe, L Jeofry, J 6 Nursery Johnson, A 9 O'Neil, B Johnson, J 6 O'Neil, Mrs Jones, B 7 Oakley, W C Keller 9 Oakley Kidders & Co Mt. St. Ohlen, W C King, J H 7 Orange Turnpike Kipple, C 7 Osborn, Mrs Kitchell, A 4 P & K Kitchell, J H 5 P, H Knapp, J 4 Page, G S Kobm 7 Page L, B P 1 Parkh ., H L, C 6 Parsons, G L, F S 6 Parsons, S L, F S 6 Passaic River Lambert, G 8 Passaic River Lathrop, F S (res) 6 Passaic River Lathrop,Mrs Frank 6 Philips, Wm Lloyd, W 2 Phyfe, D Loantaka Brook 7 Pierson, D Loantaka Brook 9 Piersons, D Loantaka School 6 Pine Tree Place Loantaka 6 Pleasant Hill Lockwood, Mrs H M 5 Plum Long Hill 7 Pomeroy, G Long Hill 9 Pond Long, W 3 Pond Lum, Chas 2 Press Chapel Lum, Harvey 2 Pruden, G Lynes, B K 1 Pruden, T H M, D 3 Pruden, T M, J 9 Quinlan, Thos M, Mrs 2 R, S E Mahoney, D 3 Race Course Mallory, R Mt. St. Race Course Lane Marsh, J D 2 Read, G Martin, D 6 Reddish, H E Martin, J D 7 Rhoades, D Martin, W A Mt. St. Richards, S E Mathews, Mrs S J 5 Roach Matthews, V M 5 Rose Hill McDurmot, Peter 5 S, F A McGrath, J 2 S, G McGuire, J (heirs of) 6 Saloon & Store McQuire, Mrs 5 Samson, E N Mecker, I 6 Sand Pit Mecker, W B 2 Sayen, Dr Dd M Meeker, C B& W J 5 Sayre, F Mill, G 1 Sayre, Geo Miller, J M 3 Sayre, Miss S Miller, J 9 Sayre, Mrs Miller, S M 7 Sayre, Mrs A Miller, S 6 Sayre, Mrs J

1 Sayre, Mrs M D 7 4 Schofield, A H 3 8 Schofield, A H 3 3 School No 7 7

Mt. St. School No 4 4 7 School No 5 5 7 Scofield, E W 3 6 Seaman, F A 2 8 Seaman, F A 3 4 Shafer, P 3 4 Sidmen, S 6 4 Smith, Geo 5 1 Smith, S 1 7 Smith Mt. St. 2 Soule, C 7 6 Southwa, J W 2 7 Spring Garden Brook 4 6 Squire, Geo W 4 6 St Elizabeth Academy 3 3 St Joseph Academy 3 3 Stanley Felt Mills Mt. St. 6 Store Mt. St. 1 Sturges, E B 8

Mt. St. Sturges, Mrs 8 1 Sturgess, H 6 3 Sturgess, I 6

Mt. St. Sull, I 7 Mt. St. T, W H 5

2 Thalman, R 3

Hopping, T A

Mt. St. Thalman, R 3 Mt. St. The Rest 3

5 Thebaud, E 3 6 Theological Seminary 3 7 Thompson, L 2 5 Tollmah, J Mt. St. 7 Torrey, A 2 9 Totten, D 6 1 Totten, G M 7 3 Treadwell, A M 6 4 Trowbridg, J A 2 4 Tucker, J R 4 6 Tunis, J M 4 6 Tunis, W 4 1 Turney 1 2 Tuttle, Mrs 2 2 Union Hill 2 2 Union Hill District School 2 5 Van N, J 2 8 Vibbard 6 8 W B 8 8 W Sh 9 5 Wall 2 5 Walsh, M 3 6 Walton, G 6 6 Ward, D J 4 8 Ward, M D 5 4 Ward 3 3 Warnet, J 7 5 Washington 7

Mt. St. Washington School 7 3 Way, L Mt. St. 2 White, J H 5 5 Wilson, S Mt. St. 8 Windier, H 5 2 Winslow, T C Mt. St. 6 Woodruff, J M 5 5 Woodruff, Jas H 5 7 Young, H W 5 7 Young, J 5 5 Young, Mrs 5 5 Young, S L 5 5 Young, S L 5 4 Young, W S 4

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EPIDEMIC IN MORRISTOWN

by Sharon Holley

By mid December 1776, about 800 militia and over 500 regular army troops had arrived in Morristown. The remainder of the army that had only a few weeks before won such a stunning victory at Trenton arrived in town on January 6, 1777. Altogether there were about 5000 men to shelter. Soldiers were housed with almost every family within 10 to 12 miles of Morristown. Some families housed a dozen or more soldiers in their already crowded homes. Many of the soldiers were sick; few had proper clothing or shoes. Food was in short supply. Conditions were ripe for disaster. On January 11, 1777 Martha Ball died of smallpox. An epidemic had begun.

Smallpox was a familiar scourge to early Americans. As early as 1630 it arrived with ships of the Winthrop fleet. Smallpox was one of the few diseases of the time that was usually accurately diagnosed. The distinct rash and well defined progress of the disease made it stand out, at a time when most other diseases were classified as some type of "fever." Three facts were recognized about smallpox: one, there was very little even the best physicians could do about it; two, it was contagious; and three, people who had the disease once never got it again. Valiant physicians tried heroic measures to save patients; bleeding and purging were favored as treatments for almost any disease. The contagious aspect of the disease lead to early attempts to quarantine smallpox patients. This measure undoubtedly checked the spread of disease in some outbreaks. It was the third known aspect of the disease, immunity, that would eventually lead to conquering smallpox.

Smallpox is highly infectious: almost 100 percent of people who are not immune will contract the disease once exposed. It is spread person-to-person, like a common cold. The incubation period is 10 to 16 days. The first symptoms include high fever and aching limbs. Two to four days later a severe rash appears. Scabs form in eight to ten days. During the third week scabs drop off. The patient who survives is left scarred and sometimes blind. In colonial times death usually occurred in 10 to

20 percent of all natural cases of smallpox.

Diseases that confer immunity, such as smallpox, require a large, previously unaffected population to spread the disease. Very large cities, like London, always had inhabitants who had never had the disease before (often newcomers and children). In London, smallpox was always present, killing an average of 2000 people a year in the early 1700's. The smaller, more isolated towns and

-cities of America experienced periodic outbreaks. A severe epidemic might affect a town and then disappear from the area for many years. When the disease returned (perhaps 10 or 20 years later) it was children and newcomers who got sick. Local adults were immune from the previous epidemic.

As early as the late 1600's physicians in Asia were looking for ways to confer immunity without subjecting patients to the full ravages of the disease. Variolation involved making a small break in the skin and implanting infected material from an active smallpox patient. The resulting infection conferred immunity, but there was always the danger that a full scale case would result. Also, the innoculated person was contagious and could pass the disease to others. This was a special danger when the patient did not feel sick and went about his regular business in town.

By 1721, innoculation was being practiced in America. Cotton Mather had learned about the practice from his slave who had "bought the disease" in Africa. Dr. Zabdiel Boylston innoculated almost 300 people in Boston in 1721, of whom six died, a mortality rate of only two percent. Once the Revolutionary War broke out, smallpox was carried to every colony, and as a result, innoculation was widely practiced.

By February, 1777 the epidemic in Morristown was in full swing. That month 12 civilians who were connected with the Presbyterian or Baptist churches in Morristown died. In March nine died; in April 21; in May 11; the last smallpox death was recorded in August. As soon as the seriousness of the epidemic became clear, George Washington (who was staying in Morristown) ordered innoculation of the army; some local residents were

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innoculated as well. Innoculating hospitals for civilians were set up at the First Presbyterian and Baptist churches in Morristown. Another was established at the house of Elijah Pierson, about two miles south of town. By March, the New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury reported "Rebels are innoculating in great numbers for smallpox at Hanover." According to a later advertisement, the Negro "Prince" who ran away from Augustine Reid in Roxbury on April 4, 1777 "has just been innoculated for the small-pox, not yet cleaned up, his arm still sore, and is very liable to spread the infection."

In spite of innoculation, 68 civilian deaths in Morristown were identified as smallpox. There were undoubtedly others. As the village probably consisted of fewer than 60 houses, with a normal population of perhaps 500 people, there was a mortality rate of perhaps 13 percent. It appears, then, that in spite of innoculation relatively few people were immune. There probably had not been a severe smallpox epidemic in Morristown since its settlement more than 50 years earlier. Almost half of those who died were more than 30 years old, adults who would have been immune had they been previously exposed. Eleazer Hathaway, who had been living in Morristown for at least 20 years, died, as did four other members of his household. His widow, Abigail, later married Peter Metarr, whose wife had also succumbed in the epidemic.

Within 20 years of the Morristown epidemic, the course of smallpox was dramatically altered. Edward Jenner, an English physician, discovered that vaccination with cowpox (a very mild disease that could not be spread by humans) produced immunity from smallpox. By 1805 the Jenner method was in common use. The incidence of smallpox dropped dramatically, although there were scattered outbreaks in New Jersey at least as late as 1904.

The effect of a smallpox epidemic on a small town cannot be understated. Families lost children, mothers and fathers. Survivors often bore scars. Normal business and traditions could not be sustained. Later, new families and business partnerships were formed by the

survivors. Other diseases and natural disasters in other towns had simular devastating results. Genealogists can gain a better understanding of their ancestors by investigating the complete history of their forebears' locale. Events that seem unimportant to us now forever changed our ancestors' lives.

The following list (arranged alphabetically) was taken from Bill of Mortality: Being a Register of all the Deaths which have occurred in the Presbyterian and Baptist Congregations of Morris-Town, New Jersey, by William Cherry, Sexton, published by Jacob Mann in Morristown, 1806. The register covers the period 1768 to 1806. Only those persons whose cause of death was given as smallpox are listed. An asterisk (*) indicates church members, a plus (+) Baptists, *+ indicates Baptist church members. A number sign (#) has been used to indicate a servant's family, when the servant's surname was not given.

Sources:

Bill of Mortality 1768-1806, by William Cherry, Morristown 1806 (republished 1968)

Epidemics in Colonial America, by John Duffy, Port Washington, NY, 1953 (republished 1972)

A Destroying Angel: The Conquest of Smallpox in Colonial Boston, by Ola Elizabeth Winslow, Boston 1974

Encyclopedia of Medical History, by Roderick E. McGrew, New York, 1985

Documents Relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Extracts from American Newspapers (New Jersey Archives - Second Series), Volume I 1776-1777, edited by William S. Stryker, Trenton 1901, pages 325, 335/336

History of Morris County, New Jersey, published by W. W. Munsell & Co., New York 1882 (republished 1973)

Newark News, Februrary 17, 1904, page 6 "Brave Telephone Girl Ill"

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YY/MM/DD Name Age Date

Armstrong 16 82/02/22 Arnold 82/01/14 Ayres John 57 77/04/18 Ayres Sarah 77/04/30 Badgley 53 82/04/11 Ball Martha 55 77/01/11 Beach Abraham 77/04/24 Beach Epenetus 1 77/07/23 Beach Hannah 31 77/04/14 Beach Mary 1 77/04/14 Beers Jabez 55 77/04/07 Bishop Lois 36 77/04/10 Broadwell Jonathan 3 82/02/08 Brookfield James 35 77/02/27 Brookfield John 25 77/05/20 Byram Perkins 23 71/01/22 Carter - 77/03/05 Carter Jonathan 45 77/03/03 Carter Massey 41 77/03/04 Comesau 50 77/02/24 Condict Ebenezer 41 77/04/03 Condict# 77/05/18 Conger Mary 46 77/05/22 Cooper Phoebe 32 77/04/30 Crane Lydia 23 77/05/13 Culter Bethiah 3 82/02/15 Day Samuel 63 77/03/25 Day Silas - 77/04/09 Drake Isabella 67 77/03/01 Fairchild Caleb 84 77/05/03 Fairchild Ezra 43 77/04/14 Ford 77/04/30 Ford Anthony 8 91/04/24 Freeman 60 77/03/30 Gard Gershom - 82/03/25 Gardner - 77/07/29 Goble Jonas 37 82/05/01 Gregory Ruth 42 77/04/28 Hathaway - 71/02/21 Hathaway Benoni 5 77/02/20 Hathaway Eleazer 46 77/02/20 Hathaway Gershom 57 77/01/24 Hathaway John 1 77/02/20 Hathaway Samuel 13 77/02/17 Hathaway# 2 77/02/20 Hinds Jonathan 44 77/03/05 Howell - 77/07/08 Howell Ebenezer 66 77/03/24 Howell Sarah 60 71/03/25 Jennings - 77/03/26 Kemper - 77/05/25 Lindsley - 77/04/30 Ludlow Creed 53 74/04/15 Metarr Mary 42 77/02/22 Miller Anne 1 77/07/13 Miller Joseph - 77/07/10 Miller Phoebe 13 77/07/12 Mills Jerusha - 77/05/15 Munson Moses 4 77/02/27 Munson Phoebe 19 77/02/25 Munson Samuel 17 77/02/26 Munson Waitstill 47 77/02/26 Norris Elizabeth - 77/04/02 Ogden David 65 77/04/16 Osborn Rebeckah 15 77/05/06 Osborn Rebeckah 60 77/05/18 Phillips Betsey 20 82/01/29 Phillips Deborah 47 82/01/25 Pierson John 39 71/01/05 Pitney Mariah 3 91/04/04

Comments

son of Nathaniel Armstrong child of Captain Jacob Arnold * Esq. daughter of Peter Ayres wife of George Badgley widow of Joshua Ball son of Epenetus Beach son of Jabez Beach wife of Epenetus Beach daughter of Epenetus Beach

* wife of -Daniel Bishop son of Simeon Broadwell * +

child of Jonathan Carter

wife of Jonathan Carter wife of Nicholas Comesau Colonel servant child of Silas Condict, Esq. + wife of Daniel Conger * wife of Ichabod Cooper widow of William Crane daughter of Abijah Cutler Captain son of Jeduthun Day * widow * Esq.

child of Demas Ford son of William Ford wife of Benjamin Freeman + son of Capt. Daniel Gard child of Joseph Gardner + wife of Seth Gregory child of Philip Hathaway son of Eleazer Hathaway *

son of Eleazer Hathaway son of Eleazer Hathaway servant child of Eleazer Hathaway

child of Caleb Howell

wife of Ebenezer Howell child of Matthew Jennings child of Daniel Kemper child of Capt. John Lindsley

wife of Peter Metarr daughter of Thomas Miller

daughter of Thomas Miller daughter of George Mills son of Waitstill Munson daughter of Waitstill Munson son of Waitstill Munson

daughter of Peter Norris, jun.

daughter of Hur Osborn wife of Hur Osborn daughter of George Phillips * wife of George Phillips

daughter of James Pitney

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Pool Sarah 1 77/07/07 Price Philip 70 82/04/27 Price Squire 89 77/06/08 Prudden Nancy 7 91/04/23 Prudden Peter 55 77/04/21 Serjant Addi - 71/02/25 Stibbens Susanna 2 77/04/07 Sylvester Benjamin 16 91/04/24 Talmage# 10 77/06/08 Taylor Josiah - 97/05/14 Trowbridge Shubal 42 82/03/12 Tucker Elizabeth 11 77/07/02 Tucker Mary 36 77/08/01 Turner - 77/04/05 Turner Phoebe 35 77/04/05 Turner Rebeckah 20 77/05/03 Wade Martha 34 77/06/26 Walton John 35 70/10/01 Whitehead Andrew Joline 45 77/04/08 Wick Daniel 65 77/05/25 Winds Ebenezer 25 77/01/31 Wood Baldwin - 91/04/24

RESOURCE REVIEW

daughter of John Pool

daughter of Samuel Prudden

daughter of Hezekiah Stibbens

servant girl of Abraham Talmage son of Elijah Taylor + daughter of Philip Tucker wife of Philip Tucker child of Nathan Turner wife of Nathan Turner

wife of Andrew Wade +* Rev. Mr.

son of David Wood

by Marilyn Masi

This column (to be published periodically) will be dedicated to the review of a major resource in the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Morristown and Morris Township Library.

The Source - A Guidebook of American Genealogy, edited by Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny is acclaimed as the "definitive" guide to research and absolutely essential for anyone interested in genealogy. This book is said to be the most complete reference book available today. The jacket states that The Source is an easy-to-use work that has been designed for genealogists at all levels of skill and experience. By referring to The Source the reader can quickly determine what records exist for the particular period he or she is researching.

As writing this review was to be my first introduction to The Source, I decided the best way to proceed was to review the resource by using it for research and describe what I found. I needed to know the names of my paternal grandmother's parents, but had only my grandfather's name, his date of death, her name, and the place and year they were married, 1862. I began by turning to the chapter on marriage and divorce records.

I learned that until about 1850 vital statistics offices did not exist in most states. The Source contains an appendix that gives a state-by-state listing of the dates each state began keeping vital records. The Source went on to explain that there are several kinds of record sources for marriages prior to 1850: The Office of the Colonial Governor, chuches, and Justices-of-the-Peace, to name a few.

As my year of interest was after 1850, I turned to Appendix F for the state in which my grandparents were married. I found that Connecticut's vital records did not begin until 1897. As I was looking for 1862 records, The Source suggested that I write to the Registrar of Vital Statistics in the town or city where the event occurred. I now had two addresses to write to: the town of Norfolk, Connecticut for the record of my grandparents' marriage, and the state's Vital Records Section for the the record of my grandfather's death in 1900.

Next I turned to the chapter on census records and found an easy-to-read chart showing the censuses available for each state. The chart also shows which censuses have been indexed. I located the census index for 1850 on the library shelf and immediately found the reference for my great

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grandfather. The Morristown and Morris Township Library has census records for New Jersey, but only scattered census records for other states. The librarian gave me directions to the Federal Archives Branch in Bayonne, where microfilm of all federal census returns is available.

By spending one hour with The Source I obtained three leads. The librarian told me that it was one of the most popular books in their collection. I believe that I have found a book that really lives up to its name.

QUERIES

by Ann Briziarelli

Members may submit one query for publication in each issue of the newsletter. Queries should be limited to 30 words, plus the name and address of the submitter. Please be sure to include dates and places in your query. Make sure your query is typed or printed legibly. Please spell out all words in your query; we will abbreviate as necessary.

Answers to queries should be sent directly to the submitter, whose name and address is shown at the end of the query. The deadline for queries for the next newsletter is January 15, 1989.

Queries may be sent to

Morris Area Genealogy Society Ann Briziarelli, Queries Editor PO Box 105C Convent Station, NJ 07961

BAYLES/KING. Who were the parents of Elizabeth King, 1st w. of Zepheniah Bayles of Mendham and Randolph, NJ? Their s. was John K. Bayles who m. Phebe Fairchild Dec. 1830, Rockaway, NJ Mrs. Robert C. Sneed, Jr., 241 North Victor Avenue, Campbell, CA 95008

DANYI/LUKACS. Am looking for someone who can help me translate several Hungarian documents recently obtained. Includes passports, certificates and small booklets. Irene Murphy, 27 Jocynda Road, Flanders, NJ 07836

Searching for info on FAIGENBAUM/ FEIGENBAUM and SCHUMACHER, 1800's, Lublin Poland; TIETJEN, LEMKAU,

S 1 hCHMANN and WELLENBROCK of Germany; DELLICKER/DELLEKER/DE

-LA COUR of NJ, PA & CA; and TRIMMER, DICKSON, EMMONS & REA of NJ. Diane Faige Dellicker, 24 Emmans Road, Ledgewood, NJ 07852

Would like to hear from members researching the following names in Morris Co., NJ: KING, PHOENIX, VAN FLEET & WILLIS. Joyce King, 3063 South Xanthia, Denver, CO 80231

MASON/WADE. Seek info re par. of Hamilton Murray Mason, believed b. 16 June 1835, Newark, NJ; m. Caroline Wade, Wilmington, NC, 2 May 1861; d. 9 Nov. 1908, Nutley, NJ. Ch.: Maggie (m. Harry W. Smith), Jr., Grace (m. William Albert Ward), Susan (m. George F. Kingston), Harry, Lawrence, Orin. Margaret Dodd, 55 N. Summit Ave., Chatham, NJ 07928

MEEKER/TICHENOR/JORALEMON/ SWEASY/VAN HOUTEN. Share info on Jacob Putnam Meeker (1775-1827) and Margaret Joralemon (1772-?) of Essex Co., NJ. Ch.: Nicholas (1806-1869) had 13 ch. in Morris Co.; James (1801-?); Joanna (1806-?) m. Abraham Van Houten; Rachel (1809-?) m. John Sweasy. Jacob's mother was Phebe Tichenor; father unknown. Sharon Holley, PO Box 70, Budd Lake, NJ 07828

BONNEL. The July 26, 1792 Wood's Newark Gazette states Henry Bonnel m. Phebe Bonnel, dau Nathaniel Bonnel of Mendham, (NJ). Want to correspond with anyone on these three Bonnel names. Jerry Hatch, 657 W. Melrose, Chicago, IL 60657-3415

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DON'T MISS THE NEXT MEETING!

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PARTY

Meet friends old and new

Hear a great "surprise" program

Tuesday, December 13, 1988 - 7:30 p.m.

Morristown and Morris Township Library 1 Miller Road, Morristown, NJ

Coffee at 7:00 p.m.

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