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Morris Area Genealogy Society - 1 - Vol 19 No 3, September 2006

Morris Area Genealogy Society Newsletter

Vol 19 No 3 September 2006

Welcome to a new season!

We’re looking forward to seeing you at our next meeting – how many beards will you see? ☺

Morris Area Genealogy Society website:

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In This Issue

MAGS New Season ..............................

Dr Stryker-Rodda Honored by NGS..............2

New Acquisitions ..........................................3

Morris Co Marriages ......................................6

MAGS News...................................................9

Iron Era.........................................................11

Bible Records –Ralston (Prudden, Mills) ....13

Queries .........................................................15

MAGS Upcoming Programs .......................16


Morris Area Genealogy Society

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OfficersOfficersOfficersOfficers President ...........................................................................................Robert Stein Vice President/Program Chair........................................Stuart Shippey Treasurer...................................................................................................Lois Weis Recording Secretary ................................................................ Ginny Walton Corresponding Secretary................................................ Linnea B. Foster Trustee (05-07) ..............................................................................Evelyn Huey Trustee (06-08) ................................................................................. Claire Kissil Trustee (past president)...........................................Alan P. Zimmerman

Committee HeadsCommittee HeadsCommittee HeadsCommittee Heads Historian ......................................................................................Elizabeth Pierce Hospitality .........................................................................................................OPEN Indexing ...................................................................................... Linnea B. Foster Library Liaison..................................................................................... Claire Kissil Membership...........................................................................................Ruth Willis Name Badges.................................................................Henry and Lois Weis Newsletter Editor.................................................................... Ruth P. Daniels Publicity .........................................................................................Martha Corson Research Coordinator ....................................................... Linnea B. Foster Webmaster...........................................................................................Anna Nagy

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MeetingsMeetingsMeetingsMeetings Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of the month September through May at the Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, New Jersey. Refreshments are served at 6:30 pm; meeting begins at 6:45 pm. Usually a brief business meeting is held first, followed by the evening’s special program.

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletter The Newsletter is published four times a year: March, June, September and December. Back issues are available at $3.50 each. Members are welcome to submit ideas or articles for the Newsletter. Deadlines for articles for each issue are as follows: Issue Deadline March .......................................................................................................February 1 June .....................................................................................................................May 1 September................................................................................................August 1 December.......................................................................................... November 1 Number on mailing label indicates year to which dues paid. ISSN 10594502

Dr. Kenn Stryker-Rodda Inducted into the National Genealogy Hall of Fame

Since 1986 the National Genealogical Society has

administered a program that honors outstanding

genealogists whose achievements in the field of

American genealogy have had an important

impact. Nominees must have been deceased for at

least five years and have been actively engaged in

genealogy for a minimum of ten years. Their

contributions to the field of genealogy in this

country must have been significant in a way that

was unique, pioneering or exemplary.

The NGS has announced the 2006 selection of Dr.

Kenn Stryker-Rodda, who was nominated by the

American Society of Genealogists, the

Genealogical Society of New Jersey, and the New

York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Dr.

Stryker-Rodda, who was born in 1903 and died in

1990, spent four decades contributing to the field.

He was a pioneer genealogical educator and

lecturer, and authored many books and articles. In

1964 he served as a Charter Trustee for the Board

for Certification of Genealogists. Dr. Stryker-

Rodda also served as president of the

Genealogical Society of New Jersey, the

American Society of Genealogists, and the

National Genealogical Society. He spent more

than thirty years as an associate editor, first with

the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey and

later with the New York Genealogical and

Biographical Record. Between 1960 and 1981, he

was elected a fellow of six societies - the

American Society of Genealogists, the National

Genealogical Society, the Genealogical Society of

New Jersey, the Holland Society of New York,

the New York Genealogical and Biographical

Society and the New Jersey Historical Society.

Dr. Stryker-Rodda’s area of expertise was early

New York and New Jersey. He wrote numerous

genealogical articles, and compiled a number of

family genealogies and volumes of source records,

either as sole author or with a colleague. His

contributions to the field were many and varied.

His portrait will join those of other genealogical

high achievers on the walls of the headquarters of

the National Genealogical Society.


New Acquisitions in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Morristown-Morris Township Library

by John Andrew Sass

Here are the latest acquisitions at the

library: The Inscribed Records, compiled by Victor

William Jusino and Richard T. Irwin,

Historiographers of New Jersey, Madison,

New Jersey, HM2 MT OL FLAN JUS,

2005. This publication contains tombstone

inscriptions as well as those marked by

faded, missing, or broken headstones from

several cemeteries located in Flanders,

Morris County, New Jersey. They include

the Flanders United Methodist Church

Cemetery, the Mount Olive African

Methodist-Episcopal Church, the Flanders

Presbyterian Church Cemetery and the

Flanders Hillside Cemetery. Unfortunately

this publication is not indexed, but surnames

are alphabetically arranged within each

cemetery.

Lying Beneath The Stars, Volumes I and II,

by Richard T. Irwin, Linda P. Irwin, Victor

William Jusino and Steve L. Zerbe,

Historiographers of New Jersey, Madison,

New Jersey, HM1 IRW, 2006. This

publication contains names, dates of birth

and death, and military information about

the Civil War soldiers buried in Morris

County, New Jersey marked by faded,

missing or broken headstones and by the

Metal Stars of the Grand Army of the

Republic. Volume I is divided into two

sections, Old Mendham and Old

Pequannock. Not all cemeteries of these

areas are included. The Old Mendham

section includes the following cemeteries:

Friends (Quakers), Hilltop Presbyterian,

Locust Hill, Millbrook Methodist-Episcopal,

Mount Freedom, Presbyterian, Orchard Hill,

New Saint Mary’s, Walnut Grove Baptist,

and the Walnut Grove Methodist-Episcopal

Cemetery. The Old Pequannock section

contains 33 cemeteries including: the

Berkshire Valley, First Presbyterian,

Boonton, Brook Valley, Old Butler

(Bloomingdale), Denville, Cooper (Hill),

Dutch Reformed at Montville, Greenwood,

Holland, Hurdtown, Lyonsville, Marcella

Union, Milton Methodist, Mount Hope, Old

and New Newfoundland Methodist, Pine

Brook Methodist, Reformed Church at

Pompton, Rockaway First Presbyterian,

Rockaway Valley, Seceder’s, and Saint

Mary’s Cemetery. Family cemeteries

included: Bostedo, Brown-Sanders, Cook,

Demouth, Fredericks, Headley, Miller, Van

Ness and Zeek.

Volume II is divided into three sections, Old

Morris, Old Hanover and Old Roxbury. The

Old Morris section includes the following

cemeteries: Evergreen, Fair Mount, Harding

First Presbyterian, Hillside, Holy Rood,

Meyersville First Presbyterian, Morristown

First Presbyterian, New Vernon, Saint

Peter’s and Saint Vincent’s. The Old

Hanover section includes the following

cemeteries: John Hancock, Hanover,

Hanover First Presbyterian, Saint Mary’s

and the Whippany Cemetery. The Old

Roxbury section includes the following

cemeteries: Drakestown Methodist, First

Congregational, Flanders Methodist,

German Valley Rural, Hackettstown Union,

Hillside Cemetery at Flanders, Middle

valley, Mount Olive Baptist, Pleasant Grove

Presbyterian, Pleasant Hill, Stanhope Union,

Succasunna and the Union Cemetery.

Unfortunately this publication is not

indexed, but surnames are alphabetically

arranged within each cemetery.

Cobbonian 2006, The Morristown High

School Yearbook, Morristown, Morris

County, New Jersey, HM5 MSD HIGH,


COB, 2006. The library has a collection of

the Morristown High School yearbooks

dating back to 1910.

My Town by the River, Vignettes of

Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey, by

Liz Holler, Universe Inc., New York, New

York, HM2 CHAT HOL, 2005. This

compilation of vignettes chronicles the

history of Chatham, New Jersey as depicted

by the author who spent her entire life in this

town. These glimpses of life were first

published in the Chatham Historical

Society’s newsletters, depicting moments in

time that add to the Chatham’s rich past.

Families mentioned and/or pictured include:

Barber, Barkulis, Bohlen, Boyle, Brier,

Brown, Butler, Carlone, Coleman, Conklin,

Crane, Crowell, Day, Dickenson, Gibson,

Edwards, Elmblad, Falconer, Fiedler,

Goehner, Hackenburg, Hanschitz, Hatton,

Heinrich, Kelley, Kiehn, Koukly, Krause,

Littlejohn, Lum, MacGregor, Marts,

Mowen, Nauta, Parcells, Patterson,

Poulimenos, Reilly, Richards, Ruzicka,

Swenson, Tyrone, Vanderpoel, Warren,

Zahodiakin and many more. Unfortunately

this publication is not indexed.

Sketches of a River Town, Frenchtown,

Hunterdon County, New Jersey, by Ellen

Fletcher, D.H. Moreau Books,

Flemmington, New Jersey, H3HU5 FREN

FLE, 1997. This new acquisition explores

the process through which Frenchtown came

to be the place it is today, emphasizing the

patterns of change that produced the

physical appearance of its street and

building and the less tangible spirit of place

that animates them. This publication is not a

replacement for the borough’s classic

history, Clarence B. Fargo’s History of

Frenchtown, privately published in 1933,

which remains the most comprehensive

single source on local chronology and

events. Families mentioned and/or pictured

include: Alpaugh, Andrews, Apgar, Bloom,

Britton, Bunn, Busch, Butler, Cooley,

Cronce, Crosby, DeWitt, Eddy, Emmons,

Fargo, Fisher, Fleming, Gallmeyer,

Godown, Gray, Hager, Hedges, Hoffman,

Hudnit, Hummer, Kerr, Kinney, Laire,

Lowrey, Mallet-Prevost, Mannus, McCoy,

McPeck, Nichols, Pittinger, Reading,

Robinson, Shank, Slack, Slater, Stains,

Stamets, Van Horn, Warford, Weller, and

many more. Unfortunately this publication

is not indexed.

Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,

The Story of an Old Town, 1752-1900, by

Ethan Allen Weaver, Press of the

Eschenbach Printing House, Easton,

Pennsylvania, H974.82 WEA, 1900. This

new acquisition contains over two hundred

full-page views of Easton, Northampton

County, Pennsylvania, Phillipsburg, Warren

County, New Jersey and the surrounding

area. These photographs and illustrations

depict scenes along the Delaware River,

Lehigh and Bushkill Valleys, bird’s-eye

views, churches, public buildings, private

residences, bridges, beautiful lawns,

cemetery views, prominent streets, Lafayette

College Grounds and buildings, leading

industries, charitable institutions and more.

Families mentioned and/or pictured include:

Bixler, Butz, Collbaugh, Daub, Davis,

Detwiller, Drake, Eyerman, Fisler, Fox,

Groetzinger, Hackett, Heller, Kepler,

Kinsey, Lesher, Nungester, Pardee, Parsons,

Richards, Rinck, Rodenbough, Simon,

Updegrove and many more. Unfortunately

this publication is not indexed.

A Collection of American Epitaphs and

Inscriptions with Occasional Notes,

Volumes 1-3, by Timothy Alden (1771-

1839), Arno Press, A New York Times

Company, New York, New York, H929.5

ALD, 1977. Information in this book was

originally printed in 1814. It contains the

epitaphs of individuals who were

distinguished in life for their piety, genius,


literature, science, offices of honor, and

trust, feats of heroism in the cause of their

country, and usefulness to the world. Many

of these epitaphs include important

chronological, biographical, and historical

facts, nowhere to be found, except on

headstones, monuments, corner stones and

other parts of public buildings. Surnames

are alphabetically by state. Indexed.

Mayflower Families Through Five

Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of

John Howell, compiled by Ann Smith

Lainhart and Robert S. Wakefield, General

Society of Mayflower Descendants,

Plymouth, MA, H929.1744 MAY FAM v.

23, 2006. This publication traces the first

four generations of the Howell family

through John’s children: Lydia, Hannah,

Joseph, Jabez, Ruth and Isaac. It is based

largely on the carefully researched articles in

genealogical journals, and family histories,

verified whenever possible by research in

probate and land records, vital statistics

from town and church records, and other

primary resources. The first five

generations of John Howell’s oldest

children: John Howell and Desire Howell,

wife of John Graham, were published by

Picton Press in 1990 and 1993 respectively.

His two other oldest children: Hope, wife of

John Chipman, and Elizabeth, wife of

Ephraim Hicks and John Dickinson, are

currently forthcoming. This new publication

is a welcomed addition to the other

previously published editions. Indexed.

Families of County Donegal, Ireland,

compiled by Michael C. O’Laughlin, Irish

Genealogical Publication, Inc., Kansas City,

Missouri, H929.1415 O’LA, 2001. This

newest publication is volume 8 in a series of

books concerning the counties of Ireland. It

contains over 1000 entries from the archives

of the Irish Genealogical Foundation and

includes Irish families from the earliest

times to the 20th

century. It also includes

Irish family surnames with locations and

origins as well as those of English, Scots

and Anglo Norman settlers and settlements.

Maps, ancient tribal names, records from

Griffith’s Valuation of 1855, census records,

wills, and list of officials are included as

well. Indexed. Previous volumes include

families from Counties Cook, Limerick,

Dublin, Kerry, Clare and Galway.

Lastly, surnames of published genealogies:

Ball – Descendants of Rebecca, Perry and

Albert Ball: A Genealogical Study from

1839-1969

Baxter – The Baxter Family from South

Carolina: Scotch-Irish Pioneers from Ulster

Beach

Casterline – An historical sketch of William

Casterline and his Family from Mendham

Township, Morris County, NJ

Coles – Descendants of James Coles

Darnell – The Darnell Family including

Darnall, Darneal, Darneille, Darnielle,

Darnold, Dernall, Durnall, Durnell with

Allied Families

Kite – Fragmentary Records of the Kite

Family

Letham – Descendants of Robert Letham

and his wife, Janet Urquhart

Pearce – The Ancestors of Sharon Pearce

Perry – Descendants of John Thomas Perry

and Agatha Victoria Maddox Perry

Ragan – The Lineage of Amos Ragan and

his Family

Rutherford – The Rutherford Ancestors of

William K. Rutherford

Schreiber – Descendants of August

Schreiber of Germany and his Family in

Indiana

Skelton – Descendants of John Skelton of

Georgia

Smith – Smith Family Reunion of August

28, 1901

Wildey – Notes and Photographs of the

Wildey and Salt Families


Morris County Marriages

by Linnea B. Foster

The following is a continuation of the abstract of Book G of Morris County Marriage Records. An explanation of these records may be found in Vol. 6 No. 3 (Sep. 1993) and Vol. 17 No. 3 (Dec. 2004). The marriages have been abstracted in the order in which they were recorded. The name of the minister or official and the date recorded is shown for each group of marriages. The first column shows the page number in Book G; the second column shows the date of the marriages; the third column shows the names of the bride and groom and other information that appears in the original record.

(continued from Vol. 19, No. 2, pg. 9)

by J.F. Harris, Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church, Pompton Plains - Recorded 2 Jan 1866

65 2 Jul 1865 Thomas Peer of Fairfield to Sophia Emmons of Chester, at Pompton Plains

65 17 Jul 1865 John B. Hendrix of Ramapo, New York, to HesterAllison of Wynocki, at

Pompton Plains

65 8 Aug 1865 William F. Mansell to Sarah Caroline Keirstead, both of Boonton, at Pompton

Plains

65 26 Sep 1865 George W. Haight to Catherine A. Sipp, both of Vernon, at Pompton Plains

65 1 Oct 1865 Jacob Henry Vanness of Jacksonville to Mary Elizabeth Roome of Pompton

Plains, at Pompton Plains

65 24 Dec 1865 Charles F. Kronselmire of Newark to Sarah Francis Van-Ness of Pompton

Plains, at Pompton Plains

65 31 Dec 1865 Henry Vanness to Margaret Ellen De Bow, both of Pompton Plains, at

Pompton Plains

by Joshua H. Butterworth, JP - Recorded 12 Jan 1866

66 23 Dec 1865 Thomas Duncalf to Elizabeth Whitford

66 16 Oct 1865 Joseph W. Walton and Mary Jane Noland

by Robert N. Merritt, Rector, St. Peters Church - Recorded 13 Jan 1866

66 26 Oct 1865 Isaac Mead Babbitt, bachelor, Druggist, 24 years of age, residing at 103

McDougal Street, New York City, to Henrietta Yawger, spinster, aged 23, of

Mendham, at St. Peters Church, Morristown. Witnesses: Mrs. Anna Yawger of

Chester and Emma N. Milner of Morristown.

67 6 Dec 1865 William McKee, bachelor, aged 32, Carpenter, and Emmeline McGown,

spinster, age 25, both of Morristown, in the Hall of the Morris County Court

House, Morristown. Witnesses: H. N. Provost and Laura E. McGowan, both of

Morristown.

67 7 Dec 1865 Harry Clay Green, widower, aged 31, a Grocer, and Elizabeth Ann (Avery)

Williams, widow, aged 24, both residing at 61 Denning Street, New York City,

at the Hotel of Mr. B. C. Guerin in Morristown. Witnesses: William Vail and B.

C. Guerin of Morristown and Hiram Davis of Boston, Massachusetts.

by John W. Hancock, Local Deacon of the M.E. Church, Newark Conference - Recorded 18 Jan 1866


67 25 Oct 1865 Edward T. Crane of Newark and Mary W. Griswold of East Madison in

Chatham Township

67 7 Dec 1865 Thomas Kincaid and Mary McGill, both of Whippany in Hanover Township

by Jno. M. Johnson, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Hanover - Recorded 5 Feb 1866

68 9 Mar 1859 Samuel Coulter and Jane Sylvesta Beach, both of Hanover Township

by W.E. Honeyman, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 13 Feb 1866

68 15 Dec 1865 Joseph McNeel. age 33, to Eliza Berry, age 35, both of Rockaway, at parsonage

in Rockaway

68 19 Dec 1865 Harry Berne, age 22, to Eliza McConnell, age 18, both of Rockaway, at

parsonage in Rockaway

68 28 Dec 1865 Thomas Scattergood of Pennsylvania, age 26, to Catharine Dealy of Dover,

age 24, at parsonage

by Martin Herr, Pastor, M.E. Church, Dover - Recorded 23 Feb 1866

69 13 May 1863 Zeno A. Hawkins and Elizabeth J. Williams of Mill Brook

69 16 May 1863 Silas Hiler and Julia A. Smith, both of Rockaway

69 4 Jul 1863 Morris Duffie of Woodport to Cornelia Nichols of Longwood

69 19 Jul 1863 Morris H. Shauger to Nancy E. Schofield, both of Rockaway

69 25 Jul 1863 Wm

Sedgeman to Eliza Jane Rule, both of England

69 9 Aug 1863 Joseph Gardner of Morris to Sarah Osborn of Mill Brook

69 23 Aug 1863 Julius F. Baskinyer of Newark to Mary Buchannan of Dover

69 [23 Aug 1863?] Joseph Brant of Mill Brook to Margaret Kerr of Morristown

69 2 Nov 1863 Joseph N. Denton of Newark to Rhoda S. Coonrad of Dover

69 1 Dec 1863 Charles S. Weldon of Newark to Amelia Tilyer of Dover

69 6 Feb 1864 Collins R. Palmer to Caroline Spencer, both of Mt. Hope

69 2 Mar 1864 Robert Hancock to Phillipe Andrews, both of Mt. Pleasant

69 12 Sep 1864 Wm

T. Bains of New York to Anna L. Smith of Franklin

69 18 Oct 1864 Wm

O. Dakin of Geneve, New York, to Harriet Wiggins of Rockaway

70 24 Dec 1864 Theodore Scudder of Chester to Harriet Conett of Mill Brook

70 1 Jan 1865 Samuel Green to Rachel E. White, both of Dover

70 24 Jun 1865 Charles Aber to Prudence R. Losey, both of Randolph

70 2 Jul 1865 James Abel of Chester to Martha V. Skellinger of Walnut Grove

70 9 Jul 1865 Charles Recum to Anna Waldron, both of Shipping Port

70 3 Sep 1865 Joseph Minsterman to Betsey F. Corby, both of Mill Brook

70 26 Jul 1865 Wm

Wood of Dover to Anna Lum of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

70 6 Sep 1865 Eugene R. Bird of Easton, Pennsylvania, to Annie B. Carter of Paterson

70 9 Sep 1865 Abraham Moss to Sarah E. Love, both of Dover

70 6 Sep 1865 Wm

W. Pierson of Sparta to Emily P. Bruster of Washington, Massachusetts

70 25 Oct 1865 Joseph J. Nichols to Rebecca A. Aber, both of Walnut Grove

70 7 Dec 1865 James Y. Wilbur of North Orange, Massachusetts, to Mary A. Burchell of

Dover

70 31 Dec 1865 Abraham Skinner of Succasunna to Mary Osborn of Mill Brook

70 2 Jan 1866 Wm

Gill of Passaic Valley to Sarah E. Atno of Rockaway

71 3 Feb 1866 Richard Magur to Elizabeth Opie, both of Mt. Hope

by Joseph M. Ogden, Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Chatham - Recorded 15 Mar 1866

71 31 Jan 1866 Alexander Keay to Anna Haslip, both of Summit, New Providence Township,

Union County, at the Presbyterian Parsonage, Chatham


by Abm. Williamson, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 5 Apr 1866

71 2 Jun 1864 William Budd of Chester to Mary M.L. Dalrimple of Randolph

71 7 Mar 1865 Edward B. Lewis to Phebe T. Merchant, both of Randolph

71 1 Apr 1865 Jacob S. Reger of Chester to Sarah C. Williamson of Roxbury

71 27 Jun 1865 Wm

E. Honeyman of Rockaway to Hariet L. DeHart of Randolph

71 31 Jul 1865 Joseph Crampton to Mary Tebo, all of Rockaway

71 4 Dec 1865 Nathaniel C. Laurance and Louisa N. Harris, both of Randolph

72 31 Jan 1866 Frank M. Merchant to Leonorah E. Briant, all of Randolph

72 26 Feb 1866 Robert H. Munson to Sophia Briant, all of Randolph

72 28 Feb 1866 Peter Y. Cramer to Phebe M. Cobart

72 1 Apr 1866 Harry Benjamin to Eliza H. Steelman, all of Randolph

72 5 Apr 1866 George W. Pierson to Ellen A. Benjamin, all of Randolph

by John W. Hancock, Local Deacon of the M.E. Church, Newark Conference - Recorded 10 Apr 1866

72 5 Apr 1866 Isaac Halsey of the City of Newark, aged 64, and Cornelia Daws of Madison,

Chatham Township, aged 41

byAbraham Steelman, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 25 May 1866

73 1 Jan 1866 Jeremiah Slate and Elizabeth Johnson, both of Drakesville

73 1 Mar 1866 John Lemon of Shippingport and Julia E. Roff of Dover

73 29 Apr 1866 James O. Wright of Walnut Grove and Margaret Melinda Lake of Chester

by Lea. [Lug…], Presbyter in [Protestant Episcopal Church?] - Recorded 30 Jun 1866

74 17 Jan 1866 Henry Taylor and Louisa Wood in Morristown

by E.W. Stoddard, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 30 Jun 1866

74 8 Jul 1865 John R. Cox , Rockaway and Carrie Cooper of Dover

74 12 Sep 1865 Jas. K. Tremble, Crown Point, New York, and Agnes B. Chandler, Succasunna

74 15 Nov 1865 John C. Harris, Rochester, New York, and Cornelia S. Merrit, Succasunna

74 28 Dec 1865 Wm

Voorhees, New York City, and Aurilla Angleman of Peapack

74 17 Feb 1866 Thos. Zeak, Rockaway and Elizabeth H. Cook, Rockaway

by W.W. Voorhees, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 30 Jun 1866

75 22 Jul 1865 John H.K. Miller to Isabella A. Riker, both of Flanders

75 5 Nov 1865 Daniel A. Swackhammer to Louisa Hopkins, both of Morris County

75 13 Dec 1865 George E. Horton to Ida H. King, both of Succasunna

75 25 Dec 1865 Thomas Sharp of McConnsville to Electa A. Youngs of Succasunna

75 28 Feb 1866 Whitfield H. Green to Harriet Douglass, both of Succasunna

by George E. Bush, Minister of the Gospel - Recorded 18 Jul 1866

75 [no date] Mr. Jacob W. Yawger and Miss Emma [J.?] Mitchell, both of Roxbury

Township

by Isaac Dell, JP - Recorded 18 Jul 1866

75 3 Feb 1866 Robert Rogers and Jane Stewart Bath, both of Drakeville

by Israel B. Condict, JP - Recorded 27 Jul 1866

76 26 Jul 1866 Peter Zeek and Harriet L. Kitchel

to be continued


MAGS NEWS

A GENEALOGY DAY with

Cathy Thomas, Ph.D., Charles F. Kerchner, Jr, P.E. and Lisa Kerr Ilowite

Presented by Morris Area Genealogy Society (MAGS)

and the North Jersey History Center

of the Morristown-Morris Township Library with Support from The Salmon Family Fund

Saturday, October 7, 2006

9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

The Chatham United Methodist Church 460 Main St

Chatham, New Jersey 07928

Speakers & Topics

Cathy Thomas, Ph.D. Cathy Thomas is president of the Pidcock Family Association, founded in 1913. The Pidcock DNA Sleuth Project was launched to learn more about the relationship of her ancestors, the Pidcocks & Pitcocks of England, Colonial America and the world. She is a member of the Family History Interest Group of the Bernards Township Library. She will be speaking on:

Using DNA to Solve Genealogical Puzzles

This lecture will cover the application of DNA to trace ancestry and establish genetic relationships where family links have not been established. In addition to discussions of pitfalls and genetic surprises, specific multi-generation successes will demonstrate how the use of DNA tracing helps locate or deny previously unknown or unproven genetic relationships.

Charles F. Kerchner, Jr, P.E. Charles Kerchner has been pursuing genealogy for almost 30 years, authoring several tutorial and help papers on Pennsylvania German research. During the last five years he has been a pioneer in the new field of genetic genealogy, launching one of the first dozen surname projects by an amateur, the Kerchner Surname Project. in 2005 he helped launch the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (www.isogg.org) and serves as head of the Mid-Atlantic section. He will be speaking on:


Genetic Genealogy: An Introduction

The focus will be the technology of DNA testing as an aid to genealogical research, including basic DNA cell structure, types of DNA, DNA Markers, types of DNA tests and the DNA test process. Genome projects, genealogical surname projects, and the role of ISOGG will also be covered.

Lisa Kerr Ilowite Lisa Kerr Ilowite is a research scientist and has successfully applied her scientific research skills to genealogy for the past ten years having done research in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England. She is a member of the International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists, the DAR, and First Families of Western Pennsylvania. She will be speaking on:

Finding a Woman’s Maiden Name (when modern technology fails)

In today’s era of high technology and DNA testing, many researchers have come to rely on the Internet and other inventions of modern science to provide all the answers to their ancestral questions. Although mitochondrial DNA (mDNA) holds promise for tracing female ancestry back through the millennia, current methods cannot provide the answer to researcher’s burning question: What was her maiden name? Finding a woman’s maiden name is the key to identifying her parents and her lineage. This presentation will review proven methods for discovering a woman’s maiden name and enabling further research into the hidden half of her family.

Registration due by September 24 (includes lunch)

$20.00 MAGS members $25.00 non-members

Area MAGS members should have received a Brochure by mail that includes a registration form. Forms are also available on our website www.rootsweb.com/~njmags

Our new Board plans for a new year (left to right) Liz Pierce (Historian), Lois (Treasurer) and Henry (past-Treasurer) Weis, Al Zimmerman (past-President), Claire Kissil (Trustee), Claire again, Bob Stein (President), Lyn Foster (Corresponding Secretary), Ginny Walton (Recording Secretary), Stu Shippey (Vice-President). Also present Ruth Willis (Membership) and Ruth Daniels (Newsletter Editor).


THE IRON ERA

The Iron Era, published in Dover, NJ, contains a wealth of information about residents of Dover and the surrounding areas in Morris County. The Morristown-Morris Township Library has microfilmed copies of the issues published from January 20, 1872 through December 10, 1905. Unfortunately, there is no index. However, toward the end of each year from 1881 through 1892, a synopsis of the year’s events was published in the newspaper. The Library’s collection includes a transcript of the synopses, Morris County History 1881-1892 [HM1/Dove/Mor] and an index of the synopses can be found on our website rootsweb.com/~njmags/. (continued from Vol 19 No 2)

Events of the Year 1891-1892 May 1892 4 Frank Tuttle of Rockaway bitten

by a dog 4 Prof. Hulsart elected President

of the Y.M.C.A. 4 Lightning struck Chatham

Presbyterian Church 4 Thieves broke into the cottage of

Victor H. Meyer, at Lake Hopatcong

9 Annual meeting of Roxbury Veteran Memorial Association at Succasunna

10 Tramp drank vitriol at Denville station in mistake for alcohol

10 Frank Smith of Greensville arrested for beating a woman

10 Annual meeting of the Morris County Medical Society at Morristown

11 Reunion of the 15th Regiment New Jersey volunteers at

Morristown 12 Mayor H.P. Frothingham of Mt.

Arlington won a pigeon shooting match

17 Twelve imported horse arrived at H. McK. Twombley’s stables at Madison

17 Frederick King of Port Oram had his right hand badly crushed coupling cars

17 Section of seats in Washburne’s circus gave way in Morristown, injuring a number of people

18 Engineers surveyiig wate route across Morris county for Jersey City

18 Geo. Sherm fined $1 and costs for shooting Mrs. Battin’s cat

18 Theodore Hann, brakeman, Port Morris had [hand?] mashed

23 Two Hungarians drunk and disorderly; arrested after a hard tussle in Dover

24 Randolph Township buys a stone crusher

25 Three stores in town burgalarized

25 Richard Butler gave two acres of land to St. Anthony’s Church, Butler

25 Mrs. Meeker of Morristown had a darning needle breakoff in her hand

26 District meeting of Knights of Pythias in Harmony Hall, Dover

26 Bowlby and Bell of Dover beat Wooton and Class of Boonton at pool

27 Dover school census 1,276 27 Ground broken for E.P.

Balbach’s residence at Mendham


27 Christian Endeaver convention at Pompton Plains

28 Meeting of the Morris County Teachers’ Association in Dover

29 McDavit Post G.A.R. visited Mt Freedom, Millbrook and Quaker buring grouns and decorated soldiers’ graves

30 Soldiers’ Monument dedicated at Rockaway

30 McDavit Post No. 54, G.A.R., McDavit Camp, S. of V., Sr. O.U.A.M., Jr. O.U.A.M. and the P.O.S. of A., all in full regalia, decorated the soldiers graves in all the Dover cemeteries

30 Roxbury Memorial Association held fitting services at Succasunna

30 Chester train arrived in Dover with a hot box

June 3 Bell and Bowlby of Dover

beaten at pool in Newton by McClusky and Boyd

5 David Tinney of Hibernia knocked Jas. Harris down with a gun in self defense

6 Stanley Eckhart, New Foundland, injured while blasting rocks

6 Geo. Easchenbach, Dover, had seven of his teeth pulled out by being caught in the mouth with a barbed wire fince

6 Port Oram furnace blown out for repairs

7 Club house of Morristown Camping Association at Lake Hopatcong completed

7 Prize fight in Morristown 13 Thermometer 96º in the shade 13 An English shilling bearing the

date of 1775 unearthed at Port Oram

14 Hungarian sun-struck at Port Oram furnace

14 Mr. W.L. Peters of Dover badly injured in a runaway accident

14 Cow got in the Dover draw and stopped railroad traffic

14 Lots on Halsey Island, Lake Hopatcong, selling from $8 to $30 per foot front

14 Salvation Army has made 140 converts in Morristown and collected $3500

14 Heavy hail storm accompanied by thunder and lightning; great deal of damage done to property

17 Severe electrical storm; property damaged by lightning

17 Closing exercises in St. Mary’s school

20 Hotel Breslin opened 21 Presbytery of Morris and

Orange met at Schooley’s Mountain

23 Wm. Vortman’s team ran away at Mt. Arlington, throwing out the driver and another occupant of the carriage

23 Wm. T. Pope injured in Mt. Hope mine

23 Another heavy electrical storm 24 Closing exercises of the Dover

High School in Baker Opera House

26 Rev. Dr. Halloway’s silver anniversary as a minister of the gospel

to be continued


BIBLE RECORDS In 1968, Adelaide J. Howell presented three volumes of Bible Records to the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Morristown-Morris Township Library. These are records that she had copied and collected over a period of years. A surname index was published in Vol 1 No 2 and 3 (June and September 1988) of this Newsletter.

(continued from Vol 19 No 2)

Ralston (Prudden/Pruden, Mills) Family Bible

[Vol II, p5-6]

Bible of Mrs. Bertha S. Ralston

Births: Peter C. Prudden, born March 6, 1808 Albert Prudden, April 10, 1810 James E. Prudden, January 23, 1812 Abigail B. Prudden, September 24, 1813 Ira B. Prudden, August 15, 1815 Jonathan H. Prudden, September 22, 1818 Sarah E. Prudden, June 25, 1823 Theodore Prudden, July 19, 1831 Peter Prudden, May 30, 1764 Esther Pruden, Nov. 4, 1763 Children of the above parents

Hyram Pruden, April 25, 1783 Lewis Pruden, July 20, 1785 Rhoda Pruden, Jan. 8, 1787 or June 8, 1787 Jemima Pruden, Dec. 14, 1788 Elias Pruden, Feb. 24, 1790 (1791?) Byram Pruden, July 25, 1792 Silas Pruden, Feb. 17, 1795 Zenius Pruden, Aug. 13, 1800 (1802?)

Deaths: Byram Pruden died July 1, 1888 Sarah E. Prudden, died april 11, 1841 Theodore Pruden, died Feb. 4th, 1875 James E. Pruden, Jan. 27th, 1876 Father, February 20th, 1850, Mother, April 23rd, 1836 Albert Pruden, died Jan. 5, 1884 Ira R. Pruden, died Feb. 15, 1888 Peter C. Pruden, died July 1886


Abigail B. Overton, died Jan. 9, 1896 Jonathan H. Pruden, died Nov. 22, 1898 Note pinned to sheet in front of Bible:

Father died May 16, 1870, aged 76 -- Mother died Nov. 11, 1866, age 73 --

-- Prob. Not Pruden fam.

On another page appears the following: Jedidiah Mills born June the 6 1744 (?) John Mills born February 25 1746 Nehemiah Mills born February 12 1749 Mary Mills born 13 February 1759 Timothy Mills born April 9 1759? Phebe Mills born February 1 1759 Sarah Mills born July 9 1761 Hannah Mills born February 8 1764? Zenas Mills born March 22 1766 On another page appears the following: 1784 Mortality Phebe Filhen (?) 22 or 28 April 1, 1784 Sarah wife of Jedediah Mills 35 August 16, 1784 Capt. Timothy Mills 85 March 8, 1803 Sarah Colman 41 February 12, 1804 Phebe widow of Timothy 86 May 6, 1808 Amy wife of Nehemiah Mills 54 March 31, 1811 Nehemiah Mills 63 March 24, 1812 Cleo wife of John Mills 66 September 6, 1813 Jedediah Mills 75 February 1, 1820 John Mills 91 September 23 1837

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date of death and burial place of Paul

DeBow Sandford, b. June 1798, Morris Co,

son of John Sandford and Catherine/Caty

Debow. In August 1820 Paul m. Rachel

Hopper (1798-1832) of Passaic Co/Morris

Co. In August 1834 he m. Margaret Bush

(1812-1898) of Rockland Co, NY. In 1855-

56 Margaret left Paul and went to

Newburgh, Orange Co, NY. In 1870 Paul is

enumerated with his brother Charles H.

Sandford in Pequannock Twp. Also in

1870, a Paul D. Sandford is listed in the Port

Jervis, Orange Co, NY directory as a stage

driver. Need help finding Paul after 1870.

Sandra Jean Brown, P.O.Box 992, Mackinaw, IL 61755, (390)359-8049, [email protected].

GOBLE: Looking for a Goble family Bible

listing Robert Goble’s (1700-1784)

childrens’ marriages – specifically Abigail,

1729-?

Esther Tyler, 9029 Maplewood Dr, Berrien Springs, MI 49103

SUTTON: looking for documentation on

the parents (& siblings) of Benjamin Sutton,

b. 1801, Randolph (m. Electa Mills). They

are William Sutton and Mary Fancher; he

may be the son of Amos Sutton and Jane

Clawson of Bedminster and she may be the

daughter of Richard Fancher and Sarah

Douglas of Roxbury. He may be the

William Sutton listed in the 1810 & 1820

census of Wayne, Steuben Co, NY.

Caroline Lowman, P.O. Box 18060, Reno, NV 89511-0060

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