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From: Barri Fisher <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Orphan's Court
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 20:35:26 -0600


The information on the Hunterdon County Orphans Court can be found in the
Surrogates Office in Flemington, NJ.

joan best wrote:

> Where do I get information on the Hunterdon County Orphans Court?
> This is my problem:
> Michael BEST, b. 1767, and wife Anna, b. 1758 had four children: Jain, b.
> 1785, James, b. 1789, Mary, b. 1790, and Henry b. 1793. James, Mary and
> Henry were christened in the Lebanon Dutch Reform Church, Hunterdon Co., NJ.
> James and Mary's christening took place within three months of birth. Henry
> was christened 15 months later. Michael and Anna BEST are never heard of
> again, nor is Jain BEST. James, Mary and Henry surface in Jamestown,
> Columbia Co. PA when James BEST marries Amy BODINE in 1809. This couple and
> his sister Mary BEST travel with a group to Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada to
> homestead. James is 22, Mary 20. Henry stays behind in PA. I have found
> no trace of Michael or Anna BEST in Hunterdon or in the Columbia Co. PA
> area. I know they only had these four children (information in the Bible of
> son James BEST). Therefore, possible that Michael and Anna died, leaving
> their children orphans. How do I find out ?
> Joan Best
>
> Robert H. Smith said:
> Hunterdon County Orphans Court on 6 May 1802 had appointed Andrew REEDER
> guardian of Martha GREEN, daughter of Richard GREEN and his first wife
> Martha HOWELL, daughter of Christopher HOWELL . Richard GREEN removed to a
> place in Pennsylvania. Possibly he was the man of this name in the 1790
> Federal Census of Bedford Co., PA as head of a family composed of himself,
> one other male of 16 years and over, one
> male under sixteen and three females.
>
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