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From: Barri Fisher <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Orphan's Court
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 22:02:43 -0600


This site will better inform you on what is available at the Surrogates Office.

http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/surrog/message.htm

Barri Fisher wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ====
> > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at:
> > http://members.aol.com/njysprez/index.ht

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