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From: "Eleanor Nielsen" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] FW: Re: FOX HILL
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:39:00 -0500
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Thank you, Pam.
This info is most helpful as I am a descendant of John Fox.
I appreciate your answer very much. It helps one to zero in on the area of
your forefathers, when this type of material is shared.
Eleanor

> Dick,
> The Fairmount Presbyterian Church was originally known as the Fox Hill
> Church (Snell, p. 482). An old log church was located there before 1746.
The
> neighborhood was called "Foxenburg" after John Fox, a large landowner. It
> was also called Parkersville from James Parker, another extensive
proprietor
> who gave the land on which the new church was built in 1760. In 1869 the
> name of the church was changed from the Presbyterian Church in Parker's
> Village or Fox Hill to the First Presbyterian Church of Fairmount.
> "Ecclesiastically, this church was originally German Reformed, and the
> services held there previous to 1768 were conducted frequently by the
> pastor of the Lutheran church at New Germantown (Oldwick)." In 1813 it
> established ties with the Presbytery of New Brunswick, as did the
Alexandria
> Reformed Church. I doubt very much that there are any records back to the
> 1740s, but like you, we can all hope for miracles.
> Pam Bush
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick Carter <>
> To: <>
> Sent: March 07, 2001 7:48 PM
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] FW: Re: FOX HILL
>
>
> > I cannot locate the URL for old towns... What was Fox Hill... A town or
an
> > area??? It seems to me that someone sent me information that it was a
> > different named town today, but, I cannot recall..Does some kind soul
have
> > the URL for this info??
> >
>
>
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