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From: "William Hartman" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] Re: Surname Craven
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:50:16 -0400
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Hi Mary, You Wrote:

> Bill I thought I would ask if the CRAVEN surname is in "your" index. Would
> you mind checking? Thomas W. Craven 1816-1880 moved from Hunterdon or
> Monmouth County to Highland County, OH after 1857 and before 1868. Thanks
> for checking. Mary Craven Abrams

RESPONSE:

The Hunterdon Gazette Index for the Years 1835 through 1836 contain references for:
Dr. Gershom Craven in 1830
Mrs. Rebecca Craven in 1828, 1830 [in a property sale ad with Dr. G. C.] and 1835
Thomas Craven in 1828 and 1830.

The references for Thomas Craven [not sure if he is T. W. Craven] follow:

A List of Letters

Remaining in the Post Office at Flemington, N. J.

on the first day of April, 1828.

C. Thomas Craven,



[My comments, always in brackets!: His letter was among about 50 others. The significance of letters at the Post Office: Mail was not delivered back then, you had to go to the Post Office to get your mail. The Post Master periodically posted a notice in the newspaper with the names of people who had unclaimed letters. What I believe it means, is that someone wrote a letter to the addressee believing them to be located near that Post Office. You can infer that Thomas Craven may have lived near Flemington in April of 1828! Quakertown P.O. was not in business in 1828!]



Assignee's Sale.
TO BE SOLD,

At Public Vendue,

On Thursday the 25th day of March inst. [instant = the present month] at the residence of Thomas Craven, near Quakertown, in the township of Kingwood [Kingwood included Franklin Township back then], all the personal estate of the said Thomas Craven, consisting of Horses, Cattle, and Hogs; farming utensils, in all their varieties, Hay, Potatoes, Meat, Green Grain in the ground, a large quantity of Household and Kitchen furniture, viz. Beds, Bedding, Tables, Chairs, Looking Glasses, Clock, &c. &c. [&c. = old abbreviation for etc.] ALSO a set of Hatter's tools, fixtures, and kettles, some of which are nearly new, and very valuable.

Vendue [Sale] to commence at 10 o'clock. Attendance will be given, and conditions made known on the day of sale by

Emley Olden, Assignee.

March 2, 1830. 10-3? [posted in March 10 newspaper for 3 ?imes or 3 weeks]







NOTICE.

WHEREAS Thomas Craven, of the township of Kingwood, county of Hunterdon, and state of New Jersey, did, on the third of February last, make an assignment of all his estate to the subscriber, in trust, for the benefit of his creditors. Public Notice is hereby given, that the said creditors, must present their claims to the subscriber, duly certified according to law, within six months from the date of said assignment, or be forever barred from a dividend of said estate.

Emley Olden, ASSIGNEE.

Princeton, June 9th, 1830. 16-6?







Regards, Bill








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