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From: Marshall Lake <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] SAUNDER? POTTERS TOWN?
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:48:34 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <004801c249e0$40b99000$0b761d18@nyc.rr.com>


> In "More Records of Hunterdon County," by Phyllis D'Autrechy, she has
> this entry:
>
> George SAUNDER of Bethel, Lancaster County, PA, yeoman 'lives in or
> near Potters Town and is sometimes at Mr. Grandine's but is shy of the
> sheriff.' (1761)

That seems like an odd statement. I wonder exactly what "is shy of the
sheriff" means?

> I have looked for the name SAUNDER in Hunterdon but haven't found it.
> Frequently the name SOUDER is misread as SAUNDER. Does anyone know
> which this might be? Is Mr. Grandine's a tavern or inn or boarding
> house? Also, can anyone tell me where Potters Town would be?

In "The National Gazetteer of the United States of America - New Jersey
1983" by the United States Geological Survey there's a locale named
Grandin located in Hunterdon Co at coordinate 403703N0745603W. There is
also a populated place named Potterstown (variant name Sidney Potters
Town) located in Hunterdon Co at coordinate 403832N0744756W.

Neither place is mentioned in the "Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey"
by Thomas F Gordon in 1834.

In "Hunterdon County Place Names" by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy in 1992 there
is the following ...
"GRANDIN, Union Township. This hamlet is located on CR 513 southwest of
Clinton on the boundary between Union and Franklin Townships. It was
named for the French Huguenot Grandin family that settled the area about
1760 operating a tavern and an active milling business. Because it was a
stop of the Easton and Amboy Railroad the community was known as Grandin
Station for a while. (Dockets 4025 & 4491; Schmidt: 15; FM 2:65,
etc.;R2:1,253)"

"POTTERSTOWN, Readington Township. This village is located off US 22 on
the border between Clinton and Readington Townships. It is mentioned in a
road record of 1761 and shown on a 1775 map. By 1873 it was a settlement
of a dozen dwellings and a store. (Beers: 48; RR1: 3)"

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