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From: "William Hartman" <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] RE: Potters-town, ville, etc.
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:14:31 -0400


RE: Potterstown - Pottersville

In addition to the information already provided RE the Potters-'location' in Hunterdon County NJ, there are other references in the book:

"Hunterdon County Place Names", by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy, Hunterdon County Cultural and Heritage Commission, 1992
[With some additions by me from the Hunterdon Gazette.]

FOX HILL, Tewksbury Township. This is a range of high and rolling land stretching northeast and southwest from Pottersville to Cokesbury and from the Morris County line to within a mile of Oldwick. Schmidt tells us that "the region ... was originally called North Rockaway after the stream that drained it and distinguishing it from Rockaway which was the name applied to the region around present-day Potterstown. A store account book under the date 1740, mentions, 'Peter Fox at North Rockaway, alias Fox Hill' and again in 1741 "John Peter Fox of Fox Hill formerly North Rockaway." Joseph Smith gave Fox Hill as his residence on a bond of 1 August 1768. According to Schmidt, the Presbyterian congregation of this area was "incorporated as the First Presbyterian Church in Parkers Village on Fox Hill." (Snell: 471; Schmidt: 12-13; M. R. #7288) ["Ordained at Fox Hill, Nov. 25th, Mr. Marcus S. Hutton, as Pastor of the united congregations of German Valley and Fox Hill, N. J." (Hunterd!
on Gazette: 3 Dec 1828.)]

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; RRI: 3)


[POTTERTOWN, See: Pottersville. "Will be exposed to sale at Public Vendue, ... at the House of Joseph Henry, innkeeper in Pottertown, in Tewksbury Township." Hunterdon Gazette 10 Sept 1828]

POTTERSVILLE, Tewksbury Township. This town is the most eastern settlement of the township. Located on CR 512 it was named for the Potter family whose descendants used the mill power of the Lamington River to operate a grist mill. First called Lamington Falls and later Potters Mills, it contained a tavern, store, and a few dwellings in 1834. By 1881, a post office existed here, two mills, various shops, and 15 homes. (Snell: 479-480; GG 220; BH 256)


Regards, Bill


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