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From: Cynthia Bowlby <>
Subject: Re: FW: [NJHUNTER] Research Trip Notes
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:30:16 -0400
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The Mansfield woodhouse cemetery has some oldies...
http://raub-and-more.com/mansfieldcem1.html has at least a partial listing... There
are two sections to this cemetery - the smaller one is the older one. (Land and
original church donated by John and Mary Bowlby - deed signed 1739 - and available
for viewing at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Washington...)

Cynthia Bowlby

"R. Bellis" wrote:

> Marshall,
>
> Perhaps Larison's Corner, south of Flemington, has some older headstones.
> In 1755 was buried there a male under a headstone marked "WB, 1755". Family
> genealogists believe this individual was Wilhelm BOLLESFELT. He was
> probably not the first person laid to rest there at Larison, but I don't
> know for certain.
>
> Isn't Belvidere a charming little town? And Jane Ott, et. al, at the WCHS
> are such a helpful bunch.
>
> Roz BELLIS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Lake [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:11 PM
> To:
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Research Trip Notes
>
> I spent this past week on a research trip to Hunterdon and Warren
> Counties. I met a couple of lovely ladies there and we all had a good,
> productive time. During the day I visited the WCHS, the public library in
> Belvidere, the Marx Room in the Easton Public Library, and in Flemington
> the Hall of Records, the Justice Building, and the HCHS where I met
> William Hartman.
>
> During the early evening hours I visited various cemeteries. While
> visiting the cemeteries I got to wondering what was the oldest headstone
> in the area. Many of the older headstones are difficult to decipher. But
> then I came across a pair of headstones which were as clear as any
> headstone I had seen. One was for Esther LOWREY who died 13 Oct 1814, and
> the other was her husband, Thomas LOWREY, who died 10 Nov 1809. These
> headstones were at the Old Stone Church in (I believe) Alexandria
> Township. Finally, on the last day of my trip I came across a cemetery
> behind the Quakers Meeting House at the corner of White Bridge Road and
> Quakertown Road. There are several headstones from the 1700s in that
> cemetery, the earliest being 1755.
>
> Has anyone found any older headstones in the area?
>
> While I was researching in the Hall of Records in Flemington I noticed
> that the same years were missing from both the Common Plea Minutes and the
> Circuit Court Minutes. Does anyone here have them in their basement? :)
> If so, I would like a look-up please. :) The original records for the
> same years were also missing from the archive building on route 12.
>
> A new rule at the Justice Center in Flemington (since the last time I was
> there a little over a year ago) doesn't allow anyone to bring in cameras.
> However, it seemed a quick and simple matter of getting written permission
> from the Surrogate to bring my camera into the room. Neither the
> Surrogate Office nor the Marx Room charged me for taking pictures of
> pages. The Hall of Records charged me a quarter a picture.
>
> Next trip, Trenton.
>
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