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From: fish fisher <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Research Trip Notes
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0308231904070.8477@mlake.net>


I believe that the Case Burying Ground, Bonnell St., Flemington, NJ has some very old headstones. Johann Philip Kaes died in 1756 and I believe that he has a headstone there. It may not be the original, I am not certain. I believe that an Indian Chief who died before him may be buried there as well.

I know that the Rosemont Cemetery has stones back to the early 1800's as I have seen George Fox from 1815 and his wife Elizabeth Sherman from 1827.

I know of several buried in Larisons Corner Cemetery, but I know that many of the headstones have not survived. I do know that William H Case who died in 1835 has a headstone there.

The death certificates in Trenton are very revealing. I suggest being prepared with the names you are most interested in and their death dates. The people there have been very helpful each time I was there.

Rich Fisher

Marshall Lake <> wrote:

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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