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From: "Alice M. Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon.Migrants.
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 09:03:32 -0500
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From: "Runyan, Fuller" <>
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Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:41 PM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Hunterdon.Migrants.


Hello list,
My RUNYAN ancestors migrated from Hunterdon County (Kingwood) to the
Spruce Run Valley in what is now Columbia County, PA. The village there is
called "Jerseytown", so-named because many of the early settlers there were
from New Jersey.
The Runyan's arrived around 1796 and were preceded by the following New
Jersey families:

FUNSTON
BARBER
PEGG
WHITMOYER
BILLHIME
WELLIVER
BRUGLER
WATSON
HODGE
DEMOTT
SCHUYLER
Other families settling there in the late 1700's include:
LAIRD
SMITH
KITCHEN/KETCHUM
MCCOLLUM
Early families whose origins are unclear to me include SWISHER (probably VA)
and EVES.
Fuller Runyan
Harrisburg, PA
****************
Good Morning, Mr. Runyan ~
Have you any information on the McCollums who removed to the Spruce Run
Valley area? I have a Mary Hart who m. John McCollum (he served in the Rev.
War) who seem to have disappeared into the Vast Unknown. (I also have
Runyans "mixed into" these western NJ Harts!) Perhaps you could give me
some idea of where to look in Columbia County for further information?
Sincerely,
Alice Smith, Hart Genealogist

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