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From: Marshall Lake <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Query re Gertrude Rex Strimple
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:06:38 -0500 (EST)


> I am interested in the Strimple family. Some of them lived in Delaware
> Twp, Hunterdon Co, which is why we have Strimples Mill Road. I believe
> the name was related to Calvin G. Strimple (b.1833, married Sarah Kuhl),
> son of Mahlon Strimple, who married Deborah Lake in 1828 (Deborah was
> the daughter of Jonas Lake and Sarah Hunt). I don't have the parents of
> Mahlon Strimple. Do you have any information on this family? Also I am
> intrigued by the name. Do you know anything about its origins?

I'm afraid I cannot say anything concerning the origin of the STRIMPLE
surname but I can add the info which follows concerning the people
mentioned above. I'm open to any corrections or additional info.

Jonas LAKE (s of Reuben LAKE & Elizabeth BARCROFT, b 1785, d 10 May 1849,
coroner Hunterdon Co, NJ 1822, poss deacon Bap Ch of Sandy
Ridge, Delaware Tp, Hunterdon Co, NJ 1867, prob d intestate
1849/1850)
Sarah HUNT (m 15 Dec 1808 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Maria (b 1808, poss m Orran EDDY 3 Jan 1831 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Deborah (b 1811, m Mahlon STRIMPLE 27 Dec 1828 Hunterdon Co, NJ)
Amy (b 1818, poss m Alison HOLCOMBE 11 Oct 1845 Hunterdon Co,
NJ)
Ruth Hunt (b 1827)
(Source - 45, 68, 206)

Sources:

45. "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties New Jersey" by James Snell
1881
68. "Marriage Records Hunterdon County New Jersey 1795-1874" by Hiram
Deats 1918
206. Marfy Goodspeed <>
http://mlake.net/lake/NewJersey/ReubenLake.txt

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