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From: "Connie B. Moulder" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm & follow-up
Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:03:33 -0500
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I was enjoying the interchange between you. If you say anything really
interesting please let me know. Because of financial downturns, I have not
been able pursue this hobby in a while, but I am still very interested. I
believe Roz will unravel it all someday!
Best wishes,
Connie
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hartman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:57 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm & follow-up


> Hi Roz,
>
> Good to see you are doing whatever necessary to learn about your roots.
>
> If you want to do personal stuff, we need to get off the NJHUNTER chat
board before "Big Al" hollers at us!
>
>
> I can be reached at:
>
> Regards, Bill [who has not traced his HARTMAN roots beyond the USA in the
1840s!]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bellis Genealogy
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 5:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897
>
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping to take a trip back to NJ sometime in
the
> "near" future ... need to focus on the BELLIS branch in Somerset Co but
will
> take a quick jaunt over to Flemington to look at their records. Had
visited
> Flemington and the Larisons Corner area years ago but at the time didn't
> know exactly where the BELLIS homestead was located...but now I do
thanks to
> a KUHL descendant who I accidentally met here in D.C. last January (it's
a
> VERY small world!) Two years ago I also found out -- from a Colorado
BELLIS
> descendant, that a different BELLIS home located along the Delaware in
> Alexandria Twp also still stands, so must go by there as well :) Drove
up
> to snoop around Warren/Sussex Co area a few years ago as a branch of
BELLIS
> were there as well... Very enjoyable but of course didn't budget enough
> time to do a thorough search.
>
> Thanks for the link to the Hunterdon newspaper. For some reason I had
it in
> my mind that this was only an index, but am pleasantly surprised to see
the
> text is there as well. Your effort in this project is very much
> appreciated.
>
> By the way, do you have any ancestors from the Nordhofen/Neuwied area of
> Germany (my computer crashed in mid-December so I lost all my email
> correspondence...and can't remember.)
>
> Take care,
>
> Roz BELLIS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Hartman [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 4:18 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897
>
> Hi Roz,
>
> I can't give you the location of the Bellis' Farm noted in your email.
> However having lived in Hunterdon County for many years, I do know that
> Copper Hill and Reaville are a few miles North of Hopewell. If you can
get
> to the Hall of Records for Mercer County, you can look up in the deed
books
> to see the exact location of the property purchased by Enoch W. Drake in
> 1897. If a trip to New Jersey, about 4 hours from Alexandria, VA, is not
> possible, you might ask some kind soul to look this up for you. I would
do
> it, but I now live in Florida!
>
> If you are researching the BELLIS surname, the Index to the Hunterdon
> Gazette contains references to over 70 persons with that surname. See:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter
>
>
> Regards, Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bellis Genealogy
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:46 PM
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] BELLIS farm sold to Enoch W. DRAKE in 1897
>
>
> Was hoping someone might know, off the top of their heads, what
"Bellis
> farm" is being referred to in the following item. This was reported
in
> the
> November 16, 1897 Trenton Evening Times, under the subheading
"HOPEWELL":
>
> "At the sale of the real estate of Joseph M. PHILLIPS, deceased, on
> Saturday, the harness property was sold to J.C. HARRISON and the
adjoining
> lot, now occupied by Samuel CARVER to John TITUS, and the house and
lot in
> East Hopewell, known as the BUCKLEY property, was sold to Samuel
CARVER,
> and
> the farm north of the borough, known as the BELLIS farm, to Enoch W.
> DRAKE.
> Fair prices were obtained for all."
>
> I'm trying to ascertain if this farm might be the "BELLIS homestead"
> located
> along KUHL Road near the Copper Hill/Reaville area or is a different
> Bellis
> property.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roz BELLIS
> Alexandria VA
>
>
>
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