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From: "Bob Kitchen" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON: Wayne Co OHIO?
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 11:16:03 -0500
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To those interested.....
I also have Kitchen ancestors who left NJ, settled in Jerseytown,
Northumberland Co., PA (later Columbia Co.), and then left for Canada or
Ohio (as homesteaders) in the early 1800's. Deeds for land settled by my
ggg grandfather in 1820 are found in Ohio.
Bob Kitchen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON:
Wayne Co OHIO?


> Melva,
>
> Yes, thanks...I have a copy of LeQuear's book.
>
> The John BELLIS who married Nellie WILLIAMSON appears to have been buried
in
> Trumbull Co OH, and NOT in Amwell NJ which is where various researchers
have
> listed his place of burial. I was trying to establish whether there were
> other BELLIS relatives or associated NJ families living in OH who might
have
> moved back to NJ.
>
> Several BELLIS family "branches" who lived in NJ (Hunterdon, Somerset,
> Sussex, Warren) counties, as well as in Northampton and Northumberland
> counties in PA, "appear" never to have moved away from their hometowns as
> their DPOBs and DPODs are in NJ and PA locales, when they may actually
have
> spent one or two decades living on the frontier. I think some of those
> returnees may have left adult (or even younger) children on the frontier
> because of the better chances of land acquisition.
>
> There was a BELLIS born in OH in 1805 and three BELLIS who marry in KY
circa
> 1813/1815 who cannot be matched up with their correct PA/NJ
ancestors...and
> I suspect it's because those parents moved back home but their temporary
> time on the frontier was never passed down or recorded.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcalaman [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:52 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON:
> Wayne Co OHIO?
>
> This won't go very far in shedding light upon your question, but Daniel
Bray
> , a son of James Bray, was my ancestor, Andrew Bray,'s nephew. Daniel
> married a Woolverton,and other Bray family members married into the
> Rittenhouse family. I have checked through my notes but haven't found
> anything on Isaac Rittenhouse.
> I certainly would go along with your speculation that he could have gone
to
> Ohio, had the deed recorded as a precaution and then even may have
returned
> to New Jersey.
> Have you seen Traditions of Hunterdon (Early History and Legends of
> Hunterdon,NJ) by John LeQuear (Edited and Published by D.H. Moreau,
> Flemington,NJ 1957) ? Along with being entertaining, it contains a lot of
> material on early families in Hunterdon County, a lot of it firsthand
from
> Mr. Lequear .However, there's nothing on the Hunzinger family. But, on
page
> 149,there is this : Adam Bellis Jr. married Mary Rockafellow who lived
with
> her brother Jacob on the old Rockafellow farm, where Gershom Sergeant now
> lives. William, who took the homestead, married Mary Housel; John married
> Nelly Williamson and Andrew married Lizzie Servis from Amwell.The old
> Williamson homestead was near the Dutch Church at Larison's Corner. Then,
on
> the page prior, there is a history of your Bellis family from about 1740.
> Have you seen it? If not, let me know-and I'll send it.Melva Calaman----
> Original Message -----
> From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:20 PM
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON:
Wayne
> Co OHIO?
>
>
> > I have come across some information which perplexes me. Perhaps some of
> you
> > on the list might be able to decipher this.
> >
> > I was flipping through a book of "Miscellaneous Abstracts of Deeds" for
> > Wayne Co OH, in search of a deed of sale for John BELLESFELT, circa
> > 1780-1800. BELLESFELT, whose wife was Nellie WILLIAMSON of Amwell,
> > Hunterdon Co NJ, was apparently buried in Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co OH.
> > The only reason I was looking in Wayne Co was because of my uncertainty
of
> > the county formation timelines. (Trumbull/Mahoning County was in the
> > Connecticut Western Reserve portion of the NWT.)
> >
> > Quite by accident, I came across the recording of three Hunterdon Co NJ
> > deeds! Here are the details:
> >
> > Type of Deed: Conveyance
> > Date: 1 June 1787
> > Names of Sellers: Daniel BRAY, Kingwood, Hunterdon Co West New Jersey,
> Mary
> > his wife
> > Names of Buyer: Job EMANS, same address
> > Location of Land: Hunterdon Co NJ
> > Name and Title of Official executing deed: Jos Reading, Judge oc Common
> > Please Court, Hunterdon Co.
> > Witnesses: Jonathan Doan, Elizabeth Reading
> > Owners of land previously: Dennis Woolverton, deed 15 Apr 1774; Francis
> > Tomlin, deed 1 May 1760; Daniel Howell, deed 6 Mar 1754; Christian
> > Cornelius, deed 13 Jun 1750; Peter Embrey, Burlington Co NJ, no date of
> > deed; Wm Biddle, 6 Nov 1732. Record of Survey, done by William Biddle,
> > recorded in Surveyor General's Office, Burlington Co New Jersey.
> >
> > Type of Deed: not noted
> > Date: not readable 1790
> > Name of Sellers: William RITTENHOUSE, Catawissa Twp, Northumberland Co
> PA,
> > Ann, his wife
> > Names of Buyers: Barnette HUNTZINGER
> > Location of Land: Situated on NE Branch of Susquehannah River,
Catawissa
> > Twp N'umberland County, City Mifflinburg
> > Name and Title of Official: not readable
> > Witnesses: not readable
> >
> > Type of Deed: Conveyance
> > Date: 1 May 1799
> > Names of Sellers: John WOOLVERTON, Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co NJ, Rachel,
> his
> > wife
> > Names of Buyers: Isaac RITTENHOUSE, Amwell of Kingwood
> > Location of Land: Kingwood Twp, Hunterdon Co NJ
> > Name and Title of official executing deed: Jos Reading, Judge, Court of
> > Common Please, Hunterdon Co NJ
> > Witnesses: John Stockton, Garret Lake
> > Owners of adjacent land: William Hoagland, Doughty Stockton, John Henn
> > Previous owners of land: Daniel Bray, deceased, Amwell, deed, 15 Apr
> 1774;
> > Francis Tomlison, deed 1 May 1760; Daniel Howell, deed, 6 Mar 1760;
> > Christopher Cornelius, deed 13 June 1750; Peter Emley, deed, no date, of
> > Burlington Co NJ; William Biddle, Burlington, deed, 6 Nov 1732, land
> > surveyed by William Biddle.
> > Job Emans -- Indenture deed, dated 6 June 1791, conveyed property to
John
> > Woolverton.
> >
> > NOTE: Deeds one and three appear to concern the same piece of property.
> >
> > Here are my questions:
> >
> > - Why would these deeds have been recorded in Wayne Co OH?
> > - Who would have had these deeds recorded? Can one safely assume it was
> the
> > current landowner? (i.e., Isaac Rittenhouse would have recorded both his
> own
> > deed as well as John Woolverton's just for safe measure.)
> >
> > I am wondering if perhaps Isaac RITTENHOUSE and Barnette HUNTZINGER had
> > ventured to this frontier area to seek new land, and took their deeds
with
> > them to facilitate any future sale of their NJ land. I don't know the
> > details of either of these two men, but based on a superficial search on
> > online databases I think they died back east...not in OH.
> >
> > Thanks for any light you might be able to shed.
> >
> > Roz BELLIS
> > Alexandria VA
> >
> >
> >
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