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From: "Bob Kitchen" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] RE: KITCHEN in OHIO
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:13:25 -0500
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Roz,
The land (about 120 acres) was in Hocking County. For exact location
(although I have been there), I will have to dig in my files. I'm on my way
to a meeting tonight.
Bob Kitchen


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: [NJHUNTER] RE: KITCHEN in OHIO


> Bob,
>
> Where in OHIO did they have their land? There were BELLIS/BELLESFELTs who
> also had land in Northumberland (now Columbia) Co PA, northeast of
Catawissa
> just outside Mifflinville....along Ten Mile Run. This was about 18 miles
> from Jerseytown.
>
> Roz BELLIS
> Alexandria VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kitchen [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:16 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON:
> Wayne Co OHIO?
>
> 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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