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From: Marfy Goodspeed <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON: Wayne Co OHIO?
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:34:47 -0500
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Hi Roz,
I think you are right that Bray sold the 8.5 acres to Job Emans/Emmons, who
sold same to John Woolverton. And since Woolverton was buying a lot of land
in the general neighborhood, it seems likely he added a little to the
8.5when he sold to Isaac Rittenhouse. The fact that Rittenhouse
referred to a
meadow lot in his will seems to confirm this theory--a piece of land without
a house on it.
As to why these deeds showed up in Ohio, it really is a mystery, but seems
to have something to do with Isaac's brother William. Can't explain it
though.
By the way, I apologize for my weird typos. I reread my message and was a
little appalled.
Marfy

On 11/10/05, Bellis Genealogy <> wrote:
>
> Hi Marfy,
>
> Thanks for the input...lots of useful details. Makes me all the more
> curious why these deeds were recorded in OHIO.
>
> Re. BRAY to EMANS deed: "Boundary lines...contains 8.5 acres whereof Emans
> is in actual possession."
>
> Re. WOOLVERTON to RITTENHOUSE deed: "...14 acres more or less"
>
> It seems to me Isaac RITTENHOUSE purchased EMANS's piece of land from
> WOOLVERTON, plus maybe additional adjacent land already owned by
> WOOLVERTON.
>
> Roz
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marfy Goodspeed [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:45 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] BRAY, EMANS, RITTENHOUSE, HUNTZINGER, WOOLVERTON:
> Wayne Co OHIO?
>
> Dear Roz,
> These are interesting deeds. I share what I know:
>
> Daniel Bray bought 100 acres from his father-in-law Dennis Woolverton in
> 1774 in Kingwood on what is today Co. Rte 519. He built a log house there
> which burned down and was replaced by a more substantial house. I found
> this
> info in the Saxton Papers at the County Historical Society. You do not
> mention how much land Bray sold to Job Emans; I presume it was not the
> entire 100 acres since Bray stayed there until he died in 1819. In his
> will
> of 1813 he mentions "the residue of the farm given or devised to me by
> Dennis Woolverton (my wife's father)." He divided his property equally
> among
> his ten sons & daughters.
> Some of the names in the deed should be corrected. Jonathan Doan is Dean.
> Francis Tomlin is Tomlinson, Peter Embrey in Emley.
> The Job Emans who bought the property was almost certainly Job Emmons who
> was takec in Kingwood in 1780. He was a trustee of the Kingwood Baptist
> Church until 1792 when Daniel Bray was elected to replace Job Emmons "who
> has moved" according to church minutes. But He returned to the the church
> the following year. When he wrote his will in 1812, he was living in
> Freehold NJ and left all his real estate to his sons Amos and Job. He made
> no mention of land in Ohio.
>
> The note in the church minutes that Job Emans/Emmons had moved by July
> 1792
> accords with his selling his Kingwood land in 1791.
>
> Technicalities: You probably know it is the Court of Common Pleas, not
> Please, although people appearing before Judge Reading probably said
> 'please' a lot. And the land was surveyed for William Biddle, not by him.
>
> The John Woolverton who bought the land already owned lots of land, so I
> am
> not surprised he sold it only 8 years later. The Isaac Rittenhouse who
> bought the land from Woolverton in 1799 was probably the Isaac who owned
> the
> Crosskeys Tavern in Rosemont. He wrote his will in 1805 and mentioned
> owning
> "a meadow lot in Kingwood." You did not say anything about how many acres
> or
> any other description of the property being sold, so I don't know if this
> is
> the lot in question. The other Isaac Rittenhouses I have in my database
> don't seem right for this. By the way, Isaac Rittenhouse's son in law was
> John Bray, son of Daniel.
>
> As to the second deed you cite, Isaac Rittenhouse had a son William, but
> his
> wife was Catharine Ely, and he died in Hunterdon Co. in 1834. He also had
> a
> brother William (as well as a father William). The father died in Kingwood
> in 1799. The brother, however, moved to Fayette County, PA, according to
> Lequear's Traditions of Hunterdon.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Marfy
>
>
> On 11/8/05, mcalaman <> wrote:
> >
> > 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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