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From: Randy Fonner <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Fonner/Fonger/Hunt family
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:31:39 -0600
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Below are some notes I have about what would appear to be several
Elizabeth Fonner's.

One apparently married a George Taylor, another (or same one) married
Daniel Hunt.

I have no other info on Daniel Hunt and very little on Elizabeth
Fonner, except what is on my Fonner
family history rootsweb website, but I too would love to learn more.

An Elizabeth Founer married George Taylor 3-10-1788 in Pompton
Plains, Morris, NJ

In the records of the Lebanon Reformed Church, there is a record of a
Fonner baptism that is too difficult to read. The baptism is for
Elizabeth Fonner on July 28, 1791 - daughter of Abraham [?!] and Mary.

In the vital records of Readington, there is a record of an Elizabeth
Fonner who died on December 22, 1857 age 62 of consumption. She was
listed as being the daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth. She was born circa 1795.

For those interested in pure speculation.............and a different
Hunt marriage
FONGER FAMILY CONNECTIONS

F1. UNKNOWN FONGER1 the father of this family is unknown. He had at
least two sons who settled in Knowlton Township in what was then
Sussex County, New Jersey during the late eighteenth century. The
area where his sons settled is now in the vicinity of Hainesburg,
Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey. There were at least two
other Fongers living in Sussex County in the late eighteenth century.
The first was William Fonger, who married Polly Hunt on 14 March
1798. She was the daugther of Ralph Hunt, who was known as "Honet
Ralph." The second was George Fonger, who married Elizabeth Low on 8
November 1800 in Sussex County (Reuther n.d.).

The surname Fonger has several different spellings. The
nineteenth-century historian, James P. Snell (Snell 1881:601), in his
history of Warren County gives the surname as Funger. Randy Fonner in
his web site
<http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Erefonner/index2.htm>Fonner Family
History speculates that "maybe" the name Fonger was later changed to
Fonner by some families. This was part of the anglicization of German
immigrants. Many German families changed their surname spelling after
they had been in the American colonies for a generation or so. For
instance, the Titman family of Warren and Sussex Counties were
actually descendants of Ludwig Dittman. The Fonger/Funger/Fonner
connection is a clue for family researchers to keep in mind while
searching through records.

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CHILDREN OF UNKNOWN FONGER:
F2. (i.) PHILIP FONGER, Sr.2, was born unknown and died by 6
September 1808 probably in Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren)
County, New Jersey. There are no Fongers listed in the 1773-1774 or
1774 rateables list for Sussex County. The Fongers either lived in
the County before 1774 but did not own land; or they did not settle
in the county until after 1774 (Stryker-Rodda 1972). Philip married
Unknown. She is not mentioned in his will, which was written on 12
March 1798. She probably died before 1798. The will was written in
1798, but not admitted for probate in the Sussex County Surrogate
Court until 6 September 1808. In the will Philip named five children:
son Philip Fonger, Jr. and daughters Jane, Sarah, Charity and
Elizabeth Fonger. He appointed his brother John Fonger as his
executor. Garret Albertson and Jacob Weltz were the witnesses to the
will (Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, Wills 1167S). Children
of Philip Fonger, Sr.
F4. (i.)
<http://www.charm.net/%7Eedrtjd/readgen/M1fam.htm#PHILIP%20FONGER,%20JR.>PHILIP
FONGER, Jr.3, was born and died unknown. He married (M2.)
<http://www.charm.net/%7Eedrtjd/readgen/M1fam.htm#PRUDENCE%20MATTHEWS>Prudence
Matthews2, (Unknown Matthews1) the sister of John Matthews. John
married Philip's sister, Elizabeth Fonger (Kern 1938; Sussex County
Surrogate Court Records, Wills 1167S). Prudence was born in 1758 and
died 2 January 1818 in the vicinity of the village of Sodom (now
Hainesburg), Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren) County, New
Jersey (Kern 1938). Philip Fonger was her second husband. A clue to
the location of the Fonger farm is contained in the works of
Armstrong (1979) and Snell (1881). Armstrong (1979:228) writes that
Gershom Bartow traded for the farm of John Walker at Hainesburg. He
goes on to say that "The Walker farm was the old farm of Philip
Fonger and lies along Yards Creek." As Prudence Fonger was married to
Sir Isaac Walker before her marriage to Philip Fonger, it is possible
that John Walker was her son or grandson and that he had the farm
through his mother's marriage to Philip Fonger. Snell (1881:624)
picks up the thread of ownership for the old Fonger farm. He states
that "The farm now owned by Benjamin Bartow, near the village of
Hainesburg, was originally owned by a man named Funger, a German, as
the name readily implies."
F5. (ii.) JANE FONGER3, was born and died unknown (Sussex
County Surrogate Court Records, Wills 1167S).
F6. (iii.) SARAH FONGER3, was born and died unknown (Sussex County
Surrogate Court Records, Wills 1167S).
F7. (iv.) CHARITY FONGER3, was born and died unknown (Sussex County
Surrogate Court Records, Wills 1167S).

F8. (v.)
<http://www.charm.net/%7Eedrtjd/readgen/M3fam.htm#ELIZABETH%20FONGER>ELIZABETH
FONGER3, was born unknown and died circa 1810 in the vicinity of
Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren County), New
Jersey. She married (M3.)
<http://www.charm.net/%7Eedrtjd/readgen/M3fam.htm#JOHN%20MATTHEWS>John
Matthews2 (Unknown Matthews1). He died in circa 1799 in the vicinity
of Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren County), New
Jersey. His sister Prudence Matthews married Elizabeth's brother
Philip Fonger, Jr. (Kern 1938; Sussex County Surrogate Court Records,
Wills 1167S).
F3. (ii.) JOHN FONGER2, was born unknown and died after 12 March
1798. He is named as the executor of his brother Philip's estate.
Philip's will was dated 12 March 1798 and was admitted to probate on
6 September 1808 (Sussex County Surrogate Court Records, Wills
1167S). A John Fonger was a member of the church in Stillwater,
Sussex County, New Jersey. He appears on the list of parents whose
children were baptized between 1773 and 1800. This church was
originally built by 1771 and stood in the bounds of the cemetery
currently in Stillwater. At first it was used by both German Lutherns
and German Calvinists. By 1816, the Dutch Reformed/German Calvinists
constituted the majority of the congregation. They applied to the
Presbytery of New Brunswick to come under the care of the
Presbyterian church. From that date forward, the church has been a
Presbyterian church and is known as Stillwater Presbyterian Church
(Snell 1880:381).

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REFERENCES

PRIMARY

New Jersey State Archives, Trenton New Jersey (NJSA)
Sussex County, Surrogate Court Records
File 1164S.
SECONDARY

Armstrong, William C.
1979 Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey. Hunterdon House,
Lambertville, N.J.

Kern, William MacKellar
1938 Kern and Ogden ancestors. Also allied families of Lanterman,
Read, Crisman, etc. Manuscript
on file, New York City Public Library.

Snell, James P. (Compiler)
1881 History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, With
Illustrations and Biographical
Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Howard E. Case, Sussex.
Everts and Peck, Philadelphia.

Stryker-Rodda, Kenn
1972 Revolutionary Census of New Jersey: An Index Based on Rateables
of the Inhabitants of
New Jersey During the Period of the American Revolution. Polyanthos,
Cottonport, LA.
WEB SITES

Fonner, Randy
n.d. <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Erefonner/index2.htm>Fonner
Family History see Surname Index for Unattached Fonners.

Reuther, Jan
n.d. <http://www.raub-and-more.com/default.html>My Raub (and more)
Ancestry, see Marriages.

At 11:43 AM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
>Does anyone know anything further about the Fonner family,
>specifically the family of Christian Fonner (widow of William) whose
>will was dated 14 Sep 1798 (Readington Twp, Hunterdon Co. NJ)? Her
>will mentions a daughter Elizabeth who m. Daniel Hunt, and I suspect
>this might be a direct line for me.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>cheers,
>
>Gordon Bonnet
>Trumansburg NY
>
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