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Sussex County Historical Society - NJ
Sussex County County Historical Society, Hill Museum
82 Main Street
Newton, NJ 07860
973-383-6010
http://www.sussexhistory.org/
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Sussex County Historical Society is Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 7 pm, at the Hill Memorial Museum located at 82 Main Street Newton. I would like to invite all members of the Society to attend. We need more history minded people to join in our efforts to restore the old Academy Building. You have probably seen the work going on there as a new roof project is almost complete. This is just phase 1. This historic building has great potential but will need much more work. Please join us.![]()
Wendy Wyman, President
It's that time again....this will be our 9th year!! Please consider sponsoring a wreath so that we can cover all of the Veterans in the Old Newton Burial Ground, the adjacent Black Cemetery and Old St. Joseph Cemetery...we are short by 24 wreaths this year....Thank you!! Hope to see you there!!
This 1910 Newton High School pennant is currently on display in the Sussex Room of the Hill Museum along with a display of other Newton High School memorabilia. We are open on Fridays from 9am to 1pm. Stop by and say hello.
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We have a new gravestone at the Old Newton Burial Ground. John Stoll was a Revolutionary War Patriot. He was a member of the Committee of Safety in 1775 and also rendered aid to the Continental Army. (DAR ancestor #a217394). John was born April 12, 1716 in Raritan, Somerset County and died on April 4, 1787 in Newton. John married Janneke (Jane) Ten Eyk and their children included: Jacob (m. Sara Pittenger), Andrew, John (m. Dorothy), Henry (m. 1st Jane Skirm, 2nd Catherine), Abraham (m. Elizabeth Price). He rests next to his great-granddaughter Charlotte Bell Stoll.
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It is with deep regret that I inform you all that this year's Sussex County History Day is cancelled. As many of you probably know, we are having extensive work done on the Old Newton Academy, and the area is completely surrounded by construction fencing which intrudes into the area which we hold History Day and the parking area. We were hopeful that the construction would have been completed by September 20, but I was just notified this morning that it will not. There is no real expected date for its conclusion so postponing and rescheduling the event would probably be frivolous. I truly do apologize for this inconvenience but trying to hold an event in an active work zone just wouldn't be smart. I will reach out to all of you when we settle on a date for the 2026 Sussex County History Day to invite you all back. As always, thank you for your understanding.![]()
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Mario