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Sussex Co., NJ Geographical Dictionary from “A Geographical Dictionary of New Jersey” by Henry Gannett (1894) Andover; township in Sussex County, area 25 square miles. Andover; village in Andover Twp. on the Sussex R.R. Augusta; village in sourthern part of Frankford Twp. on Paulins Kill and Sussex R.R. Balesville; village in eastern part of Hampton Twp. on Paulins Kill Bear; creek rising in Stillwater and Green Twps. -flows southwest into Warren Co. entering Pequest River Bear; swamp in northern part of Hampton Twp. extending over the boundary into Frankford Twp. Bear; two small ponds in eastern part of Byram Twp. Beaver Run; village in northwestern part of Hardiston Twp. Beemerville; village in southwestern part of Wantage Twp. Bevans; post-office of Peters Valley in western part of Sandyston Twp. Big Flat; brook in Sandyston Twp., eastern tributary to Flat Brook . Big Spring; small pond in northwerstern part of Green Twp. Blair; creek in Stillwater twp. that flows into Paulins Kill, Hardwick and Blairstown. Branchville; village in Frankford Twp. on Sussex R.R. Branchville Junction; village in Lafayette Twp. at juncion of Sussex R.R. and New York, Susquehanna & Western R.R. Brighton; village in Andover Twp. on Lehigh and Hudson River R.R. Brooklyn; village in Byram Twp. at outlet of Lake Hopatcong. Buck Bar; island off western coast of Wallpack Twp. in Delaware River. Byram; township in Sussex Co., 36 square miles. Byram; cove, an arm of Lake Hopatcong, indenting eastern coast of Byram Twp. Canistear; village in Vernon Twp. Catfish; pond in Stillwater Twp. Cherry Ridge; village in Vernon Twp. Clove; river in Wantage Twp. – enters Papakating Creek at Deckertown....
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Sussex County, NJ Mailing List NOTE: The messages “subscribe” and “unsubscribe” are commands. No other text can be added. You are not sending a message to another person, but to another computer. Usually mailing lists prefer that you do not send attachments. This one is probably the same. To subscribe: Send message “subscribe”( in the body of the letter) to NJSUSSEX-L-request@rootsweb.com Send no other text in the message. To unsubscribe: Send message “unsubscribe”( in the body of the letter) to NJSUSSEX-L-request@rootsweb.com Send no other text in the message. To post: To post a message to the list, send your message to NJSUSSEX-L@rootsweb.com Everyone on the list will receive a copy of your letter. Digest Mode: If you prefer to receive all the posts in one longer letter you can choose to receive the Digest Mode by sending the message “subscribe” to NJSUSSEX-D-request@rootsweb.com NOTE: If you have already subscribed, you will have to unsubscribe before sending the digest mode...
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New Jersey Vital Records (609) 292-6260 To send for vital records in New Jersey submit your information on the Vital Record Search Request Form to one of the addresses below. The fee for a complete record is $10.00. This fee is non-refundable even if the requested record is not found. Make checks payable to: New Jersey General Treasury . For Birth, Marriage and Death records from May 1848 – May 1878 send search requests to: New Jersey State Archives 185 West State Steet P.O. Box 307 Trenton, N.J. 08625 After that date send search requests to: Dept. Of Health P.O. 370 Trenton, N.J....
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A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ NOTE: If you know of an important event that took place in Sussex Co., NJ that should be added to this list, please contact me. YEAR EVENT 1609 The area now known as Sussex Co., NJ was first explored by the Dutch 1640 The first settlerscame to the banks of the Delaware River. 1709 Provinces of New Jersey were divided and boundaries defind. Sussex Co. within the boundaries of Burlington. 1713 Hunterson County is divided off from Burlington included that part of Northern NJ which is now Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren Counties. 1738 Morris County was formed from Hunterdon and included that part which is is now Sussex and Warren Counties. 1753 Sussex County became a separate county and included all that which is now Sussex and Warren Counties. The county was divided into four (4) townships; Walpack, Newton, Hardwick and Greenwich. 1754 Wantage Township formed from Newton. Oxford and Mansfield-Woodhouse were set off from Greenwich. 1759 Montague was set off from Walpack. 1762 Sandyston Township was set off from Walpack and Hardyston was set off from Newton. 1764 Knowlton Township was set off from Oxford and Hampton set off from Newton. 1776 Start of the Revolutionary War. 1777-79 Indian raids on Montague and the Minisink Valley. 1782 Independence Township is set off from Hardwick. 1792 Vernon Township was set off from Hardyston. Dec. 1795 Matthias “Cutlip” GOTTLIEB was executed in Newton for butchering his wife. 1796 First Newspaper was issued called the “Farmer’s Journal and Newton Advertiser.” (Only published for about one year.) 1797 Frankford Township was set off from Newton....
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Early Migration Into and Out of Sussex Co., NJ by Cathy DiPietro The largest group to migrate to Sussex Co., NJ were the Dutch from Long Island/New Amsterdam. They came through Dutchess, to Ulster and then down through Orange County, NY to Sussex, NJ. There was a group of Loyalists and non-conformists who moved away from the contested east New Jersey – Elizabethtown, Hackensack (New Barbadoes) and the Essex county area in the 1770’s. Another group of settlers lived in Morris County but maintained iron mills (and saw mills and grain mills) in Sussex County as it was an important source of iron ore in the state. Some of these families like KINNEY, CARD and MARTIN eventually stayed in Sussex. There was a group of Quakers up from Philadelphia, part of William Penn’s group and also some Moravians up from Hope, NJ. I’ve also noticed second and third sons of Somerset and Gloucester counties in NJ moving northward to Sussex to farm and open merchant shops in the later 1700’s. Not to be discounted is a large group of Scots who were promised land in NY state until the Governor went back on the deal. A large group of these CAMPBELLs, McCOY, McCALLUM simply moved to the rich farmland of Sussex instead. A real melting pot indeed. When researching in Sussex, do not discount Orange County, NY or Pike County in PA as the early settlers rarely regarded state boundries before marrying or crossing borders to have children. This combined region is called the Minisink. Later periods of migration include the Polish, Slavic and Scandinavian workers who travelled up...
