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Morris Area Genealogy Society - 1 - Vol 24 No 3, September 2011

Morris Area Genealogy Society Newsletter

Vol 24 No 3 September 2011

Welcome to a new season!

We’re hoping to pack the house over the coming season with programs on land records and websites! See back page for details.

Bob Stein, our current President, handing the gavel to our new President, Martha

Corson

NOTICE: Our September Meeting will occur on Tuesday, the 6th, the first Tuesday of the month.

June:

Our own Dave Peck gave a very informative talk about “Tracing our British and Dutch Ancestors” along with many slides of his trip.

He visited The Netherlands and also England in counties where the Pilgrims originated. His secret to finding his distant ancestors is to call people in the towns where his ancestors lived. This

frequently gives him a lead to living relatives and what knowledge they are willing to share with him. There were many questions asked and answered after his presentation.

Morris Area Genealogy Society website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njma

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In This Issue MAGS New Season.............................. New Acquisitions .......................................... 2 Note from our President................................. 3 Morris Co Marriages...................................... 6 MAGS News ................................................ 10 Bible Records – Coursen ............................. 11 Bible Records – Huff ................................... 12 Mount Olive Church Records...................... 13 Queries ........................................................ 15 MAGS Upcoming Programs ...................... 16


Morris Area Genealogy Society P.O. Box 105

Convent Station, NJ 07961-0105 President............................................................................Martha Corson Vice President/Program Chair........................................ Anne McCauley Treasurer................................................................................Mary Keane Recording Secretary .......................................................... Linda Mathew Corresponding Secretary .......................................................Claire Kissil Trustee (11-13)......................................................................Ruth Daniels Trustee (10-12).............................................................. Alan Zimmerman Trustee (past president)............................................................ Bob Stein

Committee Heads Historian......................................................................... Elizabeth Pierce Hospitality ....................................Stephanie Reidinger & Gini Anderson Indexing ......................................................................... Linnea B. Foster Library Liaison .......................................................................Claire Kissil Membership .............................................................................Ruth Willis Name Badge .......................................................................... Susan Kehr Newsletter Editor ..................................................... Stephanie Reidinger Publicity .................................................................................... Ed Simon Research Coordinator .................................................... Linnea B. Foster Webmaster.............................................................................. Anna Nagy

Membership Dues for 2011-2012 USA Individual - $15.00 Canadian Individual - $22.00 USA Family - $20.00 Canadian Family - $28.00 Institution (Newsletter only) - $10.00

Meetings Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of the month September through May at the Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave, Whippany, New Jersey. Refreshments are served at 6:30 pm; meeting begins at 7:00 pm. Usually a brief business meeting is held first, followed by the evening’s special program.

Newsletter The Newsletter is published four times a year: March, June, September and December. Back issues are available at $3.50 each. Members are welcome to submit ideas or articles for the Newsletter. Deadlines for articles for each issue are as follows: Issue Deadline March January 25 June April 25 September July 25 December October 25 Number on mailing label indicates year to which dues paid. e-mail: mailto:[email protected] ISSN 10594502

New Acquisitions to the North Jersey History & Genealogy Center of the Morristown-Morris Township Library

By Carolyn Dorsey Department Staff

Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-1624/5 fourth edition Genealogical Publishing Co. 2007 H 975.5 adv. V. 1&2 This three volume series establishes descendants of the individuals who both came to Virginia in the period 1607-1625 and had descendants or who did not come to Virginia within that period but whose grandchildren were residents there. The foundation for this series is a "Muster" of January-February 1624/25-a census taken by the Royal Commission to determine the extent and composition of the Jamestown settlements. Cemeteries in Hunterdon County, N.J. & those interred Compiled by Fred Lathrop, M.D. H3Hu1 Lat The names of those interred in Hunterdon County cemeteries have been assembled by Dr. Fred Lathrop from data from the card files of the late genealogist, Dr. Deats (now at the Hunterdon County Historical Society Library), the Boy Scouts, and from the Morristown/Morris Township and Rutgers Libraries.

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A Note from last year’s President By Bob Stein

Once again we had a very successful year. During difficult financial times in the nation we maintained our membership at 260. We adapted to the Morristown/Morris Township Library explosion by redirecting activities to the Morris County Library. Our officer team worked tirelessly to hold down our costs while delivering more to our members. We now offer email copies of our Newsletter which should reduce our largest expenditures, thus freeing more money for speakers without increasing our fees. We have added two new Special Interest Groups (SIG) bringing our total to six. They include: 1. German and Eastern European 2. Computer Genealogy and Family History Writing 3. Beginners and Beyond 4. Brick Walls 5. DNA 6. Italian.

Thank you for allowing me to serve you these past five years.

Special Interest Groups

German/Eastern European SIG., led by Louis Andrews, meets in the Morris County Library in the room across the hall from where the General Meeting is held. The meeting time is from 10 to 12

Noon on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, even in the summer months. Their focus is on European roots using

census, church and civil records. For more information contact Lou Andrews. mailto:[email protected] Computer Genealogy and Family History Writing SIG, led by Ruth Daniels, meets from 9:30 to 11:30 on the 3rd Friday of the month at the Morris County Library in the same room as the General Meeting is held. The discussions range from online links and websites, Historic Newspapers, NYC records, even how to use Family Tree Maker and many organizational tips. For more information contact Ruth Daniels. mailto:[email protected] Beginners and Beyond SIG, led by Linnea Foster, meets from 1 to 3 on the

3rd Monday of the month, from September to June, at the Morris County Library in the large meeting room. A wide variety of subjects are discussed to assist everyone with their genealogical research

whether new or more experienced. For more information contact Linnea Foster. mailto:[email protected] Brick Walls SIG, now led by Susan Simon, meets from 10 to 12 Noon in the room across the hall from the General Meeting room on the 2nd Friday of every month at the Morris County Library. The members have access to their private internet group in Yahoo where


they can share their information and files and also email other members with suggestions to further their research. There is a calendar that members can use to

schedule their brick wall to be discussed during the upcoming meeting. For more information contact Susan Simon. mailto:[email protected] DNA SIG The DNA group, which is led by Jim Short, currently consists of 16 members. Lately our meetings have been held on the 2nd or 3rd Thursday of the month or whatever evening the larger upstairs room is available from 7:00 - 8:30. We go over whatever questions a member has, the success or failures

people have had in using DNA to connect to others, where to list your results so you have the best chance to make a connection, and the various types of tests

currently used such as Y-DNA, X-DNA, Mitochondria DNA, and Autosomal DNA. For more information contact Jim. mailto:[email protected] Our newest Italian SIG This group is led by Susan Kehr. A big CIAO to the founding members of our newest special interest group on Italian

genealogy research. We had our first meeting on June 15, 2011 and shared what we wanted to get out of the SIG, and what our current Italian research problems are. Pretty much, everyone wants to know how to get documentation out of Italy. We decided on a communication format, and a private Yahoo! Group has been set up, titled MAGS_Italian_SIG. We already have website links on the site! Being a private group means that one must request to join the group and be accepted in order to have access to the information we will store there, and to be able to communicate with everyone in the group. All you need to join a Yahoo! Group is to get a free Yahoo! ID, and in our case request to join. The group leader will accept you and you're in. NO $$$. You will, however, be required to be a paid member of MAGS to take advantage of this MAGS SIG. We plan on meeting once a month, every month. Starting in September we will meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM at the Morris County Library in the small conference room on the first floor, opposite the room where MAGS holds its monthly evening meeting. (Since this newsletter article will be printed in the September Newsletter, you will have already missed our July and August meetings; sorry about that.) We have no Italian genealogy specialists, only genealogists dabbling in


various and sundry ways to getting Italian information. We will share our experiences and results and, hopefully, along the way to Italian genealogical knowledge we will also gain friendships.

Join us! For more information contact Susan Kehr. mailto:[email protected]

Other Society Meetings: Bergen County Genealogical Society Seminar Saturday October 22, 2011, 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, presented by Dick Eastman, a seminar entitled “Technologies for Genealogists”. Dick Eastman is the internationally acclaimed author of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. Moses Family Meeting and Training Center, located in the Technical Education Center, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ.

http://njgsbc.org/

Orange County Genealogical Society Warwick Research Week September 18 – 23, 2011 Orange County Research Room will be open and staffed Monday thru Friday from 9:15 AM until 4:15 PM and from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM except on Friday which will be 8:00 AM until Noon. They will try and assist you with research in Newburgh, Port Jervis or Montgomery if notified. Questions: please call Arlene at The Warwick Center at 845-986-1164.

http://www.ocgsny.org/calendar/calendar.htm

Monmouth County Genealogy Society 2 Seminars for “Growing your Family Tree” on October 1, 2011 and November 5, 2011, time of both 8:30 AM to 4 PM, Eatontown Community Center, 72 Broad St., Eatontown.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmcgs/events.htm - events

Morris Area Genealogy Society Newsletter This publication is the sole property of the Morris Area Genealogy Society and may not

be reproduced without the approval of the Morris Area Genealogy Society.


Morris County Marriages by Linnea B. Foster

The following is a continuation of the abstract of Book G of Morris County Marriage Records. An explanation of these records may be found in Vol. 6 No. 3 (Sep. 1993) and Vol. 17 No. 3 (Dec. 2004). The marriages have been abstracted in the order in which they were recorded. The name of the minister or official and the date recorded is shown for each group of marriages. The first column shows the page number in Book G; the second column shows the date of the marriages; the third column shows the names of the bride and groom and other information that appears in the original record.

(continued from Vol. 24, No. 2)

By James F.Brewster, Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Chester - Recorded 26 Jan 1875 243 30 Jan 1874 David M. Seals, Laborer of Schooleys Mountain, aged 21, son of

Nathan and Catharine Seals, and Laura Lavinia Condit of Fox Hill, aged 19, daughter of Charles and Mary Condit at Chester. Witnesses: Elizabeth H. Brewster and Harriet H. Brewster

243 21 Apr 1874 David H. Force Druggist of Brooklyn, New York, aged 22, son of Harry and Harriet Force, and Caroline Rulison of German Valley, aged 20, daughter of Isaac and Susan E. Rulison, at Chester. Witnesses: Isaac and Susan E. Rulison

243 12 May 1874 Martin L. Kice, Carter of Bartleyville, aged 20, son of Wm. Kice (deceased) and Ellen Kice, and Cornelia C. Felver of Chester, aged 19, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Felver (deceased), at Chester. No witnesses

243 19 Aug 1874 Charles Harris, Miner of Chester, aged 23, son of John and Elizabeth Harris, and Eliza Warren of Chester, aged 21, daughter of Henry Warren, at Chester. Witnesses: Mrs. Sarah Dickerson, Eliz. H. Brewster, Harriet Brewster

243 10 Jan 1875 Peter Churchfield of Hackettstown, aged 47, son of Patrick and Nancy Churchfield (deceased), and Mrs. Mary C. Collis of Chester, aged 50, daughter of Levi and Sarah Harvey, at Chester. Witnesses: Joseph Harvey, Jas. S. Dickerson, Wm. M. Budd, F. P. Skellenger

by Robert N. Merritt, Rector, St. Peters Church, Morristown - Recorded 27 Jan 1875 244 26 Jan 1875 Theodore Talbot Wood, Bachelor, U.S.N., aged 27, of Morristown,

son of Theo. T. and Mary Brandegee Wood, to Helen Stansbury Bryant, Spinster, aged 27, of Morristown, daughter of Samuel O. and Elizth Bryant, in the presence of Augustus Brandgee Wood, John D. Stewart and divers witnesses, at St. Peters Church


by Daniel W. Fox, Pastor, Presbyterian Church, Flanders - Recorded 28 Jan 1875 244 27 Jan 1875 Daniel A. Swackhamer, aged 47, of Middle German Valley, son of

Fredk and Catharine Swackhamer, to Sarah A. Chamberlain, aged 37, of Flanders, daughter of Dan’l and Mary Ann Chamberlain, in the presence of B. A. Howell, Flanders, P. W. Swackhamer, Jr., Chester, at Flanders

245 1 Jan 1875 John S. Woodhull, aged 23, of Chester, son of Caleb G. and Catharine Woodhull, to Miss Sarah C. Hulbert, aged 22, of Brookside, daughter of Sam’l and Ann Hulbert, in the presence of Christopher H. Mapes, Roxbury, Esther Hulbert, Brookside, at Flanders

by C. D. Chapman, Mt. Olive Presbyterian Church, Budds Lake - Recorded 7 Feb 1875 245 6 Feb 1875 Seline Caskey, Widower, Carpenter of Flanders, aged 42, son of

William and Rachel Caskey, to Elizabeth Horton of Peapack, age 24, daughter of B. H. and Sarah Horton

by Rev. S. D. Decker - Recorded 13 Feb 1875 246 4 Feb 1875 Rev. Benjamin N. Reed of Newark, aged 62, son of Samuel and

Phebe Reed, to Mrs. Harriet E. Lyon of Denvill, aged 22, daughter of Stephen and Nancy Dickerson, in the presence of Wm. H. Dickerson and Emma Palmer, at Denvill

by Wm. B. Wigg, Pastor, M. E. Church, Boonton - Recorded 17 Feb 1875 246 23 Apr 1873 Theodore Estler of Boonton, aged 27, son of Albert and Cynthia

Estler, to Sarah A. Danah of Boonton, aged 25, daughter of Elizabeth Danah, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. John Jaques, at the house of John Jaques in Boonton

246 30 Jul 1873 Winfield S. Blanchard of Boonton, aged 21, son of Martin H. and Catharine Blanchard, to Laura Oliver of Boonton, aged 18, daughter of Wm. and Sarah Oliver, in the presence of Wm. Wigg and B. F. Speer and wife

247 20 Sep 1873 George DeGraw of Beavertown, aged 35, son of Nicholas and Annie DeGraw, to Martha VanRiper, of Beavertown, aged 18, daughter of Thomas and Catharine VanRiper, at the M. E. Parsonage in Boonton, in the presence of Pastor’s family

247 12 Nov 1873 William Stickle of Boonton, aged 30, son of Isaac and Mary A. Stickle, to Maggie Clark of Morris County, aged 34, daughter of John W. Clark, at the M. E. Parsonage in Boonton, in the presence of the Pastor’s family

247 26 Nov 1873 Lewis Proudfoot of New York City, aged 25, to H. Orice Wykee of Beemersville, Sussex County, aged 23, daughter of Elizabeth Wykee, at the house of the Bride’s Mother in Beemersville, in the presence of a large number of friends consisting of the Bride’s family


248 18 Dec 1873 Francis H. Masker, of Paterson, Passaic County, aged 22, son of Abram and Mary A. Masker, to Bridget Griffin, of Paterson, aged 19, daughter of Wm. and Mary Griffin, at the house of Patsey Griffin in Boonton, in the presence of Patsey Griffin and family

248 11 Feb 1875 Chas. N. Shawger of Boonton, aged 27, son of John and Charlotte Shawger, to Harriet A. Vanderhoof of Boonton, aged 22, daughter of Francis and Emma Vanderhoof, at the M. E. Parsonage in Boonton, in the presence of Pastor’s family

248 3 Jan 1875 Patrick Kinney of Paterson, Passaic County, aged 22, son of Patrick and Mary Kinney, to Emma J. Bustaid, of Paterson, aged 18, daughter of John and Jane Bustaid, at the M. E. Parsonage in Boonton, in the presence of Pastor’s family

249 25 Dec 1875 Stephen Dickerson of Denville, aged 26, son of Stephen and Nancy Dickerson, to Julia M. Banks, of Wilton Centre, Connecticut, aged 24, daughter of Wm. and Cable Banks, at the M. E. Parsonage in Boonton, in the presence of Pastor’s family

by Edwin C. Bloxham, JP - Recorded 1 Mar 1875 249 26 Sep 1874 Daniel P. Merritt and Susan Demouth

by D. Halleron, Pastor, Mt. Freedom M. E. Church - Recorded 23 Mar 1875 249 22 Feb 1874 Daniel H. Turner, Bachelor, Mason, of New York City, aged 42, son

of Ira and Marthe Turner, and Frances E. Powers, Spinster, of Mill Brook, aged 30, daughter of Charles and Harriet Powers, at Mill Brook

249 13 May 1874 Peter Moewry, Bachelor, Railroad man, of Stanhope, Sussex County, aged 23, son of William and Elizabeth Moewry, and Sarah A. Parsons, Spinster, of Dover, aged 23, daughter of Mary [sic] and Jane Parsons, at Dover

250 8 Jul 1874 David Willis, Bachelor, Miner, aged 21, son of Aaron and Bridget Willis, and Martha Parr, Widow, aged 26, of Brookside, daughter of John and Hannah Collins, at Mount Freedom

250 27 Jun 1874 John H. Gill, Bachelor, Carpenter, aged 28, and Mary C. Garrigus, Spinster, aged 23, daughter of Wilson and Amanda Garrigus of Dover, at Dover

250 16 Sep 1874 William Walling of Peapack, Farmer, aged 27, and Martha Leonard, Spinster, of Pleasant Plains, aged 22, at Mt. Freedom

250 15 Oct 1874 Theodore W. Anderman, Bachelor, Farmer, of Morris Plains, aged 28, son of William and Elizabeth Anderman, and Adeline H. Stelce, Spinster, aged [29?], daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth Stelce of Speedwell, at Speedwell

250 27 Dec 1874 Thomas Roberts, Bachelor, Miner, of Brookside, aged 22, son of John and Susan Roberts, and Emma Douey, Spinster, of Brookside, aged 18, daughter of Joshua and Susan Douey of Ironia, at Mount Freedom


251 16 Mar 1875 Alfred D. Gillen, Bachelor, Blacksmith, of Mill Brook, aged 27, son of Charles and Melinda Gillen, and Mary E. Pearson, Spinster, of Shongum, aged 17, daughter of Theodore C. and Julia Pearson of Shongum, at Shongum

by D. C. Weston, Rector, Grace Church, Madison - Recorded 25 Mar 1875 251 20 Mar 1875 Edward Caldwell, Widower, aged about 45, and Mrs. Mary Ann

Gibson, Widow, aged about 38, both of Madison, at Madison by William H. Grimes, JP - Recorded 5 Apr 1875 252 1 Jan 1875 William Blanchard and Ellen Maria Roome

by J. H. Gunning, Pastor Baptist Church, Morristown - Recorded 12 May 1875 252 10 May 1875 Silas R. Corby of Dover, aged 27, son of Silas Corby, to Lizzie

Hendershot of Stevensburg, aged 20, daughter of Frederick Hendershot, in the presence of Matilda Gunning, at Morristown

252 5 May 1875 George Crippin of Morristown, colored, aged 29, son of Elijah Slogan, to Priscilla Mickey of Morristown, colored, aged 29, daughter of Thomas Mickey, in the presence of Thomas Mickey, William G. Robinson, Mary Armstrong

by Edwin E. Butler, Rector St. Johns Church, Dover - Recorded 12 May 1875 253 5 May 1875 Alonzo H. Dayton of Powerville, to Mary E. Chandler of

Rockaway, at the house of Mr. McCarty near Rockaway, in the presence of Mr. and Mrs. McCarty and others

by John Abbott French, Pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Morristown - Recorded 12 May 1875 253 [?] Jul 1874 Dancy Adams Thomas of Brooklyn, L. I., to Mary Elizabeth

Hobbs of Morristown 253 22 Sep 1874 Charles Keepers to Emma F. Albertson, both of Blairstown 253 2 Oct 1874 Asher Day to Christina Whitney, both of Newark 253 23 Mar 1875 Charles Sutton of New York to Phebe E. Cole of Morristown

(to be continued)

From the Newsletter Editor: I would like to invite all members to continue to share items for inclusion in the Newsletter on upcoming events, research tips, book and software reviews, and noteworthy announcements. The Newsletter is published quarterly - March, June, September and December (see Masthead for deadlines). I look forward to receiving your items at the MAGS email address:

mailto:[email protected]


MAGS NEWS

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Request from your Hostess Committee I am in need of a few volunteers to assist me in bringing the coffee pots and other items to our General Meetings so we can have coffee along with our goodies. It would just require getting the pots to the meetings at 6, ½ hour before the meeting. If you think you could help out, please mailto:[email protected]

By Stephanie Reidinger


BIBLE RECORDS In 1968, Adelaide J. Howell presented three volumes of Bible Records to the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Morristown-Morris Township Library. These are records that she had copied and collected over a period of years. A surname index was published in Vol 1 No 2 and 3 (June and September 1988) of this Newsletter.

(continued from Vol 24 No 2)

Coursen Family Record Marriages Abraham Coursen, married to Hetty Marsh, September 23, 1813 Eben B. Woodruff, Jr., married to Elizabeth S. Coursen, February 7th 1838 William A. Coursen, married to Sophia C. Raphael, November 9th, 1840 Wm. A. Coursen, married Henrietta M. Oakley July I. [Isaac] Oliver Coursen was married to Virgina Calhoun of Atlanta, Georgia on

July 1st, 1855 Wm. A. Coursen was married to Jane Chester April 14th 18— Births Abraham Coursen was born July 10th, 1784 Hetty Marsh was born March 11, 1792 John Hampton Coursen was born July 11th, 1814 ) Elisabeth Sophia Coursen was born Dec. 11, 1817 ) children of William Abraham Coursen was born Nov. 21, 1819 ) Sarah Anna Coursen was born 23d Feb. 1822 ) the above Isaac Oliver Coursen was born Feb. 9th 1829 ) Edward Coursen Woodruff was born January 6th, 1839 Helen Elizabeth Woodruff was born July 15th 1841 Francis Eben Woodruff, born April 2, 1844 Anna Coursen, born 25 June 1842 ) children of Henry Dee Coursen, born 1st Sept. 1845 ) Henrietta Oakley Coursen, born 1st May 1848 ) Wm. A. Coursen


Wm. Abraham Coursen born Frances Bell Coursen, was born 13th January 1853 Alfred Chester Coursen was born Dec. 27th 1854 Frederick A. Woodruff was born on Monday, Oct. 8th 1855 Deaths Abraham Coursen died 17 Jany 1843, aged 58 years 5 months & 24 days Sophia C. Raphael, died 1843, wife of William A. Coursen Wm. A. Coursen, Jr. died Henrietta M. Oakley, died 31 (30?) August 1849, wf. of Wm. A. Coursen Hetty Coursen, wife of Abraham Coursen, died August 1, 1863 (Hetty Marsh) Sarah Anna Coursen, daughter of Abraham & Hetty Coursen died Aug. 15th, 1868 John Hampton Coursen died the first day of October 1817, aged 3 years, two

months & twenty days. --- Above taken from Family Records in Bible belonging to Hetty Coursen Miss E.S. Coursen, 13 Water Street, New York E.S. Coursen, 200 Worth Street, New York

Given by H.C. Pitney

HUFF FAMILY BIBLE Records taken from a Bible in the Old Book Shop, Morristown, N. J. by Mabel Day Parker, March 29th 1947. Bible published by Whitt & Yost, 805 Market St., Philadelphia, PA, no date. Marriages Married July 11th 1857 Mr. George W. Huff to Miss Celinda Whitehead – both of Mauch Chunck, Pa. Wm. Major, officiating clergyman. Births George Washington Huff born May 8th 1837

Celinda Huff born Sept. 17th 1837

Samuel L. Huff born Sept. 6th 1858

William Huff born Feb. 22nd 1860


Emma Elizabeth Huff born Oct. 1st 1862

Elmer Ellsworth Huff born Sept. 8th 1864

Charles Huff born Feb. 2nd 1867

Deaths Mrs. Celinda Huff died May the 30, 1874; buried June 2, 1874

Mr. Geo. W. Huff died June 6th 1909

(some photos in the records were taken in Hackettstown, NJ)

keyed by Evelyn Huey

MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH BOOK I – THE RECORDS

The establishment of the Mount Olive Baptist Church dates back over 200 years. The first church, a Log Meeting House, was built in 1753 with a seating capacity for 40 persons. The next church building used seated 75 persons and was completed in 1813. In 1855 the present building was erected. In 1874, letters of dismissal were given 28 members who formed a new Baptist Church at Drakesville, now Ledgewood, and in 1888, the Netcong Baptist Church was formed when 36 members were granted dismissal. The former name of Schooley’s Mountain Church was changed in 1832 to the Mount Olive Baptist Church. (from Church brochure) (continued from Vol 24 No 2) Baptisms at Mt. Olive (continued from book 1) 5-23-1869 John D. Budd Nancy Salmon (detached list – 1869) John Parliament Calvin Conklin Caroline Wolfe

Wm. McPeak R.H. Stephens Eliza Salmon Matilda Hulse Eliza McPeak Lydiann Salmon Nancy Wack

List of Excluded Members 1839 Jonathan Perry (rest.1843) 1845 Joseph Sanders Amos Grandine 1847 George King


1839 William Grandine 1847 Jonathan Perry 1837 John Slack 1849 Hampton S. Wilson 1838 George King (rest.1842) Catherine McWilliams David Culver 1851 Richard Salmon 1836 Clarissa Culver Timothy Murray 1837 Jesse Slack Edith Wilson 1843 James Cler Elizabeth Drake 1844 David Wright --- Jane Cramer Susan C. Lish 1855 Mary Rigor

List of Members since Constitution - 1832 Samuel Cozad Sarah Hudson Jemima Culver Mary Johnson Nancy Wolfe Mary Heminover Barbery Batson Joseph Perry Elizabeth Teple Matthias Heminover Lucretia Cozad Elsey Heminover Margaret Culver Rebecca Smith Daniel Perry Elizabeth Jackson Daniel Jackson Samuel Johnson Elizabeth Jackson Sarah Hill Isaac C. Johnson Mary Ricket Jacob Wolfe Phebe Heminover Sally Hubert Richard Salmon Phebe Johnson Peter Salmon III Jonathan Perry Charles Salmon Esther Perry John B. Stephens Mary Jackson William Wolfe John Heminover Amos Grandine Emmaline Heminover Eliza Salmon Eliza Dablin Juliann Durland Baptisms - 1858-1868 6-06-1858 George Salmon 11-19-1865 (at Budds lake) Cardin Salmon Mrs. Rose

--- Collier Emmaline Wolfe 10-10-1858 Sarah King Juliann Drake Lucinda King Theodore Wolfe 2-20-1859 Wm. Todd Samuel Wolfe Charles Dill 4-01-1866 Emma H. Stephens


3-06-1859 Magdalene Salmon 4-01-1866 Julia Salmon Mrs. Peppers Phebeann Rorick Hannah Scanlon 10-20-1867 Sybilla Pool E.J. Sleight 8-23-1868 Henry Pool 4-03-1859 Theodore Young Mrs. Pool 10-11-1868 Ann Wilkerson (to be continued)

Keyed by Evelyn Huey

QUERIES

Members may submit one query for publication in each issue of the Newsletter. Queries will be limited as space allows. Please be sure to include dates and places in your request. Make sure it is typed or printed legibly. Please spell out all words. We will abbreviate as necessary. Don’t forget to include your name, address and zip code and/or e-mail address. Answers to queries should be sent directly to the submitter, whose name and address is shown at the end of the query. The deadline for queries for the next issue is October 25, 2011. CANNON/CANON, WILLIAM S.: Does anyone have any information on the parentage of William S. Cannon/Canon who was born in Walnut Grove about 1841-2 and died in Newark, NJ 23 Feb 1918. He was a Civil War Veteran who lost an arm in the siege of Fort Sumter in 1863. He married Amelia J. Baxter and they had a son William

W. Canon. She died 14 April 1915. William S. Cannon’s parents may have been Michael Cannon and Jane Crane who resided in the Mendham area at the time of his birth. He may also be the brother of Salmon G. Cannon. Many thanks, Richard E. Cannon 103 Beech St. Rockland, ME 04841 mailto:[email protected]

Photos in this issue by RuDan


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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

September 6, 2011 October 4, 2011 November 1, 2011

Joseph A. Grabas

What can Land Records tell

us about our ancestors?

Bob Stein

Across the Pond: Researching European

Ancestors

Catherine Medich

What’s new at the New Jersey Archives?

Meetings are held at the Morris County Library, 30 East Hanover Ave., Whippany, NJ

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