18thC HUNTERDON COUNTY - revised 2025.kmz

18thC HUNTERDON COUNTY - revised 2025
[NOTE: IF THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR PUBLICATIONS OF ANY KIND AND/OR TEACHING PURPOSES, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE 'HISTORY MAPPING' AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.
The area encompassing18th Century Hunterdon County was much larger than the county is today. It included parts of what is now Mercer County [Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Trenton and Ewing], so these are listed as such.

Hunterdon County 1714-1719
Hunterdon County boundaries when founded in 1714.
[REF: Patty Leidner & Bill Millette - H. Co. GIS]

AMWELL TWP
MUN | AMWELL TWP
COUNTY | HUNTERDON
SQ_MILES | 36.99
MUN_LABEL | Amwell Township
MUN_TYPE | Township
StartYear | 1714
EndYear | 1719

HOPEWELL TWP
MUN | HOPEWELL TWP
COUNTY | MERCER
SQ_MILES | 58.65
MUN_LABEL | Hopewell Township
MUN_TYPE | Township
StartYear | 1714
EndYear | 1719

MAIDENHEAD TWP
MUN | MAIDENHEAD TWP
COUNTY | MERCER
SQ_MILES | 21.86
MUN_LABEL | Maidenhead Township
MUN_TYPE | Township
StartYear | 1714
EndYear | 1719

UNORGANIZED
MUN | UNORGANIZED
COUNTY | HUNTERDON
MUN_LABEL | Unorganized
MUN_TYPE |

eventual New Jersey boundary

HUNTERDON WATERSHEDS

Upper Delaware

BEATTY'S BROOK
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 0
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 8747
FNODE | 23836
TNODE | 23632
FLOWID | 25229
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Beatty's Brook
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | BEATTY'S BROOK
NAMECK | Beatty's Brook
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 0
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 01
HUC14 |
HUC12 |
HUC6 | 020401

BEATTY'S BROOK
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 1
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 8748
FNODE | 23862
TNODE | 23836
FLOWID | 25257
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Beatty's Brook
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | BEATTY'S BROOK
NAMECK | Beatty's Brook
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 0
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 01
HUC14 |
HUC6 | 020401

BEATTY'S BROOK
Field Name | Field Value
FID | 2
Shape | Polyline
OBJECTID | 8749
FNODE | 23862
TNODE | 23836
FLOWID | 25258
COMID | 0
FDATE | &lt;Null&gt;
RESOLUTION | 1
GNIS_ID |
GNIS_NAME | Beatty's Brook
REACHCODE |
FLOWDIR | 1
WBAREACOMI | 0
FTYPE | 460
FCODE | 46006
ENABLED | 1
SITCODE | 1
SITUATION | Stream
NAME | BEATTY'S BROOK
NAMECK | Beatty's Brook
WBNAME |
WBAREANAME |
STREAMLEVE | 0
STREAMORDE | 0
WMA | 01
HUC6 | 020401

WICKECHEOKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Wickecheoke Creek - UNT
SITUATION | Artificial Connector
NAME | WICKECHEOKE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Wickecheoke Creek UNT

WICKECHEOKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Wickecheoke Creek - UNT
NAME | WICKECHEOKE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Wickecheoke Creek UNT

SITUATION | River/Stream centerline

PLUM BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Plum Brook - UNT
LENGTHKM | 0.79445
NAME | PLUM BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Plum Brook UNT

UN-CODED TRIBUTARY
GNIS_NAME | Un-coded Tributary
NAME | UN-CODED TRIBUTARY
NAMECK | Uncoded Tributary

UN-CODED TRIBUTARY
GNIS_NAME | Un-coded Tributary
SITUATION | River/Stream centerline
NAME | UN-CODED TRIBUTARY
NAMECK | Uncoded Tributary

SITUATION | Artificial Connector

HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek - UNT
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Harihokake Creek UNT

HARIHOKAKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek
SITUATION | River/Stream centerline
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK
NAMECK | Harihokake Creek

HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek - UNT
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Harihokake Creek

NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Nishisakawick Creek
LENGTHKM | 0.92171
NAME | NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
NAMECK | Nishisakawick Creek

LOCKATONG CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Lockatong Creek - UNT
NAME | LOCKATONG CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Lockatong Creek UNT

NISHISAKAWICK CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Nishisakawick Creek - UNT
NAME | NISHISAKAWICK CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Nishisakawick Creek UNT

HARIHOKAKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK
NAMECK | Harihokake Creek

HAKIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hakihokake Creek - UNT
NAME | HAKIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Hakihokake Creek UNT

MUSCONETCONG RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Musconetcong River - UNT
NAME | MUSCONETCONG RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Musconetcong River UNT

LENGTHKM | 0.10904

BEATTY'S BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Beatty's Brook - UNT
SITUATION | Indeterminate
NAME | BEATTY'S BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Beatty's Brook UNT

BEATTY'S BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Beatty's Brook - UNT
NAME | BEATTY'S BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Beatty's Brook UNT

HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek - UNT
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK - UNT

NAMECK | Harihokake Creek UNT

NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Nishisakawick Creek
SITUATION | Ditch
NAME | NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
NAMECK | Nishisakawick Creek

NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Nishisakawick Creek
NAME | NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
NAMECK | Nishisakawick Creek

LOCKATONG CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Lockatong Creek
NAME | LOCKATONG CREEK
NAMECK | Lockatong Creek

DELAWARE RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Delaware River - UNT
NAME | DELAWARE RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Delaware River UNT

MUSCONETCONG RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Musconetcong River - UNT
SITUATION | Indeterminate
NAME | MUSCONETCONG RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Musconetcong River UNT

HARIHOKAKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Harihokake Creek
NAME | HARIHOKAKE CREEK

MILFORD CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Milford Creek - UNT
NAME | MILFORD CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Spring Mills Brook UNT

HAKIHOKAKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Hakihokake Creek
NAME | HAKIHOKAKE CREEK
NAMECK | Little York Creek

NAMECK | Little York Creek

HAKIHOKAKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Hakihokake Creek
NAME | HAKIHOKAKE CREEK

DELAWARE RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Delaware River
NAME | DELAWARE RIVER
NAMECK | Delaware River
WBAREANAME | Delaware River

MILFORD CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Milford Creek
NAME | MILFORD CREEK
NAMECK | Spring Mills Brook

NAMECK | Hakihokake Creek

WICKECHEOKE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Wickecheoke Creek
NAME | WICKECHEOKE CREEK
NAMECK | Wickecheoke Creek

WEST PORTAL CREEK
GNIS_NAME | West Portal Creek
NAME | WEST PORTAL CREEK
NAMECK | West Portal Creek

WEST PORTAL CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | West Portal Creek - UNT
NAME | WEST PORTAL CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | West Portal Creek UNT

TURKEY HILL BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Turkey Hill Brook
NAME | TURKEY HILL BROOK
NAMECK | Turkey Hill Brook

TURKEY HILL BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Turkey Hill Brook - UNT
NAME | TURKEY HILL BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Turkey Hill Brook UNT

WBNAME | Oak Hill Golf Club Pond

MUDDY RUN
GNIS_NAME | Muddy Run
NAME | MUDDY RUN
NAMECK | Muddy Run

COPPER CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Copper Creek - UNT
NAME | COPPER CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Copper Creek UNT

PLUM BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Plum Brook
NAME | PLUM BROOK
NAMECK | Plum Brook

COPPER CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Copper Creek
NAME | COPPER CREEK
NAMECK | Copper Creek

MUDDY RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Muddy Run - UNT
NAME | MUDDY RUN - UNT
NAMECK | Muddy Run UNT

PLUM BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Plum Brook - UNT
NAME | PLUM BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Plum Brook UNT

ALEXAUKEN CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Alexauken Creek - UNT
NAME | ALEXAUKEN CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Alexauken Creek UNT

ALEXAUKEN CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Alexauken Creek
NAME | ALEXAUKEN CREEK

SITUATION | Indeterminate

SITUATION | Ditch

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Delaware and Raritan Canal - UNT
NAME | DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL - UNT
NAMECK | Delaware and Raritan Canal UNT

LITTLE NISHISAKAWICK CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Little Nishisakawick Creek - UNT
NAME | LITTLE NISHISAKAWICK CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Little Nishisakawick Creek UNT

LITTLE NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Little Nishisakawick Creek
NAME | LITTLE NISHISAKAWICK CREEK
NAMECK | Little Nishisakawick Creek

WARFORD CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Warford Creek
NAME | WARFORD CREEK
NAMECK | Warford Creek

WBNAME | Amwell Lakes

MOORE CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Moores Creek - UNT
NAME | MOORE CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Moore Creek UNT

MOORE CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Moores Creek
NAME | MOORE CREEK
NAMECK | Moore Creek

HERMIT HOLLOW
GNIS_NAME | Hermit Hollow
NAME | HERMIT HOLLOW

HERMIT HOLLOW - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hermit Hollow - UNT
NAME | HERMIT HOLLOW - UNT

DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
GNIS_NAME | Delaware and Raritan Canal
NAME | DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL
NAMECK | Delaware and Raritan Canal

MUSCONETCONG RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Musconetcong River
NAME | MUSCONETCONG RIVER
NAMECK | Musconetcong River

SHAPE_LEN | 23.043

NAMECK | Alexauken Creek

SWAN CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Swan Creek - UNT
NAME | SWAN CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Swan Creek UNT

SWAN CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Swan Creek - UNT
NAME | SWAN CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Swan Creek UNT
WBNAME | Lambertville Middle Reservoir

WBNAME | Lambertville Middle Reservoir

PETERS BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Peters Brook - UNT
NAME | PETERS BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Peters Brook UNT

SWAN CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Swan Creek
NAME | SWAN CREEK
NAMECK | Swan Creek

SWAN CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Swan Creek
NAME | SWAN CREEK
NAMECK | Swan Creek
WBNAME | Lambertville Middle Reservoir

WBNAME | Lambertville Lower Reservoir

WBNAME | Camp Marudy Lake

WBNAME | Schiller Pond

SHAPE_LEN | 14.756

Lower Hudson

SPRUCE RUN
GNIS_NAME | Spruce Run
NAME | SPRUCE RUN
NAMECK | Spruce Run

SPRUCE RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Spruce Run - UNT
NAME | SPRUCE RUN - UNT
NAMECK | Spruce Run

SPRUCE RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Spruce Run - UNT
NAME | SPRUCE RUN - UNT

ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Rockaway Creek - UNT
NAME | ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Rockaway Creek North Branch

HOLLOW BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Hollow Brook
NAME | HOLLOW BROOK
NAMECK | Hollow Brook

ROCKAWAY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Rockaway Creek
NAME | ROCKAWAY CREEK
NAMECK | Rockaway Creek North Branch

ROCKAWAY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Rockaway Creek
NAME | ROCKAWAY CREEK

TEETERTOWN BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Teetertown Brook - UNT
NAME | TEETERTOWN BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Teetertown Brook

HOLLOW BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hollow Brook - UNT
NAME | HOLLOW BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Hollow Brook

LITTLE BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Little Brook - UNT
NAME | LITTLE BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Little Brook

HOLLOW BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hollow Brook - UNT
NAME | HOLLOW BROOK - UNT

ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Rockaway Creek - UNT
NAME | ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Guinea Hollow Brook

NAMECK | Guinea Hollow Brook

SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Raritan River - UNT
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | South Branch Raritan River

HICKORY RUN
GNIS_NAME | Hickory Run
NAME | HICKORY RUN
NAMECK | Hickory Run

TURTLEBACK BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Turtleback Brook
NAME | TURTLEBACK BROOK
NAMECK | Turtleback Brook

SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Raritan River
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER
NAMECK | South Branch Raritan River

HICKORY RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hickory Run - UNT
NAME | HICKORY RUN - UNT
NAMECK | Hickory Run

SPRUCE RUN
GNIS_NAME | Spruce Run
NAME | SPRUCE RUN

NAMECK | Boulder Hill Brook

WILLOUGHBY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Willoughby Creek
NAME | WILLOUGHBY CREEK
NAMECK | Willoughby Creek

HICKORY RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Hickory Run - UNT
NAME | HICKORY RUN - UNT

NAMECK | Spruce Run UNT

HICKORY RUN
GNIS_NAME | Hickory Run
NAME | HICKORY RUN

LITTLE BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Little Brook
NAME | LITTLE BROOK

NAMECK | Little Brook UNT

TEETERTOWN BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Teetertown Brook
NAME | TEETERTOWN BROOK

SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Raritan River - UNT
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER - UNT

GNIS_NAME | Frog Hollow Brook
NAMECK | Frog Hollow Brook

HOLLOW BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Hollow Brook
NAME | HOLLOW BROOK

FROG HOLLOW BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Frog Hollow Brook
NAME | FROG HOLLOW BROOK
NAMECK | Frog Hollow Brook

ROCKY RUN
GNIS_NAME | Rocky Run
NAME | ROCKY RUN
NAMECK | Rocky Run

SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Raritan River
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER

FROG HOLLOW BROOK
NAME | FROG HOLLOW BROOK

WBNAME | Camp Beisler Lake

MULHOCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Mulhockaway Creek - UNT
NAME | MULHOCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Mulhockaway Creek

BEAVER BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Beaver Brook
NAME | BEAVER BROOK
NAMECK | Beaver Brook

LAMINGTON RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Lamington River
NAME | LAMINGTON RIVER
NAMECK | Lamington River Main

COLD BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Cold Brook
NAME | COLD BROOK
NAMECK | Cold Brook

ROCKY RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Rocky Run - UNT
NAME | ROCKY RUN - UNT
NAMECK | Rocky Run

BEAVER BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Beaver Brook - UNT
NAME | BEAVER BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Beaver Brook UNT

NAMECK | North Branch Rockaway Creek UNT

COLD BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Cold Brook - UNT
NAME | COLD BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Cold Brook

COLD BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Cold Brook
NAME | COLD BROOK

COLD BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Cold Brook - UNT
NAME | COLD BROOK - UNT

LAMINGTON RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Lamington River - UNT
NAME | LAMINGTON RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Lamington River Main

GNIS_NAME | Willoughby Creek - UNT

LAMINGTON RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Lamington River
NAME | LAMINGTON RIVER

LAMINGTON RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Lamington River - UNT
NAME | LAMINGTON RIVER - UNT

ROCKY RUN
GNIS_NAME | Rocky Run
NAME | ROCKY RUN

SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Rockaway Creek - UNT
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Rockaway Creek South Branch

ROCKY RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Rocky Run - UNT
NAME | ROCKY RUN - UNT

NAMECK | Lamington River

WILLOUGHBY CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Willoughby Creek - UNT
NAME | WILLOUGHBY CREEK - UNT

NAMECK | South Branch Raritan River UNT

FROG HOLLOW BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Frog Hollow Brook - UNT
NAME | FROG HOLLOW BROOK - UNT

ALPAUGH BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Alpaugh Brook
NAME | ALPAUGH BROOK

WBNAME | Lake Solitude

NAMECK | Lamington River UNT

NAMECK | Rocky Run UNT

BLACK BROOK CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Black Brook Creek
NAME | BLACK BROOK CREEK
NAMECK | Black Brook Creek

NAMECK | Spruce Run Reservoir
WBNAME | Spruce Run Reservoir

MULHOCKAWAY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Mulhockaway Creek
NAME | MULHOCKAWAY CREEK

BLACK BROOK CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Black Brook Creek - UNT
NAME | BLACK BROOK CREEK - UNT

NAMECK | Rockaway Creek

WILLOUGHBY CREEK - UNT
NAME | WILLOUGHBY CREEK - UNT

NAMECK | Mulhockaway Creek UNT

SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Rockaway Creek
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK
WBNAME | Cushetunk Lake

GRANDIN STREAM - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Grandin Stream - UNT
NAME | GRANDIN STREAM - UNT
NAMECK | Grandin Stream

SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK
GNIS_NAME | South Branch Rockaway Creek
NAME | SOUTH BRANCH ROCKAWAY CREEK

WBNAME | Lake Ione

GRANDIN STREAM
GNIS_NAME | Grandin Stream
NAME | GRANDIN STREAM
NAMECK | Grandin Stream

GRANDIN STREAM
GNIS_NAME | Grandin Stream
NAME | GRANDIN STREAM

WBNAME | Lingerts Pond

GRANDIN STREAM - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Grandin Stream - UNT
NAME | GRANDIN STREAM - UNT

NAMECK | North Branch Raritan River

HOLLAND BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Holland Brook - UNT
NAME | HOLLAND BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Holland Brook

CAPOOLONG CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Capoolong Creek - UNT
NAME | CAPOOLONG CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Cakepoulin Creek UNT

ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR
GNIS_NAME | Round Valley Reservoir
NAME | ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR
NAMECK | Round Valley Reservoir

CRAMERS CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Cramers Creek
NAME | CRAMERS CREEK
NAMECK | Cramers Creek

CRAMERS CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Cramers Creek - UNT
NAME | CRAMERS CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Cramers Creek

WBNAME | Cushetunk Lake

CRAMERS CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Cramers Creek - UNT
NAME | CRAMERS CREEK - UNT

CAPOOLONG CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Capoolong Creek
NAME | CAPOOLONG CREEK
NAMECK | Cakepoulin Creek

HOLLAND BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Holland Brook
NAME | HOLLAND BROOK

CHAMBERS BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Chambers Brook - UNT
NAME | CHAMBERS BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Chambers Brook UNT

WBNAME | Davis Pond

CRAMERS CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Cramers Creek
NAME | CRAMERS CREEK

PRESCOTT BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Prescott Brook - UNT
NAME | PRESCOTT BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Prescott Brook

ALLERTON CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Allerton Creek
NAME | ALLERTON CREEK
NAMECK | Allerton Creek

ALLERTON CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Allerton Creek - UNT
NAME | ALLERTON CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Allerton Creek

CHAMBERS BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Chambers Brook
NAME | CHAMBERS BROOK
NAMECK | Chambers Brook

PRESCOTT BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Prescott Brook
NAME | PRESCOTT BROOK

NAMECK | Prescott Brook UNT

ALLERTON CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Allerton Creek
NAME | ALLERTON CREEK

PLEASANT RUN - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Pleasant Run - UNT
NAME | PLEASANT RUN - UNT
NAMECK | Pleasant Run

NAMECK | Holland Brook UNT

ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR
GNIS_NAME | Round Valley Reservoir
NAME | ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR
NAMECK | Round Valley Reservoir
WBNAME | Round Valley Reservoir

PLEASANT RUN
GNIS_NAME | Pleasant Run
NAME | PLEASANT RUN

ALLERTON CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Allerton Creek - UNT
NAME | ALLERTON CREEK - UNT

ASSISCONG CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Assiscong Creek
NAME | ASSISCONG CREEK
NAMECK | Assiscong Creek

ASSISCONG CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Assiscong Creek - UNT
NAME | ASSISCONG CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Assiscong Creek UNT

NAMECK | Capoolong Creek UNT

WBNAME | Round Valley Reservoir

SHAPE_LEN | 35.582

WBNAME | Stone Arch Nursing Home Pond

BUSHKILL BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Bushkill Brook - UNT
NAME | BUSHKILL BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Bushkill Brook

ASSISCONG CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Assiscong Creek - UNT
NAME | ASSISCONG CREEK - UNT

WALNUT BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Walnut Brook - UNT
NAME | WALNUT BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Walnut Brook

BUSHKILL BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Bushkill Brook
NAME | BUSHKILL BROOK

WALNUT BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Walnut Brook
NAME | WALNUT BROOK

NAMECK | Pleasant Run UNT

ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Round Valley Reservoir - UNT
NAME | ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR - UNT
NAMECK | Round Valley Reservoir UNT

MINNEAKONING CREEK
GNIS_NAME | Minneakoning Creek
NAME | MINNEAKONING CREEK
NAMECK | Minneakoning Creek

WBNAME | Hunterdon Central High School Pond

NAMECK | Assiscong Creek UNT

FIRST NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | First Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | FIRST NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Neshanic River

FIRST NESHANIC RIVER
GNIS_NAME | First Neshanic River
NAME | FIRST NESHANIC RIVER
NAMECK | Neshanic River

NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
NAMECK | Neshanic River

SECOND NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Second Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | SECOND NESHANIC RIVER - UNT

NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | NESHANIC RIVER - UNT

FIRST NESHANIC RIVER
GNIS_NAME | First Neshanic River
NAME | FIRST NESHANIC RIVER

FIRST NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | First Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | FIRST NESHANIC RIVER - UNT

SECOND NESHANIC RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Second Neshanic River
NAME | SECOND NESHANIC RIVER

NESHANIC RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Neshanic River
NAME | NESHANIC RIVER

THIRD NESHANIC RIVER - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Third Neshanic River - UNT
NAME | THIRD NESHANIC RIVER - UNT

NAMECK | Walnut Brook UNT

BACK BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Back Brook - UNT
NAME | BACK BROOK - UNT

THIRD NESHANIC RIVER
GNIS_NAME | Third Neshanic River
NAME | THIRD NESHANIC RIVER

MINNEAKONING CREEK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Minneakoning Creek - UNT
NAME | MINNEAKONING CREEK - UNT
NAMECK | Minneakoning Creek UNT

CAT TRAIL BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Cat Trail Brook - UNT
NAME | CAT TRAIL BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Cat Trail Brook UNT

BACK BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Back Brook
NAME | BACK BROOK

STONY BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Stony Brook - UNT
NAME | STONY BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Stony Brook UNT

CAT TRAIL BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Cat Trail Brook
NAME | CAT TRAIL BROOK
NAMECK | Cat Trail Brook

BRANCH BACK BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Branch Back Brook
NAME | BRANCH BACK BROOK

BEDEN BROOK - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Beden Brook - UNT
NAME | BEDEN BROOK - UNT
NAMECK | Beden Brook UNT

STONY BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Stony Brook
NAME | STONY BROOK
NAMECK | Stony Brook

WBNAME | Southwark Farm Pond

PETERS BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Peters Brook
NAME | PETERS BROOK
NAMECK | Peters Brook

WBNAME | Amwell Lake

WOODSVILLE BROOK
GNIS_NAME | Woodsville Brook
NAME | WOODSVILLE BROOK
NAMECK | Woodsville Brook

ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR - UNT
GNIS_NAME | Round Valley Reservoir - UNT
NAME | ROUND VALLEY RESERVOIR - UNT

WBNAME | Round Valley Recreation Area

HUNTERDON GEOLOGY
Provided by John Allen.

Geologic Index Map of NJ - 1940

pasu
FNODE_ | 73
TNODE_ | 74
LPOLY_ | 0
RPOLY_ | 0
FOLDS_ | 5
FOLDS_ID | 29
LINTYPE | 2
LINACC | 1
LINKIND | 20
KIND | pasu
SYMBOL | 5
DESCRPTION | syncline upright in Paleozoic

pasu
FNODE_ | 77
TNODE_ | 78
LPOLY_ | 0
RPOLY_ | 0
FOLDS_ | 6
FOLDS_ID | 31
LINTYPE | 2
LINACC | 1
LINKIND | 20
KIND | pasu
SYMBOL | 5
DESCRPTION | syncline upright in Paleozoic

pasu
FNODE_ | 79
TNODE_ | 80
LPOLY_ | 0
RPOLY_ | 0
FOLDS_ | 7
FOLDS_ID | 32
LINTYPE | 2
LINACC | 1
LINKIND | 20
KIND | pasu
SYMBOL | 5
DESCRPTION | syncline upright in Paleozoic

mzsu
KIND | mzsu
DESCRPTION | syncline upright in Mesozoic r

prav
KIND | prav
DESCRPTION | antiform overturned in Protero

paau
KIND | paau
DESCRPTION | anticline upright in Paleozoic

mzau
KIND | mzau
DESCRPTION | anticline upright in Mesozoic

praf
KIND | praf
DESCRPTION | antiform in Proterozoic rocks

prsf
KIND | prsf
DESCRPTION | synform in Proterozoic rocks

prsv
KIND | prsv
DESCRPTION | synform overturned in Proteroz

paao
KIND | paao
DESCRPTION | anticline overturned in Paleoz

paso
KIND | paso
DESCRPTION | syncline overturned in Paleozo

Dilts Corner Fault

FAULTS_ID | 746
LINACC | known
LINKIND | normal
NAME |

Flemington Fault

Flemington Fault
NAME | Flemington Fault

NAME | Flemington Fault

LINACC | concealed

Hopewell Fault

Hopewell Fault
NAME | Hopewell Fault

NAME | Hopewell Fault

Longwood Valley Fault

Longwood Valley Fault
NAME | Longwood Valley Fault

NAME | Longwood Valley Fault

Musconetcong Thrust Fault

Musconetcong Thrust Fault
LINKIND | reverse
NAME | Musconetcong Thrust Fault

LINKIND | reverse
NAME | Musconetcong Thrust Fault

Ramapo Fault

Ramapo Fault
NAME | Ramapo Fault

NAME | Ramapo Fault

Tanners Brook Fault

Tanners Brook Fault
NAME | Tanners Brook Fault

NAME | Tanners Brook Fault

Turkey Brook Fault

LENGTH | 50.58

LENGTH | 44.58

LENGTH | 924.3

LINACC | approx. locate

LINACC | queried

LINKIND | right lateral normal

Physiographic provinces
More recent geological mapping efforts have subdivided rock units into rock types (lithofacies) in the Newark Supergroup and mineral constituents (assmblages) in the Highlands Province. This results in a more highly detailed map than was previously published.

Piedmont (Newark Basin) Province

Newark Supergroup
The Newark Supergroup comprises the sediments deposited in the "Newark Basin", which formed as the supercontinent of Pangea broke up and the Atlantic Ocean opened as North America moved westward away from Africa. There are a series of basins similar to the Newark Basin along the east coast of North America(e.g.: Hartford Basin, Gettysburg Basin, and the Fundy Basin offshore New Foundland) and the west coast of northern Africa (e.g.: the Atlas Mountain-associated basins of Morocco)
These rocks date to 225 to 195 million years ago.

Jurassic Period

Jurassic diabase
Coarse-grained trap rock, chiefly intrusive sheets in the Newark Group formations. Also dikes, a few basaltic.

Granophyre
Jg on geological map.

Granophyre
GEOLOGY_ | 2506
GEOLOGY_ID | 0
GEONUM | 3850
GEOABB | Jg
GEONAME | Granophyre
LITHOLOGY | granophyre, medium- to coarse-grained

Granophyre
GEOLOGY_ | 2553
GEOLOGY_ID | 0
GEONUM | 3850
GEOABB | Jg
GEONAME | Granophyre
LITHOLOGY | granophyre, medium- to coarse-grained

PERIMETER | 6611.197
GEOLOGY_ | 2555
GEOLOGY_ID | 0
GEONUM | 3850
GEOABB | Jg
GEONAME | Granophyre
LITHOLOGY | granophyre, medium- to coarse-grained

Jurassic Diabase
Jd on geological map.

Jurassic Diabase
AREA | 765852
PERIMETER | 7006.599
GEOABB | Jd
GEONAME | Jurassic Diabase
LITHOLOGY | diabase, medium- to coarse-grained

Jurassic Diabase
GEOABB | Jd
GEONAME | Jurassic Diabase
LITHOLOGY | diabase, medium- to coarse-grained

PERIMETER | 5882.464
GEOABB | Jd
GEONAME | Jurassic Diabase
LITHOLOGY | diabase, medium- to coarse-grained

Brunswick Group

Preakness Basalt
Second Watchung Basalt flow. Jp on geological map.
Fine-grained trap rock in extensive flows, chiefly in the Watchung Mountains; in part vesicular.

Preakness Basalt
GEOABB | Jp
GEONAME | Preakness Basalt
LITHOLOGY | basalt, fine- to coarse-grained

Feltville Formation
Jf on geological map.

Feltville Formation
GEOABB | Jf
GEONAME | Feltville Formation
LITHOLOGY | sandstone, siltstone, silty mudstone, fine- to coarse-grained, and less abundant calcareous siltstone and mudstone, carbonaceous limestone

Orange Mountain Basalt
First Watchung Basalt flow. Jo on geological map.
Fine-grained trap rock in extensive flows, chiefly in the Watchung Mountains; in part vesicular.

Orange Mountain Basalt
GEOABB | Jo
GEONAME | Orange Mountain Basalt
LITHOLOGY | basalt, fine- to medium-grained

GEOABB | Jo
GEONAME | Orange Mountain Basalt
LITHOLOGY | basalt, fine- to medium-grained

Passaic Formation
Formerly the Brunswick Formation.
Soft red shale with sandstone beds, the latter more abundant toward the northeast; conglomerate beds along northwest border with quartzite or limestone pebblesd in red matrix.

Passaic Formation
J Tr p on geological map.

Passaic Formation
GEOABB | JTrp
GEONAME | Passaic Formation
LITHOLOGY | siltstone and shale

GEOABB | JTrp
GEONAME | Passaic Formation
LITHOLOGY | siltstone and shale

Gray bed
Tr pg on geological map.

Passaic Formation Gray bed
GEOABB | Trpg
GEONAME | Passaic Formation Gray bed
LITHOLOGY | sandstone, siltstone and shale

AREA | 685313

Limestone
J Tr pcl on geologial map.

Passaic Formation Limestone-clast Conglomerate facies
GEOABB | JTrpcl
GEONAME | Passaic Formation Limestone-clast Conglomerate facies
LITHOLOGY | limestone conglomerate, sandstone

Conglomerate
J Tr psc on geological map.

Passaic Formation Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
GEOABB | JTrpsc
GEONAME | Passaic Formation Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
LITHOLOGY | conglomeratic sandstone

Quartzite-clast conglomerate facies
J Tr pcq on geological map.

Passaic Formation Quatzite-clast Conglomerate facies
GEOABB | JTrpcq
GEONAME | Passaic Formation Quatzite-clast Conglomerate facies
LITHOLOGY | quartzite conglomerate, sandstone

Triassic Period

Lockatong Formation
Hard dark argillite with local thin beds of sandstone (flagstone); conglomerate beds along northwestern border with quartzite or limestone pebbles in red matrix.

Lockatong Formation
Tr l on geological map.

Lockatong Formation
GEOABB | Trl
GEONAME | Lockatong Formation
LITHOLOGY | dolomitic or silty argillite, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone, and minor silty limestone

GEOABB | Trl
GEONAME | Lockatong Formation
LITHOLOGY | dolomitic or silty argillite, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone, and minor silty limestone

Red bed
Tr lr on geological map.

Red bed of Lockatong Formation
GEOABB | Trlr
GEONAME | Red bed of Lockatong Formation
LITHOLOGY | dolomitic or silty argillite, mudstone, sandstone, siltstone, and minor silty limestone, occasionally red

Sandstone and Conglomerate facies
NOTE: It appears the download reversed the polygons for "Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies" with "Sandstone: in the Lockatong Formation. Comparing these with the State geological map, I have renamed this folder for the former.
Tr lcq on geological map.

Lockatong Formation Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies
GEOABB | Trlcq
GEONAME | Lockatong Formation Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies
LITHOLOGY | pebble to cobble quartzite conglomerate, sandstone

Sandstone facies
NOTE: It appears the download reversed the polygons for "Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies" with "Sandstone: in the Lockatong Formation. Comparing these with the State geological map, I have renamed this folder for the latter.
Tr ls on geological map.

Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies
GEOABB | Trls
GEONAME | Sandstone and Conglomerate Sandstone facies
LITHOLOGY | quartz sandstone and conglomerate

Stockton Formation
Gray feldspathic sandstone (arkose), conglom,erate, and red shale; conglomerate beds along northwestern border with quartzite or limestone pebbles in red matrix.

Cobble conglomerate and sandstone facies
Tr scq and Tr ss on geological map.

Stockton Formation Cobble Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
GEOABB | Trscq
GEONAME | Stockton Formation Cobble Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
LITHOLOGY | pebble to cobble quartzite conglomerate, sandstone

Stockton Formation Cobble Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
GEOABB | Trss
GEONAME | Stockton Formation Cobble Conglomerate and Sandstone facies
LITHOLOGY | pebbly sandstone and conglomerate

Stockton Formation
Tr s on geological map.

Stockton Formation
GEOABB | Trs
GEONAME | Stockton Formation
LITHOLOGY | sandstone, mudstone, silty mudstone, argillaceous siltstone, and shale

GEOABB | Trs
GEONAME | Stockton Formation
LITHOLOGY | sandstone, mudstone, silty mudstone, argillaceous siltstone, and shale

New Jersey Highlands Province
Rocks in the Highland Province predate the opening of the Atlantic Ocean and reflect deposition in open oceans that were closed by the collision of what is now Africa. These continental collisions are part of a process called "Plate Tectonics".

Ordovician Period
The Ordovician Period dates between 488-444 million years ago. The "Taconic Orogeny" was a time during which the Iapetus Ocean closed and continents collided, creating highlands in the eastern part of North America. were

Martinsburg Shale
Black slaty shale (roofing slate in places) with this beds of sandstone (flagstone), especially in the upper parts. Also known as the "Hudson River" shale in the eastern parts of the state.
These fine-grained deposits were created when the Iapetus Ocean closed, continents collided and the land rose and began to erode, shedding mud into the low area. This mud became "shale" as it dewatered and became rock, which - where subjected to higher temperature and pressure - "metamorphosed" (changed) to slate.

Bushkill Member
Omb on geoloigcal map.

Bushkill Member
GEOABB | Omb
GEONAME | Bushkill Member
LITHOLOGY | shale, slate, less abundant siltstone, and minor dolomite lens

Jutland Klippe Sequence
A "klippe" is a geological term referring to a sequence of older rock typically pushed over younger rock by a "compressive" fault (thrust fault) and subsequently isolated by erosion of the surrounding rock.

Unit A
OCtja on geological map

Jutland Klippe Sequence Unit A
GEOABB | OCjta
GEONAME | Jutland Klippe Sequence Unit A
LITHOLOGY | shale, sandstone, limestone, siltstone, and quartz-pebble conglomerate

Unit B
Ojtb on geological map.

Jutland Klippe Sequence Unit B
GEOABB | OCjtb
GEONAME | Jutland Klippe Sequence Unit B
LITHOLOGY | shale, dolomite, siltstone, sandstone, quartzite, and limestone

Jutland Klippe Sequence
OCjt on geological map.

Jutland Klippe Sequence
GEOABB | OCjt
GEONAME | Jutland Klippe Sequence
LITHOLOGY | shale, sandstone, limestone, and quartz-pebble conglomerate

GEOABB | OCjt
GEONAME | Jutland Klippe Sequence
LITHOLOGY | shale, sandstone, limestone, and quartz-pebble conglomerate

Jacksonburg Limestone
Black or dark blue limestone often with limestone conglomerate at the base and limy shale ("cement rock") at the top. Equivalent to Trenton Limestone.
Oj on geological map.
The Jacksonburg Limestone was depositied in shallow, clear water as the ocean closed. Carbonate (limestone) deposition was replaced by mud as the ocean closed and continents collided.

Jacksonburg Limestone
GEOABB | Oj
GEONAME | Jacksonburg Limestone
LITHOLOGY | shaly linestone, arenaceous limestone, and minor dolomite-cobble conglomerate

GEOABB | Oj
GEONAME | Jacksonburg Limestone
LITHOLOGY | shaly linestone, arenaceous limestone, and minor dolomite-cobble conglomerate

AREA | 235245

Wantage Sequence
Restricted, discontinuous sequence of interbedded limestone, dolomite, conglomerate, siltstone, and shale. Upper part is medium-yellowish-brown- to olive-gray-weathering, medium- to dark-gray, very fine to fine-grained, laminated to massive limestone and dolomite that grade down into underlying clastic rocks of lower part. Upper part locally absent. Lower part ranges from grayish-red, medium-gray, pale-brown, and greenish-gray to pale-green mudstone and siltstone containing disseminated subangular to subrounded chert-gravel, quartz-sand lenses, and chert-pebble conglomerate. Lower contact unconformable. Thickness ranges from 0 to 46 m (0-150 ft).
Ow on geological map.

Wantage Sequence
GEOABB | Ow
GEONAME | Wantage Sequence
LITHOLOGY | limestone, dolomite, conglomerate, siltstone, and shale

Beekmantown Group

Upper Part
Obu on geological map.

Upper Part of Beekmantown Group
GEOABB | Obu
GEONAME | Upper Part of Beekmantown Group
LITHOLOGY | dolomite and minor limestone

Lower Part
Obl on geological map.

Lower Part of Beekmantown Group
GEOABB | Obl
GEONAME | Lower Part of Beekmantown Group

Cambrian Period
The Cambrian Period dates from 542 to 488 million years ago. Long before there was a North American continent there was Rodinia, a landmass that existed very early in Earth history. By the Cambrian the continent of Rodinia had broken up and the Iapetus Ocean opened up. New Jersey was on a "passive margin", similar to its current situation.

Allentown Dolomite
OCa on geological map.

Allentown Dolomite
GEOABB | OCa
GEONAME | Allentown Dolomite
LITHOLOGY | dolomite, and less abundant quartzite and shale

GEOABB | OCa
GEONAME | Allentown Dolomite
LITHOLOGY | dolomite, and less abundant quartzite and shale

Leithsville Formation
Part of the Kittatinny Supergroup. Cl on geological map.

Leithsville Formation
GEOABB | Cl
GEONAME | Leithsville Formation
LITHOLOGY | dolomite, dolomitic sandstone, siltstone, and shale

GEOABB | Cl
GEONAME | Leithsville Formation
LITHOLOGY | dolomite, dolomitic sandstone, siltstone, and shale

Hardyston Quartzite
Ch on geological map. Deposited as sandstone, but exposure to higher temperatures and pressures altered sandstone to quartzite. The Hardyston was deposited when the developing Iapetus Ocean encroached onto the land.

Hardyston Quartzite
GEOABB | Ch
GEONAME | Hardyston Quartzite
LITHOLOGY | conglomeratic sandstone, quartzite, and dolomitic sandstone

GEOABB | Ch
GEONAME | Hardyston Quartzite
LITHOLOGY | conglomeratic sandstone, quartzite, and dolomitic sandstone

Proterozoic Era

Chestnut Hill Formation
Zch on geological map.

Byram Intrusive Suite
Gray granitoid gneiss composed of microcline, microperthite, quartz, hornblende or pyroxene, and sometimes mica. Includes small areas of Baltimore gneiss at Trenton.

Hornblende Granite
Byram Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Ybh).

Hornblende Granite
GEOABB | Ybh
GEONAME | Hornblende Granite
LITHOLOGY | granite, medium- to coarse-grained

GEOABB | Ybh
GEONAME | Hornblende Granite
LITHOLOGY | granite, medium- to coarse-grained

Biotite granite
Byram Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Ybb).

Biotite Granite
GEOABB | Ybb
GEONAME | Biotite Granite
LITHOLOGY | granite, medium-grained

Microperthite Alaskite
Byram Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Yba).

Microperthite Alaskite
GEOABB | Yba
GEONAME | Microperthite Alaskite

GEOABB | Yba
GEONAME | Microperthite Alaskite

Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite

Pyroxene Granite
Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Ypg).

Pyroxene Granite
GEOABB | Ypg
GEONAME | Pyroxene Granite

GEOABB | Ypg
GEONAME | Pyroxene Granite

Pyroxene Syenite
Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Yps).

Pyroxene Syenite
GEOABB | Yps
GEONAME | Pyroxene Syenite
LITHOLOGY | syenite and quartz syenite, medium- to coarse-grained

GEOABB | Yps
GEONAME | Pyroxene Syenite
LITHOLOGY | syenite and quartz syenite, medium- to coarse-grained

Pyroxene Alaskite
Lake Hopatcong Intrusive Suite on NJ State map (Ypa).

Pyroxene Alaskite
GEOABB | Ypa
GEONAME | Pyroxene Alaskite

GEOABB | Ypa
GEONAME | Pyroxene Alaskite

Metasedimentary rocks

Potassic Feldspar Gneiss
Yk(?) on geological map. Not labeled within Hunterdon County.

Potassic Feldspar Gneiss
GEOABB | Yk
GEONAME | Potassic Feldspar Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, fine- to medium-grained

GEOABB | Yk
GEONAME | Potassic Feldspar Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, fine- to medium-grained

Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar gneiss
Metasedimentary rocks on NJ State map (Yb).

Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
GEOABB | Yb
GEONAME | Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, fine- to coarse-grained

Biotite-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
GEOABB | Ylb
GEONAME | Biotite-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, fine- to coarse-grained

Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
GEOABB | Yb
GEONAME | Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss

Hornblende-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Metasedimentary rocks on NJ State map (Ymh).

Hornblende-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
GEOABB | Ymh
GEONAME | Hornblende-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss,fine- to medium-grained

Clinopyroxene-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Metasedimentary rock on NJ State map (Ymp).

Clinopyroxene-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
GEOABB | Ymp
GEONAME | Clinopyroxene-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss

GEOABB | Ymp
GEONAME | Clinopyroxene-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss

Pyroxene Gneiss
Metasedimentary rocks on NJ State map (Yp).

Pyroxene Gneiss
GEOABB | Yp
GEONAME | Pyroxene Gneiss

GEOABB | Yp
GEONAME | Pyroxene Gneiss

Epidote Gneiss
Metasedimentary Rocks on NJ State map (Ye).

Losee Metamorphic Suite

Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
Losee Metamorphic Suite on NJ State map (Ylo).

Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
GEOABB | Ylo
GEONAME | Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, medium- to coarse-grained

GEOABB | Ylo
GEONAME | Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, medium- to coarse-grained

Albite-Oligoclase granite
Losee Metamorphic Suite on NJ State map (Yla).

Albite-Oligoclase Granite
GEOABB | Yla
GEONAME | Albite-Oligoclase Granite

Biotite-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
Losee Metamorphic Suite on NJ State map (Ylb).

GEOABB | Ylb
GEONAME | Biotite-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss

Metamorphic Rocks of Uncertain Origin

Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
Yh on geological map.

Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
GEOABB | Yh
GEONAME | Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, medium-grained

GEOABB | Yh
GEONAME | Hypersthere-Quartz-Oligoclase Gneiss
LITHOLOGY | gneiss, medium-grained

Diorite
Yd on geological map.

Diorite
GEOABB | Yd
GEONAME | Diorite
LITHOLOGY | diorite

GEOABB | Yd
GEONAME | Diorite
LITHOLOGY | diorite

Amphibolite
Ya on geological map.

Amphibolite
GEOABB | Ya
GEONAME | Amphibolite
LITHOLOGY | amphibolite, fine- to medium-grained

GEOABB | Ya
GEONAME | Amphibolite
LITHOLOGY | amphibolite, fine- to medium-grained

Migmatite
Yam on geological map.

Migmatite
GEOABB | Yam
GEONAME | Migmatite
LITHOLOGY | mixed amphibolite and gneiss

GEOABB | Yam
GEONAME | Migmatite
LITHOLOGY | mixed amphibolite and gneiss

Microantiperthite Alaskite
Yma on geological map.

Microantiperthite Alaskite
GEOABB | Yma
GEONAME | Microantiperthite Alaskite

Hunterdon County Islands
On March 16, 1786, the New Jersey legislature approved the annexation of of the islands above Trenton to the nearest state. In Hunterdon County these included:
Township of Amwell:
Smith's Mill Island
Coryell's Island
Holcomb's Islands [two]
Eagle Island
Bull's Island
Township of Kingwood:
Rush Island
Ridge's Island
Spyhawk's Islands [three]
Pinkerton's Island
Man of War Island
Township of Alexandria:
Stull's Island
Lowrey's Island
Loughley's Island & bar

Pinkerton's Island

Spyhawk Island

Treasure Island

Rush Island

Bull's Island
Originally known as Ponnacussing or Paunacussing, probably close to the name given by the Lenape. A survey of this and surrounding land was first made in 1712 for Richard Bull and John Ladd. As a result, it was then known as Bool's [Bull's] Island, and in the early 1800s as Saxton's Island for Nathaniel Saxton, a prominent land owner of that time.
Across from the hamlet of Raven Rock, formerly known as Saxtonville. It was annexed to the State of New Jersey in 1786. Over the years it has supported several mills and shad fisheries. It is now part of the New Jersey park system.
[HCPN]
[MG]
Reading Howell 1785 map - "Bullls Islands Quimby possession."

Eagle Island

Holcombe's Island
Or Holcomb's Island; later Lewis Island (for the last fishery operators). There has been at least one shad fishery there for over 200 years. The island was officially annexed to New Jersey in 1786.
[HCPN]

INDIAN HABITATION - Lenni Lenape

Schrabisch & other Indian habiation maps

Map of Indian purchases

New Jersey Indian trails

Schrabisch Indian Habitations 1914-1915

other locations

"Wishalimensey" overlay [small]

Wishalimensey Indian Village [locate exactly]
Shown on the Hammond map G, south of Ringoes and the Dawlis mills. Near the land of John Clark.

Land acquisitions from Indians in Hunterdon Co. area
ALL BOUNDARY LINES APPROXIMATE
It was established policy among the Quakers to purchase land from the Indians on behalf of all the settlers before surveying lots for individuals. This was a strategy to help protect the Quakers from challenges to their legitimacy. The Quakers didn’t want to create any excuse for the government in England to deprive them of their hard-earned rights in West New Jersey.
[SEE: goodspeedhistories.com ]

Thomas Budd Purchase - 1687
The first of the major land purchases in what became the original Hunterdon County was 15,000 acres bought by Thomas Budd from the Indians in 1687. This area ran from Millstone to Lawrenceville to the area north of Trenton.

Adlord Bowde Purchase - 1688
On March 30 and April 9, 1688, Adlord Bowde acquired something over 30,000 acres along the Delaware River, north of Trenton from the Indians. He purchased this property on behalf of Daniel Coxe and the land was titled as such.

Lotting Purchase - 1703
The northern boundary of the Adlord Bowde Purchase became the southern boundary of the Lotting Purchase. In 1703 John Reading, William Biddle, and John Wills purchased 150,000 acres north of the Bowde line from the Indians. Shares or "lotts" were first surveyed in 1712. It included lands on both sides of the South Branch of the Raritan.

Lewis Morris Purchase - 1709
After the Lotting Purchase was made in 1703, the proprietors discovered they could not go ahead and issue dividends as they had intended, because they did not have enough acreage to allow them to issue 5,000 acres for each proprietary share. They needed more land, which they got in 1709. This was another tract of 100,000 acres bought from the Indians by Lewis Morris, running north from the Lotting Purchase Line—from Frenchtown up the river to the vicinity of Milford, then northeast to the northern boundary of Lebanon Township, covering almost all of northern Hunterdon as we know it today.

18thC maps of Towns, Villages & Roads
[See link below to view these maps.]

18thC Hunterdon County maps named below

East & West Jersey - dividing line
The Quintipartite Deed of 1676 split the Province of New Jersey in two. It was in effect from 1674 until 1702, dividing the land into the Province of West Jersey and the Province of East Jersey.
Disputes arose over the exact dividing line of the two provinces. Several division lines were proposed: the Keith Line [1686], the Coxe-Barclay Line [1688], the Thornton Line [1696], and the Lawrence Line [1743]. The Lawrence Line was adopted as the final line for legal purposes. But the most operative one was the Keith Line, the borders of which can be seen in some New Jersey counties today.
[See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Jersey for further information.]

Perth Amboy - East Jersey
Capital of the Colony of East Jersey from 1673-1688.

Burlington - West Jersey

East-West Jersey line [1674 - 1702]

[disputed]

Province of Jersey - c. 1700
[map done later?]

Alexandria [?not Frenchtown?]

Bloomsburg

Changewater

Chelsea [?]

Flemings

Germantown [Oldwick]

Hoffs [Pittstown]

Hopewell

Kingwood [Baptisttown?]

Maidenhead [Lawrenceville]

Norton

Pennington

Potterstown

Princetown [Nassau Hall]

Readings

Ringos

Sidney

Sinclair [?]

Sunburn [Frenchtown]

Trenton

Union [Clinton?]

Howells Ferry [Stockton]

Parsley Ferry [Pursleys]

Trenton Ferry

Wells Ferry [Lambertville]

Major Roads
[Majorly out of scale & direction.]

Frenchtown-Changewater

Potterstown-Union

Germantown

Alexandria-Hopewell

Lambertville-Changewater

Trenton-Pittstown-Bloomsbury

Lower Road to Trenton

Hopewell-Maidenhead

Trenton-Princeton

Princeton-Pennington

Hopewell-Brunswick

Flemington-Brunswick

Nova Jersey et Nova York [early 1700s]

Heath [?]

Kingstown [Princeton?]

Union

1749 Lewis Evans map
Trenton, Maidenhead [Lawrenceville], Prince T, Union, Changewater

Prince T. [Princeton]

Union [Union Furnace]

major roads shown

Old York Rd

Trenton-Easton

1776 - 'maps of PA'
Contains the following places:
Hofs [Pittstown]
Norton
Prince’s T.
Pennington
Sidney
Trenton
Union
Wells Ferry

Hof's [Pittstown]

Prince's T [Princeton]

Brunswick-Easton

Trenton-Brunswick

1776-77 Battles of Trenton
Trenton, Maidenhead [Lawrenceville], Prince Town, Pennington

Prince Town [Princeton]

Trenton-Pennington [Upper Road]

Lower or River Road

Pennington-Brunswick

Pennington-Ferry

Upper Road-Lower Road

Princeton-Cranberry

1778 - Erben [NEW]
Contains the following places:

Alexandria [Frenchtown]

Fleming

Gemington [Pennington]

Kings [Kingwood]

Peterstown [Potterstown]

Princetown

Reading

Ringwood?

1780 - West Jersey History map [ad link]
Contains the following places:
Changewater
Flemings [Flemington]
Kingwood
Maidenhead [Lawrenceville]
Norton
Pennington
Potterstown
Princetown
Readings
Ringos
Sidney
Sunburn [Frenchtown]
Trenton
Union

Flemings [Flemington]

Kingwood [misplaced]

Trenton-Frenchtown

Easton-Brunswick

Frenchtown-

Untitled Path

1781 - Rev War Hessian map
The Hessian map & the Hills map are of the same date and similar, but contain some notably different information. They should be referenced together.

major roads - use map link

Baptist Meetg [Hopewell]

Baptisttown

Charl Cox [?]

Durham [locate]

Fleming Town

Fox Hill

Helltown [Spring Mills]

Johnson's Forge [locate]

Johnson's Iron Works [Warren]

Maiden Head [Lawrenceville]

Mill [?]

New Germantown [Oldwick]

Old English Church [?]

Heir Parker

Penning Town

Petterstown [Potterstown]

Pittstown

Prince Town

Quakertown

Reading Meeting

Reading Mill [locate]

Union Forge

Union Furnace

White House

Taverns

Bohammons Tav [Buchanan's]

Abri Bonnils [Clinton]

Chursons Tav

Fields Tav [ck]

Hickerey tav

Hozzels [?]

Humphreys Tav

Hughs [?]

Koughs Tavern [Clover Hill]

Ringoes Tav

Updickers Tavern [locate]

Ferries

Cokes Ferry [Coxe]

Conkys Ferry [Johnson's]

Correyls Ferry [Lambertville]

Howels Ferry [Stockton]

Sherrads Ferry [Frenchtown]

1781 - John Hills map
The Hessian map & the Hills map are of the same date and similar, but contain some notably different information. They should be referenced together.
HUNTERDON:
Baptist [Town]
Bonhanna’s [Buchanan’s Tavern]
Cox’s
Curshones [tavern?]
Flemming Town [Flemington]
Grandines [2]
Guffs Town
Hozells
Hickery [Tavern]
Kings Town [Princeton]
Mehelms [hse GW stayed?]
New German Town [Oldwick]
Old English Church
Pitts Town
Potterstown
Reading
Reading Mill
Ringoes [Tavern]
Rutherfords
Shipley [Plantation]
Stevens
White House
Union Forge
Union Furnace
Updikes [Tavern]
MERCER:
Maidenhead [Lawrenceville]
Fields [Tavern]
Humprys [?]
Merchons [?]
FERRIES & FORDS:
Conkeys Ferry [Johnson’s]
Coxes Ferry
Coryels Ferry
Howels [Readings] Ferry
Howels Ferry [lower]
Pursleys Ferry
Sherrards Ferry [Frenchtown]
Trenton Ferry
[Readings] Ford
[Durham] Ford

Baptist [Town]

Cox's [locate]

Flemming Town

Grandines [locate]

Guff's Town [locate]

Hozells [locate]

Kings Town [Princeton]

Mehelms

New German Town [Oldwick]

Pitts Town

Potters Town

Quaker

Reading [Mill]

Rutherfords [locate]

Shipley

Stevens [locate]

Bohannas [Buchanan's Tavern]

Bonnels [Clinton]

Chursones [Tavern]

Hickery [Tavern]

Mershons [tav?] locate

Ringoes [Tavern]

Updikes [Tavern]

Ferries & Fords

Coxes Ferry

Coryels Ferry [Lambertville]

Howels Ferry [Yardley?]

Humphrys [Tavern]

Pursleys Ferry

Sherrards Ferry [Frenchtown]

ford

1787 - Rumsey Francis
Alexandria [Frenchtown]
Baptist T.
Charleston
Clarksville
Clinton
Dog T. [Cherryville]
Fairview [Quakertown]
Flemington
Herberton [Harbourton]
Koughs T. [Clover Hill]
Lambertsville
Lawrenceville
Lebanon
Milford
New German T. [Oldwick]
New Hampton
Perryville
Pitts T.
Potters T.
Pralls V.
Princeton
Ringoes T.
Rock T.
Saxtonville
Sergeantsville
Titusville
White House
Woodsville

Baptist T.

Charleston [ck]

Clarksville

Clinton

Dog T. [Cherryville]

Fairview [Quakertown]

Flemington

Herberton [Harbourton]

Koughs T. [Clover Hill]

Lambertsville

Lawrenceville

Lebanon

Milford

New German T. [Oldwick]

New Hampton

Perryville

Pitts T.

Potters T.

Pralls V.

Princeton

Ringoes T.

Rock T.

Saxtonville [Raven Rock]

Sergeantsville

Titusville

Woodsville

Trenton-New Brunswick

Frenchtown-New Brunswick

River Road

1795/96 - Rumsey, et al.
Alexandria [Frenchtown]
Amwell MgH [Mt. Airy]
Bunnels Tvn [Clinton]
Flemingtown
Hiccory Tvn
New Germantown [Oldwick]
Pennytown [Pennington]
Pittstown
Princeton
Riddenton [Readington]
Ringo’s T.
Whitehouse
Ferries:
Corriel’s Fy [Lambertville]
Hart’s Fy
McCrankey’s Fy
Robinson’s Fy
Yardsley’s Fy

Amwell MgH [Mt. Airy]

Bunnels Tvn [Clinton]

Flemingtown

Hiccory Tvn

Pennytown [Pennington]

Riddenton [Readington]

Ringo's T.

Whitehouse

Ferries
Corriel’s Fy [Lambertville], Hart’s Fy, McCrankey’s Fy [mislabled], Robinson’s Fy, Yardsley’s Fy

Corriel's Fy

Hart's Ferry

McCrankey's Fy [Johnson's]

Robinson's Fy

Yardsley's Fy [ck]

18thC County Reference Maps

Hunterdon - 1714 to present [interactive map series]
[SEE: 'Hunterdon County Then & Now' on front page of website] www.hunterdon300th.org

NJ counties 1772-80
During the Revolutionary War, there were thirteen counties in New Jersey. Hunterdon County also encompassed the townships south to Trenton.

Old Hunterdon Co. - 1776
[NOTE: Trenton south line should follow the Assunpink Creek.]
Transparency of map can be adjusted by highlighting > right-click > properties > slide arrow at top of page.

18thC Roads, Ferries & Bridges
The roads, ferries, and key villages enroute listed below are shown on 18thC maps or are otherwise known to exist. [Their current names, if different, are in brackets.]
Many of the earliest roads followed the old Indian trails. Most 18thC maps are notorious for being out of scale, drawing straight lines between two points rather than following the road path itself, identifying locations that are no longer there, spelling the names in a myriad of ways. And roads themselves changed paths or were relocated. So these early maps must be taken lightly.
King's Road or King's Highway - public road or right of way, often a specified width
plank roads - a dirt path or road covered with a series of wooden planks
driftways - a common way or path, often for driving cattle
meandering rights-of-way
The ferries often changed names with a change in ownership, but this was not always so... especially if it had been in existence for a long time under the previous name. The owner/operator [or lessee/operator] on one side of the river was often different than that of the other shore. And there was almost always a tavern associated with the respective ferries, usually with the same name.
Bridges, of course, came later. Many creeks were shallow enough to ford without a bridge. The small spans built were of stone with lovely segmented arches. Many of these still remain today. The only large bridge in Hunterdon County was at Trenton over the Assunpink Creek.

Delaware River
The Delaware River was the main navigable waterway to the western part of New Jersey. It played a pivital part in the development of the what was and is Hunterdon County.

Raritan River
In the early history of the state, travel by this waterway was a direct path to the interior of central New Jersey and to Hunterdon County. From Raritan Bay, this river played a large role in the development of the area.

Raritan River

Raritan - South Branch

Raritan - North Branch

Raritan-Readington border

South Bound Brook

[New] Brunswick

Piscataway [Quibbletown]

Somerville

Raritan

Raritan Bay

major 18thC roads

Old York Rd. - very early 1700s
[see Wiki entries for Old York Rd.]
Also called the King's Road or the King's Highway (as all main roads of any great size were), it was laid out in Pennsylvania from Philadelphia to Wells Ferry [New Hope] between 1711 and 1771. It began at Fourth & Vine Streets in the center of the city. This area in the heart of town was lost to a 1960s redevelopment project, but the rest of the road location remains very much the same.
Its continuation in New Jersey was from Coryell's Ferry [Lambertville] to Elizabethtown and on to New York City. It took less time to finish the construction on this half because there was a larger network of existing roads to connect to the project. It was completed in 1764.
In 1764 a new road was built between Newark and Bergen which offered an alternative route from the earlier Staten Island one. This new road was shorter and faster.

New York City

Wall Street [early Dutch settlement]

Bergen

Paulus Hook

Staten Island

Coryell's Ferry [Lambertville]

Philadelphia

approximate north route

Swift Sure Path - SCo.

Swift-Sure Path - HCo.

approximate south route

Swift-Sure Stage Line stops
It took two days to travel from New York to Philadelphia and the stage ran three times a week.
It was advertised as follows:
"TO THE PUBLIC
A New Stage Is Erected to go from New York to Philadelphia, by Way of Powles-Hook from thence through Newark and Elizabeth-Town to Bound-Brook and the North Branch of Rariton, to Coryell's Ferry, the only Ferry Between Newark and Philadelphia, noted for its Shortness and Conveniency over the River Delaware.
This Road is know by the Name of the Old York Road through the finest, most pleasant and best inhabited Part of New Jersey. It is proposed to set off from Powles-Hook every Tuesday Morning by Sun-rise.
The Waggon from Philadelphia sets out also on every Tuesday Morning from Josiah F. Davenport's at the Sign of the Bunch of Grapes in Third Street and proceeds over Coryell's Ferry to the South Branch of Rariton where they meet the Newark Waggon. The Price for each Passenger from Powles-Hook to Philadelphia will be Twenty Shillings Proc, or Ten Shillings to each Waggon, Ferriage to the Passengers free. All possible care shall be taken that Justice be done the Public that shall please to employ
Thier very humble Servants,
Joseph Crane
Josiah F. Davenport
September 25, 1769
New York Gazette"

Pennsylvania

4th & Vine Street
Start of Old York Road.

Germantown Ave. & Westmoreland
Picks up Old York Rd. from downtown Philadelphia.

Old York Rd. - PA

Jenkintown

Abington

Willow Grove

Hatboro

Warminster

Hartsville

Hartsville deviation

Bridge Valley

Bridge Valley deviation

York Rd. [realignments]

Furlong

Buckingham

Lahaska

Wells Ferry [New Hope]

Hunterdon Co.

Amwell Meeting [Mt. Airy]

Ringoes

Larison's Corner

Manners [Reaville]

Three Bridges

Centerville
Centerville grew up because of a tavern that marked the halfway point on the Swift Sure Stage Line route from New York to Philadelphia. It took two days to make the journey, so this was a logical stopping point for travelers. The tavern was in operation as early as 1829.
[Wiki, HCPN]

Somerset Co.

Middle Brook [Somerville]

Bound Brook

villages - route north

Quibbletown [New Market]

Plainfield

Scotch Plains

Westfield

Cranes Ford [Cranford]

Elizabeth Pointe

Holland's Hook/Milliken [Port Ivory]
Begining in 1736, a ferry ran from Holland's Hook [Howland Hook] to Elizabeth Pointe.
[Wiki]

Bergen Point

Powles [Paulus] Hook

Newark

Newark to Elizabethtowne

Trenton-Easton Pike

Trent Town

Easton

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - lower

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - middle

Trenton-Easton Turnpike - upper

Warren Co. section

Penny Town/Penning Town

Quaker Meetinghouse [Quakertown]

Hoff's [Pitt's Town]

Hickory

Johnson's [Bloomsbury]

Brunswick-Easton Pike
From New Brunswick, the pike came through the villages listed below. The Brunswick-Easton Stage ran round-trips daily from Somerville to New Brunswick.

"New Jersey Turnpike"

Bonnell's Tavern [Clinton]

Vansickles

Jugtown

Shown on maps of the Colonial period. This was a diversion on the way to Pittstown where it connected with the Trenton-Easton Turnpike.
1776 map
1780 map

Old Brunswick Road/New Brunswick Pike

Old Brunswick Road - 1698
Ran from Elizabeth[town] to Rahway, Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Kingston, Princeton [Princetown], and Lawrenceville [Maidenhead] to Trenton.

Assunpink Trail [Old Dutch Rd./ Lincoln Highway]
One of many native American trails across the area, the Assunpink Trail stretched from the Raritan River in the north to the Delaware River at Trent Towne. In the late 17th century Dutch trappers and traders from New Netherland used the trail between their settlements on the Hudson River and those on the Delaware. They were followed by early permanent settlers who began populating the interior in the early 1700s.
After the British takeover of the colony in 1664 and the establishment of the Province of New Jersey, the trail became a part of a major thoroughfare between Philadelphia and Perth Amboy, capital of East Jersey and major port.
By 1698 it was known as a Kings Highway, and in the early 1700s had been cleared and widened. It was chartered as a turnpike road in 1807.

Elizabeth[town]

Rahway

Woodbridge

King's Town

Assunpink Bridge

New Brunswick Pike
What is now US 1 between Trenton and New Brunswick was originally chartered as the Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike in 1803.

Upper Hunterdon roads

Pittstown Rd. [Route 513 ]
"All roads lead to Pittstown." [See book of that name by Stephanie Stevens.]

Alexandria/Holland - 18thC roads

River Rd.

Mechlin Corner Rd.

Palmyra-Everittstown

Frenchtown Rd. [approx.]

[ferry road - approx.]

Rick Rd. [?]

Alexandria
Shown on early maps. Probably later Frenchtown.

Durham [Stillwell's] Ferry

Bethlehem/Union - 18thC roads

Charlestown Rd.

Van Syckels Rd.

Spruce Run

Union Rd.

Polktown Rd.

Coles Mills

Charlestown

Jugtown [West Portal]

Kingwood/Franklin - 18thC roads

Kingwood to Stockton
An old Indian trail that became King's Highway or the Great Rd. Now Route 519.

Ferry Rd. [Federal Twist] - c. 1775
Known early on as Ferry Rd. because it dropped down to the ferry at Stockton.

Horseshoe Bend Rd.

Stompf Tavern Rd.

Byram to Kingwood [Rt. 651]

Clinton to Cherryville

Quakertown to Cherryville

Croton to Pittstown

Baptist Town

Dog Town [Cherryville]

Kingwood [ck]

Sherrad's Ferry [Frenchtown]

Lebanon/Clinton - 18thC roads

Clinton to Hampton

Musconetcong River Rd.

Point Mountain Rd.

Penwell Rd.

Mt. Lebanon Rd.

Hollow Rd.

Anthony Rd.

Buffalo Hollow

Clarksville [Glen Gardner]

Hampton

Spruce Run Turnpike - [locate exactly]
between Flemington & Union Forge

Reading [Readington] - 18thC roads

Old Raritan Path [Indian]
Later known as the Somerville and Easton Turnpike.

Flemington to Whitehouse

Potterstown Rd.

Potterstown Road
On December 15, 1776 General Sullivan camped his army on Potterstown Road previous to marching them on to Easton, then down the Pennsylvania side of the river to meet up with Washington's main army for the December 26th assault on Trenton. Trenton was the first battle won by the Patriot Army. A skirmish between Patriots and Loyalists took place on Potterstown Road on September 15, 1777.

Oldwick Rd.

Centreville

Reading/Ridden Town [Readington]

Tewksbury - 18thC roads

Potterstown Rd.
On December 15, 1776 General Sullivan camped his army on Potterstown Road previous to marching them on to Easton, then down the Pennsylvania side of the river to meet up with Washington's main army for the December 26th assault on Trenton. Trenton was the first battle won by the Patriot Army. A skirmish between Patriots and Loyalists took place on Potterstown Road on September 15, 1777.

Old Turnpike Rd.

King's Road [King St.]

Church St.

Fox Hill Rd.

Old Amwell Valley roads

E.Am rd

Delaware - 18thC roads

Upper River Road to Kingwood line

Flemington to Sergeantsville - 1725

Sergeantsville to Stockton - 1725?

Stockton to Kingwood - 1729
One of the oldest roads in the area. Followed the route of one of western Hunterdon Couty's major north/south routes which led to Readings's Ferry, an important Delaware River crossing.
[DB]

Mt. Airy to Sandy Ridge - [1721/1736]
One of the oldest roads in the area. Also known as "The Middle Road" on 18th-century maps, which went from Stockton to Lambertville.

Ringoes to Sergeantsville - early to mid 18thC
Provided a road to access the mills in the area. Also called 'the Great Road from Tyson's Mill to Opdycke's Mill'.
[DB]

Sergeanstville to Rosemont - mid 18thC

Rosemont to Raven Rock - mid 18thC

Boarshead to Baptistown - 1766

Headquarters to Sand Brook - 1770

Federal Twist Road - 1775
Also known in the 18th century as Ferry Road or the road from Painter's Ferry to Milltown. The term 'twist' referred to a pull-off for stopping part way up the steep hill. That resting spot has long ago been straightened, although remnants of it can still be seen if one looks closely.

Flemington to Locktown - 1779

Tinker's Rd.
Cited by 1787 and in 1793. Appears as "Rittenhouse" on maps in the later 1800s. Identity of "tinker" is unknown. www.goodspeedhistories.com

Ferry Rd. - late 18thC
Ferry Road is supposedly named for a ferry that was used during spring freshets to move herds of sheep from one side of Plum Brook to the other. It's probably the only Ferry Road in Hunterdon that doesn't lead to the Delaware River.
[MG]

Prallsville to Skoonkton [Sergeantsville]
Probably later 1700s. Now Woolverton Rd.

Sandy Ridge Rd.
Part of the Middle Road which went from Stockton to Lambertville.

Prallsville

Readings Ferry [Centre Bridge/Stockton]

Saxtonville

Bull's Island

Raritan - 18thC roads

Flemington to Frenchtown [get map]
Doesn't exactly follow Route 12. Part of Hardscrabble Rd.

Flemington to Clover Hill

Flemington to River Rd. [ck]

Flemington to Whitehouse [ck]

E.Amwell - 18thC roads

Ringoes to Wertsville
Formerly "Indian Path Road".

Wertsville to Stoutsburg [1770]

Wertsville to Rileyville/Greenwood [1750]

Wertsville to Rocktown

Wertsville to Clover Hill??

Linvale to Snydertown

Dawlis Mills [also called Amwell]

Snydertown

W.Amwell - 18thC roads

Alexauken Bridge
First was a stone arch bridge. Second was about 200 feet east and was a covered wooden bridge with a center pier added in 1880. This bridge burned in 1913 and was replaced with a concrete one in 1914.

River Rd. [upper part of lower]

Bungtown Rd. west

Mt. Airy-Harbourton

Goat Hill Rd.

Gulick Rd.

New Market [Linvale] to Woodsville

New Market to Harbourton

Amwell [Mt. Airy]

Rock Town

New Market [Linvale]

Lower Hunterdon roads [now Mercer]
[REF: Hopewell: A Historical Geography by Richard Hunter & Richard Porter]

Hopewell - 18thC roads

Bungtown Rd. east

c. 1690 - "Roger's Road" [Roger Parke]

c. 1690 - now Rt. 31 & Main St.

c. 1690 [1722 survey] - Woodsville Marshalls Corner

c. 1690 [1723 survey] - Hopewell/Pennington/Rocky Hill

c. 1700 - Pleasant Valley Rd.

c. 1700 - Valley Rd.

c. 1700 - Rt. 579/Bear Tavern Rd.

c. 1700 - Pennington Titusville Rd.

c. 1700 - Lawrenceville Pennington Rd.

c. 1700 - Pennington Rocky Hill Rd.

c. 1710 - Mt. Airy Harbourton

c. 1720 - Scotch Rd.

c. 1750 - Hopewell Wertsville Rd.

c. 1750 - part of River Rd.

c. 1750 - Fiddlers Creek Rd.

c. 1750 - Church Rd.

c. 1750 - Carter Rd.

c. 1750 - part of Carter Rd.

c. 1750 - Old Mill Rd.

1767 - Pennington Rd.

c. 1770 - Hopewell Amwell Rd.

1771 - Van Dyke Rd.

1771 - Stony Brook Rd.

1780 - Maddock Rd.

1787 - Pennington Rd.

1796 - Mountain Church Rd.

1796 - Featherbed Lane

Baptist Meeting [Columbia/Hopewell]

Furman's Corner

Harbourton

Penny Town/Penning Town [Pennington]

Maidenhead Rd. - 1698

road to Princeton - 1698

unnamed [Federal City] - 1740s

road to Pennington - 1747

to J Phillips & J Green Grist Mill - 1760

unnamed [Cold Soil] - 1761

road to Allentown - 1763

road to Polhamus Mill - 1763

unnamed [lost] - 1763

unnamed [Province Line Rd.] - 1766

unnamed [lost] - 1766

Great Meadow Rd. [no date]

to J Phillips Grist Mill - 1773

to Samuel Henrys Mill - 1774

road to Nathaniel Hunt's Mill - 1785

unnamed [Rosedale?] - 1785

road to Yardleys Ferry [Denow] - 1786

Trenton/Ewing - 18thC roads, ferries & bridges

River Rd. [south]

Bear Tavern

Upper Ferry

Lower Ferry

Calhoun's Lane

King Street [Warren]

Queen Street [Broad]

River Rd. [Capitol] to Front St.

Second St. [State St.]

Ferry St.

Bordentown Rd.

Ewingville [Crosskeys?]

[Ewing Rd.]

road to Shabakunk

Howel's Ferry [date]
Not to be confused with Howell's Ferry above Lambertville at what is now Stockton.
[Hills 1781 map of northern NJ]

Beatty's Ferry - 1781

Trenton Ferry [date]
Sometimes referred to as South Trenton Ferry or Lower Ferry.
[Falls Ferry?1777]

Assunpink/Trent Town Bridge - 1688
Larry ~ I put it in here... but I think it may need to be an entirely separate folder?? M

Assunpink Creek mill pond [1776]

Assunpink Creek [today]

18thC Ferry Crossings

New Jersey Ferries
Ferries often changed names, depending on their owner/operator at a given time. Attempt has been made to name all in order of ownership and/or operation.

Shenk's or Shank's Ferry / Riegelsville Ferry
A ferry operated between the two towns of Riegelsville on opposite sides of the Delaware River. The name "Shenk's/Shank's Ferry" was sometimes used before 1806 [actually dating to colonial times by one source] for the owner of the ferry on the PA side. Subsequently, Benjamin Riegel bought the ferry from Shenk and the NJ side of the river permanently became Riegelsville. The ferry was replaced by a bridge first built there in 1837. [HCPN]

Stillwell/Durham Ferry
Also known as: Brink's, Durham, Derham, and Durham Furnace Ferry depending on the owner on one side of the river or the other. Described as being opposite Durham Cave, PA with the terminus west of the village of Holland on the NJ side. The site was a ferry landing as early as 1740 when iron was transported from local forges.
[This must be different than Quinn's Ferry?]

Pursley's Ferry [locate exactly]
Hills 1781 map of northern NJ
[same location as Durhams's?]

Lowreytown Ferry
Named after Thomas Lowrey, a large land holder in the late 1700's [find earliest date - may not be Rev. period?]. Later know as Milford Ferry; operated until 1842 when the first bridge across the river was opened.

Sherrard's Ferry [on both sides]
Also known as: London / Mechlenburg / Tinbrook's / Prigmore's / Calvin's / Sherrerd's / Edwin's / Prevost's... depending on who owned it at the time.
John Sherrard and Col. Thomas Lowery bought the ferry in 1774. John was excused from militia duties to man the ferry. It was used extensively during the Revolutionary War.
After the battle of Saratoga, the English and German prisoners were quartered around Boston for about a year. The Continental Congress then decided to march them [some 4,600 soldiers] from Dorchester Heights, MA to Winchester, VA.
Upon reaching New Jersey [then Dec. 1778], the march took them across Hunterdon Co. on what is now County Rd 513. The "Convention Army", as they were known then, crossed the Delaware at "SHERRARD'S FERRY" which is now Frenchtown. They then marched to Lancaster, PA [where some of the Germans managed to wander away into German-speaking Pennsylvania], then on down to VA. [Stephanie]
[Hills 1781 map of northern NJ]

Solladey's Ferry [ck]
Probably at Soledy/Solliday Island [now Tumble]

Unknown Ferry [Rodman?]
Near Byram, NJ. Rodman Ferry & Boatworks manufactured Durham boats. Captain Daniel Bray was employed by the works; this is where he learned to be a riverman.

Reading's Ferry
Owned by Joseph Reading, who willed it to his son, Samuel Reading in 1806. However, Samuel had probably been there since his 1793 marriage to Eleanor Anderson.
Not to be confused with Reading's Landing/Howell's Ferry
Reading Howell Map of 1785
Marfy Goodspeed

Saxton's Ferry
Saxton's Ferry ran from Bull's Island. Bought in 1816 by John Gillingham. This ferry was discontinued after the toll bridge was opened in 1835.
[1811 map/HABS]

Painter's/Johnson's Ferry
Less than a mile south of Bull's Island, this ferry changed names numerous times. It was still in operation in 1840. [HCPN]
*Rose's Ferry established about 1750 [*HCPN-date?] on the PA side of the river. See PA ferries. [check: Thomas Rose/Ross??]
1775-1785 Jacob McClain
c. 1785 Thorne's Ferry - Owned by Robert Thorn[e] [1785 Reading Howell map]
c. 1801-1805 Painter's Ferry - Jacob Painter
from 1805 Johnson's Ferry - Owned by Martin Johnson. Willed by Martin to his son, William, in 1825. [MG]
In 1821 William Johnson applied for a tavern license for his inn at Johnson's Ferry. By 1829, Johnson's application mentioned his public house at the same place "kept by me for several years past at Painter's Ferry." [HCPN]

Reading's Landing / Howell's Ferry
Reading's Landing c. 1700
Howell's Ferry [Daniel] c. 1731; [Benjamin]1746
Roberson's Ferry c. 1771 [see Naylor]
Mitchell's Ferry c. 1792 [see Naylor]
maps from 1795-1811 show "Robinson's Fy"
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.
Joseph Robison/Robeson/Roberson 1772-1884 [MG]

Coryell's Ferry
Originally 'Coates Ferry'. A ferry at this site was patented in 1726 to John Coates [Coats]. Two years later it was sold to John Purcell.
In 1733, Emanuel Coryell bought the ferry and received a patent for it. From then on, with various spellings, it was called by that name.
[HCPN]
1777 NY & Philadelphia map - Corriels Ferry
1781 Hills map - Coryels Ferry
1780s - [possibly Hannah Dennis ownership?]
1795 map - "Corriel's Fy"

Smith[e]'s Ferry
Stowe's Ferry [ck]
Coxe's Ferry [1781 Hill map of northern NJ]
Lower Bellemont's Ferry

Johnson's Ferry - c.1740
The dwelling was built c.1740 by Rutger Jansen [ Dutch name later changed to Johnson]. Rutger and then second son, Garret, lived there and operated a ferry until 1770 when the farm & ferry were sold to Abraham Harvey who rented the property to James Slack. So on various maps it is sometimes called Harvey's Ferry or Slack's Ferry.
Later:
Hervey/Harvey [1786-1801 May have just rented.]
Tomlinson [1801-28 or 34]
Taylor [1828-34 on the PA side of the river]
[Referred to incorrectly as Conkey's Ferry on the 1781 Hills map of northern NJ.]

Howel's Ferry
Not to be confused with Howell's Ferry above Lambertville at what is now Stockton.
[Hills 1781 map of northern NJ]

Trenton Ferry
[Falls Ferry?1777]

Lower Ferry
Sometimes referred to as South Trenton Ferry.
[Falls Ferry?1777]

Pennsylvania Ferries
[Bucks Co. His. Soc. papers Vol. 6]

Durham's Ferry

Durham Iron Works [locate]

Sherrard's Ferry [on both sides]
John Sherrard and Col. Thomas Lowery bought the ferry in 1774. John was excused from militia duties to man the ferry.
After the battle of Saratoga, the English and German prisoners were quartered around Boston for about a year. The Continental Congress then decided to march them [some 4,600 soldiers] from Dorchester Heights, MA to Winchester, VA.
Upon reaching New Jersey [then Dec. 1778], the march took them across Hunterdon Co. on what is now County Rd 513. The "Convention Army", as they were known then, crossed the Delaware at "SHERRARD'S FERRY" which is now Frenchtown. They then marched to Lancaster, PA [where some of the Germans managed to wander away in German-speaking Pennsylvania], then on down to VA.

Black's Ferry [Pt. Pleasant]
1739 Matthew Hughes
1740 Daniel Dawson
1744 Daniel Dawson Jr. & Mary Dawson Thompson
1747 John Thompson
1748 John White & Cave Bank Fishery Co.
1785 Reading Howell map - Black's Ferry
[see rest in Bucks Co. His. Soc. papers Vol. 6, p. 146]

George Wall
On the PA side at what is now Lumberville.
1785 Reading Howell map - "

Warne[r]'s Ferry & Mills
c. 1750 ?Rose's Ferry
1771 Kugler's Ferry
1782 Warne's Ferry
[1785 Reading Howell map] Warner's ferry & mills
1792 Hart's Ferry
In PA, Rose's Ferry established about 1750. [*HCPN-date?] On the PA side of the river, the lands were owned by Stophel Rose which were passed to his son, John. At that point in time, the ferry was know as Rose's Ferry. William Skelton purchased the ferry tract from John Rose, and then sold it to John Kugler August 13, 1771, reserviing the right to a landing. John & Susanna Kugler lived there until 1782, when they sold it to George Warne. [1783 map identifies Warne's Ferry] In 1792 it was sold to Joseph Hart and became known as Hart's Ferry. [Bucks Co. His. Soc. papers, Vol.6]

Howell's Ferry / Robinson's Ferry
Reading's Landing c. 1700
Howell's Ferry [Daniel] c. 1731; [Benjamin]1746
Roberson's Ferry c. 1771 [see Naylor]; also Robinson's?
Mitchell's Ferry c. 1792 [see Naylor]
maps of 1795-1811 show "Robinson's Fy"
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. [Also Howel's - 1781 Hills map] In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.
Joseph Robison/Robeson/Roberson 1772-1884 [MG]

Wells Ferry
Wells was the name of the early owner of this ferry site in Pennsylvania. Sometimes incorrectly labeled as 'Wells Ferry' on the New Jersey side, which was actually 'Coryell's Ferry'.

Beaumont's [Upper Bellemont's] Ferry

Mc Conkey's Ferry - c.1750
Prior to the 1770s this was called Baker's Ferry. The Baker family built the first ferry in this location on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River. By the early 1770s, the family had sold the business to Samuel McConkey, who was the owner during the Revolutionary War.
The first ferry building was a small log dwelling built c.1750. The large stone structure seen here today was constructed in several phases after the end of the War. The first (west) section is dated to c.1790 and may contain the cellar kitchen of the log structure, though there is some doubt about this. The second (east) section was added in 1824, and the back (north) section in1837.
Its name was misspelled in several ways on various early maps: 'McKenky's Ferry' on a January 1777 map, McCrankey's on a 1795 map, etc.
Also note: The tavern house on the New Jersey side of the river was incorrectly referred to as Conkey's Ferry [1781 Hills map of northern NJ] though it was actually the 'Johnson Ferry' built by Rutger Jenson, whose Dutch name was later changed to Johnson.

Yardley Ferry [ck]
Also referred to as:
Jan. 1777 map - Yarley's Ferry
1795 map - "Yardsley's Fy"

Upper Ferry / Beatty's Ferry

Colvin's Ferry [ck]

Bridges
Almost all of the traffic across the Delaware River in the 18thC was carried by ferries. It was not until the early years of 19thC that bridges (mostly covered) were built across the Delaware.
Bridges crossing creeks in the county were almost always made of stone. Hunterdon County still has more stone bridges than almost anywhere in the country. These, where known, are listed by township. The most notible 18thC county stone bridge in the county was the Trenton bridge across the Assunpink Creek built in 1688.

Assunpink Creek Bridge - 1688
The Assunpink Creek separated Trenton Township, Hunterdon County from Nottingham Township, Burlington County.
The stone bridge across the creek was a link on the main road between New York and Philadelphia, and by extension, the New England and Southern colonies.
This bridge played a continuous role during the Revolution as troops, supplies, dignitaries, etc. passed over it. It also played prominent roles in the two battles of Trenton, especially the second battle on January 2, 1777 when the British were unable to cross it in the face of American cannon and musket fire from Mill Hill on the Nottingham side of the creek.

18thC Main Villages & Towns
[Listed by date established. Brackets indicate later name/s.]
Most of these 18thC villages were tiny, often no more than a handful of buildings. Trent Towne was the only town of any size in what was first Burlington, then Hunterdon County.

Reading's Landing/Ferry - c. 1700
[STOCKTON - 1898 & PRALLSVILLE]
Also: Howell's > Robinson's > Mitchell's Ferry > Centre Bridge

Reading's Landing - c. 1700
Prior to 1710, John Reading established a Delaware River crossing on land he purchased from the Lenape Indians. In 1710, the citizens of Solebury Township, Pennsylvania, petitioned their governor for a road "to begin at the side of the river Delaware opposite to John Reading's landing" and continue on to Philadelphia. John Reading envisioned that the road would continue on the Jersey side of the river all the way to New York City. Reading's ferry operation was at the site of the present day Ferry Street in Stockton Borough.
John Reading's daughter Mary married Daniel Howell. Mary's dowry included the ferry tract, which then became know as Howell's Ferry. In 1746, Howell's son Benjamin received from King George II a patent to operate the ferry.

Reading's/Howell's Ferry
The ferry was in operation at the beginning of the 18th century. The village was known early on by the owner of the ferry, most notably Reading and then Howell on the early 18thC maps. It ceased using these names when the first bridge was built across the Delaware.
c. 1700 - Reading's Ferry
c. 1731 - [Daniel] Howell's Ferry
1746 - Benjamin Howell
c. 1771 - Robinson's [Roberson's] Ferry
[Joseph] Howell's Ferry
c. 1792 - Mitchell's Ferry
c. 1813 - Centre Bridge
Centre Bridge Station
Incorporated April 14, 1898 when separated from Delaware Township, it became the borough of Stockton. It was named for Navy Commodore and U.S. Senator Robert Field Stockton, grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence.
[see Naylor - History of Stockton]

Reading/Howells Mills
[Prallsville Mills - early 1800s]
Part of the Reading Ferry complex.

Howell mills complex - c. 1710
There was probably a mill here as early as 1710. John Reading's daughter, Mary, married Daniel Howell of Bucks Co. PA. He presented his daughter and her husband with a tract of land about a mile square on the south side of the Wichecheoke Creek and constructed a gristmilll and a sawmill for them, the first establishment of that sort in the area.
In 1733, Daniel Howell bequeathered the grist and saw mills to his two eldest sons, Daniel Howell, Jr. and John Howell. In 1750, Daniel Howell Jr. sold the mill property to Charles Woolverton. The Howells and Wolvertons ran the mill until 1794 when it was purchased by John Prall Jr. Prall expanded the milling operations and added a store with a post office.
The next successful owner was William L. Hoppock. He sold the mill in the 1870s and shortly afterwards it burned down. The new owner, Lemuel O. Kessler, rebuilt and later sold to Stout Stover who built the present mill in 1877. It was later run by J. W. Smith's Sons, the last millers in Prallsville.

Woolverton Saw Mill
Woolverton's ownership 1765-1773?
[see Prallsville Mills for further information]

Linseed Oil Mill
[see Prallsville Mills for further information]

Ferry House - 1746
Built by Benjamin Howell in 1746 and enlarged by him about 1750. Leased by him for a time to Joesph Roberson in 1771. Then leased to his son Joseph on his retirement in 1785. [Naylor]

Captain John Anderson House - c. 1720
Captain John Anderson, Revolutionary War veteran, settled on a tract of land in the area now known as Brookville. The house was built c.1720 with a c.1859 addition.
[Stockton info]
[Naylor - John Anderson and his son Joshua bought land in 1792.]

Anderson Burying Ground
Located on the upper portion of Captain John Anderson's farm, it is approximately 500 sq ft. in size. Although no markers remain today, it is believed to have contained between 15 and 30 unmarked stones. According to tradition, in an effort to make the field easier to plow, a farm worker removed the stones sometime in the early 20th century.

Howell-Rittenhouse Cemetery - early 1700's
Contains stones marking the final resting place of some of Stockton's earliest residents.

Coryell's Ferry - 1705
[LAMBERTVILLE - 1849]
Earlier: Coates Ferry [not Well's]

Coryell's Ferry [ Lambertville ]
The land now occupied by the city of Lambertville was originally purchased from the Lenni Lenape Indians as a portion of a 150,000 acre tract along the Delaware River north of Trenton. Agents for the counciil of West Jersey purchased the parcel in 1703 for seven hundred pounds, or about $2800.
In 1705 the first resident of Lambertville, John Holcombe, purchased 350 acres north of the first survey line, the "Old Bull Line". In 1724 he built the stone house on North Main Street that became known as Washington's Headquarters.
During the Revolution there were only four houses of record in the settlement: the John Holcombe House [1724], Captain George Coryell's house at the corner of York & Main Streets,
[ask J&B]
In 1810, the Lambert family changed the town's name from Coryell's Ferry to Lambert's Ville. This outraged the Coryells, who thought the town should be named Georgetown in honor of Captain George Coryell, who had served with the New Jersey forces in the Revolution. [LHS]
Formed from West Amwell as a town in March 1849. It became a city in March 1872.
1726 - Called Coates Ferry. Ferry patented to John Coates.
1733 - Called Coryell's Ferry. Emanuel Coryell bought the ferry from Coates and received a patent.
1776 map - The name Wells Ferry, the early name for the owner of the ferry site in PA, was occasionally but erroneously applied to this early settlement.
1796 - Bungtown [HCPN] - Roughly the eastern part of town.
1826 map - "Georgetown or Lambertsville"
1829 map - "Georgetown" - Shown as separate area.
Cottage Hill - Coryell's Hill, Conrad or Connard Hill [HCPN]

Geo-markers

Upper Falls
Referred to as the "Upper Falls" on the Jan. 1777 map.
"Trenton Falls" on 1781 Hills map
"Well's Fall"s on 1785 Reading Howell map

Lower Falls
"Lower Falls" shown on the Jan. 1777 map.
The "Falls" shown on the 1781 Hills map.

Coryell's Island
Later known as Birch Island? [locate]

Well's Falls
The rapids just below Lambertville that are extremely treacherous. Probably named for John Wells who leased a ferry at Lambertville [on the PA side? - check] in 1719. In the late 1800s, this area was also know as the Narrows.

site of Malta Island [locate exactly]

Washington's rock
Said to be where there was the best view of the Delaware River for reconnaissance of the area.

The lands & dwellings of John Holcombe
John Holcombe was one of the two earliest settlers in the area. John Reading was the other. Holcombe purchased these lands in 1705 based on deed [see Hammond maps for details]. He first built a log cabin; then a stone house in 1724.

Holcombe lands

empty

John Holcombe House - 1756
This house was not built by John Holcombe in 1724, as many references have stated. John died in 1743 and the land was bequeathed to his son Richard, who ran a tavern here during the Revolutionary War.
The main section of the house itself has been dendrodated to 1756. The outbuilding that is a corncrib is noteworthy as being a remarkable early structure of its type and was dendro-dated to 1762. The barn is one of the finest in western New Jersey and is dendro-dated to 1764. This is one of the most remarkable, intact 18thC farm complexes still in existence!
General George Washington made his headquarters here on two occasions during the War, the most notible being June 22, 1778 before the Battle of Monmouth. In attendance: Alexander Hamiliton, Marquis de Lafayette, General Von Stueben, Lord Stirling, General Greene, and Daniel Morgan. Washington paid more to clean the house afterwards than he did for the food or drink!

Holcombe-Jimison House - c. 1711
The middle section of this house is reputed to be circa 1711. There is no current evidence that confirms this long-claimed lore. The addition to the east dendrodates to c.early 1750s. The west section is late 19th century. Additions were made to the south (front) in the earlier and later parts of the 20th century. It is now known as the Holcombe-Jimison Farm Museum.
John Holcombe Sr. purchased this property in 1733. At that time it was known as the John Wey [Way] Farm. John Sr. died in 1743... so if there was a structure here and if he resided at this farm, only the middle kitchen section would have been in existence.

Richard Holcombe House - c.1811
The Richard Holcombe House is under some revision at this time as to its dates of construction and ownership.
The west section has been dendrodated to 1810-11 and so confirms the datestone on the front of that section. The middle kitchen section dendrodates to 1807-8 which does not correspond at all to the 1744 date painted on a stone above the kitchen door. Further... evidence in the cellar indicates that the west section configuration may have had 18thC origins. Corresponding stonework on this west section confirms that it was built before the kitchen section. Other embellishments were done in the late 1800s and additions to the east were constructed in the early and later 20th century.
Ownership:
Richard [son of John Holcombe who was the original settler here] was born 1726 and died in 1783, which would make the building of this house under the ownership of his son, John [grandson of the original John Holcombe].
Hammond map: 1701 - Edward Kemp & John Reading
John Holcombe Sr. purchased this property from John Reading sometime before his death.
1851 Cornell: Est. of J. Holcomb
1860 Philadelphia: J.C. Holcombe
1873 Beers: not shown
1902 map: B.A. Holcombe
Additional ownership information - As per research from Marfy Goodspeed, this property stayed in the Holcombe family throughout the 18thC; therefore, no deeds were recorded. The family retained ownership for all of the 19thC as well. Deeds are as follows:
1886 Benjamin Holcombe
1898 Hervey S. Holcombe
1898 Lydia Holcombe
1911 Sarah A. Ireland
1950 Barclay W. Fox
1971 Michael J. Stavola

B.A. Holcombe House - late 18th C/early to mid 19thC
This house was demolished by the state in the early 21st century. Parts of it were late 18th-early 19thC and a Victorian era front was added in the later 1800s.

Georgetown
The northern part of what is now Lambertville used to be referred to as Georgetown.

Bungtown

other 18thC structures & sites

Capt. George Coryell's home
Former location of Captain George Coryell's house. Shown on the Erskine maps as being at the corner of York & Main Streets.

Miller's House
The Miller's House is mid-18th century and stands at the entrance to Bungtown Rd. which goes across Swan Creek and up the hill to the original line of march of Washington's Continental Army to the Battle of Monmouth. Also used by Major Monroe in the Trenton Campaign with William Washington (nephew of General Washington) as the north flank of the main army on the way to the Battle of Trenton.

Tanner House [ck]

Coryell's Tavern
Originally Coates' Tavern; then purchased by Coryell. Used as a tavern until the 1750s. During the Revolution, occupied by George Coryell as his home. In attendance by General Greene.

Coryell's Ferry Tavern c. 1750s
The site of Coryell's second tavern, visited by Washington on numerous occasions. Where Daniel Bray met Washington and received directions for the hiding of the boats from Cornwallis and reserving them on the other side of the river to be used in the attack on Trenton.
Used by General Charles, Lord of Cornwallis on December 9-14, 1776. In attendance: Coronet Banaster Tarlton ["The Wolverine of the Revolution"], Colonel John Simcoe, Colonel Harcort, Coronet Francis Geary who was killed in the Flemington raid by John Schencks of the Amwell Militia.
After the Battle of Trenton in which Major Monroe was wounded, he recovered at the Ferry House before being moved across the river to Coryell's Ferry in New Hope.
Adjacent to the property on the west side, the original well of Coryell's Ferry is restored in a private residence under the kitchen, visible through a glass floor. Memorized in poem by historian Sarah Gallagher to commemorate the crossing for the Battle of Monmouth and the fact that Washington drank from it.
Coryell paid for Washington to be crossed with approximately 12,000 people, of which approximately 10,000 were military plus baggage, cannons, and tents. Paid in colonial script, this banrupted the Coryell family.

Site of unnamed tavern
Small tavern frequented by the rowdy boatmen who plied their goods up and down the river and needed a place to unwind, have a good fight, and pick up some charming girls.
Sarah Gallagher relates that a goat was dropped down the chimney of the walk-in fireplace on a very busy night. The goat came out of the fireplace with cinders and ashes and the patrons exited quickly, fearing the devil had arrived.

Old Orchard / Encampment
This area was covered by an orchard and used by Washington's bodyguards who were called the "Life Guards". They were made up entirely of Virginia Continental Line soldiers.

Pidcock's Mill
Constructed in the first quarter of the 18th century, a mill on Swan Creek was used to grind grain and had a temporary apparatus to convert to a saw mill. Owing to the vast amount of raw lumber coming down the Delaware River in over 200-foot long rafts. The wood was cut at the many mills and then transported to the northeastern portion of New Jersey.

Prime Hope Mill
Prime Hope Mill near the east wall of the wing dam between it and the Lambertville Sewerage Authority. Built by Pidcock, this was the Jersey-side location. Further from the river in New Hope up at Ingham Spring was his other mill called "New Hope". This is the same family that had the mill on Quarry St.
[J&B - please locate]

Presbyterian Church & Cemetery
George Coryell's Grave - Close by the Presbyterian Church stands the weathered sandstone obelisk marking the burial place of George Coryell, the last survivor of the six pallbearers of George Washington. A grandson of the town's Huegenot immigrant, John Emanuel Coryell, George died in 1851 at the age of 91. He had lived for a time in Alexandria, Virginia, becoming a lodge brother and friend of Washington. Further abetting the friendship was the fact that two of George's uncles had been officers in Washington's army, and the family had guided and hosted the Gernal when in the area.
In the same cemetery lies Samuel Holcombe, one of several Hunderdon County spies or scouts for Washingiton in the Revolution. Samuel's brother Richard was another noted host of the General when in the Coryell's Ferry neighborhood.

Site of 18th century warehouse
What appears to be a modern building is given away by the random formation of the stones used in the foundation. Documented specifically in Sarah Gallagher's "Early History of Lambertville". It was a well-used warehouse from the 18th century containing trading wares (porcelain, spices, fabric, etc.) brought upriver from points afar and downriver (furs, whiskey, farm products, and other goods) from the area.

The wharves
The wharves were located at the end of Coryell St. over Lewis's island into the river. The wharves were where everything that came up and down the river during the Colonial period was offloaded.
[J&B check]

Ringoes - early 18thC
[Almost always known by this name, except for a brief period in the early 1800s when it was called Prices.]
At the crossroads of two important Indian trails, which over time became the Old York Rd. and the Trenton-Easton Turnpike, this village grew up around the early 18thC John Ringo's tavern. The Sons of Liberty, the Hunterdon Militia, and many others met frequently at this well known location during the Revolutionary War.

Ringoes
Named for John Ringoes and family who ran a tavern here for much of the 18th century. It was a major crossroad at the intersection of the Old York Road and the Trenton-Easton Turnpike.

Henry Landis House
Built [began construction] in 1750.

John Ringo's Tavern Site
Site of the famous 18thC Ringo Tavern. The house there now dates to 1860-73. It incorporates an earlier structure, but the tavern itself burned down in April 1840.
1720 - John Ringo/ log building
1730 - first tavern license in area
1738-1750 Phillip Ringo [son]
1750-1779 John Ringo
Henry Mershon
John Snyder
Joseph Robeso
John Meldrum
John Landis
1797 - Nathan Price [operated, but didn't own?]
1810 - Isaac Landis

Joseph Inslee Tavern
Late 18th - early 19thC; possibly earlier.
[Plaque on house is dated 1734.]

Maidenhead - 1714
[LAWRENCEVILLE - 1816] Now in Mercer County.

Maidenhead

Baker's Tavern [locate]
[later Smith's Tavern]
1751 Timothy Baker
1760s William Opdyck
1770s Adonijah Francis
1779 Francis Duclose
early 1800s John Smith

Phillips' Tavern [locate]
[later Worth's Tavern]
1749 or earlier William & Ruth Phillips
William & Ruth [Phillips] Worth
1775 Theophilus & Abigail Phillips

Brown's Tavern
[later Hendrickson's Tavern]
1770s Andrew Brown
1780 Peter Covenhoven [rented]
1782 Andrew Brown
1797 Philip Hendrickson

White House Tavern
earlier owners unknown
1789 William Oppie
1790s Thomas Tindall

Trent Towne - 1719
[TRENTON] Now in Mercer County.
Also called 'Falls of the Delaware' in the late 17thC by the Quakers who settled there. Trent Towne was the ony real 'town' in 18thC Hunterdon Co.
[see Ewing/Trenton Township for further information]

Trent Towne

Structures & Sites

William Trent House
Originally built in 1719 by William Trent, during the early days of the Revolution it was the home of Dr. William Bryant. Bryant was a Loyalist but an important doctor who was allowed to keep his home and sign a parole limiting his movements and activities. When he lived here the house and estate were known as Kingsbury. In 1778 the proprty was purchased by Colonel John Cox, who had taken on the duty of Assistant to new Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene. He changed the name of the house to Bloomsbury. He lived here the remainder of the war years.

Stacy Potts house
Stacy Potts owned the tannery adjoining his house lot and was a prominent Trenton merchant. During the Revolution he was elected town clerk every year at the annual town meetings. He was a Quaker and refused to take any oath of loyalty to a government. This caused him to suffer a fine by the new state government. During December 1776 before the Battle of Trenton, his house was the headquarters for Hessian Colonel Johann Rall and Rall died after the battle in this house. The house no longer exists.

Abraham Hunt house and store
During the American Revolution Abraham was one of the chief merchants of Trenton and had his home and store on the corner of King (Warren) and Second (E.State) Street. Hunt was also the lieutenant colonel, second in command, of the First Hunterdon County militia regiment from 1775 until March 1777. The night before the Battle of Trenton, Hessian Colonel Johann Rall attended the party at Hunt's house. Hunt had remained in Trenton when many people left in early December upon the imminent arrival of the British. Hunt swore an oath of loyalty to the crown and accepted protection papers from General Howe, causing him to be viewed as a Loyalist by some. However, he was never put on trial and he continued to be a respectable citizen after the Battle of Trenton. This might indicate that he was acting with the knowledge of Washington and was perhaps positioning himself as a spy for him.

Trenton Landing/Lamberton
Location of the settlement of Trenton Landing that became known as Lamberton. This was the riverport for Trenton and the site of the Continental supply depot warehouses, etc. Several Trenton merchants - Moore Furman, Abraham Hunt, and William Richards had wharves for river craft - such as shallops, sloops, etc. that brought and took items from and to Philadelphia.

Inns & Taverns
For the 18thC and early 19thC taverns & inns of Trent Town, see this topic under18th C Taverns.

Baptist Meeting House-18thC / Columbia c.1828
[HOPEWELL - 1838] Now in Mercer County.

Baptist Meeting

Baptist Meeting House - 1747/1822
Original building 1747. Later building 1822.

John Hart Farm

Widow Eaton House - c. 1750
Oldest part c. 1750.
Issac Eaton's Grammar School

Benjamin Stout House - c. 1740
Back portion c. 1740.

Andrew Stout House - c. 1750

Hunt House - GW HQ
Washington's Headquarters June 23-24, 1778
[really the Stout estate]

Horse & Groom Tavern
c. 1770 - Moses Hart
1779 - Edward Hart
1795 - Benjamin Blackwell
1801 - Daniel Blackwell

unnamed tavern [locate]
earlier than Hart's

Fleming's Town - 1746
[FLEMINGTON}

Fleming's Tavern - 1746
1746-56 log house of Samuel Fleming
1756 Fleming's Tavern - new house, operated as a tavern for about ten years
1766 - Dr. Creed
1768 - Nathaniel Lowery
Samuel Southard
Alexander Bonnel
The original location of the first tavern has never been found, but was on the old road to Howell's Ferry [Stockton].

Capner House - c. 1760
This stucco over stone and brick structure still retains its carriage houses in the rear, now used as offices.

Anderson's Tavern - 1772
1772 - John Anderson established a tavern
Robert Dodd
John Anderson
Edmund Burk
Jonathan Muirhead
HABS 19thC documentation:
1807 - William Bennet & Henry Reading sell "The Tavern Property" to
John James
1810 - Neal Hart buys property
1814 - Hart [constructs and/or remodels??]; names it the 'Neal Hart Hotel'
1839 - Mahlon C. Hart
1850 - A.V. Bonnell, Judiah Higgins & Charles Bartles
[1851 Cornell map - has been renamed 'Union House Hotel']
1857 - George F. Crater
1873 Beers map - the 'Union House'
1875 - Lambert & William Humphrey
1877-78 remodel of building by C. Graham & Son of NYC
name shortened to 'Union Hotel'
1902 - Joseph Chamberlin
1906 - sherrif acquires property
1918 - Henry Y. Shaffer
1930s - Shaffer estate

Parker's/Alexander's Tavern - 1774
1774 Nathaniel Parker
1775-95 George Alexander
Alexander Bonnel
Joseph Atkinson
Charles Bonnel
Peter Smith

Muirhead-Moore Tavern
On what appears to be an early 19thC map [Boyer p. 231], there is a tavern shown at the north end of Main St. and the owners are identified as:
Jonathan Muirhead
Elnathan Moore

Hoff's/Hoff's Forge/Hoff's Mills - c. 1748
[PITTSTOWN - c. 1775]

Hoff's

Hoff's [Pittstown] - c. 1748
Stone Tavern and perhaps another. Current Pittstown Inn is on this site. Around 1915 a fire so badly damaged the structure that it had to be rebuilt.
Charles Hoff, Jr.
1762 - Isaac Fitxrandolph [son-in-law]
1770s - William Davison [may have been a different building]
1781 - John Rockhill
early 1790s - James Chatburn
Peter VanKirk
Isaac Bennet

Furman Grist Mill
Moore Furman - This supply depot was instrumental during the Revolutionary War.

Sherrard's Ferry/Alexandria - c.1750
[Alexandria in later 1700s > FRENCHTOWN 1867/c.1850 maps]
By 1759 Calvins [Colvins] Ferry, named for early tavern keeper Luther Colvin. In some maps of c. 1775 it was called Sun Beam [Sun Burn]. By the end of the war, the name changed from Sherrad's to Lowrey's Ferry after Thomas Lowrey who purchased a large tract of land and built several mills in the area. In 1794 he sold to Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost and the village went by that name. Several French families moved into the area at that point and the name was changed to Frenchtown.
John Sherrad and Col. Thomas Lowery bought the ferry in 1774. John was excused from militia duties to man the ferry.
After the battle of Saratoga, the English and German prisoners were quartered around Boston for about a year. The Continental Congress then decided to march them [some 4,600 soldiers] from Dorchester Heights, MA to Winchester, VA.
Upon reaching New Jersey [then Dec. 1778], the march took them across Hunterdon Co. on what is now County Rd 513. The "Convention Army", as they were known then, crossed the Delaware at "SHERRARD'S FERRY" which is now Frenchtown. They then marched to Lancaster, PA [where some of the Germans managed to wander away in German-speaking Pennsylvania], then on down to VA. [H.Co. records]

Sherrads or Sherrards Ferry

Sherrard's Ferry - c. 1750s
Calvin's [Colvin's] Ferry > Sherrad's/Sherrard's > Lowrey's > Prevost's
[Shown as Sherrard's Ferry on 1781 Hessian map.]

Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost House

Sherrad's Ferry Tavern
This tavern went under a variety of names and several locations.
1746 - Robert Hunter Morris
Mrs. Ann Pidgeon
late 1750s - Luther Calvin
Daniel Prigmore?
1766 - William Fleming
Absolom Runyon
1774 - Samuel Fleming
Opdyke's House

McDonald's/Prevost's
Formerly 'Capt Tinbrooks' [probably close to the other ferry house]
mid-1700s - Daniel McDonald
1781 - Joseph Price
Thomas Lowery
John Snyder
1801 - Samuel Lott > name changed to 'Prevost's Ferry Tavern'

The Buck
Samuel Powers
Later the National Hotel & Temperance House of Lewis LaRoche.

Bonnell's Tavern / Hunt's Mills - 1764
[CLINTON - 1865/c.1830s maps] This was Bethlehem Township during the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Bonnell (1732-1797) was a lieutenant in the NJ Regulars in 1758 during the French & Indian War. Abraham Bonnell and his father, also named Abraham, ran the clapboard tavern, which has been modified over the years so that a Victorian mansard-roofed dwelling hides the original structure.
This was the location where the first minutemen in New Jersey were organized following the battles of Lexington & Concord in Massachusetts. Abraham Bonnell was also a Lt. Colonel in the second regiment of the Hunterdon County Militia, and was selected as one of the delegates to the Sons of Liberty meeting at Ringoes Tavern.

Bonnell's
Colonel Abraham Bonnell established a tavern here in 1767. By 1770 it had become the meeting and voting place for the northern section of the county. It was here in late 1775 that a regiment of minutemen was organized. This supposedly was the first of its kind in the colony. It was a major landmark of the area on Revolutionary War maps.
[Clinton website]

Bonnell's Tavern
Abraham Bonnell (1732-1797) was a lieutenant in the NJ Regulars in 1758 during the French & Indian War. He was also a Lt. Colonel in the second regiment of the Hunterdon County Militia, and was selected as one of the delegates to the Sons of Liberty meeting at Ringoes Tavern.
This was the location where the first minutemen in New Jersey were organized following the battle of Lexington in Massachusetts. Abraham and his father, also named Abraham, ran the clapboard tavern. It was kept by the Bonnells as a tavern for almost 100 years and is still owned by the family in the 21stC!
It has been modified over the years so that a Victorian mansard-roofed dwelling hides the original structure. The property stands boarded up today, but a family member hopes to rescue it.
[Bunnel's on some maps]
1764 - Abraham Bonnel
1798 - Clement Bonnel
still in the Bonnell family

McKinney's / Taylor's / Hunt's Mill
[Now the Red Mill.]
1760s - David McKinney / mill & house
1776 - Mahlon Taylor / Taylor's Mill
1781 - Daniel Hunt, Esq. / Hunt's Mills
1809 - Ralph Hunt
1828 - Archibald Taylor
1834 - John Snider

Dunham's Mill / Parry's Mill
1760s - David McKinney / mill & house
1776 - Mahlon Taylor / Taylor's Mill
1781 - Daniel Hunt, Esq. / Hunt's Mills
1809 - Ralph Hunt
1828 - Archibald Taylor
1834 - James Dunham & George Taylor

M.C.Mulligan & Sons Quarry

18thC Townships
[Listed in order of date established. Brackets indicate earliest dates for the use of the name and/or name changes.]

AMWELL - 1708
Included Delaware, Raritan, East & West Amwell, and for a time, Readington [1730].
It was the earliest township in Hunterdon County. Later referred to as 'Old Amwell'.

OLD AMWELL TWP
AMWELL TWP
MUN | AMWELL TWP
COUNTY | HUNTERDON
MUN_LABEL | Amwell Township

[Delaware - 1838]
Delaware Township was formed in April 1838 from old Amwell.

18thC villages & hamlets
[See Delaware Township for information on these Historic Districts.]

Reading's Landing/Ferry - c. 1700
[Howell's Ferry > Robinson's Ferry > Mitchell's Ferry > Centre Bridge > STOCKTON]

Reading/Howell's Mills - c. 1710
[PRALLSVILLE c. 1790s]
Renamed for John Prall in the late 1700s.

Opdycke's Mills - 1735
[Tyson's Mills > Holcombe's Mills > HEADQUARTERS c. early 1800s]
The hamlet was first known by the sequence of early owners of the local mill: Opdycke, Tyson, Holcombe.
The name Headquarters was given to the hamlet in the early 1800s because of the local folklore that Washington stayed here briefly, but the legend has never been proven.
Also known for a short time in the early 1900's as Grover (in honor of Grover Cleveland), after which it reverted to the name 'Headquarters'.

Rittenhouse - c. 1750
[ROSEMONT c. mid 1800s]
Also went by the name of 'Crosskeys' for the tavern there. Became Rosemont in the mid 1800s.

Kitchen's Mill - mid 1700s
[SAND BROOK c. mid 1800s]
Named for the Henry/Samuel Kitchen family who owned the mill for most of the 1700s.

Locktown - mid 1700s
First church was built here in 1745.

Raven Rock - mid 1700s
[Quinby's > Saxton's/Saxtonville]
Known first as Quinby's for the original owners of the land. Then as Saxtonville for a time in the early 1800s when it was owned by Nathaniel Saxton. Then reverted back to RAVEN ROCK.]

Skunktown - c. 1790
[SERGEANTSVILLE - 1827]
Carried the name of Skunktown for obvious reasons until 1827 when it was renamed to Sergeantsville for the Sergeant family.

18thC structures & sites
[See Delaware Township for further listings.]

18thC houses

Mt. Amwell - c. 1705
General location of John Reading's original house. Reading was "living on the land" by the very early 1700s.

Holcombe House - 1711
East section dendro-dated to c.1750.
Earliest section c.1711?
West section dates to late 1800s.

John Opdycke house - early 1700s
1735 - possibly earlier, purportedly built by John Opdyke
19thC stone spring house
19thC stone & frame barn and stone stable
19thC frame wagon house

John Opdycke Mill - 1735

Richard Holcombe House - 1744/1811
Oldest section (middle) dated 1744 (datestone).
West section dated 1811 (datestone).
Includes later farm outbuildings.

Cross Keys/Rittenhouse Tavern - 1754
Original section built in 1754. The back ell has a datestone of 1840. And the righthand section was built in the late 1800s, probably a rennovation in 1887 by George Hoppock.
Both the building and the village were originally called 'Cross Keys' after a tavern at the crossroads was started there about 1745 by William Rittenhouse. The first recorded tavern license for this building was issued to Isaac Rittenhouse, son of William, in 1789. The building was later called 'Rittenhouse Tavern' after the family. It operated as a tavern and inn until the 1870s.
William Rittenhouse
Isacc Rittenhouse
1809 - to sons Samuel, John & William
1811 - to brother William
tavern licenses from 1814-1831
around 1832 - Garret Lare
1843 - James Woolverton (tenants)
1846 - Cowdrick & Dilworth's Store
1868 - George Hoppock, tavern business discontinued
1851 Cornell map - E. Johnson's Hotel
1860 map - J. Woolverton Hotel
1873 Beers map - G. Hoppack

Opdycke House - 1754
Built in 1754 by John Opdycke [datestone "J&M O 1754"].
Given to son Thomas.

Headquarters Farm - 1758
1758 datestone
OWNERS:
Samuel Green 1720-
John Opdycke 1737-
Benjamin Tyson 1768-
Thomas Opdycke 1790-
George Holcomb 1793-
John & Elias Conover 1828-
Elias Conover 1855-
J. Carrell 1873-

Capt. David Johnes house

Isaiah Quinby's "old stone mansion"

Hankinson-Huffman House
1781: Mortgage from ferryman Thomas Rose/Ross to Thomas Hankinson & wife Jemima Stout. She remained on the farm until her death in 1794
May 7, 1784: Will of Thomas left all real estate to son, William Hankinson.
1804: William Hankinson sold the property to Joseph Huffman.
[Reading Howell maps of 1785 & 1792]
[MG]

Locandro Farm

Lambert barn

18thC churches

Amwell Church of the Brethern
Established in 1733. The current structure was built in the 1950s. The structure to the north was a carriage house.

Locktown - 1st church in 1745

18thC schools

Higgins School
Established prior to 1776.

Risler School
Built circa 1780, it was claimed to be the 'oldest school house in Hunterdon County'. In an article for the Democrat Advertiser in 1906, Jonathan Hoppock described it as follows:
"It is a log structure, built after the manner of old-time buildings during the early settlement of this and other parts of the county in colonial days. The logs used in its construction are flattened at the sides by being hewn with the axe, notched at the corners and firmly held together by wooden pins. The interstices are filled with clay. At the northwest corner is a chimney with an ample fire place, showing that when used as a school room it was heated in this manner. It is twenty feet square, the door fronting the south with two small windows, one on the south and the other on the west side. The beams overhead are unhewn logs, notched and pinned into the topmost log of the frame work, seven feet above the floor of the room, the bark still remaining upon them, and are as sound as when first placed there by the hardy old pioneers of the long ago."
[MG/Hoppock]

Van Dolah School
Established 1780. Now gone.

Salter School
One of the earliest schools in the area. Located in the vicinity of the Fisher farm, it was said to have been built of logs and thatched with straw.
[MG/Hoppock]

Ferry Rd. School
One of the earliest schools in the area. Probably located between Biser Rd. and Mezaros Rd.

Reading School
Established 1780.

18thC mills

Prallsville Mill
There was probably a mill here as early as 1710, when Daniel Howell acquired hundreds of acres from his father-in-law John Reading. Howells and Wolvertons ran the mill until 1792 when it was taken over by John Prall Jr. Prall expanded the milling operations and added a store with post office.
The next successful owner was William L. Hoppock. He sold the mill in the 1870s and shortly afterwards it burned down. The new owner, Lemuel O. Kessler rebuilt, and later sold to Stout Stover who built the present mill in 1877. It was later run by J. W. Smith's Sons, the last millers in Prallsville.

Rittenhouse Mill
The mill on Old Mill Road was first built by William Rittenhouse in the 1720s or 1730s. He bequeathed it to his son Peter in 1761, who bequeathed it to his son Elisha in 1791, who sold it in a property exchange to John Opdycke’s son Thomas Opdycke in 1801.
[see later Rittenhouse mill]

Headquarters Mill - 1735
Built about 1735 by Benjamin Severns or John Opdycke.
Run by Benjamin Tyson during the Revolution, followed by George Holcombe, then John and Elias Conover.
By 1860, it was owned by John A. Carrell, who made several improvements. His son Joseph Carrell was the last to run the mill. He and his wife were still living there in 1929 when they were very elderly.

Opdycke-Sergeant Mills - c. 1740
Probably first built by Edward Milner about 1740, and expanded by John Opdycke in 1754. Bequeathed to son Samuel Opdycke in 1777. Sold to Charles Sergeant in 1805 and bequeathed by him to his son Richard Green Sergeant in 1833. Green Sergeant owned the mill property in 1872 when the covered bridge was built. In 1893, Richard Green Johnson got the mill from heirs of Green Sergeant, and it has remained in the Johnson family ever since. The mill was demolished in the 1950s.

Kitchen's Mill - c. 1745
Located at Sand Brook.
First owned by Henry Kitchen, who bequeathed it to his son Samuel Kitchen in 1745. Samuel Kitchen died in 1773. Owned by John Rockafellar from 1805 to 1815 when he sold it to George Rea, who died in 1838. Then it was owned by Hiram Moore, who died in 1893. By that time it was no longer in operation, and is now no longer standing.

Rittenhouse-Myers Mill - 1767
1767 - Sawmill bequeathed by William Rittenhouse to son Peter Rittenhouse.
1791 - Bequeathed by Peter Rittenhouse to son Elisha Rittenhouse, who added a grist mill.
1847 - Mill lot sold to Tunis Myers, who also ran a distillery.
1871 - Anderson Bray owned the mill in partnership with William Cobb. Richard Holcombe was the miller. The mill was often referred to as Myers' Mill or Holcombe's Mill.
Still working in 1906 when it was owned by Mrs. Mathias Pegg.

Horne-Butterfoss Mill - mid 1700s
No longer standing and exact location not known.
First run by Abner Hixon before the Revolution, and later by Thomas Horne. Brookville Creek used to be known as Horne's Creek.
In 1815 it was run by William L. Prall, Jacob Lambert and John Cavanagh in partnership. They called it the Union Mill. The partnership ran into debt, and the mill came into possession of Daniel Butterfoss.
Around 1851, Hiram Deats bought the property; he rented the mill to others, but it was abandoned in the 1880s and destroyed by a flood in the 1890s.

Besson Sawmill
Built by John Besson about 1790. Sold about 1816 to George Trout, who sold it in 1839 to Philip Rake. Taken over by Daniel Carrell in 1845, who sold it in 1852 to Hiram Robins. Probably stopped working shortly after that. No longer standing.

Werts Sawmill
Run by Elnathan Werts from the waters of the Wickecheoke Creek in the 18th century. Location is uncertain. No information on Elnathan Werts at this time, except that he was the brother of George Werts who owned the farm just to the east, and the son of Henry and Mary Werts.

Raven Rock Mill
This mill has been so long gone that locating it is nearly impossible. Further research may turn up a clue. Mahlon Cooper and Robert Curry were running a mill here in the late 18th century. Later it was owned by Nathaniel Saxton, who ran a grain mill, a flax mill, and an oil mill. Saxton was followed by George Holcombe, a land speculator, then by John Major and Nicholas D. Baird. Major and Baird both went into debt. In 1830, it was bought by James B. Cox, a front man for Robert F. Stockton, principle shareholder of the D&R Canal. And that was the end of the mill.
[See also Raven Rock.]

18thC taverns

Howell's Tavern
Early 1700s.
Ownership:
Joseph & Sarah Howell
1815 - Ezra Shamp [running tavern two years before]
1821 - John Bake [may still have been run by Shamp]

Whitehall Tavern - c.1758
Site of 18th century tavern [c.1758].
Purportedly used as recruiting station in the Revolutionary War.
Demolished in the early 20th century by the Eppele family.

Cross Keys/Rittenhouse Tavern - 1754
Part of an original 1440-acre tract owned by John Reading in the early 1700s. Acquired by William Rittenhouse in 1719. His son, Isaac, apparently built a house there in the mid 1700s ["I.R.1754" datestone in west gable]. The first tavern license for this building was issued to Isaac Rittenhouse in 1789.
Both the building and the village were originally called 'Cross Keys' and later 'Rittenhouse'. The village was renamed 'Rosemont' in the mid-1800s.

Buchanan's Tavern
On Route 579 near the intersection with Route 523. Shown on a 1780s Colonial map, it was also referred to as "Bohannan's Tavern".
1781 Hills map - Bonhanna's [tavern]
[Often confused with the house on Buchanan's Hill. See Goodspeed Histories articles on the real Buchanan's Taverns, as there were two.]

Gordon's Tavern
Late 18th century. [See extensive information in 'Delaware Township'.]

18thC stores

Opdycke store
John Opdycke ran a store in the northwest first-floor room of his house. A stone wall used to separate that room from the rest of the house. There was a separate winder staircase to the cellar [for storage] and a corresponding stairs to the second floor & attic.

Sergeant store
John and Joseph Sergeant probably had a store at this crossroads.

18thC trades & professions [in progress]

Surveyors

Masons

Blacksmiths

Wheelwrights

Millers

Distillers

Tanners

[Raritan - 1838]
Raritan Township was formed in April 1838 from old Amwell.

18thC villages & hamlets

Fleming's Town - 1746
FLEMINGTON [1910]
Named for Samuel Fleming, its earliest settler.

Manners
Greenville > REAVILLE c. 1850
The site of the 18th century Manners Tavern. It became known as Greenville by 1839. By the 1850s it was known as Reaville, named for Runkle Rea, an early and prominent resident and its first postmaster.

18thC structures & sites

Buchanan's Hill house - c. 1720s

Fleming Castle - 1756
Samuel Fleming settled here in 1756. He built his home/tavern on what is now Bonnell Street. The "Castle" was so named when it was the largest structure amidst Native American lean-tos. It stands relatively unchanged to this day.

Shippen House
Although the Shippen family lived here for only a short time and the property changed hands often, it has retained the Shippen name. A mill was built here in 1754.

Shippen's Mill [locate exactly] - 1754
Former location of the 1754 Shippen Mill, now apparent only by its stone foundation.

Barber Farmstead - c. 1750's.
Fully restored, wood framed, one-and-a-half story cottage. A 1747 coin was unearthed by the house.

Governor Reading House - 1760
First native-born acting royal governor, John Reading Jr. built this Georgian mansion in 1760. John's father, Colonel John Reading Sr., is considered the first settler in what at the time was Amwell Township. Readington Township is named for this famous family.
The house is said to be a duplicate of the William Trent House in Trenton and is the anchor dwelling of Raritan's South Branch Historic District. It is constructed with Flemish-bond brick on a stone foundation and is a prime example of the perfect symmetry of Georgian architecture. Its entry is centered, the segmentally arched 12-over-12 paned windows flank each side, and its hipped roof is crowned with chinmeys at both ends. Its 1760 construction year is verified by the large numeral inlay of bricks specially glazed for this purpose on the south gable wall.
The house is privately owned.

Reading Barn
The c. 1775 barn is of English design, built on level ground. Large double wagon doors on each side created a center passage that also served as a thresing floor and divided the barn into two areas - one for storing hay and grain, the other for housing livestock.

Capnerhurst - 1760
The oldest building on Main Street, parts of it date to 1760. This example of Colonial architecture was slated for demolition in the 1970s. The original stables have been converted to offices.
Owners:
1822 - Charles Bonnell's Hotel [Peter Smick]

Daniel Reading Homestead - c. 1760
Moved from another location, this c. 1760 12-room frame house had many additions and enlargements in both the 18th and 19th centuries. But many original features remain, inlcuding the nine-over-six and six-over-six windows, the paneled interior doors, west flush gable eaves, and some exterior siding. The huge cookhearth fireplace in the kitchen still shows off its beehive oven which was used for baking.
Reconstruction and restoration for commercial use was completed in 2010 by David Hauck.

Stewart-Lee House - pre 1775
Pre-Revolutionary. Believed to be all that remains of the estate of Colonel Charles Stewart, Revolutionary commissary-general and member of George Washington's staff.

Col. Lowery House [check location]
Site of the former Lowery House; now the Broadhead House.

Buchanan's Tavern - c. 1760s
An early tavern of considerable note, Washington visited here [documented]. It appears on maps of the Colonial time [spelled also as Bohannan's Tavern]. Over time it was actually in two different locations across the road from each other.
[See www.goodspeedhistories.com for resolution.]

Col. Lowery storehouse [check location]
Former location of Lowery's storehouse. The British raided the storehouse, took the stash of rifles hidden there, and put the King’s seal on [door/post], therefore preventing entrance to anyone else.

A. Case Farmstead

Kuhl Farmstead

Kuhl Family Cemetery

Coronet Geary grave site
Original monument erected in 1895 by descendents of Coronet Geary, an officer in the Queen's Regiment 16th Light Dragoons. Shot on horseback and killed by the members of the Amwell Militia, led by Captain John Schenk. Present monument reestablished in 1996 by Raritan Township.

18thC trades & professions

[East Amwell - 1846]
Formed from old Amwell as Amwell Township in April 1838, then split into East & West Amwell in 1846.

Amwell/Dawlis Mills - 1727
[Not to be confused with Amwell Meetinghouse.]
In 1727, William Dawlis built the first grist mill in the area. Over the years this became the entirely self-sufficient town known as Amwell. It had numerous mills and distilleries, a sawmill, a wheelwright shop, a cooper shop, a store and a tavern [see Johnson's Tavern on the west side of Route 31]. It was proably the biggest town in East Amwell prior to the Amercian Revolution. It predated the village of Ringoes, but later declined when the road system favored the intersection of the two major early trails at John Ringo's Tavern.
"The Ancient Village of Amwell," by Cornelius Larison
[Democrat article - Jim Davidson & others]

Koughs Tavern
Koughstown/Coughstown/Cuxtown [CLOVER HILL - c. 1850]
Named for the Kough family who were the original owners of the tavern. This village is prominent on 18thC maps.

Snidertown

Landis House - c. 1739
Ringoes - This is a three bay, one and a half story, gambrel-roofed structure with exterior random rubble masonry. There are three hipped-roof dormers and a central chimney. The Marquis De Lafayette recovered at the Landis house during the Revolution.

Williamson house
An early Dutch house east of Ringoes.

house - c.1740
142 Barley Sheaf Rd. - A five bay, two-story, frame "I" house with an asphalt gable roof and asbestos siding. There is a Queen Anne porch, fine Federal entrance with a leaded glass transom, two internal end chimneys, and a rear ell.

Severs House [locate exactly] - c. 1750s

Jacob Birdsall house - c. 1750
This was the Quaker Meeting House.

Fisher Prall Homestead

Ilona English's house

Benjamin Prall house - c. 1772

house - c. 1780s
Now Herbstone Farm.

Fisher Farmstead
"very old" [get detail]

Bellis-Durham-Totten Farm

Chamberlin House - 18thC

Chamberlin Mills / Nevius' Mills
Chamberlin was a Colonel in the Colonial army. His mill supplied grain to Washington's troops. The mill was raided by the British and burned. It was rebuilt later, then burned again in the 20th century.

Dawlis Mill site
525 Rt 31 / Ringoes
Ground grain for the Patriot Army.

Snydertown Mill
Pre-Revolutionary.

Sked Distillery

Joseph Inslee Tavern - 1734

Dowd Tavern [date?]

Manners Tavern - 18thC [locate]
[Reaville]

Price's Tavern
Took over Ringoes Tavern, but probably didn't own it. [another?]

John Ringo's Tavern - site of
1795 map shows "Ringo's T." south of intersecting roads?

18thC churches & cemeteries

Unionville Schoolhouse site

Linvale Store
Rt 31 & Linvale Rd This brick store was used by the British to have locals sign Loyalty Oaths.

Hart's Cave
During the winter of 1778-1779 Hart, a signer of the Decalaration of Independence, fled the British and spent the winter in this cave.

[West Amwell - 1846]
Formed from old Amwell as Amwell Township in April 1838, then split into East & West Amwell in 1846.

Amwell Meetinghouse
[MOUNT AIRY - c. early 1800s]
Named first for the early church. Then changed to Mt. Airy.
[Not to be confused with Amwell/Dawlis Mills in East Amwell.]

New Market
[LINVALE - c. 1900s]

Rocktown
Site of 18thC Wyckoff's Tavern.

Brier Patch [date]

Coryell Farmstead - c. 1710
One & one-half story 18th century stone farmhouse with early 19th century addition. Excellent frame barn.

Furman House - c. 1723

Hixon House - c. 1730
Stone dwelling in two parts - two 3-bay stone sections. West section shows evidence of being raised from 1 1/2 stories to two stories. Good large frame bank barn on property.

Larason Farmstead - c. 1738 [ck]

Woolever House - 1739
Stone five-bay structure in the narrow. Outbuildings: wagon house, corn crib, pump house & barn.
Interestingly, the west part of this property drains to the Alexauken Creek and the east part to the headwaters of the Stony Brook.

Zink House - c. 1748
Frame section in the Dutch framing tradition; the kitchen wing is stucco over stone.

Ely-Pidcock House - c. 1750

Rockefeller-Mantell House - c. late 18thC?
A 1 1/2 story frame house with 18th century fireplace wall & paneling.
The property on which the building sits was part of the original Johann Peter Rockefeller farmstead. He lived here until his death in 1763. Sometimes referred to as the Mantell House after a previous owner. [ck]

Phillips Farmstead - 1767 [ck]

Samuel Holcombe Storehouse & Dwelling
In 1743, Samuel Holcombe built this three-story stone storehouse with a hoist overhang. Connected to the storehouse is a 1 1/2 story, 4-bay frame house originally built as a tavern. Fronts on the Old York Rd.

Anderson Tavern - c. 1737
Five-bay two-story stucco over stone. Served as a tavern in the second half of the 18th century.

[New Market] Tavern

Wyckoff's Tavern
This was a stagecoach stop on the Trenton-Easton Turnpike. The tavern had a license during the Revolutionary War. Three generations of Wyckoff operated this establishment.

Wyckoff Carriage House
The carriage house was used in conjuction with the tavern and the stagecoach stop.

Old Amwell Meeting House
[1795 map] Location of...

Presbyterian Church & Cemetery
Site of 2nd Presbyterian Church of Amwell. Church as it stands today was altered and enlarged [rebuilt?] as a Neo-Gothic structure. Cemetery bordered by low stone wall and cast-iron gate.

BETHLEHEM - 1730
Included Union [1852].

Bonnell's Tavern
[CLINTON - c. 1830s ]
A well-known 18thC tavern on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Grandines/GRANDIN
It was named for the French Huguenot Grandin family who had a tavern and milling business here in the 18thC.

Jugtown
[WEST PORTAL - c. 1900s]

It took its name from the Norton Iron Furnace.

?Perryville?
This hamlet was named for Commodore Perry. The Brick Tavern was built by Cornelius Carhart in 1813. It was moved in the 20thC when Interstate 78 was built.

Bethlehem - 18thC structures & sites

Stone farmhouse - c. 1727 [ck loca]
Stone Farmhouse ca. 1727: when Route 579 was but a dirt path, a testament to early colonial architecture with its simple style and structural features. The original form of the house was most likely a two-room dwelling with a loft (this was the typical start of a stone house as "getting under roof" was a priority). The way it was built, it was clear that the builder ultimately wanted the result to be a two-story, four room house.
The front of the house which faces North (in contrast to most houses facing south so they could take advantage of the daylight) was made up of cut stone and formal key stones over the windows (a sign of someone with significant means) AND, to note, the stones were not quarried from the immediate property. All beams and rafters are hand-cut oak, joined with mortise and tenon and pined with hand-cut oak dowels; mud and horsehair mortar were used to hold the stones together.
The original entrance was on the west side (if one looks closely above the root cellar entrance). What is now the main entrance was originally a window, so the north had three windows down and three up; the east face probably had two windows down and one up; and the west face one window up and the original entry and the south face three windows up.
The second addition to the house was on the east side -- this addition was added closely after the completion of the first section, based on the quality of the workmanship and the matching of the stone (however, there was no attempt to use cut stone on the north face addition). Throughout the years there were numerous barns which existed on the property (lastly dismantled in 1992).

Duckworth Log Cabin - c. 1750 [ck loca]
Fred Duckworth Log Cabin: ca. 1750. Unique to New Jersey. Logs have been covered with clapboard; large contemporary addition added; hardly recognizable to original log cabin.

McCullough House - c. 1767 [ck loca]
McCullough House: one of the few brick dwellings in the township; a stately house built ca. 1767 (neighboring barn has been turned into a residence). Largely due to the efforts of Col. William McCullough (1759-1840), the mill hamlet of Hall's Mill became Asbury.
William was the son of a prominent Musconetcong Valley landowner and Revolutionary War Officer, Captain Benjamin McCullough.
Col. McCullough hosted Bishop Francis Asbury on several of his missionary visits and was the driving force behind the construction of the community's first church, the second Methodist church built in northwestern New Jersey, erected on the site of the present church in Franklin Township on a lot purchased from Daniel Hunt for 15 pounds. The corner stone of the pioneer church was set in place on August 9, 1796 with the assistance of the Bishop, who recorded the occasion in his journal, at a ceremony marked by hymns and prayers "after a good meeting at Brother McCullough's."
The community was renamed Asbury in honor of the Bishop and the event. The church proved to be too small for the crowds attending the quarterly meetings, forcing the congregation to hold the April 16, 1800 meeting in William McCullough's barn in Bethlehem Township.
[information from Asbury history]

Jug Tavern - 1761 [locate]

Union - 18thC structures & sites

John Blane House - late 17thC
[standing]

Union Ironworks Superintendent's House - 1742

William Allen Homestead - 1742
[demolished]

Jos. Turner House -1760
1760 Jos. Turner House. 117 Van Syckles Road. Original owners were William Allen and Jos. Turner founders of Union Ironworks in 1742.
Now houses the Solitude Heritage Museum and Environmental Center - Founded by Union Forge Heritage Association in 2014.

Hiram Hoffman House - 1766
[exists w. barns]

'Shipley' - Grove Farm
Site of James Parker's Farm. Between Kingtown Rd. & Loyalist Way near Route 513.
Bethlehem Township during the Revolutionary War - now Union Township
James Parker (1725-1797) had loyalist connections and sympathies during the Revolutionary War. He was an agent for the East Jersey proprietors and Sir Robert Barker’s properties. He was a lawyer and a councillor under Governor William Franklin from 1764 to 1775, as well as mayor of Perth Amboy in 1771. Parker married Gertrude Skinner, sister of Courtland Skinner, the infamous organizer of Skinner’s Brigade of Loyalists.
James Parker appeared to remain neutral during the War, and he brought his family from the east side of Jersey to “Shipley,” where they remained until the end of the war. However, in November of 1777, Parker was taken by the Patriots as a loyalist hostage to ensure the safety of patriot captives, but was allowed to return to his family. His own diary shows his loyalist leanings, for in December 1778, he briefly quartered British and Hessian troops at Shipley that were on the march to Virginia for the southern campaign.
Although Parker’s house no longer exists, part of the Shipley farm property is a housing development today, with the lead-in road named Loyalist Way in his honor. The site has a township plaque commemorating its importance.

Union Farmhouse west/Jockey Hollow Farm - 1777
[standing]

Eschbaugh - 18thC

Exton Home - c. 18thC
[standing]

Exton House - 18thC?

Forage Master's House - late 18thC

Lare-Mechling House - c. 18thC

Worthington Farm - late 18thC
[demolished?]

stone farm house - c. 18thC

Reynolds-Van Syckle Tavern - 1763
Corner of Van Syckles and Charlestown Roads
Union Township, Hunterdon County
[Bethlehem Township during the Revolutionary War.]
This stone tavern was built c1763 by David Reynolds for William Allen and Joseph Turner, Philadelphia merchants who owned the nearby Union Forge. Reynolds ran the tavern and made counterfeit British currency.
“At a Town-Meeting held at the house of David Reynolds, in the township of Bethlehem, on the 11th March, 1766, it was agreed and concluded upon that, agreeable to a request made by the Sons of Liberty of Lower Hunterdon, that a number not exceeding three men should be chosen in this Township, who should have full power to represent the inhabitants thereof, and meet their Brethren at the house of John Ringoes, on this day sennight [the space of seven nights and days or a week], when the Town unanimously chose Mr. John Rockhill, David Reynolds, and Abraham Bonnell...” (Snells p.459)
Local legend claims Reynolds was caught in the tavern and hung by British soldiers on the property. However, the truth is that Reynolds ran the tavern until 1768 when, in debt and with warrants for his arrest, he fled to Hackettstown where he was caught, convicted of counterfeiting, and executed five years later in Morristown.
Today it is a private residence.

Hickory Tavern #1 [Hickory Corners] 1767 - c.1800
'The Hickory'/'Old Hickory' [Bethlehem/Union Township]
One of the best know hostelries in early Hunterdon. It was a regular stop for stagecoaches, feeding travelers and providing lodging. It also served the teamsters who brought iron bars from Bloomsbury to the forge in Pittstown.
Snell’s History of Hunterdon County states: “The signboard [for the tavern] was fastened up in a hickory tree; hence the name..." "In after years it was famous for its balls and dances. Some years since [circa 1860] Garrett Conover purchased the property and took down the sign and sheds...”
The first building was a log structure. One hundred-fifty acres of land were leased by James Parker & John Stevens to John & Adonijah Farnsworth with the understanding that the Farmsworths would build "a Good Logg house 28 foot by 22, a good cellar under the whole, to be Walled with Stones; a good kitchen... Logg Barn & Stables, etc." to be used as a tavern.
According to several early maps, this building was located on the north corner of the current intersection of Routes 579 & 614 in Bethlehem [now Union] Township, although recent research casts some doubt on that exact location. It apparently lasted through the remainder of the 18th century.
Around 1800 a new tavern was built across the road on the west corner of the intersection [in Alexandria Township] and that one functioned until the 1860s.
HCPN
Snell
ATHS

Hickory Tavern #2 [Hickory Corners] c.1800-1860
'The Hickory'/'Old Hickory' [Bethlehem/Union Township]
Around 1800 a new tavern was built across the road on the west corner of the intersection [in Alexandria Township] and that one functioned until the 1860s.
Owners &/or tavern keepers of the second structure were:
1796-1832 Peter Van Syckel [owner]
John Kephart
Issac Bennet
Matthias Fishbaugh
John Bunn [innkeeper, no deed indicating ownership]
1851 Cornell map - J.E. Bunn
1873 - G. Conover Est.
HCPN
Snell
ATHS

VanSyckel barns - late 18thC
[demolished]

Union Furnace - 1742
Founded by English iron investors, William Allen and Jos. Turner as part of 10,849 acre Union Ironworks.
[Demolished, but ruins remain.]

Union Mill - late 18thC?
[demolished]

Kingtown Mill - 1799

Nathaniel Irish burial site 1747
Reintered in 1962. Manager of Union Iron Works.

READING [Readington] - 1730
Readington was carved from Old Amwell Township.

Centreville
Half-way point for the Swift-Sure Stagecoach along Old York Rd.

Potters Town - c. 1760-1770
Mentioned in a road record of 1761 and shown on a 1775 map.

Reading/Reading Meeting/Reading Town - mid 1700's
[Ridding / Ridden T/ Riddenton > READINGTON] was known as early as 1756.

South Branch

Hazells/Housels/Hozzets
[Wagoner's Hill / Mt. Pleasant > STANTON]
HCPN

White House/Whitehouse
Shown on many 18thC maps. Location of an early tavern.

Bouman-Stickney Farmstead

Van Horne House
Abraham Van Horne's 18th-century Dutch style house is located on Washington Drive. During the Revolutionary War, his barn housed British and Hessian prisoners of war. Both the barn and tavern have been demolished, but Van Horne's house still stands.

Melheim House
Washington stayed at the home of John Melhelm on New Bromley Road (off of Route 523) while his officers were at White House Tavern, and his troops camped between White House and New Bromley. Vandals burned the venerable house in the 1960s. Colonel John Melhelm served as commanding officer of the fourth Hunterdon Militia.

Cole Homestead [ck]

Van Horne's Tavern site / The White House
The tavern along the Old Raritan Path (now route 22) was painted white and became known as the White House - lending its name to the region around it. Both the tavern and Van Horne's barn have been demolished, but his house still stands.
Washington used the site as a pick-up point for bread for his troops, and is reputed to have stopped at Van Horne's Tavern on his travels across the county. Grain was grown and milled locally and baked in Pittstown.

Casper Berger Inn
David Schomp was a spy for General Washington. He and his band of spies would meet in the tavern in Readington Village, where they would exchange information about the British. Schomp would then travel to Washington with the news. The tavern in which they met is directly across from the Readington Dutch Reformed Church. Schomp's home was in Pleasant Run; it no longer stands.

Van Horne Mill [locate S.Branch Rockaway]

Taylor's Mill
This 1760 mill ground grain for the use of the Patriot Army. Colonel John Taylor, the owner of the mill, served as commanding officer of the fourth Hunterdon Militia and fought in the Continental Army. After the war he lost the mill for debt. The next owner was Nicholas Stillwell, who served as Captain under Taylor in the Revolutionary Militia.

Darts' Mills
The mills burned down in 1982, but some of the auxillary buildings still remain. Probably the site of Taylors Mills of the early 1800s. In mid 1800s, Mettlers Mills for L.M. Metler's mill and store.

Mill [ck]

Readington Dutch Reformed Church
The oldest remaining church in Readington Township. Founded in 1719 at North Branch, the congregation moved to Readington by 1738. During the Revolution, Reverend Hardenbergh occupied the pulpit. He was such an ardent patriot that the British had a price of 100 pounds on his head. The Reverend Hardenbergh rode the circuit to three other churches. While traveling he carried a gun to ward off Loyalists.

William Patterson land
Patterson owned land in White House along what is today the Old Highway. He was attorney general for the colony of New Jersey during the Revolution. Patterson went on to become governor of New Jersey and signer of the Constitution. Washington named him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801, the first Supreme Court justice from New Jersey.

LEBANON - 1731
Included Clinton [1865].

18thC villages & hamlets
[Bracket dates indicate the earliest map idenfication or a change of name.]

Changewater [c. 1750]
Shown on all of the early 18thC maps, it is ironic that it has never changed names.

Eveland's Tavern [Sodom/Clarksville/Glen Gardner]
[Sodom > Clarksville > Gardnersville > GLEN GARDNER - 1871]
This village changed names numerous times... from Eveland with a tavern by that name... to Sodom, Spruce Run Mills, merging withClarksville to the south, & Gardnersville before becoming Glen Gardner in the 1870s.

Hampton/New Hampton

Lebanon
[Jacksonville > Lebanonville/Lebanonville Depot]
Separated from Clinton Township in 1926.

Potters/ Potters Town

Union Forge
[HIGH BRIDGE]
The forge of the Union Iron Works was located in what is now High Bridge.

Union/Union Furnace
The furnace portion of the Union Iron Works was located on Spruce Run Creek. The furnace fell into disrepair in the late 18thC and its ruins were lost to time.

Lebanon - 18thC structures & sites

[Califon] Philip Schuyler House - c. 1760

[Hampton] Dusenbery Mansion House - early 1790s

[Hampton] dwelling - late 1700s

[Hampton] dwelling - late 1790s

[High Bridge] Solitude House
This was Lebanon Township in the 18th century.
Built c. 1720, the house was added to in 1754 when Robert Taylor came to the Ironwords. It is said to have been visited by many Revolutionary notables including General George Washington, Colonel Charles Stewart and Aaron Burr.
The last royal governor of Pennsylvania, John Penn, was held at Solitude House as a political prisoner of war from 1777 to 1778. Penn dubbed the dwelling "Solitude" because it was a stark contrast to his high society life in Philadelphia.

[Glen Gardner] Glen Gardner Inn - 1700s

Clinton - 18thC structures & sites

Annandale vicinity [MD]

Adam Runkle House - c.1761
Tucked off to the side of Walnut Pond Road at the southern end of the Village of Annandale, beneath magestic walnut trees, sits a home that withstood the tests of time. It is believed that Adam Runkle built the house some time around 1770, just before the outbreak of the Revoultionary War. Houses like this act as windows on our local history, giving us glimpses of how our forbears lived and worked, and how our area has evolved. Records show that Adam Runkle purchased the 25-acre tract, upon which he built his house, in 1761. He and his wife, Mary, established a farmstead and raised their family here. The house was constructed in a Dutch style withe Georgian influence typical of the region and period. At the time the area was entirely rural. Annandale would not begin to develop until nearly eighty years later, when the Central Jersey Railroad established a train station here (and when Annandale was known as Clinton Station). As the region changed, so too did the ownership and face of the home. In 1805, Adam and Mary's second son, Jacob, purchased the farm. In 1837, the property changed hands again and was purchase by Henry McCloughan. The additions and expansions made by these and subsequent owners of the property exhibit the styles and tastes if the contemporary period. Some additions had a Greek Revival influence, for example, popular in the early 19th century. Two barns on the property, one later converted into a bowling alley, were construced in the early 20th century. It is interesting to imagine what life was like for the early settlers of Clinton Township. That many of their homes still exist and, in many cases, are still inhabited serves as a testament to their endurance, skill and craftmanship. Much of the information for this article is drawn from research done by Dennis Bertland Associates. http://www.annandalevillage.com/gallery/runkle.html

Beaver Brook Farmhouse - c. 1760
Beaver Brook was originally developed around 1760 when Thomas Jones bought the farm from the West Jersey Society, a real estate group that sold land to settlers. During the Revolution, Mr. Jones served as a captain in the Hunterdon County Militia of the Continental Army. Local legend credits him with helping to round up the boats George Washington used to cross the Delaware in 1776. The last working farmer to own the property was John Cregar (Creager), one of the township's founding fathers, who called the property "Homestead Farm." New York stockbroker William Savin purchased the farm in 1906 as a weekend vacation home. He remolded the main house giving it it's current look and footprint and built a tenant house for his farm manager. Savin named the farm "Beaver Brook Farm." In 1933 Savin sold it to Roy B. White, President of the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1926 and the one-time chairman of Western Union from 1933-1941. Much of the color scheme and wallpaper remain. White sold the property to Richard and Isabel Austin in 1941. Austin was a Montclair, NJ engineer who became familiar with the Annandale area in 1928 when his firm consulted on the design of the proposed overpass and interchange for the highways now known as Routes 22 and 31. The small portion of the property wiith all the historic buildings was purchased by Clinton Township in 1989. It's two former names were combined to become Beaver Brook Homestead. In September 2007, Clinton Township sold Beaver Brook to an Engineering firm. A previous attemp by the township to sell Beaver Brook yielded no bids. The Engineering firm plans a mixed use setting including a restaurant. In addition to the main building the property includes three barns, an ice house and laundry shed. http://www.annandalevillage.com/gallery/beaverbrook.html

Johannes Christoffel Vought House - 1759
Greyrock Road, Clinton Township [Lebanon Township in colonial days], Hunterdon County. Built in 1759, this stone house was the home of Christoffel Vought [1714- 1809] and his son, John [1749-?], who were leaders among local loyalists. The house has rare decorative plaster ceilings. It was placed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 2007. In June of 1776, John Vought and a mob of two dozen men attacked Patriot Militia Captain Thomas Jones at his tavern on the Great Road [now in Annandale]. The Vought House was confiscated by Hunterdon County in the spring of 1779 and sold at auction. Coincidently, the auction was held at Thomas Jones tavern! In September 1783, the Voughts left for Nova Scotia, and in 1792 the family moved back to America, to land they had purchased in New York State in 1772. http://www.annandalevillage.com/gallery/vought.html http://www.1759house.org/

Jones Tavern - c. 1760
Thomas Jones opened a tavern and built a farmhouse along the Easton-Brunswick Road in Beaver Brook around 1760. Jones Tavern became a center of revolutionary activity and a militia recruiting station, with Jones rising to the rank of Captain. Captain Jones helped Daniel Bray of Amwell gather and hide the Durham boats later used by General George Washington to cross the Delaware River from Pennsylvania to Trenton in 1776. After midnight on June 24, 1776, John Vought (son of Christoffel Vought), Joseph Lee and a group of about 25 loyalists armed with clubs raided the tavern house of Thomas Jones, a longtime Vought friend and close neighbor. The group beat Captain Jones, threatened his family and stole money from the tavern bar. After signing, copies of the Declaration of Independence were sent out to be read to the populace. It soon made it to Beaver Brook where it was read from the balcony of Jones Tavern. On March 11, 1841, at a meeting held in the tavern, which was owned by John Wert, the township was carved out of the southern portion of Lebanon Township. It took it's name, Clinton, from the largest settlement within its borders. Jones' Tavern (From Charles S. Boyer's book Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey) Captain Thomas Jones is designated as an innkeeper at Clinton, in old Lebanon Township, as early as 1760 and continued to keep tavern until 1787 or 1788, although not continuously. The Tory element in Hunterdon County was quite active, especially during the early years of the Revolution, and more or less openly "confederated for the purpose of opposing the measures of the Continental and Provincial Congress." Because of the prominent part which Captain Jones had taken in organizing the militia, they broke into and robbed his house and subjected his family to many indignities. The Provincial Congress took cognizance of these acts and, on June 26, 1776, ordered the militia, under Lieutenant Colonel Ten Eick and Major Berry to apprehend some twenty-six persons engaged in these riots. During the Revolution, Jones' Tavern was one of the recruiting stations for the militia of Hunterdon County and was an important place in this part of the county. Captain Jones was one of the officers delegated to secure all of the boats on the upper waters of the Deleware and Lehigh Rivers and hide them behind the islands on the Pennsylvania side of the river. This movement, at the time, intended to prevent their falling into the hand of Lord Cornwallis and being used by him to ferry his troops across and pursue the retreating American army. These were the same boats which Washington used on his famous crossing on Christmas night 1776. A number of sales of properties of persons convicted of disloyalty were held "at the house of Thomas Jones" in 1779 and he had the satisfaction of seeing some of those who had plundered him, a few years before, brought to bay. Of later proprietors of this tavern, we have James Anderson, George Henry and Peter Fisher. Annandale Taverns (From Charles S. Boyer's book Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey) At Annandale, midway between Clinton and Lebanon, on the Easton and New Brunswick Turnpike, Samuel Lippincott had a tavern, in 1762, which was "upwards of Eight Miles from John Farneswoth's [Hickory Tavern], one way and about four miles from McKay's Tavern [at New Hampton] the other." In 1780, Jonathan Forman became the landlord and was succeeded by John Covenshoven in 1785. Four years later Barret Gulick was keeping the house. In 1797, John Anderson applied for a license for another house and stated that ther was no other tavern nearby "except a small inconvenient one at this place which experience Hath Shown is not (as many say) in any manner Calculated to entertain Travellers." Because of its situation many travellers "are forced to be Billeted out with the neighbours in order to be supplied with Lodging and other accomodations." Thus did one tavern keeper belittle his rival. The location of the old inns cannot now be possitively made. http://www.annandalevillage.com/gallery/jones_tavern.html

[Lebanon]

Map link - Lebanonville

18thC graveyard [ck]

"plantations"
Seven plantations and associated dwellings are shown on the Morgan survey of 1765. [Further research needed.]

barn - 18thC? [ck loca]
May be 18thC.

Union/Union Forge [High Bridge]

Solitude House - c. 1720
7 River Road, High Bridge, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
[This was Lebanon Township during the Revolutionary War.]
Solitude House started life as a classic Germanic style stone home in 1712 and was part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land that came to be part of the Union Iron Works. The adjacent stone annex structure, slaves' quarters and vegetable cave were all part of the original Solitude structures that remain to this day. The homes earliest existence predates the arrival of the Union Iron Works and the establishment of High Bridge.
The home's first recorded resident was Col. John Hackett who became the superintendent of the adjacent Iron (Works) established here in 1742 by William Allen and Joseph Turner. Solitude House became the primary residence of the manager of the Iron Works.
The first of five generations of Taylors came to reside at Solitude with the arrival of Robert Taylor from Ireland in 1755, who was first a book keeper at the Iron Works and soon became manager with the death of Hackett and took residence at Solitude. The Taylor Family who managed and operated the adjacent ironworks resided at Solitude from Robert Taylor in 1742 through Knox Taylor in 1914. The early Taylors were all patriots during the Revolutionary War.
Solitude House was substantially remodeled and expanded over the years as the iron works became more wealthy and prosperous. The home doubled in size in 1775, and again expanded and substantially remodeled in the 1850's which gave the home an early Victorian appearance. Solitude became to be known as the centerpiece of the Taylor Iron and Steel Company for over 200 years. Some of Solitude's most famous visitors and occupants include George and Martha Washington, as well as General Lafayette, Col. Charles Stewart, Aaron Burr, and the last royal governor John Penn and his Chief Justice Benjamin Chew who were imprisoned here for 7 months during the Revolutionary War. Civil War Brigadier General George W. Taylor was born at Solitude House and was an ironworker at the company.
Solitude was nearly lost to demolition before the Borough of High Bridge took possession of Solitude in early 2000. The Union Forge Heritage Association opened Solitude House Museum in 2002 with the mission to preserve and protect High Bridge's history and culture until a lease dispute in 2012. Solitude House and associated structures are state and nationally recognized historic structures due to UFHA. Solitude House stands as a testament to our collective history as a new nation, as well as a testament to all those who persevered in the face of overwhelming odds to succeed.

Hugh Exton House - 1735
Build by Allen and Turner in 1735. This building is part of the original Union IronWorks formed by William Allen and Jos. Turner

Union Forge - 1742
Union Iron Works was founded by William Allen, a Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia, and Joseph Turner, a sea Captain in 1742, as a business venture. Allen and Turner purchased this Bloomery forge as part of 10,849 acres, as an essential part of Union Iron Works for the manufacture of iron.
In the beginning, Indians regularly raided Union Forge. This required the families residing at the superintendent's quarters (now know as Solitude House) to hide in false wall tunnels underneath Solitude House to avoid being detected.
During the years 1747-1750, numerous uprisings from squatters resulted in the destruction of Union Forge and Furnace (now under Spruce Run Reservoir). Making a plea to Trenton, New Jersey, superintendent Col. John Hackett eventually quelled the disturbances. Hackett was succeeded by Robert Taylor, who emigrated from Ireland in 1755 and replaced him as superintendent in 1775. He was formally employed as a bookkeeper with Union Iron Works.
The forge originally produced farm implements and other items essential to the settlers of the Union. Union Iron Works superintendent, Robert Taylor, produced cannonballs at this forge for George Washington's Army during the Revolutionary War, most importantly for the battles of (New) Brunswick and Trenton at this forge.
This Bloomery consisted of a chimney made of stone and was used for smelting iron from its impurities, then pig iron and wrought iron. One or more of the pipes, called tuyeres, allowed air to enter, either naturally or forced by a bellows. During the Bloomery process, the charcoal and iron ore must be prepared. This Bloomery was preheated by burning charcoal and iron ore introduced through the top. During the process the charcoal reduced the iron oxides in the ore to metallic iron. This iron became easily forgeable. The small particles if iron produced this way fall to the bottom and the impurities, known as molten slag, are reheated and hammered out. Iron treated this way is known as "wrought", resulting in pure wrought iron or bar iron.

TISCO Complex - 1742
The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia Investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded the Union Iron Works here in 1742. The Iron Works produced farm implements, tools and cannon balls for Washington's Army during Colonial times. In the recent past, this property and structures were once part of the Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company, which is the nation's oldest continuously operating foundry in the country, and America's second oldest business.
The property is now part of the borough's permanent open spaces. The site contains 2 structures, including an early industrial structure known as Shop E and the historic stone TISCO Office Building. The site has historically always been associated with iron production from the Union Iron Works in 1742 through the incorporation of the Taylor Wharton Iron and Steel Company that ceased operations in 1972. Today this property stands as a testament to the birth of our nation with the forging of steel production and the ingenuity of American Industry.
TISCO Office
The TISCO Office building dates to around 1725, and pre-dates the incorporation of the Union Iron Works. The structure had always housed the general office of the steel companies and contained the offices of the presidents William and Allen in 1742 through George R. Hanks in 1972. The structure was also used as a company general store and an infirmary. The original form was a center hall colonial type structure that was expanded in both the 19th and 20th centuries. The first addition in the 1890's was a wing to the right side of the structure and a rear extension. The second renovation in the late 1920's included a third floor and expansion to the rear wing. This alteration gave the structure American Renaissance style architecture. The last alteration took place in the late 1930's with the removal of the front porch and addition of the entranceway fanlight arches and memorial entablature above the doorway.
With the closing of Taylor Wharton in 1972, the structure remained intact but vacant for decades. In 2007, the Union Forge Heritage Association launched a public awareness campaign to save the historic structure and the start of restoration efforts. In 2007 it was placed on Preservation NJ's top 10 list of endangered sites, and is a state and nationally recognized historic structure. In 2010, the Union Forge Heritage Association used a grant received from the NJ Historic Trust for $50,000 to rehabiltate the failing roof.

Amesbury Furnace - 1753
Built in 1753 by William Allen and Jos. Turner founders of Union Ironworks. Also known as Cokesbury Furnace.

Vought House - 1759
Greyrock Road, Clinton Township [Lebanon Township in colonial days], Hunterdon County.
Built in 1759, this stone house was the home of Christoffel Vought [1714- 1809] and his son, John [1749-?], who were leaders among local loyalists. The house has rare decorative plaster ceilings. It was placed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 2007.
In June of 1776, John Vought and a mob of two dozen men attacked Patriot Militia Captain Thomas Jones at his tavern on the Great Road [now in Annandale]. The Vought House was confiscated by Hunterdon County in the spring of 1779 and sold at auction. Coincidently, the auction was held at Thomas Jones tavern!
In September 1783, the Voughts left for Nova Scotia, and in 1792 the family moved back to America, to land they had purchased in New York State in 1772.

Thomas Jones Tavern
Annandale, Clinton Township [was Lebanon Township in colonial days], Hunterdon County
Militia Captain Thomas Jones ran the stone tavern that was attacked by a loyalist mob in June of 1776. See Vought House for more information.

KINGWOOD - 1749
Included Franklin [1845].

Kingwood-Franklin border

Baptisttown - c. 1720
One of the earliest settlements in the county [c.1720] with a church here by 1738 [1745].
[see articles on Baptistown at: www.goodspeedhistories.com ]

Charlestown
Larisonville > BARBERTOWN

Johnson's Tavern
[KINGWOOD - late 18thC]
The earliest tavern in the township was owned by William Campbell, then William Hart, and then son-in-law John Johnson.

Quakertown [Fairview]

Sidney/Sidney Mills
Mentioned consistently in early maps.

Kingwood - 18thC structures & sites

Murfin-Hoff Plantation - early 1700s
c. 1712 - land surveyed / "manor house" built - mid 1740s
This property was first surveyed c.1703-1712. It accessed from a lane off of Oak Summit Rd. The property line went 1/10 mile west of what is now Route 519.
From 1745-47 the original “manor house” was built, taking three years to complete. Eventually, along with other outbuildings, a still was added to the property. This building caught fire and in the process burned down the manor house. The stone foundation of the house remained and at the end of Prohibition a second house was built.
During the Revolutionary War, the Continental Army ocupied the farm for a brief period while transferring English & Hessian prisoners to the South.
According to 18thC accounts, the prisoners were housed in a "dilapidated church" [presumably the original log church south of the cemetery]. They were served pork & sauerkraut for dinner by their German hosts. They were also given stockings because they had no shoes.

Daniel Bray birthplace
Captain Daniel Bray secured the boats for the December 25th crossing from PA to NJ in the march to defeat the British in Trenton. [private residence]

Kingwood - Campbell/Hart/Johnson's Tavern - c. 1766
Johnson’s Tavern was the earliest known tavern in Kingwood Township, originating in a log house a few miles south of Baptistown & Barbertown on Route 519. Log structure c. 1766; it later became a stone structure.
?on some 18thC maps Updycke's/Updike's/Updickers?
c.1766 - William Coolback
c.1775 - William Campbell
1780 - Joseph Hart
1790 - James Hart
1791 - John Johnson
[1794 & 1795 John Cowdrick] to early 1800s
[see www.goodspeedhisories.com - articles on Baptistown for additional information]
According to Goodspeed, "Johnson bought the property in 1793 from Joseph Hart, it being originally part of a tract of land owned by Daniel Howell, bought from Christopher Cornelius, and then sold in 1754 to Francis Tomlinson. It had been owned by John Johnson’s father-in-law, William Hart, who operated the tavern during the Revolution."

Updikes/Updickers tavern [locate]
May be the same as Johnson's Tavern?

Old Stone Presbyterian Church - early 1700s
Also called the Lower Bethlehem Church, established before Kingwood became a township in 1746. The present day location of the church and cemetery is on land donated to the Presbyterians by the Hoff family. The former church building was across the road, south of the cemetery.

Baptistown Baptist Cemetery - c. late 1720s
One of the oldest cemeteries in the county, established in the late 1720s. Contains the grave of at least one Rev. War veteran.

Oak Summit Cemetery - c. 1750s
The Oak Summit Cemetery dates back to the 1750s and contains the graves of at least 13 Revolutionary War veterans including the grave of Col. Thomas Lowery & and his wife Esther (Fleming) Lowery.

Kingwood - 18thC trades & professions

Franklin - 18thC structures & sites

Col. Charles Stewart House
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
(Originailly Kingwood Township during the Revolutionary War.)
This stone house was built in 1761 on land given to Stewart by his father-in-law, Judge Samuel Johnson. Stewart was a colonel of New Jersey’s first regiment of minutemen, a member of the first provincial congress of New Jersey, and commissary general of issue from 1777 to 1783. He was also a close confidant of General George Washington. The property has a Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission plaque and is a private residence.

Potter/Allen House
4 Locust Grove Road, Quakertown
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
(It was Kingwood Township during the Revolutionary War.)
In 1776, John Allen (1752-1828), a Quaker tanner, purchased the 20-acre farm complete with a circa 1765 stone dwelling and working tannery. In 1777 he was imprisoned for six weeks in the Trenton Goal, and fined for refusing to sign the oath of allegiance to the state of New Jersey. (Quakers were not permitted to sign oaths.) John Allen was taken from his home by order of Moore Furman, Judge Samuel Johnson, and Captain Jacob Gearhart. After six weeks he was asked again to sign the oath but refused. He was then release,d but his oxen, skins of leather, bushels of grain, shoes and boots, and his feather bed were confiscated to satisfy military fines. Family legend and late 1800s history books claim that Allen was taken to jail by the British first for ‘giving’ shoes and boots to the Patriots, but those claims have been disproved through the Quaker meeting notes and other competent sources. The Potter/Allen House is a private residence and is part of the Quakertown Historic District listed on the State and National Registers.

Quakertown Monthly Meeting
[formerly Kingwood Monthly Meeting]
intersection of Route 579 and Whitebridge Road,
Quakertown, Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
(It was Kingwood Township during the Revolutionary War.)
Quakertown was named for the settlement of the Religious Society of Friends who relocated there from Burlington County sometime around 1714. The first meeting house was a log cabin, and was later replaced by a stone structure in the 1750s.
It has been noted in history books, since at least 1861, that the Quaker meeting house (known in the 1700s as Kingwood Monthly Meeting) was occupied by British soldiers who defaced it during the Revolution. Close scrutiny in 2005 of the Quaker meeting notes has revealed that the Friends’ house of worship was never occupied by British troops. But the meeting notes do describe instances of Friends being fined or thrown into prison (like the Quaker tanner, John Allen) by the Patriots for refusing to take up arms or “become instruments for the shedding of human blood.”
In 1862 a newer meeting house was reconstructed nearby using stones from the older building, and it is an active Quaker meeting today. It is part of the Quakertown Historic District listed on the State and National Registers.

Guard House
On the road between Pittstown & Quakertown
Route 579 (Pittstown-Quakertown Road)
Franklin Township, Hunterdon County
(It was Kingwood Township during the Revolutionary War.)
Captain Jacob Gearhart, one of the men who helped gather the boats for Washington’s crossing on the Delaware River, had a fifteen-year-old son, named Jacob Gearhart Jr. This young man, along with a companion, was stationed in a guard hut near the end of Quaker John Allen’s property on the edge of Quakertown, heading down the hill towards Pittstown. The young soldiers were on duty watching for any signs of British troops. In his pension claim deposition of 1832 (#3392), Jacob Gearhart, Jr. said he marched to Pittstown to guard the Continental stores there. He added, “Had a guard house between Pittstown and Quakertown. Continued in the service keeping guard in the spring of the year 1777 till August 1779. We guarded Quakertown as well as Pittstown.” This structure no longer exists today.

Taverns/Inns

Dogtown Tavern [Cherryville] - 1737
Oldest in the area. [Snell]

Hoff's Mill Tavern [Pittstown] - c. 1748
Stone Tavern and perhaps another.
[Current Pittstown Inn is on this site.]

The Tavern House [Inn] / Franklin House [Hotel]
1767-1869 The Tavern House [Inn] - opened by David Cahill
1860-1880s Franklin House [Hotel] until Quakers made village dry in 1880s.

McPherson's Tavern - 1777
David McPherson [McFerson]

Mills

King's Mill c.1730s [Hummer's Mills > Young's Mills]
Major reference: 2021 book on King's Mil by Philip Fleming
additional information: Lora Jones, Franklin Township
1851 Cornell map - P.R. Young & C. Shurts mills
1860 Philadelphia map - Mills
1873 Beers map - Youngs Mills / School
Property Ownership:
known as King's Mill:
1729 - Joseph King Sr. & Joseph King Jr.
1769 - George King
1779 - Abraham Dittmars
1819 - Joseph Briggs
known as Hummer's Mills:
c.1822 - Jacob (also "James") Hummer Jr.
known as Young's Mills:
1829 - William P. Young
1836 - Peter R. Young
1849 - Peter R. Young & partner Nathan Shurts
1854 - Thomas W. Gibbons
1858 - John & Joseph Lare
1878 - mill closed
1930 - mill dismantled
The first owner of this land was Joseph King Sr. who bought 954 acres of property in 1729. The original house is still standing. Built in two distinct sections, a banked three-story stone main section was enlarged prior to the mid-1800s to include a two-story frame addition. It is pictured in a c.1848 painting showing both.
Also on the property was a saw mill and grist mill. After operating as King's Mill for several decades, and briefly as Hummer's Mills, in 1829 it became Young's Mills. Some maps of this period show 'Youngs & Lairs [Lare] Mill’. The mill complex functioned until 1878. During the 1930's, Samuel Stothoff Sr. dismantled the mill ruin and restored the house. Stones from the mill (including the millstones) were used elsewhere on the property, and a stone bridge leading to the premises was also restored.
On the same property but across the road from the house is the Sunnyside School, built in 1854 and abandoned in 1899. The exterior is original with the exception of the small gable and shed roofs. The interior timberframe skeleton was restored in 2006 and the building was repurposed as a guest cottage.

Pittstown - Rockhill [1748]
This fulling and grist mill was owned by Edward Rockhill.
[exact location unknown]

Pittstown Mill / Furman's Mill [1778]
This stone grist mill was built by Moore Furman (1728-1808) in 1778 specifically for military purposes. Furman was deputy quartermaster general of provisions for the Continental Army in New Jersey. In addition to grinding grain to feed the soldiers encamped at various New Jersey locations, Furman provided men, horses, wood, and other supplies for General George Washington.
Provisions were stored in and around Pittstown, and on farms in the nearby village of Quakertown. Furman owned most of the property in Pittstown, and had his own dwelling house in the village as well, bringing his family from Trenton to live here for safety during the course of the war. He named the village Pittstown in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the British statesman who fought in favor of the Colonies.
This mill was subsequently used for fulling. For 83 yers it was run by the Bodine Family as a lumber company with hardware, feed, and seed.
The Mill is part of the Pittstown Historic District listed on the State and National Registers, and has a Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission plaque. Today, the mill is a commercial building housing an animal feed store and other enterprises.

Littletown Mill - [1785]
A saw mill owned by Christy Little. It was later operated as a distillery.

Kingtown Mill - c. 1787
A fulling mill; formerly at the intersection of Kingtown Rd. and Rt. 513.

Kingtown Mill - [1799]
This grist mill operated for 100 years. It was converted to private dwelling in 1928.

Franklin - 18thC trades & professions

TEWKSBURY - 1755
Formed from Lebanon Township.

Lamington Falls/Potters/Potters Falls
[POTTERSVILLE - early 1800s]
Named for the Potter family who operated a grist mill on the Lamington River.

Smithfield/New Germantown
[OLDWICK - 1900s]
First called Smithfield for Ralph Smith, an early settler. Then New Germantown for the number of immigrants that settled in the valley.

Map link - early properties of Oldwick

18thC structures

Rinehart's Tavern - mid 1700s
[may have been two different buildings]
Archer Gifford
1761 - Catharine Gifford [widow]
John Welsh [Catharine's second husband]
1768 - Counrod Mozier
Tunis Melick [owner]
1772 - 1775 Godfrey Rinehart [tenant]
1776 - Baltis Pickle [tenant]
John Bochman [tenant]
1783 - Samuel VanKirk
1788 - John Farley [owner]
Baldwin & Daly [tenants]
1794 - David Mellick
1797 - Dr. Richard Croesen
1801 - old building torn down; new one built

Adams' Tavern - c.1750s [locate]
1750s - Samuel Adams
Mrs. Isabel Drake
1767 - Samuel Adams [same]
Aaron T. Luckas [tenant]
1789 - Henry Teeple [tenant]
Samuel Heath

Melick's Tavern - c.1777 [locate]
c. 1777 - Chatham Melick

Taylor's Mill [1760]

Wortman's Mill [date]

ALEXANDRIA - 1765
Included Holland [1874].
[Marilyn Smith]

Sherrad's Ferry / Alexandria
[FRENCHTOWN]
Shown on many early maps as Alexandria.

Durham/Durham Furnace / Stillwell's Ferry
Also: Brinks Ferry
It was here that iron was taken form local forges to Pennsylvania.

Helltown
[SPRING MILLS - 1817]
A boisterous local tavern nearby gave it the earlier name. Several early mills gave it the lasting name.

unknown mill - mid 18thC
[Burnt Mills > Lowreytown > Millford Ferry > MILFORD]
After the original mill was destroyed by fire in 1769, it became known as Burnt Mills. In 1794 Col. Thomas Lowrey purchased the land and the town took his name for a time.

Alexandria - 18thC structures & sites [MS]

stone/frame dwelling

Blk5/Lt41_Eichlin Dwelling
rubble stone dwelling c.1790

Blk5.01/Lt25_Alexandria Presbyterian Church Chapel
frame church c.1795 (frame) & 1844
This building was constructed in 1844 utilizing the frame of the 1795 Presbyterian Church at Mount Pleasant, which was dismantled and re-erected.

Blk12/Lt7_Larason-Boss Dwellings
2 frame structures c.1797
These properties were known as lot #108 when the plantation was sold in 1797.
1873 Beers map notes a sawmill at this location.

Blk12/Lt9_Opdyke House
Stone with frame addition. Late 18th century.

Blk13/Lt23_Brink Dwelling
frame dwelling. c.1779
John Brink owned this property from 1779 to 1835.
1873 Beers map notes a sawmil near this location.

Blk14/Lt14_Pickel Plantation
Stuccoed Stone c.1766

Frame dwelling c.1789

Frame Dwelling c.1799

frame dwelling c.1799

Blk17.01/Lt11_Prevost House
Frame Dwelling c.1790

Blk18/Lt14_Waggoner-Case Dwelling
Stone/frame dwelling with heavy dutch influence.
Listed as a farm or plantation in 1782. West Jersey Society Lot #77

Blk18/Lt26_Stevens Property
Stuccoed stone dwelling. c.1789

Stuccoed stone dwelling c.1789

Stuccoed stone/frame dwelling c.1789

Blk20.01/Lt1.01_W. Besson House
dwelling c.mid-late 18th century.
One and one half story, one room stone structure is ensconced within several later additions. c.mid-late 18th century.
May have been house of early mill owners.

Blk20.03/Lt4_Mill Site
Stuccoed stone
Site of 18th century mill.
The old mill - probably the second on that site - was taken down in 1855, and the present one, a large and expensive structure, erected in its place by Dr. Holcombe.
(Snell p423)

Blk21/Lt1_Out Kitchen
2 room, one and a half story ,stone out kitchen with coursed rubble walls. c. 18th century

Blk21/Lt2.02_Mill Site
Partial stone foundation of old mill. Evidence of mill race can also be seen.
A saw-mill was first erected by Luther Opdyke in 1798. The following year he built a grist mill . . . Hall Opdyke succeeded to the proprietorship on the death of his father. After his decease, in 1844, it was purchased by Wholston Vanderbelt, who in1846 built the present mill. It now belongs to John M. Wilson, together with the other buildings which comprise the hamlet. It is on a branch of the Nishisackaway Creek, from which it took its name.
(Snell p423)

Blk21/Lt37_St Thomas Episcopal Church

Frame dwelling c.1790

Blk21.01/Lt25_Furman-Stryker House
Stone dwelling.

Holland - 18thC structures and sites

Tory's Den (to be field located)

Solomon Weider Barn
Named after Solomon Weider, owner on the Township 1860 map. Dendrochronolgy dates this structure to 1787, making it currently the oldest documented structure in the township.

Wm. B. Alpaugh Barn
Named for William B. Alpaugh, owner on the 1860 Township Map; endochronology dates structure to 1793-94.

MAIDENHEAD - 1697 [now LAWRENCE]
Was Hunterdon Co. in 1714.
Now Mercer Co. [1838]

18thC boundary

HOPEWELL - 1714
Now Mercer Co. [1838]
Formed from Old Amwell Township.
In the 18thC it included Trenton/Ewing.

Baptist Meeting House / Columbia
[HOPEWELL - c. 1825]
Developed by the mid-18thC, it was called 'Baptist Meeting House' originally. Then Columbia and finally by about 1825 it became Hopewell.

Herbertown/Herberton
[HARBOURTON]
An early crossroad that dates back to the early 18thC. What is now the Harbourton Store was the dwelling of John Harbort who built the original structure in 1768.

Eight Mile Ferry / Johnson's Ferry
[ WASHINGTON'S CROSSING ]
This hamlet developed in the mid-18thC as a ferry crossing. It was first referred to as Eight Mile Ferry because it was 8 miles upriver from Trenton. It soon became Johnson's Ferry and was known by that name for most of the century. Famed for the Christmas 1776 crossing of George Washington, it now goes by that name.

Marshall's Corner / Furman's Corner
A stopping point on the route the Continental Army took to the Battle of Monmouth.

Queenstown > Penny Town / Penning Town / PENNINGTON
Began with the construction of a Presbyterian meetinghouse in 1725.

Stoutsburg
Blacksmith shop here in the 1760s. Washington stayed at the Hunt House here and his troops passed through on their way to the Battle of Monmouth.

John Stillwell House - c. 1750

Wilson-Hunt Farmstead - c. 1740

Samuel Furman House - c. 1725

stone schoolhouse - c. 1745

Deacon James Hunt Farmstead - c. 1750

Blackwell's Mills [Moore's Mills]
First mill by Philip Ringo in 1717.

Moore's Mills - c. 1720
Grist, Oil, & Saw

Anderson Mill - c. 1720
[Same as Lotts?] Grist

Lotts Mills - c. 1726
[Later Somerset Roller Mills.] Grist & Saw

Titus Mills - c. 1740
Grist & Saw

Polhemus-Van Kirk Milll - c. 1750
Later Reed's Mill. - Grist & Saw

Price Windmill - mid 18thC
Location unknown. Grist

Smith's Mill c. 1780
John Smith - saw mill [diverted Moore's Creek]

Phillips Mill - c. 1780
Henry Phillips - grist mill [opposite school house]

Hunt's Mill - c. 1780
Israel Hunt - grist mill

TRENTON/EWING - 1719
Now Mercer Co. [1838]
In the 18thC it was part of Hopewell Township/Hunterdon County.

approx. line

18thC villages & hamlets - Ewing/Trenton

Birmingham [ck]

18thC structures & sites - Ewing/Trenton

Ewing - tavern

[Ewing?] Rozell Mills - pre Rev War
John & Anna Rozell [grist & saw mill]

Trenton - Mahlon Stacy Mill

18thC Churches, Cemeteries, & Schools
Listed by township.
[Primary reference: 'Less Stately Mansions' by Frank L. Greenagel]
See also: www.njchurchscape.com [some dates vary slightly]
[NOTE: IF THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR PUBLICATIONS OF ANY KIND AND/OR TEACHING PURPOSES, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE 'HISTORY MAPPING' AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.]

Alexandria/Holland

[Alexandria] St Thomas Episcopal Church & Cemetery
Founded 1723. The first structure was either log cabin or frame. The stone structure was built 1768-1770.

[Holland] First Alexandria Presbyterian Church & Cemetery
Founded in 1742. Originally shared a log meetinghouse with a German Reformed congregation for most of the 18th century. Interim frame structure was built in 1802. Current church was built in 1843. The church is in Holland Township; its cemetery is in Alexandria Township.
Other names: Presbyterian Church of Mount Pleassant

Alexandria Presbyterian Church Chapel
Frame church c.1795; current building 1844.
This building was constructed in 1844 utilizing the frame of the 1795 Presbyterian Church at Mount Pleasant, which was dismantled and re-erected.

Bethlehem/Union

[Union] Bethlehem Presbyterian Church & Cemetery
Founded 1730. Original church was a log structure; replaced in 1760 by a frame building. Then replaced by a stone structure in 1830. Current church built 1870.

Delaware

[Delaware] Amwell Church of the Brethern - 1733
Between Odycke's Mill [Headquarters] and Sand Brook. The current church was built in the 1950s. The structure to the north was a carriage house.

[Delaware] Locktown Stone Church & Cemetery
Founded in 1745. First church was log; then a frame building. Current church built in 1819.
Other names: Lower Meeting House; Swamp Meetinghouse

East Amwell

[East Amwell] Ringoes (by HM?)
Founded by 1725 in Ringoes. Stone church constructed in 1753. In ruins by the 1800s.

[East Amwell] United First Church of Amwell & cemetery
Founded in the 1740s by German settlers at Larison's Corner. Original building 1742. Current building 1818.
Other names: High Dutch Calvenistical / Reformed / Presbyterian Church

East Amwell Township
[REF: John Allen]

possible headstone

1767 stone
location approximate

Unnamed Historical Graveyard
On Omick Preserve

Servis-Quick Family Burial Ground - 54

Ringoes Union - 55
http://newjerseycivilwargravestones.org/cemetery.php?cemID=1 40.426111 N 74.873611 W

John Ringo Burial Ground - 56

St. Andrew's Episcopal - 57
as shown in blocks above

Larison's Corner - 58
AKA Amwell Ridge Now known as Amwell Unied First Presbyterian 40.441667 N 74.855 W

Pleasant Ridge - 59
Now known as Amwell First English Presbyterian 40.4575 N 74.833611 W

Chamberlin Family BG - 60

Quick-Van Liew Burial Ground - 61

Hunt-Simerson Yard - 62

"Possible cemetery" - 63

Wertsville Union - 64
AKA Stout-Manners Cemetery and Young's Burying Ground. 40.459167 N 74.785 W

Wertsville Union - 65

Wertsville Baptist - 66
AKA Werts Corner Baptist Church. Address on www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhunter/Cemetery.htm is "Lindburgh Rd, Wertsville, East Amwell Twp", but location shown on layer is taken from iTouch map website. 40.450278 N 74.796944 W

Pleasant Ridge - 119

Landis BG

Kingwood/Franklin

[Franklin] Kingwood Monthly Meeting & Cemetery
Founded 1720. [later called Quakertown Monthly Meeting]
This was Kingwood Township during the Revolutionary War.
Quakertown was named for the settlement of the Religious Society of Friends who relocated there from Burlington County sometime around 1714. The first meeting house was a log cabin, and was later replaced by a stone structure in the 1750s.
It has been noted in history books, since at least 1861, that the Quaker meeting house (known in the 1700s as Kingwood Monthly Meeting) was occupied by British soldiers who defaced it during the Revolution. Close scrutiny in 2005 of the Quaker meeting notes has revealed that the Friends’ house of worship was never occupied by British troops. But the meeting notes do describe instances of Friends being fined or thrown into prison (like the Quaker tanner, John Allen) by the Patriots for refusing to take up arms or “become instruments for the shedding of human blood.”
In 1862 a newer meeting house was reconstructed nearby using stones from the older building, and it is an active Quaker meeting today. It is part of the Quakertown Historic District listed on the State and National Registers, and has a Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission plaque.

[Kingwood] original Presbyterian Church location
Founded 1736. This was a wooden structure, referred to during a Revolutionary War encampment on the property as "dilapidated".

[Kingwood] Oak Summit Cemetery [c. 1750s]
This cemetery was for the Presbyterian churches that adjoined it.
The Oak Summit Cemetery dates back to the 1750s and contains the graves of at least 13 Revolutionary War veterans including the grave of Col. Thomas Lowery & and his wife Esther (Fleming) Lowery.

[Kingwood] Old Stone Presbyterian Church
The current structure was built in 1837. Also called the Lower Bethlehem Church. The present-day location of the church and cemetery is on land donated to the Presbyterians by the Hoff family.

[Kingwood] Baptistown Baptist Church & Cemetery
One of the oldest cemeteries in the county, established in the late 1720s. Contains the grave of at least one Rev War veteran.

Lambertville

[Lambertville] Presbyterian Church & Cemetery [ck]
Founded 1732. Current church built in 1845.
George Coryell's Grave - Close by the Presbyterian Church stands the weathered sandstone obelisk marking the burial place of George Coryell, the last survivor of the six pallbearers of George Washington. A grandson of the town's Huegenot immigrant, John Emanuel Coryell, George died in 1851 at the age of 91. He had lived for a time in Alexandria, Virginia, becoming a lodge brother and friend of Washington. Further abetting the friendship was the fact that two of George's uncles had been officers in Washington's army, and the family had guided and hosted the Gernal when in the area.
In the same cemetery lies Samuel Holcombe, one of several Hunderdon County spies or scouts for Washingiton in the Revolution. Samuel's brother Richard was another noted host of the General when in the Coryell's Ferry neighborhood.

[Lambertville] St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Founded 1732. Originally in Ringoes, the congregation moved to Lambertville in the early 1800s. A fire gutted this building in 1891 and the current church was built.

Lebanon German Reformed Church
Founded by 1747. First a log building; replaced with a frame one in 1780. A new brick church was built in 1816; replaced by a frame one in 1854. This church burned in 1937; only the chapel was saved.
Other names: First High Dutch Reformed; Round Valley Meeting House

[Lebanon] Spruce Run Zion Luthern Church & Cemetery
Founded 1775. First church built in 1800 and the second of stone in 1835. Current church built 1870.

[Raritan] Flemington Presbyterian Church
Founded 1791. In 1857 a stone church was built. It was demolished in 1883 when the current structure was built.

[Raritan] First English Presbyterian
Founded 1738. Original structure moved to current location in 1839. Current church building enlarged in 1883.

[Raritan] Old English Church
On 18thC Hessian map. In the vicinity of Copper Hill.

Readington

Readington Dutch Reformed Church & Cemetery
Founded in 1719 at North Branch, the congreation built a log structure there. By 1738 they had moved to Readington where a frame church was built. In 1833 this was replaced by another frame structure which burned in 1864. The current structure was built in 1865.
During the Revolution, Reverend Hardenbergh occupied the pulpit. He was such an ardent patriot that the British had a price of 100 pounds on his head. The Reverend Hardenbergh rode the circuit to three other churches. While traveling he carried a gun to ward off Loyalists.
The oldest remaining church in Readington Township.

[Readington] Rockaway Reformed Church
Founded 1792. First a log church in Pottersville [Rockaway]. Then east several miles the first church here was in 1808. Second church in 1850. Current stone church was constructed c. 1900.

Tewksbury

[Tewksbury] Zion Luthern Church & Cemetery
Founded 1714. Built 1749. It is the oldest church in Hunterdon Co. and the oldest continuing Luthern congregation in the state.
Aree van Guinee, former slave, was the founder.

[Tewksbury] Fairmont Presbyterian
Founded 1747. First a log structure; replaced in 1760. Replaced by a stone building in 1816. Current church built 1851.
Other names: Fox Hill German Reformed

[Tewksbury] Oldwick Methodist
Founded 1782. [Original building was sold and moved to Califon.] Current building constructed 1865 [now commercial].

West Amwell

[West Amwell] Amwell Meeting House & Cemetery
Founded c. 1777. Current building built 1874. Shown on 18thC maps that also list the village as 'Amwell'.
Other names: 2nd English Presbyterian Church

[West Amwell] Methodist Episcopal Church
Founded c. 1774. Current stone building in 1843.
Other names: Old Rock Church

West Amwell Township
[REF: John Allen]

"Possible cemetery" - 162

Mt. Airy 2nd Presbyterian - 163

Location? Stevenson Family Burying Ground - 164

"Possible Cemetery" - 165

Rockefeller-Wykoff Burying Ground - 166

Old Rocks - 167
AKA Rocks Cenetery. George McPeck disability discharge June 2, 1862; died August 20, 1862. George W. Taylor DOD (typhoid fever) March 25, 1862 at Budd's Ferry, MD.

"possible cemetery" - 168

Mt Airy Annex
Elijah Moore - USCT

Hopewell, Lawrenceville [later Mercer County]

[Hopewell] Baptist Meeting House & Cemetery
Original building 1747. Later building 1822.

[Lawrenceville] Maidenhead Presbyterian Church
Circa 1710.

18thC cemeteries not associated with churches

[Delaware] Anderson Burying Ground
Located on the upper portion of Captain John Anderson's farm, it is approximately 500 sq ft. in size. Although no markers remain today, it is believed to have contained between 15 and 30 unmarked stones. According to tradition, in an effort to make the field easier to plow, a farm worker removed the stones sometime in the early 20th century.

[Delaware] Rosemont Cemetery
Burial gound established in 1729. Daniel Bray's grave is here, among other notables.
A Methodist Episcopal Church was established south of the cemetery at a much later date [1860].

[Delaware] Howell-Rittenhouse Cemetery [early 1700's]
Contains stones marking the final resting place of some of Stockton's earliest residents.

[East Amwell] Ringoes cemetery

[East Amwell] Ringoes family cemetery

[Raritan] Geary's Ridge Cemetery

[Readington] DAR cemetery
There are nine Revolutionary War soldiers buried here. Prisoners of the War were kept in an adjacent barn and provisions for the Continental soldiers were also stored there. The land was owned by the Van Horne family in the 18th century and gifted it to the DAR in the 1930s.

18thC schools [in progress]

Delaware Township

Van Dolah School
The first school in the Sandy Ridge area was built of log [20' square] c. 1780s or earlier. It was located on the south side of the Brookville Creek where it crosses Sandy Ridge-Mt. Airy Rd. There appareantly was an interim structure at Dilts Corner. Then in 1822 a building, hexagonal in shape and iconic in photos, was built as the second school on the Van Dolah property.
In 1905 this building was replaced by a third schoolhouse, also on the same property, as the Van Dolahs had allowed a 99-year lease for such a use. This time the schoolhouse was located on Brookville Hollow Rd. Both the 2nd and 3rd buldings were ultimately disassembled and there are now residences in both locations.
1851 Cornell map
1860 map
1873 Beers map

[East Amwell] Unionville Schoolhouse site

[Hopewell] stone schoolhouse - c. 1745

[Lebanon] school - c.1774 [ck]

18th & early 19thC Taverns & Inns
This list includes the Trenton-Ewing area, which was a part of Hunterdon County through most of this time period.
Tavern ownership or tenancy is stated where known, but this was subject to much change as these tavern keepers often moved from place to place, only to move back at some later point to where they formerly were. Locations changed too, and there were occasions where owners took their tavern sign with them to a new spot. These places were almost always referred to as 'taverns', although the term 'inn' or 'house' was occasionally used interchangeably. It should be obvious to the reader that the spelling of names and places was also very fluid.
[NOTE: IF THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR PUBLICATIONS OF ANY KIND AND/OR TEACHING PURPOSES, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE 'HISTORY MAPPING' AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.]

18thC - through Rev War
REFERENCES:
Charles Shimer Boyer - Old Inns & Taverns in West Jersey
Walter H. Van Hoesen - Early Taverns & Stagecoach Days in New Jersey
David Blackwell [Mercer Co.]
Marfy Goodspeed [Hunterdon Co.]

Mt. Pleasant Tavern - 1767
1767 - Gabriel Hoff
1770 - Frederick Jordan [owner]
1780 - Thomas Warner
John Cox

Palmyra Tavern
James Powers [tenant]
James Reeves
John Farlee - 'Bird's Tavern'
Peter Slout
Eli Hoppeck

Tompkins/Jones/Pursley's Ferry House - 1760
1760 - Benjamin Tompkin
1764 - James Bailey [probably a different house]
1781 - Benjamin Jones
Andrew Rose
1800 - Andrew Rose Jr.

Amwell - Delaware & Raritan

[Lower] Boar's Head Tavern - c.1750
c.1750Abraham Bonnel
[Philip Bevin - landlord for Pegg, Teeple & Jones]
1762 - Daniel Pegg [tenant]
1774 - Peter Teeple [tenant]
1786 - William Jones [tenant]
1792 - Natianiel Thacher
1797 - Andrew Heath

Buchanan's [Bohammon/Bonhanna] Tavern - c.1760
1760 - Daniel Robbins acquires property
1781 Hills map - Bonhanna's [tavern]
1811 - moved to the other side of the road
1821-1830s - Delilah Buchanan
1846 - Asher Trout
1866 - Asa Robings
Often confused with the c. 1725 stone house above the intersection of Routes 579 & 523 called 'Buchanan's Hill'.
[See www.goodspeedhistories.com for articles on the real Buchanan's taverns.]

Churson's/Curshoe's Tavern
On 18thC Hessian map.

Locktown - Spread Eagle / Swamp Meeting House Tavern
SEE: extensive article by Marfy Goodspeed on Swamp Tavern www.goodspeedhistories.com There was probably a tavern in what became Locktown as early as the Revolution. ‘Spread Eagle’ was the name of the first tavern there is record of for the Locktown area. 1828? Gordon map - 1851 Cornell map - 1873 Beers map - The earliest tavern keeper was Isaac Servis. 1804 - Andrew Shepherd 1805 - John Sine 1806 - William Rake 1807-08 - John Robins There were no license petitions at all for the Spread Eagle after 1808. 1823 - Everitt’s Tavern 1828 - The Public Inn at the Swamp Meeting House, Benjamin Hyde 1831 - Mahlon Strimple 1832 - Ampleus B. Chamberlain Franklin Gordon 1837 - George “Darumple” [Dalrymple] Subsequent Tavernkeepers for the Locktown Hotel: 1839-1840, John N. Roberson 1841-1843, Anderson Horner 1844, Charles Holt 1845-1846, Anderson Horner 1847, Dansdill Rittenhouse [Dansdill & George D. Rittenhouse were one and the same person] 1848, George D. Rittenhouse 1849-1850, Elijah Mettler 1851, Francis Rittenhouse

Rosemont [CrossKeys/Rittenhouse Tavern] - c. 1754/1767
Tavern licenses were not issued before the Revolutionary War; the first one here was issued in 1789.
1851 Cornell map E. Johnson’s Hotel
1860 Philadelphia J. Wolverton Hotel
1873 Beers map G. Hoppock
Ownership:
1754 William Rittenhouse, Sr.
c. 1767 Isaac Rittenhouse [son]; probably established the tavern
1809 Samuel, John & William [grandsons]
1811 deeded to William from his brothers
[tavern licenses issued until 1830-31]
date? Garret Lare/Lair [son-in-law; probably rented out the tavern]
1843 James Wolverton - rented out as store: ‘Cowdrick & Dilworth’s’ from 1846-48; rented as tavern/hotel to Elias Johnson > then to John Slack
1868 George Hoppock - ceased operating the tavern/hotel c.1870
1910 Lambert B. Matthews

Headquarters - White Hall Tavern c.1750s
Located in the village of Headquarters, it was built in the 1750s, probably by John Opdycke and was purported to be a recruiting headquarters for patriot troops.

Stockton [Reading's/Howell's Landing] (2)

Reading's / Howell's Ferry House - c.1735
early 1700s - John Reading
c. 1735 - Daniel Howell
c. 1772 - Joseph Robinson
Joseph Howell
1791 - George Hoppock
early 1800s - John Barcroft

Howell's/Shamp's Tavern - early 1700s
Ownership and/or operation of the tavern:
Benjamin Howell
Joseph & Sarah Howell
Mathias Case [Joseph Howell's son-in-law]
1821 - John Bake/Ezra Shamp
later adjacent land owners not associated with the tavern:
1827 - George & Asher Johnson
1849 - Mahlon Fisher
Charles Bartles & Aaron Van Syckle
This early tavern was near what was Reading's Landing/Ferry [later known as Howell's Landing/Ferry... then: Prallsville > Centre Bridge > Stockton]. It was located up the hill from the ferry landing at the intersection of what became Route 29 & Route 523. It was built by Benjamin Howell in 1746 and enlarged by him about 1750. It was leased by him for a time to Joseph Roberson in 1771. Then leased to his son Joseph on Howell's retirement in 1785. It operated as the tavern for the ferry into the early part of the 1800s [called Shamp's Tavern at that point... and in the 1820s, although John Bake was the owner, it may still have been run by Shamp].
[Not to be confused with what is now called the Stockton Inn on Route 29 at the intersection of Bridge St. Asher Johnson bought adjacent property and built a dwellling c.1830 that was shortly converted to a hotel. ]
[REFERENCES: Iris Naylor / www.goodspeedhistoies.com]

Amwell - East Amwell & West Amwell

[Amwell] Anderson Tavern - c.1738
c.1740s - John Mullen
William Mullen [son]
c. 1765 - Joseph Reed
c. 1767 - John Throckmorton
1773-78 - John Anderson
1778 - tavern closed
Across from the ancient village of Amwell which is no longer in existence. The height of activity at the tavern was during Rev War.
[see www.goodspeedhistories.com]

Clover Hill [Cough/Koughtown/Cuxtown] - c.1760s
c.1760s - Phillip Yeager
1774 - John Dalley [tenant]
Nathaniel Lowrey
1780 - Derick Voorhees
Peter Burk
Ann Downey
Elizabeth Downey
Hannah Dood
late 1790s - Abraham C. Schanck [owner]

Pleasant Corner Tavern / Larison's Tavern]
Possibly started in the late 18th century by Tunis Quick & Englishman, George Thompson. Located across from Larison's Corner cemetery on the Old York Road, route of the Swift-Sure Stageline.
REF: HCHS article by Dave Harding - Vol.59, No.1 2023
Marfy Goodspeed, www.goodspeedhistories.com, March 25, 2023
18th century land ownership:
1746 - Catharine Lummox, widow of William - deed of gift to brothers George & Lummox Thompson. George Thompson inherited his father’s land and eventually bought out Lummox/Lomax.
1783 - Tunis Quick [Thompson sold part of his land - 29.5 acres]
1791 - Tunis Quick [Purchased at sheriff sale for £302.]
Early & mid-1800s owners:
March 31, 1800 - Tunis Quick to John Barcroft for $100
April 1, 1800 - John Barcroft to Edmund Burke for $100
1800 - Edmund Burk/e [Licensed for running a tavern from 1800 through 1808. Licensed in Locktown in 1801 & in Flemington in 1808. Then again in 1812 and 1813 at Pleasant Corner.]
1811 - Isaac Servis [Bought the tavern and another lot in Amwell for a total of $3,942.]
April 23, 1814 - Joseph Kugler [Isaac and Catharine Servis sold three lots in Pleasant Corner to Joseph Kugler of Amwell for $4,588.]
April 9, 1829 - John Larison [Joseph & Elizabeth Kugler of Amwell sold the tavern property to John W. Larason for $2600.]
c.1865 - Augustus Blackwell [Larison sold the tavern property and three other lots to son-in-law Augustus Blackwell for $9,000.]
Feb. 25, 1867 - John Larison [Augustus & Lucretia Blackwell sold the tavern lot back to John W. Larison’s wife, Maria for $2,000.]
May 24, 1887 - Caleb Fisher, Maria Larison’s brother
Sarah Ball - last full-time tenant
Map references:
1828 Gordon: shown at NE corner
1833 Gordon: shown at NE corner
1851 Cornell: Larason’s Hotel
1873 Beers: Hotel
In c.1829 the tavern was sold to John Larison. Under his ownership it developed the reputation of being the 'greatest gambling house in the state'. After the Civil War, Larison sold the tavern to Augustus Blackwell who ended the gambling and horse racing. In the late 1800s the buiding went into decline and was demolished in 1943-44.

Reaville [Greenville] Manners Tavern - c.1779
late 1770s - Joseph Layboyteaux
early 1780s - Garret VanCleaf
c.1790 - John Manners

Ringoes (2)

Joseph Innslee Tavern - c.1730s

John Ringo's Tavern - 1738
At the intersection of two major Indian trails. Many patriot Revolutionary War meetings [Sons of Liberty & Hunterdon Militia among them] were held here. An 1840 fire destroyed the original building.
1720s - John Ringo/ log building
mid 1730s - tavern license; probably was preceded by the Amwell tavern
1736-1750 Phillip Ringo [son]
1750-1779 John Ringo [grandson]
Henry Mershon
John Snyder
Joseph Robeso
John Meldrum
John Landis
1797 - Nathan Price [operated, but didn't own?]
1810 - Isaac Landis
[1795 map shows "Ringo's T." south of intersecting roads]

Rocktown - Wyckoff's Tavern

Hickory Tavern - c.1750s [1767]
One of the most famous of the early taverns in Hunterdon County, 'Old Hickory' was on the heavily-travelled road between Pittstown and Easton, PA.
The first structure was log, but by the late 1700s was replaced with a frame building across the road. It was a regular stop for stagecoaches, feeding travelers and providing lodging. It also served the teamsters who brought iron bars from Bloomsbury to the forge in Pittstown.
The intersection was often referred on early maps as 'Hickory' or 'Hickory Corners', although there was never a true village there.
Lessees of the first structure were:
1767 - John & Adonijah Farnsworth
1769 - Spencer Carter
1774 - Peter Howell
1780 - Spencer Carter
Owners &/or tavern keepers of the second structure were:
1796-1832 Peter Van Syckel [owner & innkeeper]
John Kephart
Issac Bennet
Matthias Fishbaugh
John Bunn [innkeeper, no deed indicating ownership]

Mechlin[g]'s Tavern - c.1750
Johnathan Robeson [Alexander Gordon]
1763 - Stephen Dunham
1765 - Nehemiah Dunham
Joseph Carter
1808 - Peter Mechling
1844 - William Mechling [son]
1890 - Hiram Mechling [son]

Pittstown Inn - c.1748
Stone Tavern and perhaps another in the village formerly called Hoff's. Current Pittstown Inn is on this site. Around 1915 a fire so badly damaged the structure that it had to be rebuilt.
Charles Hoff, Jr.
1762 - Isaac Fitxrandolph [son-in-law]
1770s - William Davison [may have been a different building]
1781 - John Rockhill
early 1790s - James Chatburn
Peter VanKirk
Isaac Bennet

Jugtown Tavern [Bethlehem/West End] - c.1760
c.1760 - Jacob Moore
Alexander Gordon
1781 - Jacob Smith

Reynolds/Van Syckel's Tavern - 1763
The Sons of Liberty met here.
1763 - David Reynolds
1767 - Robert Reynolds [son]
John Dawson > Dawson's widow
c.1774-1779 - Daniel Van Bushkirk
1795 - Aaron Vansyckle
Vansyckel family afterward until c.1850

Clinton [Bonnel's / Hunt's Mills]

Bonnell's Tavern - c.1764/1767
Established by Abraham Bonnell about 1764. It soon became a gathering place for Patriots and a recruiting place for the Minutemen during the American Revolution. Kept by the Bonnel/Bonnell family as a tavern for almost 100 years and is still owned by the family. [Name misspelled on many maps.]
Later known as Hunt's Mills for Daniel Hunt, the borough of Clinton grew up around this spot.
1764 - Abraham Bonnel
1798 - Clement Bonnel
[HCPN, et al.]

Crawford's Tavern - c.1765
c. 1765 - John Crawford
Cornelius Tunison
Stephen Dunham
John Crawford [same]

Annandale

Thomas Jones Tavern - c. 1760
Annandale, Clinton Township [Lebanon Township in colonial days]
Owned by Capt. Thomas Jones of the Hunterdon Militia, this tavern was a recruiting station for the Hunterdon Militia. In June of 1776, a group of Loyalists raided and took possession of the tavern. They were soon ousted and arrested. After the war, Capt. Jones was given the farm property of one of the raiders.
c.1760 - Capt. Thomas Jones
James Anderson
George Henry
Peter Fisher
[See Vought House for more information.]

Lippincott's - c. 1760
c.1760 - Samuel Lippincott
1780 - Jonathan Forman
1785 - John Covenhoven
late 1780s - Barret Gulick

Flemington [Fleming's Town]

Baptisttown [Baptist Meeting House / Hard Scrabble] [4]

Birkhead's/Snyder's/Hoff's
George Birkhead
Henry Snyder
Gabriel Hoff [tenant]
1790 - Mary Hoff [widow]

Bonham's [locate]
Malakiah Bonham

Calvin's [locate]
Luther Calvin

Groendyke's/Rockfaeller's
Possibly:
Major Groendyke
John Sherrard [owner]
Henry Rockfeller [tenant]

Byram [?ck] - Warford's Tavern c.1770
Aaron Warford

Cherryville [Dogtown] Inn - 1737
[See goodspeedhistories.com for an extensive two-part article.]
The orignial name of this small village was neither Dogtown or Cherryville, but Anderson Town for the owner of the tavern property from before 1800 to 1818. Reference to 'Dogtown' was not made until 1833 and used for at least a decade, even though the name was officially changed to Cherryville in 1839. It was named for members of the Chery family who most frequently spelled their name with one 'r' instead of two.
1851 Cornell map - K. Wagner's Hotel
1860 map - Hotel
1873 Beers - shown but not named
Thomas McPherson
c.1760 - Mansfield Hunt
1768 - Hannah Hunt [widow]
John Bonnell
1781 - Nathaniel Lowrey [can't prove or disprove]
prior to 1800 - James Anderson
1795 - son Phillip applied for tavern license
1799-1804 Anderson applied for tavern licenses
1805 & 1806 - licenses for Gershom Hull
1807-1811 licenses for Aaron Thatcher “at Anderson Town”
1812, 1813, & 1814 - licenses for John Chery
1815 - license for Jesse Chamberlin
1816 & 1817 – licenses for John Fonner
1818 - tavern lot was sold to William Godley.
1819 - lot was sold to John Fonner
1816 to 1821 - John Fonner
1822 - rented “at Anderson Town” to John H. Schamp
1824 - John Fonner
1825 - son, William Fonner
1826 - Reuben McPherson purchased property
1831 - McPherson widow
1838 - John Marshall $2450
1843 - Peter Green $2750/65 acres
1843 - David Rake $1300/10 acres
1844 - David Gaddis $1126
1845 - Elias Wagner $1300 [father Henry was tavern keeper]
1856 - Abraham Lawshe $2000
1856 - William Nixon $2100
1858 - Margaretta Johnson $2200
1860 - John Trimmer $2450
1864 - Samuel Rupell $2000/4.31 acres
Jacob Ruple $2300
1873 - Mrs. Ellicott [run by Milton Schomp]
Burned in 1877.

Frenchtown [Sherrards Ferry]

Sherrad's Ferry House - 1746
This tavern went under a variety of names and several locations. Sherrad's Ferry was instrumental in the Revolutionary War effort.
1746 - Robert Hunter Morris
Mrs. Ann Pidgeon
late 1750s - Luther Calvin
Daniel Prigmore?
1766 - William Fleming
Absolom Runyon
1774 - Samuel Fleming
Opdyke's House

McDonald's
Formerly 'Capt Tinbrooks' [probably close to the other ferry house]
mid-1700s - Daniel McDonald
1781 - Joseph Price
Thomas Lowery
1801 - Samuel Lott > name changed to 'Prevost's Ferry Tavern'

Kingwood - Campbell/Hart/Johnson's Tavern
Log cabin c.1766; later became a stone structure.
[?on some 18thC maps Updycke's/Updike's/Updickers?]
c.1766 - William Coolback
c.1775 - William Campbell
1780 - Joseph Hart
1790 - James Hart
1791 - John Johnson [1794 & 1795 John Cowdrick] to early 1800s

Quakers Town Inn/s [Quaker Meeting House] (3?)

Farnsworth's Tavern - c.1760
Daniel Farnsworth - May have been the same as McPherson's/Cahill's.

McPherson's/Cahill's Tavern - c.1750
c. 1750 - Samuel McPherson [?]
before 1761 - Daniel Farnesworth
1762/3 - Daniel Cahill
1780 - Peter Howell
1785 - David McPherson [owner/across the road]
John Anderson [tenant]

The Tavern House - 1767
1767-1869 The Tavern House [Inn] - opened by David Cahill [?]
1860-1880s Franklin House [Hotel] until Quakers made village dry in 1880s.

Lambertville [Coryell's Ferry]

Emanuel/George Coryell's Tavern - c.1730

Coryell's Ferry Tavern
Emanuel Coryell
1748 - Sarah Teunissen Coryell [widow]
1764 - sherrif seizure
c.1766 - Robert Grant [tenant]
c.1770
1775 - William Palmer
1778 - Robert Lanning
1782 - John Lambert
1784 - Lambert Pitner
Abraham Coryell
John Corell
1792 - Garret Meldrum
1798 - John Lambert, Jr.

unnamed tavern at wharfs

Glen Gardner - Eveland's Tavern c. 1760
c. 1760 - John Eveland
Peter Eveland [son]
John Eveland [grandson]
c. 1860 - E. Humphrey, Clarksville Hotel
Established as Eveland's Tavern, it was held by the same family for over 100 years. In the 18th century it was a stagecoach stop on the Spruce Run Turnpike. In the mid-1800s when the railroad was built, the wooden tavern was replaced by a stone one in a slightly different location. It has been altered over the subsequent years, but still retains its basic configuration. Formerly the Glen Gardner Inn, it is now called Humphrey's Tavern.

New Hampton [Johnson's Mills]

Mackey's Tavern - c.1760
c. 1760 - William Mackey
Mary Mackey [widow]
1767 - Spencer Carter
William force
1775 - Amos Swesey
1782 - Jacob Johnson, Jr.
1789 - John Matlack
early 1800s - Elisha Matlack [son]

McCrum's Tavern - c.1762
c. 1762 - Henry McCrum
William Shafer
c.1775 - Abraham Couvenhoven
1783 - George Rupell
c.1788 - John Vliet
c.1791 - William Park

Pleasant Run [Brookeye] Tavern - c.1745
According to the 1776 Hunterdon Co. map, George Washington have stopped here.
c.1745 - John Biggs
Hendrick Schamp [father of Captain David Schamp]
after 1792 - Col. David Schamp

Readington [Reading]

Sebring/Seabring's Tavern - c.1738
Daniel Sebring acquired land here in 1711. By 1738 he had established a tavern. After the completion of the Old York Rd. in the mid 1760s, this tavern became the first overnight stage stop in the area.
c.1738 - Daniel Seabring/Sebring
Daniel Seabring, Jr.
mid-1750s - Obadiah Taylor
1770 - Abraham covenhoven, Jr. [owner]
1778 - Peter Bodine [Seabring son-in-law]

Berger's Tavern - early 1770s
Owned by Casper Berger during the Revolutionary War.
early1770s - Casper Berger
1795 - Peter Ten Broeck / Peter Q. Ten Broeck

Williiamson's Tavern - early 1770s
Abraham Bertron
1774 - Cornelius Williamson
1780 - John Dally
John Evans
Andrew Emans
John Tenbrook

*Stanton [Housel's / Mt. Pleasant /
Wagoner's Hill]
[Boyer NOT CORRECT] - This house was NOT a tavern. It was owned by William Housel who was an elder of the Dunkard Church.

White House Tavern - c.1750
c. 1750 - Abraham Van Horn
1760 - Abraham Van Horn, Jr. [son]
1775 - John Connel
Aaron T. Lukcas
1781 - Cornelius Tunison [tenant]
1800 - Cornelius W. VanHorn

[New] White House Tavern - 1783
A rival of the old White House Tavern located a very short distance away, the location of which was protested by the original inn.
1783 - Richard Stillwell
1792 - Daniel Covenhoven
c. 1797 - Jesse Roberts
Phoebe Roberts [widow]

Oldwick [New Germantown]

Pottersville Inn [Potter's Mills/Lamington Falls] - c.1762
c.1762 - Casper Berger
1772 - John Wyckoff
1780 - Andrew Aumock
Philip Prose
1786 - Arthur Henry [owner]
Jeremiah Fisher
Conrad Apgar

future Mercer County

Ewing Township [north Trenton]

Ewing

Hopewell [Baptist Meeting House/Columbia]

unnamed tavern
Purported to be earlier than Hart's. One description reads, "near the Baptist Meeting House in Hopewell"... perhaps across from it at the former Eaton's Latin Grammar School. Some spotty records indicate there was an intermittently operating tavern here during the Revolution; the name/s are not certain.

Lawrenceville [Maidenhead]

Baker's Tavern
[later Smith's Tavern]
1751 Timothy Baker
1760s William Opdyck
1770s Adonijah Francis
1779 Francis Duclose
early 1800s John Smith

Phillips' Tavern
[later Worth's Tavern]
1749 or earlier William & Ruth Phillips
William & Ruth [Phillips] Worth
1775 Theophilus & Abigail Phillips

Pennington [Penny Town / Queenstown]

Bullen's [Bollen's] - c. 1760
John Bollen
1886 - Unice Bollen [widow]
1792 - John Hunt Jr.

Thomas Bullman's - c. 1760
Opposite the Presbyterian Church.
Robert Coombs
c. 1771 - Thomas Bullman
1780 - Stephen Kerr
1782 - Thomas Bullman [same]
1795 - Edmund Burk
Foster Hart
1818 - John Hunt Jr.
Philemon Blackwell

1761 - Col. Samuel Hunt
1775 - Benjamin Cornell
c.1780 - Ely Moore

Humphrey's Tavern
Shown at Marshalls Corner on the Hessian Rev War maps. It may actually have been located on the road to Woodsville. There was also a tavern owned by John Larison at the intersection of Harbourton-Woodsville. Indications are they were adjacent, but did not operate at the same time.

Johnson's Ferry House [at Washington's Crossing] - 1740
1740 - Rutger Jensen [changed to Johnson]
1748 - Gerrerd/Garret Johnson [son]
1766 - Rut Johnson [son]
1767 - Maes Slack
1779 - Richard Slack
1786 - Abraham Harvey

Larison's Tavern - 1780
[Not to be confused with the Larison's Corner Tavern east of Ringoes.]
There was also a tavern called Humphreys adjacent to Larison's, but they did not operate at the same time.

Mershon's

Post-Rev War - late 18th & early 19th
This was the transition time between taverns/inns and what later became hotels.

[Sergeantsville] Skunktown - late 1700s
Owned by the Gordon family, this building probably started as a tavern in the late 18th century.
Ownership / tavern licenses:
1780 - Gordon family, owners of land
1794 - Agesilaus Gordon/Godfrey Rockafellar - first tavern license
1796 - Agesilaus Gordon
1802 - John Barcroft
1803 - Cornelius Lake
1804 - Agesilaus Gordon
1805 - Godfrey Rockafellar
1812 - George Holcombe
1816 - James Larew
1817 - Othniel Lake
1821 - William Rake
1824 - John Gordon
After this point, the current building (which served for many years as a hotel) was constructed. [see Delaware Township - Taverns for further information]

[Harbourton] McKinstrys Tavern - 1785
1785 - John McKinstry
1791 - John Jones
1794 - John Roberts
c.1798 - Joseph Burrows

[Maidenhead] Comptons Tavern - 1789

[Annandale] Anderson's - 1790
[location unknown]
1790 - John Anderson

[Klinesville] Point Tavern - early 1800s
Peter Chery’s Inn / "Pint Tavern"
[See Marfy Goodspeed's 2022 article for extensive information.]
E.T. Bush: The structure "stood on the sharp point of ground marked out by the junction of the road from Allen’s Corner with the old Cherryville road". Thus the proper name of 'Point Tavern'... but instead everybody called it the 'Pint Tavern'.
1811 - Samuel Davis, Jr. purchased property [A tavern was in operation during his ownership.]
1817 - The first license for Peter C. 'Cherery' for a tavern in Amwell Township, “on the road leading from Baptist Town to New Brunswick... where an inn or tavern has been kept for a number of years.”
1820 & 1821 - Chery "refrained from tavern-keeping".
1821 - Ralph Stevenson applied for a license to run the "Point Tavern.”
1821 Samuel Davis, Jr. to Peter Polhemus to Peter C. Chery
[The deed described the property as “all that certain Tavern house & lot of 21 acres.”]
1822-1826 Chery was licensed for the Point Tavern
1827 - Bartholomew VanCamp applied to keep the tavern
Sherrif seized the property of Peter C. Chery
1828 - Gabriel Hoff [Chery sold the tavern lot plus another one of 1.5 acres to Hoff.]

[Perryville] Perryville Inn - 1813
This inn was relocated to the south when Interstate 78 was being constructed.

[Flemington] Neal Hart's - c.1814
Probably on the location of the 18thC Anderson Tavern.
HABS 19thC documentation:
1807 - William Bennet & Henry Reading sell "The Tavern Property" to
John James
1810 - Neal Hart buys property
1814 - Hart [constructs and/or remodels??]; names it the 'Neal Hart Hotel'
1839 - Mahlon C. Hart
1850 - A.V. Bonnell, Judiah Higgins & Charles Bartles
[1851 Cornell map - has been renamed 'Union House Hotel']
1857 - George F. Crater
1873 Beers map - the 'Union House'
1875 - Lambert & William Humphrey
1877-78 remodel of building by C. Graham & Son of NYC
name shortened to 'Union Hotel'
1902 - Joseph Chamberlin
1906 - sherrif acquires property
1918 - Henry Y. Shaffer
1930s - Shaffer estate

[Hopewell] Bear Tavern - c.1815
Mistakenly associated with the Revolutionary War [from a discredited anonymous diary published in the 1860s]. This tavern was started by John Hart about 1815.

[Raven Rock] Saxtonville Tavern [1823/later addtions]
Sections thought to have been circa 1810, 1820 & 1835 [south to north]. NOTE: Dendro-dating has put the earliest [south] section at 1822-23. The middle addition and the shed addition to the right were slightly later and the addition to the left was somewhat later still.

[Franklin] Frog Tavern - 1829
Located 1.5 miles north of Croton on west side of Trenton-Easton road.

[Clinton] Wert's Tavern - 1830
1830 - James Hope / William Hope [son] / John Wert

[Clinton] Corson's Tavern - 1830 [locate]

18thC taverns of Trenton [*pre-1775 & post-1775]
The Trenton-Ewing area was part of Hunterdon Co. during the Revolutionary War. In the early 1800s, this area in addition to Hopewell and Lawrenceville [Maidenhead] became a part of Mercer Co.
[REF: Hunter survey of Trenton]

* William Yard Tavern - early 1700s
Earliest known tavern in Trent Town.

* Bull's Head - pre war

* Fox Chase [Field's?] - pre war

* Indian King - c.1760s

* Indian Queen - c.1760s

* Jonathan Richmond / True American Inn - 1767

* King of Prussia - c.1760s

* Ligonier / Black Horse - c.1750s

* Ship & Castle - c.1760s?

* Stilles - c.1730s

* Trenton Old Ferry / Royal Oak - c.1753

Old Barracks

Alexander the Great / Blazing Star / Eagle - c.1777

Old Ferry House - c.1780s

City Hotel - c.1780s

Federal Inn / Bull's Head Tavern / Farmer's Inn - c.late 1780s

New Jersey Dragoon - late 1700s

Rising Sun / American House

Royal Oak / Green Tree - 1776

Sign of Dr. Franklin / Trenton House

Sign of General Washington

Sorrel Horse

Thirteen Stars / French Arms / Blazing Star / City Tavern - c.1780s

18thC Stores
In the 18th century there were few 'stores' as we know them today. They had little to offer other than basic staples, like flour. Most of those in existance were connected to related mills [especially grist mills, but also distilleries, linseed mills, saw mills, etc.].
They were usually named for the owner of the mill... for example, John Opdycke's store in the hamlet of Headquarters operated from the back room of his house which was adjacent to his Opdycke mills.
[NOTE: IF THIS INFORMATION IS USED FOR PUBLICATIONS OF ANY KIND AND/OR TEACHING PURPOSES, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE 'HISTORY MAPPING' AS A PRIMARY SOURCE.]

[Bethlehem/Union] Van Syckle

[Delaware/Amwell] Opdycke store
John Opdycke ran a store in the northwest first-floor room of his house. A stone wall used to separate that room from the rest of the house. There was a separate winder staircase to the cellar [for storage] and a corresponding stairs to the second floor & attic.

[Delaware/Amwell] Sergeant store
John and Joseph Sergeant probably had a store at this crossroads in the late 18th century.

[East Amwell] Linvale store
Rt 31 & Linvale Rd This brick store was used by the British to have locals sign Loyalty Oaths.

[Kingwood/Franklin] Furman store

[West Amwell] Holcombe store

[Trenton] Moore Furman's store

18thC Mills & Distilleries
Mills were among the first buildings to be constructed in this new area of the country. Hunderdon Co. had its share of them... including grist mills, saw mills, mills for extracting linseed oil, and fulling mills for the processing of cloth. Distilleries can also be classified in this category. Many of these mill sites operated several different kinds of mills simultaneously. Remarkably, they were often totally refitted or rebuilt for different purposes. And they changed ownership frequently, especially in the latter half of the 1800s.
REFERENCES INCLUDE the following historical experts: Stephanie Stephens; Lora Jones; David Blackwell; Marilyn Smith; John Allen, Lawrenceville Historical Society

Linseed oil mills [listed separately from other mills]
Reference: 'Linseed Oil Mills of New Jersey 1732-1955' by Litchfield, Porter, & Schopp. This book has extensive information on oil mills; a must-read book on this topic. Hunterdon County had far more of these oil mills than any other county in New Jersey.
The linseed oil was used primarily in making of paints. This use declined in the last half of the 1800s when cotton replaced flax as a primary crop, and subsequently when paints no longer used linseed oil as a base for their manufacture.
The four-step process involved:
1) cleaning the flaxseed by removing weeds, plant stems & leaves, grit, etc.
2) crushing the hard outer shell of the flax seed
3) cooking to separate the oil from the seed
4) pressing through a sieve to squeeze out the oil
Initially the cleaning was done with hand sieves; later with mechanical mills invented for the purpose. Likewise the crushing stage used stamping mills, then edge-runner mills, and eventaully roller mills. Cooking was first done with wood-burning stoves and later with steam heaters. The pressing was accomplished with a succession of mechanical presses invented for the purpose. Most of this was accomplished with improving technology during the 19th century.

Amwell Oil Mill - 18thC [c. 1732 to c. 1770s]
Two gristmills, a sawmill, an oil mill, two distilleries ,a blacksmith & wheelwright.
Eventually also a woolen mill.

Snyder Oil Mill [1770s - 1780s]
Phillip Ringo
Jacob Snyder - Oil mill adjacent to gristmill.
Mill building has been converted to a private residence.

Emley Oil Mill [before 1778]
Gristmill & oil mill.
Nicholas Cann
1778 - John Emley
early 1790s - Frederick Bartles & John Worts
No remains.

Prall Oil Mill [1790s - 1840s] & oil storage building
early Reading-Howell mill complex with gristmill & sawmill
1794 - John Prall Jr. added an oil mill; expanded to include a plaster mill
1833 - William Hoppock & John Wilson
c. 1850 - building converted to a store
Oldest remaining oil structure in New Jersey. Entire mill complex wonderfully intact.

Clinton Oil Mill [1779 - c. 1852]
Built in 1779 by Mahlon Taylor, apparently it and the larger mill [woolen in 1812 & later a grist mill] were attached. The mill area had been developed by David McKinney a decade prior to Taylor's acquisition and grew over time. The complex was sold to Daniel Hunt in 1782 and became known as Hunt's Mills.

Phillips-Larason Oil Mill [late 1700s, 1836-1845]
Until 1845 the oil mill was located in or near the Larason gristmill.
1747 - Peter Phillips > Phillips' Mills gristmill, sawmill, oil mill, cider mill & distillery
1790 - son Lott Phillips Sr.
1820 - sons of Lott
1834 - Andrew Larason Sr. > Andrew Larason Jr.
Mill burned down c. 1870. No remains except for portions mill dam & headrace.

Mt. Airy Oil Mill [late 18thC]
Gristmill ["lately rebuilt" in 1752; in operation from 1758 to 1894],
sawmill, & oil mill.
Foundation ruins at site.

McCullough Oil Mill [1805 - 1840]
Also a feed mill, a plaster mill, and a sawmill.
Structural remains.

Wack Oil Milll [c. 1805 - c. 1855] & Sawmill
Casper Wack
Later replaced by a gristmill on the opposite side of the road.
Some remains.

Larew-Kase Oil Mill [1810, 1848]
Said to have been built by Isaac Larew circa 1810. Property was purchased by Samuel Kase & George Updyke in 1821.
Remains of dam, headrace & tailrace.

Brookville Oil Mill [1815 - 1830s]
sawmill first, prior to 1799
c. 1815 oil mill built... at sawmill location?

Thomas Twining - fulling mill [1780s], gristmill & sawmill [c.1799]
1811 - Joseph King
Remained in the King family for almost a century.
Today a residence; converted c. 1935.

Last rural linseed oil mill to operate in New Jersey.
By 1892 it was converted toa distillery & gristmill.
Distillery reactivated in 1933 for apple brandy.
In 1940s used to produce pesticides. Afterwards became a superfund site.
Stone walls remained and structure built on foundation; still fenced.

Taylor Oil Mill [c. 1816 - 1850]
At Holcomb Mills... locate exactly
[Old Reading gristmil John Reading Jr. - gristmill c. 1754 & sawmill c. 1780s ]
1814 - William Taylor Sr. purchased; added oil mill
1837 - rebuilt? by son George Taylor
Stone foundation, much altered.

Runk Oil Mill [c. 1817 - c. 1840]
Also known as Emmons' Mills. Had second gristmill.
1822 - Jeremiah King - oil mill, gristmill, sawmill & fulling mill.
Runks continued to run mills.
Significant elements remain.

Little Oil Mill [1818 - c. 1842]
Part of the C. Little sawmill complex including oil & fulling mills. The fulling mill was later expanded to include dyeing & finishing of cloth. Around 1830 the textile operation ceased and a clover seed cleaning mill was installed. The mill was eventually purchased by Hiram Deats who continued the sawmill operation. During the late 19th century it was converted into a peach basket factory.
Stone structure now a residence.
Frame sawmill building demolished in 1989.

Matthews Oil Mill [1820s - 1840s]
1814 - Isaac Matthews built an oil mill downstream from Larason's mill complex.
1850 - Alexander Grant
1854 - Vincent R. Matthews Converted to a plaster mill.
Portions of mill building converted. Extensive remains of two dams upstream.

Fine Oil Mill [1820s - c. 1848]
Initially developed c.1752 for Chelsea Forge. Philip Fine Sr. redeveloped the forge site to include a stone gristmill, distillery and reactivated the sawmill. It was Philip Fine Jr. who established the oil mill. A plaster mill was added to the oil mill in the 1840s. Three Fine brothers continuted the mill complex and it stayed in the Fine family unitl the late 1840s. The main building was later converted to a paper mill by John Riegel.
Significant elements remain. Building is now a residence.

Vansyckel Oil Mill [1820s - c. 1853] "upper mill complex"
1815 - Peter Vansyckel purchased a sawmill & farm property. [Also owner of the Hickory Tavern.] Replaced the sawmill with an oil mill and built a gristmill.
Later an applejact distillery was added.
Significant elements remain. Building has been converted to a residence.

Kinney Old Mill at Hamden [1820 - mid 1840s]
In 1815 Daniel Kinney purchased the Phillip Grandin Jr. fulling mill and added a gristmill, sawmill, and oil mill. Later a clover mill replaced the oil mill when it was moved to the new location.
Some remains.

Kinney New Oil Mill at Hamden [c. late 1830s]
Combination oil & plaster mill. Later converted to a husk mill for processing flax and corn husks.

Baird Oil Mill [1824 - 1831]
1823-1831 Nicholas Baird bought the grist mill & sawmill; built an oil mill.
No remains of stone building.

King-Runkle Oil Mill [c. 1825 - c. 1861]
Philip Runkle the builder & tenant manager.
Frame building survives as a storage barn.

Eckel Oil Mill [1830s - 1840s]
1779 - Johannes Hacckel [anglicized = John Eckel Sr.]
tanyard [early 1780s]; added a plaster & bark mill; later an oil mill
1803 - son Henry took over tanyard / John Jr. operated the oil mill
1840-43 - Firman Vansykel
Location unclear - north of Woolf Rd on the Harihokake Creek.

Young Oil Mill [1835 - c. 1850]
Originai owner - Joseph King Sr.
1830 - William Young purchased gristmill & sawmill built by Joseph King Sr.
Young built a new clover mill for use as an oil mill or flax mill.
1849 - sold half interest to Nathan Shurts
1850 - Young & Shurts linseed oil
1846 - added a woolen factory
Gristmill & woolen mill on the 1851 map.
Buildings torn down in the late 1930s. Some remains.

Rowland Oil Mill [1840 - c. 1848]
Late 18thC - Philip Dils gristmill & sawmill
1838 - Rynear Rowland added oil mill
Extensive remains of mill complex.

Lambertville Oil Mill [c. 1841 - c. 1863]
1840 - William Hall - combination flour mill, sawmill, and combined oil & plaster mill.
In late 1940s, it was converted into a restaurant. In 1975 a fire destroyed the building. Remains of the stone walls are incorprated into an apartment building.

[Alexandria] Mill Site - 18thC
Stuccoed stone; site of 18th century mill.
The old mill - probably the second on that site - was taken down in 1855, and the present one, a large and expensive structure, erected in its place by Dr. Holcombe.
(Snell p423)

[Alexandria] Mill Site - 1798-99
Partial stone foundation of old mill. Evidence of mill race can also be seen.
A saw-mill was first erected by Luther Opdyke in 1798. The following year he built a grist mill . . . Hall Opdyke succeeded to the proprietorship on the death of his father. After his decease, in 1844, it was purchased by Wholston Vanderbelt, who in1846 built the present mill. It now belongs to John M. Wilson, together with the other buildings which comprise the hamlet. It is on a branch of the Nishisackaway Creek, from which it took its name.

Eckel Mills [18thC]
1779 - Johannes Hacckel [anglicized = John Eckel Sr.]
tanyard [early 1780s]; added a plaster & bark mill; later an oil mill
1803 - son Henry took over tanyard / John Jr. operated the oil mill
1840-43 - Firman Vansykel
Location unclear - north of Woolf Rd on the Harihokake Creek.

Warne & Eckel - gristmill [18thC]
18thC - located in Mt. Pleasant.
1831 - John Eckel Jr. & Samuel Warne purchased the gristmill.

Chelsea Forge [c. 1752] & sawmill [c. early 1760s]
Water power for Chelsea Forge initially developed c.1752. A sawmill was added prior to 1763. The forge was abandoned in the early 1790s. In 1797 Philip Fine Sr. purchased the property and developed a mill complex.

Amwell [Delaware]

Prallsville Mill - c.1710 [grist, saw, & linseed]
Mill established by Daniel Howell, run by Howells & Woolvertons.
1792 - John Prall Jr.
William L. Hoppock
1870s - burned down
Lemuel O. Kessler
1877 - Stout Stover built present mill
J. W. Smith & Sons - last millers

Rittenhouse Mill - c. 1720s-30s
Built by William Rittenhouse.
1761 - Peter Rittenhouse [son]
1791 - Elisha Rittenhouse [grandson]
1801 - Thomas Opdycke [son of John Opdycke]
[see also later Rittenhouse-Myers Mill]

Headquarters Mill - 1735 datestone [grist, saw, & distillery]
Built by Benjamin Severns or John Opdycke.
During Revolution, run by Benjamin Tyson.
George Holcombe
John & Elias Conover
1860s - John A. Carrell
Joseph Carrell [son]

Sergeant's Mill - c. 1740
Probably built by Edward Milner.
1754 - expanded by John Opdycke
1777 - Samuel Opdycke [son]
1805 - Charles Sergeant
1833 - Richard Green Sergeant [son]
1893 - Richard Green Johnson
1950s - mill demolished

Kitchen Mills - pre 1745
pre 1745 - Henry Kitchen
1745 - Samuel Kitchen [son]
1773
1805 - John Rockafellar
1815 - George Rea
1838 - Hiram Moore
1893 - no longer operational
[no longer standing]
This was a very early mill complex that contain, at various times, a sawmill, grist & boulting mills, a fulling mill [wool], and a flax mill.
[see www.goodspeedhistories.com 'Kitchen's Mills']

Rittenhouse-Myers Mill [saw, grist, & distillery]
c. mid 1700s
sawmill - William Rittenhouse
1767 - Peter Rittenhouse [son]
1791 - Elisha Rittenhouse [grandson], grist mill added
1847 - Tunis Myers, also ran a distillery
1871 - Anderson Bray & William Cobb [Richard Holcombe, miller]
1906 - Mrs. Mathia Pegg [still operational]
[see early Rittenhouse mill]

Horne-Butterfoss Mill - pre Rev War [grist?]
pre Rev War - Abner Hixon
Thomas Horne
1815 - William L. Prall, Jacob Lambert, & John Cavanagh [called the Union Mill]
Daniel Butterfoss
c.1851 - Hiram Deats
1880s - abandoned
1890s - destroyed by flood
No longer standing and exact location not known.

Cooper & Curry gristmill & sawmill [c, 1800]
Mahlon Cooper & Robert Curry built a dam across Bull's Creek, and then a gristmill & sawmill.

unnamed mill [ck]

Amwell [Raritan]

Dart's Mill [date]

Higgins Mill [18thC? grist]

Shippen's Mill [1754]
Location of the 1754 Shippen Mill, now apparent only by its stone foundation.

Reading-Taylor Mills [c. 1754 - 1850]
At Holcomb Mills... locate exactly
[Old Reading gristmil John Reading Jr. - gristmill c. 1754 & sawmill c. 1780s ]
1814 - William Taylor Sr. purchased; added oil mill
1837 - rebuilt? by son George Taylor

Dils-Rowland Mills [late 18thC]
Late 18thC - Philip Dils gristmill & sawmill
1838 - Rynear Rowland added oil mill
Extensive remains of mill complex.

[name/date]

Amwell [East]

Chamberlin Mills / Nevius' Mills [grist]
William Chamberlin [Chamberlain] was a Colonel in the Colonial army. In 1761 he bought a house and mill on the Neshanic River. His mill supplied grain to Washington's troops. The mill was raided by the British and burned. It was later rebuilt, then burned again in the 20th century.
1851 map - J.S. Williiamson [gristmill & sawmill]
1860 map - gristmill & sawmill
1873 - D. Nevins [gristmill]

Dawlis Mill / Amwell
In 1727, William Dawlis bought 265 acres of land and built the first grist mill in the area. Over the next several years another grist mill, a sawmill, an oil mill, a rye & corn distillery, a cider mill, and a brandy distillery were built. In the process, three dams were constructed on what was a tributary of Back Brook Creek [earlier called Mill Brook/Clearwater Rill], forming an amazing complex of mechanical interdependency that utilized the water power from the gravity drop of the three dams. Quite a feat of engineering for that early period!
In addition to the numerous mills and distilleries, the site eventually had a blacksmith shop, a wheelwright shop, a cooper shop, a store and a tavern [see Johnson's Tavern on the west side of Route 31]. In a fairly short period of time, it became the entirely self-sufficient village known as Amwell.
In the later part of the 1700s, the grist mills ground grain for the Patriot Army.
"The Ancient Village of Amwell," by Cornelius Larison
1851 map - Spring Mills
1873 map - gristmill

Snook grist mill - c.1760
As early as 1760 there was a mill shown here. It was owned by a succession of relatives in the Snook family. Ruins of this mill can been seen on the Rocky Brook Trail.
William Snook
1760 - John Snook [son]
1794 - Peter [grandson]
1843 - Peter's sons John & Enoch > Enoch sold to John
1847 - John's sons Alexander & Emley [living in the same dwelling
[Information from an article by John Allen, East Amwell historian.]

Snydertown Mill
Pre-Revolutionary.
1860 - gristmill
1873 - sawmill & gristmill

Williamson
1851 - A.T. Williamson [gristmill]
1873 - A.T. Williamson [sawmill]

mill ruin?

Sked distillery
1873 map - Sked distillery

Amwell [West]

Runkel's Mill [early 18thC] - gristmill, sawmill, oil mill
Gristmill ["lately rebuilt" in 1752; in operation from 1758 to 1894],
sawmill, & oil mill.
Foundation ruins at site.
1828 Thomas Gordon map
1851 Cornell map - J. Runkel gristmill
1860 Philadelphia map - grist mill
By 1873 Beers map, no mention of mill.

Phillips-Larason Mills [mid 1700s]
Until 1845 the oil mill was located in or near the Larason gristmill.
1747 - Peter Phillips > Phillips' Mills gristmill, sawmill, oil mill, cider mill & distillery
1790 - son Lott Phillips Sr.
1820 - sons of Lott
1834 - Andrew Larason Sr. > Andrew Larason Jr.
Shown on:
1851 Cornell map - A. Larason gristmilll
1860 Philadelphia map - grist mill
Millpond at intersection of Rocktown Rd. Creek diverted across the road to the mill. Early houses on both sides of the road? Two millponds shown in 1860. By 1873 Beers map, no indication of mill.
Mill burned down c. 1870. No remains except for portions mill dam & headrace.

resolve

?part of millpond?

second millpond - c.1850s

another dam?

[Bethlehem/Union] - Union Mill [ck]

[Pittstown] Rockhill - 1748
This fulling and grist mill was owned by Edward Rockhill.
[exact location unknown]

Runk's Mills [c. 1755 -
John Snyder - c. 1755 gristmill & sawmill
1796 - Samuel Runk

Pittstown Mill / Furman's Mill - 1778
This stone grist mill was built by Moore Furman (1728-1808) in 1778 specifically for military purposes. Furman was deputy quartermaster general of provisions for the Continental Army in New Jersey. In addition to grinding grain to feed the soldiers encamped at various New Jersey locations, Furman provided men, horses, wood, and other supplies for General George Washington.
Provisions were stored in and around Pittstown, and on farms in the nearby village of Quakertown. Furman owned most of the property in Pittstown, and had his own dwelling house in the village as well, bringing his family from Trenton to live here for safety during the course of the war. He named the village Pittstown in honor of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the British statesman who fought in favor of the Colonies.
This mill was subsequently used for fulling. For 83 yers it was run by the Bodine Family as a lumber company with hardware, feed, and seed.
The Mill is part of the Pittstown Historic District listed on the State and National Registers, and has a Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission plaque. Today, the mill is a commercial building housing an animal feed store and other enterprises.

Littletown Mill - 1785
A gristmilll owned by Christy Little. It was later operated as a distillery.

Kingtown Mill - 1799
This grist mill operated for 100 years. It was converted to private dwelling in 1928.

Emmons' Mills [18thC? - Milltown]

Prime Hope Mill [locate exactly]
Prime Hope Mill near the east wall of the wing dam between it and the Lambertville Sewerage Authority. Built by Pidcock, this was the Jersey-side location. Further from the river in New Hope up at Ingham Spring was his other mill called "New Hope". This is the same family that had the mill on Quarry St.

Lebanon-Clinton

Cann-Emley - before 1778
Nicholas Cann - gristmill & oil milll
1778 - John Emley
early 1790s - Frederick Bartles & John Worts

Wack Fulling & Carding Mill [c. 1800]
Casper Wack

Red Mill [McKinney-Taylor-Hunt]
1760s - David McKinney started mill complex - gristmill on east side & sawmill on west side
1776 - Mahlon Taylor bought mill complex
1782 - Daniel Hunt ['Hunt's Mills']
1812 - Ralph Hunt woolen mill on west; eventually converted to gristmill
1834 - Clinton mill complex divided in half; qest half [oil & plaster, woolen & gristmill] purchased by John W. Snyder.
1873 map - Gulick gristmill [oil mill was converted to wheel house]

McKinney-Taylor-Hunt Gristmill
1760s - David McKinney started mill complex - gristmill on east side & sawmill on west side
1776 - Mahlon Taylor bought mill complex
1782 - Daniel Hunt ['Hunt's Mills']
1812 - Ralph Hunt woolen mill on west; eventually converted to gristmill
1834 - Clinton mill complex divided in half
1873 - Parry Gristmill
Now a museum.

Grandin fulling mill [c. 1760]
Phillip Grandin Jr. built this mill c. 1760.

Readington
[REF: 'Forgotten Mills of Readington' by Stephanie Stevens.]

Adrian Lane's Grist Mill - early 1700s
First known mill in Readington Township. Owned later in the century by Casper Berger. In operation until the early 1900s.

Reading's Mills - c. 1730s [Dart's Mills]
By 1800 there were grist, saw & fulling mills.
Owners:
1805 - Nathaniel Saxton
1807 - Samuel Taylor
1816 - Mindert Wilson
1818 - William Conover
1820 - William s. Covenhoven
1826 - Levi Mettler [Expanded to include: a blacksmith shop, a wheelwright shop and store.]
1870 - Isaac Stover > Stovers Mills
1901 - Wolfe Milling Company
1902 - National Cereal Company
1903 - Ezekial Williams
1904 - Agnes Dart > Dart's Mills
1911
1919 - Robert Hicks [converted to textile mill, including lace making]

Abraham Van Horn Mills - 18thC
[saw & grist]

John Taylors Mill - c. 1760

Stillwell Mill - c. 1760 [Andrew Leake]

Rowland's Mills - c. 1760s
First a grist mil, also a sawmill and cloth production. Eventually there were mills on both sides of the river. Rowland added an oil mill, a carding mill and a store. There was also a blacksmith shop, a shoe shop and post office.
Jacobus Kenny & David Cock
Benjamin & William Dean
1804 - William Phillips
1807 - Paul Egbert
1814 - Moses Stout
1824 - Joseph Reading
various owners
1838 - Rynear Rowland > 'Rowland Mills'/later partnered with miller George Cook
1863 - Aaron & David Kline
1911 - mill ceased operation
The 3-story mill building was later moved to Higginsville to be used for electric power generating. And in the 1920's the rest of the village was destroyed by the state when they widened and paved what is now Route 31.

George Davis Saw Mill - c. late 1700s?

Michael Kinney's Saw Mill & Distillery - c. late 1700s
Son Andrew continued the business, as did his son & grandson.
In 1877 the farm & mills were sold to Peter Schomp and the mill became Schomp's Saw Mill, and was passed to his son. In c. 1917 the mill ceased to function.

John Hall's Mill - c. early 1800s?

[Tewksbury] Taylor's Mill - 1760

[Tewksbury] Wortman's Mill [date]

Hopewell [now Mercer County]
REF: David Blackwell

Lotts Mills - c. 1726 [Somerset Roller Mills]
Grist, Saw, and Plaster
[The only mill in the township still in existence.]

Other township mills
REF: 'Hopewell: A Historical Geography' by Hunter & Porter

Upper Hopewell map

gristmill

grist & saw

H. Higgins sawmill [1849 map]

J. Runyan sawmill [1849 map]
Gone, but old photo of the mill. [find]

sawmill

E.Titus sawmill [1849 map]

sawmill, fulling/carding

Lawrenceville/Trenton/Ewing

[Maidenhead/Lawrence] John Rozell's Mill
[?same or different?]

[Maidenhead/Lawrence] John Phillips Mill

[Trenton] Mahlon Stacy Mill - 1679
First grist mill in the area!

[Trenton] Samuel Hentry's Mill

[Ewing?Rozell Mills?] - pre Rev War
John & Anna Rozell [grist & saw mill]

18thC Tanneries & Other
Tanneries are not shown on 18thC maps. Any that were in existance at that time are listed under individual townships or villages.

[Delaware] Sutton tannery
[see goodspeedhistories.com]

[Readington] Jacob Kline Tannery - Chambers Brook
Three generations of the Kline family were tanners well into the 1800s.
[From 'Forgotten Mills of of Readington' by Stephanie Stevens.]

18th-19thC Fisheries [ck 19thC H.Co.]
In the 18thC there were numerous fisheries along the New Jersey shores of the Delaware River. These were owned as property and could be leased or sold. They were protected by a NJ law passed on June 13, 1799.
The law stated that fish weirs (barracades), racks, dams, pounds, or baskets could be installed for five years... if licensed by the Fishing Commissioners... if having the written consent of the owners of the land adjacent to the river... and if leaving a 200-foot wide free passage for boats and rafts of lumber.
Bonds for all fisheries, including a description of their location, were posted to cover any fines or penalties that might occur for violating these rules & regulations and were filed with the county clerk.
The overwhelming number of fish gathered from the Delaware River were shad. In the early 1800s there were 52 shad fisheries along the New Jersey shore from Trenton to the Musconetcong River at Phillipsburg. By the end of the century, much of the area had been fished out. The only remaining fishery today is the one on Lewis Island [formerly Holcombe Island] at Lambertville where they still hold an annual shad festival.
[SEE: Hunterdon County New Jersey Fisheries 1819-1820 by Phyllis B. D"Autrechy]

Alexandria & Holland - other fishing bonds
Big Rock - 1819?
Burnside - 1877
Clark's - 1872 [Clark's Island]
Last Choice - 1820 [Burned Mill Creek]
Lyns - 1872
Lyns Lower - 1878
Rock - 1819 or earlier
Durham - 1874 [Wm. Heller's hotel down to river]
Holland - 1876
Holdback - 1895

Prime Hope/Snapjaw/Snap Fishery
Owned by Isaiah Quinby and first leased in 1782. The property was described as “beginning at the head of Bull’s Falls and drawing out near the lower part of the island.”

Hardscrabble Fishery

Crab Fishery

Eagle Island
In 1786 the island was annexed to the State of New Jersey and became the site of a shad fishery.

Eagle Fishery

Roach Fishery

Lower Black Ledge
Once a part of the Reading plantation and the site of a valuable shad fishery in the late 1800s. [Exact location uncertain.]

Good Hope Fishery

Creek's Mouth Fishery

Quick Step Fishery

Tadpole Fishery

Burnshin Fishery

Other fishing bonds
In 1819 Delaware Township had the most fisheries of any township in the county. Following were bonds posted for other fisheries in Delaware Township during the 1800s:
Alexauken - 1889 [no description]
Larues Eddy - 1874 [lands of Daniel Rockafellow]
Mutton Cove - 1874 [near John C. Holcombe lowlands]
PeaWee - 1878 [below Burnshin Fishery]
Peney - 1885 [near Brookville]
Red Neck - 1892 [at or near Lumberville Bridge]
Sand Bank - 1879 [above Centre Bridge]
SEE: 'Hunterdon County Fisheries 1819-1820' for other listings including:
Buttonwood Cove - 1819 [Richard Holcombe - Brookville?]
Catchwell - [William Mitchell - below Burshin's]
Jug - 1820 [lands of John Woolverton]

Kingwood Township

Hawk Fishery

Backside or Purgatory

Warm Spring Fishery

Independence Fishery

Green Brier Fishery

Turtle Fishery

Other fishing bonds
Kingwood - 1879
Manners - 1893 [Kingwood Station - BelDel]
Rittenhouse - 1896 - fishery on the round island]
Skunk
Van Fossen's Eddy - 1889

Lambertville & West Amwell

Holcombe Fishery [later Lewis Fishery]
May have been at two or three different locations on the island.

Holcomb's or Holcombe's Island
Later Lewis Island (for the last fishery operators). There has been at least one shad fishery there for over 200 years. The island was officially annexed to New Jersey in 1786.

Pinnacle Fishery

Dutch Fishery [later joined Pinnacle]

Other fishing bonds
Willow Swamp/Willow Grove - 1882 [Pinical Point to Bucktale Riff]

Hopewell Township

Jacob's Creek

Eight Mile - 1819

New Shaven - 1819

Sand Gully - 1819

Moore's Creek - 1819

Lowland - 1819

Stout's Island - 1819

Splash - 1837 [opposite Amos Moore's]

18thC Blacksmiths & Wheelwrights / Forges & Furnaces
Blacksmiths & wheelwrights are not shown on 18thC maps. Any that were in existance at that time are listed under individual townships.
On the other hand, forges and furnaces played a large role in the 18thC. Those identified below operated throughout this period and provided ammunition [like cannonballs] for the Revolutionary War. By the end of this century they were in decline, as they had consumed all of the forests in the area.

18thC Forges & Furnaces
These forges & furnaces originally made farm implements. Later they were involved with such endeavors as cannonballs for the war effort.

unknown forge

Amesbury Furnace [Cokesbury or Beaver Brook Furnace]
Built in 1753 by William Allen and Jos. Turner, founders of Union Ironworks. Also known as Cokesbury Furnace.

Johnson's Forge [Bloomsbury]

Johnson's Iron Works [Warren County]

Union Furnace [Union]

Lime Kiln

Joseph Turner House

Lake Solitude

Lake

Solitude House

Mining

Quarries

Delaware Township [Mark, are these right?]

Unnamed quarry

Byram [diabase]

Penna RR #1

Penna RR #2

Penna RR #3

Penna. RR #4

John Prall

Leticia Prall

Raven Rock

Stockton Inn

Trap Rock [diabase]

Worman Rd

Other quarriies [Mark, esp. need help here]

Iron Ore

iron ore [1851 Cornell]

High Bridge iron mines

Copper
All copper mines listed here are shown on the 1851 Cornell map.
"Copper occurrences or mines? A mine makes money, occurrences are mineralogical oddities. Unfortunately, all we have in Hunterdon are oddities. The Flemington Copper Mine probably is the only one from Hunterdon County that shipped any ore, which was a whopping 22 barrels of hand- cobbed ore to Swansea, Wales prior to the American Revolution. It went by wagon to the Delaware, then to Philadelphia for the trans-Atlantic crossing.
This early operation appears to have been an attempt at a legitimate enterprise, but in the timeframe of 1840's to 1850's, all Hunterdon County copper "mines" were stock scams." [Mark Zdepski, geogolist]

Flemington coppermines [see map link]

Flemington Copper Mines - map

Copper Hill

New Coppermine [1851]

'symptoms of copper & iron' [1851]

copper mine - 1851 [locate]

Uranium

uraniium
A money-making scheme in the mid-1950s that fizzled. Only traces of uranium were found. [See 'Stories from Raven Rock' for the full tale.]

Lime Kilns
Locations are from Curcio, Frank A. (2006):Hunterdon County's Forgotten Lime Industry: A Working Guide. Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission. Hunterdon County Central Library catalog number:
974.971
CURCIO
NOTE:
"Locator Map 3. Overview of Lebanon Township lime industry" shows kiln locations covered by other locator maps.
Map key:
White pin = extinct
Yellow pin = ruin
Green pin = preserved or stable
Red pin = alternate location posted

Lime Kilns
www.s120804860.onlinehome.us/limekilns/limekiln.html Photos of New Jersey lime kilns are at this link, below PA counties.

Annandale Lime District
Locator Map 2 in Curcio

Colvin Bros. Lime Manufacturers, Kilns
Extinct

Colvin Bros., Lime Manufacturers, Kilns
Extinct

J. F. Mulligan "Beaver Brook" Kilns
Partially preserved, stable. Private property

G. Leigh Lime Quarry Kilns
Ruins

A. Huffman Lime Kiln
Extinct. Location provided by coordinates with Locator Map 2 in Curcio

Approx. mapped location of A. Huffman Lime Kiln
Extinct. Location as shown on Locator Map 2 in Curcio

Califon-Vernoy Lime District
Locator Map 4 in Curcio

3-Bay Route 513 Kiln
1st Bay in ruins; 2nd is damaged; 3rd is stable. Private property.

4-Bay Vernoy Road Kiln
Stable. Private property.

Limestone crusher footings
Remains. Private property.

Clinton Village District
Locator Map 1 in Curcio.

J. T. Leigh Lime Kilns
Extinct.

P. Huffman Lime Kilns
Extinct

M. C. Mulligan, North Kiln
Preserved; Red Mill Village

M. C. Mulligan, Center Kiln
Preserved, Red Mill Village

M. C. Mulligan, South Kiln
Preserved, Red Mill Museum

J. A. Young Lime Kilns

L. Humphrey? kiln

"Hunterdon's Other Sites"
Locator Maps 13 through 22, inclusive, in Curcio

Bethlehem-Heritage Park Kiln
Ruins

P. Hoovle(?)-Bloomsbury Lime Kiln
Extinct. Private property.

Valley Crest Farm Lime Kiln
Stable. Private property.

Cregar Road Kiln
Stable. Private property.

"Dorland's Mill" Kiln
Extinct. Private property.

Holland Farm Lime Kiln

Readington Township, suspected lime kiln
Extinct (if existed at all). Shown location is described as "beginning search coordinates".

Likely site of Readington Township, suspected lime kiln
Extinct (if existed at all). Shown location is based on Locator Map 18 in Curcio.

Fairmount Kiln

Guinea Hollow Road Kiln
Ruins. Pivate property.

Van Syckle's Kiln

Mapped location of Van Syckle's Kiln
Extinct. Location shown in from Locator Map 20 in Curcio.

Oscar Hoffman's Farm Kiln

"Rambles"
Locator Map 5 through 12, inclusive, in Curcio

Riverside remains
Artifact. Private property.

Hoffman's Crossing Kiln
Ruins. Private property.

Readingsburg Kiln
Ruins. Private property.

Teetertown Kiln
Stable ruins

Anthony-Mt. Lebanon
Extinct. Private property.

Anthony Road Kiln

Red Mill Kiln

Bunnvale-Woodglen Kiln
Ruins. Private property.

Penwell Farms
Ruins

Penwell Backyard Kiln

Likely site of "Penwell Backyard Kiln"

Point Mountain Kiln

Hoffman Park, possible kiln site
Coordinates shown are "beginning search coordinates" from Curcio.

1979 Hunterdon Co. Sites Survey
In book form, this is an indispensable reference. For extensive files on individual properties, contact the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission in Flemington.

HunterdonMunicLines

Alexandria Township
Shape | Polygon
MUN_LABEL | Alexandria Township
MUN | ALEXANDRIA TWP
MUNCOUNTY | ALEXANDRIA TWP HUNTERDON
FIPSSTCO | 34019
FIPSCO | 19
FIPS | 00550
SSN | 1001

Bethlehem Township
Shape | Polygon
MUN_LABEL | Bethlehem Township
MUN | BETHLEHEM TWP
MUNCOUNTY | BETHLEHEM TWP HUNTERDON
FIPSSTCO | 34019
FIPSCO | 19
FIPS | 05650
SSN | 1002

Tewksbury Township
Shape | Polygon
MUN_LABEL | Tewksbury Township
MUN | TEWKSBURY TWP
MUNCOUNTY | TEWKSBURY TWP HUNTERDON
FIPSSTCO | 34019
FIPSCO | 19
FIPS | 72510
SSN | 1024

Holland Township
MUN_LABEL | Holland Township
MUN | HOLLAND TWP
MUNCOUNTY | HOLLAND TWP HUNTERDON

Union Township
MUN_LABEL | Union Township
MUN | UNION TWP
MUNCOUNTY | UNION TWP HUNTERDON

Stockton Borough
MUN_LABEL | Stockton Borough
MUN | STOCKTON BORO
MUNCOUNTY | STOCKTON BORO HUNTERDON
POP2000 | 560
POP1990 | 629
POP1980 | 643
MUN_TYPE | Borough

Clinton Town
MUN_LABEL | Clinton Town
MUN | CLINTON TOWN
MUNCOUNTY | CLINTON TOWN HUNTERDON
MUN_TYPE | Town

Milford Borough
MUN_LABEL | Milford Borough
MUN | MILFORD BORO
MUNCOUNTY | MILFORD BORO HUNTERDON
MUN_TYPE | Borough

Kingwood Township
MUN_LABEL | Kingwood Township
MUN | KINGWOOD TWP
MUNCOUNTY | KINGWOOD TWP HUNTERDON

Glen Gardner Borough
MUN_LABEL | Glen Gardner Borough
MUN | GLEN GARDNER BORO
MUNCOUNTY | GLEN GARDNER BORO HUNTERDON
MUN_TYPE | Borough

Califon Borough
MUN_LABEL | Califon Borough
MUN | CALIFON BORO
MUNCOUNTY | CALIFON BORO HUNTERDON

Readington Township
MUN_LABEL | Readington Township
MUN | READINGTON TWP
MUNCOUNTY | READINGTON TWP HUNTERDON

Delaware Township
MUN_LABEL | Delaware Township
MUN | DELAWARE TWP
MUNCOUNTY | DELAWARE TWP HUNTERDON

Frenchtown Borough
MUN_LABEL | Frenchtown Borough
MUN | FRENCHTOWN BORO
MUNCOUNTY | FRENCHTOWN BORO HUNTERDON

Lebanon Borough
MUN_LABEL | Lebanon Borough
MUN | LEBANON BORO
MUNCOUNTY | LEBANON BORO HUNTERDON

West Amwell Township
MUN_LABEL | West Amwell Township
MUN | WEST AMWELL TWP
MUNCOUNTY | WEST AMWELL TWP HUNTERDON

Lebanon Township
MUN_LABEL | Lebanon Township
MUN | LEBANON TWP
MUNCOUNTY | LEBANON TWP HUNTERDON

Hampton Borough
MUN_LABEL | Hampton Borough
MUN | HAMPTON BORO
MUNCOUNTY | HAMPTON BORO HUNTERDON

High Bridge Borough
MUN_LABEL | High Bridge Borough
MUN | HIGH BRIDGE BORO
MUNCOUNTY | HIGH BRIDGE BORO HUNTERDON

Raritan Township
MUN_LABEL | Raritan Township
MUN | RARITAN TWP
MUNCOUNTY | RARITAN TWP HUNTERDON

Lambertville City
MUN_LABEL | Lambertville City
MUN | LAMBERTVILLE CITY
MUNCOUNTY | LAMBERTVILLE CITY HUNTERDON
MUN_TYPE | City

East Amwell Township
MUN_LABEL | East Amwell Township
MUN | EAST AMWELL TWP
MUNCOUNTY | EAST AMWELL TWP HUNTERDON

Franklin Township
MUN_LABEL | Franklin Township
MUN | FRANKLIN TWP
MUNCOUNTY | FRANKLIN TWP HUNTERDON

Bloomsbury Borough
MUN_LABEL | Bloomsbury Borough
MUN | BLOOMSBURY BORO
MUNCOUNTY | BLOOMSBURY BORO HUNTERDON

Clinton Township
MUN_LABEL | Clinton Township
MUN | CLINTON TWP
MUNCOUNTY | CLINTON TWP HUNTERDON

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Alexandria
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for extensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc. ]

B1-1-1AB Hamilton

B2-2 Thatcher

B2-28 Egbert

B3-17A McCrea

B4-7 Robbin

B4-29 Wright

B4-37 Hickory Tavern / 18th&19C

B5-1 Alpaugh

B6-20B Fauss-Hann

B6-24 Gano

B7-24 Eckel

B7-27 Eckel

B7-30 Henry-Kels

B8-28A Mathews

B9-6 Mathews

B9-9 Skillman

B9-10 Mathews Tenement

B9-11 Eckel

B9-30 Hartpence

B10-90 Williamson

B11-3&3A Mount Salem Church

B11-10A Gano

B11-16 Taylor

B12-7 Larason-Boss / c.1797

B13-6 Thatcher

B13-8 Kase-Stoll

B13-10 Henry-Larrew

B13-23 Brink

B14-14 Pickel

B14-20 Hanghawont

B15-9 Emley-McEvers

B16-13 Whitehall [brick]

B18A-9 Case

B18A-14 Waggoner-Case

B18A-26 Stevens

B18A-37 Sinclair-Philkill

B19A-1 Hartman

B19A-10 Palmyra Inn

B19A-16 Britton

B19A-30 Stevens-Hiner

b21-10 Opdycke-Hart

B21-36 Opdyke

B21-37 St. Thomas Episcopal Church

B21-44 Opdyke-Little

B21-47 School

B23-1 Palmyra Inn Barn

B24-35 Chamberlain-Rittenhouse

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Bethlehem
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for extensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc. ]

B6-19 Stoll-Beavers

B6-41 Jarrad

B9-6 Case

B25-4 King-Allen

B26-2 Eckman-Willever

B30-2 Large / 18thC

B30-3 Drake

B30-4 Drake

B30-6 Henderson

B30-9 Richey-Vliet

B32-33.1 Bigler

B33-29 Evans

B35-5 Henderson-Cole

B35-13 Norton Methodist Church

B37-5 Maxwell

B37-15 Wene

B39-13 Sherman

B40-1 McCullough-Henderson / early 1800s [brick]

B41-1 Stout-Hulsizer

B44-7 Moore

B44-12 Hull / stable

B47-2 Davis

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Clinton
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for extensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc.]

B1-25 Rodenbaugh

B3-9 Kline

B3-18 Miller

B9-8 Huffman-Yound

B11-9 Lindaberry

B13-30 McCathern

B16-53 Sharp

B16-60 Shurts-Hall

B19-19 Shafer

B19-27 Dawes

B19-28 Tines-Dawes

B19-30 Shurts-Tine

B20-7 Demott

B21-1 Hibler

B23-9 Dawes

B24-10 Shurts

B29-3 Probasco

B29-31 Hyler

B30-16 Runkle

B30-28A Bray-Hoffman [*brickwork*]

B34-10 Union Tract - Turner & Chew

B36-8 Apgar

B58-4 McCloughan

B60-56 Stout-Hunt

B60-60 Hoppock-Yawger

B60-75 Turnpike [Jones] Tavern / c.1760

B63-2 Cramer

B63-7A Hoppack / 18thC

B68-6 Allen-Exton / c.1800

B81-2 Frace

B82-55A Van Fleet

B88-17 Dower

B89-19 Grandin-Fritts

B90-1 Shurts-Bird Tenement

B95-3 Young

DELAWARE TOWNSHIP 1979 HCo Survey
[See separate download for Delaware Township.]

B1-15 Barn

B3-13 Laning Farmstead / 18thC*

B4-1 [early stone]

B4-2 [stone/frame; center chimney]

B5-11 Shessler-Rockafellow Farmstead

B6-2 Tenant

B6-7 Risler-Bearder [wide pent]

B6-13 Dwelling/Barn

B6-15 Cane Farmstead [stone]

B7-3 Rounsaville / c.1730

B10-6 D&B [stone]

B11-11 [stone/stable/spghse]

B11-13 Rittenhouse

B12-1 [stone]

B12-24 [stone/barn/spghse]

B12-31 Labacker-Lair Farmstead [stone/ barns]

B13-4 Furman

B13-22.2 Hice-Gordon [stone]

B16-1 Miers Farmstead [barns]

B17-26 Gray-Williamson ruin

B18-21 Smith [stone]

B18-22 Smith-Ent Farmstead [stone/barns]

B19-9 Calvin-Wright Farmstead [stone/barn]

B19-13 Hann [stone]

B19-17 Sharpenstine Farmstead / 1740

B20-2 Rittenhouse [stone]

B20-4.2 Bordon Farmstead / 1789 [stone/barns]

B21-2.1 Gordon Farmstead [barns/outbldgs]

B21-3.2 Wilson Farmstead [stone/tenant/barns]

B21-7 Opdycke [stone]

B22-1 [stone/barns/outkit/spghse]

B22-3 Fisher-Everitt Farmstead [barns]

B25-7 Rake Manor House [forge/barn/outbuildings]

B25-8 Fox-Moore [stone]

B25-13 Arnwine-Opdycke Farmstead [barn/spghse]

B25-18.1 Kline [stone]

B26-20 Taylor-Moore Farmstead [barns]

B26-25 Rea [stone]

B27-17 Godown Farmstead [stone/barns]

B27-20 Holcombe Farmstead [stone/barns]

B27-21 Farm [stone/barns]

B27-37 Moore Homestead Farm [*barn complex*]

B28-6 Sawmill

B30-31 / c.1800 [stone/outbldgs]

B30-32 Barn [stone]

B30-35 Nailor-Sergeant Farmstead [barn/outbldg]

B31-1 Opdycke Farmstead [stone/barn]

B31-2 Salter Farmstead [barns/spghse]

B31-3 Housel-Reading Farm [barns/outbldgs]

B32-11 Rittenhouse Farmstead [stone/barns/smokehse/etc]

B32-13 Rittenhouse Farmstead [stone/barns]

B32-32 Case [stone]

B32-33.1 Case-Webster

B33-4 Wilson-Lambert Farmstead [stone/barn]

B33-8.1 Howell [stone]

B33-15 Fisher-Housel Farmstead [stone/barn/outbldgs]

B34-8 Gordon Farmstead [stone/barns/spghse]

B34-9 Browne-Green Farmstead [barns/blksm]

B34-22 Opdycke-Sergeant [stone]

B34-24 Laren Farmstead / 18thC [stone/barns/spghse/smokehse]

B34-24.1 Laren Farmstead/c.1780 [barn]

B38-3 Green Property

B38-3.1 Green

B38-9 Hunt

B38-12 Parsonage/c.1850 [stone]

B38-13 Sandy Ridge Baptist Church

B38-19 Sergeant Farmstead [stone/barn]

B38-23.1 Anderson Farmstead [barns]

B42-3 Kitchen-Maxwell Farmstead [barns]

B42-5.2 Deremer-Wilson

B42-7 Wilson-Rittenhouse [spghse/outbldgs]

B43-13.1 Covenhoven Farmstead [spghse/outbldgs]

B45-8 Moore/c.1842 [stone]

B49-1 Farmstead/c.1780

B51-5 Reading Farmstead/18thC [stone barn/stables]

B51-9 Mount Amwell [Reading] 1787

B51-11.1 Reading Farmstead [stone/barn/spghse/smokehse]

B51-13 Hankison [stone/outkit/smkhse

B51-17 Wilson-Wolverton Farmstead [stone/barns]

B51-20 Farmstead

B53-3 Ent Farmstead [stone/barn ruin/outbldgs]

B53-4 Housel [stone]

B53-13 Bodine Farmstead [barn/outbldgs]

B54-1 Larison Farmstead [stone/barns/outkit]

B55-2.2 Butterfoss Farmstead [stone/barns]

B55-3 Sharp Farmstead [barn/spghse]

B55-7 Shadinger [stone]

B56-3 Vandolah Tenement [stone]

B56-16 Rockafellow Farmstead [stone/barn]

B57-9 Vandolah Farmstead [stone/outbldgs]

B57-13 Hunt [shop]?

B58-8 Taylor [stone] / Tenement

B58-13 Barber Farmstead [stone/barn/outkit/spghse]

B59-11 Holcombe Tract/1811 [stone]

B59-19 Williamson

B59-23 Anderson-Conrad Farmstead [barn/smkhse]

B59-31 Vandolah Tenement [stone]

B60-1 Dilts Farmstead [barns]

B60-9 Lambert [stone/outbldgs]

B61-8 Dennis Mill - Dwelling [both WAm&DT?]

B62-1 Barber Farmstead [barn]

B62-4.1 Gano-Larew Farmstead [barns]

B62-6 Lambert-Johnes [brick]

B62-12 Lambert Farmstead [stone/barns/smkhse]

B62-12.01 Lambert/Barn

18th & 19thC Dwellings - East Amwell
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for extensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc.]

B2-5 Schank-Abbott

B4-4 Bishops

B5-11 Boss

B6-1 Bowne-Moore

B6-28 Wilson

B8-24 Housel / "Queen of the Valley" [brick]

B8B-25A? Hagaman "Mansion"

B16A-25 church

B17-1 cemetery

B17-16 Kennedy

B17-24 Prall

B17-25 Labaw

B17-28 Prall

B17-32A Williamson

B17-34 Schenck

B17-35 hay barrracks

B18-1 Prall

B18-21.3 Chamberlin

B18-23 Chamberlain

B18-24 Mathews

B20-29 Sutphen

B21-9A Dowd Tavern

B21-10 Lanning

B22-2A Hill-Reading

B22-3A Chamberlain

B23-8 Sutphin

B23-11 Manners

B24-3 Van Lieu

B24-11 Quick

B25-9 Fisher

B25-12 Quick

B26-2 Van Doren

B26-3 Stout

B27-7 Dawlis Mill Complex / 18thC

B27-33 Hunt

B27-39 Durham

B27-41 Sked

B27-46 Servis

B27-47 Servis

B28-1 Reed

B31-12 Whitson-Birdsall

B32-1 Johnson

B32-6 Johnson / 18thC

B33-10 Stout's Tavern

B34-1 Quick

B34-4 Fisher

B34-7A [ck] Labaw

B34-27 Stout

B34-34 Runkle-Stout

B35A-9 Heath

B36-1 Mountain Grove School

B37-3 Wyckoff

B38-12 Werts

B40-3 Johnston

B41-18 Chamberlain

B41-43C Blackwell

B41-44A Blackwell

B300-2, 3, 4 Ringoes Station

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Franklin
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for extensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc.]

B5-16 Johnson-Coxe

B11-1 Waterhouse-Bartles

B13-5 Lansdown / Stewart / c.1765

B16-19 King's Dwelling & Oil Mill

B16-29 Jones

B20-2 Chandler

B23-2 McPherson

B23-8 Bishop

B23-12 Huff/Hoff

B27-16 Little

B27-17 Little

B30-11 VanCampen

B32-4 Hummer Mill

B36-15 VanHorn

B36-16 Stevenson

B37-41 Scott

BB37-46 Wilson

B38-15 Potter-Allen

B38-32 Sedgwick Little

B38-36 Little Mill

B40-3 Deacon

B41-15 Emley / early 1800s

B41-15 Grange

B41-17 Kester

B42-3 Mitchell-Castor

B43-1 Runyon

B43-29 Log Cabin

B49-2 King

B49-11 Church

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Holland

B1-5 Stires-Reading

B1-6 Outbuilding

B1-9.1 Hawk

B1-41 Schoolhouse

B2-1.1 Fine

B2-5.1 Sinclair-Stever

B2-18 Outkitchen

B3-22 Thatcher-Starner

H18 [root cellardemolished]

B4-8.1 Barn

B6-7 Bailey

B6-18 18thC barn

B6-49 Limestone Kilns

B6-61 Godley

B6-62 Forman

B9-1 Fine

B9-8 Riegel-Fine Tavern [ck]

B9-14 Outbuilding

B9-20.1 Hart / Volendam Windmill

B9-22 Fraley

B9-40 Bellis-Vanderbelt

B10-67 Pursell

B12-1.1 Pursell-Tinsman

B13-65 Sinclair
H60 root cellar

B15-3 Hamilton

B17-20 Marston-Mettler

B17-38 Bunn Tenement

B18-12 Moore

B19-3 Tinsman-Riegel

B20-20 Taylor-Burson

B21-18.1 Sailor

B21-50 Hager

B23-1 Spring Mills Grange

B25-58 Vanderbelt

B25-60 Rockafellow

B26-1.1 Fine Tenement

B26-17A Hughes

B26-18 Wade-Hughes

B27-4 Allen-Zearfoss / c.1810
H111 - root cellar

B27-5 Roup Tenement

B27-22 Riegel

B27-25 Zearfoss

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Kingwood

B1-1 Thatcher / 1765

B1-7 Dalrymple

B2-19 Kingwood Presbyterian Church

B5-6 Voorhees-Opdyke / c.1780

B6-38 Taylor-Roberson

B6-54 Roberson-Webster

B7/6 Hoff

B7-13 Parks

B8-21 Quick-Arnwine

B8-39 Thatcher-Davis

B8-40 Roat-Park

B9-21A Arnwine / c.1840

B12-1 Arnwine

B12-34 Roberson-Brink

B12-54 Taylor

B13-7 Gray

B13-14 Everitt

B14-20 Farnsworth-Marshall

B14-27 Field-Lequear

B14/30 Gray-Larason

B14-31 Philkill

B14-35 Bray-Larason / 18thC

B14-43 Kingwood School

B17-16A Stout-Burd

B20-8 Tucker

B21-2 Stockton-Wert

B21-9 Mattison / c.1810

B21-11 Howell

B22-1 Shurts

B23-5 Britton

B24-4 Housel

B24-11 Kingwood Tavern

B26-3 Davis-Bonham

B26-21 Waterhouse

B26-24 Pemberton-Bancrost

B28-12 Wolverton

B28-13 Wolverton

B28-16 Lequear

B28-18 Danely

B29-1 Bray

B29-3 Bray-Cox / mid 18thC

B31-3 Burnhaus

B36-1 Schoolhouse

B36-2 Rittenhouse / 1793

B37-2 Opdycke

B37-9 Landis-Bray

B38-9 Kingwood Methodist Church

B38-32 Cherry-Prevost

B39-3 Kugler

B39-5 Kugler-Strimple

B39-12 Bird-Stout

B39-23 Pettit

B40-7 Vail

B40-12 Hamlin-Howell

B40-24 White

B41A-1 Reading

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Lebanon

B9-3 Woodruff

B10-31 Bunnvale School House

B12-44 Chew-Allen

B12-63 [hse/tenement]

B17-29 Hoffman

B18-1 Philhower Farmstead [hse/barn]

B18-11 Barn

B18-29 Roberson

B18-49 Philhower Farmstead

B18-50 Philhower Barn

B24-2 Cregar [barn/outkit]

B24-4 Frey Farmstead [outkit/spghse]

B24-8A Whitehall Tavern [moved]

B24-9 Whitehall Schoolhouse

B26-46 Barn/ 18thC [converted]

B30-3A [outkit/washhse]

B30-48 Fritts Farmstead [barn/spghse]

B34-5 Spruce Run Lutheran Church [carrshed]

B35-88 Parke-Runkle [outkit/spghse]

B37-1 Woodglen Store

B38-18 Frazer Farmstead [hses/barn]

B38-88 [spghse]

B40-4 Trimmer

B40-6 [hse/tenent]

B41-2 Trimmer Farmstead

B41-4 Lime Kiln

B41-13 Trimmer

B42-2 Trimmer

B46-22 Cregar

B46-26 Parker

B49-48 Watters-Hoffman Farmstead [barn]

B49-49 [outbldg]

B53-12 [outkit]

B54-20 McCrea Properties

B55-1 Miller Farmstead [barns/smkhse]

Mt Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Church

B56-20 [log cabin]

B56-23 Shrope [barn]

B56-31 Miller

B57-14 Athoney

B57-25&26 Waters [outkit/barn]

B57-31 Ruins of Swack Church

B60-2 Changewater Factory [former mill]

B61-23 [washhse/outkit]

B61-28 Sowers Farmstead [outbldgs]

B64-13 [log cabin]

B65-14 King

B65-16 Apgar

B65-20 Force Farmstead [barn]

B66-17 Rowlands Mill/Dwelling

B69-46 Changewater Methodist Church

B70-24 Rounsaville Farmstead [spghse/barns]

B76-1 Thomson [log cabin/c.1800]

B77-1 Penwell Mills

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Raritan

B7-13 Peach Farm

B9-5.2 Risler

B12A-1 Oak Grove-Mershon

B15-18 Parlien

B16-37 Reading

B22-25 VanCamp

B24-26 Barrack

B25-3.4 Wycoff

B27-29 Gov. Reading / 1760

B28-7A Shippen-Sherwell [+ mill]

B37-3 Verselius

B43-12 Hughes [county offices]

B60-34 Buchanan

B63-33 Higgins

B63-71 Buchanan

B63A-8 Johnson

B64-16 McLaughlin

B71-11 Bellis

B71-16 Kuhl / mid 19thC

B73-19 Mattison

B75B-14 Rowe

B77-25 Schenk

B79-33 Higgins

B80-8 Bellis

B86-26A Quick

B86-27 Rockafellow

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Readington

B2-7 Schoolhouse / 1828

B3-1 McCrea Mill & Dwelling

B4-16 Wyckoff

B4-102 Eick-Covenhoven

B8-6 Wyckkoff-Stryker / c.1740

B13-5 Stillwell

B13-59A Ten Eick-Weed

B14-29 Sanderson

B25-36 Eversole

B46-1 Bker

B46-5 Davis

B50-26 Shamp Hotel-Store

B50-27 Osborn

B50-35 Band Box [Davis] House / c.1818

B51-2A Kline

B63-8.1 Kinny

B64-13 VanDorn

B72-35 Hankinson

B73-2 Elmendorf

B73-17 Ryerson-Quick / c.1738 [brick]

B73-23 Reading

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Tewksbury

B5-1B Parker-Apgar

B6-5 church

B6-6 Parsonage

B6-7.3 Salter

B6-8 Fisher-Able

B6-24A Welsh

B7-21B Beavers

B7-21C Ludlow

B10-5 Schuyler

B11-19 Lindabury

B11-20 Hortram

B13-20 Stout-Schuyler

B14-1A Hoffman / c.1840

B14-10 Teets

B14-15 Hoffman

B15-7 Sutton-Burrell

B15-8 Burrell

B15-14 Vesceluis

B15-17 Trimmer [+ mill]

B15-27 Burrell-Parker

B16-1 church

B18-9 Ellick

B19-15 Wolverton

B23-29 Farley

B23-32 Rinehart

B27-147A? Farley-Welsh

B28-2 Fisher

B30-6 Eick

B31-1 Ludlow [ck]

B32-3D Alpaugh

B32-7 Felmley

B32-8 Felmley

B32-31 McEvers

B32-32A Apgar

B32-37.1 Farley

B33-1 Smith

B33-5 Clark

B34-19 Eick

B35-8A Haas

B35-10 Apgar

B37-8 Herlich

B38-8 Kline

18th & 19thC Dwellings - Union

B1-1 Robins-Lawshe / 18thC

B1-12 Case

B3-2 Bethlehem Baptist Church

B9-2 Anderson

B9-4 & 18 Forge Masters House

B11-2 Union Farm Tenement & Barn

B11-3 Union Farm / c.1771

B11-8F Rodenbaugh Tenant House

B11-23 Carhart

B13-12 Perryville Tavern

B14-4 Egbert / 18thC

B14-5 Egbert

B17-6A Mechling Tavern / c.1752

B22-23 Bethlehem Presbyterian Church

B22-32? Trout / mid-18th C

BB28-27.3 Lare-Mechling / 18thC

18th & 19thC Dwellings - West Amwell
[See: '1979 Hunterdon County Sites of Historic Interest' for etensive information including deed searches, photographs, building details, etc.]

B3-15 Hoagland

B4-2 Aleauken Mill

B5-15 Larason

B7-9 Higgins

B7-12 Brittain

B8-29 Larason

B8-34A Drake

B11-15 Lanning

B11-25 Phillips - frame outbldgs

B13-37 Decker

B14-1 Hagaman

B14-20 Anderson Tavern

B18-2 Wilson

B20-2 Abbott

B20-3 Phillips

B20-20 Old Rocks Church / c.1843

B21-3 Wyckoff Tavern

B21/29 Furman

B21-38 Rockefeller

B21-31 Hixon

B21-48 Woolever

B25-1 Coryell / mid 18thC

B26-8 Stone Schoolhouse

B26-11 Ely-Pidcock

B26-12 Pidcock

B29-16 Knowles-Bartine

B29-18B Hughes

B30-12 Stevenson

B31-12 Pearson

B31-18 Philips

B33-9 Hixon