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General

See also these surnames: Allen, Barclay, Bayles, Harris, Potter, Randolph Family, Sears, Stiles, Talmadge.

"The 1693 Census of the Swedes On The Delaware." Author: Peter Stebbins Craig. Publisher: SAG Publications. Date: 1993. Family histories of the Swedish Lutheran Church members residing in Pennsylvania, Delaware, West New Jersey and Cecil County, MD. 1638-1693. CBC, SR1

"American Militia in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796." Murtie June Clark, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 1990. Lists many frontier era militia, although not exhaustive. It will provide locations for further research for any names discovered. Please submit first and last name of individual you are seeking. Limit your requests to three. Specific to these states: Kentucky, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. M16

"The Day is Ours." William M Dwyer. November 1776 to Janurary 1777. An inside view of the battles of Trenton and Princeton. How a Ragged Rebel Army stood the storm. WRK

"Early Germans of NJ," Chambers, 1895. ML

"Historical Collections of the State of NJ," Barber & Howe, 1845. ML

"The Historical and Pictorial Review of the N.J.National Guard, 1940." Staff, State of NJ, National Guard. This book contains the pictures and some description of units of the NJ National Guard, about two years before WWII. Pictures were taken at drill night at the respective armories. Some pictures of facilities. All pictures include names of individuals. It is not indexed, the request should include the town or unit. GHF

"A History of Baptists in New Jersey." Thomas S. Griffiths. Hightstown, N.J.: Barr Press Pub. Co., 1904. [This book is now freely available to download from the Internet Archive.]

"A Hundred Years A Hundred Miles New Jersey's Morris Canal." Barbara N. Kalata, Morris County Historical Society, 1983. History of the Morris Canal and Banking Company, includes a name index. CJ3

"Narratives of Early PA, West NJ, and Delaware 1630-1707," Myers, 1912. ML

"Patents and Deeds and other early records of New Jersey 1664-1703." Edited by William Nelson; Clearfield Publishers; reprinted 1997. Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, vol. 21; Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703. SS5

"Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses & Families in Northern New Jersey & Southern New York." Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Dover Publ, 1968 Reprint of 1936 edition by The Holland Society. Brief genealogical notes on early Dutch families incl Ackerman, Banta, Blauvelt, Bogart, Brinkerhoff, Couwenhoven, Kip, Lott, Luyster, Wyckoff, others. CID

Princeton University The Second Fifteen, Class of Princeton,1921, thirty years later: third fifteen, forty five years later 1951 and 1966. Biographies and pictures of students from the class of 1921. MF1

"The Story of an Old Farm." Andrew D. Mellick, The Unionist-Gazette, Somerville, NJ 1889. NJ Revolutionary War History. Melick, Mellick and related families genealogy appendix. Detailed history of the Bedminster and New Germantown areas of New Jersey. K1

"William Bowne of Yorkshire, England and His Descendants." Miller K. Reading, M.D.; Deats; 1903. Some of the descendants of William Bowne who was born in Yorkshire, England about 1600 and his wife Ann. CLR

Bergen Co.

"Dumont Heritage: Old Schraalenburgh New Jersey". H. Jeanne Altshuler, 1969. BB5

"On High Ground." The Friends of the Wyckoff Library, The Donning Company, 2000. History of the township of Wyckoff. Map from the late 1800's. Most information starts in the early 1900's. C11

"Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York." Bailey, Rosalie Fellow; Dover Publications, Inc.; 1968. Republication of 1936 original by William Morrow & Co. Publishers Descriptions of pre-revolutionary Dutch Colonial houses with some information given for the families who built and inhabited each of them. Covers Brooklyn, Queens,Staten Island, and ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY; as well as BERGEN, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset, Essex, Pasaic, Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren Counties, NJ. Contains excellent index of surnames for lookups. ARL

Cape May Co.

"Cape May County Marriages." H. Stanley Craig & Julius Way, M.D. Reprinted 1978. KB4

"The History of Cape May County New Jersey 1638-1897." Lewis Townsend Stevens. Compilation of many families of the Cape May area. DS9

"Mayflower Decendants in Cape May Co." Listings of all the Mayflower Decendants who migrated to Cape May County, New Jersey. CEM

Cumberland Co.

"Cumberland County Genealogical Data." H. Stanley Craig. Records pertaining to persons residing in Cumberland Co. prior to 1800. PLC

"Cumberland County NJ Marriages." H. Stanley Craig. Originally published in 1932. PLC

"Cumberland Co. Wills." H. Stanley Craig. Abstracts of wills from 1748 to 1861. PLC

"Early Records of Cumberland County." Charlotte Meldrum, Family Line Publications, 1998. Includes many church records, i.e. German Presbyterian, Cohansey, Moravian Missionaries 1742-1762, Baptist Church, Dividing Creek. Majority of entries are from the 1700s. PLC

"Historic Days in Cumberland County, New Jersey 1855-1865: Political and War Time Reminiscences." Isaac T. Nichols, no publisher given, 1907. Information about people and regiments, as well as photographs of identified Cumberland County, New Jersey residents involved in the Civil War. LAF

"History of Early Settlement and Progress of Cumberland Co., NJ." Lucius Q.C.Elmer, George F. Nixon, Pub., 1869. BA1

"South Jersey church Records." Compiled by Jeanne M. Hammell, Typed and indexed by Ruthie Baker. Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths 1750-1900. PLC

"United States Census, Millville Township, Cumberland Co., NJ." Compiled by Joseph E. Sherry, 1975. Covers the Federal census years, 1830, 1840, 1850 and 1860. PLC

Essex Co.

Seton Hall College Yearbook of 1941 - "1941 White and Blue." This yearbook belonged to my uncle who was a member of the class of 1941. LL3

Gloucester Co.

"Gloucester County, NJ Residents 1850." published by G & F Gibson, 1975; reprinted 1996 Gloucester Cnty Hist. Society. PLC

Hunterdon Co.

"The History of The First English Presbyterian Church in Amwell." Rev John Backer Kugler, A.M. , The Union Gazette Association Somerville N.J. , 1912. This book gives the history of the church and many of the people that attended. WRK

"Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, NJ, Heirs to Estates 1809-1904," Brown, 1986. ML

Mercer Co.

"Early settlers of Trenton and Ewing, Old Hunterdon County, NJ." E.F. Cooley, W.S. Sharp Printing Co, Trenton, NJ, 1883. Biographies of prominent citizens. Indexed. L29

"A Review of the Department of Police, Trenton, NJ." Published 1899 by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of Trenton, NJ. Photographs of every officer employed in 1899, with brief biographies. MC

Middlesex Co.

"The History of Woodbridge, New Jersey." Ruth Wolk // no publisher listed // 1970. A history of Woodbridge, New Jersey published for its tricentennial (1969). Quite a few references to its inhabitants, but not as many as in the Dally book. TRV

"Woodbridge and Vicinity: The Story of a New Jersey Township." Rev. Joseph W. Dally // A.E. Gordon // 1873. A history of Woodbridge, New Jersey with many references to its inhabitants. Also, many vital records listed. A must for genealogists researching family in Woodbridge. TRV

Monmouth Co.

"History of Ocean and Monmouth Counties, NJ." Edwin Salter, E. Gardner and Son, Bayonne, NJ, 1890. Contains historical events and some biographies. Not indexed. GHF, L29, RT2

"History of Old Tennent Church." Rev. Frank R. Symmes, 1904. Selected baptism and burial records for the church in Manalapan, NJ, as well as genealogical notes on selected area families. JS22

Morris Co.

"Colonial and Revolutionary Morris County." Theodore Thayer, The Morris County Heritage Commission, 1975. Narrative of the early history of Morris County from the beginning through the Revolutionary War. Includes a name index, a list of freeholders as of August 31, 1752, a poll list as of 1776, and a list of revolutionary soldiers in the Continental army and militia. CJ3

"The descendants of John Mills Smith as of January 22, 1952, with certain additional data about his ancestors, which may be of interest to those descendants." Compiled with the help of said descendants [by] Ethel Crandall Smith Cady. This Smith family is of Morris County, NJ and Green Bay, WI. JM

"History of Morris County New Jersey 1739-1882." Author not listed, Re-Published by Morris County Historical Society, original publisher W.W. Munsell &Co, NY 1882. (from the Table of Contents): Outline History of New Jersey; History of Morris County; City and Township Histories; Villages; Biographical Sketches; Portraits. Contains many lists of citizens involved in civic activites, establishment of churches, etc. Biographical sketches are very short, but list several generations of the families portrayed. BB7

"Men From Morris County New Jersey Who Served in the American Revolution." Barbara Hoskins, Published by the friends of the joint free public library of Morristown and Morris Township, Morristown, NJ 1979. Alphabetical listing of names with brief descriptions of war service. Sometimes contains dates of birth, death, spouse, DAR reference, etc. CJ3

Ocean Co.

"History of Ocean and Monmouth Counties, NJ." Edwin Salter, E. Gardner and Son, Bayonne, NJ, 1890. Contains historical events and some biographies. Not indexed. GHF, L29, RT2

Salem Co.

"Salem County Willls 1804-1830." H. Stanley Craig. Wills in a given period, in a given place. BA1

"The Salem Tenth." H. Stanley Craig. Genealogical Data in West Jersey. PLC

Somerset Co.

"Somerset and Hunterdon Counties, NJ, Heirs to Estates 1809-1904," Brown, 1986. ML

South Jersey

"South Jersey Marriages." H. Stanley Craig GCHS. KB4

Sussex Co.

"Abstracts of Division of Warren and Sussex County Estates Filed at Sussex County Courthouse, Newton, NJ 1789-1918," Brown, 1978. ML

"History of Sussex and Warren Counties, NJ," Snell, 1881. ML

"The Kennedy Chronicle." Sarah Elizabeth Kennedy, self published, 1891. History of the family of Rev. Samuel Kennedy, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Baskingridge, NJ and his son, Dr. Samuel Kennedy of Hardwick, NJ. Links to the Earl of Cassillis, Scotland. K1

"Shaver, Schaeffer and Shafer Families Memoirs and Reminiscences together with Sketches of the Early History of Sussex County, New Jersey." Rev. Casper Schaeffer, M.D., Privately printed Hackensack, N.J. 1907. History of the Shaver, Shafer and Schaeffer families. Early settlers of Stillwater, Sussex County, NJ. K1

Union Co.

"History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Including Early History of Union County. Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, D.D. 1868, Carlton and Lanahan, Publishers. L29

Warren Co.

See also the Kennedy Chronicles under Sussex Co., NJ.