GSNJ: Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey

The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey has been published since 1925 by the Genealogical Society of New Jersey. Three numbers of the GMNJ (together comprising one volume), plus an annual full name index are issued each year and are distributed free to members of GSNJ. Subscriptions are $30.00 per volume in advance. There is a $2.00 remailing charge unless timely change of address is received. Previous numbers are available; current prices and availability may be obtained from the Corresponding Secretary. Some volumes are available for sale through www.njgenealogy.com, the Society's online bookstore.

Editorial Policy

January 2004
The current transition in editorship provides an excellent opportunity to review and publicize GMNJ's editorial policy. Two overriding goals have prevailed throughout the history of the Magazine, both relating directly to the Society's mission. First is the emphasis placed on publishing primary-source material. This has traditionally included gravestone inscriptions, Bible and family records, and abstracts of records of governmental bodies, religious institutions and local businesses. The need for an ongoing effort to make such vital resources available to the researching public is evident. GMNJ is, in fact, currently the only journal to regularly publish New Jersey primary-source material-genealogical or historical. The current editors therefore wholeheartedly reaffirm this long-standing policy. We will continue to focus on presenting such information as accurately and completely as possible. Records that are little known, relatively inaccessible or in jeopardy of being lost are of especial interest.
The second goal has been to strive for a geographically balanced journal. Editorial planning and article development will continue with this in mind. However, we note that other considerations apply. For one, early material with general coverage of an original county may also relate to descendant counties. Pre-1830s records with countywide coverage for "old" Gloucester, for example, will pertain to inhabitants of present-day Atlantic and Camden counties as well. We also observe that more developed areas may have produced greater genealogical documentation. While the editors strongly encourage abstracting for localities that might not be attended to otherwise, we nonetheless will consider all submissions of genealogically valuable New Jersey source material.
The new editors also welcome submissions of compiled genealogical accounts for publication. Such articles must rely predominantly on original research into primary sources. They should: a) address a family not sufficiently represented in available literature; b) solve a genealogical mystery or correct widely propagated misinformation; and/or c) identify the origins of a New Jersey progenitor. Good candidates for publication will extend through at least three generations and adequately account for all known descendants. Submissions will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee for thoroughness of coverage, source citations, and soundness of reasoning. Conclusions must be justified and any speculation clearly and fully qualified. Discussions of genealogical problems in need of further inquiry will also be considered for publication; please contact us at the earliest possible time relative to article development.
We invite our readers to assist us in carrying forward The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey's tradition of excellence. We seek both contributions and suggestions for potential articles. Please address related correspondence to: Editors - GMNJ, P.O. Box 1476, Trenton, NJ 08607-1476. Information about preparing articles for publication, style guides, and lists of potential abstracting projects are available upon request.
We look forward to hearing from you and working with you!
The Editorial Committee

Recent Articles

January-May 2009:

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ELIZABETH-TOWN,

1734–1745

by Aaron Goodwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

A PLEASANT GENEALOGICAL SURPRISE

by Joseph R. Klett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1870 U.S. CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULES:

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy & Joseph R. Klett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

by Shirley Wydner & Sean A. Curry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

SOMERSET COUNTY GRAVESTONES: KINGSTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD

[continued] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

MONMOUTH COUNTY SOURCE RECORDS: MIDDLETOWN TAX RATABLES LIST, 1815

by Judith Green Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS:

RECORDS RECEIVED IN 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

RUNYAN FAMILY RECORD by Fred Sisser III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

COMBS FAMILY LETTERS

by Joseph R. Klett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, 1749–1762

[continued]

by Roxanne K. Carkhuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

FREDERICK DENELSBECK OF PILESGROVE, SALEM COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND SOME

OF HIS DESCENDANTS

by Shirley Garton Straney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CASES, 1704–1760 [continued]

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

September 2009:

FOURTEEN PETER KINNEYS IN EARLY NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA

by William Norman Stryker, William Allen Stryker,& John Barent Stryker . . . . . . . 99

1870 U.S. MORTALITY SCHEDULES: HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY [continued]

by Shirley Wydner & Sean A. Curry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

1870 U.S.MIDDLESEX COUNTY SOURCE RECORDS:

EXPENSES OF REPAIRING THE RARITAN LANDING BRIDGE, 1789

by Dorothy A. Stratford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

1870 U.S.MONMOUTH COUNTY SOURCE RECORDS:

MIDDLETOWN TAX RATABLES LIST, 1815 [concluded]

by Judith Green Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

1870 U.S.SOMERSET COUNTY GRAVESTONES:

KINGSTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD [concluded]. . . . . . . . . . 129

OXFORD TOWNSHIP MARRIAGES, SUSSEX (NOW WARREN) COUNTY

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

1870 U.S.FREDERICK DENELSBECK OF PILESGROVE, SALEM COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, AND

SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS [concluded]

by Shirley Garton Straney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CASES, 1704–1760 [continued]

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

INDEX TO VOLUME 84 (2009). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

January 2010:

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

AN EVENS-KENT CONNECTION

by David Kendall Martin, FASG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS RECEIVED IN 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1870 U.S.MONMOUTH COUNTY GRAVESTONES

WIKOFF'S HILL BURIAL GROUND, FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP

by Edward J. Raser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

JOHN BODINE'S ACCOUNT BOOK: MIDDLESEX COUNTY

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CASES, 1704–1760 [continued]

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, 1749–1762

[continued]

by Roxanne K. Carkhuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

1870 U.S. MORTALITY SCHEDULES: HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY [continued]

by Shirley Wydner & Sean A. Curry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

TYLER FAMILY RECORD

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

FOURTEEN PETER KINNEYS IN EARLY NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA [concluded]

by William Norman Stryker, William Allen Stryker,& John Barent Stryker . . . . . . . 35

A CORRECTION & A NOTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

May 2010:

SOCIAL SECURITY, 1768 STYLE: CARING FOR DORETHEA JOHNSON

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

1870 U.S.MONMOUTH COUNTY SOURCE RECORDS: SEXTON'S RECORDS

FROM CEDARWOOD CEMETERY, HAZLET, NEW JERSEY

by Judith Green Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

A SOMERSET COUNTY 'LOST BABE,' 1796

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

WILLIAM AND ERNESTINA (COOK) SCHOENEWOLF AND THEIR FAMILY

by Brendan O'Donnell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

JOHN BODINE'S ACCOUNT BOOK: MIDDLESEX COUNTY (continued)

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT 1704–1760 (continued)

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, 1749–1762

(continued)

by Roxanne K. Carkhuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

September 2010:

THE DEGROOT FAMILY RECORD

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

THOMAS BATES OF HANOVER, NEW JERSEY: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

by Stephen D. Bates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

TWO BURLINGTON COUNTY NATURALIZATIONS, 1813

by Sandra M. Hewlett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Notice: SEEKING GENEALOGICAL SUBMISSIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

1870 U.S.WARREN COUNTY GRAVESTONES:

RAMSAYSBURG CEMETERY, KNOWLTON TOWNSHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

1870 U.S.1870 UNITED STATES CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULES:

HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

by Shirley Wydner & Ann H. Boldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

JOHN BODINE'S ACCOUNT BOOK (concluded)

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Addenda: NEW JERSEY'S CIVIL WAR ORPHANS, 1865 –1871

by Joseph R. Klett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT 1704–1760 (continued)

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

RECORDS OF THE NEW JERSEY COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, 1749–1762

(continued)

by Roxanne K. Carkhuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

January 2011:

BURLINGTON WATERLOTS SURVEYED

by C. Miller Biddle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

FIVE UNRECORDED SUSSEX COUNTY MARRIAGES

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

BIBLE AND FAMILY RECORDS, 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

MIDDLESEX COUNTY: EIGHT UNRECORDED 1791 MARRIAGES
AT HIGHTSTOWN BY REV. PETER WILSON

by Richard Hutchinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF NEW JERSEY, 1665-1774

by Thomas B. Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

MIDDLESEX COUNTY GRAVESTONES: GEORGES ROAD BAPTIST
CHURCH CEMETERY, NORTH BRUSWICK TOWNSHIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

THOMAS BATES OF HANOVER, NEW JERSEY: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT (concluded)

by Stephen D. Bates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

1870 UNITED STATES CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULES:
HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (continued)

by Shirley Wydner & Ann H. Boldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CASES, 1704–1760 (continued)

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

May 2011:

PHILATELIC GENEALOGY IN NEW JERSEY: THE CIVIL WAR

by James R. Miller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

FIELD FAMILY RECORD

by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

BURLINGTON COUNTY GRAVESTONES:
PEMBERTON BAPTIST CEMETERY

by Judith M. Olsen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF NEW JERSEY, 1665-1774 (continued)

by Thomas B. Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

1870 UNITED STATES CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULES:
HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (continued)

by Shirley Wydner & Ann H. Boldt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

SAMUEL LITTLE'S SON-IN-LAW AND GRANDSON-IN-LAW

Contributed by Fred Sisser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

BURLINGTON WATERLOTS SURVEYED (continued)

by C. Miller Biddle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

A GLOUCESTER COUNTY LOST BABE, 1782

Contributed by Sandra M. Hewlett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

September 2011:

BURLINGTON WATERLOTS SURVEYED (concluded)

by C. Miller Biddle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

NEW JERSEY CIVIL WAR VETERANS WHO WERE
MEMBERS OF THE GAR IN COLORADO AND WYOMING

by David C. Bailey, Sr.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

MILITARY COMMISSIONS OF NEW JERSEY, 1665-1774 (concluded)

by Thomas B. Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

1870 UNITED STATES CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULES:
HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY (continued)

by Shirley Wydner & Ann H. Boldt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

BURLINGTON COUNTY GRAVESTONES:
PEMBERTON BAPTIST CEMETERY (continued)

by Judith M. Olsen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CASES, 1704–1760 (continued)

by Thomas B. Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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