Local History Special Collections Files:With referenced locations for related items.

Alphabetic Details to SBPL 2000 -

Anne Frank Exhibit Text

An exhibit entitled, “Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945 Exhibition” was held in South Brunswick in the West New Road Recreation facility starting October 3, 1996. The exhibition included 600 photographs and commentary. In addition to the material items in the collection there was a Sunday lecture series held at various places in the township. Exhibition Chairperson was Mayor Ted Van Hessen and Denis King-Stovall. Print items relating to this event are in the South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection files with a poster in archival Box 100, Location 6-2 and 2 plaques in recognition of this event in archival Box 83, Location 16-2.

An invitation to a dinner held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Princeton, NJ October 3, 1996. Brochure: “Legacy” the newsletter of the Anne Frank Center USA. Vol. 6 Number 2, 1996. Large

folded paper into 5.5x8.5 inch brochure style. “Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945” Guide to the Exhibition. 8.5x11 inches 3 fold brochure. “Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945,” the International Exhibition. Brochure 11x17 inches

folded into brochure. Newspaper handout, 11x12.5 inches, 20 pages published by the Princeton Packet describing

“Anne Frank: in the world: 1929-1945, the international exhibit.” Dates were October 6 to November 1, 1996. Contains a great deal of information for and from the exhibit and many advertisements (more articles than ads). Protected with acid free paper.

Baker Collection Folder I (William H. Baker) Text

William H. Baker was a longtime township resident and later Township Engineer. He retired as a land surveyor and engineer in 1967. He was interested in history, genealogy and landholdings. He had a project to show all farms in the township during the Revolutionary War, which he was not able to complete. In 1964 Baker was appointed to a special commission to plan for the municipality’s (actually the County’s) 300th anniversary in 1964. Baker wrote a short history of the township. He acted as a local historian compiling numerous papers and creating a history of the road returns of all township roads for over a hundred years. Baker was appointed chairman of South Brunswick’s Tercentenary Committee in 1964. He was a founding member of the South Brunswick Historical Society around 1969? that has since disbanded. Baker died in ? Listed below are the most original copies of the papers he and others may have written about township history as they knew it. Copies of these papers and the Road Returns (road histories) are located on the Local History Shelves. Originals for Baker’s Vol. 1, 2, 3 are in archival Box #4 in 5-1. Vol. 4, 5, and Road Returns are Box #5 in 5-1. Vol. 6 in archival Box #99 in 5-1 See list of Archival Boxes for detailed contents. Much of the items in the files are other copies of items in Baker’s notebooks.

Two biographical articles with picture of Mr. Baker. 1964/74 Letter to Mr. Cloyce Dean describing Dean Family History. February. 1 pag7, 1969. 5 pages. 2 copies.

Letter from David Munn, December 5, 1967. 1 page responding to Baker’s request for the minutes involving the “jury line” dispute.

Cemetery instructions for SBH Society members. 1973. 3 pages. 3 copies Excerpts of NJ Historical Society article “Robert Hunter Morris and the Rocky Hill Copper Mine” which

relates to early Deans resident Andrew McDowell in the late 1700s. 12 pages. 2 copies. 1974 Map of South Brunswick descriptions. Map missing. 3 pages. 2 copies. 1963 Report on to SB Township Committee on the SB Township Tercentenary Celebration. William Baker,

Chairman. 3 pages. 2 copies. March 8, 1965

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Public Roads of SB Township from the beginning to present time. By William H. Baker. Part I. 5 pages. March 3, 1972. Part II. 12 pages. May 19, 1972. 2 copies

“Rebellion in the Southerly section of the Corporation of New Brunswick, on Sunday, August 4, 1751.” Paper. Transcription and notes compiled by W. Baker. Source: New Jersey Archives. Vol. VII and VIII. Baker lists pages he transcribed. 13 pages of text and 2 of notes.

Speeches: Speech given at the Flagpost Inn, Oct. 17, 1964 describing the history of South Brunswick in the Tercentenary year, 1963 of the colony of New Jersey. 2 versions. One of 2 pages, the other of 4 pages covering essentially the same text about South Brunswick’s past history, churches and Col. John Wetherill.

“Township of South Brunswick.” On 8 ½ X 14 paper describing South Brunswick history. Compiled for the South Brunswick Tercentenary Committee by W.H. Baker. Also lists Dr. V.N. Rightmire, Historian

Map showing Sonman’s 15,600 acres Proprietor’s allotment of lands across present day South Brunswick and the relationship of his lands to the Raritan Lots. Annotated by William Baker? 17” x 14”.

Baker Collection Folder II (William H. Baker) Text

Paper: Colonel John Wetherill, Colonial leader and patriot. 1972. 2 copies. 7 pages. [Note: Baker did not know at the time he wrote this that South Brunswick’s John Wetherill was only born about 1717 and his lineage did not come from the Burlington Wetherills, but Piscataway Wetherills. Baker’s story about a John Wetherill and Indians is a different person. Ceil Leedom. 5, 2008]

Paper: “Dayton, New Jersey, formerly “Cross Roads”: a brief outline of its history from its earliest settlements.” 19 pages. 1970

Paper: “South Brunswick Township: early settlers under grants and concessions in Sir George Carteret’s time, 1664-1682.” Quit rents discussed. No date. 5 pages. 3 copies

Paper: “History of Georges Road.” 10 pages. No date. Paper: John Inian, Indian trader, ferryman, innkeeper and road-builder. No date. 6 pages. Needs retyping. Paper: On the homefront. Author unknown. No date. 3 pages. Paper: The Revolutionary War as it affected the South Ward of New Brunswick. 1976. 7 pages. Paper: Wind Falls. Prepared for Raymond Baker. 1972. 3 pages. 3 copies.

Baker – Road Returns Text

Notebook containing dedication and historical information on individual township roads. The earliest information dates from 1686 and continues for roads built in South Brunswick Township to 1940.

2 lists were created by Ceil Leedom that list roads by name and by dedication date. Information from Middlesex Road Books at the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office and on microfilm at Rutgers Special Collections and the New Jersey Archives in Trenton. Original copy in archival Box # 5 in 5-1.

Baker Slides Photo images and slides of houses & churches 197?

Reprints of some color slides of houses made by William Baker in 197? Stored in metal slide box labeled Archival Box # 72 in 5-5. There is a blue notebook containing Baker’s notes of these slides that he presented at a library program in the 1970s. Comments based on slide numbers of photographs. There are about 100 original slides along with a script describing many of them used by W. Baker in a presentation at the Library. A white notebook contains copies of slides that have been digitized on 2 DVDs of the pictures is in file drawer 5-5 in a white notebook with printout of small copies of the slides. There are two DVDs. One DVD copied in 4000 Tiff and one copied in 4000 Jpeg.

Beekman/Cortelyou Collection Text and Photo Images

Information about genealogy and copies of family photographs were donated to the Library by Nancy Beekman Carringer. These early Dutch families are spread over central Jersey. These family homes are mainly in the western side of South Brunswick and two roads there were called Beekman. Need release paper before public can copy. [Note: Nancy Beekman Carringer donated original photographs related to this family. Located in archival Box 90 in 6-1. Accession # 2011-13. Also, there are some Beekman related family photos in the Myer’s Collection in archival Box 89 in 6-1. Accession #2011/14. Photographs list in these boxes. ]

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Beekman Family genealogy. 7 pages compiled by Austin S. Beekman in 1987 from other Beekman sources listed in paper. Nancy Ann Beekman Carringer on page 6.

Beekman Family History & Cortelyou Family: 1. Photocopy of Beekman family crest. “Mens Conscia Recti” front cover of 6 sides of 3 pages of

family history and names and dates written Dec. 1, 1939 by Mrs. Lloyd W. Grover of Princeton. (Information on Geradus Beekman 1653, Christopher Beekman 1681, Gerardus Christopher Beekman 1707, Christopher Beekman, 1730, Christopher Beekman, 1774, Capt. Garret Veghte. Lists children of Christopher Beekman and Martha Veghte, his wife. First born in 1766. Children of Christopher Beekman and his wife Mary Van Dyke. Mrs. Grover’s father was son of John Beekman and Sarah Van dyke married Feb 5, 1840. This was a Fresh Ponds Van Dyke. And lists children of Sarah Van Dyke Beekman.

2. 3 sections: 1. Foreward. Record of Beekman family that settled in Griggstown and Franklin Park, NJ. Photocopies of pictures of Christopher Beekman, house built by Christopher C. and May Stults, circa. 1870 on route 27 destroyed by fire in 1950s. 4 pages double-sided. – 2. “My father, Ralph Stults Beekman…” 7 pages double sided, includes cemetery information. – “Beekman Family Cemetery, Griggstown, NJ continued” 3. 7 pages double sided. Cemetery inscriptions, 1952 article copy on the “Beekman family coach, purchased 1771.”

4. The Cortelyou Genealogy, Sixth generation, excerpts. 2 pages.5. “The Beekman Family descendants of Wilhelmus Beekman.” 8 pages double sided. Includes map of

“Early purchases along the Millstone River. 1685,” Daniel Dean Beekman’s account of President Lincoln shooting, April 14, 1865, 3 pages.

6. “The Family at Cambray.” 3 pages double sided with ancient history of Cortelyou family in Europe plus 1 page “The Cortelyou Genealogy: a record of Jaques Cortelyou and of many of his descendants.” By John VanZandt Cortelyou. 1942. 1 page. Daily Home News? Article no date “Records of Franklin Park Vigilante Society for catching horse thieves given to Rutgers.” Picture of James B. Cortelyou of Old Rocky Hill Road.

7. “The Cortelyou Genealogy, Sixth Generation,” pages 178-195. Refers to Peter Cortelyou of Ten Mile Run, 1796, Julia Ann Beekman, 1804, John William Cortelyou, born at Cross Roads, 1799, Gerardus Beekman Cortelyou, 1811 at Ten Mile Run, etc.

Photocopied pictures of Beekman, Cortelyou, Stults Families and house supplied by Nancy Carringer. No release from her for public use. 1. Described in no particular order. 65 on 81/2 x 11 paper and 2 aerial views of farm on 81/2 x 14 paper.

House built 1870s destroyed by fire 1953. - Daily Home News May 20, 1953. “Most Acres wiped out by big fire.” Most Acres Lounge on Route 27 former Beekman family home. – Ralph and Stella Beekman, adults and Elmer B. infant with mother – Charles Cortelyou, youth – bearded man, unknown – Ralph Stults, GG of R.S. Beekman – Hannah Stults (2) – Abraham C. Beekman, father to R.S. Beekman our Pop – man and woman, Margaret and Abe Beekman – Abe C. Beekman, child – Elmer Beekman and mother, with house detail – cover “The blue and White Review, June class 1923. NBHS – Picture Varsity Debating Team. Abraham Dobin pictured – Yearbook page with Abraham Dobin – Ralph and Eva Smith Beekman, 1917 – Eva R. Smith, 1898 – Eva R. Smith, 1912 – Ralph S. Beekman, 1956 – SB Senior Citizen ID card, Eva S. Beekman – Eva Rhoda Smith “Bada” – Ralph Beekman at pari-mutual window – Eva Smith’s father and brother, George and Frank, Eva R. Smith and George Smith? – George Smith, Kingston, Pop. 1943 age 80 – Eva Beekman and ? – 4 pictures (Eva B, Ralph B., George Smith, Phyllis, Frank, Austin 1935 Christmas – Ethel and Howard Smith, 1937 – George Smith, Bada’s father – Nelson and Gary McWhorter) - 3 pictures (John H. Beekman, brother of R.S. B – Helen Beekman – Mildred Emily Beekman 11 mths, ans sister) – 3 older Beekman family – Annie Hogland taken at R. M. Boggs, New Brunswick, child – Abraham Cortelyou, Elmer Beekman’s grandfather, adult – Theodore Raymond Beekman of Ocean Grove branch - Abe Beekman, man – Abe and Merion Beekman, adults – Pop and Elmer Beekman, child – Elmer and Auty Beekman, children and Bowser, dog – Horse Schulyer, 1948 – Elmer Beekman, bike and barn – Elmer C. Beekman at the original Beekman farm, 1918 – The old barn – Lucy Zeller, Elmer Beekman, Aunt Stella, Austin. 1913 – Judy Ann Beekman, young child, daughter of Earl – Elmer Cortelyou Beekman, infant in high chair, house porch detail – Elmer C. Beekman 7 yrs and Austin S. Beekman, 5 yrs. – group photo of Beekman family, etc.? 1910? – group portrait of Beekman? Men 1910? – Beekmans at Ocean Grove.

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RSB with mustache – John and Annie Beekman, possible wedding – class picture 1914, with Elmer C. Beekman, Franklin Park School – Postcard supporting Elmer Beekman for township Committee, 1934 – Carnegie Lake, Princeton? – Charles Robbins (2) – A.C. Beekman and wife, Margaret – Ralph S. Beekman on Oliver tractor – Beekman farms cape – Elmer C. Beekman on farm, house and barns in background – Emily S. Beekman, grandmother of Elmer Beekman – John Beekman and cat – group picture of Cortelyou family, 1900s – Stella Cortelyou Beekman, and 3 other people – dog and barns, Beekman farm – large cow and other dairy cows, Beekman farm. 2 aerial pictures of 1950s Beekman farm near Route 27, present site of Greenbrook School to left of farm complex.

Beekman Collection, Additions Copies of Photographs Accession # 2009/13

These are semi-photograph quality pictures from Nancy Beekman Carringer’s collection of Beekman family memorabilia.

Franklin Park buildings:o Beekman House, Ten Mile Run, NJ. 13 Go Store, attached to house 13 Go Close up of store, labeled Post Office, Franklin Park, NJ. 13 Go “Old Cottage. 1745.” Old Dutch Cottage, now a real estate office? 13 Ho Six Mile Run Reformed Church and Old Dutch cottage. 13 Ho Six Mile Run Reformed Church. 13 Ho Public School, Franklin Park. 13 Io Blacksmith Shop, Franklin Park 13 I o Back of postcard to Mr. Raymond Beekman, dated 1905. To Newark, NJ

Beekman family members:o Ralph Stults in oval frame. Great grandparent of R.S. Beekman. 13 Ao Hannah Stults in oval frame. Wife of Ralph Stults. 13 Bo Christopher Columbus Beekman Jr. , in oval frame, Paternal grandfather of RSB (1823-1899) 13 Co Mary Ellen Stults Beekman in oval frame, paternal grandmother of RSB. (1829-1903) 13 Do Ralph Stults Beekman (1882-1959) 13 Eo Stella Cortelyou Beekman, wife of Ralph Stults (- 1911)13 F

Belding, Ed. Text

Ed. Belding, a South Brunswick resident, is a local author of poetry and has written several books of historical poetry. He recently retired as a teacher from the New Brunswick High School where he served in many capacities, especially in social studies. He has written many books of poetry self-published, but this file is regarding his poems historically researched that include local residents along with the famous soldiers as he recounts these historical events. He has researched and written extensively about the British and American conflicts from December to January of 1776-1777 during the Revolutionary War. Two of his books of books of historical poetry were printed through the auspices of the Kingston Historical Society with funding from the Middlesex County Historical and Cultural Commission. They are available in the South Brunswick Public Library regular circulating collection. This file contains a copy of Stryker’s Gambit as Ed. Belding typed it and presented it to the Kingston Historical Society. In poetry and with annotated footnotes this tells the story of a skirmish on Route 27 between Kingston and now Kendall Park, on the night of January 3, after the Battle of Princeton by a militia group headed by John Stryker with a waylaid a British supply wagon. Members of the Kingston Historical Society then refined the footnotes and added a bibliography. It was printed by Rutgers in house publishing department. The other book so published is The Broken Bridge about the delaying action at Kingston, after the Battle of Princeton.

Bicentennial Videos Text / Videos

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This is a list/explanation of videos made of local residents by Tony Santowasso and Catherine Pierdinock in 1996, 1997 and 1998? as South Brunswick Township was making preparations to celebrate the 200 th anniversary of its creation as a township in 1798. There are 19 video tapes with about 35 interviews. Also an edited version was made by Kathy Thorpe. Not certain if it is among the tapes in this collection. The actual videos are on a shelf in the Librarians’ Office. As of October 2000, they should not be viewed until a viewing copy has been made. CL. As of January 2009 all these interviews have been transferred to individual VHS tapes and DVDs. The final step for public use is to obtain Deed of Gift, permissions from interviewees or their heirs to complete this project.

Deed of Gifts for public use have been obtained for most of these video interviews. Archival copies on DVD are located in archival box # 96 in Location 5-5 and video tapes, copies and originals are in archival boxes #17, 19, 64 and 68 on shelf 5 or LC-5 in the Large Cabinet outside the History Room. Circulating copies are in a South Brunswick History section of DVDs on library shelves...

Deed of Gifts are located here in a file from those interviewed and photographed. (Relocated here 12/2012).

Commentaries or notes excerpted from Bicentennial Videos are in a file here. (12/2012)

Boundaries (South Brunswick Township) Text

Photocopies from: The Grants, Concessions, and original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey: The Acts. Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer. Section on “Laws passed in 1693.” Chapter IV. An Act for dividing each County into township. Pages 328-331. Describes the boundaries of Middlesex County and especially Somerset County on South Brunswick’s western border.

And from: Laws of the State of New Jersey, Revised and published under the authority of the Legislature. William Paterson. MDCCC. Pages 2-4, includes section on county boundaries specifically III. “The county of Somerset begins at….; IV. The county of Middlesex begins at…; also includes language regarding Jedediah Higgins house on Route 27 as follows: “An Act for setting the bounds between the counties of Somerset, Middlesex and Monmouth, Passed the 15th of March, 1713-14. “…thence along said old road by Jedediah Higgen’s house, leading towards the falls of the Delaware, so far as the eastern division of this province extends.”

Copies of the above are also located in the Boundary file for the general public.

Brabson, Brabston, Ryan, Pierdinock Collection SEE Pierdinock/Brabson/Brabston Collection. Primarily photo images

Budd Diary Text Accession # 2014/5

Farm diary kept by Benjamin Budd of the “Budd family of Burlington Co., NJ.” For a time he lived on Davidsons Mill Road by Henry Van Dyke. Budd began this diary of daily and local events on March 1, 1851 and kept it up until December 31, 1852. It is informative as his daily activities, his farm hands and those of his neighbors. There is a detailed study of the Van Dyke family that lived here and other places in South Brunswick and this diary adds information about this family as well. A transcribed copy exists and will be soon added. This diary copy was printed from a microfilm copy at the Rutgers Special Collection’s Library and not all the 35 pages copied are readable.

Cemeteries – Unique Items (Identical and other information on South Brunswick Cemeteries appears in the Local History Collection Files 1, 2.)

“Chinese Cemetery” Little Rocky Hill. Report by Richard Grubb and Associates, Inc. Cultural Resource Consultants. October 11, 1999. “Historic Cemetery, Block 96 Lot 13.01 and or Lot 13.02. South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.” 12 page report contains description of site, history of site, copies of 1700s maps (also available in the Library), chain of title for the Historic Cemetery from 1856 to 1995. Accession 2000/6

Deans Cemetery study for Eagle Scout Service Project Workbook. Matthew Fede. Troop 10. January 1992. 34 pages single sided. Describes his project to research history of the Deans Family Cemetery for the South

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Brunswick Historical Society. It lists Deans' burials from Janet Riemer’s list. Gives text of burial stones. Describes his activities to clean up the cemetery. Maps. Accession #2012/18

Janet T. Riemer. Cemeteries of South Brunswick. Compiled for the South Brunswick Historical Society. September, 1977. 53 pages. Most original copy in the collection. Copy made 11/2011 for SB Local History Files and this copy put in Special Collections. Lists burials in Vunk-Quick Burial Ground; Higgins Family Burying Ground; Probasco Family Burying Ground. Van Dike (Dyke) Family Burying Ground; Dean Cemetery; Van Pelt Cemetery; Isaac Slover Grave; Thomas McDowell Plot; Davison’s Mill Burying Ground; Stout (Johnson) Family Burying Ground; Hush-Roberts Burying Ground; Chinese Cemetery; Beekman Farm Plot; Titus Family Plot; Fresh Ponds Cemetery; Dayton Cemetery; St. Barnabas Episcopal Churchyard. Accession #2012/17

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery: Burials. Unofficial list of burials made in 1940 by Donald A. Sinclair in 1940 and rechecked by Mr. Sinclair and the late Isaac Philower in 1946. In January 2009 the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey began to publish this list with possible modifications. These two lists are filed in this Special Collections file and a copy of the unofficial list is also in the regular SBPL Local History Cemeteries files under KPC.

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery: Burials found in 1946. Official list of burials published in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 83:109-121, May-September 2008; 84:25-41, January-May 2009; 84:129-136, September 2009. Transcribed in Excel with additional information from Federal Census records and other sources found on Ancestry.com, a genealogical source, have been used to augment information on those burials listed in the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey cited above. Compiled by Ceil Leedom, 2009-2010. 52 pages, plastic cover, spiral bound. Burials listed in alphabetical order with males and females (both maiden and married name when known), with attempt to keep families together by parents and children. Accession #2011-1

Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Part of Accession #2016/9. Copy of “Cemetery of the Kingston Presbyterian Church.” (2015 Superintendent of the KP Cemetery.). 1 page folded. 8.5x11 inches. No date, but William Flemer President of the Board of Trustees and William C. Burgher, Superintendent. Map, copy showing dates of tracts added to the original church land purchased in early 1700s now used for the Cemetery. 13.5x13 inches. Shows location of Old Academy, 1835, 1849, 1905 and 1928 additions. Shows location of old Presbyterian Church, formerly located in the cemetery. Both copies from George Luck.

Cemeteries – Johnson-Stout Cemetery. See Special Collections: Johnson Family of Ridge Road. This file contains 4 excerpts from the 1942/1954 Hightstown Quadrangle maps in color indicating the possible location of the Johnson-Stout Cemetery obtained from Ed Raser of the Genealogical Society of NJ in 2008. Accession #2012/12.

“Plainsboro Methodist Episcopal Churchyard.” 5 pages photocopied from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 83:57-61. May-September 2008. Burials in this cemetery 1843-1992. This list made in 1947 by Donald Sinclair. Accession #2012/22.

Dedication Program. Vunk-Quick Cemetery. 9/22/1991. New marker for Col. Abraham Quick. National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. 2 pages. 8.5x11 inches.

Churches – Unique Items

Dayton Presbyterian Church, Georges Road, Dayton, NJ. 1869-1894. Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, New Jersey. Tuesday, October 23, 1894. 55 page booklet printed in Cranbury, NJ by G. W. Burroughs, Book and Job Printer. 1894. This contains “Historical Discourse” by the Pastor, Rev. Thomas S. Long. At the celebration of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church, Dayton, NJ, Tuesday, October 23, 1894. Organized October 16, 1869. Lists pastors, current organization, service of that day, The Celebration with review of creating this program and contributions by past ministers and others. Mr. Schofield, Mr. John Hubbard, Mr. Westveer, Mr. Rowland, and Mr. Dickson, Rev. Joseph S. Van Dyke, D.D., Rev. B.S. Everitt, D.D. – 14 pages. Followed by a historical review of churches in Dayton, the founding of the Dayton Presbyterian Church, its programs and finances over the past 25 years. Pages 15-50. Appendix – List of subscribers in 1869 and 16 Divisions for financial purposes? Accession #2008/2. Location – Archives. NJ Ref. 974.1. Copy here in files. Also, 3/2012 online at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651727

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Kingston Presbyterian Church, Route 27 Kingston, NJ.2 Church history booklets: [Note: See Curran Collection for KPC 1926 membership directory.]History of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. Kingston, NJ. Revised and brought up to date for the Hundredth Anniversary of the Church Building. 1852-1952 by E. Van Dyke Wight. Prepared and read before the Historical Society of Princeton, NJ at a regular meeting Monday, May 20, 1940 by Rev. E. Van Dyke Wight. 59 pages. Reprinted. 2003.Contains history of the church, map of church location prior to 1852 and subsequent additions in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery site of today. Lists pastors and supplies from 1750, Elders, Trustees and Deacons. Founding dates from the mid-1730s. Accession 2012/2

Life at Kingston Presbyterian Church. An Historical Review; 1723-2000. Kingston, New Jersey. By Jean Cushman Gibson. c 2005. Accession #2006/1. This 67 page booklet covers church history this time dating the founding to the early 1720s. The booklet has a variety of pictures and descriptions of church life with a large portion devoted to more recent church activities in the 2nd half of the 1900s.

Two copies of “Kingston Presbyterian Church – 275 Years.” 8 ½ x 14 inch pink paper. Various dates from 1723-1992 listed with drawing of current church building.

Brochure: “Kingston Presbyterian Church 275th Anniversary, Heritage Day, Colonial Worship.” Feb. 1, 1998. 2 pages 8.5x11 inches printed both sides with program. Copy.

Newspaper article from “Princeton Packet Magazine,” August 26, 1988. “Marking the site of an historical crossroads.” 8x13.5 inches. From George Luck, no publication or date. Copy. “Church building fund oversubscribed.” Newspaper article. “Dr. Wight ill, quits Kingston Supply Charge.” November 10, 1950. copy.

Handout: “Kingston Presbyterian Church: an historical summary. 1723-1986.” Drawing of KPC on cover. 5 sides of 3 pages, 8.5x11 inches inside, copy.

Deed (copy) from 1822. Concerns pew sale from church corporation to John Van Dike and John Blackwell. Refers to KPC incorporation law of in 1800 and a NJ acr of 1786. Handwritten note on reverse dated 11/14/1835 where John van Dyke sold part to John Blackwell for $8. 11x17 inches. Copy.

Brochure, “Kingston Presbyterian Church.” 8.5x11 inch paper folded in three. One side available for mailing. Address Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4565 Route 27, PO Box 148, Kingston, NJ 08528. Front page also has website address: http//kingstonpresbyterian.org. Color photo of church on cover.

Kingston United Methodist Church, Church Street, Kingston, NJ. Part of Accession # 1999/2 from the George Luck Collection in Special Collections. Photocopy of the “100th Anniversary, Theme: “Thoughts about the past with visions of the future.” 1878-1978. David Propert, Minister. 15 sides. Another photocopy of this Anniversary in 1978 is in the Local History files in Religious Organizations – Kingston United Methodist Church.

Accession # 2016/9. Photocopies of Kingston United Methodist Church photos from Shirley Houck via George Luck. The following are 5x7 inches. 1. Color copy of 5 women: Alice Wheeler 82 yrs, Sadie Higgins 87 yrs, Hilda Edwards 86 yrs., Rachel Grove 96 yrs, Bethenia Stout, 90 yrs. 2. Black and white copy of 5 women and Rev. Falwell 3. Interior of KUMC, 1937, another photo, Edith Van Arsdale, Rachel Groves, Nellie Emmons, Henry R. Hight, Henry Johnson, Dorothy Groves, Helen Barness, Mrs. Sadie Van Arsdale, Isaac Van Arsdale, Katie Matthews. 4. Pulpit area with Walter and Katie Matthews. 1937. Also, photo of pulpit area Ester 1941. 5. Photo of Kingston Methodist Church, side view. 6. Photocopy of Parsonage on Church St. , Church front in 1951, and another view of parsonage. 7. Front view of KMUC parsonage.

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Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church – “Reverend John Miller 1819-1895: His Family and His Churches. Rev. A. Raymond Eckels. Read at a regular meeting of the Historical Society of Princeton, N.J. at Thomson Hall, November 18, 1940 by the Rev. A. Raymond Eckels.

This 22+ page paper begins with a photocopy of a picture of Rev. John Miller. Rev. Raymond Eckels reviewed the papers of John Miller at the request of the Princeton Bank and Trust Co. in 1922. All his paperwork was turned over to the Miller and McDowell families. John Miller, born April 6, 1819 was the son of Dr. Samuel Miller, a professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. His mother was Sarah Sergeant. John Miller graduated from Princeton in 1836.at age 17 and entered the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1838. He had 4 children with his first wife, Mary Benedict, who died in 1852. He later remarried and had additional children. Locally he began preaching at the Plainsboro Old Bethel M.E. Church in 1878. At some time after this Miller also began preaching in Monmouth Junction. In 1895 the Plainsboro Church became the Cumberland Church with 27 members. In 1906 these churches were supplied by the Princeton Theological Seminary.

o I From Jan 1, 1922 to April 5, 1942. Historical and biographical sketch. o II The Monmouth Junction N.J. Church, pages 9-12. A Methodist Episcopal church was built in

Monmouth Junction in 1877. By 1883 Rev. John Miller was preaching there. The congregation was in arrears on the small building and Rev. John Miller bought it. He named it “The Evangelical Church of Monmouth Junction.” In 1896, Miller’s three daughters (of Rev. Miller and his second wife, Sally C.P. McDowell), Margaret, Susan and Elizabeth had a Board of Trustees elected giving them use of the then Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Monmouth Junction. Rev. Eckels became pastor in 1922. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was purchased in 1938. This church had been built in 1898-1899. Text describes situation in more detail.

o The Railroad Avenue (Now University Place Church, Princeton, N.J. (about 1884-1898) Pages 13-18. Rev. Miller furnished the money to build this church. Several pages describe this congregation. Accession #2012/42

Another copy of this paper is in the Maltby Collection.

Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church at Little Rocky Hill. Assorted items.“History of Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church at Little Rocky Hill and its Connection to the Underground Railroad.” Paper written by Gail and Elysia Astle. 1 page. Accession 2012/3a

“103rd Anniversary. Mt Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church.” Organized 1848. Nov. 15, 1951. Little Rocky Hill, NJ. Susie T. Titus, Pastor. 12 pages of 8 ½ x 11 inch paper of photographs and advertising. List of Pastors since 1888. Photocopy of original from Gail and Elysia Astle. Accession 2012/3.

“Cemetery slowly vanishes as parishioners watch with sorrow.” Newspaper article from the Spectator, Franklin Township. Feb. 27, 1992. Describes occupants of cemetery from slaves to members of the church with some history of the church. Picture of members. 2 pages.

Article from Wilbur H. Siebert on “Four Route of the Underground Railroad through New Jersey.” 1 page

Map of the Underground Railroad Routes in New Jersey. 1860 from oral interview with William Siebert in 1895. 1 page

“Mt. Zion AME Church, Little Rocky Hill, NJ. Founded 1818.” Notes that in 1847 and 1914, a total of one acre of land was purchased by the parishioners. In the 1960s the foundation was dug a fabricated building erected. 1 page

Spotswood Reformed Church of Spotswood, NJList of marriages from 1825-1875. 12 pages single-sided from Genealogical Society of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Rutgers Special Collections Library. Accession 2012/4

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This list retyped into Excel spreadsheet and reformatted by 1. Wife’s last name, 2. Husband’s last name and 3. Another version “Second person Index.”

Saint Augustine of Canterbury Roman Catholic Church. 2001 [Member] Directory 2001. Bound book 43 pages. Accession #2012/43

Citizens for Independent Living (CIL) Materials SEE DeSena Collection. Box 98 in 8-3

Civil War, Unique Documents Text

List of South Brunswick residents from South Brunswick Township Minutes September 1862, in SB Twp Minute Book 1843-1869, pages 94-95 who signed up for a Volunteer Bounty ($60) to serve in the Civil War. Contains photocopy of minute book pages with transcription and list of soldiers. Includes a study of the regiments they served in and age in 1860 Federal Census. Copies of these names are in regular Local History files. This file if for a backup copy of source list.

The raising of New Jersey’s Civil War troops. David G. Martin. 1993. Longstreet House, Hightstown, NJ. New booklet no. 117. Copy of booklet.

The Russell Letter. January 26, 1862. Copy of a letter purchased by the Kingston Historical Society from C. M. Russell of Kingston to his nephew a soldier in the Civil War, C.W. Russell, Washington, D.C. Mostly about local conditions in Kingston, some crop and food prices and a few comments about the war. Accession 2012/10

See above: Photocopies of pages from South Brunswick Township Minute Books covering August and September 1862 when 65 plus Civil War soldiers were paid a $60 bounty.

List of Civil War Regiments and USS ships served in/on by men associated with South Brunswick either as volunteers in the 1862 minutes, found in the 1883 and 1890 lists of Veterans, or buried in South Brunswick and in nearby cemeteries. Information copied from internet sources such as the New Jersey Archives list from Stryker compiled in the 1800s and now online and information from other states, from USCT websites, Wikipedia and the National Park Service

Information compiled by Ceil Leedom in 2011/2012 on Civil War Veterans associated with South Brunswick Township found in 1862 SB Township minutes, found in 1883 and 1890 lists of Veterans, or buried in South Brunswick or in nearby cemeteries. Information from sources for Regimental information, Genealogybank.com, New Brunswick Public Library online newspapers, Ancestry.com and Google.com. Over 150 men named.

Photocopies of newspaper articles about veterans found in the above sources. New Brunswick Public Library online newspapers of the Daily Times and the New Brunswick Times. Genealogybank.com newspapers from Trenton. Other source information from Fold3.com and Footnote.com. Mrs. Abram Anderson; Jacob and Mrs. Jacoby Applegate; Mrs. William Applegate; Charles Benson; George Bergen; Mary Carhart; Allen and Mrs. Colby; Mrs. Aaron Dean; Isaac Emmons, Peter Fate; William Giles; William Gulick; Abram Harris (Part of pension records from Footnote.com); Noah Hart; Job Hunt; William Johnson; Henderson Knowles; Henry Lake; Anthony and Mrs. Anthony Leggett; Charles Major; Alfred Martin; Eugene McCarty; Aaron McDonald; Joseph Merrill (eight articles); Isaac Messeroll (Articles on Flag incident (nine articles); Patrick Milan (Fold3.com part of pension. Twelve pages); William Millette; William Perrine; John M. Potts; George Pullen; Peter Schenck; Peter Shann (Civil War letter excerpts and newspaper articles), John Sheehan; George Skirm; Mrs. David (Carrie) Snedeker; Furman Snedeker; Theodore Snedeker; Charles Stines; Lewis Stults; Charles Van Note; Jacob Van Pelt; Smith Wright;

Civil War information from “South Brunswick’s Civil War Veterans” display at the SBPL in August 2012. Also includes, list of 160 Civil War veterans identified to date and list or resources used for the display and to identify these veterans. Also, several brief articles about some of the veterans identified found in newspaper articles and other sources.

“New Jersey Regiments at Gettysburg.” David Martin. 4/2005. Handouts at Gettysburg talk on 6/12/2013 at the Roebling Museum. Army of the Potomac with 11, 111, VI Corps, Cavalry Corps, Artillery Reserve.

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Armament of the NJ Regiments at Gettysburg,. Location of NJ Monuments at Gettysburg. Strengths and Losses of NJ Regiments at Gettysburg and map of the conflict on July 2, 2:30 pm. 3 pages (5 sides).

Shann, Peter V. Kingston resident, member of 28th Regiment, Co. B. – Newspaper articles, comments and excerpts from a diary he kept from August 1862-Spring of 1863. This Civil War regiment fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Excerpts from his diary used at a program at the Kingston Presbyterian Church by George Luck. July 2013 added more photocopies of letters from Shann to father & sister and several pages from Shann’s diary.

Clayton Collection has been moved to 6-3, Archival Box #59 (I-III), #28 (IV), #35 (V), #84 (VI), #26 (VII).

This large collection was moved from Special Collections to individual archival boxes. The list below shows collection contents and details of items of historical interest in Collections 1-V, but does not detail items in Collection VI. Archival boxes in location 6-3. 3/2012 and additional items..

Clayton Collection I “Local history of South Brunswick” Box 59. 6-3 Text

Katherine Clayton grew up along Ridge Road in South Brunswick Township. Born in the early part of this century she has an in-depth knowledge of this area. She has compiled several histories about South Brunswick Township from her own observations and writings of other local residents. She has hand-copied some of these earlier writings and hand drawn maps to accompany her compilations from various maps. Ceil Leedom has indexed some these materials. Need release paper before public can copy.#1

“Local History of South Brunswick” Pages 1-11 “Monmouth Junction” by Richard M. Stout, January, 1962. Pages 12-17 “Monmouth Junction 2” by Richard M. Stout, February, 1962. Includes picture of early Stout

Lumberyard by railroad tracks in Monmouth Junction. Pages 18-26 “Early religion” by Richard M. Stout, May, 1962. Page 27 “Monmouth Junction” from The history of Union and Middlesex Counties.1882. Pages 28-45 “Monmouth Junction” by Ethel Emens.1939. Covers early history, railroads, schools,

churches, Mechanics Hall, telephone company, post offices, haypress, Rowland buildings and other businesses, fire company, WWI, and roads.

Pages 46-54 “History of Monmouth Junction” by Kip Emens. 1936. Pages 57-58. “A walk thru History - South Brunswick” a TV program with Ilnicki, Potts, Holsten. No date.

Lists various dates in township history. Pages 61-68. “South Brunswick Township” a history review. No author. Page 69. “South Brunswick” article copied from Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey by Thomas Gordon

in 1834. Maps of Ridge Road, Kingston and Dayton copied from “State atlas of New Jersey” by Beer, Comstock &

Kline. 1872.

Information about South Brunswick is indexed by Subject and Date in the above compilation.#2

Johnson-Stout Burying Ground. Notes from Katherine Clayton. Listed as Accession 2003/10.#3

Photocopy of a photo of the Stout homestead. Now demolished on Ridge Road. #4

“The biographical history of the Stout Family. Vol.1” 1916 by Arnold Farmer Stout. Hand-copied by Katherine Clayton in 1982. 70 pages.

#5 Ridge Road School information written by Katherine Clayton based on Arnold Farmer Stout II’s

“Biographical history of the Stout Family,” 1916 and her knowledge of the school her mother Elizabeth Stewart Kenny (1882-1978) attended. 2 handwritten copies..

Clayton Collection II – Part A. “Railroads” Box #59, 6-3 Text and photocopies

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“The second railroad in the U.S. and the Rocky Hill Railroad Branch,” compiled by Katherine Clayton in 1985. Actually this was about the 6th railroad in the U.S. by date. 15 pages of text, 27 pages with photocopied pictures and photocopied articles. This paper discusses railroad development in South Brunswick and Rocky Hill.

Clayton Collection II – Part B. “South Brunswick Schools.” Box #59, 6-3 Text and photocopied newspaper clippings

Contains handwritten notes on all of South Brunswick’s schools up to the mid-1980s when this scrapbook was created. In addition there are newspaper articles on this same topic. 82 pages of notes and articles.

Clayton Collection III – Ridge Road 1, Box #59, 6-3 Text and photocopied newspaper clippings, etc.Accession 1999/15

This is a photocopy in two files of Katherine Clayton’s 401 page scrapbook covering places and people along Ridge Road from Kingston to Kingston Lane near Dayton. A combination of personal recollections, hand drawn maps, newspaper articles and memorabilia. She divided it into the following sections.

A – Academy St. to Railroad Crossing, pages 9 – 18 B – Railroad Crossing to Route 1, pages 19 – 41 C – Route 1 to Schalks Station Road, pages 42 – 43 D – Schalks Station Road to Perrine Road, pages 44 – 104 E – Perrine Road to Stouts Lane, pages 105 – 193 F – Stouts Lane to Hungry Hill, pages 194- 215

Clayton Collection III – Ridge Road II Text and photocopied newspaper articles G – Hungry Hill, pages 216-250 H – Hungry Hill to New Road, pages 251-276 I – New Road – Railroad Branch, pages 277-338 J – Old & Realigned Ridge Road, pages 339-355 K- Junction of Ridge Roads – Kingston Lane, pages 356-401

Ken Clayton donated the original notebook for this copied collection in the fall of 2015. Accession #2015/8.

Clayton Collection IV Miscellaneous Text Box #28 Accession 2011/11

Four scrapbooks containing South Brunswick related newspaper articles and ephemera with additional loose newspaper articles. In Archival Box # 28 located in 6-3.

Scrapbook # 1. Black – full of newspaper articles on SB history focusing on Dayton and Route 1 and nearby roads. A treasure trove of information, history and recent events and businesses.

Scrapbook # 2. Green – focus on people from the 1930s to recent times and other items. Scrapbook # 3. Red notebook – focuses on township history with some overlap to Scrapbook #1. Scrapbook # 4. Red notebook – focuses on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey. Postcards of places and

events, also.

Clayton Collection V Miscellaneous Papers. Box #35 Part of Accession 2011/11

Contains loose newspaper articles and a small collection of personal items of obits, engagements, weddings, etc. from the 1940s to the 1970s (most not dated). A separate group of newspaper articles focuses on the SB Bicentennial in 1998.

Clayton Collection VI Miscellaneous Papers. Box #84

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Miscellaneous topics: “Monmouth Junction Fire Company, No. 1. 1924-1937” booklet; “The telephone old and new in Princeton,”, booklet; “Visit Kingston” brochure, etc. Miscelllaneous papers and items of interest to the South Brunswick community. Notebook of newspaper articles on Cranbury, but mostly SB.

Clayton Collection VII. Miscellaneous Text. Box #26 Received 2012.

Notebook focused on Kingston. Nearly 2 inches thick with newspaper and other items glued to notebook pages.

Although the Clayton Collection is listed in Special Collections, the archival boxes above are in drawers in Cabinet 6 in Drawer 6-3. Cabinets 5 and 6 are kept locked as they contain most important documents or photographs or are hard to replace.

Common Sense in South Brunswick (non-profit) Text and Newspaper articles. Accession #2009/18

This file contains a notebook of newspaper articles, etc. created by Ceil Leedom on Common Sense. This local grassroots non-profit organization formed in 1992 with goals to keep residents informed about local issues affecting residents of South Brunswick in a non-partisan way. They attended township council meetings, school board meetings and other public meetings. They sought greater input into government processes and their goal was to make the general public aware of these issues in a positive and constructive way. Founding members were Sylvia Lee, Susan Edelman, Lew Schwartz, Barbara Charles, David Breen, Keith Rasmussen, Ruth Spataro are among the members. The contents of a notebook kept by Sylvia Lee donated to the South Brunswick Public Library by Joseph Spataro in September 2009. This notebook contains newspaper articles, by-laws of the organization, communications, newsletters published by Common Sense. 80 pages more or less.

Cooperative Nursery School Association. Franklin Park, NJ 1960-61. Notebook.

Also known as the Cooperative Nursery School of Kendall Park. 50 plus unpaged soft-cover notebook. “Parents’ Handbook” lists credo, Officials, Constitution, By Laws, Rules and Regulations, Calendar and names of students. This is followed by a series of Newsletters from Sept. to Dec. 1960. More information follows for another class of students in 1961. Notebook kept by Mrs. Robert W. Beller, 4 Newman Road, Kendall Park, NJ. Accession #2001-7

Cranbury Agricultural Railroad. 1867. Text of NJ Legislation in 1867

There is no additional information on this railroad other than the text of the “Act to incorporate the Cranberry Agricultural Railroad Company,” found in the 1867 Session of the NJ Legislature pages 997-1006. It mentions local men: Garret A. Snedeker, Ezekiel Silvers, Elec. Dey, Nelson Petty, Thomas W. Schenck, James D. Hubbard, Peter W. Dey, George Farr, Ralph C. Stults and Charles M. Herbert. [Note: Thomas W. Schenck, James D. Hubbard and Ralph C. Stults were known to be now South Brunswick Township residents living in Dayton or nearby. CL.] It was to run from Hightstown, through Cranberry, to Monmouth Junction in an area no wider than 100 feet. No additional research has been done to locate incorporation papers at Middlesex County or newspaper research. This is before the Cranbury Press current issues...

Cranbury Past and Present, Index Text

Copies of this information are in a notebook on the Library Local History Shelves in NJReference. R-NJ 974.4 G, c.2 (Archives location). Copy 1 is in this file cataloged as Reference R-NJ 974.94 G C.1, but has no barcode.

Index published in 1997 to Ruth Berg Walsh’s Cranbury past and present, 1975. Original copy of the index to Walsh’s book made by Priscilla A. Getty in 1997 is kept in this file along with a copy of the burials in the First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Brainerd Cemetery, Cranbury, NJ. A photocopy of the Getty index and the cemetery burials list is in a notebook on the Local History Shelves in NJ-Ref.

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Also, in this file are items copied from the collection at the Cranbury History Center, Cranbury, NJ that list 243 burials in that cemetery labeled “Front section of Old Brainerd Cemetery.” 3 pages.

Also, 4 pages of a map of the Brainerd Cemetery, but not for the 243 graves in the Old Section. A drawing made sometime in the past shows the location of the 243 sites, but is in poor condition and staff at the Cranbury History Center say it is not reliable, but is kept here as no other map is known of this older cemetery section.

Cultural Resource Inventory, 1983 Text and Photocopies of Photos Ac?

Portions of the 1983 South Brunswick Cultural Inventory related to photographs of included houses and buildings. Some pages copied from originals at the South Brunswick Township. Also includes photocopies of out-takes of house photographs. Note; 12/2012. Needs additional listing of contents of this file.

Cultural Resources Inventory, 1983 Text and Photocopies of photos.

Copies of some pages missing according to the Cultural Resources Inventory. Note: 12/2012 needs additional details in this file.

Curran Collection Text, handwritten notes, and photocopied newspaper articles and assorted pictures. This is an important collection and the following items are noted, but only reflect

a portion of the varied contents of the Curran Collection.

The Curran Collection is now housed in Archival Boxes in Cabinet #1 as follows: Box #1 Curran ephemera (Location 6-4); Box #10 Curran Photo collection (Location 6-4); Box

#24 Curran Scrapbook No. 3 (Location LC-3); Box #60 Curran Scrapbook No. 1 Location 6-4); Box # 61 Curran Scrapbook No. 2 (Location 6-4); Box #63 Curran Papers and notes (Location 6-3). A partial listing of their contents is included here.

Doris Curran grew up in Dayton, NJ. Born in 1913 she experienced and participated fully in the life of this community. She was a teacher in the Dayton School (1932-73), member of the Dayton Presbyterian Church, member of the Grange, member of the South Brunswick Historical Society and local historian. She has made a great contribution to the history of Dayton and other areas of the township.

The Curran Collection contains some of her notes, papers, papers and newspaper articles that she contributed to; a few postcards she collected and lots of photocopied pictures. In addition The Curran Collection – Photographs contain postcards and Polaroid pictures and of Dayton from the early 1900s and more recent pictures from the 1970s?. [Originals in archival box #10 and photocopy of this collection on the SBPL NJ Reference shelves in a notebook.] This photo notebook contains copies of her handwritten notes to the pictures she took. Originals are in Archival Box #63 in several folders. They were photocopied and are included in a copy on the Library’s New Jersey shelves.

Throughout the archival collection are various items she contributed, like Ration books, laminated newspaper articles, etc. In archival box #24 is a large photograph of Doris Curran and other items. A detailed listing of some of the Curran Collection contents are in the location list of archival boxes in the South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection.

The following items are in Archival Box 63, Location 6-3 Folder #1: articles about Doris Curran with pictures; Family genealogy she wrote; 25 year Grange

membership. Box #63, Notes and article on Doris Curran’s Dayton School trip to historical places around Dayton on May 2, 1983.

Box #63, Folder #4 Copy of “The history of Dayton Church” compiled by Doris Curran. Box #63, Folder #10

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Paper: “To write and authentic history…” appeared in The Dayton Herald April 1955. Includes rough draft, corrected copy and Dayton Herald copy. Box #63, Folder #8. SEE Also, Accession #2016/11 in Special Collections files under the Stout Family.

Paper: “Background and history of education in Dayton and South Brunswick Township from 1866-1965” compiled by Doris Curran including her notes for this paper. Many other items. Box #63, Folder #16

Paper: “Railroads in Dayton” 3 copies. Original and one with notes. Also notated photocopied pictures. Possibly, Box #63, Folder #15

Dr. Clarence Slack House notes. Curran Scrapbooks (originals). Book #1 in archival box #60 with added indexes by name, subject and page;

Book #2 Box #61 with added indexes by name, subject and page; Curran Scrapbooks #3. Original in Box #24 – along with copies of indexes of this volume by name, subject and page, along with another photocopy of the scrapbook. All in Location 1-2

Laminated photocopy of Dayton schools that appeared in a newspaper article. Box #24 in LC-3 Deans notes from visit on October 23, 1982 and other newspaper articles, laminated. Box #63, Folder #12 Deans Sunday School photo from article. Laminated. Box #63. Folder #9. Miscellaneous notes on Dayton: Tornado 1977, Wines Hotel, Dayton Inn, Bicentennial Corner articles,

copy of “Dayton, New Jersey (formerly “Cross Roads”) compiled by William Baker with comments and help from Doris Curran and others in the 1970s. Box #63, Folder #7

Large assortment of photocopied articles, pictures, postcards collected by Doris Curran covering Dayton and Deans. Archival Box #24, Location LC-3, also Box # 63, Folder #9

Cemetery notes from road trips in October 1982 to March 1983: Beekman Road cemetery; Dayton Cemetery.

Notes on history of transportation- railroads and roads in South Brunswick. Box #63, Folder #15 “History of Kingston” compiled by Doris Curran. Draft and notes – Box #63, Folder #13 Miscellaneous notes made by Doris Curran for her papers and planned historical research Curran notes on Deans, Fresh Ponds, and Rhode Hall copies. Box #63, Folder #11 Miscellaneous items relating to Monmouth Junction. Laminated newspaper articles. Box #63, Folder #14 Archival Box #1, Ephemera. Various newspaper articles, pictures, ration books, Kingston Presbyterian

Church Directory, 1926. Complete list of contents in Archival Box list and in the front of Box #1. “Dayton Herald.” Vol. XVIII No. 8, March 1961. Hand typed and printed newspaper on 8.5x11

mimeograph paper. 4 pages out of larger edition. Features article, ‘To Florence Bowman: gone, perhaps; but with us always.” Review of her life with many testimonials included in the newspaper. Includes additional information about people in the Dayton area.

D. Potts Collection Text, Photocopied photos, newspaper articles. Accession 2015/3

This collection contains copies of various items collected by Dorothea Potts, as she lived in Kingston for most of her life, adjacent to the Kingston Presbyterian Church. Known as Jimmie Potts, she was an integral part of the Kingston community having served as the Church secretary and in charge of the Kingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery for many years. She lived into her 90s and her memory and mind were clear. Her mother was also active in the community establishing a 4-H group in the town many years ago. The Potts is an old name in the central Jersey community, too.

14 photocopies of family photos relating to the Potts family. Waiting for more identification. “Kingston Woman given tribute for 30 years with 4-H Clubs.” Mrs. W. H. Potts. Photograph, too. Feb. 26,

no source or date. Page from EBay on photocopy of photo of Kingston Train Station with trees and Flemer Nursery Office in

colonial style and General Smith’s Residence and Kingston train station up close. Photocopies of photos of current Kingston Post Office and Kingston Methodist Church. Men of Kingston in Forum newspaper, 1940. Steve Miszak, David S. Hume, Norman Hume, Joseph

Catelli, Sr. , George Kaltschmid, Sr., Edward Missic, Rocco De Veto, and Thomas Riccardone. List of residences by number and name for Church Street, Laurel Avenue, Route 27 Odd Numbers, Shaw

Drive, Sycamore Place, Union Street on Franklin Side and the following on South Brunswick side of town. Academy Street, Basin Street, Euclid Avenue, Heathcote Road, Lakeview Avenue, Ridge Road, Route 27, Sassman Lane and Spruce Lane and miscellaneous names. Sometime in the 2000s.

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Letter from Robert H. Stults, 7/4/1999 about info on Shann/Stults Home on Main St. Kingston, on SB side. Relates according to Robert Stult’s father, Charlie, back section of (Pierce House) over 200 years old and once an inn or tavern.facing an old road that ran behind it. Farm buildings there when Robert Stult’s grandfather, Peter Shann lived there. 2 pages of additional information on this site.

Article from local newspaper, Feb. 8, 1990 in column of Gerry Jurrens called “Broken Crackers” talking about Kingston and Peggy Brabson. Another copy dated 2/15/1990, “Kingston’s very own “Valentine couple.” Franklin News-Record.

K.M. Light Real Estate, Oct. 12, 1968 regarding the Gough property called “El Burrito” at 42 Main St. Kingston.

Copies of “Welcome to Kingston” sponsored by the Kingston Business and Professional Association. Drawing of Kingston on front, map inside and list of businesses. 1980? On legal size paper.

Copy of “The Road to Monmouth Celebration, June 21-26, 2003. Drawing on front, and inside listing Kingston and South Brunswick events, on those dates. Letter size paper.

Copy, “Kingston Initiative. Vol. 3, Issue 2. No date, but August dates inside suggest time period, 1999. Copy, “Everybody loves a parade.” No date. Copy, The New York Times, 8/7/2010. About life in Kingston. D&R Canal, etc. 2 pages. Notice, copy. 7/12/2006, about hearing of Princeton International Properties changes to Kingston. Copy and explanation page of photo of Herbert Clark Hoover in 1928 when he was president. Comments

by Dorothea S. Potts, June 28, 2002. 2 pages includes copy of photo. Plot of proposed building for Union Line Hotel property. Dated 9/28/66. “Kingston: Crossroads to History, 1675-“ from Kingston Greenways website. 12/6/2008. 2 pages 4 sides. Information on the Kingston United Methodist Church and the Kingston Presbyterian Church. 1 page. Letter and reply to Matthew ? referring him to Dr. Robert H. Stults in Florida. 1/7/2013. “Historic Tour – Kingston Presbyterian Church. Written by George Luck, Jr. For the 275th Anniversary of

the Kingston Presbyterian Church. 5 pages filled with details about Kingston locations. Copy of page from History of Union and Middlesex Counties, NJ. 1882. P. 788. on Kingston. Not copied. Paper by Carol Goetz, July 1966 that we have elsewhere in Library’s collections: Special

Collections, George Luck Collection. Accession 1999/2? Photocopy. Women in Potts home. No date. Photocopy of The Bee Hive building, seems abandoned, now site of current Kingston Post Office. Photocopy of aerial view of Kingston. Photocopy of plaque presented to Robert R. Wilson, Crossing Guard, 1993 and photo of presentation. Article: Thrown for a loop in New Jersey. Navigating the byways. The Washington Post. 12/2/2009.. Article: “Kingston Brio. The Times. 5/28/1999. 2 sides Article: Lincoln Highway preceded Route 66 in time, if not fame. The Times. 8/12/2007. Legal size. Photocopies. The Good old Days. Kingston main st. and students. 1924. Photocopy. House for sale on Main St. No date. Article: “Kingston: Marking the site of an historical Crossroads. 7/29/1986. Community Guide. Article: by Patricia Turner. Concerned residents strive to stop modern blight… 2 pages Home News.

4/26/1990. Article: Kingston couple enjoys preserving history. About Anne Zeman and Mark Peel. Sentinel. Article: 24-lot Raymond Road subdivision approved. 7/9/1999. Sentinel Article: Eatery approved for historic Kingston site. Proposed steak house in Union Line. Not done.

7/9/1999. Sentinel. Article. Family forced to vacate unsafe home. Shalks Crossing, Majors-Mount House. 7/9/1999. Newspaper photocopy. Princeton High’s Greates? Photo of 1927 football team. 7/24/1909. Princeton

Packet. Genealogy: Newspaper Obits. Arthur G. Potts, 1986. Chester M. Potts, Jr. 1984 (2). Various pages related

to Dorothea Potts family. 10 pages, not unique. A page on burials in Higgins burial site. Information on the Colby home in South Brunswick across the street from D. Potts house. Block 97 Lot

6.01. 4430 Rt. 27.

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Dairies – South Brunswick and Plainsboro

South Brunswick Township had several active dairies from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s.

“Walker-Gordon Part I. The World’s Finest Milk.” Written by Leo W. Fenity, Cranbury, NJ. August 1991, Rev. 10/93. 14 pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches single sided. History of the Walker-Gordon dairy from December 1, 1891. Accession #2008/6

1 page Overview of the Robert and Joan Holsten Dairy Farm, Kingston, NJ. 1965-1986. Newspaper article on the Holsten dairy farm in May 22, 1986, Central Post.

Advertisement for Spring Brook Dairy. Geo. Walters & Geo. Walters, Jr. Deans, NJ. From July 5, 1948, 3rd

Annual Patriotic Parade sponsored by Monmouth Junction Vol. Fire Dept. Becker Milk Co. South Brunswick. In Obit for Lawrence Becker, former owner. Lived in Dayton. May

1999. Owned dairy for 6 years until illness caused him to sell. Information on several other South Brunswick dairies is still needed. One is the Dykewood Dairy on Davidsons Mill Road owned by Wilbur Vandyke that served Spotswood, NJ in the 1940s?

Milk bottle from H. M. Clark, Dayton in Archival Box 51, Location 8-4

Davison (Davidson) Mill Text and photocopied pictures

This file contains information on the Davidsons/Davidsons Mill 1890 to the after it burned down in March of 1954. Lorraine Bean who lives in the Mill house above the mill site on Riva Ave. contributed notes on the mills history and an the photocopy of an indenture from March 27, 1833 for John PJ. and Catharine Davison to Corrnelies Garison.

“John I. Davisons Mill 1890 (about). Text written by unknown author saying the mill land of 115 acres was purchased by William Cox in 1733 from Peter Sonmans on the Piscopeck Creek. Refers to Van Pelt’s Mill, land sold to James Neilson and Robert Stockton for the Camden and Amboy Railroad, later owners – Christopher C. Beekman and Isaiah Van De Water and others.

“Plan of survey of property known as Davisons Mills situate in South Brunswick Twp, Middlesex Co., NJ. May 1924. Shows City of New Brunswick Lot 10, Georges Road to Fresh Ponds, Road leading from City of New Brunswick and other information.

Indenture of March 20, 1833 between John J. Davison and Catherine, his wife to Cornelius Garrison for 5 acres.

Photocopies of pictures of the mill and mill area from Lorraine Bean. Photocopy of part of newspaper article on fire that leveled he mill in 1954. Notes from Lorraine Bean and others on Mill History saying that Isaac Van Pelt sold Jonathan Davison

mill property? January 18, 1818 for $6,130.50 for 20 acres. Jonathan Davison had married Susan Van Pelt, Isaac’s daughter in 1803.

Photocopy of picture of Davisons Mill from late 1800s or early 1900s. Same picture, several copies. Actual photograph in Archival Box #23 in 6-2

Partial copy of Deed 2961 p 231. December 17, 1976 between Latchaws and the Beans for Mill house property adjacent to mill area.

Davison (Davidson) Mill Area II Text, Genealogy

Charles F. Voorhees in doing his family genealogy created a family listing that coincides with owners of Davison Mill. He is a descendent of early owners Isaac Van Pelt, Jacob Van Pelt, John Davison, etc. SEE Special Collections file Voorhees Collection for this information. CL 2009.

“History of Davidson’s Mill Pond Park (South Brunswick, NJ).” Interview with Sterling Warren Tatum. September 11, 2008. Pat Evans. Copy in this file and in SBPL Local History Collection files. Available online at http://abcd.awardspace.info/davidson_mill_pond_parf_history.html

Dean Family Text Accession #2012/76

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Court of Chancery and on Appeal in the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey. Case May Term, 1853. Recorded in book by John P. Stockton, Reporter. Vol. I. 1856. Printed at the “True American” Office. From GoogleBooks. Pages 424 to 433.

In this case John Dean and Aaron Dean brought suit against Thomas Dean and others over a 1812 land transaction in the sale of family lands when the estate of John Dean was sold by the Sheriff. The land struck off to Abram Dean, brother of John for $3,217.02. Now both John and Abram Dean are dead. This bill is filed by two sons of John Dean against Thomas Dean the only defendant who has knowledge of this event. The case was denied for various reasons including that the situation arose 30 years ago.

Dean Family wills from 1775-1854. Copies of wills from the New Jersey Archives and with a brief summary of each deed by Ceil Leedom. 2002, rev. 2007. Aaron Dean (Jan 17, 1775, proved June 1778) Lib. 20 p 216Jonathan Dean (Sept 18, 1781, proved Oct. 1781). L.24 p 31Aaron Dean, Sr. (Feb 2, 1799, proved Apr. 8, 1799). L. 38 p 274Aaron Dean, Capt. (Dec 11, 1801, died intestate) Lib. 29 p 485Daniel Dean (Jan 16, 1810, proved June 1810) File 10242LJohn Dean (Dec 17, 1814, Inv. Nov 24, 1815) File 10580LAbraham Dean (Mar 10, 1816, proved Apr 5, 1816) File 10579LRuth Dean (Sept 20, 1813). File 10462LCharity Dean (Inv. June 23, 1823) File 10923LSamuel Dean (Jan 12, 1824, Inv. Apr. 18, 1824) File 10879LJohn V. Dean (Apr 23, 1827, Proved July 2, 1827) File 11196LIsabell Dean (Nov 23, 1830, Inventory) File 11546LLydia Dean (1832 Inventory) File 11547LNehemiah Dean. File 12450L, not reviewedAaron Dean (Jul 12, 1848, Inventory Feb 15, 1849?) File 12450LThomas Dean (Oct. 28, 1854, Inv. Sep 26, 1855) File 12843L.

“Dean Cemetery Preservation Society Request your presence at the Deans Cemetery.” May 29, 2004, Mid-Afternoon. Meet the Dean Family, gathering from across the USA to help preserve this part of South Brunswick’s history. Booklet of information about burials at the Dean Cemetery; copy of “Deans Cemetery and the history behind it,” by Matthew Fede, December 9, 1992. Boy Scout project. Janet Riemer’s list of burials in the Dean Cemetery, 1977; Newspaper articles about the Dean Cemetery; review of Dean family wills, and annotated list of Dean Cemetery burials.

Deans Sunday School Association, Deans, NJ Text, Receipts, Etc. These photocopies of originals in Boxes 55 and 69 in 6-5 are filed by year in 3 file folders.

The Deans Sunday School Association was formed on December 15, 1884. They formed in order to build a Sunday School building in Deans. The met at the Georges Road School House to propose organizing a Sunday School Association. 63 people signed up for this goal (names listed from files). A newspaper article in 1948 says the chapel was not used after 1932 and was sold to Harold Errickson in February 1941. Sixteen pages of minutes up until the Deans Sunday School dissolved in 1948 have been transcribed from documents from the Association.

This file contains photocopies of the original minute books from 1884-1948 in Archival Box # 69, 6-5 Laminated copy of newspaper picture of the Deans Sunday School Chapel, no date and a copy of a postcard

showing Deans Chapel around 1916. Some newspaper pictures of the chapel building, demolished in the late 1990s. Copy. Original in Doris Curran Box 63 File 9.

#1 Dean Sunday School Association, Deans, NJ Receipts for Building and Activities 1885-1895

File with photocopies of most local business receipts for years 1885-1895. And some area business receipts excerpted for businesses of the time. Originals in Archival Box 55, 6-5. Not available for public use at this time. 2008.

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#2 Dean Sunday School Association, Deans, NJ Receipts for Building and Activities 1896-1908

Copies of some of these receipts in this file for years 1896-1908Originals in Archival Box # 55, 6-5. Not available for public use at this time. 2008

#3 Deans Sunday School Association, Deans, NJ. Excerpts from Minute Books from 1884-1948. Some typed pages from minute books from December 4, 1884 – September 1948 with copies of these original pages from Minute books from 1884-1948. Original books in archival Box 69, 6-5.

Deans, Donation 1/2015 Text, Newspapers, Photographs Accession #2015/1

Newspaperso New-Brunswick Weekly Fredonian. October 15, 1868. 4 sides. 20x27.5 inches. Excellent condition.o The New-Brunswick Weekly Fredonian. October 24, 1867. 8 sides. 13.5 x20 inches. Good

condition. Top front and back pages still joined. o The New-Brunswick Fredonian. August 15, 1861. 4 sides. 19x25 inches. Good condition. Has “J.V.

Rightmire” written on front top. o Guardian or New-Brunswick Advertiser. April 24, 1793. 10x16.5 inches. 4 sides. Good condition.

Can’t determine if a reprint.o Newark Sunday New. March 8, 1953. Excerpt. 25/26. Article remembering the “Blizzard of 1888.”

24x2 inches and 16x5.75 inches.

Invitations

o NBHS 1897. June 17. Graduating Class. Invitation to Commencement Exercises. Ballantine Gymnasium. 5.25x7; NBHS 1900. June 21. Graduating Class. Invitation to Commencement Exercises. Ballantine Gymnasium. 5x6.25 inches; Senior Class of NBHS announces Commencement Exercises. 6/18; NBHS. 1895. June 20. Senior Class. Invitation to Commencement Exercises at Allen’s Theater. 6x7.75 inches. Inside is a list of graduates.

o In envelope. To: Mr. E. D. Rightmire & Sister. (Monmouth J.) written on back flap. 6.25x4 inches. From: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. J. Rowland daughter’s marriage, Mary M. to Amzi A. Duncan. Dec.12, evening. At 6 pm. At MJ. 1894.

o In envelope. To: Mr. Frank Rightmire & Sister. [Same as above.]o In envelope. To: Estel Rightmire & Sister. Social at home of Frank S. Stout., MJ. Thursday

evening, 2/.16/1893. o In envelope. To: Mr. Alvin Rightmire and Sister. From: Mr. & Mrs. George Ely, daughter’s

marriage, Mary to Mr. Ernest Vincent Cockfair. Tuesday evening. 10/22/1901. Deans, NJ. 6.25x4 inches, heavy paper, doubled.

o In envelope. To: Mr. Alvin Rightmire and Sister. From: Mr. & Mrs. William L. Rowland daughter’s marriage. Jessie to Mr. Henry F. Smith. 6/22/. Monmouth Junction.

o In envelope. To: Mr. Alvin Rightmire & Sister. From: Mrs. Alletta Terhune daughter’s marriage, Mary Ellen to John D. Maple. Thursday evening, 12/14/1899. 5:30 pm in Deans, NJ. Fancy card.

o In envelope. To. Mr. & Mrs. Rightmire and Family. From Mrs. Anna M. Pierson, daughter’s marriage. Lizzie Pierson to Joseph C. Cole. Fancy card.

o In envelope. To. Mr. A. V. Rightmire & Sister. From Mr. & Mrs. William F. Smith, daughter’s marriage. Sadie G. Smith to William W. Pierson. 9/2/1903. Deans, NJ.

o And More.

Photographso

Deans (Village) Tape Text and transcription Accession #1999/15

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Dan Curran of Deans was interviewed and tape recorded by Ed Belding in October 1998. This file contains the tape and a transcription made by Ceil Leedom.

Deans Indian Medicine Shows Deans hotel “Halfway House” Deans Ku Klux Klan possible meetings in the 1930s. Deans Army encampment Tape located in Photo Box # 94, 5-5

Deeds, Unique Documents Deeds

Original copy of Warranty Deed 309 p 447. August 30, 1899 between Jacob Buehler and wife of South Brunswick to Gustav Buide of Newark for $2,500. For land on northerly side of the Railroad from Jamesburg to Monmouth Junction, a farm purchased from Thomas W. Schenck, now deceased of the Sheriff of Middlesex Co., in April 1889 of 60.52 acres, based on Deed 283 p 325 of April 9, 1896 to Buehler. Also, another lot of near Schenck’s land recorded in same deed. No source or Accession # 2012/62

Delaware and Raritan Canal Photocopied Items

The Delaware and Raritan Canal started at Kingston, NJ in November 1830 at Lock #8. The canal from the feeder canal north of Lambertville, to Trenton and Bordentown and to New Brunswick was opened in June, 1834. It served as transportation network for nearly connecting the Delaware and Raritan Rivers for nearly 100 years. It was of economic importance to the town of Kingston on South Brunswick’s southwestern border.

From The Delaware & Raritan Canal: a pictorial history by William J. McKelvey, Jr. A copy of this book is owned by the South Brunswick Public Library. These pictures were copied for this file in case the book was lost. About 30 pages.

Copy of Library of Congress file on the Delaware and Raritan Canal at Kingston from its American Memory site. Contains photocopies of photographs and drawings of the drawbridge, lock and tollhouse at Kingston. Compiled in 1933. About 20 pages some two-sided.

Maps: “Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission.” Eight pages, 11x17 inches for eight sections of the canal. 1970?

Newspaper article, “Ship Canal Talk is Revived Here: Pennsylvania Railroad Company’s Desire to Change Present Canal [Delaware and Raritan Canal] Brings Up Old Proposition.” October 26, 1903. Trenton Evening Times. Proposal to dig a canal 20 feet deep from the Delaware River at Trenton and go cross country going here between Kingston and Dayton somewhat parallel to the Trenton and New Brunswick Trolley (The Fast Line).

Excerpt from Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey. 1905. “United N.J.R.R. and C. Co.” “Taxing District of South Brunswick Township.” Shows values for Delaware and Raritan Canal property in Kingston, NJ. Total Value $9,144. Page 129. Google Books.

Dieterich Collection Text, maps, and newspaper articles. Accession #2000/4

Charles Dieterich of Kingston has contributed information about the passage of George Washington’s troops through South Brunswick (June 25, 1778) via Kingston, Ridge Road, and Georges Road on their way to the Battle of Monmouth (June 28, 1778).

Longbridge Farm encampment, June 25, 1778 Diary excerpts from Surgeon Samuel Adams about the Monmouth Campaign that mentions the

encampment along Ridge Road Revolutionary War – Battle of Monmouth Copies of messages about this time between Washington and Lafayette and others. Maps of this part of South Brunswick in the mid-1700s. Article about Charles Dieterich' signs he had made and installed in June, 2000 that located the route of

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Doctors of Dayton Text

This report serves as a backup for a copy of the notebook on the NJ Reference – Local History Shelves made for an exhibit at the Slack-Carroll House on the doctors of Dayton from 1865-1930. This variously paged document contains information about Drs. Slack, Baldwin, Wilson and Carroll who served the Dayton area. Also, house history of the Slack-Carroll House and information on Middlesex County Physicians, an office served by both Dr. Slack and Dr. Carroll. Researched and compiled by Ceil Leedom. 2006.

List of Dayton doctors, 1867-1918 Dr. Clarence Slack (1841-1923) brief bio and brochure Dr. Edgar Carroll (1853-1934) brief bio and brochure Photocopy of photograph of Dr. Carroll’s family in front of his Dayton home. 1910? Dr. Joseph Marion Baldwin (1852-1883). Dayton doctor from 1881-1883 Dr. J. Marion Baldwin, Dr. William V. Wilson, and Dr. Horace Horton, Dayton doctors covering Dayton in

the 1880s. “The Doctors of Dayton as New Jersey Medical Practitioners.” Excerpt from Fertile Fields by Abe Dobin on “Country Doctors.” Medical Society of New Jersey Transactions. District Report from C.M. Slack of Dayton, NJ Medical Society of New Jersey Members list for Cranbury, Dayton, Jamesburg and Monmouth Junction

found in Transactions of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Irregular volumes, 1866-1902. With additions from Board of Health State of New Jersey annual reports as listed.

“What is a Country Doctor?” County Physician information from “Middlesex County Freeholder Minutes” 1881-1891. Names in the

“New Brunswick [phone] Directory” 1875-1917. Irregular County Physician Reports: Middlesex County Freeholder Minutes. Excerpts regarding cause of unattended

deaths. 1893-1905. Irregular Causes of Death of South Brunswick Township. As reported in the New Jersey Board of Health Statistics

per 1000. Irregular years 18790-1900. New Jersey Board of Health Vital Statistics for South Brunswick 1878-1920. Marriages, Births, Deaths.

Ownership information for the Slack-Carroll House, Dayton, NJ.

“Brief ownership history of the Slack-Carroll Property.” Ownership chain from April 1855-March 2001 Deed Transcriptions of essential facts:

o Mary Terhune et als to James D. Hubbard. 1855o James D. Hubbard to Samuel Pullen. 1867o Samuel T. Pullen to Clarence Slack. 1868o Samuel T. Pullen to Richard M. Rowland 1869o Richard M. Rowland to Clarence Slack. 1870o Clarence Slack to Edgar Carroll. 1887o Samuel Pullen to William B. Schenck, Aaron Dean, William Dean Trustees of the First

Presbyterian Church of Dayton, July and November 1869 and October 1870. The above 3 deeds are included because they came from Samuel Pullen who also owned the Slack-Carroll house lots and the adjacent church property.

o Maps of the Slack-Carroll house lots from the South Brunswick Assessor’s Office. Map of 1868 lot from Pullen to Slack; South Brunswick Tax Map of the 1990s showing Slack-Carroll House lot at Block 31 Lot 104.

Newspaper articles regarding Dr. Edgar Carroll (1901-1934)

1901 – Dr. Edgar Carroll with smallpox case. 1908, Dr. Carroll attending physician to William Bergen of Rhode hall, 1900, Dr. Carroll, County Physician viewing body.

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1906 – House of Dr. Carroll, former county physician, is in direct path of Pennsylvania [and Newark] Railroad proposed to go through Dayton; 1918 – Margaretta E. Carroll, daughter of Dr. Edgar Carroll died from pneumonia while in training at St. Peter’s Hospital.

Other articles about Dr. Carroll as county physician. 1915, 1916, 1922. 1934. Obituary of Dr. Edgar Carroll of Dayton 1923. Obituary of Dr. Clarence Slack Sources of information used in the compilation of this notebook.

Emens Collection Text Accession #1999/8

Two Account Books from the Emens Store in Monmouth Junction. The Emens family ran a store in Monmouth Junction at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Emens family also lived on Walnut Avenue. The general store also served as the Post Office for Monmouth Junction until the new Post Office was opened on Ridge Road across from Hungry Hill area.

This note describes in brief the contents of 2 account books kept by the Emens Family for their Monmouth Junction store kept in large blue archival box #29 in Location LC-4. Account Book #1, largest account books is 16”x9 ½”x4”. It has entries from December 1898 with a date seen in 1900. Many pages are treated as scrapbook. Some pages copied for this file, but miscellaneous papers too numerous to describe. All sizes, newspaper articles, note, many accounts and names listed on pages of account book.

A few items found in Account Book #1 are photocopied in this file. Subject area wide-ranging from receipts to numerous newspaper articles. One item is for “Homes for sale” by C. W. Noebels, Inc. 1207 Georges Road, Dayton. Third place essay from Mrs. Weaver’ class in Monmouth Junction. “How Germany’s new giant dirigible will look.” “Hagaman’s Mill on Fresh Ponds Road now operated in modern way,” dated April 1, 1928, from the Sunday Times, New Brunswick. Located in East Brunswick Township it was built by Jacob Hagaman between 1835 and 1840. The Hagaman family comes from the Franklin Park area. Another article copied from pages of this account book is “Dayton, once known as Cross Roads, settled prior to 1759: pleasant, charming Middlesex County community named for William L. Dayton, who contributed to Presbyterian Church, and not Elias Dayton, Revolutionary General; is in Prosperous hay, potato and apple area.” Most likely 1939. Daily Times, New Brunswick. Not all of this information has been verified. For example a recent list of contributors to the Dayton Presbyterian Church construction does not mention W. L. Dayton.

Account Book #2 is 13”x8 ½” x 1 ½” in size. The front pages list names and page numbers for their entries. A photocopy of these names is in this file. Accounts seem to be entered from 1899 to 1907.

Farris Collection Photograph Photocopies Accession #2002/6

Ed Farris was one of the first families of Kendall Park. A photographer among his many interests he took many South Brunswick pictures. He moved from here in 2007.

4 10”x8” photocopies. Fire Engine. 7/4/1997. Monmouth Junction 4th of July ParadeBlack and white montage of Monmouth Junction 4th of July Parade. 1973Picture of cover of July 4th 1997 Parade book.Picture of cover of South Brunswick’s Bicentennial Calendar. 1998.

Farrelly Collection Photograph Photocopies Accession #1999/18

Dennis Farrelly lives in a historic house on the corner of Ridge Road opposite Walnut Avenue in Monmouth Junction. His house was built by the Stouts and later owned by the Pierson family. He was given a series of pictures that had parts of his house in the background from Ruth Spataro who grew up across the street.

These pictures date from 1915-1938. 5 unique images. 1. Ruth Weaver (Spataro) being held by unknown person in 1915 with Farrelly house in background and a

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2. Ruth Weaver, undated again with picture of Farrelly house and Mechanics Hall in background. 3. Ruth Weaver pulling or in wagon in front of Mechanics Hall.4. Possibly Ruth Weaver, 1938 entering her grandfather’s house with Farrelly house in background.5. Picture may be of Ruth Weaver Spataro’s daughter with Farrelly house in background in 1950s.

Flemer Collection Text Accession #2012/63

The William Flemer family came to South Brunswick in 1913, representing a branch of the Flemer family from north Jersey part of the Springfield Nursery there. They established what became the world famous Princeton Nurseries. They eventually owned over 1000 acres in the area between the Millstone River and Delaware & Raritan Canal to many acres on the east side of US Route 1. One of the farms they purchased, in 1915, located by the D&R Canal was 85 acres part of the original Mathew Van Dyke property that had been in the Van Dyke family since the mid-1700s.

“Wm. Flemer, Jr.” This is a 22 page single-sided autobiography of William Flemer, Jr. Born in 1895 he describes his early life in the nursery business in Springfield, purchases in the Kingston area and early development of the Princeton Nurseries. He also describes some of his experiences in World War I where he served in the ambulance corps. Returning home, he later described problems with the Japanese beetle infestation at the nurseries, the Kingston Irrigation Company and Kingston Water Company.

[Note: In 2011 the Flemer family gave books, photographs, Princeton Nursery items to the Friends of Princeton Nurseries. In early 2012 these items were not yet cataloged. Also, the Kingston Historical Society has some Flemer and Princeton Nurseries memorabilia.]

Franklin Township, Images Photocopies

Bill Brahms, former South Brunswick Public Library, Reference Librarian, worked for Franklin Township Public Library and produced an Images of America book on Franklin Township. Many images relate to communities associated with South Brunswick as well, such as Kingston, Franklin Park and Little Rocky Hill. This file contains photocopies of those images and copies of his book can be borrowed from the South Brunswick Public Library. Images include: Map of Franklin Park; Kingston Vol. Fire Dept. No. I building from 1930s; Boat in D&R Canal, Kingston; Kingston D&R Canal area, 1901; Hoffman House Hotel, owned by Tannhaueser; Kingston Hotel; Raymond Wolf in front of old Kingston Post Office; Hullfish Store, Franklin Park, South Brunswick in 1905; John Schuessler’s entertainment pavilion in Kingston; Luther Anthony’s General store (now Main Street) and other Kingston businesses in Franklin Township.

Fresh Ponds Village Text Accession # 2009/3A, 3B

Color copy of “Proposal for a New Village in South Brunswick Township: Fresh Ponds Village, Dayton, New Jersey.” Richardson Properties Corporation, Chester Heights, PA. June 2007. Unpaged (13 pages) 8.5x10 inches. Maps and proposals for this proposed new South Brunswick village. Prepared by LRK of Princeton, NJ. Accession #2009/3A.

Color copy of “A vision for the Village of Dayton.” South Brunswick, NJ. Dayton Village Community Planning Workshop. January 28-31, 2008. Maps, photographs, diagrams and proposed improvements to the Dayton village with suggestions by local residents and the planner’s proposals. 19 pages, 8.5x10 inches. Workshop and plan initiated and funded by Richardson Properties Corporation and its affiliates Fresh Ponds Village LP, and Richardson Fresh Ponds, LLC.

Both projects supported by the Dayton Village Citizens Coalition.

George Luck Collection Text and Photocopies of Pictures and Newspaper ArticlesAccession #1997/4; #1999/2 and 1999/2a

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George Luck grew up in Kingston, NJ. He is a member of the Luck family closely associated with the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company, the Kingston First Aid Squad and the Kingston Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the Kingston Historical Society and associated with the Rockingham Historical site that celebrates its association with George Washington. George Luck also does historical reenacting Kingston’s history and has done considerable local historical research. These files are mostly related to the Kingston Volunteer Fire Company.

Accession #1997/4 - Kingston Businesses; Delaware & Raritan Canal; Kingston Methodist Church. Photocopies of pictures in George Luck’s home collection:

Tannhaeuser Hotel – Was located by the D&R Canal on the Somerset County side of Route 27. Burned down. No dates, but most likely picture from around 1900. Picture of another building on its north side.

Kingston Hotel – Same site as Tannhaeuser Hotel. 1940s? By D&R Canal, Somerset County side of Route 27. 3 copies.

Main Street businesses, Kingston, Franklin Township, Somerset County side of Route 27. 2 copies. Kingston Mill building, now Princeton Township, Mercer County. On south side of Millstone River

Bridge. 1895? Kingston Vol. Fire Co. members bringing water to Little Rocky Hill during 1940s drought. D&R Canal area – Picture of A frame swing bridge over D&R Canal early 1900s. Shows mill and

locktender’s house. 2 copies. Large boat in D&R Canal. F.W. Brune. 1901. Another picture of F.W. Brune in the D&R Canal, also with picture of House on hill associated with past

locktender. D&R Canal area. Picture of Tannhaeuser Hotel and A frame bridge over canal. 1900s Millstone River and Canal flood. Bridge and mill building. 1936. D&R Canal – Aqueduct area, Scudder’s mill area at southern end of Mapleton Road. Building... 1887. D&R Canal lock Kingston.1900s. SEE Also. Archival Box 23 in 6-2 for 11x17 inch enlargement of these

photocopies. George Luck in colonial dress at the Kingston Presbyterian Cemetery. 1998? Photocopy of booklet made for the 100th anniversary of the Kingston United Methodist Church in 1978.

Original copy owned by George Luck. See Religious Organizations – Kingston Methodist Church and Special Collections – Churches, Unique Documents. 15 sides. [Note: This copy moved to Special Collections – Churches, Unique Documents. A copy is in the Local History files, but not in the Special Collection files under Churches. 3/13/2012.]

Accession 1999/2 Kingston Minstrel Show, May 24, 194012 pages of 2 sided brochure made for a fund raiser for the Ladies Auxiliary of Kingston Volunteer

Fire Company. Friday, May 24, 1940 held at the Kingston Fire Hall. Contains many business advertisements, program and participants and lists officers of the Ladies Auxiliary.

Accession 1999/2A “Kingston 1700-1870” Term paper written by Carol Goetz of Kingston in 1966. 16 pages about Kingston’s history. Well

researched and documented paper. 3 copies.

Photocopy of picture of George Luck in colonial dress with his father-in-law, Al Kady. 200? Small cards (34 cards) of Kingston Volunteer Fire Company equipment and firehouse. Located in Archival

Box 51 in 8-4. Program for Annual Dinner Dance, 2/19/2016 in celebration of the 92 years of Service. Kingston Volunteer

Fire Col. #1. 1924-2016. 5.5x8.5 inches. Cream colored cover. 7 doubled pages for 28 pages of info. Acc /3 2016/4

Government, (Township) Calendars in four files. Text with photos. File 1. SB Township Municipal Calendar 1974-5, 1975-76, 1977-1978, 1979-1980, 1980-81, 1981-82. File 2. SB Township Municipal Calendar 1982-83 (3), 1983-84, 1984-85 (3), 1986-87 (3), 1987-88 (2) File 3. SB Township Municipal Calendar and Annual Report 1988-89 (4), 1989-90 (3), 1990-91 (2) File 4. SB Township Municipal Calendar and Annual Report 1991-92 (3), 1992-93 (3), 1993-94(cover says

1992-93) (5).

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Government, Unique Documents Text Photo Images, too.

Folder 1 Copy of the Act passed by the [New Jersey] Legislature and passed by the General Assembly the twenty-

first day of February, 1798. This act incorporated 100 NJ towns including South Brunswick Township. Acquired when South Brunswick Township celebrated its 200th Bicentennial anniversary in 1998. 15 legal size pages. Also in Local History File under Government, Incorporation, 1798. Has been retyped in Local History files. Accession #2012/39.

Paper written by Herb Wright in support of a train station in South Brunswick February 15, 1988. “The South Brunswick Train Station,” reviews what Herb Wright knows about South Brunswick’s railroad history and its value to South Brunswick. He was the Co-Chairman of the Train Station Task Force. Accession #2012/11.

Oklahoma City Memorial Tree Dedication program. April 19, 1996. SB Township with GM Transportation Association (GMTMA) conducting train/bus survey. 11x17” folded. Cranbury Township creation, “Agreement and final settlement between Townships of Cranbury and South

Brunswick and Monroe.” April 20, 1872. Photocopy of this agreement and typed transcription. “South Brunswick Township: 1982 Citizen Attitude Survey.” Prepared by Office of Township

Administrator, July 19, 1982. 52 pages 8 ½ x 11” C. 2 “Township of South Brunswick: Citizen Survey effectiveness of basic municipal services.” Prepared by the

Township Administrator’s Office. No date. 16 pages. 8 ½ x 11” “Housing analysis: preliminary report revised. SB Twp. July 1973. Prepared by Alvin E. Gershen Ass. 23

pages, 8 ½ x 11” “Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.” South Brunswick Township. “Housing, Affordable. 1983 Note.” 9

pages number and 9 additional pages not well numbered. Map in the back from Central Post. August 27, 1967. “Conceptual Study South Brunswick Town Center.” 8/5x11 inch pages.

“South Brunswick Jaycees Community Survey: Recreation, 1971-72. In brown folder, 8 pages, 8 ½ x 11” “Township of South Brunswick: newsletters.” 5 issues, Irregular. 1980- 1984. “South Brunswick Report:

the official newsletter of the Township of South Brunswick.” 8 issues, Spring 1987-May 1993. “South Brunswick Community Update,” 3 copies, Summer 2001. In same folder:

“Keeping in Touch: a newsletter for South Brunswick Township Employees.” 9 issues, irregular from June 1998 – February 2000.

Government, Unique Documents: Industrial Commission and related. TextFolder 2

“South Brunswick Township CAER [Community Awareness Emergency Response]. South Brunswick Industrial Mutual Aid Council. Unpaged (17 pages). Purpose to maintain system of coordinated emergency response between member companies and the township. Lists 19 companies, contacts, and phone numbers. Circa 1992.

“South Brunswick Township Industrial Commission: Annual Report.” 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975 (and draft 1975 copy), 1977. In folders, 8 ½ x 11”

Government, Unique Documents: Charter Commission of 1997 in separate folder. Water Quality reports from 1998 - Text

Folder 3 South Brunswick Township 1962 Tax Assessment. Document in Renk Files, July 1962. List of Block and

Lot owners and values. South Brunswick Charter Study Commission. Final Report, August 1997. 57 pages. 5 ½ x 8 1/2 “ “Final Report of the South Brunswick Charter Study Committee.” 1997. Black binder, 62 plus page

typewritten manuscript. Michael S. Richmond, Chairman and Arthur Robinson, Vice-Chairman. Other committee members listed. Accession #2012/29.

“Which Way, South Brunswick?” 1970? No date, unpaged. Pamphlet. 8 ½ x11” printed landscape. South Brunswick Township Water Quality Reports: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009,

2010.

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Government, Unique Documents: Annual Reports, etc. TextFolder 4

South Brunswick Township: Annual Report. 1965. 24 pages. 5.5x8.5 inches. South Brunswick Township: Annual Report. 1966. 29 pages. 6x9 inches. South Brunswick Township: Annual Report. 1967. Unpaged 10.5x8.25 inches. (2 copies) Which Way, South Brunswick. Report from the SB Township Committee. Joseph Spataro, Chairman. 8.5

x11 inches. Unpaged, about 20 pages.

Grange, Pioneer Grange #1

The Grange movement started in Minnesota. It was registered as a national fraternity in Washington, D.C. in 1867. The first Grange in New Jersey was started in New Brunswick in 1881. This first Grange is the basis of the Pioneer Grange #1 that meets and has a building on Ridge Road in Dayton. It met in various places (Jamesburg, Cranbury, Prospect Plains) when J.W. Errickson suggested meeting in Dayton at his store (in the Whitlock tavern building). The present building was constructed in 1941. The Grange was composed of farm families concerned with improving their farms and farm life. Women also played an important role in this organization. SEE Local History Files for additional information on Pioneer Grange #1

Folder 1. History of Pioneer Grange #1. 4 pages. History from January 24, 1872-1950? Lists past Masters and Past

Lecturers. Accession 2009/22a. Various other histories of one or two pages. Accessions #2009/22i and 22/j. Another history on birthday of 1973 by Mrs. Earl K. Renk (Lecturer) that reviews the past year. Accession 2009/22K.

Folder 2. “125th Anniversary Pioneer Grange #1” booklet 1997. 5.5x8.5 inches. Yellow cover. Includes history of the

Pioneer #1 Grange. 4 pages, 8 sides. Contains program and list of contributors. “1872-1947 Diamond Anniversary. Pioneer Grange No. 1. Dayton, NJ.” 6x9 inches. Yellow cover.

Contains advertisements and program. Photo of Grange Hall on Ridge Road. January 24, 1947. “Diamond Anniversary.” 7 pages with program and advertisements.

Newspaper clipping of spring cleaning of the Grange building. No date. Photocopy of newspaper article January 25, 1947 in the Daily Home News, “Dayton Grange marks 75th

Anniversary.” 2 pages. Accession # 2009/22B. June 19, 1968, A few facts about the Dayton Grange from Mrs. Dorothy S. Renk. Accession #2009/22F. “Celebrating 125th Anniversary – April 12, 1997.” One page. Accession # 2009/22G. New Jersey Grange letter from Marvin Fleming, October 29, 1997. Accession #2009/22H. Flyer: 2004 Community Cook-Off at the Pioneer Grange Hall. June 5, 199?. Accession #2009/22 E. Newspaper article. The Home News. 1879-1979. Pioneer No. 1 oldest Grange in New Jersey. Shows

current Grange members seeing the original 1871 application.

Folder 3. Excerpts from “Grange Scrapbook” of activities 1981. Accession # 2009/22D. Photocopies of photos of Pioneer Grange orchestra. 195? Accession #2009/22C Photocopy of Past Masters of the Pioneer Grange #1. Names at bottom of sheet. Accession #2009/22C Photocopy of Pioneer Grange past masters and women lecturers. Names listed. Accession #2009/22C1 Program April 25, 2006. Grange Awareness Month. Program of activities. Roster of Officers for 2006.

8.5x11 inches folded. Color cover.

Folder 4. Donation of Robert Tucker, March 2016. Letter, 8x10 inches. Narrow red mat-board frame. “To the Members of Pioneer Grange: Congratulations on

our 125th anniversary….”note following,” Signed, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, General U.S. Army, Retired. Marcy 25, 1997.

Copy of 3 photos on 8x10 inch heavy paper background to 5x7 inch photo. 1. Nine men, labeled, “ Past Masters of Pioneer Grange #1. No date. 2. Labeled, “Pioneer Grange Orchestra, 1956.” Nine young people

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seated with their instruments. 3. Labeled, “Absent Mrs. Rose Oretel, Mrs. Evelyn Moore, Mrs. Helen Wilson. 1956.

Photo, 8x10 inches. Photo of baseball game scoreboard. Features, :”Welcome Pioneer Grange Number one, etc..

Photo, 8x10 inches. Stage full of fruit and produce. Placard reads, “Pioneer Grange No. 1, Middlesex County: Bottom of photo says, “1960. H.M. NJ State Fair”

Two pages recopied on acid free paper, seems to be a review of Grange activities since 1940s to the present. 8.5x11 inches.

Copy of letter, 8.5x11 inches, dated 12 March 1997 inviting Kermit W. Richardson, Master on Pioneer Grange stationary, asking him to participate in the 125th anniversary of the grange. Signed by Rev. John S. Maltby.

Color photo of H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. 8x10 inches. Copy of letter described above signed by H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Date March 25, 1997. Two photocopies of photos of Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. top of body photos. Two photocopies of photos of Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr. in black uniform. Copy of Newspaper page, of the Grange celebrating its 125th anniversary. “Happy Birthday.” Pictured in

photos are Grange Secretary Milton Underwood and Kelly Turton, then 7 years old. Also, Grand Master, Everett Moore.

Letter from Betty and Pete Martin from Dayton, Va. 2000 with check for $24 for their membership.

Hobbs Collection Photocopies of School Programs Accession # 1998/9

The Hobbs family allowed the photocopying of various school programs from Jamesburg and Dayton.

Jamesburg High School“The Senior Class of Jamesburg High School presents ’Almost Eighteen’” by Dana Thomas. November 15-16, 1951. Lists cast and support staff. Has signatures of some.

“The Senior Class of Jamesburg High School presents ‘I Remember Mama’” By John Van Druten. Adapted from “Mama’s Bank Account.” Thursday and Friday Evenings, December 4 th and 5th, 1952. Players, staff names, and Faculty Directors.

“The Senior Class of Jamesburg High School presents ‘Men are Like Streetcars.’ A comedy in three acts.” Dramatized by Christopher Sergel. March 16, 17, 1956. Cast, staff and boosters listed.

“Forty-Fourth Annual Commencement. Jamesburg High School.” Thursday, June 17, 1954. Program, Awards, Faculty members and graduates listed.

Baccalaureate program. Jamesburg High School. June 10, 1956. Program and Faculty list.

Dayton Grammar SchoolProgram: “Graduation Exercises of the Dayton Public School.” Wednesday, June 13, 1951. Program and list of graduates.

Program: “Graduation Exercises of the Dayton Public School.” Wednesday, June 10, 1952. Program and list of graduates.

Program: “Graduation Exercises of the Dayton Public School.” Wednesday, June 15, 1954. Program and list of graduates.

“Dayton Frolics” Presented by the Parent-Teachers Association of Dayton School. May 2, 1953. Dayton School Auditorium. 6 pages. Program, participants and advertisements.

Deans Grammar School

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“Commencement Exercises, Deans School.” June 12, 1951. Program and list of graduates.

Monmouth Junction Elementary SchoolProgram: “Cornerstone Laying and Dedication Ceremonies, Monmouth Junction Public School.” November 4, 1950. Program. Attendees. 1 page.

Program: “Gay Varities” Presented by Monmouth Junction P.T.A. November 21, 22, 1952. 8 pages. Program, participants and advertisements.

South Brunswick High School“Fourth Annual Commencement.” SBHS Monmouth Junction, NJ. June 17, 1965. 1 page 2 sided. Lists program, graduates, Board of Education, Administration and Class Officers.

Holsten Collection Photocopies of Photographs and some Text Accession #1997/10

Items from the collections of Fred Holsten, Georges Road in 1997. He was South Brunswick Townships first Police Chief. He has since passed away. He came from a large family of German immigrants who came to the area in the late 1800s. Contains pictures of Dayton, Fred Holsten as Police Chief and other local places. List below in file and with Accession’s Book.

Students at Dayton School. 1920? Names of students listed on back of picture. Copy of post card of Dayton in early 1900s looking west down Monmouth Junction Road. 2 copies. Fred Holsten and John Adams. 1940s with their police car? Cover of “Testimonial Dinner honoring Chief Fred Holsten.” October 1974. Picture of Fred Holsten on

cover. Retirement dinner. Reverse side lists program and special guests. Page from SB Township Calendar for the Police Department. 1967-68. Picture of Dr. Richard Ilnicki, Police Commissioner and Fred Holsten with first police car purchased for

the SB Police Department. 1963? 2 copies Picture of Fred Holsten and other policemen at course given in Princeton. 1967. Area Police Chiefs. Picture of Fred Holsten receiving plaque at 1950s? 1960s? ceremony. Page copy from “FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin” 1963. Copy of postcard of Fast Line crossing the PRR at Dayton, NJ. 2 copies. Poor copy of picture of Fast Line trolley crossing Ridge Road. 2 copies. Series of copies of pictures of bus-trolley (gas-rail bus) on Fast Line tracks in April 1933 showing

unidentified conductor/driver fixing front of bus-trolley and one of front of bus-trolley at Ridge Road numbered 1011.

Copy of picture at Fast Line crossing at Georges Road going toward New Brunswick 1930s. Poor copies of postcard at Dayton Depot, 1900s and old Deans station, 1940s? Enlarged picture of Dayton Depot in early 1900s with unknown woman and train approaching. 2 copies. Enlarged picture of postcard showing Dayton Depot.

House of Refuge, Kingston: See Cook / Heathcote / Withington Estate.

Houses, Unique Documents/Pictures Folder 1 Text and Photocopies of House Pictures

This file contains the most original information located to date on several historic SB homes. See Historic Houses files in the Local History Collection Files for additional information on historic houses of South Brunswick Township.

Clark-Nash / 8 Stevens Road Block 356.01 Lot 48 8 Stevens Road, Kendall Park, NJ (2012. Now an individual historic landmark by Township February 23, 2010. The house was restored for family habitation after being neglected for several years.

Picture of the Clark Family House and a deed history of “The Clark Family House” at 8 Steven Road, Kendall Park in 1988 by Ursula C. Bracknell of Historic House Surveys, 1988. Includes photocopies of

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house and aerial views of property. House appears on 1770 map of Rt 27, 1850 map, 1880 map of Middlesex County, 1876 map of Everts and Stewart. This house associated with the Hoagland Family from wills stating the farm was located in both Somerset and Middlesex Counties. It was in the Hoagland family from the late 1700s until it was sold to Gerardus Beekman Cortelyou in 1868, later passing into the Beekman family. A list of property owners and transfers takes the house from 1793-1966 when it was owned by the Clark family. The report has a map showing the property location. Copies of several documents showing property ownership over past years.

Five pages of maps showing current house location on Stevens Road, location on 1930s tax map, and earlier maps back to 1850.

Photocopies of pictures showing the house, house location from airplane, location in Kendall Park development, copies of small photographs of current house in the 1980s and a drawing of the house and it is features.

House history report made by Ceil Leedom (2 copies) 12/2009 on information gained from earlier research, deeds copied from Middlesex County Court House, genealogy study of associated families, and photocopies of exterior house in 2009 by Ceil Leedom. Includes information on the Hoagland family used in this report.

Neighbors met with the SB Historic Preservation Committee for advice on how to save the house. John Daly, member of the HPC advised them and spent time supporting their cause. Newspaper articles to save the house, etc.: 11/19/2009, 12/24/2009, 1/7/2010, 1/21/2010, 2/6/2010, 2/18/2010, 3/4/2010, 5/20/2010 placed on NJ‘s 10 most endangered historic houses (copy of their newsletter cover), 5/27/2010, 8/18/2011 house restored.

In a separate folder are copies of deeds and a will documenting the house and property ownership back to 1832 and maybe earlier referred to in the report by Ceil Leedom, SB Township Historian.

Griggs-Leffel House Block 18.02 Lot 18.02 73 Griggs Drive, Dayton, NJ.1999 owners were Daniel and Jennifer Hulshizer. File contains photocopy of the house and owners? In the late 1800s or early 1900s. Located on Griggs Drive, facing Ridge Road. Also owned by the Leffel family.

Red Maple Farm. Block 97.04 Lot 42, 211 Raymond Road. National Register House. One of the oldest houses in South Brunswick this file contains report made in 1979 by the Dana family, then owners, when the house was placed on the National Register of Historic Properties. Partial file in Local History Files with notes leading to this file. Contains photocopies of photographs used in the 1998 “SB Historic Architectural” display at the Wetherill-Mount House in the spring of 1998. Also, newspaper articles about his house and its possible role in the Underground railroad.

Houses, Unique Documents/Pictures Folder 2 Text and Photocopies of House Pictures

This file contains the most original information located to date on several historic SB homes. See Historic Houses files in the Local History Collection Files for additional information on historic houses of South Brunswick Township.

Houses, Unique. DEP Route 92 Houses researched near or in line with proposed road.File includes copy of report and notes on specific houses in South Brunswick Township. 27 pages plus individual house analyses. Copied by Ceil Leedom at the DEP offices in Trenton. 2005. SHPO (State Historic Preservation Opinions). 1986.

1. #3. Benjamin M. Bayles Farmstead. C. 1850. 226 Friendship Road, Block 11 Lot 13.01. Includes photocopies of house pictures. 3 pages

2. #9. John W. Lott House. Ca 1830, Intersection of Miller and Friendship Road. Block 6 Lot 1. Pictures. 3 pages. House deteriorating. Vacant land.

3 #44. Van Pelt-Clark House. C. 1810, 1880. 123 Perrine Road. (House burned down). Block 79, Lot 7. 3 pages. Vacant land.

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4. #45. John J. Lake House. 535 Ridge Road. Block 99, Lot 11.6 3 pages.5. #46. James Lake House. Ridge Road.. Block 98 Lot 4.01. 3 pages.6. #47. Peter Schenck House. Ridge Road. Block 98 Lot 5.01. 3 pages.7. #48. Isaac Clark House, c. 1850. Applegate Lane. Block 97 Lot 18.03. 3 pages.8. #50. Abraham Applegate House. C. 1800. Applegate Lane. Block 97 Lot 18.02. 3 pages9. #51B. Robert Bayles House. Route 27. Block 97 Lot 11-A. 3 pages10. #62. Majors-Mount House and Farmstead. C. 1796-1874. 192 Shalk’s Crossing Road Block 80 Lot

5. Demolished 3 pages. 2015? Adult Community.

Fresh Ponds School House Block 25, Lot 1, 2. 01 25 Old Davidsons Mill RoadThis school building sits on land donated to the 21 men, in charge of building and equipping a school house on this location. Some say that this is not the original building. According to documents submitted with the request for historic designation at the State level, A resolution was adopted by the Board of Education on July 6th, 1933 giving the ownership over t the Fresh Ponds Sunday School Association, which merged with the American Rescue Workers, who are in turn the owners of historic Fresh Ponds Mission Chapel (built 1840) at the Methodist-Episcopalian Church at Fresh Ponds in that years. The building served as a school from 1834 to 1928. Application made in 1995 by John A. Carstens.

Stryker House Block 83.09 Lot 22.02 172 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. This house once owned by Dr. Stryker and more recently by the Spahrs, who purchased it from the Johnson’s in 1939 according to unconfirmed information. File contains 5 photocopies of pictures of the original of the house as of 1940, front, sides and rear. No other information at this time. However, Dr. Stryker served the area as a medical doctor in the mid-1800s and Stryker is an important New Jersey family name that also runs in the Rowland family living in the same area.

Wetherill-Mount House, Block 11, Lot 2.01. Dayton. Notebook put together in 1994 including what was then known about Col. John Wetherill and this house. Since that time it has been learned that Col. John Wetherill was born in Piscataway, NJ not from the Burlington Wetherill family, but one from New England. He was likely born after 1700 as his likely mother was not born until this time according to current information. This notebook that is also found on the SBPL shelves at R-NJ 974.841 H. is full of information about this house and about Col. John Wetherill. In addition there are various photocopies of photos of the Wetherill-Mount House in this file.

Housing Developments, Unique Documents Text, Drawings

Brunswick Acres, c. 1971. Brochure: “Brunswick Acres, a new concept in masterfully crafted, architecturally superior homes.” Brochure contains drawings and layouts of house plans. 8.5x11 inches. Models: Cedar, Sycamore, Pines, Birch, Poplar, Maple, Willow, Elm, Oak. Information about the South Brunswick community. Unpaged. Accompanied with 2 copies of a price list dated 8/9/71.

Deans Pond Crossing, 1998. Sales brochure. Map of community, prices and house models. Princeton Gate, 1998. Photos of various Toll Brothers Communities and Arlington Federal model. Tamaron Hollow, 2009. Models, Community map, prices, features list. . See Local History Collection files for additional information on South Brunswick housing

developments. Also, Special Collections – Kendall Park. (5-3)

Housing, Adult Communities, Unique Documents Text, Drawings

Four Seasons at South Brunswick, 2004. Brochure with house models and other information. Point at Turnbury, 2008. Brochure with house models and other information. Princeton Manor by Toll Brother, 2007, 2014. Brochure with house models and other information. Villagio, 2007. Brochure with house models and other information.

Housing Records See Planning Department

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Hubbard Collection Text and Photocopies of Pictures Accession #2000/3

This collection is a combination of information supplied by Philip Hubbard of Dayton, Ohio and other information from the Library’s Local History Collection regarding the places George Washington stayed at overnight during the Revolutionary War. Mr. Hubbard has spent years collecting information on this topic. This association began in January 2000, when Philip Hubbard wrote to the SBPL requesting information on where George Washington spent the night of June 25, 1778 on his way to the Battle of Monmouth. He had studied available documents on Washington’s movements and was trying to verify what he learned there with local information.

I contacted him with the information I had. He was specifically referring to “…it is night before the main body of our army marches, and then only to Laurens’s, 4 miles from Kingston.” This Laurens’s is most likely the estate of Thomas Lawrence, now deceased, and passed onto his son, John Lawrence, both former Mayors of Philadelphia. This estate is known as the Longbridge Farm. Other information regarding this stay refers to a fee paid to Thomas Wetherill the next morning “To Thos. Wetheral the morning after we left Kingston, 14 Dollars.” This fee payment to Thomas Wetherill raises the question of why? And locally this question has still not been answered. At least two possibilities are known. One, Thomas Wetherill’s name is associated with care taking of this estate from the New Jersey Archives Series newspaper collection. Two, Thomas Wetherill built a tavern in Dayton sometime in the late 1700s. No exact date for the construction of the tavern is known and no tavern license petition for its use appears before the 1800s.

This file contains correspondence between Phillip Hubbard and Ceil Leedom, South Brunswick Pubic Library Reference Department historian with copies of Hubbard’s research and items found by Ceil Leedom up until September 2000. He sent me a list of his sites for Washington in 1778. He lists Wetherill’s Tavern, but there is no positive information that it even existed in 1778.

This file also contains a complete printout of Hubbard’s Washington “stays file.” Also, Hubbard sent copies of other accounts of Washington’s movements from soldier’s diaries approaching the Battle of Monmouth, including the comments of James McHenry, an aide to Washington, the quote above about Laurens’s.

This file also contains an assortment of sources of information relating to Washington and the Battle of Monmouth. 10 pages.

Maps of the area copied by Charles Dieterich of Kingston, speculating on Washington’s route from Kingston to Longbridge Farm and then down to Cranbury

More likely is that Washington stayed in the Lawrence’s Longbridge Farm’s estate house, now long gone and paid Wetherill for any costs associated with Washington’s brief stay there, only a matter of hours. Washington left early in the morning heading to Cranbury and parts east to engage the British.

Hush Family Collection Text, Pictures, Newspaper Articles

Aaron Hush lived in South Brunswick Township, Franklin Township and North Brunswick Township. He served in the United State Colored Troops (USCT) during the Civil War and is buried in the Hush-Roberts Burying Ground off of Sand Hills Road in South Brunswick Township along with other family members. This burying ground is surrounded by houses, but there is public access. Aaron Hush raised several children, most likely farming and doing farm labor in the local area. The file contains 9 files with the following items:

1. Known burials in the Hush-Roberts Burying Ground (Aaron Hush, mother was a Roberts. Obit from New Brunswick Times. Jan 25, 1916.

2. Information on other family members buried in the Hush-Roberts Burying Ground. 3 pages3. Transcription of Aaron Hush discharge certificate, August 22, 1865. 1 page4. Aaron Hush and USCT, article written by Ceil Leedom for presentation of color copy of Aaron Hush

discharge certificate presented to the South Brunswick Public Library April 11, 2000 and now framed. 2

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pages. Copy framed and original copy given to the Library is Archival Box #25 in LC-4. Plus suggested readings on the USCT in the SB Library.

5. US Census sheets and other census related information for Aaron Hush and related family members. Aaron Hush 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910. NJ Census 1895 – Josh/Joseph Hush 1860, 1870 Census – Charles Hush/Husk 1920, 1930 Census – James Hush 1930 – Bertha Tembrook / Tenbroeck 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 – Amos Tenbrook/Tenbroeck 1910, 1920, 1930 – Celia Roberts (mother) 1900 – George Thompson (He purchased land “Burial Place” in 1905 that is location of the Hush-Roberts Burial Ground). 1880, 1895 NJ, 1910 – Aaron Staats 1880, 1910 and worksheet 1850, 1870. He sold burial lands to George Thompson.

6. Aaron Hush – Photocopy of “Volunteer Enlistment” Feb. 28, 1864 and “Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions” January 15, 1898 that lists information on Aaron Hush and his family members.

7. “32nd Regiment Infantry” single page information sheet from internet source on USCT. (3 copies) Organized at Camp William Penn, Philadelphia, PA, February 7 to March 7, 1864 and “An abbreviated history of the 32nd United States Colored Troops Infantry Regiment” with photo of a formation of the 32nd USCT.

8. “Aaron Hush, Facts known about.” 2000. 1 page9. Sentinel newspaper articles, April 2000 and South Brunswick Post June 1, 2000 on Aaron Hush Burial

Grounds services and donation of Discharge Certificate to the South Brunswick Public Library.10. Photocopy from Like men of war. Black troops in the Civil War, 1862-1865. Noah Andre Trudeau. NY.

1998. Describes activities of the 32nd Regiment. 1 page11. Photocopy of page with Aaron Hush’s picture from John Cunningham’s book, New Jersey: a Mirror of

America. 1976. Page 194. In SBPL at R-NJ 974.9 C. 1 page12. Copy of picture of Mayor Debra Johnson, Congressman Rush Holt, and Al Kady, VFW Post 9111 and

WWII vet concerned with preservation of veteran’s burial sites at ceremony at Hush Burial Grounds inn 2000. Newspaper photocopy with picture of the tombstone of Aaron and Sarah Hush and a picture of Al Kady, “Veteran Locates Civil War Grave.” Sentinel.

13. Color photocopy of photo with Mayor Debra Johnson with US Congressman Rush Holt. 14. Copy of two letters from Kathleen P. Murphy, regarding the Hush Burial site that was next to her home.

February 5, 1999 and July 10, 1996. Maps showing Hush-Roberts Burial Grounds from various years and sources.

15. No Item. 16. No items.17. Papers related to the April 11, 2000 presentation of Aaron Hush Discharge Certificate from family

members to the South Brunswick Public Library.18. Portions of “Plan of Survey of property of Carol M. Connors. Feb. 10, 1959. – 18a. Portion of Block 361

Lot 10.031 showing “cemetery” Tax map from 1990s? 18b. Another tax map showing Block 94 Log 10.031 with cemetery.

19. 1935? Tax map showing C.L. Parker lot of 40 acres off of Sand Hill Road. 20. Deeds related to this property. Middlesex County Deed Books: 2204 p.409, Deed 5560 p 886 has map

showing cemetery, Deed 5012 p 733, Deed 3941 p 389 (2 copies), Deed 3805 p 599, Deed 2660 p923, Deed 1789 p 559, 563 describes tract in question, Deed 1101 p 175, Deed 1020 p 445, Deed 692 p 244, Deed 692 p 241, Deed 651 p 125, Deed 579 p 14, Deed 517 p 358, Deed 367 p 496 (burying ground), Deed 174 p 429, Deed 150 p 634, Deed 117 p 258, Deed 117 p 260, Deed 95 p 672, Deed 95 p 669.

21. Current map of Hush-Roberts Cemetery area. 22. Copy of Aaron Hush pension file.23. Black and white copy of Aaron Hush discharge papers. 1865. 24. “Pennsylvania in the Civil War: History of African-Americans in the Civil War.” 5 pages. www.historic-

lamott-pa.com/index.cfm. 2007. “32nd United States Colored Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.” 3 pages. http://.pa-roots.com/~pacw/usct/32dusct/32dusctorg.html 6 pages includes partial list of 32nd soldiers.

25. Presentation of Aaron Hush copy of Discharge papers to the South Brunswick Public Library, April 11, 2000. Remarks, Aaron Hush and the USCT, paper by Ceil Leedom, excerpts from “Like men of war, Black troops in the Civil War.” Map of action at Charleston, Feb. 1865, Prayer of dedication from Rev. John Maltby, flyer announcing this event, Attendance sheet.

26. Folder of articles related to Al Kady’s efforts to preserve this cemetery. “Holt highlights veteran’s efforts at cemetery,” April 1, 2000, Copy from “Congressional Record” March 29, 2000 on this program, “Veteran locates Civil War grave.” Home News, 2/26/2000. Notes from Al Kady on Marian Hush Dixon.

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Besides the unique documents here See Also – the South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection Files. People – Hush, Aaron and Kady, Al (He has been tireless and promoting the protection of this burial site for many years. Also – A notebook of similar materials used in a Library display about Aaron Hush and the Hush-Roberts Burial Ground can be found at the Library in NJ Reference on the Local History Shelves. CL

Industrial Development Text Accession #2012/80

Paper, “A Brief history of South Brunswick, New Jersey.” 20 page paper written possibly by Brad Rosen for a college course in 2004. Intent seems to be to explain (light) industrial development in South Brunswick in the mi-1970s. Accurate to a point, but short on details. Also, an inaccurate view of early history of South Brunswick. Included here to document its existence. In 2012 available on the internet at http://faculty.Kutztown.edu/richards/local/BradRosen.pdf

Johnson Family of Ridge Road Text and Photocopies Accession #1999/11

William Johnson (Willem Jansen) (1691-1782) arrived from Long Island area of New York to property he purchased 3 miles east of Kingston along Ridge Road around 1714. His parents were Jan Barentsen Van Zutphen and Jannetje Willemse Van Boruclo. He took up these lands, raised several children and his estate fell to his son, Peter Johnson (1730-1816). After Peter died, the family estate devolved to the Stout family for another hundred years. Most of the information regarding William Johnson and his family comes from The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty other Colonial American Families: Prepared for Edward Lee McClain. By Charles Arthur Hoppin. 3 Volumes. Greenfield, Ohio: Privately Printed. 1932. [Note: Yearick family of Monmouth Junction claims to know the location of Johnson – Stout Burial site. CL 5/09].

Excerpts from The Washington Ancestry and Records… copied from a copy belonging to Eileen and Brian Johnson of Des Plaines, IL in 1998 and a copy at Rutgers’ Alexander Library. Pages 1-46 describing “Barent Driessen, Jan Barentsen Van Zutphen, and Their Johnson Descendants.” These pages follow the Dutch Jansen family from Holland to South Brunswick. It includes a distant picture of the Johnson Family Estate on Ridge Road and a close-up of the house as they existed in the 1930s. There is also a picture of a sword used by John Johnson in the American Revolution according to this source and a picture of a “press cupboard” belonging to the Johnson family that now resides in the Rockingham collection outside of Kingston, NJ. 2008.

Map showing possible location of the Johnson Estate on the north side of Ridge Road on 1876 Everts and Stewart map.

4 page spread sheet of Johnsons listed in the Washington Ancestry… described above. Ceil Leedom 1998. “Johnson Family of Kingston: a Dutch from Gravesend, Long Island.” Descendants of William Johnson

(1691-1782). 3 pages, 2copies. Ceil Leedom Photocopy of the Stout farm and farmhouse from Katherine Kinney Clayton, who lived there when it was

owned by the Princeton Nurseries in the 1930s and 1940s. “Genealogy of Richard A. Scudder through Johnson, Van Borculo, Van Salee Wyckoff, and Van Nes

Families of New Amsterdam.” By Richard A. Scudder of Cherry Hill, NJ. 1980. 12 pages double-sided. Copy from Katherine Clayton, 1998.

Pedigree Chart – Richard Alan Scudder showing his descent from Peter Johnson, son of William Johnson (1691-1782) and Peter Johnson descent from Barent Driessen (1628-1647), Willem Jansen Van Borculo (?- 1683), Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (1619-1694) and others.

Resolution “To our beloved brother in bond of Frank Johnson.” Dated 3-2-1882 from the M.E. Church Room, Kingston, NJ. Signed “Members of the Band [of Hope.” From Richard Scudder, he says that Frank H. Johnson was a brother to his grandmother, Carrie W. Johnson, born February 1871. Frank and Carrie and three other siblings were baptized at the Kingston Presbyterian Church in 1875.

“Letter of condolence dated March 3, 1882 to Frank H. Johnson.” Found in Bible of David Comfort Johnson. This listed much rich genealogical information for this family. Source: Katherine Clayton.

Letter to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Clayton, October 17, 1982 from Richard A. Scudder regarding the Johnson family genealogy.

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Comments from Katherine Clayton on the Washington Ancestry… and other comments. “The Wycoff Family in America.” 3rd. Edition. Transcription of the first pages of the “The Wycoff Family

in America.” 3rd Edition from Michael Lewis, 1997. Email address given. Notes on the Johnson/Stout property used in Ceil Leedom’s bus tour October 11, 1998. 1 page.

Kady Collection Text and Photocopies of pictures Accession 2008/1

Alfred Kady (1921- ) was born in South Brunswick Township near Fresh Ponds Road and later his parents purchased land on Beekman Road near Route 27 and he has lived there all of his life. Land was sold off from the Beekman Road farm and Al lives in a small house between Veterans Park and the Vunk-Quick Cemetery. Al is also a survivor of WW II and active in its programs especially in working tirelessly to preserve and protect the burial sites of all veterans. Most recently he has been working on the Hush - Roberts Burial Ground off of Sand Hills Road.

“The Diary of Alfred Kady.” 5 page interview about his World War II service in Europe. Written by Stephen Firsing, January 1995. WWII picture of Al on the front page. Accession # 2012/64.

Photocopies of pictures of Al Kady and his home and other related itemsCover from “The Diary of Alfred Kady,” with Al’s picture from the 1940s WWII. 3 copiesFirst page of newspaper article “Veteran Locates Civil War Grave.” Also includes picture of Aaron Hush

and Sarah Hush Tombstone. 2 copiesPicture of Al Kady with his son-in-law George Luck of Kingston. 2 copiesPicture of Al Kady with Mayor Debra Johnson and Congressman Rush Holt at a ceremony at the Hush-

Roberts Burial Ground. 2000. 2 copiesPictures of Al Kady and others plowing snow in the 1930s or 1940s. 2 copiesNewspaper article, “Remembering the Normandy Campaign.” Sentinel newspaper, no date. Article includes

a picture of Al Kady, age 81. Describes his memories from landing on the Beach at Normandy in August 1944. 2 copies

Page copy of the Congressional Record. March 29, 2000. “Veterans’ historian Al Kady preserves Central New Jersey’s Civil War heritage.” Describes his efforts to preserve and protect the Hush-Roberts Burial Ground.

Kasziba Collection I Text and Newspaper Articles Accession #1996/1, #1996/2

This collection of newspaper articles is mostly taken from a scrapbook kept by Catherine M. Schaub Kasziba of Deans, NJ. Catherine Schaub grew up in South Brunswick Township during the time that her father, Lester Schaub, was active in local politics during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was Mayor from 1955-1959, Township Committee, 1960, Township Treasurer, 1962-63 and 5 term member of the Planning Board, 1967. He married Marjorie Morrell of Deans in 1934. Catherine Kasziba donated these materials for the education and historical record of a challenging time in South Brunswick’s growth from a rural agricultural area of 4000 residents to a community of a 1000 new houses and the need for social, educational and governmental change to cope with this growth.

1951 – Newspaper article, “Planning South Brunswick to meet Growth,” Planning Board considering revised zoning ordinance.

First articles from 1955 regarding need for additional schools and political ad picturing A. O. Reichler, Lester Schaub and John Barlow. Mayor Lester Schaub sworn in and details of plans, staffing and salaries for the coming year.

1955 plans for Junior High School in south Brunswick and new business, “Stop-Fire Equipment Company” coming to SB. Plans for a Municipal Building shelved in light of school projects needed.

1956 – “New industry helping to balance economy for South Brunswick.” 1957 - “Look, Ma – No Local Taxes.” “Farming gives way to housing, industry in South Brunswick,”

referring to the Kendall Park development. “Phelps Dodge tubing factory,” “Sherwin-Williams buys site in township.”

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1958 – “IBM to construct $5 million plant in SB.” “Municipal Building Ordinance is passed despite protests.”

1959 – List of Office Holders; “First Local use Tax Levy in South Brunswick,” the first budget in 20 years to contain a local use tax necessitated by big increases in road maintenance costs, public assistance, and police costs.

1964 – 4th of July dedication of flag pole in front of the new municipal building. 1971- Political list of candidates running for Township Committee around 1971 includes Les Schaub of

Deans and lists his political activities since 1945. 1972 – Newspaper article with picture of Lester Schaub, now a police dispatcher, active in local politics

since 1945 and recently retired from his 40 years with Prudential Insurance Company in Newark, and Sgt. William Voorhees, one of the first constables in 1933, looking over the day’s police record.

For additional information on growth and development in South Brunswick Township from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. See the Renk Collection of newspaper articles and political literature in File Drawer 4-4. Newspaper articles have been copied on acid free paper and arranged by date. No general index is currently available.

Kasziba Collection 2 Photocopies of Kasziba family members, houses 1997. List of Deans residents in 1999. Accession #1999/12

Map and list of some known residents along Deans Lane and Georges Road. Pictures include scenes of Morrell House on Deans Lane before Black Horse Road built on east side of

house; Dayton classroom from 1930s?; dedication of a building in 1957.; St. Barnabas stationery with church pictured; Dayton School class, 1920? 2 different images;

Photocopies of old pictures: Family members include Johnson Gulick, Kasziba, great great grandfather and others not identified.

Kasziba Collection 3 Text Accession #2014/8

Photocopy of “Tercentenary Celebration, South Brunswick, NJ 1664-1964. Newspaper article on Holland Nursery in North Brunswick and its owner Nicholas VanDerkraats. Newspaper article on Deans resident, William Gulick, 88 and his daily bicycle rides. Photocopies letter commending Marge (Mrs. Lester) Schaub for her work in establishing a cafeteria and

library at the Deans School and her volunteer work from 1945-1961. Several newspaper articles, too.

Kasziba Collection 4 Text Accession #2016/19

See Collection Contents for list of items.

Katerba Collection Photocopies donations Accession #2003/12

This file contains some of Accession #2003/12. Items are copies of South Brunswick related information received from John Katerba of Monroe Historic Preservation Commission in 2003. Large format 1898 map of Middlesex County in Map Drawer 2 and full size copy of Henry McDonald 1812 indenture in Map Drawer 3. Photocopy and CD of Rhode Hall School in Special Collections Photo files, 5-5. SEE Also, McDonald Collection.

Rhode Hall School class photo about 1910 with names of students William McDonald 1908, photo Henry McDonald tombstone, photo Pew rent certificate for Henry McDonald of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton in 1874 signed by

Aaron Dean, President. $10. Subscription for $40 to reduce the debt of $3000 for the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton. October

1881. Names C.M. Slack, C.S. Rowland, Peter S. Pierson, Executive Committee. Mortgage for Henry McDonald & Catherine, wife to D.W. Disborough. July 18, 1812. Sept. 1854.

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Collector’s Tax Notice, 1922. William McDonald, Ernest V. Cockefair, Collector. 55 acres, value of land $2,200; buildings $2,200; personal property $100. Net Value, $4,500. Tax I $121.50. Poll Tax. $1.00. November 11, 1922. Note: Locations to pay tax: Spring. Kingston: W.H. Matthews Store, Franklin Park: Manley’s Store, Monmouth Junction: W.W. Emen’s Store, Deans: Henry Weber’s Store, Fresh Ponds: School House, Dayton: Andrew Ely’s Store.

Tax Assessment for Wm. McDonald, April 1921 for 55 acres. Annual Commencement, Dayton Public School, Class of 1927 Annual Commencement, Dayton Public School, Class of 1928.

Kendall Park Collection Unique documents, newspaper articles, brochures, deeds and other items donated and assembled over recent years documenting part of the history of the Kendall Park Development from the mid-1950s to the 1960s. In multiple files located in 6-3, 2012. Back-up for public notebook is in Archival Box 99, 5-1

Folder # 1.o Pamphlet prepared for the 2007 Kendall Park 50th Anniversary display at South Brunswick Public

Library. 12 pages. Review of actions taken at public meetings recorded in newspapers and Planning Board minutes. 5 pages. List of 100 plus first owners by Occupancy Permit. 3 pages. List of 100 plus first owners by date of deed signing. Both lists have address, block and lot and model type.

o Kendall Park Grasso Collection – Items donated by Michael Grasso. “1959 Know your Township: South Brunswick,” 55 pages and separate map. Original brochure for Challenger and Mark models. Accession #2001/3 “Kendall Park Homeowners Guide.” 19 page typewritten house manual. “1959 Office Holders List” (local government). Paper from “Princeton Disposal Service,” M. Pollera. Kingston.

o Kendall Park Murray Collection – Items donated by Joan and Paul Murray. Accession # 2003/15. Original brochure The Challenger and The Mark; Greenbrook area - The Wellington, The Surey, The Coronet; Original brochure, “Kendall Park south for the Edgebrook and the Drake models. Another plan of the Edgebrook.

o Kendall Park Reock and Indik Collection – Papers written by Jeanne Reock (5 pages) and Harriet Indik (2 pages) early residents and their experiences.

o Kendall Park Orton Collection – Photocopy of First Kendall Park offering of the Nassau and the Imperial.

o Kendall Park Roufberg Collection – Photocopy of his August 1956 “Agreement of Sale” and 4 pictures of his newly constructed home and backyard. Accession 2007/5

o Kendall Park Stern Collection – Photocopies of items from Don Stern. “Express Bus Service to New York,” 1959; single page “Guide to the Mark”; “Kendall Park south Terms Chart, The Edgebrook and The Drake; more on “The Edgebrook and the Drake”; Copy of parts of the Imperial and Nassau brochures.

o See also photocopies in color of Don Stern’s house during construction in 1959. Photo Box 2 in 6-1 and photocopy of full page New York Times July 12, 1959 article on Kendall Park in Archival Box 22.

o Full page original article, “A community that matured – graciously.” Sunday Home News. October 3, 1965. “The ‘ideal place to live’ is headache for town fathers.” Home News, Jan ?, 1972?

o Photocopies of newspaper articles about the Kendall Park development.

1957- “Ban on 921 Homes Fails Court Test.” Reflecting Township efforts to halt additional 1000 homes.

1958/59 – “Business brisk at Kendall Park.” Sunday Home News. No exact date. 1959 – Portions of photocopy of New York Times piece on new development of Kendall

Park. 1960 – Central Post picture of Windsor model home being offered. 1961 – Central Post article on Greenbrook sample homes.

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1993-2000 - most articles addressing Kendall Park’s impact on the Township and others reminiscing on life in Kendall Park in its early days.

Folder # 2 - Deeds This file contains some deeds and lists of deeds from the Middlesex County website (now offline) and other sources. After purchasing land to build houses for his Kendall Park housing development, Herbert Kendall “sold” off sections for development with names in alphabetical order by various items. The initial sections used plant and flower names. Some deed information available from Acorn, Bluebell, Crocus, Dahlia, Edelweiss, Foxglove, Geranium, Hibiscus, etc. Realty Companies, 1956-1960. The briefest list for Gila Realty Company in 1958 and a list of other “companies” Holston, Antioch, Cheyenne, Indiana, Kennebec, Haverford, Shrewsbury as Grantees.

Folder # 3 – Items assembled to understand and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Kendall Parkers for a display at the South Brunswick Public Library. Ceil Leedomo File 1 – copies of Herbert Kendall’s deeds for first sections of Kendall Park in 1956 from 3 local

landowners: Fred Kull. Deed 1877 p 395 for 101.39 acres, February 1956; Margaret Gogoly Snensky, etc. Deed 1974 p 157 for 49.8 acres, April 1956; Frank Beck, Deed 1891 p 174 for 96.98 acres, April 1956. There are additional deeds showing Kendall’s transfer of some of this land and other lands to Brunswick Properties, Inc.

This file also contains transcription of these deeds, a 1930s tax map showing their location and some plat map drawings showing the outline of these properties. Accession 2007/4

o File 2 – This large file contains copies of Township minutes, Planning Board minutes and Newspaper articles in date order, chronically the public story of Kendall Park’s development in its early years in South Brunswick Township.

November 15, 1955 – Planning Board Minutes. Kendall presents his plan for 382 lots, with “suggestions.” Kendall also agreed to build a water and sewage system to supply the homes he was building. A big item in his favor.

December 19, 1955 – Township Committee - Approval of ordinance changes to meet Kendall’s requirements.

January 24, 1956 – Planning Board adopted a unanimous resolution authorizing preliminary approval of “Kendall Park.”

September 4, 1956 - Township Minute book listing building permits for an average of 23 dwellings for each Realty Company from Acorn to Hibiscus.

December 14, 1956 – Cranbury Press. “S. Brunswick Board passes Kendall Park.” Approval given for 490 homes. Another article raises the issue of additional school children by the SB Board of Education. Kendall addressed these issues in other documents proposing to build classrooms for anticipated enrollments and at some time also proposed building a shopping center. .

January 8, 1957 – Planning Board minutes. Grants final approval for major subdivision known as “Map of Kendall Park, Sections 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D.

February 5, 1957 – Township Minutes included a list of Occupancy Permits for the first Kendall Park homeowners.

March 25, 1957 – New York Times – Advertisement in Sunday papers advertising “Kendall Park East,”

May 8, 1957 – Kendall presents to the Planning Board his desire to build an additional 1,000 houses. This is met with much consternation. Over the next months the Township tries to prevent this proposal coming to reality, however, they lose.

May 15, 1957 – Daily Home News articles on Kendall’s plan for 1,000 new homes. Says withdrawn at this time.

September 10, 1957 – Planning Board Minutes. – Kendall formally presents his plans for 1,000 additional houses.

September 11, 1957 – Daily Homes News “1,000-Home Development Turned Down by Planners.”

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September 13, 1957 – Cranbury Press “South Brunswick Township Mayor States Policy on Housing Expansion.” Mayor Lester Schaub in a long article explains the Boards position on the feared impact of 1,000 additional houses.

September 30, 1957 – Township Committee Minutes – Resolution adopted to authorize lawyer to fight Kendall’s 1,000 home proposal.

November 16, 1957 – Daily Home News “Ban on 921 Homes Fails Court Test.”November 21, 1957 – Planning Board Minutes. At a special meeting new arrangements were

agreed to between the Township and Kendall. He agreed not to build more houses after the 1,000, increase number of classrooms to be built, and other details to try to get the best deal they could for the Township from Kendall.

Other articles and minutes are included.1960s – Central Post article “Three years and 1,135 homes later: Kendall park, a ‘City’ in

suburbia. August 19, 1961 – Central Post . “Kendall Park not stereotype suburb, builder reflects upon its

completion.” Interview with Herbert Kendall.

“Kendall Park Timeline,” composed for the 2001 presentation at the South Brunswick Public Library on Kendall Park’s history. Part of a series of programs on South Brunswick history.

o File 3 – This file several items developed for the 50th Anniversary celebration display.

Map of first section of Kendall Park with an overlay of the original farms purchased for its development. “Happy 50th Anniversary Kendall Park,” a summary of the above minutes and newspaper articles. 6 pages“Kendall Park – 1960s” A transcription of Central Post newspaper interviews with Lewis Kraft, director of sales and Herbert Kendall in the early 1960s. 2 pages.Internet article, “Post-War Suburbanization: Causes and Interpretations. 4 pages

o File 4 – This file contains photocopies of pictures of the Library’s Kendall Park’s 50th Anniversary” display. Ceil Leedom. 7 pages, color.

Folder # 4 – This folder contains originals items used to create a notebook based on the Library’s Kendall Park anniversary display.

o File 1- Contains copies of newspaper articles, minutes, summary texts, advertisements, maps and photographs of the first Kendall Park houses. About 50 pages.

o File 2 - Copy of “Resolution,” for the Township to provide police protection for the Kendall Park Shopping Center. June 1, 1971.

Miscellaneous notes may refer to Kendall Park Shopping Center. 9 pages, 5 ½ x 8” and some on old yellowed paper.

King’s Highway Historic District - Nomination Forms Text, photocopies of pictures and maps.

This file contains a copy of the “King’s Highway Historic District” nomination forms prepared by Constance M. Greiff, Director of Heritage Studies, Inc. This is unique historic district nomination as it is for a

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transportation corridor along Route 27 and Route 206 from Raymond Road in Kingston to the intersection of Route 206 with Franklin Corner Road. 2000. Accession 2012/64

This form contains a complete history of the various sections of the proposed route, pictures and maps from many time periods. Nearly a hundred pages of information. Unnumbered.

Kingston, Unique Documents Text

Brochure, “Kingston 5 Kilometer Walking Loop.” Legal sized paper folded in 4 sections describing and showing with a map, a walking trail around Kingston. Prepared by the Kingston Greenways Association. 2000. Layout, Chares Dieterich and David Southgate. 2 copies.

Businesses: Photocopy of Menu found in Union Line building in the 1960s. “Union Line Hotel: Steaks and Specialty.”

Newspaper Article: Photocopied. o “Kingston: A village at the Crossroads.” Trenton Times. August 11, 1997. 3 pages, 11x17 inches.o “Washington visits Kingston, Kendall Park.” Central Post. April 27, 1989. 2 pages 11.x17 inches.o “Kingston 1999: Celebrating 325 years of village history. “ South Brunswick Post. August 5, 1999. 10

pages. 11x17 inches. Article and pictures of Delaware and Raritan Canal, Village Schools, Kingston Post Office, Kingston businesses, Kingston Volunteer Fire Company, Historic houses, Withington/Cook Estate, Churches,

Kingston Time Line, created by Ceil Leedom from local history resources in 1998. From 1783-1983. (2 sided pages, 9) Lists sources of information, but has not been revised to reflect any changes or corrections. CL. 5/2009

Kingston Village Historic District – Nomination Form. Text and photocopies of pictures and maps.

This file contains documents supporting and describing the historic village of Kingston, NJ that lies in three different counties and three different townships. It contains rational, a list of significant and contributing houses, photocopies of pictures taken for the survey and maps of the selected areas. 1989. Several copies are included in this folder. Includes properties in both South Brunswick and Franklin Townships. 2 complete copies and parts of 2 other copies and extra picture copies. Accession # 2012/66 2 copies.

Summary of significance – Architectural Classifications- Georgian, Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Prairie

Style, Bungalows. Franklin Township – Houses in Block 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. South Brunswick – Houses in Block 97, 104, 105,107, 261 List of 90 contributing sites and noncontributing sites Photographs – 20 Criteria consideration Historic Context – Section 8 pages 2-4 Summary of Historic Data. – Section 8 pages 5-11 Bibliography – books and maps consulted Geographical setting - Section 10 pages 1-4 Maps - 4

Krause Collection Text and photocopies of pictures and maps Accession #2001/8

The Krause family purchased the William Emens House at 3 Walnut Avenue, Monmouth Junction in the Monmouth Junction Historic Neighborhood. This house is located in Block 57 Lots 2.01 and 3.01. It was built about 1895, a 2 ½ story vernacular Queen Anne/Colonial with a two-story corner turret element according to the 1983 South Brunswick Cultural Inventory. The Krauses did some restoration and allowed copies of some of their before and after pictures to be copied for this file. Date of purchase by Krause is unknown. The copies of documents in this file were donated to the Library about 2002.

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Photocopies (most in color)1. House without porch. Winter 20012. Outbuilding (garage) used to house first Monmouth Junction fire engine about 1924 ; View from street

of same garage3. Interior stairway ; bathroom4. House with wrap around porch; two copies A, B.5. Close-up of wrap around porch - 2 details6. Interior living area; dining area7. Roof detail with turret before and after restoration. 19998. Three copies of picture from Ruth Weaver Spataro who grew up across the street showing this house in

the background and picture of her grandfather William Rowland, Ruth Weaver, and unknown boy. 8A-8C.

9. Two pages of lot plot plan and buildings on site. 9A, B.10. Photocopy of picture of John McKeon from his passport. A former owner of 3 Walnut Avenue.

Page from 1983 South Brunswick Cultural Inventory for 3 Walnut Avenue.

House Documents (photocopies)1. 1953- SB Tax Collectors Notice. For John J. McKeon Block 57 Lot 2a and 3a. $110.65 – 3 pages2. July 8, 1952 – Services of W. Douglas Smith for John J. Mckeon on house transfer, bill. 3. June 7, 1952 – Certification to First National Bank of Cranbury of Title search from March 22, 1876 to

June 7, 1952. 4. June 3, 1952. Mortgage papers for John J. and Frances C. McKeon for property. 5. June 3, 1952 – Certification that McKeons are suitable candidates for a mortgage.6. Nov. 29, 1951. Corporate Status Report of Title and Abstract Co. 7. Nov. 7, 1951. Same as #6, ?8. June 19, 1951 – T. Clifford Emens, oath as owner of 3 Walnut Ave. Monmouth Junction. Note the

following information: William W. Emens died August 4, 1931 and is father of T. Clifford Emens. Will Book 53 page 157. Mother Mary T. Emens, deceased with no will. Died about 1934. Inheritors were William L. Emens and wife Edna Emens; Nellie E. Shangle and Clifford Shangle and me (William W. Emens and wife Ethel M. Emens.)

9. April 3, 1952 – All owners in paper #8 convey property to John J. and Frances C. McKeon. Affidavit of Title

10. April 17, 1952 – seems to convey and state same facts as in document #9.11. April 11, 1952 – June 6, 1952 – Statement of Title search company. 12. December 23, 1944 – Complaint in Chancery Court between South Brunswick Township and against

Desel Realty Company, Charles Werner, and Nicholas Vittorino. Refers to deeds of December 27, 1928. 2 pages

13. May 29, 1928. Chancery Court complaint between Nicholas Vittorino and William Di Francisco on this property. 2 pages

14. August 24, 1900. Chancery Court complaint between P. Ballantine & Sons, a corp. and John H. Elliott, his wife, Ellie Elliott, and The Home Brewing Company and Richard Servis to foreclose mortgage. Seems to be default on Mortgage. CONTAINS PROPERTY DESCRIPTION FOR TWO LOTS on back of second page. This needs to be checked against current property descriptions. 2 pages.

15. October 17, 1951 – List of title search results and contents of located items. Note Deeds Book 344 page 51+ conveyed to William W. Emens, 2 lots and Deed Book 1327 page 532+ conveyed to T. Clifford Emens and others mentioned above. 3 pages

Krueger Papers Text, Newspaper Articles, and Miscellaneous Papers

Wabun C. Krueger was an Extension Specialist in agricultural engineering. He lived from 1897 -1979. Born and raised in Wisconsin, he settled in New Jersey. He lived in Dayton from 1924 to 1978 in what is known today as the Applegate House, a Victorian “mansion” on the southbound side of Georges Road, just north of 5 corners where he lived with his wife, Gertrude and their four sons. Their youngest son died of polio in 1944 and Gertrude died in 1968. Known as “Krueg” to his colleagues he became New Jersey’s first Extension Agricultural

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Engineer and he operated out of the New Jersey College of Agriculture (Cook College). He aided New Jersey farmers in improving and modernizing their farms. With the donation of a Deats Plow by the grandson of the inventory Krueger began to collect old farm and home items with the idea of a museum featuring items from the 17th and 18th centuries. When he retired in 1962 his collection had grown to over 2000 items. The Agricultural Museum was dedicated on November 27, 1989.

File # 1. Wabun C. Krueger Retirement. 1962. Brief newspaper article. Central Post. Obituary. 1979. Brief newspaper article. Central Post. “W. Krueger philosophizes about change.” 2 page article. August 1, 1974 . Central Post. “Standards guarantee money’s worth.” Newspaper article on weights and measures Krueger collected from

the 1880s. 1955. Home News? “Wabun C. Krueger, Extension Specialist, Agricultural Engineering. 1897-1979.” 3 page article reviewing

his contributions to New Jersey agriculture for the coming New Jersey Museum of Agriculture. 2 copies. Source unknown.

“Our farms and farm homes 200 years ago.” W.C. Krueger, with illustrations of items from the Aggie, museum (not included here). Presented at the January 21, 1972 meeting of the South Brunswick Township Historical Society. Krueger was a member of the SB Township Historical Society.

Postcard from the Spragues of Dayton to the Kruegers of Dayton in 1961.

File #2. Wabun C. Krueger. Home made Christmas Cards. Full page article with examples of over 40 years of homemade Christmas Cards made and sent out by the

Krueger family from Dayton, NJ. 1971? Home News. Original and 2 copies of this article. “Christmas 1978.” A one page “card” the last of 50 years of original notes and cards sent after Krueger

moved to the Applegarth Care Center, Hightstown, NJ. In 1978.

File #3. Wabun C. Krueger and the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture. Booklet, “Thirty-seven Facts.” New Jersey Museum of Agriculture detailing its history from Wabun

Krueger’s ideas in 1930 through 1987. “Opening the Doors.” Dedication of the NJ Museum of Agriculture, October 20, 1989. September 23, 1988, Agriculture Museum of the State of New Jersey. Minutes and a list of attendees at the

5th annual Agricultural Museum dinner at Forsgate Country Club includes Dr. Richard Ilnicki of Dayton. 2 pages

Floor plan of the new NJ Museum of Agriculture. 2 pages Copy and original of full page newspaper article on the NJ Museum of Agriculture. March 23, 2003. Home

News Tribune. “Heritage Harvest. State agriculture museum nears finish.” Half page newspaper article by Kathleen Casey.

August 6, 1989. Sunday Star Ledger. Original and copy. “Farm cut threatens N.J. farm museum.” Newspaper article. No date or source. “Dayton Curator Operates Farm Equipment Museum.” December 7, 1967. Central Post.

Kutliroff Collection Text – Newspaper articles and Handouts Accession #2003/6

This file contains articles and handouts related to South Brunswick political activities in the 1950s. Donated by Millicent Kutliroff. Millicent Steinberg Kutliroff grew up on Davidsons Mill Road and married David Kutliroff of South Brunswick. They lived on Ridge Road after marriage and were involved with Township activities. They have been immortalized in a statue by George Segal, Millicent’s brother-in-law that resides in the lobby of the South Brunswick Public Library.

File #1 Material from 1952-1953 Items No. 1-16.1. “Mistake by Tax Assessor May Cost Township Money, Huff Says.” June 4, 1952. Home News2. Three articles related to the formation of a Republican club in South Brunswick. Note: David Kutliroff of

Dayton named corresponding secretary. And, “Reichler starts Sixth Term on South Brunswick Committee.” Article lists appointments for the year. Must be January 1952 or 1953.

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3. Brochure, “Our Candidate for Reelection to Township Committee: Alfred O. Reichler.” Picture, qualifications and record, Picture of family and recounting of recent progress. Election on November 3, 1953.

4. List of tax assessments from the Dayton Fertilizer Corp., Dayton, NJ. November 2, 1953. W.A. Nist, Vice President. 1 page

5. Letter from Henry Von Thun running for Township Committee with his picture. 1 page 6. “Report on records of South Brunswick Township, as of Saturday, Sept. 26, 1953.” A 3 fold handout on

legal sized paper from Robert Eisner, CPA, New Brunswick, October 3, 1953, designed to show irregularities and violations of law reflected on the books and vouchers of the Township.

7. “What Reichler Calls a molehill!” 2 page political handouts from Henry M. Von Thun describing problems he has noted and solutions he suggests if elected. Paid for by Regular Republican Club.

8. “Report on the ‘Eisner-Potter Audit.’” 2 page refutation with their facts on items described in earlier report from Alfred O. Reichler and John Barlow, Township Committee.

9. “Platform of South Brunswick Township Republican Party.” 9 items listed. From Henry M. Von Thun. 2 pages, 2 copies.

10. “Voters of South Brunswick Township.” Information supporting Henry Renk for Township Committee from the Regular Republican Club of South Brunswick. 1 page.

11. “To the taxapayers of South Brunswick Township.” 2 typed legal sized paper. Response to a statement issued jointly by Mayor Alfred O. Reichler and Committeeman John Barlow issued at a township meeting on September 6, and in the Home News on September 10. Refers to Howard Van Dyke, Mr. Huff, meetings, zoning ordinance, etc. From N. Potter.

12. “South Brunswick Township Ordinance to establish a building code in the Township of South Brunswick. Four sections. Approved by J. Schuyler Huff, Township Attorney. Published in the Cranbury Press June 12, 1953. One legal sized page.

13. Newspaper article, meeting of the Regular Republican Club of South Brunswick at the home of Wilbur N. Potter. D. Kutliroff, Publicity Chairman.

14. Letter with envelope. June 18, 1952, From Regular Republican Club, Dayton, NJ to Mr. Wilbur N. Potter verifying use of the Dayton School auditorium for its meetings from the SB Board of Education. Includes list of current school board members in 1952.

15. Red ribbon, 6 inches long, about 2 inches wide. “Republican Official Challenger. Issued by the Middlesex County Board of Elections. Amelia S. Applegate, Pres. Etc.

16. “Read how the Municipal affairs of South Brunswick Township have been run under the present Democratic Administration.” Refers to the report submitted by Robert Eisner referring to years 1951, 52, and 1953. 11 points mentioned by W. N. Potter. 2 pages.

File #2 Materials from 1955-1956. Items No. 17-2217. Brochure, “Our candidate for re-elections to Township Committee.” Alfred O. Reichler with his picture,

family picture, qualifications and record, out platform for a greater South Brunswick listing 7 points. 3 fold of 8 1/2x11” paper.

18. “Platform of the Republican Party of South Brunswick Township – 1956.” One page handout. Henry Von Thun.

19. “To the residents of South Brunswick Township.” One page political handout from Alfred O. Reichler. 20. “A message from Mayor Schaub.” One page political handout endorsing Alfred O. Reichler explaining

reasons why he supports his candidacy.21. Political handout on blue paper from Henry Von Thun opposing the application from East Brunswick,

North Brunswick and New Brunswick for water from the D&R Canal. Suggests that as South Brunswick borders the canal it has more claim to this water than the other towns. 1 page

22. Newspaper articles, date not certain – “Committee to try to find out who wrote “Scandal Sheet;” “South Brunswick Mayor blames opposition for Zoning Block/” “Reichler accused of letting attorney Huff run Township;” “Schoenly asked to apologize for ‘Misstatements’ on Taxes.” 2 pages

File #3 Materials from 1958-1959; 1965. Items No. 23-3323. Brochure, “For a South and Dynamic South Brunswick Township We invite you continued support of

Lester H. Sohl. Democratic candidate for re-election to Township Committee.” November 4, 1958. Describes civic responsibility, new industrial ratables, qualifications and background, accomplishments and progress with his picture, township businesses and his family. Oversize paper folded.

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24. “To the voters of South Brunswick Township.” Abraham Dobin in support of Warren Parmenter as candidate for the Township Committee. ½ page

25. “Dear Friends and Neighbors.” Political handouts from Warren G. Parmenter for Nov. 4, 1958 Township Committee Election. Describes mismanagement and wants to defeat “rubber stamps of the machine.” 1 page

26. “To all citizens of South Brunswick.” “Friends – May I have a few words with you?” Political handout from Lester H. Sohl refuting charges of mismanagement in local newspapers. 1 page

27. “Let’s have the facts.” Political handout from Alfred O. Reichler claims and “facts” regarding water under South Brunswick. There is a vast reservoir of underground water in the southern area of our township. 1 page

28. “October 18, 1958, Dear Friends and Neighbors...” Political handout from Warren G. Parmenter listing his platform.

29. “Friends and Neighbors of South Brunswick.” Political handout from Democrats for Lester H. Sohl. Contains reprint of a letter from Lester Sohl to Harold Heinz regarding Indian headbands given by a school janitor in support of Lester Sohl denying his permission to do so. 1 page

30. “To the people of South Brunswick Township.” Newspaper political ad for Warren G. Parmenter. 1 page31. “Postmarks.” Political information regarding township zoning in North Brunswick. 1 page32. Newspaper articles photocopied. “Parmenter gives his side of conversation with chief; ““Township G.O.P.

Club will meet.” “Sohl outlines his program for better South Brunswick.” “Republican unseats Democratic incumbent in upset in South Brunswick Vote. [Parmenter]” “Parmenter takes seat as lone Republican on Committee.” 4 pages

33. 1965 brochure South Brunswick Township. “South Brunswick Municipal Notes.” Covers many departments, shows tax dollar allocations and lists South Brunswick Municipal Boards and Commissions with members. 1 page folded.

Land Riots Text

Copy of “Disaffection along the Millstone: The Petition of Dollens Hegeman and Anti-Proprietary Sentiment in Eighteenth-Century New Jersey.” Article in New Jersey History. Fall/Winter. 1983 by Thomas L. Purvis, pages 61-82. Included map shows Hegeman lived in South Brunswick in the Ten Mile Run area in the 1740s. This article is about the petition sent by Dollens Hegeman to the King of England describing grievances about an unfair land title decision. This article describes Dollens background and reason for his petition. An important aspect of 18th century South Brunswick.

Library, Unique Documents Text and Photocopies of photographs

Library Site History Bacharach – Rothschild Collection of photos and copies of photographs of farm and farmhouse on Library site previous to the Library’s construction in 1967-68. Ernest and Clara Bacharach owned the land from 1941-1968 where the Library now sits. Lyn Rothschild their granddaughter sent copies of pictures of this farm when she used to visit her grandparents here. Also, at the Library’s 40 th Anniversary celebration additional pictures were photocopied.

o Pictures – Copied photographs: House 1955 with Mrs. Clara Bacharach; chickens and chicken coops 1946; my family September 1947 – Leonore Bacharach Rothschild, Clara Bacharach, Ernest Bacharach, Martin Bacharach; chicken coop and house, July 1946; chickens in chicken coop.

o Photocopy of first SBPL Library Card issued to Clara Bacharach. - 2 copies; Photocopies of house and house and Kingston Lane; 3 copies; photocopies of pictures described above.

o Correspondence between Lynn Rothschild and Ceil Leedom, Retired SBPL Librarian. 3 letters. o Photocopy of Central Post newspaper article and picture form April 25, 1968 when Mrs.

Bacharach received the first library card described above.

Library Site Land Ownership History – 11 plus pages of deed research from the present time to 1900 when William L. Rowland sold land containing this site out of the Rowland family that had owned it for nearly 50 years. Maps, census records and deed descriptions listed. Ceil Leedom, 2006. Accession #

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2012/33. 2 copies here. Also, see deed copies and another copy of Accession # 2012/33 in the Library History Files in 10-1

Lions Club of South Brunswick Text

The Lions Club of South Brunswick Township was organized on January 28, 1953 at a meeting at the Monmouth Junction Fire House after Nick Santowasso was contacted by Claude Harkins of the Milltown Club to see if there was local interest. The first regular meeting was on February 10, 1953. The first president was Nicholas D. Santowasso. The following 2 documents were copied from Lions club members and their archives.

“South Brunswick Township Lions Club in History: 1953-1966. Region 4 District 16-D. Zone 3” Unpaged history of the SB Lions Club with names, activities and pictures of leading members. Accession # 2012/68

“South Brunswick Lions: 25th Anniversary.” Booklet contains event program, past presidents 1953-1978, Overview of past 25 years and several pages of advertisements. Accession # 2012/67

One page transcription of Central Post new items when the club was founded. List of Lions Club presidents from 1979-2002.

Livingston Collection Text – Newspaper Articles – Photocopied Maps, Etc. Accession 2012/30Main Topic – Jewish Chicken Farmers in South Brunswick

File #1. This is a collection of newspaper articles from copied from the Archives of the Jewish History Museum by Elaine Livingston of South and North Brunswick.

1. “Reclusive S. Brunswick farmer’s final battle is over.” May 6, 1991. Isadore Beckenstein lived on Friendship Road, and refused to be bullied by a developer. He died at age 86 in April 1991. He owned 71 acres that were involved with Home-Tech Industries that proposed to build a high density residential development on 324 acres. He is buried next to his brother Morris Beckenstein in the Washington Cemetery in Deans. 2 pages

2. “Community of Faith -and how it grew. ‘ “ Record. June 8, 1991. Article about 35 Jewish families established in Bound Brook 43 years ago to form the Bound Brook Cooperative Poultry Association. 1 page

3. “Chicken Farmers who became artists.” New York Times. July 5, 1992. Picture of George Seal and Marion Munk, and Leon Bibel. Long article ends by describing, “an exhibition tells how rural life shaped art.” 2 pages

4. “Dark times, good memories.” Home News March 27, 1988. By Helen Schwartz. Describes life of Leon Bibel and his work. 4 pages

5. “Rural Roots.” Jewish Farm History Newsletter. Vol. 4, No 1. “Agri-Culture: Jewish Immigrants, Farmers, Artists in New Jersey Exhibit Opens.” 1 page

6. “Putting down Roots: Brunswick Jewish farmers recall lost tradition.” Home News April 18, 1993. Pictures of Jewish Community Center on Old Georges Road, now belonging to the Loyal Order of the Moose. This building was built as the first synagogue in South Brunswick as a Jewish Farmer’s Community Center in 1941-42. It provided them with a meeting place sensitive to their cultural roots. In the 1920s there were only 3 families living here. Harry and Anna Horlick, Benjamin and Sadie Seidenstein and Jaerauchine and Celia Steinberg, according to Milicent Kutliroff who lived in the area and attended the Fresh Ponds School. The article describes this community and its development. 2 pages, 2 copies.

7. “Egg firm survives insolvency.” Home News. 1980s. no other date. By Sandra Duerr. Quality Egg Products Co. Inc. an egg-breaking and separating plant has been in bankruptcy court since 1980. Julius Tauber, owner. It used to employ 200 people with sales of $20 million dollars. This article describes his problems and current resolution. 1 page. 3 copies.

8. “Some chronology gleaned from notes, memory and conversations: Jewish Farmer’s Community Center founded in 1942. List of presidents from Jacob Segal and Abe Dobin from 1942-1953 and Al Bazel after 1970.

Reference to the film, “The land was theirs.” Video. 1993. A Documentary III production. 55 minutes. Based on book by Gertrude Dubrovsky.

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File #2. Copies of items describing the Davidsons Mill area. Excerpts from Abe Dobin’s Fertile Fields book describing efforts to create the Jewish community center (4 pages). 2003 Cultural Survey of South Brunswick sheets of the Moose Lodge, formerly housing the Jewish Community Center (4 pages). Newspaper article, “Daughter of renowned artist makes name for herself.” South Brunswick Post. July 5, 2001.

Longbridge Farm Text

Longbridge Farm is the name of a one time 800+ tract of land bordered by Ridge Road on the “south”, Stouts Lane on the west and may extend as far as Kingston Lane on the east and Heathcote Brook and other lands to the north. No definitive map of this land holding has been made. The tract is made up of lands purchased by Thomas Lawrence, a Philadelphia merchant and mayor from Peter Sonmans in the mid-1700s. He had other landholdings in this Central Jersey area. When he died all or a portion of this tract was inherited by his son, John Lawrence. John died in 1799 and his wife a few years later. Their only daughter, Elizabeth then inherited these lands. A portion of these lands contains the original Monmouth Junction railroad town.

“Longbridge Farm: South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County.” Report prepared by Nadine Sergejeff, Damon Tvaryanas and Robert Hunter, of Hunter Research, Inc. Trenton, NJ. 2002. 26 page report with text and maps on the history and historical significance of the Longbridge Farm in South Brunswick. This farm of about 800 acres once owned by Thomas Lawrence, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant and mayor of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Located on the north side of Ridge Road from about Stouts Lane to Kingston Lane, this land is now occupied by the Monmouth Junction town center and surrounding areas. George Washington most likely stayed at the farmhouse, no longer in existence, for a few hours on his way with his troops to the Battle of Monmouth on June 25, 1778. Accession # 2012/69. Other copies of this report on the SBPL website and in a notebook on the Local History Shelves.

“Peter Ridley, Freeborn son of William and Diana Ridley.” Thomas B. Wilson, The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 80:9-13. January 2005. Tells the story of Peter Ridley, a black man born free on the Longbridge Farm in the mid-1700s. His case confirming his free status went to the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1784. The text includes affidavits from local residents attesting to the veracity of his claims. He was adjudged a free man and continued to live in the area. 2 pages

Luck, Les and C.T. Collection Text and Newspaper Articles. Accession #1999/4

Les Luck grew up in the Kingston area and has been collecting information about the community and especially the Kingston Volunteer Fire Department. This file contains photocopies of items in his collection.

Lifestyle – Kingston Close Up. Princeton Packet feature article. June 27, 1985. Pictures of Robbie English, Carol Kent, Main Street Deli, Susan Hale, Owen’s Barn, George Luck III, Suzanne Luck, Shirley Kern, Connie Frazee, Allan Morris, and Mike Novak of Kingston’s Strip ‘n’ Dip. The Kingston Presbyterian Church. 3 pages.

“Portrait of a Carrier.” Norman Luck, Jr. 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Luck, Sr. of Academy Street, Kingston. No date, before 1999.

“South Brunswick emergency squad members…” 1988. Monmouth Junction members: Sue Ruedemann, Rev. John H. Maltby, Donna Murray; Kingston members: Helen Luck, Walter Dowers, Doris Luck; Kendall Park members: Brenda Pulcine, Jerry Wilkerson, Margaret Voidakos.

2 boys shining up fire truck, “Dreams of fighting fires.” George Luck, 11 and Scott Diaforli, dated, October 1987.

2 pictures: Kingston Fire Company: George Luck, Thomas Luck, Charlie Dieterich and James Luck; Ladies Auxiliary of Kinston, NJ banner in MJ 4th of July parade, unidentified. 1987.

“Doggone Good Time.” Picture of Rosemary McDonald with her dog, Taffy at Taffy’s 11 th birthday party. “High fashion.” 1982 fashion worn by Betty Petrozzini and her dog, Roscoe. Kingston Fire company parade. May 11, 50th anniversary. “Top postal pick.” Newspaper article, Princeton Packet. Note on Kingston PO courteous service.

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“Friendly touch in triplicate: for customer at the Kingston Post Office.” Pictures of Alberta Sincak, June Luck, Elizabeth Petrillo, Postmistress and article on the Kingston Post Office. May 14, 1980. Princeton Packet. 2 legal size pages.

“Waiting for more…” Photographs by Lina Prospero of Ashlea Nini, baby and Chip Luck and Dane Zarish at the Kingston Fire Company Annual Pancake Breakfast April 14, 1988.

“With disaster the script, squads act out rescue.” Central Post. June 18, 1981. Article by John Puccio on simulated car accident on Stouts Lane and more. 2 pages.

“Kingston’s crafts festival says, Here we are!” by Vanessa Jefferson. Home News. July 12, 1981. Pictures of Dee Spirer and Alan Spirer, Malcolm Jones; Betty Mertz and June Luck, Amber Watts, Neil Brian. 1 page double sided.

Easter plant sale by Kingston Fire Company. March 30, 1978. Central Post. Picture of Richard Madar and Steve Luck. In background is rear of Union Line Hotel.

“Kingston displays fire truck in Mass. “July 1987. Article about the Kingston Fire Company of South Brunswick going to Kingston, Massachusetts. 1 page.

Newspaper photo: Carol Luck, Cathy Wolf and Assistant Chief George Luck at recent spaghetti dinner. March 1987.

“Measured diagonally. With Bob McGarvey.” “There’s a Kingston, NJ…somewhere.” Article about Kingston in 3 counties and 3 townships. Homes News. February 25, 1973.

“New traffic light stalling post office patrons.” Central Post. Picture of Kingston Post Office in Franklin and light at intersection. Article.

“Kingston Firemen celebrated in Massachusetts.” July 30, 1987. Central Post. Article and pictures of parade in Kingston, Massachusetts.

“4-H Program. Annual Achievement Meeting, Kingston 4-H Clubs at the Fire House Hall.” August 24, 1939. Program. Musical program. And Committee Chairmen listed.

“Post Office Dedication Program.” Kingston, NJ. November 5, 1966. List of ceremonies, participants and list of Past Postmasters from 1823 to 1965.

Photocopy of certificate, “Leslie J. Luck, Agent. Kingston, NJ. Selling fire and all lines of insurance.

Macon’s Inn Text and Photocopies of Pictures. Accession #2002/2 No DEED of GIFT. This material only for personal use.

Macon’s Inn was the former Longstreet Inn, built in 1809 for a roadside tavern on the Trenton-New Brunswick Straight Turnpike at Raymond Road, then a road a the northern end of the Princeton-Kingston ? Traveling through Kingston, Princeton and on to Trenton. Pleasant T. Macon purchased this property in the 1920s and opened one of the only black owned inns in the area, named the Willow Inn, but popularly known as Macon’s Inn. It operated from the 1920s until the 1980s. After Macon died, the land was sold and the inn torn down for a gas station. Most of the information in this file comes from Rev. Carter of Princeton/Trenton, Pleasant T. Macon’s grandson. Macon had two children, Clifford, who died young and Phyllis B. who married a Mr. Carter. They had three children: Rev. Judson Carter, Jeffrey P. Carter and Clifford Carter. Pleasant T. Macon died July 14, 1980. He had two brothers, June and Holiday Macon of New Kent County, Virginia and three sisters. See No. 6 article.

1. Photocopy of picture Pleasant T. Macon wife Phyliss B. Macon and child. No date. 2 copies2. Photocopy of picture of Macon’s Inn taken in the 1940s. Picture is not for commercial use. 2 copies. 3. Photocopy of picture of Pleasant T. Macon from Mr. Carter of Trenton.4. Photocopy of more recent picture of Macon’s Inn from Mr. Judson Carter.5. Copy of letter regarding to the 1983 SB Cultural Survey identifying this property as Longstreet Tavern.

#1223-L.13. Mr. Carter wanted records to show that his property was owned and an inn operated by his grandparents, The Macons. Pleasant Macon also has a service station adjacent to the Willow Inn. He also at one time operated a grocery store/meat market on Leigh Street in Princeton.

6. Newspaper article from the 1950s, “Famed Macon Inn on Rte.1, to be preserved as landmark.” Written by Daniel N. Collins (ARRO Staff Writer). Newark, NJ. August 3, ed of AFRO; Efforts of Judson Carter to preserve his grandfather’s memory by making this an historical landmark. He operated the inn for 53 years.

7. Copy of letter, September 5, 1973 to Mr. & Mrs. Pleasant Macon of Route 1, MJ. Transfer of Plenary Retail Consumption Liquor License No. C-2 .

8. Notice to Central Post that Pleasant T. Macon has applied for a Liquor license. June7, 1973.

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9. Copy of birth record of Pleasant T. Macon in Virginia. February24, 1886. 10. Obituary and funeral service brochure .when Pleasant T. Macon buried.11. Copy of memorial picture and obituary of Pleasant T. Macon (July 14, 1980) and another for his wife,

Montie Macon, 82, who died August 30, 1979. 12. Copy of note on Macon’s Willow Inn stationery, June 1974 to Phyllis Macon.13. Copy of receipts from Macon’s Grocery & Meat market, Lee Avenue, Princeton.14. Copy of Receipt from Stoller Bros. Jan 1973 for supplies.15. Copy of receipt from Macon’s Willow Inn and Service Station. “Tasty Food, appetizingly served.” Signed

by Mr. P. Macon.16. List of Liquor Licensees in South Brunswick Township. No date.

Macon’s Inn, 2. Information from research of Ceil Leedom, Accession #2016/14. No Deed of Gift. Open use. We have acquired our own copy of the postcard of Macon’s Inn as well as copies of Census records showing Pleasant T. Macon and deeds tracing the history of the property, now a gas station, back to William Longstreet in 1852, when the property was sold in a Sheriff’s sale. Included are copies of the following deeds: 3174 p 168 (1981), 2526 p 415 (1965), 2170 p 97 (1960), 2170 p 94 (1960), 2164 p 345 (1959), 1683 p 457 (1953) these deeds from Middlesex County (NJ) land records online. Deeds copied at Middlesex County Annex, New Brunswick. Deed 1299 p 247 (1946), 806 p 315 (1925), 781 p 151 (1924), 436 p 596 (1909), 396 p 118 (1907), 310 p 211 (1899), 230 p 342 (1890), 85 p 129 (1861), 59 p 131 ( 1852). See Tavern Petitions: Aaron Longtreet, 1809. Earlier research needed on how he obtained this property. See also, Revolutionary War service, Militia.

Maltby Collection Text and Newspaper articles. Accession #1998/7, etc.

John Maltby has been the pastor of the Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church in Monmouth Junction since the 1950s. He retired in July 2008. He has been active in many community organizations including the Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad, the South Brunswick Lion’s Club.

Copy of the paper, “Reverend John Miller, 1819-1895: His Family and His Churches,” by Rev. A. Raymond Eckels. A copy of this 22+page paper read at the Historical Society of Princeton, NJ in 1940 is in the Special Collections Church Unique Documents files. It describes the life and work of Rev. John Miller and his family and their significance to the establishment of the Miller Memorial Church in Monmouth Junction.

“Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church looks to the future.” 5 pages document describing the history of the Monmouth Junction community as 118 years old, but hoping to begin construction on an addition to the Miller Memorial Church in 2002. Notes from 1899 regarding St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church, the organization that built the current Miller Memorial Church building. A review of church history 1938-39 and the decision by Miller Memorial congregants until then meeting in the original church on the other side of the Railroad tracks. St. Paul’s had been vacant for over 2 years. First service of new Miller congregation on October 9, 1938. Includes a newspaper photocopy of the Ladies Aid Society of the Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church working on a large quilt in the 1940s.

Copy of “Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad, 1941-1991: 50 years of Volunteer Service to the Community.” This 9 page history was written by Rev. John H. Maltby and friends. A copy donated by Roger Potts has been copied on acid free paper and is another Special Collections file…Very thorough and complete history up to 1991. Accession #2002/1.

“Richard Stout’s Monmouth Junction History.” Copies of Richard M. Stout’s recollections and research into Monmouth Junction’s history written around 1962. Retyping and distribution of copies of his work were published in the Miller Memorial Newsletter in the summer of 1996 through April 1998 paid for the South Brunswick Lions Club. Accession #1998/7.o Covers history of the Stout family and the Monmouth Patento Middlesex County: Early historyo Early roadso Kingstono Cranburyo Monmouth Junction

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o Railroad Town and railroad men stories: Railroad town of Monmouth Junction, names of local railroad men, picture of Alonzo Francis Wright, who one ran the “John Bull” Engine, when he was 12 years old. He later became a telegraph operated at Princeton Junction and lived in Monmouth Junction. Picture of Alex and Betty Gottiaux, Sr. (1899-1996). He worked for the RR for 42 years. Santowasso family, Gottiaux family, A.F. Wright family, J.J. Lackey, and others.

Newsletters and “The Miller Church: Our common heritage.” Accession #1998/7

‘The Miller Church: Our Common Heritage.” Brief history of Rev. John Miller and photocopies of pictures of the original Miller Church and St. Paul’s Miller Memorial Church. . 2 pages

Newsletter: April 2003. 6 pages double sided. Includes an excerpt from Rev. Raymond Eckels’ Miller Memorial Church history.

Newsletter: January 6, 1999. 6 pages double sided. History section on the 100th anniversary of the church’s construction. Photocopied picture of July 13, 1980 ground breaking for a portion of current church building.

Newsletter: January 30, 1999. 6 pages double sided. Contains page of Katherine Kenny Clayton’s drawing of an 1872 map of Ridge Road showing the Ridge Road School sites at Perrine Road and copies of Monmouth Junction Notes. June 29, 1899 and July 8, 1899. Another picture of July 13, 1980 ground breaking.

Newsletter. March 2003. 7 pages double sided. Contains another excerpt from Rev. Raymond Eckels’ history of Miller Memorial church.

Church Bulletin: February 14, 1999. Photocopy of picture of the Presbyterian Church, Monmouth Junction on Old New Road. The church built

about 1877.

Map Collection Text and photocopies of South Brunswick related maps.

This collection of maps consists of copies of maps from the Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, Map section. They have been computerized and can be printed on legal size paper. Some maps from other sources Pr.

1. #22. 1878? Map of part of Humboldt belonging to T.F. Giles at Dean’s Station on the Camden and Amoy RR. Line of NJ. Proposed housing development with Dean’s Lane renamed Jackson Avenue

2. #70. 1871 Map of proposed housing development along the Lawrence Brook bounded by the “Rocky Hill RR” and Ridge Road and the Camden and Amboy RR (now the main line). Property owned by Hiram Slocum of Monmouth Junction.

3. #102. 1874 Map of Heathcote Homestead Association of Kingston, NJ. Housing development along Railroad Avenue and Greenwood Avenue and the Rocky Hill RR south of Kingston. 3 copies

4. #137. 1881 Map of The Kingston Land Association at Kingston, NJ. Wm. Moore, Pres, A. Colby, Secretary, Charles B. ? , Treasures. Housing development bordered by Main Street, Academy Street and Division Street, includes Euclid Avenue and Prospect Street and also bordered by The Titus Estate.

5. #271. 1896 Map of property of Thomas C. Griggs. Divided mutually by his heirs. 1882, Lots for Emeline Culver, Thomas C. Griggs, Peter M. Griggs, Clarises Buckalow (widow dower), Catherine M. Griggs, Thomas C. Griggs, Peter M. Griggs and Emeline Culver. No exact location indicated, but seems to be bordered by water at the NE side.

6. #284. 1896. Revised map of land belonging to I.B. & J.E. Rowland and Mrs. C.C. Groves (sister to previous men). At Monmouth Junction. Bordered by the Main line of the PRR on the south and New Road on the west. Ridge Road in the center, Hillside Ave. on the north, in other words much of current central Monmouth Junction. 2 copies

7. #404. 1908. Map of property belonging to Brown Realty Co. situated at Monmouth Junction. Housing development bordered by the Main line of the PRR on the north. All the proposed lots south of this line and also bordered on the north by the Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural RR. All lots to the east of New Road.

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8. #581. 1910. Dayton Property of Ethel Brauer, bordered on the East northeast by Pigeon Swamp Road and on the north by the Big Ditch.

9. #581.5. 1910. Dayton Property? Section a proposed development bordered on the southeast by the Trenton New Brunswick Rapid Transit Line (Trolley). No other place markers for location.

10. #717. 1913 Map of property owned by Lawyers Realty Co. of America at Franklin Park, South Brunswick. Large housing development proposed. Bordered on the northeast by Bodines Lane, on the north by property formerly of Peter Hageman and an extension to the northwest bordered by property of Ralph Beekman and on the southwest by J. Metgel, and the south by Charles Kuntz.

11. #718. 1913. Map of land of the Lakeview Realty Co. at Monmouth Junction, the westerly suburb of New Brunswick. Housing development, property bordered on the North by the Main Line of the PRR, between Monmouth Junction and Dayton, says the Trolley station is 10 minute walk away from eastern end of the development. Two maps showing the location of this property between New York and Philadelphia and in the Monmouth Junction area. It looks like it is exactly where the current Municipal Building is located by Kingston Lane.

12. #770. 1915. Plan of lots made for Sarah Engoren. Five lots bordered by the Trenton-New Brunswick Railroad Company (Trolley) and Jamesburg Road to the north.

13. #870.5. 1918. Map of New Brunswick Terrace situate in North and South Brunswick Townships. Large scale housing development. Bordered on the North by the Trenton-New Brunswick Turnpike (US Route 1). Land to the east owned by Joseph M. Perrine, bordered on the south by the PRR and on the west by Ida May Montague’s land.

14. #1008. 1923. Map showing plan of lot for Martin M. Riedel and Emma O. Riedel at Kingston, NJ. Seems to be the other half of land in another development see #137, with lots on both sides of Prospect Street bordered by Heathcote Brook Road.

15. #1175. 1927. Map of South Brunswick Terrace situate in South Brunswick Township. Zodiac Realty Corporation. Huge proposed housing development. This map shows properties between Ridge Road on the south and the Kingston-Rocky Hill Branch Railroad on the north, bordered on the west by property of J.J. Stout, property formerly of O.W. Poyne and others. Bordered on the east with property formerly of Nelson Stryker, and other property owned currently by Grover Stout, W.W. Emens and John L. Voorhees.

16. #1213. 1927 Monmouth Manor. Housing development located southern border on Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction where current Monmouth Junction School and Pierre’s Restaurant are located (2008). On the north not quite touching by near the PRR Rocky Hill Branch RR line. All west of the current New Road.

17. #1271. 1929. Map of Cockefair Farm situate at Deans Station on the Trenton & New Brunswick Trolley Line. 5 large lots, one straddling the Trolley line, rest of lots to the east of the trolley line.

18. #1293. 1929 Map of property situate at Deans, South Brunswick Township. Division into four large lots of divided by a 7 acre strip not to be used for cemetery. Divided north-south by the Trenton –New Brunswick Trolley Line, just north of the former Cockfair Farm along Deans-Rhode Hall Road. Tracts contain 1-19.67 acres, 2-26 acres, 3-35 acres, 4-34 acres. 2 copies

19. #1303. 1928. New Jersey State Highway Dept. General Property Map showing US Route 1 and property owners along sections in Plainsboro and South Brunswick Townships by Ridge Road.

20. #1328. 1931 Map of part of Block B of the Degel Horabonim Cemetery Association situate in South Brunswick Township. Map shows the site with Deans-Rhode Hall Road to the north. 2 copies

21. #1444. 1939 Map of 24 plots in Block 1-Section 2- Washington Cemetery Association. As sub-divided into graves for the Jewish Country Club situate in SB Twp. Bordered on south by Deans-Rhode Hall Road. 2 copies

22. #1762. 1951 Cemetery Map of Jewish Postal Workers Welfare League. Plots 1-95, Block 3, Degel Yehudo Cemetery Incorporated. SB Township. Taft Road mentioned, but no other location identifiers. 3 copies

23. #1933? 1954. Map of Midway Gardens. Section 1 situate in SB Twp. Bordered on west by Route 27 with Roberts Road in center of this section.

24. #2029. 1955. Map of Midway Gardens. Section 2, situate in SB Twp. Extension of previous map into Williams Road and bordered on south by lands of Elmer C. Beekman.

25. #2425. 1960 Map of Midway Gardens. Section 3, situate in SB Twp. Extends Williams Road to Route 27 and bordered on east by more land of Elmer C. Beekman.

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26. #2516. 1961. Map of Miller Estates. Section 1, situate in SB Twp. 17 lots bordered on Northwest by the right-of-way of the Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad (never built) and on the east by Fresh Ponds Road and on the northeast by Miller Estates Section 2. One lot where Fresh Ponds Road bends to the east the lot is split by the Big Ditch.

27. #2517. 1961 Map of Miller Estates. Section 2, situate in SB Twp. 7 lots separated by Deans-Rhode Hall Road on the north and bordering Fresh Ponds Road on the With the Pennsylvanian and Newark Railroad right-of-way to the west.

28. #2666. 1963. Plan of Princeton Country Estates, Section One. The first part of a housing development bordered by Raymond Road on the north and property of Thomas Cook on the south and west. Heathcote Brook also on the southern border of the area.

29. #2720. 1963. Final Plan, Section No.2 Heathcote at Princeton. Continuation of the Princeton Country Estates along what is now Taylor Road running from Raymond Road and including Jefferson Court. On the inner portion of these lots is land owned by Marshall Dana. This development will eventually include Cleveland Lane and Monroe Court.

30. #2827. 1964 Map of portion of Abra-May Cemetery Sales Co., Inc. Located in Block 6, File No. 800 at the Floral Park Cemetery situate at Deans. Large number of burial sites bordered by Roosevelt Road on the south side of this tract. 2 copies

31. #3169. 1968. Map of a portion of Manor Real Estate Company, Inc. situate in SB Twp. This land is located east of US Route 130 and a railroad siding at a proposed Wheeling road next to lands formerly of the Jamesburg Land Company, Inc.

32. #3306. 1969 Plan of Subdivision of property of Ashwill Corp. situate in SB Twp. Property bordered on the west by US Route 1 and on the west by Black Horse Lane. Also bordered by creek and land of Johnson and Johnson. Another creek on the south side and excludes two existing sites, a factory on the west end of this tract and another site on the east end of this tract. Whole tract seems to be about 100 acres.

Princeton Nurseries Kingston Site- Brochure created by the Friends of Princeton Nursery showingthe boundaries of the Princeton Nurseries Historic District and the location of former Princeton Nurseries sites. 1 copy. 8 ½” x 14”

Receipt for brochure, “Historic Sites of Middlesex County Grant” to South Brunswick. Map copies available. 8.5x11 inches tri folded.

Marcols Collection Photocopies of South Brunswick related school graduations. Accession?

The Marcols family lived in South Brunswick Township in the Dayton area. Graduation Exercises of the Kingston School, Franklin Township, June 10, 1957. Although not in this

class, there is a photocopy of a picture of Elizabeth “Betty” Gunther. Page from a book, “This book is presented to Robert Albert Marcols by the Board of Education of the

School District of South Brunswick Township Upon completion of Grade Eight in the Public Schools.” Signed, Mary G. Dowgin, Principal. Dayton, June 16, 1943.

Primary Report. Robert Marcols, Grade 2. Signed teacher, Rose M. Lefebure December 2, 1935 and January 27, 1936.

Graduation Exercises of the Dayton Public School. June 16, 1943. Mary Dowgin (Principal). Lists graduates and full of signatures of graduates.

Card, picture of Robert A. Marcols. Born 8/7/1927. Enlisted in Merchant Marines. Jan 1946. WWII. Went to Jamesburg High School. He served as a Messman, Ordinary Seaman.

McDonald (Henry) Collection Text Accession #2014/3

Henry McDonald lived in the Dayton area, may have worked as a blacksmith and served as a Middlesex County Constable from 1846-1891?. Contents of a collection of his papers at Rutgers Special Collections library were copied in 2004. They were listed and added to this collection in 2/2014. These papers summarized in Rutgers’ include a daybook from 1853-1854 that was not copied, but there are copies of 15 receipts of great variety from

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ointment to tax bills 1867, 1869, 1882, 1885 for Henry McDonald (these tax bills list various hotels and locations at those times) ; a ciphering book of 1833, miscellaneous papers on delinquent tax papers with names and amounts 1846, 1847; a judgment against Alexander Soden brought by James Higgins; an 1833 “Manuscript” of 2 pages; miscellaneous papers and a document about a poor person, John Gulick, living in Hunterdon County, whose last residence was in South Brunswick Township. Papers copied on legal size paper and some are transcribed on letter size paper.

McDowell, Andrew Text Deeds

Andrew McDowell lived in South Brunswick in the late 1700s and early 1800s. There are many McDowell descendants, not all from his line. This file contains photocopies and transcriptions of Deed Book 1 pages 292/293, June 12, 1765; Deed Book 1 pages 294-296, from James Brooks Esq. to Andrew McDowell at least 4 tracts of land for 900 £ pds? September 24, 1765; Deed Book 1 page 297 from Richard Gibbs to Andrew McDowell in South Brunswick Township, June 28, 1766. These deeds need retranslation to determine location and money paid and to whom.

Mc Dowell Math Workbook. Math workbooks

Copy of math workbook in the hand of Margaret Ann McDowell, 1857. About high school level math. She lived on Ridge Road west of Georges Road. Original copy owned by Bonnie Bruccoleri. Copy donated 1998. 12.5 x 8.5 inches. Embellished with pen and ink drawings. “All the word problems are written in ink. Each page has a watercolor/calligraphy at the top of the page. The problems are appropriate to farming, shops, and businesses of the period. They provide an interesting insight into what students of the mid-1800s were learning. “

McGlauflin Collection Photocopies of South Brunswick Township places Accession #2002/5

Janet McGlauflin, a South Brunswick resident provided copies of pictures she had taken around the Township when a request of pictures of the Old Stone Inn was made in a local newspaper in 2002.

1. Old Stone Inn. 1985. Accession 2002/5 #1 – items 1-4 all same picture2. Old Stone Inn. 1985. Accession 2002/5/#2 Enlargement3. Old Stone Inn. 1985. Accession 2002/5 #34. Old Stone Inn. 1985. Accessions 2002/5 #4 Enlargement, same as #1, #35. 1 Bolster, Bellizio, Calvanalli, and Monroe. Township Committee. 7/4/1987; 5.2 end of July 4th

Parade Route; 5.3 New additions to SB Township Municipal Building. 7/1987.6. 1View toward Monmouth Junction from new Road heading west towards old bridge over RR

tracks; 6, 2 St. Cecilia’s RC, 1987; 6.3 Old bridge over RR tracks at Monmouth Junction. 1987; 6.4 Murphy Funeral Home, New and Ridge Roads, Monmouth Junction. 5/1987

7. 1Kendall Park Shopping Center. 1987; 7.2 Kendall Park Roller Rink, 8/1986; 7.3 Intersection of Rt. 27 at Bunker Hill Road. 5/1985; 7.4 Classic Motors on Rt 27 across from Kendall Park Shopping Center. 9/1986

8. 1Somerset Farms convenience center formerly 7-11, then Krauzers. Alston Road; 8.2 Park Animal Hospital, Alston Road; 8.3, 8.4 Converting T. Hunt Gulf Station, Rt. 27 at New road – 2 pictures

9. 1 Kendall Park Shopping Center from Alston Road. 4/1983; 9.2 New Brunswick Savings Bank, Rt. 27’ 1985; 9.3 Weichert Realty, formerly the HUB, Kendall Park, March 1985

10.1 Kingston Mall, Shop Rite Grocery Store, 11/1987; 10.2 Drug Fair, Kingston Mall, 11/1987; 10.3 other stores Kingston Mall, 11/1987 – 2 copies this page

11.1 Colonial Village Exxon (Esso) Rt. 27, Franklin Park, 3/1986; 11.2 Colonial Exxon truck with Neal Byars, John “Schitzi” Keller tow truck, 3/1986; 11.3 Neal Byars, 3/1986

12.1 St. Augustine tower, Henderson Road, 2/1992; 12.2 Front of St. Augustine’s RC, 2/1992; 12.3 Building St. Augustine’s new sanctuary; 12.4 statue of St. Augustine, Henderson Road

13.1Kingston Presbyterian Church front with steeple, 11/1987; 13.2 windmill at Barood Real Estate Office, Franklin Park, 9/1986; 13.2 Six Mile Run Reformed Church, Franklin Park, 9/1986Old and new Magyar Savings Bank. Rt. 27;

14.2 Barood Realty, Franklin Park, Rt. 27, 1998

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15.1 Six Mile Rune Reformed Church, Franklin Park, 15.2, 2 close-ups. 199816.1.1 Good Time Charley’s Restaurant, Kingston, 9/1995; 16.2 Schwartz’s nursery, Rt. 27, Little Rocky Hill,

9/199517.1.1.1 Charles Moore-Higgins House, Rt. 27, Kingston. 11/1987; 17.1.1.2 17.2 Lorraine Diner, Rt. 1 at Sand Hills Road, 10/1998 (now site of McDonald’s Restaurant).

Note: 3/2016. Mary Lou Voidakos and her husband, Steve owned and worked at the diner. Mary Lou Voidakos died Dec. 2015. Dan Maltby said it was a go-to place for local firefighters and police.

18.1.1 The Marketplace, Discount Outlet Mall, sign, Rt 27 at Rt 518, 9/1986; 18.2 picture of Marketplace shops and parking lot, 9/1986

19.1.1 Niemzyk’s folly, Alston Road; 19.2 Foodtown conversion to Movie house, Kendall Park Shopping Center, 4/1991; 19.3 A&P grocery story located on Rt 27, Franklin Township near Henderson Road

20.1 Rt. 27 north, view towards intersection with Rt. 518; 20.2 Rt. 27 at Rt 518 dark. 2 copies21.1Post Office Kendall Park Shopping Center, 2/1992 later facility moved to Franklin Park.

Metroplex Text Accession # 2012/82

Brochure for prospective investors. 8.75x11.25 inches. About 8 pages some fold out. In back flap another fold out with drawing of proposed building layout featuring proposed train station along Amtrak Main Line. To be located on Route 1 at the south eastern corner with Deans Lane. Located on over 1,000 acres of woodland called Jersey Center Metroplex. This brochure included with 122 photos from the Homes News Archives (photo archives) rescued by Dr. Robert Belvin of the New Brunswick Free Public Library, summer of 2012.

Miscellaneous, Unique Documents Text

Memoirs of Rocky Hill. Thayer A. Bolmer, Edith Merritt Bolmer, Collaborator. May 1964. 5 ½ x 8 ½ “booklet 12 pages, Reprinted October, 1975 by permission of Mrs. David Partington. Comments and historical observations about Rocky Hill’s past.

South Brunswick Family YMCA’s Grand Opening Gala. Program. Friday, April 27, 2001. Booklet of 52 pages with program, advertisements. Profile of some sponsors. 5 ½ x 8 ½”

Index by Topic for “South Brunswick: Settling the Sassafras Soils.” Central Post, October 26, 1989. A special issue on South Brunswick history. 11 page index created by Ceil Leedom, March 2002. Only printed copy.

Copy of slide notations from “Soils of South Brunswick” slide show presented by Dr. Richard Ilnicki at the South Brunswick Public Library, March 11, 1998 as part of the SB Bicentennial year celebrations. 19 pages. Only printed copy.

Photocopy of Constitution and by-laws of the Monmouth Junction Vigilant Society. Organized 1900. Jamesburg, NJ, E.S. Hammel. Book and Job Printer. 1901. Copied from Rutgers Special Collections Library. SNCLY. HU6774.M 747-1901. Booklet is 12 pages long. President, Aaron Dean, Vice-President, T.W. Stewart, Secretary, A.V. Stout, Treasurer, Henry R. Hathaway. Vigilant societies were organized around the turn of the century (1900) to offer some type of police/recovery protection for community members.

Photocopy of invitation to “New Year’s Social,” at Mr. John Schenck’s near Dayton. Friday evening, January 4, 1889.

Military, Miscellany for South Brunswick Residents in the Revolutionary War Text

“South Brunswick Area Revolutionary War Veterans, records” 7 page Excel spreadsheet listing possible local SB residents who served in the Revolutionary War in some capacity. Ceil Leedom. 2003.

Excerpt from Stryker’s Officers and Men of the Revolution, Middlesex County. Pages that mention possible South Brunswick residents. 12 pages photocopied of double text pages.

References to the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington’s Crossing, PA “Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files” copied at David Library of the American Revolution. Andrew

Applegate, Benjamin Applegate, John Applegate, William Bastedo, Daniel Britton, James Britton, Joseph

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Britton, John Caywood, Samuel Grove, James Hull, James Perrine, James D. Perrine, Cornelius Snedeker, Isaac Snedeker, Garret Snediker, Abraham Terhune, Daniel Terhune, John Terhune, Christopher Van Arsdalen, John Van Arsdalen

CSMN (combined service military? ) for men likely from the South Brunswick area and listed in spreadsheet of local Revolutionary War Veterans, regular army and mostly NJ Militia. 83 individual records. Copied for SBPL by Ceil Leedom. 2003. Source: David Library of the American Revolution and the NJ Archives.

Morvak / Morvack / Moravcik/ Moravcek Farm.

Michael Morvacik/Morvack/Morvak Jr. and Sr. lived on the farmland in Kendall Park once owned by Thomas Titus, a former slave. Michael Moravcek, Sr. purchased the farm in 1909. The last Titus to own the farm was Allen Hooper, a grandson or great-grandson in 1880. Local Kendall Park residents took photographs of the Morvak farm, but were not able to arrange an exhibit. Michael Moravcek, Sr, died July 16, 1938. His son , Michael Moravcek, Jr. and his wife, Teresa inherited the farm. They deeded the farm to South Brunswick Township on Feb. 18, 1974 with the stipulation that they live there until they had both died. SEE Also, Special Collections Titus Family and People, Titus, Thomas Family.

Photograph copies in color of the Marvack Farm in November 2005 taken by Ceil Leedom. House, shed, corn crib, orchard, outhouse, water tower, barns and outbuildings. 6 pages. Wagon inside a barn taken in 2003 by James Shackleford. Layout of buildings found in photographs.

Obit for Michael Moravcek, 85, died 8/9//1989. Buried in the Kingston Presbyterian Cemetery. Items removed by South Brunswick Township from property donated to them after vandalism occurred on

the property and all buildings demolished. After 2005. Letter sent to Denise King-Stovall, SB Director of Recreation on the Morvacik farm research by Ralph T.

Singleton. Paper by Frank Brown, 1990, describing life on the farm. Nanny and Mike let him participate in their

farming activities from his early childhood (a Kendall Park resident). He describes their outhouse, smoke house, cutting trees, canning, using a wood stove and many tales of living their life. 6 pages.

Letter from Harold Hockstadt on his views of how to use this land after the Moravcek’s were gone. Notes the slave ownership of Thomas Titus, but did not know the Titus name. SEE Special Collections: Titus Family and People – Titus, Thomas.

Murders – South Brunswick Text

Kingston, NJ. 1985. Murder of 3 people in house on Route 27 just north of Raymond Road. Series of newspaper articles. October 8, 1985-October 12, 1983. Murdered were in a house owned by James Chapelle. Murdered were James Chapelle, Gerardo “Jerry” Castillo and his 7-year old niece Maria Luisa Castillo Perez. Suspects were Feliz Rodriguez Diaz and Pedro Juan Concepcion. They confessed to the murder in late October. 17 pages. Accession # 2011-2, a-q (17pages)

Between Dayton and Plainsboro, 1874. Charles Timbrook killed by Rachel Coward. Dayton, NJ. 1934. Murder of Margaret Smith Beekman, 51 yrs, wife of A.C. Beekman on Georges Road

near Dayton in October 1934. Franklin Park, March 1894. Murder of 2 people in Franklin Park, Somerset Co. Original copy of

National Police Gazette: New York regarding this murder. Also article from Home News Tribune ? “True stories of crime in Somerset – No. 2.” Article and drawings from 1894. See 6-2, Box 22.

Monmouth Junction, NJ. 1973. SB resident Charles Francis Virginis convicted of murder of Mrs. Ruth V. Vaughn of Monmouth Junction. 12/1972 -1973. See Also, Home News (SB) Archives.

Kendall Park, Route 27. 1989. Aileen Morris, mother of nine children, was shot to death by a robber in 1989 while working as a clerk at a Krauszer’s convenience store near Route 27 in Kendall Park, NJ. (Home News Archives (SB).

Kingston, Paula Robin May, December 1990. 2 articles. Body of 20-year old Paula May found beaten and strangled. Boyfriend, Craig H. Armstead from Metuchen later convicted of manslaughter.

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Kingston, Moukhamatova, Saoule, NJ. 2002. Eight articles and more in People File, Crime File about crime by husband, Boris Boretsky. He was found guilty and sentenced in 2006 to life imprisonment.

Maltese Murder. 2008. Monmouth Mobile Home Park, Route 1. Son, Michael A. Maltese, and his girlfriend, Nicole Taylor, murdered his parents and buried them in a shallow grave in a nearby park. Fall 2008. Newspaper articles. Found guilty of killing and burying Michael J. and Kathleen Maltese. 14 newspaper articles in local newspapers from October 2008 to December 2010. Ms. Taylor pleaded guilty to assisting in the murder.

Martinez-Izaguirr, Alicia. New Brunswick woman, 24, gunned down on Docks Corner Road by Give J. Vasquez. Information from Patch online newspaper. Information printed here and in People file from Patch.

Myer Collection Photocopies of Pictures Accession #2011/14

Copies of photographs collected by Audrey Myer of South Brunswick. Copies donated 1996 and in 2011. . Older photos not in good shape, but those donated in 2011 are of greater interest. Photographs in archival Box 89 in 6-1. List of photographs in Special Collections file – Myer Collection.

Series 1. 10-1 to 10-15. 10-1, Cranbury Turnpike; 10-2, Messeroll, Mattie; 10-3, Steward, Augusta, Mrs.; 10-4, Nauman, Marion VanDewater; 10-4, Vandewater, Marion; 10-5, VanDewater, Lizzie; 10-6, Thompson, Lemon Porter ; 10-7, Van Pelt, Charles Harvey; 10-8, Brown, LeRoy Wyckoff; 10-8, Brown, Donald Ross; 10-9, Grandpa; 10-9, Willard; 10-10, Thompson, Eugene?; 10-10, Thompson, Martin; 10-10, Thompson, Katherine; 10-11, Thompson, Harry; 10-11, Thompson, Gene; 10-12, Higgins, Irene; 10-13, House; 10-14, Stelle, Margaret; 10-15, Dam.

People named: in Series 9-1 to 9-53 are Ralph Beekman, Stella Cortelyou, Van and Florence and George horse?; Elmer and Ralph Beekman; Mildred Beekman; Young Elmer C. Beekman and Austin S. Beekman; Old Cranbury Turnpike with unidentified people; Irene Higgins/Higgens; Harry and Gene Thompson; Theodore Whitlock; Grace McDowell; Edith McDowell, Wilbur Lewis. See Accession Book number 2011/14 for list of photographs. See archival Box 89 in 6-1. File Cabinet 6 kept locked. Director has the key.

Places photographed such as Cranbury-New Brunswick Turnpike, house, dam, dogs, Zion Canyon, Sutphen mills, Binghamton (NY), woman and dog, couple in buggy.

Numbered in two series. 10-1 to 10-15 and 9-1 to 9-54.

Names from Multiple Sources Text (Drawer 4-3)

Local names copied by Ceil Leedom for the South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection. Combination Atlas Map of Middlesex County. Everts and Stewarts. 1876. Names listed under

South Brunswick. Listed in alphabetical order and by community. 4 pages, 8.5x11 inches. “Middlesex County Clerk’s Marriage Records. 1795-1800.” From New Jersey Marriages 1665-1800.

Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Vo. XXII. Copied at the Plainsboro Public Library. August 1998. Pages 629-642 on legal sized paper, 8 pages. Names mixed by gender.

“Middlesex County Marriages of a Century Ago.” Copied from the Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society. 1924, pages 388-394. Husbands “Imlay to Nutts.” Spouses same line, but not indexed. 6 pages.

Middlesex County Directory. Section of the New Brunswick Phone Directory of 1890/91 at the New Brunswick Public Library. Pages 433-516. Lists Cranbury, East Brunswick, Madison, Monroe, North Brunswick, Piscataway, Raritan, Sayreville, South Amboy, South Brunswick and Woodbridge. Each town has a number. South Brunswick’s number is 10. All ten communities in (South Brunswick) from this list have been listed under South Brunswick places mentioned in this index. Most listings give an occupation.

Names from this source in spreadsheet by Town, Name, Occupation, Year, Other Occupation (besides farmer or laborer). Cranbury, Dayton, Deans, Franklin Park, Jamesburg, Kingston, Monmouth Junction, Plainsboro, Princeton. Prospect Plains, Hightstown. Created by Ceil Leedom, May 2002. 12 pages.

South Brunswick Business people listed in New Jersey State Gazeteer & Business Directory 1885, Vol. 2. List people by Dayton, Deans, Franklin Park, Kingston and Monmouth Junction and Occupation.

Camden and Amboy Railroad names of land sellers in South Brunswick Township, 1839-1868. Spreadsheet. Names listed by date of sale. Source: Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, Grantee Deed Book C, Corps. At end of book, pages 182/6, 7. 2 pages. 2002. CL.

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Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad Land Grantors, South Brunswick, 1864-1867. Middlesex County Clerk’s Office. Deed book F, Corps. At end of book page 184-185. 1 page. 2002. CL

Pennsylvania and Newark Railroad Company and Pennsylvania Railroad Land Grantors, South Brunswick, 1906-1913 Source: Middlesex County Clerk’s Office, Grantee Deed Book P, Corps. At end of book. 2002. CL. 2 copies. 1 page.

Slave names for South Brunswick Township found in the following sources: 1. Negroes Baptized at First Presbyterian Church [Cranbury, NJ] 1791-1833; Negro Marriages, most

likely at the Cranbury Presbyterian Church. Source: Cranbury Past and Present by Ruth Berg Walsh. 1975-1875. Pages 179-183.

2. Slave births by owner from 1804-1844. Source: New Jersey Archives, NJ Slave births and manumissions. Microfilm, Box 3901. Transcribed from microfilm and listed on spreadsheet by Owner’s name, Child’s name, Mothers name, Birth Date and Recorded Date, and page in book. 3 pages.

3. Middlesex County Manumissions 1800-1825 at Rutgers Special Collections Library, 2003. 1 page.4. Estate of Benjamin Griggs, page 88. Source not recorded. Lists 4 names, from original and hard to

read. Middlesex County Slave Births. Revolutionary War Names for Middlesex County and South Brunswick Township. Excerpts from

Compiled Records of the Middlesex County, New Jersey Militia 1791-1795: with Biographical Sketches of the Officers of Selected Companies. Including a Roster of the Middlesex County Militia, 1775-1783. Russell K. Dutcher, III. Baltimore, MD. 1996. Irregular pages from beginning to 153. Brief bios for Jochaim Gulick, who died in SB in 1814. Page. 83-86, “An enrollment of all and every able bodied white male citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 within the Township of South Brunswick. 1793. The listing of men and officers from 1775-1783 is most likely the same list of men found in other library sources. Pages 135-153.

Revolutionary Patriots in First Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbury, NJ. From Cranbury Past and Present. Ruth Berg Walsh. Page 15. 16, and a list of Revolutionary War soldiers not buried in Cranbury who were born or claimed residence in “Cranbury.” Page 17.

“The Constitution of the Sons of the Revolution and By-laws and register of the Society in the State of New Jersey. Instituted January 6, 1891. Trenton, NJ. 1913. Names have been copied from this book in the South Brunswick Public Library, who were likely SB or nearby residents. Nicholas Britton (1753-1803); Abraham Quick (1731-1805); William Scudder (1739-1793); Thomas Skillman (1756- ); John Wetherill, Jr. (1730-1814) information given for his father’s service; Peter Wicoff (1741-1803).

Names, Census Records Text (Drawer 4-3)

Excerpts from “Cranbury, NJ: Vital Records Indexes.” Presented by France Hopkinson, Chapter DAR. 1974. Special Collections. Rutgers Library. SPCOL NJ F144.C891 W. List of 1792 NJ State Militia from South Brunswick, and pages 1-4 of the 1840 Census names.

1840 Federal Census - The 1840 Federal Census listed heads of household roughly in order by days recording. Heads of household were listed, but others in family only given a check for age and sex. Excerpts from the 1840 Census for the Dayton area has been transcribed onto a spreadsheet. 3 pages. Following this list are about 30 pages of printed 1840 Census records for South Brunswick Township.

1880 Federal Census – One page list of some SB residents listing their age, occupation, birthplace when given and family notes. A few pages from the website www.familysearch.org show how one can see free census records for 1880.

1885 New Jersey Census for South Brunswick Township. These pages are a partial copy of this NJ Census for South Brunswick copied from film the New Jersey State Library, Trenton. About 20 pages. Hard to read.

1850 US Census Mortality Schedules. New Jersey. Middlesex County. 2 pages that include deaths in South Brunswick Township.

Names, Church Records: Cranbury Presbyterian and Kingston Presbyterian Church Records (Drawer 4-3)Copied from the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey from contribution of Edward J. Raser.

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First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury Baptisms. Copied from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey published over several issues. Contributed by Edward J. Raser. Records for 1745-1833. 1745-59, 27:50-54; 1790-92, 27:54-60; Corrections page 60, 33:96; 1792-1801, 28:24-36; 1801-1807, 28:84-94; !807-1813, 29:25-40; 1813-1819, 29:76-85; 1819-1825, 30:35-45; 1825-1833, 30:76-91.

First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury Marriages from 1790-1839. Copied from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey published over several issues. Contributed by Edward J. Raser. 1790-1839. 1790-1810, 31:39-46; 1810-1819, 31:75-80; 1820-1839, 39-48.

o Cranbury Marriages sorted by Men’s Last Name. 1790-1819 (6 pages), 1810-1819 (4 pages), 1820-1839 (7 pages).

Baptism of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Contributed by Edward J. Raser. 1792-1849. Adult: 1800-49, 29:44-48. Infant: 1792-1849. 1792-1811, 28:1-14; 1811-1849, 28:64-83. Various issues. Original copies are not included here, but there are two spreadsheet printouts from 1792-1849. These lists also include Black baptisms of adults and children. Listed by date of baptism and listed by first name, listed by owner’s name where given. List of white people baptized in two formats: One by date and one by family name. Each one about 10 pages long.

Marriage Records of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Contributed by Edward J. Raser. 1793-1850. 1793-95, 29:57-59; 1800-1850, 29:59-71, Corrections for p. 64 in 33:81. These have been transcribed onto a spreadsheet by name of husband and name of wife alphabetically. 14 pages. Ceil Leedom 2003.

Names – Tax Records. Multiple sources. Excerpt by Frederick R. Black on “Provincial Taxation in Colonial New Jersey, 1704-1735.

Pages 21-29 from New Jersey History, Spring 1977. Tax records 1793 for SB from Ancestry.com, 2002. 1812 tax records from Somerset Co.,

Kingston. Same source. Tax records, 1778(1779-1780) by Kenn Stryker-Rhoda in Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey.

Vo.. 51:24-36. Also, spreadsheet of alphabetical list of same data. 15 pages. 2003. Along with 5 pages (8.5x11 inches) about riding chairs and names with slave holdings for same period. One from Rutgers Special Collections.

Tax excerpts from 1779-1822. A sampling from Rutgers Special Collections on microfilm for South Brunswick about 70 pages printed out for assortment of those years. Copied in 2007.

Nelson Collection Text, Photocopies of Pictures and Newspaper Articles

These items are from Kathy Nelson, then pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton in 1998. They were used for her display regarding the church’s history in Dayton during the South Brunswick Bicentennial year celebration.

Photocopies of Dayton postcards:o Looking west along Monmouth Junction Road at Five Corners, Dayton, NJ. Back of postcard

written to Miss L.B. Hubbard, West Unity, Ohio. November 15, Dayton postmark. “Same side as Clarence’s fathers’ blacksmith shop.” “Clarisse Breese’s father sits on porch with his hat on. He lived here.” 2 copies.

o Upper Main Street, Dayton, NJ. “Year 1910”o North Main Street, Dayton, NJ. Similar view as previous postcard.o Detail of “North Main Street, Dayton, NJ postcardo Unknown house, photocopy of picture, as yet unidentified. 2 men on porch of house, close to

another house. 2 copies “First Presbyterian Church of Dayton.” Paper listing “Succession of Pastors” from Rev. John Schofield,

October 16, 1869-April 22, 1870 up to Rev. Kathy Nelson, Installed November 1, 1985. In all 20 people listed. Rev. Joseph Hubbard was here for 1870 Census.

“Original Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton.” Those from the Second Presbyterian Church of Cranbury (28); those from the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury (18); those from the

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Reformed Church of Six Mile Run (4); those from the M.E. Church of Greenpoint (2); those from examination (5)

“Anniversary to Be Held in the Presbyterian Church, Dayton, NJ, On Sunday Afternoon, October 18, 1885. Original copy, 7”x11”. 5 events with song lyrics.

Photocopy of picture of sanctuary for Easter 1922. “Youth Easter Pageant.” “Return to Mrs. Clarence (Bess) Breese.” On back.

Handwritten treasurer’s report from April 1, 1925. 2 pages photocopy. Newspaper article about the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton,

Oct. 12, 1929. 3 pages of photocopies of copy of article not easy to read. Photocopy of picture of front of Manse and with Doris Curran, Beth Henderson and Madeline Kane. No

date. 1942 newspaper article. A brief history of the church and a drawing of the church. Source unknown. “Report of the Budget Committee, the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton, NJ. October 27, 1949.

Photocopy. Shows 1949 and 1950 budgets. 1 page Photocopy of Chancel with Rev. Daniel E. Lorentz, Thanksgiving, 1958. (Served from 1948-1958. “Dayton’s Tornado – September 26, 1977 at 3:05 P.M.” First person account of tornado that knocked the

steeple off of the Presbyterian Church. Accompanied by a newspaper article dated Sept. 26, 1976. And newspaper pictures of raising the new steeple in 1979. 3 pages

Photocopy of page from 1983 South Brunswick Cultural Inventory showing a picture of the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton and the Manse. 1 page

1998 Budget for the First Presbyterian Church of Dayton. 1 page Nevius Collection Text

This file contains copies of papers most likely written by G. Clifford Nevius of Route 27 when he was a member of the South Brunswick Historical Society in the 1970s.

“The Old Cottage.” Describes the Wm. Woods Tavern that appeared on the John Dalley road may of 1745, later known as Widow Wood Tavern. The old Cottage was originally in Somerset County, but later the boundary line was changed and it became part of South Brunswick Township. 2 pages.o Describes the Six Mile Run church building at Franklin Park, congregation organized in 1710 and

people met near Six Mile Run Brook, on a road behind the present Elm Ridge Cemetery (1970s). The first church building dismantled in 1816 and moved to the present site. Early church records burned in a fire at David Nevius’ home.

o Describes the Robert Priest family who lived in the “Old Cottage” for many years.

“The Story of an Old Dutch House.” 16 page expansion of the “Old Cottage” article. Pages 5-7 missing. Page 8 lists those received into communion at the old house, date unknown, but includes Jane Cortelyou, Loretta Quick, Henry De Hart, Abm. Quick, Cornelius Quick, so may be at the end of the 1700s. Mr. Nevius links this property to the passing of the many famous people who traveled along Route 27 during the 1700s and 1800s.

“Reminiscences.” G. Clifford Nevius, the “Ten Mile Run Scribbler.” 6 pages. An introduction by Pastor H. Eugene Speckman of the Six Mile Run Reformed Church refers to Clifford’s historical research that will be published by the church. o Mentions inns along Route 27: Old Franklin House dismantled by Christopher Beekman new place

called “Beekman House” that burned down in 1929 was one of the biggest. The Dutch barn remained and was turned into the Franklin Park Inn; more about the “Old Cottage” of Widow Wood and the Priest family. (missing pages). Gifford’s Inn taken over by Moore Baker and later William Williamson. It had been in use for 175 years. Now Clifford says this was the Franklin Inn- Beekman House and again called the Franklin Inn.

o Describes more history of the Six Mile Run Church and a fire that destroyed much of the building. Date unknown.

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This file contains information from the Dye/Dey family internet site (www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/revolutionarywar.html), the Cranbury History Center and other sources to learn more about Robert Nixon, a member of the Light Horse group that served in Cranbury during the Revolutionary War. Nixon ran a tavern in Cross Roads, according to a tavern license petition.

Folder: Dyes and Deys – Middlesex County “Dyes and Deys from New Jersey in the Revolutionary War [With an Emphasis on Middlesex County].

Reviews Militia in New Jersey, Page 2 of 11, “The Third Regiment was under the command of Colonel John Duychinck. Captain Robert Nixon, Captain, First Major, commanded a troop of light-horse under Duychinck. [Ezekiel Dey/Dye served under Captain Robert Nixon.] Page 3 of 11, contains list of Applegates, Deys, Disbrow, Egbert, Ely, Mount, Perrine, from Middlesex County in the Militia.

Captain Nixon’s Troop, Light-Horse, Middlesex listed. Page 7 of 11. DAR Patriot Index. Related to the Duyts-Dey-Dye families. Deys and Dyes for whom a Revolutionary War Pension Application is on file. Dyes and Deys from New Jersey in the Revolutionary War who migrated to Ohio. Ezekiel Dye, son of John Dye of South Amboy. Also, mentions Vincent Dye. He was a member of the

Wetherill family via a daughter, who married a Dye. More Dye genealogy in this file including a chart of relationship.

“Some recollections of the American Revolution as told to his youngest son, Furman Dye, by Ezekiel Dye, Sr. This page contains a photocopy of Captain Nixon’s Company. Ezekiel at the Battle of Monmouth.

Tracing of Ezekiel Dye’s journey to Ohio. “1850 US Census, New Jersey, Middlesex County.” This long list includes those living in Cranbury Village

and South Brunswick Township. Marriage of Amos Dey to Mary Chamberlin. 1719. Also mentioned was Ezekiel Dey, of Upper Freehold,

Monmouth County.

Miscellaneous notes related to Robert Nixon of South Brunswick

Three pages copied from “Jerseymen in the Revolutionary War,” from Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. Stryker, William. Pages 330, 331, 342-345, 368-69, 704-705. These pages list militia in Middlesex County, Robert Nixon,

Research notes on Robert Nixon and Cross Roads Skirmish, 1777 mentioned in Cranbury Past and Present by Ruth Berg Walsh; New Jersey: a history, Ed. Irving S. Jull. 1930; History of Middlesex County, 1664-1920. p. 104, Robert Nixon, a tanner of South Brunswick. p. 105, (lined paper from Ceil Leedom)

Copy of “Captain Rescarrick Moore: his military career.” Bob Craig. 3 pages. Hightstown Historical Society.

Note from Tim McDermott about Bob Craig’s research on Capt. Robert Nixon’s skirmish. Cranbury Past and Present: pages from Betty Wagner of the Cranbury History Center. List of Cranbury in

the Revolution lists 1777, Mary 12, Skirmish with James Segand and 7 others drove off British regulars on raiding party near Dayton. Information on Maj. Thomas Egbert’s pension application; List of actions in the War of the Revolution does not mention Cranbury Skirmish; History of Middlesex county. 1664-1920. Vol. 1. Wall and Pickersgill. Page 104-105, mentions Robert Nixon and his troop of light-horse and his membership in the Third Middlesex Regiment; List of Middlesex Men in the Revolution. Page 109.

Page from Hap Heines, Sr.’s 15 essays in the Packet Newspaper Magazine. May 13, 1976. “Hightstown, Windsor aid the cause...” Mentions Third Middlesex Regiment, Robert Nixon, Jonathan Combs. Does not mention the Cranbury skirmish in March 1777.

North Brunswick : a township history. Text

A booklet published in 1977 by the North Brunswick Bicentennial Commission. Mostly text with some photographs. 47 pages. Has a Table of Contents and a Bibliography. 47 pages. 9x6 inches. Accession # 2013/4. Contains a copy of a photograph of Georges Road n 1880, on page 9. There is a copy of that same photo in the Myer Photograph Collection in Box 89, 6-1.

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Old Princeton’s Neighbors Text

Photocopy of Old Princeton’s Neighbors. Sponsored by the Borough of Princeton. Written and illustrated by the Federal Writers Project, Works Progress Administration, State of New Jersey. This history featured Cedar Grove, Jugtown (Queenston), Princeton Basin, Penn’s Neck, Dutch Neck, Grover’s Mills, Aqueduct, Kingston. Another copy in New Jersey Reference, Local History Shelves.

Kingston portion is from pages 91-108, providing a great deal of 19th century history of this community.

Organizations, South Brunswick Text

List of “South Brunswick Organizations.” 1978. 5 pages photocopied. Binder, “Directory of Services for Residents of South Brunswick Township. SBPL. 1968. 29 pages.

People, Unique Items Text, Photographs, Newspaper Articles

“Monmouth Junction’s One-Family ‘Defense Department.” Newspaper article appearing in the Trenton Evening Times, April 15, 1955. “Eight sons of Luigi Scurato in Armed Services, 1941-55. Pictures of 8 sons, Anthony, Salvatore, Joseph, Donald, Thomas, Louis, Blasé, Frank Scurato. Incomplete article about these Scurato sons who served in the military from 1941-1955. Photocopy of part of original article.

Periodical Collection Text Accession # 2012/70

Magazines from South Brunswick homes from 1800s and 1900s. Source: Earl Renk.

The American Girl, the magazine for all girls published by the Girl Scouts. March 1943. 11x8.25 inches. 50 pages.

American Agriculturist. Weekly. Farm and family related articles. Nov. 20, 1897. Vol. 60, No. 21. 10X13 inches. About 31 pages.

American Agriculturist. Weekly. Farm and family related articles. June 25, 1898. Vol. 61, No. 26. 10x13 inches. About 31 pages.

American Agriculturist. Weekly. Farm and family related articles. Dec. 24, 1898. Vol. 62, No. 25. 10 x 13 inches. About 31 pages.

Photocopies of Unique Pictures Photocopies of Photographs

#1. William and Mabel Beier, of Deans, NJ in front of their house and “Chick’s Diner” at the corner of Old Georges Road and Riva Avenue. 1931. Donated by a Mr. Beier April 1999 for the South Brunswick Bicentennial Celebration. Accession #2012/36.

#2. Potential to be Dollis Hegeman’s still house on Route 27 by Ten Mile Run. Long gone this photocopy of a photograph came from Mr. Petrillo of Kingston. The still house dates at least to the 1800s. 2 copies.

#3. Photocopies and photo images of Applegate House at 417 Georges Road, Dayton, copied for SBPL by Thomas Madron in 2001 from Curran photo file dated 1880. Four at 4.5x3.25; Two at 7.5x10 inches; 2 sheets with photocopies of same photo and Doris Curran’s notes on property.

#4. Photocopies of Beekman property (Barns and house) from current owners of house at Beck Court, Kendall Park. Taken in late 1800s? with people standing outdoors in front of barns and house.

#5. Photocopies of postcards and other images owned by or lent by Kiki Pierdinock. Accession #2002/12 – Margo Inn with back dated 1934; Monmouth Junction Train Station with water tower; Railroad Avenue with car and men standing around; color pictures of butterfly with baby and flowers, with MJ generic scenes; copy of photo of German style Princeton Nurseries headquarters front. Accession #2000/11 #9 copy of postcard of Monmouth Junction station and hotel.

#6. Photocopies of photos in the collection of Frank Petrillo made in 1998 from those hanging in the Kingston Post Office (no longer). 8x10 inches. 1. Children in classroom. 2. Children in front of school wearing coats. 3. Young children outdoors with woman in white.

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#7. Photocopy of William L. Dayton given to Dayton Village Citizens Coalition for whom Cross Roads was renamed Dayton in 1866 with article about him. Accession #2009/9.

#8. South Brunswick women (1960s?) in photocopy identified at Kendall Park show 6/3/2001 at the Library.

#9. Photocopy of wedding photo of wedding of Mary V. Manni to Stanton J. Farley taken at the Cranbury Inn where their reception was held. Married in Monmouth Junction at St. Cecilia’s. Copied from photo at the Cranbury Inn. 3/2008.

Pierdinock/Brabson/Brabston Collection Text, Newspaper Articles, Photocopies Accession #1997/5; #1997/6

Part 1

This collection of photocopies of photographs, newspaper article and local memorabilia has been donated by Agnes Schuh Brabson and Catherine “Kiki” Brabson Pierdinock of Monmouth Junction. Catherine Brabson Pierdinock grew up on Old New Road on the “south” side of the railroad tracks bisecting Monmouth Junction and Agnes Schuh Brabson grew up in Deans, Georges Road and married Catherine’s brother.

Agnes Schuh Brabson, grew up in Deans and married into the Brabson family of Monmouth Junction. Photocopies of these items donated in June 1997 for the Bicentennial celebration. Have other copies of many of these images as noted in the collection.

Photo of St. Cecilia’s Church on Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction. Date unknown Photo of Deans Chapel. 1941. Photo of Old Deans School. Photo of Old Deans School, same as in Pietrefesa Collection Photo of house owned by the Brabsons now gone Photo of picture postcard of Deans Chapel, same as in Deans Sunday School collection Photo Deans Railroad Station, Southbound side. Photo old Deans School outhouse, same as in Pietrefesa Collection Photo Davidsons Mill, picture of rear, 1915, same as in Pietrefesa Collection Photo Baseball Team, No Date. Shirts say Milltown Photo Baseball Team, No Date. Shirts say Milltown Monmouth Junction Fire Dept. Baseball Team. Champions 1947 Twin “M” League. Victory

Dinner, Nov. 12, 1947. Team Roster. Mgr. Gypsy Watlington. Includes Sterl Brabson, George Brabson, Jack Lackey, Gene Ryan, Trificanti, Tony and Lou. 3 pages

Accession #1997/5 from Kiki Brabson and her relatives: Betty Brabson, Gloria Brabson, Agnes Schuh Brabson, Catherine “Kiki” Brabson Pierdinock and the Mae Ryan Brabson Collection of Photographs. Catherine Brabson was the wife of Michael Pierdinock and Mae Ryan Brabson was the wife of Michael Brabson and mother of Catherine “Kiki” Brabson Pierdinock. Betty Brabson and Gloria Brabson were wives of Sterling Brabson and ? Brabson of Monmouth Junction.

Folder 1 . Files 1-3o Brabson/Ryan Family Photograph. File 1

Betty Brabson Courtney with Michael J. Brabson. 1924? May Brabson receiving Meals on Wheels from Elizabeth Wyche. Newspaper. Mrs. Michael Pierdinock, Dance Chairman for Trophy Dance for Boys League Most Valuable

Player award. Newspaper. Nov. 10, 1956. Brabson Family: George, Kiki, Mae Ryan, Betty, Sterling, Terry. 1960s? Ed Ryan, Betty Courtney Brabson, John J. Ryan (helped found St. Cecilias in 1914.) Photo

1940s. Jim Courtney, John Ryan, George and Sterl Brabson. 1940s. Old Morrisey farm house in

background. East of Railroad Tracks. Mae Brabson in front of her house on Old New Road. Featured in newspaper article, “In their

time of need, they reach out to “Mae.” She was born in 1895 in Adams Station, North

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Brunswick moving to South Brunswick as a child. She helped found the Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad in 1941.

o Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad. File 2 “First Aid Squad to mark 50 years.” Newspaper article. Feb. 7, 1991 and another larger copy of

the same photo of squad with names of the back. 8.5x11 inches. First Aid Squad from early 1940s. Amanda Voorhees, Mae Brabson, Ruth Voorhees, Gloria

Pointsett, Mrs. Voorhees, Mary Cicinni, Agnes Schuh Brabson, Gene Ryan, JR. 2 copies First Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad. 1943. Some people named. Photocopy of photo of 1st MJ ambulance. 1943? 8.5x11 inches. Day of First Aid Demonstration at Monmouth Junction general store (since burned down and

past site of the MJ Fire Dept. corner of New Road and Ridge Road). Day of First Aid Demonstration. 1940s.

Day of First Aid Demonstration. Picture of crowd and the plaque of names of those who served in WWII.

Another view of Day of First Aid Demonstration in Monmouth Junction: Watlingtons, Elizabeth Rowland Weaver, Mrs. Pennel, daughter Elizabeth, and others.

First Aid Squad members in 1940s. Bill Voorhees, George Brabson, Sterl Brabson, Joe Stemmel.

o Minstrel Show program. No Date. Lists acts and performers. File 3. Monmouth Junction Minstrel Show performers. 1930s? 2 pictures Unknown people at the Beach. And Minstrel Show performers. Minstrel Show program. No Date. Lists acts and performers.

o Monmouth Junction Vol. Fire Department and Monmouth Junction Fire Department Parades begun in 1946. File 4 Old fire engine in front of A.F. Stout & Son Lumber. First parade Marching unit of drummers at first parade Firemen carrying American flag Long view of same area with women and men of a First Aid Squad with ambulance Close up of these women and men in white Another fire company with upright flags in front of Stouts Lumber yard Girls in short skirts with flags and rifles. Long view of band and white First Aid Squad seen in an earlier picture Copies of front pages of Monmouth Junction Fourth of July Parade books for the following

years: 1954, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1987, 1997. All owned by the family. See Archival Box #35 in 7-5 for a collection of Monmouth Junction Fire Dept. Parade Books.

Annual Variety Show of the MJ Fire Dept. 1972. Roger Potts, President, Charles Spahr, Chief. Program.

3 copies of Twin “M” 1947 Champions Banquet. Nov. 12, 1947.

Folder 2. Files 5-8o Monmouth Junction School pictures from Catherine “Kiki” Pierdiock. File 5.

Women on stair steps. 1945?: Amanda Voorhees, Mae Brabson, Catherine Schenck, Kay Queenan, Elizabeth Rowland Weaver, Sally Davis, Betty Updyke, Mary Cincchino, Grace Morrissey Smalley, etc. Some names on back.

School Graduates. 1930s. Elias Aler, Nick Manni, Ive Carlisle?, George Brabson, Howard Smith, Bob Morrisey, Julia Delre Chubarro, Catherine Zwonenschak. Some names on back.

School children in front of window. Date and names unknown. SEE Also. Archival Box 23 in 6-2 of 11x17 inch enlargement of this photocopy.

School children. Date and names unknown Second Monmouth Junction School. On New Road.

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School Patrol members with ? 1942. John Voorhees, Aiden “Buddy” Ryan, Robert Fenchel, Mrs. Weaver, Gene Ryan, Audrey Van Sise, Kiki Brabson, Blasé Scurato, Tony Delre, De Francesca?

Grades 1&2, 1945-46. Joe Chibbaro, Leah Renk, Eileen Hunt, Eileen McMullen, Percy Norton, Arthur Carson, Jimmy Zwonenschak, Bobby R?, Doris Davis, C. Spahr, Jane Santowasso, Arlene Soden, Lynda ?, LeRoy M?

8th Grade Graduation. 1943. Roy Anderson, Grace Ciccino, Johnny Voorhees, Blaze Scurato, Leonard Tharney, Amelia Rafaksy, Tony Delre, Aiden Ryan.

4 boys: Raymond Wolf, Wayne Carson, William Schenk, Robert Zwonetskek? 1946, 5th grade. Large class pictures, individual frames: Monmouth Junction Safety Patrol. Newspaper article. 1940s. Named in article. Newspaper

photo of old MJ Presbyterian Church, former home of Miller Memorial Congregation.

o Monmouth Junction Trains. File 6 John Ryan sitting on a stump with MJ northbound station in the rear John Ryan? Near stump in Monmouth Junction. Ryan home near RR tracks in background? Engine in front of southbound station showing 2 sets of tracks. Multiple page pictures of train wreck in the Monmouth Junction area in the 1920s. Numerous

passenger coaches derailed. 2 copies Monmouth Junction Train Station. Northbound. 2 copies. No date. SEE Also. Archival Box 23 in 6-2. Contains 11x17 copy of most original photocopy of train

wreck near Monmouth Junction sometime in 1920-1930s. 2 copies on acid free paper.

o Miscellaneous pictures related to Brabson Family WWI and WWII. File 7 Tents at Fort Dix, 1917. Embarkation site. 3 men in uniform: Neil Hagan, husband of Bess Ryan died in flu epidemic; and two other men. Collecting scrap in Monmouth Junction near site of current Old New Road, bridge approach at

Ridge Road. Blasé Scurato, Tony Delre, Frank Scurato, Helen Skok, Grace Ciccihino #1 Collecting scrap in Monmouth Junction near site of current Old New Road, bridge approach at

Ridge Road. Blasé Scurato, Tony Delre, Frank Scurato, Helen Skok, Grace Ciccihino #2

o Miscellaneous pictures related to Brabson Family. File 8 Photocopy of picture of Princeton Nursery Office on Mapleton Road, Kingston. 1940s? Kiki’s

father Michael Brabson worked as carpenter for the Nurseries Picture photocopy of John B. Gambling and his radio show orchestra. WOR. 1940s? Wedding picture photocopy of Al Kish and Theresa Scurato. August 19, 1945. Wedding picture photocopy of Mr. & Mrs. Luigia Scurato.

Part 2, File 1, St. Cecilia’s RC Church Accession #1997/6

Accession #1997/6 from Kiki Brabson and her relatives: Betty Brabson, Gloria Brabson, Agnes Schuh Brabson, Catherine Brabson and the Mae Ryan Brabson Collection of Photographs. Subject St. Cecilia’s RC Church, Monmouth Junction.

o 1966 St. Cecilia’s Communion Picture; Craig Pietrefesa, Jeff Fernanday, Dennis Hageck?, Debbie Mauser, Janet Ryan, Michele Pierdinock, Kevin Bifulco, Jerry Taft, Tina Schultz, Cathy Slovinsky, Jackie Holland, Tim Murphy, Bruce White, Steve Laszlo, Kenny Hey? (2 copies with names)

o 1921 – Pastor John Sullivan- St. Joseph Millstone: Cotter, Joseph Messina, Bess Ryan, Jack Curran, George Walters, Frank Murphy, Agnes Ryan Bracken, Marion Russert Ryan, Gert Brunton Dey, Jennie Santowasso Spilatore, Erdmann, Catherine Bryton Luck. (2 copies with names)

o First Communion. St. Cecilia’s RC Church. 1931? Jennie Santowasso Spilatore somewhere in photo.o First Altar Boys: Aiden Ryan, James Notti, 1915?o Father Joseph Sullivan. 1915. First Communion, St. Cecilia’s. Young boys. No identification.

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o Copy of possible deed for St. Cecilias: Michael Cahill, et ux to St. Cecilias Church, Monmouth Junction, NJ, a laity corporate. April 12, 1914. Size. 110 x 132 or .3333 acres. Handwritten, includes description of land in sale.

o St. Cecilia’s Original Altar. Stained glass window placed in new church on Kingston Lane. o Picture photocopy of St. Cecilia’s Church congregation in front to barn when met at Shoop Barn

before 1914. o Priests who conducted services at St. Cecilia’s RC Church; Rev. John Larkin. Priest at Millstone,

Blackwell’s Mills area; Father King of Jamesburg with John Ryan; Rev. Crescentius A. Herr, 1889-1964 along with his obituary.

o St. Cecilia’s 50th Anniversary. August 1964. Picture of Rev. Msgr. John E. Kelly, John McKeon and Agnes Schuh Brabson. And Tom Young. At church sign for August 16, 1964 service.

Newspaper article “A Mass of Thanksgiving for St. Cecilia’s” Picture of Rev. John E. Kelly, Rev. George W. Ahr, and others at ceremony.

Copy of program for Mass of Thanksgiving. 2 pages. Picture photocopy of past members attending 50th year Founders and Old Friends celebration:

Mame Brabston, Pat Pietrefesa, Mrs. Curran, Mary Inzeo, Marie Asselta, Joe Santowasso, Mae Brabson, Nick Santowasso, Leo Santowasso, Mrs. Donofrio, Nellie Asselta, Fannie Pietrefesa, Viola Santowasso Aversano, etc.

People at Founders dinner; Mame Brabston, Andrew Maribito, Maria Salter, Monsignor Kelly.

Newspaper article: “Building of Church Celebrated.” August 1964. o St. Cecilia’s 70th Anniversary. August 15, 1984

Part 1: The Church is the people. Paper 1 page Photocopy of invitation to the 70th Anniversary Celebration on the Feast of the Assumption,

August 15, 1984. “His Holiness Pope John Paul II imparts a special Apostolic Blessing upon the Parishioners of

St. Cecilia’s. Photocopy. “In Monmouth Junction: St. Cecilia’s Parish Marks 70th Anniversary of Church.” Nice article

includes picture of old church. No source.o Miscellaneous Newspaper articles about St. Cecilia’s RC.

“St. James’ and St. Cecilia’s, a community religious experience. Oct. 2, 1980. Central Post. 2 pages.

“Artistic Nun Creates New Look at Small Church.” Sister Mary Anne Schiller paints modernistic designs in church. Sunday Home News. February 15, 1970.

o Miscellaneous Newspaper articles about St. Cecilia’s RC. April 1991 Ground Breaking for new Church building at Kingston Lane and Georges Road.

Picture of newspaper article picture with Rev. William Schladebeck at the “The Future Home of: St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church. Groundbreaking?

Dedication booklet photocopied: “Saint Cecilia’s Church Dedication, April 28, 1991. This booklet shows pictures of church being built. 8 pages include history of old church building. 2 extra pictures from book copied on good copier.

Pierdinock-Brabson Collection. Accession #1998/? Folder 3

From: Kiki Brabson and her relatives: Betty Brabson, Gloria Brabson, Agnes Schuh Brabson, Catherine Brabson and the Mae Ryan Brabson Collection of Photographs. Subject St. Cecilia’s RC Church, Monmouth Junction.

The Brabson, Brabston, Ryan families came to South Brunswick in the early part of this century settling in the Monmouth Junction area. They are closely associated with the volunteer fire department, the first aid squad and St. Cecilia’s RC Church. This set of photo images shows family members in Monmouth Junction, the Brabston family on their farm in Dayton (later the IBM property), St. Cecilia’s church scenes, fire department and first aid squad activities. Pictures were photocopied from Catherine Brabson Pierdinock, Agnes Brabson, Betty Brabson, and Gloria Brabson. In addition several postcards relating to Monmouth Junction have been copied for this file. Need release paper before public can copy. Collection needs readjusting in 2012.

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Photocopied pictures – Ryan Family and Brabson Family John J. Ryan, Jr. Died at age 35. Here in front of Emmen’s store that faced Railroad Avenue.

1930s? Von Thun farm? 1930s? man with two horses. 4 copies Morrisey Farm House on Old New Road. Farm bordered New Brunswick aquifer “swamp”.

Now site of the Reserve housing development built around 1998. 2 copies Kiki Brabson in father’s car on was to her marriage. Old New Road. Mahan Homes and

Groendyke homes in the background. 2 copies Ryan family picture: Mae Ryan Brabson, Catherine Ryan Brabson, Bess Ryan Hagan, Agnes

Ryan Brabson, Helen Ryan Helgesson; Ed Ryan, Aiden Ryan, John J. Ryan, Eugene Ryan, Johnny Ryan. 1930s?

Unidentified male Ryan? Jimmy Hagan, husband of Bess Ryan Hagan. Died WW1. Pictured on the left, other 2 men

unidentified. Kiki Brabson Pierdinock with unidentified house in the background John J. Ryan. 3 young children. 1900s. Catherine Ryan Brabson, Bess Ryan Hagan, Mae Ryan Brabson

(born 1895 on Livingston Park, New Brunswick area). 2 copies. Photocopied pictures – Brabston Family, Dayton area

Trolley Bus at Ridge Road, Brabston Farm house in background right, site of IBM plant, now?

Barn with cows, Brabston Farm Farmhand, George? On tractor. 2 copies Cows, calves and Brabston Farmhouse Young girl feeding chickens on Brabston farm. Car in background. Field with cows and Brabston farm and barn in background Old Ford? Car with Cahill Brabston wife of Edward Brabston and unidentified child. 2

copies Farm equipment and barn in background. Brabston Farm. Edward Brabston making repairs on a well handle. Raised potatoes and had a dairy farm.

Photocopied pictures – Miscellaneous pictures/newspaper articles from Kiki Pierdinock St. Cecilia’s Church picture from drawing by Richard K. Kaiser. First church Monmouth Junction on Old New Road, built in 1877. First church in Monmouth Junction as Presbyterian Church, MJ with steeple view. (2 copies) Newspaper pictures of Monmouth Junction railroad stations. One small brick new and the

other from the 1890s, large, northbound side being torn down. Feb. 1956? Source is unknown. Photocopy of postcard on Railroad Avenue, early 1900s. Old car and men at Emmen’s store? Photocopy of postcard of Monmouth Junction railroad station, with Monmouth Junction Hotel

behind. Brief article about Kiki Brabson softball skills. Newspaper article, no date with pictures and brief bios of John J. Ryan, Dr. Percy L. Smith of

Dayton, Bertrand L. Gulick, Jr. of Kingston. Articles seem to be from a scrapbook page. 2 copies

School classroom picture. Monmouth Junction. No date, or reliable people information.

Accession 1999/10. Maps and list of residents of Monmouth Junction with current (1999) and past ownership and other information. Draw and researched by Kiki Brabson Pierdinock, Member of the South Brunswick Historic Preservation Ordinance Advisory Task Force.

Accession 2009/11. Miscellaneous items from Kiki Pierdinocko Program: “Spring Jazz, Voices, and Bells: an evening of music featuring Crossroads North

Middle School Jazz, Choral, and Handbell Ensembles.” June 2, 2004. 8 ½ x 11 paper printed on two sides with program. Gray paper.

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o Program: “Crossroads South Spring Concert.” June 1, 2004. 8 ½ x 11 paper printed on two sides with program.

o Photocopy of picture of a Dayton Haypress building. Taken? 1980s? 5x8 ½ incheso Photocopy of Monmouth Junction Train Station postcard. Says torn down 1956 on back.

Heavy paper.o Photocopy of picture of Public Service trolley, dated April 11, 1935 on tracks near trestle

over the railroad.o Poof picture, photocopy of trolley at Dayton, NJo Photocopy of newspaper article showing new MJ brick and cinderblock train building and

old Monmouth Junction Train Station to be demolished. o Blurry photocopy of picture of Monmouth Junction train station with people waiting for

train. Date? 1940s or 1950s. o Photocopies of two pictures of school children, one a blow up of the other, showing some

details. o Brochure advertising the Solar Motel on Route #1 opposite Ridge Road. Shows exterior,

bedroom and other views. Original with yellow coloring. 8 ½ x 11 inches printed on both sides.o Original newspaper article on the Von Thun farm, “Farm family plows ahead.” Home

News Tribune. July 6, 2004. Also photocopy of this article.

Pietrefesa Collection Text, Newspaper Articles, Photocopies of Pictures

The Pietrefesa family came to South Brunswick in the 1920s and took up residence in the Deans area. They have operated the Deans Garage, opposite Deans Lane for over 50 years. Family members had houses next to the garage and along the railroad tracks. Fred Pietrefesa supplied numerous pictures from his family collection and other local families to help with the 1998 celebration of South Brunswick Township’s bicentennial.

Files 1, 2. Pictures from Werner Family who operated the H.G. Werner & Sons, Coal, Hay and Feed business next to the Deans Railroad Station on Deans Lane and also owned the Davidsons Mill before it burned down in the 1950s. Photocopies of the following pictures.o Picture of several buildings adjacent to the northbound side of the Deans Railroad Station, with

portion of RR Station in background, large “H.G. Werner & Sons” Barn, another barn, old car, two people. 6 copies from original photocopy, plus original photocopy..

o 2 large fuel tanks and Black fuel delivery truck, “H.G. Werner & Sons Fuel Oil, Deans N.J.” on its side. 2 copies, plus original photocopy.Deans Railroad Station with H.G. Werner in foreground. Picture owned by Margaret Werner Isak of New Brunswick. 2 photocopies plus original photocopy.

o Greyhound Depot Bus Stop, Deans at Route 1. Since then the Flagpost Inn and other establishments. Only 1 copy with Depot sign.

o Greyhound Bus Stop and picture of interior counter with waitresses unidentified. 3 copies, plus original photocopy.

File 3. Items from Fred Pietrefesa o “Pheasants have pleasant time on farm in Deans- but Later!” Newspaper article by William F.

Michelfelder on the Oberman pheasant farm across from the Deans School. Picture of Olive Oberman with young pheasants. 1949.

o Al Ochsner Pictures and newspaper articles: “Pheasants came to New Jersey in 1790.” Newspaper article about Al Ochsner’s pheasant

operation in his backyard on Deans Lane. “Al Ochsner’s hobby is for the birds.” Both articles on the same page of the Home News,

Saturday, November 5, 1977. “Roast Pheasant” pictures of al Ochsner with his dog, Hilde, and admiring a ringneck

pheasant. Home News November 1977. Al Ochsner and Inzetti family. 1930s? 1940s?

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1957 photo of Al Ochsner as South Brunswick Police Officer with Ralph Voorhees, Gene Ryan, Jim McDonald, Fred Holsten, and Tony Delre. 2 copies

Al Ochsner, traffic policeman. 1939. Al Ochsner? Picture of Deans Baseball Team at Penn’s Neck, Aug. 1, 1937. James Martin &

Company? o Deans’ Crossroads Nursery pictures site of Ray Baker farm. Pictures from Joe Polito. 1990s.

Interior of barn; outdoor sales area; more barn interiors;

Interiors of barn Exterior picture of Crossroads Nursery Barn and silo. 2 copies.

o Fred Pietrefesa Family photos. Deans School Class before 1929 at old Deans School. Photo owned by Ethel Scurato and

Filomena Pietrefesa. 2 copies Grandfather Pietrefesa, Grandmother Pietrefesa, Alex Berkuta, Ethel Pietrefesa, Fannie

Pietrefesa. 1940s. Margaret Pietrefesa, Janice Pietrefesa, Clara Sinko in front of “Deans Land Playhouse,” old

fast line trolley in a field. School Report Card of Liena Pietrefesa. Eight Grade, Deans School. 1931. Deans Garage. 1930s, winter scene at night. 2 copies Ethel and Louis Pietrefesa, 1922-23 when young children Louis and Papa and Mama. 1922-23. In front of original house on Deans Pond Lane now

Triple J. Lawn Service and remodeled. Deans or Dayton classroom scene. 1930s? Workers at Brunswick Rubber Company. Route 1 near Henderson Lane in Northbound side.

Photo owned by Ethel Pietrefesa Scurato. 1935 pictures of motorcycle cops and children at Deans Picture of students at Deans School. 1940s, picture of school and Mrs. O’Malley’s students 7 pictures of a demolished fence at the Deans Garage maybe from a wayward truck. 1934. Deans School Graduates in 1948 on stage” Music Hath Charms” banner across back of the

stage.o Miscellaneous Deans related items from Fred Pietrefesa. Photocopies of.

Alfred O. Reichler 1953 Election card with his picture. Fred Diker barn off Deans Pond Lane in decline. Newspaper picture of old Deans School and old car. From collection of Doris Curran in

Central Post. 1976? Old Deans School outhouse; another side of old Deans School. Newspaper article about the death of Thomas Bohnyak, 29, killed in France, July 18, 1944.

Lived on Deans-Rhode Hall Road. Back of Davidsons Mill. 2 copies Stationery for “Weber’s Garage,” Deans, NJ. Picture of Weber’s house and store across from the Deans Garage, taken in the late 1800s?

With the Weber family in front of the house? Picture of the Weber’s house at a later date with changes to windows, new porch on front and

new addition, probably store on the left of the house picture. Picture of calendar owned by Fred Pietrefesa from “Weber’s Radio Shop,” 1938. Aerial view of the Tantum farm now part of the Davidsons Mill Pond Park. 3 copies.

Pigeon Swamp Files Text and Newspaper Articles. Ledger Book. Accession # 1970s/ 1

The Pigeon Swamp is a 1000 plus acre wetland in the northeast corner of South Brunswick Township. Currently a little over 1000 acres was set aside for a NJ State Park, left in its natural state. Legislation regarding these lands dates back to the late 1700s when four prominent local residents, J. Wetherill, J. Truhun [Terhune], I Gulick, D. [David] Williamson petitioned the House of Assembly, Mount Holly, Nov. 10, 1779 to bring a bill (Act) “the more effectually to open, and continue to be kept clean, a certain ditch and water course for draining the

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pigeon swamp and the fresh ponds, by a tax on the proprietors of said swamp… as they may be benefited by said ditch.” This act was passed in March 1780 and renewed in 1835 and again in 1892. The Library owns a Ledger Book kept by the proprietors of the Pigeon Swamp dating from December 9, 1784 to the early 1900s. This book is in need of extensive conservation. Located in Archival box in 1-2. Not available for public use.

This file includes copies of the various legislative acts and newspaper articles about the Pigeon Swamp and the purchase by the State of New Jersey of the 1000 plus acres creating the State Park.

This file contains environmental information about the Pigeon Swamp area also known as the “Big Ditch” and shown thus on maps.

Photocopy of cover of Pigeon Swamp Ledger Book, and several pages still intact listing the first area residents obligated to pay for the ditch’s maintenance. Dated December 9, 1784. Jim Sutphen, Derick Sutphen, Benjamin Griggs, Daniel Chapman, Jonathan Combs, Simon Van Dike, John Davison, Albert Griggs, Ruliff Vanorsdall, James Gulick, David Williamson, Daniel Slover, Executors of the Estate of John Wetherill, dec. Signed by David Williamson, John Van dyke, John Davison. Also included here is a newspaper article undated when South Brunswick Township Library Director, Robert Ross, took possession of this book from Mr. William Baker and the Deans Sunday School records.

Pigeon Swamp legislation. Copies and /or transcriptions of the following acts of the New Jersey Legislature. o Chapter 73 Laws of 1780. Private law passed at Trenton March 20, 1780. 3 pages of typed

transcription. No copy of original.o Laws of 1835. 59th Legislature. Second Sitting. Page 40. Passed February 11, 1835. One page typed

transcription and copy of original written at Trenton (partial copy).o Laws of New Jersey, 1892. Chapter CCXCVI. Approved April 9, 1892. 2 pages typed

transcription. Partial copy of bill introduced by Mr. Keys. Creation of the Pigeon Swamp State Park. Newspaper articles (over 20) from March 1967 to 1981

following some of the phases of the transformation of the Pigeon Swamp wetlands area into a NJ State Park. The controversies, problems and concerns of local land owners, financing of Green Acres money and more.

Dallenbach Sand Company proposals. Newspaper articles that follow Dallenbach Sand Company’s proposal to create a park using some of the Pigeon Swamp land while it expands its mining operation into formerly park lands. August 1996 to December 1998 when the State decided against allowing Dallenbach Sand co. to expand here. Thirteen articles.

History and environment of Pigeon Swamp State Park. o “The Pigeon Swamp: historical” 1 page article, no sourceo “Pigeon Swamp.” 1964. “A report prepared by the Committee of Concern for the Pigeon Swamp

Area, Middlesex County, New Jersey.” 12 pages reviewing the location, geology, soil, water potential, recreational potential and human history. Committee members: Raymond Baker, W. T. Bell, W.M. Damron, Carl F. Eby, Richard Kerezsi, Wabun C. Krueger, C. Stratton, Milton A. Sprague, R.S. Thorsell. Mrs. Nunziato, Mrs. Penninger, Mrs. Lechner, secretaries.

o Kendall Park News. September 1964. 2 page article on “Pigeon Swamp.”

Pigeon Swamp Grant Application. Text

Applications of grants to preserve the Pigeon Swamp Ledger Book and a conservator’s appraisal of the cost made in 1995. No grant has yet been received for this project. The book remains in the South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection in a protected place.

Planning Department Records (Housing Developments, etc.) Text, Maps

Miscellaneous items from the South Brunswick Planning Department and other sources.

Map, 3/14/1989. South Brunswick – 36 items indicated, no information. One page. Most likely from “Major Residential Developments,” list for this date.

Map, no date, 1988-1991, “Park Planning Districts.” One page. 66

“Open Space Master Plan – Recreation District Analysis.” 13 areas. One page, no date. “Current Development Projects, figure 7” 1991? Appears to show potential park areas. One page 11x17

inches “Current Projects Inventory, Table 1, August 1991.” Items listed such as Fair Acres, Royal Oaks,

Stonehenge, Foxchase, Princeton Walk, Monmouth Walk, Wexford at South Brunswick, Ireland Brook, Greenlands, American Home Products, Jersey Center Metroplex, etc. 8 pages, 8 ½ x 11 inches.

“Major Residential Developments. 9/17/1990” 4 pages – Name, Developer, Description, Status. “Major Residential Developments. 12/06/1991” 4 pages – Name, Developer, Description, Status and map. “Major Residential Developments. 10/09/1987” 4 pages – Name, Developer, Description, Status and map.

SBPL Bar code – 39304000960246. In orange folder. Reference: R-NJ 352.96 S, C. 2.

Potts Collection (1) Text, Photocopies of Pictures Accession #1999/6

Roger Potts, lifetime resident of South Brunswick Township and member of the Monmouth Junction Vol. Fire Department and Monmouth Junction First Aid Department and other local organizations allowed copies to be made of some of the local history papers and photographs in his collection. He grew up in Kingston and lived in Monmouth Junction.

1. The following pictures owned by Roger Potts related to the Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad were photocopied in 1999. 35 itemso Men and women of the Monmouth Junction First Aid Department. No date, no names. Most likely in

the 1940s or 1950s. 2 copieso Rear view of women marching in parade, likely members of the MJ First Aid Department. No date.o Woman showing off first? MJ First Aid ambulance?o More ambulance vehicles. This one whitish. With windmill in background.o Dark colored ambulance. With round logo on door. “Scraps for Japs” painted on body.o Close up of door with perhaps Roger Potts looking out of dark colored ambulance.o A different picture of dark colored ambulance with windmill in background.o Light colored ambulance. License # A 46 NFo Monmouth Junction First Aiders in front of dark colored ambulance in white uniforms. o Four unidentified men standing in front of dark vehicle, License #KF 909. Back of photocopy says

copyright by Elizabeth Menzies, Kingston, NJ. o A different picture of same four men and car above. Back of photocopy says copyright by Elizabeth

Menzies, Kingston, NJ. o Group of men and women with banner of Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad in front of white

ambulance, also copyright to Elizabeth G. C. Menzies of Kingston. No date. o Two men lifting stretcher into ambulance. Exercise. o First Aiders and ambulances at a meeting? No date.o MJ First Aiders in parade. No date. o Monmouth Junction Emergency Squad Ambulance. No dateo Monmouth Junction Ambulance. Men and women standing by. No date.o MJ First Aiders at exercise in field. No date.o MJ Ambulance. Like an enlarged station wagon. Another picture of same vehicle.o Wreck or scrap metal at Salvage depot. No date. 2 copies.o Scrap metal collected in MJ for WW II efforts. o Truck full of paper collected for WWII at Palmer Stadium in Princeton. 2 copies 4 unidentified men.o More paper scrap collected. Dated February 22, 1944.o Paper scrap on truck labeled: C&R Paper Stock Co., Trenton, NJ. February 22, 1944.o Another view of scrap paper laden truck. WW II.o Pile of scrap metal collected. WWIIo Man possibly Roger Potts working on underside of large vehicle. o First ambulance? Not painted white. (picture out of order)o First Aiders at training rally, no date or location. Many old ambulances. 2 copies.

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o First aid demonstration at Monmouth Junction store in 1945? Site later the Monmouth Junction Fire Department for many years. This picture in other collections.

o Two men holding old school bell in front of old Monmouth Junction, New Road school, now housing the Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad, before building torn down and new squad building built on that site. Article date 1974. Many wonder where that bell is now.

2. Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department – Activities and Fund raisers o Minstrel Show – June 1&2, 1962. South Brunswick High School – program photocopy. Listing acts,

participants, chorus members and committee members. o Newspaper picture of Minstrel Show, 1962? Participants: Roger Potts, Edward Neupauer, David

Furch with banjos.o Advertisements from “A Darktown Minstrel” show with program listed and participants. No date.o Photocopied picture of minstrel show on stage, no date. Some signatures on back. 3 pictures, 2

different views.o Testimonial Dinner. Program. March 22, 1952 includes list of Charter and Life Members. o Building Dedication program. May 31, 1969. Looks like update at Ridge and New Roads station

house. Lists 1969 Officer, Fire Fighting Officers, Ladies Auxiliary, Ex-Chiefs and event program.o Building Dedication program. May 21, 1983. Dayton Annex on Georges Road, Dayton. Includes

names of Executive Officers, Trustees, Line Officers, Ladies Auxiliary, Dedication Committee, and Building Committee. General Contractor – Michael Toth of Cranbury.

o Photocopied picture of MJ Fire fighters with 1925 Brockway Chemical Fire Engine. Men unidentified. 2 copies

o Photocopied picture of car in a parade representing Monmouth Junction Fire Department. o Photocopied picture of Monmouth Junction Fire Department members and fire engine in uniform

standing in front of Ridge and New Road Fire Dept. station. No date or men identified.o Newspaper picture with Roger Potts, President and Chief Douglas Wolfe, of Monmouth Junction

being honored by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus. October 1976.o Photocopied picture of stand for an event of Monmouth Junction Vol. Fire Dept. No date, no people

identified.

3. Monmouth Junction Fire Department and other Monmouth Junction Pictures photocopied.o Mechanics Hall [Order of the Union of American Mechanics?], Monmouth Junction, NJ. Located next

to the Stout-Pierce House on Ridge Road near Walnut Avenue. Burned down in the 1951. 2 copies. o 5 photocopied pictures of the fire and the Monmouth Junction Fire Department fighting the January12,

1951 that destroyed the Mechanics Hall, site of many school graduations and community events. o St. Cecilias RC Church, Old Ridge Road and Miller Memorial Church, Ridge Road in 1947. o Monmouth Junction Elementary School. Built about 1902, 2 story, 4 rooms. Second school. Located

on New Road. 2 different views. No date. Torn down 1990s for new Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad building.

o South Brunswick Township Committee: Dr. Richard Ilnicki, Joseph Spataro, Ed Visinski, Dr. John Freda, Frank Chrinko. No date.

o Lester Sohl, SB Township Committee and Fred Holsten and South Brunswick Police Car. 1950s. No date.

o Monmouth Junction Fire Department. Baseball Team. Champions 1947, Twin “M” League. Victory Dinner program. Nov. 12, 1947. Lists Team Roster and Boosters.

o Monmouth Junction First Aid Demonstration at store on Ridge Road and now corner of New Road. 1940s. 2 views.

o South Brunswick WWII Honor Memorial plaque listing participants in WWII.

4. Monmouth Junction Elementary School Ground Breaking November 22, 1949. Located on the north side of Ridge Road at now Monmouth Drive. o Clearing new site. Bulldozer and 2 men. 2 copieso Children and woman approach site. Not identified.o School Board President, Willis Schonley and students. Scene 1

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o School Board President, Willis Schonley and students breaking ground. Old school can be seen in background. 2 copies

o School Board President, Willis Schonley and Mayor Reichler and students. 2 copieso Interested citizens at ground breaking. 2 copieso Brick wall under construction. 1950-51

5. Monmouth Junction Railroad Station and related pictures. o Man walking past Monmouth Junction RR Station, Southbound side?o View of Monmouth Junction RR Station, southbound side with engine and RR worker. 3 copieso Engine No. 2345 or 2845 at southbound Monmouth Junction RR Station. 4 copieso Monmouth Junction RR Station, northbound side 4 copies some enlarged. o South Brunswick RR Stations composite picture showing 1867 MJ RR Station, and Dayton RR

stations.o Another view of a composite of South Brunswick RR Stations at Monmouth Junction current (1950s)

and 1867, Dayton RR Station, Kingston RR Station, Crossroads? RR Station.

Miscellaneous newspaper article: “Four lost boys found unharmed.” No date. Monmouth Junction location, search involved 95 men from South Brunswick and the surrounding areas. Found 3 miles on Broadway Road, from where they disappeared. Reeves boys and Michael Miller.

Potts Collection (2) Text and Photocopied Pictures Accessions #1998/12 and Accession #2002/1

1. “Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad 1941-1991. 50 Years of Volunteer Service to the Community.” Accession 2002/1. Written by Rev. John H. Maltby and friends. “Material gleaned from Squad Secretaries’ minutes and other records saved since the organizations founding in 1941. 9 pages typewritten. Accession #2002/1

o “News from Home” January 29, 1945. Sheet No. 2. Annual Report of the Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad – December 31, 1944. Page sent to servicemen from the area? Includes notes from Pfc. Jack Bellanto in New Guinea; Pvt. Elias Aler in Regional Hospital, Camp Shelby, MS; Cpl. Salvatore L. Scurato, in Marshall Islands. 1 page legal sized.

2. Second folder of Accession 2002/1.o Miscellaneous information on Roger Potts Davison family roots in Plainsboro.o Enlargement of the WWII plaque and names seen in photos of the Monmouth Junction First Aid

Demonstration in the 1940s made from Roger Potts pictures in other files.

3 Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department. Miscellaneous items. Accession #1998/12

o Monmouth Junction Fire Department in front of Ridge Road and New Road station. Men in formal uniform, identified on back of photocopied picture.

o “Most Acres” wiped out by big fire. Newspaper article. May 20, 1953. Most Acres Lounge on Route 27, Franklin Park, 75-year old building a total loss. May be former Beekman house pictured in Beekman files.

o “Davidsons Mill” leveled by fire. Newspaper article. Dated not listed here, but may be in 1950s. Old Werner feed mill, along Farrington Lake. It had been renovated by Mr. Nixon as an old landmark.

o Article about troubles of Edward Visinski, Jr. of Dayton. September 18, 1979.o Items related to the Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department.

List of those attending first MJ Fire Dept. meeting, August 4, 1924 at Al Lewis old movie house. D.C. Stewart acting as President Pro-Tem, John J. Ryan, Secretary.

First MJ Fire Dept. officers. August 13, 1924.

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“Proposal for the furnishing Fire Apparatus manufactured by Brockway Motor Fire Apparatus Co., Cortland, NY. American LaFrance Fire Engine Company, Inc. Proposal-Specification- Contract. Dated October 23, 1924. Cost $3850. FOB Trenton, NJ. 7 legal size pages copied from original.

“Van Liew Motor Sales, Inc.” July 7, 1936. Purchase of 1936 Ford Tudor Sedan, which was awarded at your recent Card Party. To. H.D. Smith, Secy. Monmouth Junction Fire Dept.

Sales receipt from Van Liew Motor Sales, Inc. June 27, 1936. For $542. Black Std. Tudor. Sales receipt from A.F. Stout & Son, Monmouth Junction to the MJ Fire Dept. for 10 gallons

of gas at $.15 for $1.50. February 1926.

o “Stout’s Music House, Monmouth Junction, NJ. to Monmouth Junction Vol. Fire Co., to Richard M. Stout, Dr. for 4 pieces of music for the Fire Company dance in Mechanics Hall, Friday, April 9, 1926. Cost $27.50. Signed by Richard M. Stout.

o “Review of Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Company History” written by Roger Potts, typed by Ceil Leedom. Accompanied by Roger Pott’s handwritten copy with that includes a list of life of Presidents from 1924-1998; Chiefs 1924-1998.

Princeton Nurseries Historic District National Register Nomination Form - 2008Text, photocopied pictures, maps.

“The Princeton Nurseries Historic District,” also known as the Princeton Nurseries Kingston site, is a 269-acres rural historic landscape in Plainsboro and South Brunswick Townships, Middlesex County, NJ that includes 31 buildings, three bridges, a former railroad right-of-way and extensive fields. Historically the land was the nucleus of Princeton Nurseries, a vertically-integrated commercial tree nursery that operated here from 1913 until 1995 (although operations were transferred to Allentown, NJ beginning in the 1960s.”

This nomination form is multiple pages long in various sections describing the history of the landscapes, buildings on the site, pictures of buildings, current and historical maps of the area. 2 copies.

Princeton Nurseries – Mapleton Preserve – Workshop Agenda, November 25, 2008. Preservation Plan for the Propagation House and Attached Greenhouses. Includes Agenda and photocopies of pictures of and map of the Princeton Nurseries Propagation house and attached greenhouses.

Ragany Collection I Newspaper articles, photocopies of family photographs Accession #2000/8

These items donated by Frank Ragany of Ragany Lane off of Old Road on the western border of South Brunswick. Frank Ragany has been a member of the SBPL Board of Trustees for several years. The Ragany family of Hungarian origin took up residence in the farmhouse on Ragany Lane where Frank now lives (2008). Frank also appears in the video regarding Little Rocky Hill of which Ragany Lane area is a part, in the “Tea and History” program at the SBPL in 1999.

“Little Rocky Hill Area.” Presentation to the SB Township’s Historic Preservation Ordinance Advisory Task Force. 2000, by Frank Ragany, Jr. covering the School house, C. Reading House, A.S. Karner House, Ragany House, AME Cemetery, Wah Lee House, Princeton Garage, Otway House, Misthyn House, Stevens House, King’s Highway, Old mill, Gustafsen/Horgren House, Franklin township area of Little Rocky Hill. 2+ pages. Includes copy of “Public Roads of South Brunswick Township from the Beginning to present time. May 19, 1972.” William H. Baker. On New Jersey Highway Route 27 (Lincoln Highway) 2 pages.

Twin Pools Membership Cards photocopies. Swimming club off of Route 27. 1964. African American Episcopal Church of Little Rocky Hill. AME. Known as Mount Zion A.M.E. Church.

Located in this area since 1843, representing earlier occupation of African Americans in this area of now Route 27. Current church building dates from 1962, 100 yards north of previous church. Also a cemetery from the mid-1800s to 1968. 2 pages.

Micketts General Store- newspaper article from July 20, 1975. Home News by Jeff Gaydos. 3 pages with pictures of Mom and Pop Mickett.

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Ragany Collection II– Ragany Family memorabilia Accession #2000/7

Twelve (12) photocopies of family photographs. o Magdalen Goyena Ragany and her children” John, Mary, Magdalen, Frank, Anna in 1929. o John and Frank Ragany. 1938. o John and Frank Ragany. 1938 in front of building. Blurry picture.o View of Ragany Lane in 1938. Dirt.o Two cars owned by Frank and John Ragany. o View of Ragany Lane, circa 1938 with tree.o Frank Ragany on cultivator. Blurry.o John S. Ragany with his children. 1938. Frank, Mary, Magdalen, Anna, Theresa and John.o Frank Ragany, Sr. Confirmation picture. 19398? -1945. o John and Frank Ragany, 194?o John S. Edly and Magdalen Goyena Ragany Edly. 24 November 1949.o Elsie Weber Ragany and Frank Joseph Ragany with their children: Joseph Ragany, Jr. and Richard

John Ragany of Roosevelt Park, NJ. 1960.o Magdalena Goyena Ragany and John S. Ragany, 1937o Ragany House. 1946. o John Ragany and children. 1938o Ragany House, 1931.o Barn on Ragany Farm. 1939.

Sixteen (16) small photocopies of Little Rocky Hill scenes probably used for a display by Frank Ragany. o Early Little Rocky Hill Vol. Fire Co. annual picnic. 1949. LRH 1o Little Rocky Hill Vol. Fire Co. first fire truck. LRH 2o Fred Behrend moving his garage. 1947. LRH 3o Fred Behrend’s garage. LRH 4o Membership form for “Penguin Social Club.” LRH 5o Application for Membership to Twin Pines Swim Club, Inc. LRH 6o Dorothy Schwartz cooling off in Millstone River. LRH 7o Schwartz House. LRH 8o Nini Swartz. LRH 9o View of Ragany Lane 1950 LRH 10o View of Old Wilson farm. LRH 11o Leo’s Rural Service station. LRH 12o Leo Otway. LRH 13o Two men pumping gas. LRH 14o Ragany Farm about 1948 with Family. LRH 15o Ragany Family in front of house. LRH 16o Portion of 1876 map showing Little Rocky Hill location.

Railroads Railroads information for South Brunswick and Photos of Photos in the Plainsboro Historical Society Museum.

Folder 1. Picture photocopy of Pennsylvania Railroad (U.R. Rds of N.J. Div) [United Railroads of New Jersey

Division] New York Division. Supplement No. 1 to Time Table No. 3? , June 18, 1876. Shows Deans (5.67) and Monmouth Junction (2.50 and 7.30). Another PRR Schedule for Easter Daylight Time, undated, shows trains at Monmouth Junction at 5.58 pm and Deans at 6.01 pm. With the Fede from Boston maybe stopping at Deans or Monmouth Junction.

“Plainsboro’s Railroad History.” Two pages from January 1839 (at this time actually South Brunswick Township until 1919), through 1963 when tracks rerouted to now mainline through Monmouth Junction, Plainsboro and Princeton Junction between New York and Trenton to 1948.

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Camden and Amboy Rail Road Historical Group: o “Construction Dates Camden & Amboy Railroad. Map and itemized list from 1812-2004. o Camden & Amboy Railroad “Firsts,” by John Kilbride. 8 ½ x 17 inches. o Appendix D: Running Regulations for the Camden & Amboy Railroad, ca. 1855. From “The John

Bull – 150 years a locomotive.” John H. White, Jr. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1981. 8 ½ x 17 inches.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the State Board of Assessors of the State of New Jersey. 1905. “United N.J.R.R. and C. Co.” “Taxing District of South Brunswick Township, County of Middlesex.” Descriptions of Property… Total Value, $2,981. Lists railroad property at Dayton and Monmouth Junction and canal property at Kingston. Page 123. GoogleBooks.

Folder 2 South Brunswick railroad related photo images from Doris Curran collection and other

sources. Dayton Station. With woman in front; Depot, Dayton, NJ; Pennsylvania R.R. Station at Dayton, NJ; Deans railroad station. Train engine at Monmouth Junction south bound station?; Monmouth Junction Station at junction of PRR and FJAR; Monmouth Junction station with people in front; Monmouth Junction station with John Ryan in front; Monmouth Junction tower with rails; Monmouth Junction water tower and railroad complex; in 1941 after newly painted; Monmouth Junction early station; Monmouth Junction 1950s station; Kingston railroad station; Kingston railroad station;

Monmouth Junction station from postcard owned by Ruth Spataro. Monmouth Junction “Midway” map of railroad tracts at Monmouth Junction from map of

“Midway” Interlocking, Monmouth Junction, N.J. corrected as of 1-1-65. From Tony Santowasso, who worked for the PRR and later in the South Brunswick Police Department. Copies made in 2010. Accession #2011-3, a-d

“Our railroad movement.” Series of newspaper articles from the Princeton Standard appearing between 1860-1864. Chronicles efforts by local Princeton residents and some from Kingston to utilize the Camden & Amboy rail line along the D&R Canal for a private line between Princeton and Millstone Junction. The removal of train service from Princeton and Kingston via the C&A railroad after the mid-1860s due to the new straight route of the C&A from Deans to Trenton beginning in November 1863 to Monmouth Junction, Plainsboro and Princeton Junction created problems for residents of these towns with the thought of no rail service. With the decision to create a special line from Princeton Junction to Princeton and the opening of the Rocky Hill line between that town and Monmouth Junction the need for this line decreased as well as people’s concern with the events of the Civil War. 19 pages, 8 ½ x 11”. Copied from the Princeton Standard newspaper articles copied from Princeton Public Library microfilm and transcribed by Ceil Leedom. 2007. “Our Railroad Movement” articles from the Princeton Standard copied. 63 pages.

Railroad Wrecks in South Brunswick Township. Official reports and newspaper articles. Research by Ceil Leedom

Folder 1 United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company. Reports of accidents in annual Statements. December 31,

1903 and similar from 1904. Books at New Jersey State Library, Trenton. Refers to the Camden and Amboy, from Trenton to Jersey City, with branches and connections, a distance of 469.88 miles, and also the canal from Pennsylvania to New Brunswick of 44 miles, feeder, 22 miles all leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Listed under such titles as, “Persons killed or injured in attempting to get off or on moving trains.’ Under People killed by trains is J.E. Van Dyke at Kingston, NJ, October 14th, 1903; June 7th, E.C. Price, killed at Monmouth Junction. Conductor, L. Silance and Engineman, J. H. Emmons. . “Persons found killed or injured, lying alongside of track, supposed to have been struck by passing trains… “January 31, 1903, unknown man at Monmouth Junction, also, June 14th and 22nd. Other statements list people injured while riding on the train.

Folder 2 Railroad accidents/wrecks. 1870-1990:

o 1870: NY Times. Deans Pond. Jan 1870, wagon struck and one man killed, Mr. Eadsley.

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o 1887: Mrs. Joseph Oakeson of New Brunswick died from railroad accident on December 25, 1886 crossing tracks at Dayton, NJ.

o 1889: Cranbury Press. Train left tracks and train parted, half going to Deans Station and the other a mess on the tracks. One tramp may have been killed.

o 1892: Two men and 22 valuable horses died at Monmouth Junction RR accident. May, 1892. o 1895: Mrs. Buckalew and Miss Griggs wee killed on tracks near Dayton, NJ in area proposed for

elevation. New York Times. October 3, 1895. Trenton Evening Times. 10/1/1895. Two ladies killed, Terrible accident at Railroad crossing near Dayton. The bodies horribly mangled. .Cranbury Press. 10/4/1895. Failed to see the train. Two women ran over and killed at a crossing. Daily Times (New Brunswick). 10/2/1895. Two women killed. Terrible grade crossing accident at Dayton. Mrs. Clara Buckalew and niece, Miss Griggs of MJ. (See Also – People – Buckalew, Clarissa or Katie Griggs.

o 1898: NYC. Henry Jackson, negro may have attempted to cause train wreck near Deans’ Pond. Several articles.

o 1899: Christopher Myers struck by train at Monmouth Junction and killed. Cranbury Press.

Folder 3o 1903: Weekly Times, New Brunswick. Edward Van Dyck of Rocky Hill killed by train on Kingston-

Rocky Hill Branch of PRR, leaving a widow (August Neary Van Dyck and two children.) Also, “Mail Express jumps track.” Western mail express, No. 7 to St. Louis was wrecked at Monmouth Junction. Trenton Evening Times. February 16, 1903.

o 1904. “Was attempt made to wreck train? Daily Times. New Brunswick Oct. 29, 1904o 1904. “P.R.R. detectives watching strikers.” Daily News, New Brunswick. 1904?o 1904. “Ties on track faced Adams express cars. New York Times. Oct. 30, 1904. o 1905. “Boiler blew up killing two men.” Daily Times. Oct. 30, 1904o 1905: NY Times. Locomotive blows up and man killed, one hurled 300 feet near Deans Pond. Several

pages of text.o 1906: Think strike is broken. New York Times. Sep. 9, 1906.o 1906 Ties on track near Deans Station may have caused wreck had they not been detected. May be

related to the release of Henry Jackson involved in 1898 sabotage. Several articles. (can’t find 3/2012)

Folder 4o 1911: NY Times. Express jumps switch at 50 MPH, but only jars passengers, but Engineer scalded in

Monmouth Junction station area. Several pages.o 1912. Trenton Evening Times. Engineer rescued before explosion: Trenton fireman also figures in

Thrilling accident at Monmouth Junction.” Nov. 16, 1912.

Folder 5o 1925: NY Times and Home News. Ten die in RR accident south of Monmouth Junction in a rear-end

collision between two passenger trains in a four-track area. Many pages of text and Interstate Commerce Commission report, file No. 1221.

Folder 6o 1932: June. NY Times. Atlantic City Express wrecked, fifty hurt. Deans, NJ. 12 coal cars of a 100 car

train derailed minutes before Atlantic City Express was due. Engineer plunged into the nearby brook. Several pages.

Folder 7o 1932: November: NY Times. Eight hurt in wreck of Jersey work train near Monmouth Junction. o 1933: February 9, New York Times. “12 Pennsylvania coal cars are derailed at Monmouth Junction,

NJ.” No one was injured when 12 of 53 coal cars derailed. Trains coming into New York were delayed.

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o 1934: Interstate Commerce Commission File No. 1884. Truck hit crossing at grade level at Deans Station area. [For some reason no newspaper article on this event included. CL.]

Folder 9o 1942: NY Times. Wreck at Monmouth Junction causes jam in station here. 3 rear coaches involved. o 1989. Home News. October 4, 1989. Three SB firms shut in wake of derailment. On Herrod

Boulevard. Tanker, lead car of 13 rail cars left the tracts on Conrail siding. (Home News Archives)o 1990: Central Post. March 15, 1990. “Train jumps tracks.” Photos of accident. Derailed at Cranbury-

South River Road train crossing when a garbage truck skidded on the rails colliding with an oncoming train engine.

Renk Collection Text, Photographs, Original Political Documents. Located in 4-4

This collection of South Brunswick events was documented through newspaper articles, brochures, photographs and a variety of other documents. It is in a separate file kept in file drawer 4-4. It is in great need of indexing. Newspaper articles in the collection were photocopied on acid free paper. Efforts have been made to maintain the collection in date order as it was received. This collection contains a great deal of information about South Brunswick’s development from the late 1950s to the 1970s. It is believed that this collection was created by Bea Renk, wife of Edgar Renk, former SB Township Assessor. Some photographs from this collection are housed in Box 16, 6-5 and Accessioned 2012/37 A, B, C. Three 8/10 photographs of Monmouth Drive in Monmouth Junction taken in the 1950s or 1960s.

Revolutionary War, Unique Documents Text

This file contains some unique documents related to South Brunswick and surrounding areas about the Revolutionary War. Much related to the Battle of Monmouth and activities related to local celebrations of this 125 th

anniversary. Folder 1. “South Brunswick Township: Revolutionary War Sites.” Map showing various historic sites in

SB Township that existed in the late 1700s. 2000? 11 copies. Folder 2. “Eve of the Battle of Monmouth; historic encampment, June 27, 1778/2003.” Monroe Township.

Booklet with maps showing site of Washington’s troops in Monroe Township in 1778. Folder 2. “George Washington in Cranbury: The road to the Battle of Monmouth.” Booklet written by John

Whiteclay Chambers II, Professor of History, Rutgers University. 25 pages. Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society, Cranbury, NJ. 2003.

Folder 2. “Good Tea and Agreeable Conversation.” The Rockingham Association and the State of New Jersey. June 25, 2003. A reenactment of the visit of his Excellency, General George Washington, to Rockingham, the Home of Margaret Berrien. 8 ½ x 11 inches.

Folder 3. Reproduction of “The Pennsylvania Evening Post” of July 6, 1778. Vol. IV, No. 501. Describes the Battle of Monmouth.

Folder 4. Photocopies of documents related to the military service of Cap. Aaron Longstreet of the Kingston area. Copy of original and transcription of Captain Longstreet’s Company of October 2, 1776. 4 pages.o Manuscripts of Military record of Aaron Longstreet from the NJ Archives, Trenton, NJ and the David

Library of the American Revolution, Washington’s Crossing, PA. 8 pages.

Rhode Hall Text

This file contains information on the Rhode Hall community that was located on Cranbury-South River Road mostly between Ridge Road and Davidsons Mill Road. Members of the community date from the early 1700s, but due to New Jersey Turnpike 8A intersection it is now a popular place for warehouses as many of the residents have moved away. This file also has a few brief entries for the Rhode Hall Driving Park begun in 1875 that was not a successful venture.

Folder 1. Rhode Hall – Miscellaneous Information. All 8.5x11 inch paper.

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o Section on Rhode Hall from History of Union and Middlesex Counties, NJ. 1885. page 784-785, 792 and Monroe Township page 800.

o Newspaper article, Aug 10,1895 on Rhode Hall baseball team playing Deans. The following newspaper items were from the New Brunswick Public Library, online New Brunswick newspapers.

o Newspaper article, April 14, 1908. “Rhode Hall Hotel burned.” o Newspaper article, Aug. 16, 1921. “Blaze destroys barn and crops.”o WPA publication on Monroe Township. 1938. p. 62, 63 and 100 and 101 mentioning Rhode Hall

people and activities. Located at Cranbury Public Library. o “The Pierson’s of Rhode Hall, South Brunswick Township.” 2 pages on information about the

Pierson family from Louise Johnson Kerwin of Jamesburg. 1970-2000?o Rhode Hall, South Brunswick, NJ c. 1920-1945. Map location and information on Rhode Hall

residents by Kathryn Cadmus Hollywood, September 2003 as told to Barbara Hollywood, daughter. 3 pages.

o Rhode Hall, Historical Review based on History of Union and Middlesex Counties, NJ .188? In June 2006 by Ceil Leedom.

Folder 2. Rhode Hall as described in Forgotten Towns of Central Jersey: Fare to Midlands. 1939 by H. Beck. Pages 290-307 and pages 309-313. His investigation and comments on this area of NJ.

Folder 3. Rhode Hall Driving Park. Established in 1875 lasting about 2 years. Located on Deans-Rhode Hall Road near Cranbury Road according to informants. 4 pages, one of NJ Legislature, Bills Introduced, copied at the NJ State Library, Trenton and three brief mentions from local New Brunswick newspapers found online at the New Brunswick Public Library website.

Roads Text

Folder 1. Photocopies of Road Returns from Middlesex County Road Books at the County Court House Annex.o Deans Rhode Hall Road. July 6, 1839. Middlesex County Road Book B. p. 323, 325. 3 pages with

map. Application of Samuel L. Woodward and others. Begins on a stump on the west side of the road that runs from Cranberry to Washington to Georges Road. 3 copies

o Private Road. Oct. 9, 1840. p. 347 with map. Book B. Located between Georges Road and the Lawrence Brook Bridge at Richard McDowell’s land, between Mary Van Pelt’s & daughter and Richard Sutphin. Application of Richard McDowell. 3 copies

o Road at Kingston. July 3, 1828. p. 237-239 with map. Book A. Application of Phineas Withington and others. Beginning in the Mapleton Road near Kingston across the Turnpike (now Route 1) to Jediah Stout’s and the heirs of John Rule, in the line of the Longbridge farm. And there to the end near Stouts Lane. 3 copies

o Mapleton Road. April 10, 1828. P. 231-233 with map. Book A. Application of William Gulick and others. Beginning at a stake in road leading from Princeton to Cranberry and one rod southerly of Scudder’s Mills, past Isaac Story’s corner to the side of the Kingston and Princeton Branch Turnpike road at Kingston nearly opposite Heath’s Tavern. 3 copies.

Folder 2. “Just off the Turnpike: 13A to 8A.” paper written by Judith J. Friedman appearing in New Jersey History. Vol. 118. Nos. 3-4, Fall/Winter 2000. Pages 34-50. History review on this portion of the New Jersey Turnpike. Accession #2012/7.

Folder 3. Map of the Division Line between Somerset and Middlesex Counties. 1765. Photocopy from “A map of the division line between the counties of Middlesex and Somerset by a scale of twenty chains to an inch. By order of the Justices and Freeholders. May 9, 1766 Az Dunham. 13 pages photocopied. Accession # 2012/8

Folder 4. “An act to incorporate the Trenton and New Brunswick Turnpike Company.” Passed at Trenton, NJ Nov. 14, 1804. Acts of the Legislature pages 20-24, 18? James Ewing, John Neilson, James Schureman, and Thomas Hill, Esqrs. Be authorized to receive subscriptions for erecting a turnpike road four rods wide from Trenton to New Brunswick. Includes list or proposed fees. Accession # 2012/5.o Portion of an article from a book, not sourced, with quotes from the Gulick Papers and the Trenton

and New Brunswick Turnpike and New Brunswick Turnpike Account Book, Neilson Papers regarding the condition of the turnpike and fees. Need better copy of this source.

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Robertson Collection Photocopies of Postcards and other pictures Pictures owned by Crawford Robertson of Monmouth Junction.

Folder 1. Postcard photocopy of the Dayton Station sent to Mr. Charles Crawford, Monmouth Junction, NJ postmarked 1906. 5 copies of various sizes.

Folder 1. Postcard photocopy of Monmouth House, Monmouth Junction, NJ. No date. Burned down in the 1920s? 10 copies of various sizes and exposures.

Folder 2. Photocopy of picture of students at Monmouth Junction School with Ruth Weaver Spataro identified. 1 copy.

Folder 2. Students at Kingston Free School on Academy Street in the 1930s. Pictures identified. Photo from the collection of Rick Goeke of Kingston. 2 copies.

Rocky Hill Copper Mine Text Accession #1999/16

Photocopies of excerpts from books regarding this 18th century copper mine related to Andrew McDowell of South Brunswick Township in the mid.1700.

Excerpts from The Old Copper Mines of New Jersey. Harry B. Weiss and Grace M. Weiss. The Past Times Press, Trenton, NJ. 1963. Pages 2-7; 50-51; 62-81. Bibliography 88-90. Andrew McDowell (pages 72-74) was one of SB’s early property owners in the Deans area. In February 1756, he wrote letters to Robert H. Morris owned a share of the mine and was in correspondence with Andrew McDowell.

From the Somerset County Historical Quarterly. Vol. 4, #3. Pages 189-193, “Notes on Copper Mining in Somerset,” by Rev. Oscar M. Voorhees, D.D., New York City. Gives brief overview of the Rocky Hill Copper Mine. It is apparent that the mine was not very successful and is now largely forgotten.

Rogers Collection Text, Maps, Newspaper Articles Accession #1999/14

The following materials come from the local history collections of Mercedes Rogers of Kingston, NJ. This collection is divided into two parts. One is ephemera consisting of maps, brochures and other items. Two consists of photocopies of newspaper articles and other items in Ms. Rogers’ collections.

Folder 1: Ephemera: o 1975 New Jersey Road Map; “Historic Cranbury,” brochure 8 ½ x14” four-folded, no date but

connected with 1975 bicentennial – 2 copies; o “Vincentian Renewal Center,” located at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Princeton, NJ. 8 ½”x, four-folded. No

date, 1970s of 1980s?; o “Canals of New Jersey,” brochure. 11’x17” folded in 6ths. “A guide to the history and preservation of

the Morris and Delaware and Raritan Canals. The Canal Society of New Jersey. With membership application. No date. Possibly from 1980s.

o “Tour guide Rutgers Display Gardens,” brochure. 8 ½”x 11” four-folded. Possibly from 1969. o “New Jersey: Crossroads of the Revolution,” brochure. 8 ½”x 11” four-folded. Map and scenes of

Revolutionary sites in NJ. Pictures of Governor Brendan Byrne and Robert B. Meyner, Bicentennial Chairman.

o “The Most Dramatic Stories in New Jersey History,” on page handout, 8 ½”x 11” 3 folded. Brochure selling Historic Houses of New Jersey. By W. Jay Mills. No date.

o Restaurant placement, “Enjoy yourself in the land of fun…New Jersey.” About 8 ½” x 14”. Highlights one event from each of the 21 counties.

o “Building tour of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Princeton, NJ. On heavy grey paper, 8 ½” x 11”. Pictures of mains buildings and a brief history.

o “A Walking Tour of Kingston, N.J.: Services, history, shops.” Heavy tan paper, 8 ½”x11”. Includes map and list of shops and brief history. No responsible organization listed any date. 2 copies.

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o “Welcome to Kingston," brochure on heavy paper, 8 ½”x 11” tri-folded. Sponsored by the Kingston Business Association. Contains drawing of Kingston village scape, map and list of businesses. No date.

o “Historic Kingston, settled in 1683. A self-guided Walking Tour of the Historic District.” Kingston Historical Society. 1998. 5 pages, double-sided and stapled. 8 ½” x 11.” Contains a brief history of Kingston and various houses around town. No map.

o “The South Brunswick Democrat,” newsletter/brochure. 11”x26 ½” on blue paper. 6 pages, township map. P.O. Box 157, Monmouth Junction, NJ postmarked Nov. 2, 1974 to Mercedes Rogers. “Contributors to the Edward L. Picone Campaign Fund listed and his resume.

o “Notice to customers of Higgins Disposal Service.” Year 1971 charges, etc.

Folder 2. Newspaper articles and other photocopied items from Mercedes Rogers.o “Annual Report of the Treasurer of the Kingston Presbyterian Church from March 1, 1898 to March 1,

1899.” One page, also includes cemetery fund.o “Names of the Present Proprietors of the Kingston Library Company.” 2 pages, no source, but dates

from the early 1800s.o Copy of the Higgins Disposal Service, rates June 25, 1970 and newspaper article regarding same.o “Festive shopping in quaint Kingston village.” One page hand out. Picture of old houses listing various

businesses. Dated 12.1.1976.o Map of Stony Brook Watershed. 1962.o Article about Michael P. Brown’s book, “New Jersey Parks, Forests, and Natural Areas: a Guide,”

and his picture. New York Times. May 1992.o Map, “Interesting tour of art, antiques and gifts.” No date. Kingston, Cranbury, Little Rocky Hill,

Pennytown, Belle Mead, Hopewell businesses.o “Rockingham’s Preservation, “A testimonial to vigilance.” The Princeton Packet. Wednesday, June 6,

1973. Constance Greiff.o “State museum exhibit propels sculptor into world of unexpected recognition. The Princeton Packet.

January 25, 1978. Jane Petroff. Article and picture of Leon Bibel.o “…a place of its own...” June 5, 1970 newspaper article. Describes canal area around Kingston with

pictures of underpass tunnel, canoerso “Cranbury Village: a throwback to the 18th and 19th centuries.” The Princeton Packet. March 21, 1979.

David Salowitz. Pictures along main street and map of historical sites from brochures mentioned in this file

o “New Jersey Roads: $200,000,000 improvement program is being carried out in state.” June 14, 1959. New York Times. ?

o “Kingston Bridge has 300 years of history. Princeton Packet. Dec. 1, 1976. Harold H. Heins, Jr. o “Walking tour of Kingston.” Ruth Wood, with illustration by Judi Niemann that appears on brochure of

same name. Spectrum. February 23, 1977.o “New Jersey at War: A bicentennial tour.” Sol Stember. New York Times. Nov. 1, 1976.

Rowland Family Text Genealogy Accession # 2007/6; 2002/4; and Rowland Family Genealogy

This file contains several different types of items related to the Rowland Family of Longbridge Farm/Monmouth Junction areas. The Rowland family took up residence in South Brunswick Township in the 1830s when two brothers purchased nearby land holdings, one part of the Longbridge Farm and the other east of that area along Kingston Lane.

Accession #2007/6 contains items found in the attic of a house built and previously owned by William L. Rowland of Monmouth Junction. The house is listed on South Brunswick’s list of historical homes on the SE corner of Walnut Avenue and Ridge Road. The Ruddick family that later lived in this house found various Rowland family related materials in the attic and donated them to the South Brunswick Public Library’s Local History Collection. They are kept in Archival Box 67 in Cabinet #1. This file has a list of the contents of that box. This box

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contains 29 receipts found in the attic, notebooks with local names and portions of some old magazines from 1877, 1903, and 1913

Accession #2002/4 is an Excel spreadsheet relating to Rowlands living in and around South Brunswick in the 1800s and early 1900s compiled by Ceil Leedom and annotated by Pat Ewers.

Genealogy of the James and Letty Guest Rowland Family of Middlesex County, New Jersey. Pat Gorman Ewers, of Spokane Valley, Washington. 2006. This 83 genealogy contains detailed information on many Rowland family members, and index and various genealogical charts. A copy is on the South Brunswick Public Library’s Local History shelves, in New Jersey Reference. This file contains Pat Ewers most original copies, one spiral bound and one in a notebook.

Schools, Unique Materials Text

This file contains various papers and documents related to South Brunswick Schools. Some of these items have originals in other collections and archival boxes.

Schools General – School Records, 1898-1902, 1905-1906. Information listed from School record books in the Collection. Compiled by Kiki Pierdinock. 4 pages. “Description and demographics of the school and community.” Portion of paper written by Lori Hudley for a Rutgers University class project. 9 pages. Accession 2009/24. “Success on a grand scale: South Brunswick’s music program named among the best in US. Star Ledger. May 8, 2004. 2 pages in color.

Schools – Dayton School: Programs for: Dayton Frolics, May 1953 (2 copies); Dayton School Commencement, Class of 1931; articles on 1931 Dayton Graduating class; newspaper article showing 1893 school; newspaper article Central Post. November 20, 1975 about local schools from Doris Curran’s collection. Also, Central Post articles from May 31, 1973. Part of original newspaper article from Central Post, from that article; Copy of laminated paper showing Dayton School scenes, 1893-1928. Part of Home News article of September 1, 1984; “Even they had problems.” Dayton school article from May 31, 1973 in the Central Post.

Schools – Dayton-Deans Schools: Dayton-Deans Handbook, 1996; Dayton-Deans “We fly together.” 1978 at 50th anniversary of the completion of these two schools; Thank note from Dayton-Deans to Sheree West-Puccio for Doris Curran exhibit.

Schools – Deans School: Photocopy of photo of 1900s Deans School in the snow. 6/9 inches; 1929 Deans School Dedication exercise. Feb. 14, 1928 from Webers 8 pages of 4 sides each; 8 x 14 photocopy of Deans school graduation class year unknown; “Sunday Times, New Brunswick; June 11, 1928. “Cornerstone of new school at Deans will be laid.” Newspaper article on this new school.

Schools – Greenbrook School: Copy of 40th Anniversary program. 8.5x11 inches, one page. Schools – Indian Fields: Dedication ceremony booklet. January 10, 1993. 4 pages. (2 copies) Schools – Monmouth Junction: “Life of different hats saw history of town.” Article about Monmouth

Junction School when Ethel Emens was a teacher. Photo from 1897 of her with students. Central Post. Sept. 17, 1981. Photocopy of MJ School in 1922, 8.5 x 11 inches; Photocopy of MJ School in 1945? 8.5x11 inches; Photocopy of groundbreaking for new MJ School in 1949/50. Features Willis Schonely. 8.5x11 inches; Photocopy of MJ School about 1951; Minstrel Show and Dance program by MJ PTA, May 13, 1955. at the Dayton School. 10 pages, yellow cover; Home News article 12/19/1963 on school program at MJ school; reference to Monmouth Junction School year end yearbook 1990-1991, original in Box 2 in 8-3; Invitation to MJ Elementary School re-dedication on Nov. 19, 2006 with 2 pages of program for that ceremony.

Schools - Ridge School; Photocopies of photographs of 1923 and 1926 classes. Alexander Merchant of New Brunswick designed the current Ridge School building. His drawings were found in the house he used to live in by Louis Barrood, Jr. They are now held at the New Brunswick Public Library. 4 pages are included here about Alexander Merchant. 8.5x11 inches. Followed by 3 pages of 9 drawings of Ridge School. Finally a outside drawing of the exterior of the Deans/Dayton School. Followed by Thank Letter to Robert Miller at the New Brunswick Public Library in 2005. Followed by a page describing the Ridge School and how closely in follows Merchant’s drawings.

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Schools – South Brunswick High School: Dedication of the South Brunswick High School, October 30, 1960; Photocopy of “First Annual commencement. SBHS. 6/13/1962. 1983 Graduating Class booklet. Princeton Chapel, 6/16/1983. 8 pages; Evening of Music. 5/16/1991; 5/20/1993 program of Music by band and chorus; National Honor Society induction May 1992; SBHS newsletter, one page 8.5x14 inches. “Viking Press: April 1991. school news. 11x17 inches folded; Photocopy of SBHS graduating class of 1962; Groundbreaking invitation for South Brunswick High School, September 30, 1995.

“Schools put town on the map.” 2/21/1970 article from the Saturday Review. Donated. Also this article on the internet at www.unz.org. Also, copies placed in SBPL Local History files under Schools – Awards and Recognition and under People – Kimple, James.

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“Conflicts for control of a suburban school system.” Robert Rockwell. Research paper. May 1980. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Rutgers. 255 pages. Marked up copy sent to Jeanne Reock. 2 copies.

Schwartz Collection Text Accession #2009/10

This material photocopied from items given to Dr. Joan Luckhardt of the Dayton Village Citizens Coalition. They were copied for this collection in 2005. The Schwartz family lived in the Dayton-Deans area most likely along Georges Road. The file contains some graduation programs and school records of August Schwartz. They show the various schools attended by a child in that area of South Brunswick. Please note that no use documents from the family have been received.

Graduation programs – “Commencement Exercises of the Middlesex County Vocational School Number One.” 1934 (2 copies) and 1941.

Photocopy of prize ribbon: “Junior Extension Work of New Jersey, First Prize, 1925. Trenton Fair.” Two copies of a statement about learning to speak English. “Born in 1915 in Deans, next to Picnic Woods.

Lived there until 1943. Walked 2 miles to and from school each day. Never missed a day. Went to high school in New Brunswick for 2 years and transferred to the Vocational School for Middlesex County. Became and auto mechanic.

Report Cards from Deans School. Teachers mentioned are Principal Margaret Terhune, Principal Ethel A. Beck., Teachers Florence Bowman, and Frances Ma? Also reports from New Brunswick and Middlesex Vocational School.

Segal, George Text

George Segal, South Brunswick’s most famous resident, came here with his parents as a teenager. His parents were part of the Jewish agricultural movement relocating people from a city environment (New York City) to a country lifestyle. George was an aspiring artist and spent much time in New York. His parents, and for a while, he too, were engaged in raising poultry on their farm on Davidsons Mill Road. A file of articles related to George Segal have been transferred to this file, but have not been listed at this time. The files contain an inch of materials, mostly newspaper articles beyond South Brunswick.

Shackleford Collection Text Accession #2003/7

This is a collection of material from research conducted by James Shackleford of South Brunswick on the African-American / Black history of the township.

“Titus Farm History (Also known as The Morvack Farm). 3 pages large print story of Thomas Titus, former slave, 1817 and his family. He was able to purchase a small plot of land now part of the West New Road Park owned by South Brunswick Township. This paper details the history of Titus ownership of this land later purchased by the Morvack family.

South Brunswick Township Slave Births recorded 1804-1844, Middlesex County. 5 page list compiled from records kept at both the Rutgers University Special Collections Library and the New Jersey Archives.

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James Shackleford copied this list, retyped by Ceil Leedom, who also did the same research. The NJ State Legislature required all slave owners to register slave births from 1804 on. These children were born “free,” but required to be “apprentices” until girls reached age? and boys age?

Photographs of the Probasco Burying Ground taken by James Shackleford. May 2003. Copies in “Cemeteries – Probasco Burying Ground” file.

2009. “Quest to mark ex-slave’s grave ends. “South Brunswick Post. July 2009. Newspaper article on Shackleford’s efforts to have Titus gravestone restored and replaced.

Video on the Deans Cemetery made by “History Hunters. Local Cemeteries.” In glass cabinet of archival items and videos in the Local History Room. Cataloged in the SBPL Library at “NJ-VHS 974.941 DEA”

Sigle Collection Photocopies of Pictures and original Pictures Accession # 2002/9, 10

Copies of family photographs and other memorabilia donated by Doris Daust Sigle of Monmouth Junction. She is the daughter of Lillian Griggs and William Daust. Lillian lived in the Griggs House on now Ridge Road, just east, past the Monmouth Junction Post Office and the bottom of “Hungry Hill.” She grew up in Monmouth Junction and other places in New Jersey. She married Warren J. Sigle and they later lived on a farm, now known as “Pleasant Hill Farm” on Ridge Road located between the railroad tracks and the NJ Turnpike bridge.

File contains photocopies of original pictures kept in Archival Box #23, 6-2. Ridge Road School class. 1913; Ridge Road School class, no date; picture of Mrs. Emma Rowland, Doris Daust Sigle’s teacher at Monmouth Junction School. Items #5, 6, 7. Also in this Box are enlargements of the Griggs House from a glass plate original, Sigle farm aerial photograph photocopy at Pleasant Hill on Ridge Road east of Route 130 (2 copies),

Copy of some pictures in photo files. Small photo box #94 in 5-5 and Archival Box # 23, 6-2o Items #1, Unknown man in tintype picture; #2 Unknown woman in long dress; #3 Unknown woman

in white dress, tintype; #4 Unknown child in tintype; #8, Postcard copy of Main St. Cranbury, 1907?; #9 Postcard copy of Cranbury school, 1906?; photocopy of business, “J.S. Silvers Bros. Co. Grocers. American Mills. Est. 1866.

Photocopies of family pictures accession #2002/10: 1. Grandparents Griggs?, 2. Lillian Griggs Daust, 3. Parents of Lillian Griggs, 5. Griggs house, MJ, Ridge Rd. Block 54, Lots 3, 4 and other copies of same pictures, 6. Grandparent’s Culver’s house now called Shuh House according to Doris, 4. Picture of Bertha Daust Geer, Steve grandson, and Grand? #7. William R. Daust and Lillian Griggs Daust, Elizabeth Stewart, unknown, 2 copies, #8, Picture of SB Grange women. Date unknown, #9, Dayton School class, 193?, #10, Farmhouse on Ridge Road, now site of Petco warehouse near NJ Turnpike bridge.

Notes of conversation with Doris Daust Sigle made by Ceil Leedom, June 2002 regarding her family and the pictures described above.

Aerial view of Sigle farm on Ridge Road. 1950s? in archival Box #23 in 6-2. Photograph of picture made from Doris Sigle’s glass plate negative of the Griggs house in the 1800s. Also

have copy on CD made by Gary Saretzky in 2002. See Photo files in Special Collections in 5-5 Hanging files, Labeled Griggs House.

South Brunswick Historical Society Papers Text Newspaper Articles in Two files.

The first South Brunswick Historical Society was formed as a result of a Historical Study Group appointed by the SB Township Committee in March, 1971. It was agreed to establish a South Brunswick Historical Society. These files contain meeting minutes from 1971 to 1976. According to comments of later presidents of this group, two other attempts were made to keep the organization alive after the initial members had passed away. The Society was disbanded in 1993 and its holdings turned over to the South Brunswick Public Library. Those papers, research and other materials have since been expanded to the current collections of South Brunswick Public Library’s Local History Collection.

File #1 contains Wetherill Historic Site plans. 1989; Newspaper articles and assorted papers and red, white and blue fabric 7inches long, “1st Annual Encampment. SBHS. May 23, 1992. Participant; 1991 By-Laws; Proposal for Kingston Historic District from Heritage Studies; Notes of Sheree West-Puccio and others about SB history with copy of Central Post: South Brunswick: Settling the Sassafras Soils. October 26, 1989. Sheree West. Tom Davis.

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File #2 contains Minutes from 1971-1976 notebook and papers for dissolution of the South Brunswick Historical Society in 1993.

South Brunswick Township Resolution. March 2, 1971. “…the establishment of a Historical Study Group is hereby approved for the purpose as stated herein; said Group to forward its recommendations to the Township Committee (for the purpose of a Historical Society for South Brunswick Township.)

Resolution details expanded for Historical Study Group. April 6, 1971. After two meetings agreed that a Historical Society be formed, actions to ascertain historical sites, landmarks, buildings of historical significance within limits of the township, dues of $1 per year, request that the Township defray any reasonable costs for maps, paper, deeds, etc. Study group recommends Richard D. Ilnicki and Bernard L. Tetreault to be included in Study Group list of William Baker, Doris Curran, Wabun Krueger, Mary Petty, Luke Magee, and Mable Narozanick.

“Bylaws of the South Brunswick Historical/Foundation.” Adopted Oct. 15, 1991.7 pages. Plus copy and working copy of the Bylaws.

Heritage Studies. “Proposal for National Register nomination. Kingston Historic District. South Brunswick and Franklin Townships, NJ. No date. Several pages. No indication if all of documents here.

Photocopy of newspaper article. July 1993: “Township history society disbands.” Letter from Sheri Singleton, Secretary and Trustee of the South Brunswick Historical Society. The resignation of all officers and trustees has been received. All archives and records have been turned over to the South Brunswick Public Library and will be made available to the public with special arrangement. ...We were the third attempt at a viable historical society for South Brunswick Township. The inactive corporate papers and records will be available from the head librarian should someone at some future attempt. Sheree West-Puccio, the founder, president and trustee of the SBHS will still be available for information regarding township history as she has done for many years.

Notebook with March 2, 1971 Township Resolution establishing SBHS study group. Minutes March 1971 to November 1976 in reverse date order. Followed by Correspondence from 1974 -1976. Also contains By-Laws adopted in 1971.

Letters turning the SBHS materials over to the South Brunswick Public Library in 1993.

South Brunswick Township Tercentenary Celebration Text, Papers, Documents

These original papers document activities in South Brunswick Township to celebrate the New Jersey from 1664-1964.

This file contains original correspondence and other papers related to South Brunswick Township’s events to celebrate this year long celebration. A final report was submitted to the Township Committee by the Tercentenary Committee on March 9, 1965 by Committee Chairman, William H. Baker. Originally Richard M. Stout was appointed Chairman by the then Mayor, Richard J. Casey. Baker wrote to have the State Historymobile visit South Brunswick, a short factual history of the township was prepared by Dr. V. A. Rightmire, Historian for the Committee. No activities in 1963, but elaborate program was formulated for 1964. A flag honoring the event was purchased, and exhibit of Indian artifacts was on display at the Municipal Building, Cub Scouts prepared floats for the July 4th parade, and an Eighteenth Century Dinner and Dance in colonial costume was held at the Flag Post Inn on October 17, 1964. There follows a list of committee members. Multiple pages, banded together.

Booklet for the “Tercentenary Celebration. South Brunswick NJ. 1664-1964” provided for attendees at the October 17, 1964 Colonial Dinner. Program includes short history of the Township from 1790s with population in decades until 1960 and describes villages, original lands, schools, early Township Committee records. 2 copies.

“Township of South Brunswick,” history review written by Dr. V.N. Rightmire. 8 1/2x 14”, 2 pages. Booklet. 8 1/2x 11” “…The Beginnings of New Jersey…” The first exhibit in the New Jersey

Tercentenary Historymobile. 14 pages. New Jersey State Tercentenary Commission.

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Large 22”x 12” paper advertisement? “Three Centuries of History. …South Brunswick Township, Township Committee. Gives brief township history and has picture of a man in colonial times reading a proclamation from his horse.

Roster of New Jersey County, Municipal Tercentenary Committees.

South Brunswick Township, Unique Documents Text

“Community Analysis Project: South Brunswick Township. Beverly Luck. March 1988. Paper written Beverly Luck of Kingston for a school assignment. 13 pages. Description of South Brunswick’s history and topography, transportation, political characteristics, communication network, educational, cultural and social organizations, special populations, etc.

“South Brunswick Jaycees Community Survey: Recreation, 1971-72. SB Jaycees. In brown folder, 8 pages, 8 ½ x 11”

Reference to the “South Brunswick Township 1962 Tax Assessments.” This document is in the Renk Files, dated July 1962. Renk files are by date order.

“South Brunswick Artists Look at Historic South Brunswick.” 1990 calendar with drawings by South Brunswick Artists for CIL (Citizens for Independent Living) coordinated by Harriet Indik. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Subjects: Widow Wood’s Tavern; Petty House; Stout House; Kingston Bridge;, Beekman House; Miller Memorial Church; Dean House “Innisfree,” Kingston Lock; Kingston Bridge; E. Stout House; Gulick House, Raymond Road; First Presbyterian Church of Dayton. Copy 1 - Accession #2011-4; copy 2- Accession #2011-?

Know your township: South Brunswick. 1966. League of Women Voters of the New Brunswick Area. 64 pages. 5.5x8.5 inches.

South Brunswick Township: annual report. 1965 and 1966 (2 copies)

Spataro Collection Photocopy of Newspaper Article Accession #2000/1

Ruth Weaver Spataro of South Brunswick and Monmouth Junction gave us a copy of a newspaper article dated April 15, 1955 from the Trenton Evening Times, “Eight sons of Liuigi Scurato [Lewis Scurato] in Armed Services, 1941-1955. Newspaper article incomplete at this time, but has photos of Anthony Scurato, Salvatore Scurato, Joseph Scurato, Donald Scurato, Thomas Scurato, Louis Scurato, Blasé Scurato and Frank Scurato. The article describes their service records beginning in January of 1941.

See Archival Box 65 in 6-4 for Spataro Family Items, Accession # 2006/2 with items related to local schools and Joseph Spataro’s political career in South Brunswick and as Surrogate for Middlesex County. Other items added in Accession #2016/6 to Box 65 in 6-4.

Sprague Papers Reference to Unprocessed papers from the Sprague Family of Dayton kept in Archival Boxes #53 and #54 in 7-1

Dr. Milton Sprague, professor at Rutgers’s Cook College for many years lived in Dayton. The papers in Archival Boxes 53 and 54 in 7-1 contain some information about Dr. Sprague’s work and his family activities. In 2007 a member of his family contacted the Library regarding an obituary of a family member here. They in turn sent a photocopy of a booklet, pages 195-203 for a chapter called “The Spragues.” from the Washburn Pioneers, written by Catheryn R. Johnson in 1986. This details the life of Milton Allen Sprague, father of South Brunswick’s Milton Sprague, where he had tremendous affect on the life and growth of Washburn, WI in the 1800s.

Stout Family History Text, copies of family history written by various members of the Stout Family of Monmouth Junction

This file contains various copies of family histories written by Arnold Farmer Stout in 1916 and later articles written by one of his grandchildren, Richard Merrill Stout. These histories were copied from originals by Kathryn Clayton and other articles titled, “The Town We Live In” were reprinted by the Miller Memorial Presbyterian Church of Monmouth Junction. Someone else typed the memoirs of Arnold Farmer Stout written in

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1916. The copy transcribed by Kathryn Clayton is with The Clayton Collection in Archival Boxes kept in Cabinet 1. The Stout family took up residence in a farm on the north side of Ridge Road beginning in 1816 on land formerly owned by the Dutch, Johnson Family who took up residence there after 1714. Both families considered this farm their “homestead” property. Stouts lived here, but also started the Stout lumberyard in the eastern side of the area that became Monmouth Junction by what became the route of the main line railroad tracks built around 1860. Stouts built the Victorian house opposite Walnut Avenue and a house on Ridge Road on the eastern edge of the new high school property. They also lived in the homestead farmhouse, now gone, located in the eastern side of the new high school property.

“Notes for SB history tour, Johnson/Stout property.” 10/11/1998. Ceil Leedom. 6 pages of an overview of Johnson and Stout ownership of the Ridge Road farm property.

“The Biographical History of the Stout Family: interesting to the only surviving Stout of the specified branch living within the vicinity of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.” Vol. 1, by Arnold Farmer Stout (the second). 1916. A.D. 25 pages 8 ½ x 11” typed. Accession # 2012/71o Part I – Includes only the ancestors, deceased of the Stout family specified in this booko Part II – Includes a complete history up to the year 1917 of the Old Homestead, known to some of the

deceased as well as some of the surviving Stouts as their home.o Part III – Includes the history of the surviving Stouts, living at the time of this writing.o Part IV – Is to include the future history of the Stout family specified in this book, if continued by

future generations as requested. o Supplementary Part includes histories of various families connected with the Stout family by marriage

or by some interesting circumstance.o Includes written genealogy drawn out on page 6; picture of house from Kathryn Clayton who lived

there at one time; drawings of house and farm area, not clear. “Stout Family Tree – David Branch Chart III.” 2 pages 11x17”. Includes current living

members of the Stout family and shows relationship of many Stout related people in the area including Arnold Farmer Stout, Augustus V. Stout, Richard Merrill Stout, Lake and Lackey family of Kingston, etc.Accession #2012/72

Accession #2012/73 A-D, “The Town We Live In:o Early Schools (Part 1)”. R.M. Stout. Oct. 25, 1961. 8 1/2x11” 2 pageso Early Roads.” R M. Stout. t. 15, 1961. 2 pages.o New Jersey as the Stout’s found it. “ R.M. Stout. December 13, 1961. R.M. Stout.o Kingston.” April 11, 1962. R.M. Stout

Miller Memorial Newsletter. June 1, 1996-1997. Accession #2012/74o “The First Purchases, in New Jersey, of Land from the Indians and the Monmouth Patent,” R.M.

Stout, January 10, 1962. 2 pages (June and Summer, 1996)o “Middlesex County: Early History,” R.M. Stout. September, 1996. 1 pageo “Middlesex County: Early History,” R.M. Stout. October, 1996 and November, 1996. 1 pageo “Middlesex County: Early History, Roads” R.M. Stout. November 1996. 1 pageo “Middlesex County: Early History, Roads” R.M. Stout. December 1996. 1 pageo “Middlesex County: Early History, Roads & Kingston” R.M. Stout. January 1997. 1 pageo “Middlesex County: Early History, Kingston [missing second page of Stouts Kingston article.” R.M.

Stout. February 1997. 1 page (See Accession #2012/73D)o “The Town We Live In, Cranbury.” 3 pages. March –June 1997 o “The Town We Live in, Monmouth Junction.” June –September 1997. 4 pages; also, Accession

#2016/11. Also attached is the following manuscript. “The Old Trail, Route 27, actually a 16-page, history of “Dayton, NJ, formerly Cross Roads: a brief outline of its history from its earliest settlement.” (History of Dayton, Doris Curran) here include in Accession #2016/11. SEE Also, this history of Dayton with other copies in Box #63, File #8 of Doris Curran’s miscellaneous papers.

Tavern License Petitions Text, Map Copied and compiled by Ceil Leedom, 2002. File #1

This is a collection of photocopies of original tavern license petitions from local South Brunswick residents from the late 1700s to early 1800s. Originals are located at the New Jersey Archives in Trenton. They are on 8

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1/2x14” paper and filed alphabetically by name rather than by date. Transcribed copies are in the regular SBPL Local History Collection files under Taverns. CL.

Map of South Brunswick with possible location of taverns.Legislative history of tavern license petitions from Monmouth County Archives website.

List of Tavern License Petitions in alphabetical order: Daniel Barricklo – Crossroads, 1824 – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 John Barricklo – Crossroads, 1794-1815, irregular – See Tavern License Petitions #2 John Bastedo – Sand Hills area, 1810-1814, irregular (3) Thomas Bastedo – Sand Hills area, 1823-1826, irregular (2) Joseph Chamberlain, Spring Garden, 1810 James Clark, Stage Hall (Cranbury Road area?), 1906-1810, irregular (3) Peter Cull, Sand Hills, 1806 Peter Corle, Sand Hills, 1808 Henry Cruser, Rowley’s Mills (Scudder), 1807-1808, irregular (2) Samuel Cruser, Turnpike, 1806-1813, irregular (5) Aaron Dean, Georges Road, 1813 James Disbrow, 1822 Bartholomew Feurt, Rocky Hill, 1780-1784 (5) Henry Gray, Turnpike, 1810-1813, irregular (4) John Gulick, Ten Mile Run, 1784-1788 (5) Peter Hartman, Sand Hills, 1808 Joel Jobs, Crossroads, 1779-1786, irregular (5) Henry Johnson, Cranbury, rejected. 1826 Aaron Longstreet, Turnpike, 1809-1826, irregular – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 Daniel Lott, Sand Hills, 1813-1815 (3) Cornelius Low, 1802 Ann McDowell, Cross Roads, 1819-1826, irregular – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 Thomas McDowell, Rhode Hall, 1799-1803, irregular (4) Thomas Nixon, Crossroads, 1780-1781 (2) Michael O’Neil, Sand Hills, 1826 Benjamin Oppie, Turnpike, 1813 John Pirbasco, Stage Hall (Cranbury Road?), 1814 David Provoost, Georges Road, 1782 William Schenck, Cross Roads, 1825 Serrines Smock, Stage Hall (Cranbury Road?), 1822-1826, irregular (2) Peter Sparling, Cross Roads, No Brunswick, 1795 John Stewart, Turnpike, 1811-1822, irregular (4) John Thompson, Jr., Sand Hills, 1822-1824, irregular (3) Joseph Thompson, 1813 David Van Pelt, Georges Road, 1813-1822, irregular (2) William Van Tilburg [Tilbury], Kingston 1779-1787, irregular (5) Thomas Wetherill, Cross Roads, 1797-1816, irregular – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 James Whitlock, Cross Roads, 1788 – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 Moses Whitlock, Cross Roads, 1791; Sand Hills, 1810 – SEE Tavern License Petitions #2 David Williamson, Cross Roads, 1780-1796, irregular (8) Phineas Withington, Kingston, 1822-1826, irregular (4)

Somerset-Kingston areao Richard Sansbury, Kingston, 1787o Elinor Sansbury, Kingston, 1790o John Gulick, Kingston, 1791o William Van Tilburgh, 1791

Photocopies of pictures of Whitlock-Barricklo Tavern,

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Tavern License Petitions Text, Map Copied and compiled by Ceil Leedom, 2002File #2, Continued with South Brunswick petitions.

Several sets of Tavern License Petitions have been separated from the others in File #1 that were used in studies of tavern owners in Cross Roads to compare dates of the Whitlock, Barricklo and Wetherill tavern owners there. Also, a study of Aaron Lonstreet and his tavern on the “Straight Turnpike” now Route 1 at Raymond Road, now demolished, was a special study, also. Transcribed copies are in the SBPL Local History Collection files under Taverns. CL.

Daniel Barricklo, Cross Roads, 1824, son of John Barricklo John Barricklo, Cross Roads, 1794-1815, irregular (9) Aaron Longstreet, Turnpike, 1809-1826, irregular (10) Ann McDowell (daughter of Thomas Wetherill), Cross Roads, 1819-1826 (6) Thomas Wetherill, Cross Roads, 1797-1816, irregular (12) James Whitlock, Cross Roads, 1788 Moses Whitlock (son of James Whitlock), Cross Roads, 1791-1810 (2)

Tavern License Petitioners, Supporters, Other Lists. Tavern Rates Middlesex County – Text

This file contains several types of tavern petition related materials. List of the tavern license petitioners in the previous two files with a list of their locations and dates of

petitions. 4 pages. CL. 2003. Spreadsheet list of tavern license petitions by date, showing names of supporters in alphabetical order and

which petitions they signed. 8 1/2x 14 “, 9 pages. Accompanied by sheet of codes used for Petitioners that appear in the spreadsheet. CL. 2003. 2 copies

South Brunswick area Middlesex County Tavern Licenses granted 1802-1855. Listed by year with Court term and Petitioner’s name and fee. 5 pages. Same Data also in spreadsheet format showing year and date and Petitioners. 3 pages. CL. Source: Rutgers Special Collections Library. Middlesex County Government Documents. Box 19. In same file:o List of names of persons licensed in the term of May 1854 to keep an Inn and Tavern in the County of

Middlesex. 1 pageo Names of persons licensed in the Term of January 1855 to keep an Inn and tavern in the County of

Middlesex. 1 pageso List of names who received Tavern Licenses September Term 1866, December Term 1866 and April

Term 1867. 2 pages. Tavern Rates: October Term 1764 Middlesex County; Rates to be taken by every licensed innkeeper.

Middlesex County, April Term 1773 (3 copies); Tavern Rates. Middlesex County, Marcy 1824 (2 copies). Source; NJ Archives, Trenton.

Tax Rates – Middlesex County Text

Copy of “Abstract of the taxable property in the County of Middlesex for the year(s) 1831-1832. Source: Rutgers Special Collections Library. County Documents Box 19. 2003. CL. With transcription as best interpreted.

Colonial Taxes list from 1779, 1780 printed in Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, #51, January 1976, pages 25-26. Edited by Kenn Stryker-Rodda. Page 36. See Names File. 4-3.

Tea and History, Original handouts. 2001. Text

Items designed by and from Viji Savithri, South Brunswick Public Library, editor of the Compass Newsletter and most library publications. This program held on 5 separate dates from March to June, 2001, was chaired by and created by Ellen Gambatese, wife of South Brunswick Township Mayor, Frank Gambatese along with many others involved with South Brunswick history. The program features general South Brunswick history followed by Kingston, Dayton, Deans, Monmouth Junction, Kendall Park, Little Rocky Hill. Timelines, mostly accurate, were created for each community, but Franklin Park a small village on the northern west border of SB on

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route 27 was not featured. Dates of these programs: March 25, 2001, Introduction to SB History, April 8, Village of Kingston, April 22, Dayton and Deans, May 5, Monmouth Junction, June 3, Kendall Park and Little Rocky Hill.

“Tea and History of South Brunswick.” 4 copies, 8.5x11 inches. Red and yellow. Time 2-3:30 pm. Refreshments by Friends of the Library.

Early South Brunswick History, 2 pages, Geography, Early landholders, Livelihoods, Revolutionary War, Travelways and means, Populations, past and present. 1 copy, 2 pages, 8.5x11 inches

South Brunswick Arrives. 1 copy. Red, green, blue text. 8.5x11 inches Map of SB as it was in 1850. 2 copies. 8.5x11 inches “Kingston Crossroads to History,” Timeline of its history. 2 copies. 8.5x11 inches “The Wetherill Family’s influence on the Dayton Area of South Brunswick.” Yellow paper. 8.5x11 inches. “Highlights of Dayton History,” Timeline of its history. Some items in question. 8.5x14 inches. “Highlights of Deans History.” “Monmouth Junction, A Railroad Center.” Both sides. 8.5x11 inches. ‘Review of Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Company History.” Roger Potts. Red paper. 2 sides. 8.5x11

inches “The Establishment of Kendall Park and its Impact on South Brunswick Township.” Timeline. 1 copy.

8.5x11 inches. “What the “Tea and History” program taught us about South Brunswick.” Compiled by Ellen Gambatese,

June 1, 2001 and “A well deserved Thank You.” June 3, 2001. Acknowledgement of all those who made this program work. Library staff and friends, Township employees and Hank Kalet, newspaper editor, The Library and the community.

Telephone Service in South Brunswick Text

The following information was collected for a resident at 17 Hillside Avenue, Monmouth Junction who lived in what is believed to be the location of the Middlesex Telephone Company of Monmouth Junction established in the early 1900s.

Deed: Middlesex Deed Book 470 page 544, dated August 10, 1911– Isaac B. Rowland and wife, Louisa; James E. Rowland and his wife Mary A., [of South Brunswick ]and Annie E. Groves and C. C. Groves, her husband of Hudson County, NJ to Middlesex Telephone Company of Monmouth Junction, NJ. For $300 for lot at SW corner of MJ School house lot running along School House line East to Iron pin in School House line to lot of Isaac B. Rowland and James Rowland, South 110 feet to Hillside Avenue; thence West to main road leading from Monmouth Junction to Trenton Turnpike . Thence to starting point.

Deeds: Middlesex Deed Book 609 page 577 – Runkle Rea (Rundle) et ux. To Middlesex Telephone Co. March 6, 1917. Between Runkle/Rundle Rea and his wife, Annie J. Rea, of Monmouth Junction to the Middlesex Telephone Co. a corporation of the State of New Jersey, principal office at Monmouth Junction, NJ. Lot of land containing 35/100 acres,

Deed: Middlesex Deed book 609 page 579 – Isaac B. Rowland, et als to Middlesex Telephone Co. March 6, 1917. Between Isaac B. Rowland and Louisa, his wife; James E. Rowland and Mary A., his wife of South Brunswick and Annie E. Groves, widow of Bayonne, NJ. to Middlesex Telephone Company. Lot of land containing 35/100 acres. Same lot as in Deed 609 page 577.

Cranbury Press newspaper articles: February 16, 1917 – Fire destroyed $20,000 summer home of George Waite, at Deans Station. Men attending chicken supper at Deans Chapel, went to scene, but unable to check flames. [George Waite known to be principal investor in Middlesex Telephone Co. CL]; “Lightning strikes at Monmouth Junction.” June 20, 1919. Lightning also put out of commission quite a number of the telephones of the Middlesex Telephone Company lines…” Trenton Evening Times, Phone Co. Directors meeting. Lists stockholders and directors. January 29, 1913. Source: Genealogybank.com

“Report of Receipts and disbursements of the treasurer of the County of Middlesex, for Month of October 31, 1923” Under “County Workhouse” contains line 87204-5 Middlesex Telephone Company, telephone.

Terhune Farmhouse Photocopied Pictures, Text. Accession #2002/18

Frank Kuhn of Deans-Rhode Hall Road permitted Ceil Leedom, South Brunswick Township Historian to photocopy his pictures of the Terhune Farmhouse where he had lived and several other of his pictures. May 8,

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2002. Frank Kuhn was a tenant farmer and lived in this house until it was demolished? The Terhune house is associated with the Terhune family of South Brunswick whose South Brunswick roots go back to the 1700s. The history of this particular house has not been documented other than it was identified as a Terhune House in the 1983 South Brunswick Cultural Inventory as 1221- L. 70 as the J. Terhune Farmhouse. Block 29.03 Lot 47. Lamb Association c/0 Sam Landis Trustee, Highland Park, NJ. This house and barns that appear in the photos have since been demolished.

Picture #1 of Terhune Farmhouse now site of warehouse. Front view. Pictures #2, #3 of side view of Terhune Farmhouse. Picture #4. Barns associated with the Terhune Farmhouse. 2 copies Page from SB 1983 Cultural Inventory with some details about this house. Newspaper article about the demolition of an old barn by the American Timber Frame Co. of Pennington

that was on Frank Kuhn’s property. Home News. July 14, 1997. The farm was sold to developers who plan to build a strip mall. 2 copies.

Frank Kuhn in sleigh owned by the Baker family driving his horse, Magnum. The sleigh was hitched up to take a special child for a “ride in a one-horse open sleigh.” Time about 1965. 2 copies.

Thorpe Collection Photographs, Photocopy Accession # 2012/36 and 38

Some items received from Kathy Thorpe, South Brunswick Township Clerk, who headed South Brunswick’s Bicentennial Celebration Committee from 1996-1998.

Photocopy of picture showing William and Mabel Beier at their Deans store in 1931. They are standing in front of a small building with two gas pumps, sign that says “Eat Chicken Dinner” on the roof and a Coca-Cola sign or cold bin in front of their store. The building immediately to their right is the house that stands of the SE corner of Riva Avenue and Old Georges Road. Most original photocopy in Special Collections: Photo images Unique Documents. Accession # 2012/36 in Special Collections: Unique Photo Images.

Photos: Two views of the Kendall Park Shopping Center taken by Mark Czajkowski in the mid-1970s. For the Central Post newspaper. About 7x10”. In faded condition. Black and white. Accession #2012/38 A, B.

Photo: Color picture of First Presbyterian Church of Dayton taken by Kathy Nelson, Pastor. December 1986. 5x7”, Accession #2012/38 G.

Photo: Black and White. Worker from Larini Paint Company getting ready to paint steeple of the Kingston Presbyterian Church. L. Prospero photo. Used in Central Post? 5x7” Accession #2012/38E

Photo: Black and White. Kendall Park Rescue Squad. No Date. For Central Post.? No date. 5x7” Accession # 2012/38 D

Photo: Black and White. Taken in front of sign, “Welcome to Brunswick Acres,” with 4 men, 1 woman and 1 child. No date. 5x7”. Accession # 2012/38 C

Photo: Black and White. Small picture of construction of Kendall Park Shopping Center. Sign: Kendall Park…. J. Kislak. No date. 3’5” Accession # 2012/38 F.

Time Capsules Text

List of contents of the Bicentennial Time Capsule. This is buried for 99 years and is buried in the walk way to the Veterans’ Monument. It is sealed in a cement vault weighing over 500 pounds. The vault is directly below the dedication marker of the monument. Set to be opened February 21, 2098. Includes photocopy of photo of Ted Van Hessen, Frank Gambatese, Mayor, Debra Johnson, Carol Barrett, Edmund Luciano and Kathy Thorpe.

Time Capsule: Monmouth Junction Elementary School. - 2008Time Capsule: Greenbrook School.- 1982Time Capsule: South Brunswick High School on Ridge Road and Stouts Lane. June 25, 1998.Time Capsule: Brunswick Acres School buries time capsule in honor of 20th anniversary. 1995.Time Capsule: Aging in Place. 2014? Where?

Titus, Thomas Text and newspaper articles from files

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Thomas Titus was a former slave in the early 1800s who was freed and obtained about 11 acre of land in the area of Kendall Park. This family lived on this land in the 1800s. This file contains various articles from the SBPL Local History Collection files that should be saved. James Shackleford, a current township resident has done considerable research on Thomas Titus and other former slaves in South Brunswick. He has had particular interest in preserving the tombstone of Thomas Titus he located in Public Works storage.

“Researcher dedicated to SB’s history of slavery. Original newspaper article on Thomas Titus and the Titus farm history. March 2, 2006. Sentinel.

“Thomas Titus: 1785-1849.” Program of Titus farm dedication, Saturday, June 9, 2007 arranged by James Shackleford with support of the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Dedication of County historic marker.

“Quest to mark ex-slave’s grave ends.” July 2, 2009. South Brunswick Post. Newspaper article about James Shackelford’s having Thomas Titus gravestone replaced.

Titus-Moravcik Background. Letter with information from Ralph T. Singleton to Denise King-Stovall, 7/7/1991. List of deeds found related to this property. Farm given to SB Township on 2/18 1974. Lists incorrect date of Thomas Titus death of 1819 (actually 1849). Copied from letter described above from Al Kady in 2007. 2 pages.

“Titus Farm, Kendall Park, South Brunswick.” Copies of views of Harold Hochstadt, 23 Savage Road, KP in 2000? On his ideas for use of the Morvack-Titus land. 1 page

Hooper-Titus Genealogy. January 19, 2006 based on Federal Census records from 1950-1910. 2 pages. CL. Correspondence between, Ceil Leedom and James Shackleford about the Morvack/Titus farm and with

JoAnn Pelliccio, Robert Lindgren and Ceil Leedom regarding a showing of Mr. Lindgren’s photos of the Morvack property in Kendall Park. 5/11/2003 to 4/7/2005 and copy of letter to the SB Art Commission, 4/7/1005. All single page printouts.

Deeds: Deed 13 p 382. 20 August 1817 from Ferdinand Van Dyke and Mary, HW to Thomas Titus. $50. 2 acres by lines of Hendrick Cortelyou, Ferdinand Van Dyke, and Luke Stryker and Elbert Cortelyou. Deed 16 p 776. 4/1/1824, John Voorhees, Administrator of Ferdinand Van Dyke, dec. to Thomas Titus.$77. 8 acres and 56 hundredths of an acre. Deed 31 p 550. 1/11/1837. Jacob Van Dike to Thomas Titus. $197.50 for 5 acres. Begins at SE corner of lot of Christopher Beekman purchased from Jacob Van Dike as Lot #2 of nine lots.

Miscellaneous Federal Census from 1850, 1880 related to the Titus name. “Historic Titus Farm Dedication: Kendall Park, NJ” Invitation sheet. From Anne Zeman of Kingston.

Trolley, Trenton Fast Line Text

The Trenton Fast Line trolley was built in the early 1900s and ran on a regular schedule until the mid-1920s. This branch ran from Trenton on an angle through West Windsor, Plainsboro, and South Brunswick and onto Milltown where it joined other lines. After it ceased all operation in the 1930s, Public Service and Electric use it to run its power lines. This file contains excerpted pages, photocopied from The Public Service Trolley Lines in New Jersey. Edward Hamm, Jr. 1991. Transportation Trails, Polo, Illinois. Excerpts were copied from these books to explain the history of the Fast Line trolley that ran through South Brunswick Township. First is an overview of transportation and rail transportation history in New Jersey.

Page 282 – Photo of PSRR No. 3533 train car that ran on the Newark-Trenton “Fast Line.” Circa. 1913. Page 278 – Map of the Trenton Fast Line service area. From Trenton to Milltown with stops at Scott’s

Siding, Monmouth Siding, Davidson’s Siding in South Brunswick. Pages 279- “The Newark-Trenton Fast Line.” The Trenton and New Brunswick Railroad Company was

incorporated in 1902. [Service on the Trenton-New Brunswick operation ended January 16, 1936, the “final trip being by a bus equipped with flanged railroad wheels and tires.”]

Page 280 – Detailed maps of service areas including South Brunswick. Page 286 – Photos of snow plow 5221 used in 1914 and 1916 Fast line interurban vehicles. Page 290 – 295 - Schedules for the Trenton Fast Line. Pages 382-391 – Description of the cars used.

Photo Images. 2 copies of Conductors and trolleys used on the Trenton-South Brunswick Trolley Line photographed and printed on photo paper for South Brunswick Public Library Local History Collection.

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Miscellaneous information on the Trolley/Fast Line on tracks that passed through South Brunswick and had several stops in the Township. Specifically it stopped at So. Brunswick-Cranbury Line, Broadway Station, Friendship Road (Station), Wolff’s Road, Dayton Trestle, Monmouth Siding, Cranbury Turnpike (Dayton), Deans Station, Davidsons Mill Road (Davidson’s Siding), Ireland Brook at the border with East Brunswick and other stops information taken from schedule on pages 291 above.

Railroads/Trolleys through South Brunswick. Time-line made in 1999. 4 pages. “Trolley put township on Fast Line at turn of century.” The Central Post. 3/18/1993. Michael Brown’s

Then and Now column. Map of Dayton showing the Fast Line route in middle of the page. Cranbury Press. 12/15/1905. Notes New Brunswick lawyer buying up land in last 2 months for a trolley. Daily Times. 9/2/1902. “Traction Company in with P.R.R.?” Article on trolley. Genealogybank.com 5/2011 Cranbury Press. 7/17/1925. “To abandon “Fast Line” to Trenton.” Brief note that Public Service proposes

to discontinue service on the Fast Line.

Turton Collection Text, Photocopied Picture

This file contains items donated by Rev. Robert S. Turton III, Pastor, Major in the American Rescue Workers, Corps Officer-in-charge for Fresh Ponds GMC/ARW. July 1998.

Rev. Turton wrote a letter, enclosed, to Roger Potts of the South Brunswick Bicentennial Committee. He talked about the Fresh Ponds Chapel on Davidsons Mill Road, Mrs. Petty of that area, the Fresh Ponds Cemetery, the St. Barnabas Cemetery at Sand Hills. He has memories of attending the Sand Hills School, church and cemetery land was given by Catherine Long, like Catherine Rue had given the Fresh Ponds School and church land on Davidsons Mill Road. Rev. Turton gives a history of the St. Barnabas lands and school property in this letter. He mentions a hand written deed about the Davison Property at the Mill area owned by Miss Grace Garretson. Letter 3 pages.2 copies.

Photocopy of a picture of the Gans-Heppler-Turton homestead that stood on Route One, near Stouts Lane, south of Sand Hills. The road shown here in the lower right corner of the photo was known as the Trenton Turnpike. Photo dates from around 1900s. Rev. Robert S. Turton, Jr. owned this property.

Van Dyke Papers Text, Photocopies of Documents Accession #2009/1

This file contains photocopies from a Farm Journal kept by John Van Dyke – 1912-1919, Deeds and Land Leases 1887, 1900, 1901 between Orianna Van Dyke and tenants, and various receipts and other papers related to the Van Dyke farms on Davidsons Mill Road in South Brunswick. They were inherited by Arthur Van Dyke and he gave them to the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture at Cook College, New Brunswick.

Farm Journal: 6/20/1912 to 4/23/1919. List of debits and credits between John Van Dyke and tenant farmers, Robert D. Selover, William Johnson and James McDowell. Also, includes mortgage payments Van Dyke made to his sister, Mary Van Dyke Higgins. 34 pages.

Farm leases/deeds: Dec. 7, 1887 between Orianna Van Dyke, widow of Henry Van Dyke to Maria Applegate for the Richard Reid Van Dyke farm now a warehouse on the east side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Term from April 1888 – 1889. 110 acres Richard Reed Van Dyke farm. 4 pages.

Farm leases/deeds: Jan. 1, 1900 between Orianna Van Dyke, widow of Henry Van Dyke to Julius Luttman of Rhode Hall for the Richard Reid Van Dyke farm now a warehouse on the east side of the New Jersey Turnpike.

Farm lease/deed. Jan. 20, 1900 between Orianna Van Dyke of Hightstown and Julius Luttmann of Rhode Hall. In consideration of the rents covenants and agreements for farm and buildings purchased by Orianna Van Dyke now occupied by Henry Sigle, in SB of 101 acres from April 1 1900 to continue from year to year upon the same terms. Sigle agrees to pay ½ of all the crops and fruit grown on the farm. He agrees to cart all of the produce grown on said farm to market at his own expense and agrees to cart the lime and manure fertilizer at his own expense, but it will be furnished by Orianna Van Dyke. Sigle will pay for ½ of all fertilizers and seed used on said farm and ½ of the tax of said farm. Sigle will maintain the farm and no corn stalks or straw or manure be removed unless by consent. If raising colts, he can pay $25 per year per head, etc. regarding chickens and turkeys. Sigle can keep 6 cows and horses to do work to be fed by his own half of hay and grain. 6 pages.

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Farm leases/deeds: Jan 1, 1901 between Orianna Van Dyke, widow of Henry Van Dyke to Henry Sigle of Rhode Hall for the Richard Reid Van Dyke farm now a warehouse on the east side of the New Jersey Turnpike. Farm contains 110 acres. Rented from April 1, 1901 to April 1, 1902. If satisfied both parties may continue to lease from year to year. 4 pages.

Various Farm items and receipts:o Broadside, “Executrix sale of live stock & farming implements…February 22, 1890.”o Notation: sold 1918-1919 – Potatoes, Hay, Apples, Cornstalks, etc.o Tax statement 1918,1919 – Van Dyke Realty Company, 270 acres, $15,000o Van Dyke & Hoffman Co. Lumber. Receipts of Mary Higgins for mortgage paymentso Receipt from John H. Van Dyke, June 1917 for cleaning well at Cottageville farm. o More receipts involving Chamberlin & Barclay, Dr, H. Forst Davison, Plumbing; William J. Courter;

E. Soden; J. McDowell; Hagaman, Farmer’s Co-operative Association of Mercer County, T. Joseph Baumgartner & Co, Dr. Plumbing, Tinning and Heating…, Forman & Dilatush, Dr., Township of South Brunswick, Tax Statements 1919.

Veterans - WWII Text

Miller Memorial Honor Roll: a tribute to our members in service, 1941-1945. 1 page.

Villages, Unique Items Text, Map Accession #2009/2

Location of unique items related to South Brunswick’s villages not otherwise placed.

Little Rocky Hill – Photocopy of an article by Michael Brown on the African-American history of Little Rocky Hill with some notes on a possible slave rebellion in Somerset County in 1734. Most of the article recounts people and places in Little Rocky Hill. A copy also in Local history files for Little Rocky Hill. 3 pages. Not accessioned.

Rhode Hall – Map “Rhode Hall, South Brunswick, NJ circa 1920-1945,” computer drawn showing locations of people and buildings. Accompanied by a 2-page list describing locations noted on map. Contributed by Barbara Hollywood, formerly of Davidsons Mill Road. Accession 2009/2

Voorhees Collection Text Accession #2000/5

This collection of papers was donated to the South Brunswick Public Library by Charles Voorhees and contains correspondence and papers he has compiled related to Voorhees family genealogy.

Letter to Ralph Allanir from Charles Voorhees. No date. Copies to Middlesex County Parks, So. Brunswick Public Library, South Brunswick Historical Society, R.U.L.S.C. Alexander Library [Rutgers]. Contains research on Davidson Mill Park especially connected with Van Pelts Mill as it was known in the 1700s prior to the Revolutionary War; Notice to be sold as Sapling Ridge about 7 miles from New Brunswick adjoining Mr. Isaac Van Pelts grist & saw mill. 1792; reference to deeds; information on Isaac Van Pelt who served in the Revolutionary War with his brothers, John & Jacob (note that John Davidson also served in war); Aaron J. Van Pelt was first of his line in the area, father of Isaac Van Pelt; Isaac Van Pelt’s wife, Abigail kept the first store at Cross Roads, known as “Mother Van Pelt” daughter of Thomas Wetherill and Rachel Fitz Randolph; John Davidson’s will probated in 1822 naming 5 sons including Jonathan; Van Pelt Cemetery at Deans School paved over for play ground. Includes list of Van Pelt family members, marriage partners and dates. 2 copies.

Note to Ceil Leedom from Charles Voorhees on Davidsons, Wetherill and others. 1 ½ pages. Excerpt from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Vol. 34, 1968 listing Provost, Davidson’s Mill

Burying Ground (Gilbert Van Pelt) plus 4 pages of genealogy, map and chart. Ancestor Chart for Charles F. Voorhees of Milltown and relationship to Isaac Van Pelt; sheet on Davisons

Mill owners; Van Pelt Family Cemetery, page from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. Vol. 51, page 114; NJ Archives Series, Calendar of Wills, Aaron Van Pelt. 1783. 8 pages.

Ancestor Chart of Charles F. Voorhees of Milltown and relationship to Isaac G. Snedeker. 2 pages90

Ancestor Chart of Charles F. Voorhees of Milltown and relationship to Isaac V. P. Davison and Jonathan Davison. 8 pages

Ancestor Chart of Charles F. Voorhees of Milltown and relationship to Thomas Wetherill and Abigail Wetherill Van Pelt. 1700s. 2 pages.

South Brunswick Family: Van Pelt. Handwritten chart by Charles Voorhees from Jan A. Van Pelt, 1688-1766 and Trintje H. Hegeman 1697-1757. 2 pages.

Summary spreadsheets by Ceil Leedom, 2000, “Davidson Mill area owner’s records compiled by Charles Voorhees and others.” 4 pages. Before 1663-1880.

Weber Collection Text, Photocopies of Photographs Accession #1997/4

Charles Weber was born in Deans, NJ and his family came to the area in the 1800s. His father Henry P. Weber, was a watchmaker and jeweler and had a store in Deans, that later became Weber’s TV and Appliance. It has since been sold out of the family and had several different owners.

Photocopies pictures: Wedding, 1922. Henry Weber, George Weber, Elsie Weber, Mary Weber at George and Elsie’s Wedding. Henry Weber, grandfather of Charles Weber and father of George Weber. 2 pictures. Also, Henry P. Weber, business card.

Copy of brochure for “Duo-Therm Cooking Ranges.” 1935. 1 page Race car pictures and Indianapolis Speedway, just before race (postcard). Webers were interested in race

cars. Henry Weber, riding as mechanic in car #5 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway about 1914 or 1924. Note on Postcard, dated May 31, 1914. “I finished 8th everything O.K. Expect to leave here Tuesday. Will write again. Henry.”

Copy of Henry Weber, Sr.’s New Jersey Resident’s Hunting and Fishing License. April 16, 1915. Copies of handouts for Weber’s and part of calendar for 1931. One advertises, Barber Shop, Hungry Hill,

Monmouth Junction, NJ. Managed by Chas. Thomas. Photocopy of picture of Weber’s house and shop, Deans, NJ. No date. Shows addition not in next picture. 2

copies. Photocopy of Weber’s house with woman, 2 children and man. 1800s. Photocopy of portion of 1938 calendar for “Weber’s Radio Shop, Deans, NJ.” Photocopy of photocopy of Vincent Young’s store near Kingston Lane in the 1930s. Photocopy of aerial photo of Deans, NJ. From 1970s?

Wetherill Collection Text, Maps

Various copies of articles, wills, deeds, and other items related to the Wetherill Family of Cross Roads / Dayton from the 1700-1800s compiled by Ceil Leedom. John Wetherill was a prominent member of the South Brunswick and Middlesex County communities in the mid-1700s. He owned over 1,700 acres south of Dayton at his death and during his life served nearly 25 years in the East Jersey Assembly up until the Revolutionary War, which he supported. Also, his brother, George Wetherill was a large landowner, and George’s son Thomas Wetherill is known for the inn he built at the NE corner of Georges and now Ridge Road. This site is now the WAWA.

A major problem with research on the South Brunswick Wetherills is to confuse their line with those of Christopher Wetherill of Burlington. My current research shows no link between theses families in New Jersey. I believe that the Burlington Wetherill’s came from England to Burlington, but the South Brunswick Wetherills came from New England to the Piscataway Plantation in the late 1600s. Researchers not familiar with New Jersey and looking in sources such as the “New Jersey Archives Series” find every Wetherill name and think they are directly related. However, my research has not shown this relationship. For example the John Wetherill of Burlington was a young man in 1715, when South Brunswick’s later John Wetherill was most likely just born. CL.

John Wetherill, Will transcription. April 3, 1784 with provisions and naming living relatives; marriage to Mary Messler, question about his age; excerpt from book by William Nelson, 1895 with brief biography of John Wetherill and Samuel Nevill; partially correct bio of John Wetherill by William H. Baker. 1972.

John Wetherill information about his military service in the Revolutionary War, mainly symbolic; serving as paymaster for the Jersey Blues while in the Assembly; his work as an apple grower in South Brunswick

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from New Jersey: a history. Edited by Irving Stoddard Kull. 1930-32. Vol. 1. page 281 and A history of horticulture in America to 1860. U.P. Hedrick. 1950. Oxford University Press in “The colonies on the Delaware; New Jersey Colonial Documents [1764] excerpts about John Wetherill. 1 page.

Other Wetherills: Thomas Wetherill, father’s will; George Wetherill, brother and served the Revolution; Thomas Wetherill, son of George Wetherill and Cross Roads innkeeper.

Wetherill-Mount House: Current history and renovation, review of John Wetherill’s life and family; Deed and map of lands of John Wetherill disbursed in 1823 to son Vincent’s widow and to their children, John Wetherill and Mary Ann [Wetherill] Lott. (married to John W. Lott.)

There is often confusion between the Burlington Wetherills, headed by Christopher Wetherill and the Piscataway Wetherills, headed by Capt. Thomas Wetherill. The writer of the Cranbury history book reflects this confusion in the index for Cranbury Past and Present. By studying the genealogy and the names one can make some divisions. There are at least two and many more John Wetherills living in both these areas in the 1700s. One needs to check

John Wetherill Mystery #1. Draft copy of chapters of mystery being written by Ed Belding of South Brunswick, 2013- on incidents in the life of (Col.) John Wetherill, based on notes and files kept by Ceil Leedom, SB Township Historian. Ed Belding has written numerous books of poetry and historical poetry based on historic events of the Revolutionary War in the central Jersey area. His work is a blend of historic research and possibilities of thought and actions of these people and events of the past. Belding brings his knowledge of local history and of the life in colonial times to this task of combing history and fiction in a seamless manor. Completed work at the end of 2015. Title now, Iron Water.

Inventory of Estate of John Wetherill, Jr. died July 1814, son of Col. John Wetherill. This John Wetherill died intestate (without a will). Where he lived is another mystery. He did have a lot of money and at his death had at least $12,000 at interest. 3 page sides. 8.5x11 inches.

Wetherill-Mount House Kiosk. Text Accession #2016/10

List of items placed on kiosk made by Marvin Leedom after one at the Historical Society of Princeton to display information about this property in 1998. Now revised in April 2016, most items 8.5x11 inches. Panel 1. “Welcome…” sign, Why is this called the Wetherill-Mount House?, Photo of Wetherill Partition of 1823 showing 3 sections (1.Widows dower lands of 200 acres, 2. John Wetherill’s portion of 1,120+ acres. 3. Mary Ann Wetheriill Lott’s portion of 300 acres), Rieder Land Technology gave the Mershon house (Wetherill-Mount House) to SB Township in 1985, Idea of how house grew from shed to formal house in 3 sections. Panel 2. “Who was Col. John Wetherill?” 3 pages briefly detailing his life, Photo of Proprietary House in Perth Amboy as an example of places Col. John Wetherill and other members of the Colonial general assembly went here and at Burlington, NJ, Photo of a riding chair perhaps like one Col. Wetherill was taxed for in 178o, Col. Wetherill also owned 300 acres in Pidgeon Swamp and with others successfully applied to the House of Assembly in 1779 for legislation to tax land owners there for draining the swamp, copy of page from “Pidgeon Swamp Ledger Book” owned by the South Brunswick Public Library. Panel 3. :”What is the history of ownership of this property?”, Samples of clothing styles for the early 1800s that might have been worn by the Mounts, Page listing previous owners of the Wetherill-Mount House, Photo of the Wetherill-Mount House, The William H. and Sarah Mount Family genealogy, “Living in the 1800s (series of items we now use, but were not available in the 1800s.

Winchester Family of Dayton Text, Maps Accession #2004/4a-c

Asa Franklin Winchester (1808-1888) was living in South Brunswick in the 1860 Census and he and his 3 children lived in what is known as the Whitlock Tavern, at that time a private house. His son, Perley F. died in the Civil War and is buried at Brainerd Cemetery, Cranbury. This information was compiled by Ceil Leedom upon the request of a descendant of the family.

“Descendants of Asa Franklin Winchester.” 3 pages and 1861 map excerpt of Crossroads showing his house. Accession # 2004/4a

Photocopies of deeds of property purchased by Asa Winchester in South Brunswick from 1854-1868. Deed 65 page 463+ (3 pages) he purchased 62.19 acres for $3,600 in central Dayton from William Jones and wife. This property contains what is now known as the Whitlock-Barricklo Tavern. In 1863 he purchased 2 acres from John Davidsons Mill for $100. Most of these deeds have not been transcribed due to poor

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copies. Other Deeds. 73 p.124 Abraham D. Van Deursen and Rebecca, wife, to Asa Winchester in 1856 for 20 hundredths of an acre. Deed 73 p. 126. 1856. From Asa Winchester and wife to Ann Van Pelt. Only part of deed here. Deed 92 p. 574. 1863. From the Board of Trustees of the Fresh Ponds? Church to Asa F. Winchester for $100. Contains 2 acres of land and premises. Deed 109 p 520 1857 $2000 or #200? From Benjamin Reed and wife to Asa F. Winchester. 100.16 acres. Being part of a farm conveyed by James H. Everett in Deed of April 3, 1846? Difficult to read. Accession #2004/4b

Photocopies of information on some land Asa Winchester sold in South Brunswick Township. 1846-1868. Again the poor quality leads to no good information about these transactions to Ann Van Pelt, Richard Perrine, Andrew Rowland (most likely land that included the Whitlock Tavern, but unreadable), and Charles W. Morris. Accession # 2004/4c

Withington Estate (Cook Estate or Heathcote Farm and the House of Refuge), Kingston, NJ. Text

The Cook-Withington Estate is located in Kingston off Spruce Lane. About 1850 the property was sold to the state for a “House of Refuge.” This folder contains a copy of the Princeton Recollector, ed. Clifford W. Zink’s article “Kingston’s Heathcote Farm Gracefully Adapts to Changing Times.” This article was published in September 1982, Vol. VII No. 10. in a Special Edition. Its 20 pages describe the estate built by Isaac Chandler Withington, and embellished by other owners as Garneau and the Cook families. Withington owned the property when the State of NJ bought this Kingston tract to construct a “House of Refuge” in 1851. After a time the cost to build and other factors led to the State to abandon this project and it was sold back to Withington. He completed the house as a grand estate and it still exists as the only South Brunswick estate of the 1900s. This Recollector article details this story. Another copy of this newspaper is available to the public on the NJ Local History shelves.

This file contains 2 copies of the Princeton Recollector article that can also be found on the library shelves at R-NJ 974.841 P.

In addition an article, “A history of the penal, reformatory and correctional institutions of the State of new Jersey: analytical and documentary,” by Harry Elmer Barnes, 1918 has been copied that details some of the history of the “House of Refuge,” pages 569-578, under “The Origin of the State Home for Boys (Jamesburg, NJ) “The attempt to found a “House of Refuge” at Kingston, 1850-1852.” A copy of these articles is also in a Local History file, “House of Refuge.”

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