Copyright 1999 Perry Streeter (Content updated 20 March 2002) (c) 1999 Perry Streeter mailto:perry@streeter.com http://www.perry.streeter.com This document is Copyright 1999 by Perry Streeter. It may be freely redistributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the written permission of the copyright holder. I am seeking all genealogical and biographical details for the family documented below including their ancestors, children, and grandchildren and the spouses thereof, including the full names of those spouses' parents. All additions and corrections within this scope, however speculative, will be greatly appreciated. Matthias Barbar of Hardwick Township, (then Sussex, now) Warren County, NJ Records pertaining to the family of Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar are sometimes seen under the synonym surname, Barber. However, there are enough distinct records of different family members residing in different places at different points in time to conclude that Matthias' family group certainly considered Barbar as their preferred spelling. I am indebted to the late Eugene Murray Olmsted for making his research accessible to all via RootsWeb.com's WorldConnect Project. I am also grateful to others who have generously shared their research via the Internet or email correspondence including Karen Alexander, Don Barber, Neta Jane Doris, Dorothy Koenig, Fred Meek, Rick Niles and John Stormont. 1. Matthias Barbar was born probably in the 1720s and he was certainly born circa 1733 or earlier, based on the birth of his eldest child in 1753. He resided in [(then Roxbury, now) Washington Township,] Morris County, New Jersey prior to 1763. Matthias died in Hardwick Township, (then Sussex, since 1825) Warren County, New Jersey after May 1764 when he appeared in Sussex County Court and before 21 August 1764 when an inventory of his estate was taken. Matthias was married, perhaps in Hunterdon County, New Jersey on 5 March 1751 to Jane Foster (Van Buskirk Bible). Jane was also born circa 1733 or earlier; she died, probably in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, before 9 February 1805 when her third husband married his third wife. Jane may have been the daughter of Nathaniel Foster, a blacksmith of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Jane (Foster) Barbar was married second to Joseph Dawson (Van Buskirk Bible) after August 1765 when "Joseph Dawson and the administrator of Mathias Barbar" appeared together in Sussex County Court in a lawsuit against Victor Pottman (Brad and Carol Stark, The Minutes Book of Sussex County, New Jersey: Court Records 1764- 1766 [Heritage Books, Inc.]; hereinafter Minutes) and before... [1766 at the latest] when "Joseph Dawson and Jane his wife" appeared in Sussex County Court again in a lawsuit against John Holder (Minutes). Joseph Dawson died, perhaps in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, before 30 January 1772 when Jane married her third husband. Incidentally, another one of my direct ancestors, Peter Williamson of Greenwich Township, (then Sussex, now) Warren County, New Jersey served as a Court Constable during the May 1765 Sussex County court term. Jane (Barbar) (Foster) Dawson was married for a third time on 30 January 1772 to Daniel Van Buskirk (Van Buskirk Bible), as his second wife. Daniel was baptized at Bensalem, Bucks County, Pennsylvania on 20 June 1736; he died between 11 April 1818 when he made his will and 10 February 1820 when his estate in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey was inventoried (More Records of Old Hunterdon County, Vol. 2, p. 14)). Daniel was married first in 1762 to Anna Hankinson (Van Buskirk Bible), born Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey 1 July 1739, died Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1765, daughter of Joseph and Rachel (Mattison) Hankinson of Hunterdon County, New Jersey (William C. Armstrong, Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey, p. 42-43). Daniel Van Buskirk was married third on 9 February 1805 to Martha Mahaffe. The Van Buskirk Bible now in the possession of Mrs. Charles (Olivine) Shaw is the first primary source consulted in researching this family. It would seem that the bible may have originated with Jane, the second wife of Daniel Van Buskirk, for the first names recorded in the family section are these; Mathias Barbaer [sic] and Jane Foster entered into the Holy Bonds of Matrimony on the fifth day of Maarch [sic] Anno Christo 1751. Then listed below on the page, now brittle and brown with age, are the following entries: ... (Eugene Murray Olmstead) Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar's eldest child was born, probably in German Valley (now Long Valley), (then Roxbury, since 1798) Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, on 29 January 1753. Are you familiar with the book 'Early Germans of NJ' by Chambers? In the book, the author includes a listing of customers of storekeeper John Peter Nitzer. He had a store in the 'German Valley' (now Long Valley in Morris County) during the mid 18th century. Among his customers was a Matthias Barber and a Nathaniel Foster. I note that Matthias and Jane Foster Barber named a son Nathaniel. So I suspect that her father may have been this Nathaniel Foster. (Rick Niles, correspondence, 12 Feb 2002) In The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies. (Dover, NJ: Dover Printing Co., 1895), Theodore F. Chambers also identified Peter and Elisabeth Barber as customers of John Peter Nitzer's store prior to 1763. In 1753, we find another association between Matthias Barbar and Nathaniel Foster in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The inventory of the estate of William Barber of Lebanon Township was taken on 16 January 1753 by Nathaniel Foster and Andrew Bray. On 18 January 1753, Jemima Barber declined her right to the administration of William's estate "in favour of her father, John Burroughs" (New Jersey Colonial Documents--Calendar of Wills 1751- 1760). On 6 March 2002, Fred Meek provided important further details that connected Matthias Barbar to William Barber: Only one other person is mentioned in the will. In the inventory it says William owned four bushels of wheat from Matthias Barber. Did Matthias owe him wheat because William had an interest in the land Matthias farmed? This mention of Matthias along with the mention Nathaniel Foster (a [probable] brother [or possibly the father] of Jane Foster, wife of Matthias) makes William Barber of Trenton [sic, Lebanon Township] a probable brother of Matthias Barber of Sussex County. William's wife was Jemima Burroughs [disputed below], a daughter of John Burroughs... Indeed, "four Bushel of Whete of matthias Barber" are included in the Administration Bond & Inventory on the Estate of William Barber, Hunterdon County 1753 (File 328J). William Barber must have also been born circa 1733 or earlier. Jemima (Burroughs) Barber, widow of William Barber, was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (_____) Burroughs; she was born 15 Februay 1725 and died 13 February 1825, just shy of her 100th birthday. Jemima was subsequently married to Joseph-5 Howell (David-4, Daniel-3, Richard-2, Edward-1), born 3 May 1729, died 11 July 1800, son of David and Mary (Baker) Howell of Trenton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey and a descendant of Edward-1 Howell of Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island. (http://www.geocities. com/Heartland/Farm/7208/rr01/rr01_090.htm) As noted above, a Nathaniel Foster shopped at the same store in German Valley, Morris County that Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar did prior to 1763. Also as noted above, Nathaniel Foster and Matthias Barbar were both associated with the estate of Wiliam Barber of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County in 1753. Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar named a son Nathaniel. For these reasons, it is not unreasonable to speculate that Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk was the daughter of a Nathaniel Foster. From the following record, it is clear that a father and son, both named Nathaniel Foster, had tie of kinship that crossed the border of Morris and Hunterdon Counties: 1763, June 6. Foster, Nathaniel, Jr., of Roxbury, Morris Co., blacksmith. Int. Adm't--Nathaniel Foster, of Lebanon, Hunterdon Co., blacksmith. Fellowbondsman-- Michael Welsh, of Roxbury, Morris Co., yeoman, and Thomas Silverthorn, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Sussex Co., yeoman. Witness--William Hyndman. 1763, June 6. Renunciation, by Mary Foster, in favor of her father-in-law, Nathaniel Foster. Witness--Aaron Doud. 1763, June 4. Inventory, L-46.12.5, made by John Likens and James Newman. 1765, May 23. Account by Adm'r. (Lib. 11, p. 457; File No. 1441N) (http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/wills2.htm) John Stormont provided the following information Thomas Silverthorn: A Thomas Silverthorn has been found (son of Oliver Silverthorn b. 1686 Amesbury, England d. Oct 1746 Bethlehem Twp, Hunterdon Co., NJ and Mary (?) b. 1690, England). Thomas was b. 1717 Amesbury, England d, 1788 Stamford Twp., Lincoln, Ontario, Canada and m. Johanna Newman 1745 in Hardwick Twp., Morris [sic, then Sussex, now Warren] Co. NJ b. 1717 Hardwick Twp, Morris Co., NJ and d. 1815 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Mansfield-Woodhouse, Sussex County, New Jersey lies in what is now Warren County, New Jersey. It was probably the same Thomas Silverthorn of Mansfield-Woodhouse that married Johanna Newman in Hardwick Township, (then Sussex, now ) Warren County [not Morris], New Jersey. Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar moved from Roxbury Township, Morris County to Hardwick Township, Warren County sometime before 1764 when Matthias died there. As a widower in 1763, Nathaniel Foster Jr. of Roxbury Township, Morris County was born circa 1743 or earlier and his father was born circa 1723 or earlier. Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk was born circa 1733 or earlier. Perhaps a connection to the elder Nathaniel Foster was a factor in Jane's migration from Sussex County to Hunterdon County following the death of her second husband, Joseph Dawson. If Jane was the daughter of the elder Nathaniel Foster, then he must have been born circa 1713 or earlier. From the following record, we have another reference to a Nathaniel Foster of Hunterdon County, New Jersey who must have been born circa 1712 or earlier: Tunis Johnson and Henry Lander of Hunterdon County... [bound to]... Jonathan Belcher, Governor... 500 pounds... 18 Aug 1752. ... Tunis Johnson... obtained license of marriage for himself and for Jemima Foster of Hunterdon County, spinster... [w] blank [consent] Tunis Johnston (Johnson) of Hunterdon County maketh oath that he obtained the consent of Nathaniel Foster to be married to his daughter Jemima Foster... Sworn the 18th day of Aug... before John Burnet Ald'n (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/ pub/usgenweb/nj/marriage/njmarj01.txt) Perhaps Jemima (Foster) Johnson was another daughter of Nathaniel Foster, the blacksmith of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Tunis and Jemima (Foster) Johnson settled in Fauquier County, Virginia by 15 December 1777 when he bought property there from Joseph and Lydia Dunchan (Fauqier County, Virginia Deeds, 6:455). Tunis Johnson's will was proved in Fauquier County on 23 May 1808 (Fauqier County, Virginia Wills, 4:470). Among their ten children, their eldest son born the distinctive name of Yellis and, as a possible clue the name of Jemima's mother, their eldest daughter was named Agnes. From the following brief posting to FOSTER-L@rootsweb.com, we learn of another Foster born in the right time and place to potentially habe belonged to the same family: Looking for help with a Mary Foster b 1727 in Bethlehem, Hunterdon Co., NJ and d. 1853 Middleville, Taylor Co., WV; she m. Jacob Dunham in 1792 in Clarksburg, WV. Recall William Barber's posthumous second-hand connection to the Howell family of Southampton, Long Island. Numerous descendants of Christopher-1 Foster of Ewell, Surrey, England; Lynn, Massachusetts; Hempstead, Long Island; and Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York were named Nathaniel. Since the Christopher Foster family is linked to blacksmithing (Christopher was such, in immigrating to Lynn, MA, probably associated with the Saugus Iron Works there), it is reasonable to assume that the family trade could extend into several lines... (John Stormont) Christopher-1 Foster's descendants meriting further research as potential ancestors of Nathaniel Foster include: --Nathan-3 Foster (Joseph-2, Christopher-1), b. 1675-6 and who went to Elizabeth, New Jersey; of him nothing further is known. --Nathaniel-3 Foster (Nathaniel-3, Christopher-1), b. 1659; may have settled in Cape May Co. NJ and probable children, born circa 1680-1720, include no son Nathaniel; however, he married a Jane Ingersoll; of interest for the remote possibility that Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk was named after Jane (Ingersoll) Foster. The Nathaniel Foster who died in Morris County, New Jersey in 1763 is erroneously identifed by some researchers as Nathaniel-5 Foster (Nathaniel-4, Samuel-3, Nathaniel-2, Christopher-1) of Cape May County, New Jersey who married Mary Eldredge by license dated 19 March 1754. However, Nathaniel-5 died in Cape May County between 17 February 1769 when he made his will and 20 February 1769 when it was proved. The will identified his wife Mary and was filed by John and Aaron Eldredge (New Jersey Wills 14:180, as provided by John C. Stormont, correspondence [11 March 2002]). Clearly, Nathaniel Foster of Cape May County, New Jersey and Nathaniel Foster of Morris County were not the same man. I have found no evidence to link them; other than possibly both being descendants of Christopher-1 Foster. Another Nathaniel Foster was born in Morris County, New Jersey on 9 February 1760 and married Polly Watson. He is identifed by some researchers as the son of Nathaniel-5 and Mary (Eldredge) Foster, which, as just demonstrated above, must be an error. However, he may have been the son of Nathaniel Jr. and Mary (_____) Foster of Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey. Nathaniel Barbar, son of Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar, married Ann Watson. If Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk was the daughter of Nathaniel Foster of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey then Nathaniel Foster (b. 1760) and Nathaniel Barbar (b. 1759) may have been first cousins--were their Watson wives sisters or otherwise closely related? Andrew-2 Bray (1713-1789) (John-1) of Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey was the son of Baptists Rev. John-1 and Susanna (_____) Bray of England and Middletown, Monmouth County New Jersey. Andrew, who inventoried the estate of William Barber, as noted above, was first married to Margaret Watson and second to Sarah-4 Stout (Benjamin-3, Jonathan-2, Richard-1), daughter of Benjamin-4 and Hanna (Bonham) Stout. Was Margaret (Watson) Bray a kinswoman to Polly (Watson) Foster, the wife of Nathaniel Foster, and/or Ann (Watson) Barbar, the wife of Nathaniel Barbar? By May 1764, Matthias and Jane had moved across the Musconetcong River and settled in Hardwick Township, (then Sussex, since 1825) Warren County, New Jersey when he was identified in The Minute Book of Sussex County, New Jersey Court Record 1764-1766: The court of Quarter sessions settled the following rates to be taken by every licensed innkeeper for liquors and entertainment for men and provisions for horses... Henry Cooper of Hardwick petitioned and being well recommended to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace for license to keep a public house where he now lives. The court granted license upon him. Charles Pettit and Matthias Barbar his suretys being bound to our sovereign Lord the King in 20 pounds each and agreeable to the directions of the assembly in such case made and provided. Jacob Bartholomew of Hardwick the like. Mattias [sic] Barber and John Willson suretys... Mattias Barber of Hardwick the like. Thomas Helm and George Beatty suretys... George Beatty of Mansfield Woodhouse the like. James Martin and Mattias Barber suretys. Charles-5 Pettit (Nathaniel-4-3, Thomas-2, Henri-1), son of Nathaniel-4 and Elizabeth (Heath) Pettit, was born circa 1730 in or near Trenton, New Jersey; he died between 1805 and 1808. Some of Charles-5 and Mary (Smith) Pettit's children were born in Sussex County, New Jersey (Descendants of Henri Pettit at http:// www.rootsweb.com/~canon/archives/misc-pettit.txt). Matthias Barbar's grandson and namesake married a great-granddaughter Nathaniel-4 Pettit as documented further below. Earlier unpublished minutes from the Sussex County Court Records, if extant, may eventually allow us to establish more precisely when Matthias and Jane settled in Sussex County. Later in 1764, Matthias died: "1764, Sept. 5, Barbar, Matthias, of Hardwick, Sussex Co., innkeeper. Int. Adm'x--Jane Barbar, widow. Fellow bondsman--John Todd, yeoman; both of said Co. 1764 Aug 21, Inventory, L-150.4.0, made by Jeremiah Hendershot and John Todd. Jeremiah Hendershot was of German ancestry; he was born in the Rockaway area of Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1738; he was the son of Casper and Christina (Shipman) Hendershot. Jeremiah's four children were all born in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey (Carl R. Beckett, Carl R Beckett Database, WorldConnect Project, RootsWeb.com). In the May 1765 term of the Sussex County Court, "Jane Barber Admnr of Matthias Barber deceased" appeared in a lawsuit against John Simpson (Minutes). In August 1765, "Joseph Dawson and the admnr of Mathias Barbar" appeared in a lawsuit against Victor Pottman. No later than 1766, "Joseph Dawson and Jane his wife" appeared in a separate lawsuit against John Holder (Minutes). Joseph Dawson also appeared independently in many other lawsuits against Thomas Baker, Thomas Barker, George Beatty (3), Peter Schmuck (2), Joseph Terrill, and Josiah Terrill (2) (Minutes). In a case against John Reed, the court minutes state that "the plaintiff in this case [Joseph Dawson] being non resident, the court orders that the plaintiff give security for costs before any further proceeding be had." John Read subsequently sued Joseph Dawson in return. On 22 August 1768, Susanna Dawson, the only known child of Joseph and Jane (Foster) (Barbar) Dawson, was born in Washington Township, (then Sussex, now) Warren County, New Jersey. Per the Sussex County court records cited above, Joseph Dawson was identified as a non-resident of Sussex County at least once between 1764 and 1766. Jane (Foster) (Barbar) Dawson, widow of innkeeper Matthias Barbar and Joseph Dawson, settled in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey by 30 January 1772 when she married another innkeeper, Daniel Van Buskirk. Daniel appears in records from the Court of Common Pleas for Hunterdon County, New Jersey over a 35-year period, dating from 1761, when he was charged with "fornication," no doubt jumping the gun a bit on his first marriage.... He ran a "Public House" at his home for several years (at least 1782-1796)... The children of his first marriage included: John (1762-1765), Aaron (1763-1825) who married in January of 1788 to Sarah Runkle [dau. of Adam-1 and Mary (Youngblood) Runkle], Sarah (1765-by 1783), Lydia (about 1767-after 1818) who married _____ Hound. (Roger E. Bissell, Our VanBoskirk and Van Horn Roots, http://hometown.aol.com/ VanBoskirkFamily/vbroots.html) ... As for the Van Buskirks, could anyone doubt their being Hollanders? Yet William Nelson, as an exercise [in] "the difficulities which beset the tracing of a New Netherland family," found that the first person using that name was a self-styled German, Laurens Andriessen from Holstein. He may have been a Dane, but he was certainly not a Dutchman. The Dutch authorities had tacked "van Buskirk" to his name to show his origin, and the name stuck. A perceptive minister at the Ramapo Settlement, in his church records wrote the name as "von Buskirk." The present writer, who as a historian is concerned with much with portraying the facts as he sees them, and is not concerned about the mixing of nationalities but he can see that it has caused in the past and will lead in future to many an excruciating genealogical headache. (Hubert G. Schmidt, "The Germans in Colonial New Jersey," The New Jersey Genesis [Short Hills, NJ; Harold A. Son, Editor & Publisher]; Vol. 4, No. 1, [October 1956]) Did Daniel Van Buskirk operate an inn or "Public House" prior to 1772 or did he become an innkeeper through Jane's influence? As evidenced by their marriage records presented further below, the children of Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar, probably went with their mother to the Van Buskirk household in Bethlehem Township. The Barbar children included Mary and Nathaniel. Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar's daughter, Mary, was born in November 1755. She is probably identical with the Mary Barbar of Bethlehem Township that married John Garrison Jr., also of Bethlehem, in 1780. On 1 March 1793, Nathaniel Barber [sic] was elected Lieutenant and John Garrison, Jr. was elected Ensign of the Second Company of the Bethlehem Militia (Hiram Deats, "The Hunterdon Militia, 1792," Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (9:45). The close association of Nathaniel Barber and John Garrison Jr. as leaders of the local militia provides additional evidence that Nathaniel was John's brother-in-law. The "List of all militia enrolled in the different townships in the County of Hunterdon" was intended to include "every free and able bodied white male citizen between the ages of 18 and 45." In Bethelem Township, were listed Nathaniel Barber; Thomas Foster; and George, James, John and William Garrison. Nathaniel Foster and John Garrit were residents of Amwell Township. It is also likely, but unproven, that John Jr. and Mary (Barbar) Garrison were the parents of Jane (Garrison) Krusen who was born in 1781. As the couple's eldest daughter, it would have been in keeping with the naming patterns of the era that Jane was named after her maternal grandmother, Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk. Derrick/Richard-6 (Francis-5, Derrick-4, Francis-3, Derrick-2, Garret-1) and Jane (Garrison) Krusen may have had multiple points of association with the family of the elder Jane, as shown further below. Perhaps not coincidentally, Derrick/Richard and Jane (Garrison) Krusen owned and operated the Krusen Inn in the Town of Greenwood, Steuben County, New York: Richard Krusen came from Dryden [Tompkins County, New York] in 1825, and opened the cross-roads, four miles west of [Levi] Davis' store, towards Andover [Allegany County, New York], where he kept a tavern until the country had become well settled, and railroads changed the routes of travel. Acting as a sub-agent for the land office at Bath [Steuben County, New York], he did much towards attracting a good class of settlers from his native country (W. Woodford Clayton, History of Steuben County, New York [hereinafter Clayton], [Philadelphia, PA: Lewis, Peck & Co., 1879]). There were no known innkeepers in Derrick/Richard Krusen's background. Was Jane (Garrison) Krusen familiar with innkeeping from the "Public House" operated by Daniel and Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk in Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey as late as 1796 and perhaps beyond? On 13 August 1803, John Garrison "Senor" and John Garrison "Junor" witnessed a deed in which "Derick Kruser of Mansfield and Jane his wife" sold land to John Johnson of Independence Township. On 20 May 1805, Derrick Kruser of Mansfield and Jane his wife sold two lots in Mansfield Township to John A. Johnson of Independence Township for $280 "Spanish Dollars." (Sussex County Deeds, K2). Was the Krusen's deed grantee, John A. Johnson, a descendant of Tunis and Jemima (Foster) Johnson and a thus a kinsman of Jane (Garrison) Krusen? On 2 November 1818, Derrick Krusen of New York State, late of Independence Township, Benejah Justin and Sarah of Independence Township and John Justin of Franklin Township, sold 45 acres in Independence Township to Andrus Rose of Newton for $120. John Garrison Jr. and William Little Jr. witnessed this transaction. This property bordered that of Thomas Fleming and Aaron Buskirk; it was the "same lot conveyed to John Linn Esq./Sheriff to Rose, executor of property of Benejah [Prinston] at the suit of Matthias Williamson." (Sussex County Deeds, K4). Was the Krusen's neighbor Aaron Buskirk identical with or a descendant of Jane (Foster) (Barber) (Dawson) Van Buskirk's stepson, Aaron Van Buskirk? Derrick/Richard-6 Krusen was the son of Francis-5 Krusen and his unknown first wife. On 8 April 1820, John-6 and Jane (McIntire) Krusen of Mansfield sold 81.33 acres in Mansfield Township to Peter Hornbaker of Independence Township "excepting therefrom during the natural life of mary kruser widow and relick of Francis Kruser late of Mansfield dec-d a part of said lot that was laid off by Adam Runkle and Francis Nixon for part of her right of dower." This lot was also "a part of the farm of Francis Krusen." Joseph Coryell and Aaron Petty witnessed this transaction (Sussex County Deeds, P2:278). Was this Adam Runkle identical with Adam Dawson Runkle, grandson of Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk? Were any of these men related to Mary (____ ) Krusen? Other Barbers of Warren County, New Jersey John Barber (1719-1777) and his wife, Margaret, resided in Phillipsburg, Greenwich Township, (then Sussex, now) Warren County, New Jersey. Will of John Barber: Wife, Margaret Barber, 1/3 of my personal estate. Daughter, Mary Ennis, 50. Sons, Phineas and Jesse, my land. Executors, friends, James Davison and Col. Matthias Shipman. Witnesses Ludlum Salmon, Joseph Treat, Matthias Shipman. Inventory made by John Hendershot and David Hays. Apparently, John's eldest son, Thomas Barber, born in 1736, predeceased his father (Don Barber). Note that John Barber and Matthias Barbar both named sons Jesse and Thomas and a daughter Mary. Both of their estates were inventoried by men named Hendershot. John and Matthias were of the same generation. Were Matthias Barbar and John Barber brothers? Also, it should be noted that John Barber's daughter Mary (1757-1808) did not marry John Garrison Jr.; she married John Innes (1746-1825) (Karan J. Armstrong, WorldConnect Database). Jesse Barber (John, Jesse, John), born in 1798, married Elizabeth Buskirk and settled in Livingston County, New York (Don Barber, Joan Boothe). Other Barbers of Hunterdon County, New Jersey Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar named their eldest son Samuel so we note with some interest that a Samuel Barber died in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1750. By some accounts, Samuel was born as early as 1685 but it appears that his children were roughly of the same generation as Matthias Barbar's and from that I infer that Samuel and Matthias were more likely of the same generation. Whether or not Samuel Barber was old enough to be Matthias' father matters not; Samuel named no such Matthias in his will. By some unsubstantiated accounts, Samuel was the son of Samuel and _____ (Heathcote) Barber. Note that Samuel's daughter Mary, born perhaps in 1749, did not marry John Garrison Jr.; this Mary Barber married Jacobus Williamson who baptized in the Harlingen, New Jersey DRC on 18 February 1743 as the son of Garrett and Marytie (_____) Williamson ("Harlingen RDC Records," Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 17; "Schagticoke DRC Records," New York Biographical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 61). From the name of his daughter, Elida, it is evident that Samuel Barber was first married to Alida Johnson. From the will of her father, we learn of the Johnson family's dual connection to Barber gentlemen. On 10 November 1756, Johannis Johnson, cooper of Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, made his will naming wife Maria, grandchildren Johannis, Sari, Susana, Cathrina (children of son Johannis deceased), daughters Alida, widow of Samuel Barber; Magdalene, wife of John Barber; and Geertrue, wife of Caleb Faarly. (New Jersey Colonial Documents--Calendar of Wills 1761-1770) A lengthy excerpt from "The Dead in Barbers Ground: A Discourse on Barber Cemetery, Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey" follows. This is an unsigned and undated document found at the Hunterdon County, New Jersey Historical Society (http://members.aol.com/njysprez/barber.htm). There is an old burying place in the Township of Delaware near Mount Airy Station on the Flemington Railroad, running to Lambertville, where many older people of note were long since laid to rest. The grounds were well selected in an early day by the Barber family; and others; and from the former, bears its name; and shared the patronage of many of the largest land owners in the southern portion of that Township, and other places as well... For over 100 years Barbers Ground was continuously opened to this surrounding community and many families became extinct. The DeReamers, Severns, Leonards, Oliphants and others who once [owned] great tracts of lands adjoining have now disappeared [ ] of not a few of them rest here. Of those whose names survive them are the Andersons, Barbers, Bownes, Covenhoven (now Conover), Corles, Forsts, Farlees, Hagamans, Hoppocks, Johnsons, Lamberts, Larisons, Moores, Pralls, Runks, Romines, Woolseys, Wilsons and many others. Here too lies Caleb Farlee's bones, who celebrated his 21st birthday on that memorable hot 17th day of Jun, 1777 in the Battle of Monmouth. So worn and fatigued was he there in the conflict with comrades falling on every side that he gave up to the fates of war, to fall in battle as it seemed to him inevitable to escape [ ] day on which he was twenty-one years old. Samuel Barber who was young then lived long after his generation and told the present generation the story of the conflicts... of the old Revolution. Among the Barbers of the early settlement as yet we are not so well informed, but for the last one hundred years no one was more prominent here than John Barber, Esq., who was born about 1775. He was well educated and informed and lived on his farm adjoining these grounds, which in connection with farming, he carried on a large tannery and for a long time manufactured the leather from which the surrounding community was principally shod. Mr. Barber in his day shared well in the official gifts of the offices of then old Amwell Township which comprised the territory of Delaware, Raritan, East and West Amwell and the City of Lambertville. He was conversant with quite all the voters that cast their votes in the same box with himself when such a variety of the same name in a single family required a careful registry to save entanglements. To know the people living over near half the territory of our present county. John Barber knew them all. He could tell apart, as they came up to vote, the seven Daniel Larews of Amwell as they were commonly called by an augment only to the given name abbreviated, down to Dan. as follows: Dan.----, Dilish Dan, Long Dan, Short Dan, White Dan, Red Dan and Black Dan. Then the John Stouts, John Rittenhouses, John Smiths and John Moores to him were none the less familiar. John Barber done much public business outside of his official capacity. In the settling of estates and transferring property he was a man of ability and great usefulness to the community in which he lived. For long years John Barber, Esq., had charge of these grounds, keeping the gates and opening the graves till the frost of more than 80 winters brought his tall frame to be laid at rest with the fathers. Children of Matthias and Jane (Foster) Barbar: i. Samuel, b. possibly in Germany but probably in German Valley (now Long Valley), (then Roxbury, since 1798) Washington Township, Morris Co., NJ 29 Jan 1753 (Van Buskirk Bible); possibly killed circa 1800; m. ca. 1777 Abigail Cosad, b. Roxbury Township, Morris Co., NJ, dau. of Jacob and Elizabeth (Sutton) Cossart. Samuel Barber was born January 29, 1753 in Germany and died about 1800 as he was traveling from Sussex County, NJ to Upper Canada (Ontario). Earlier that year Samuel had emigrated from NJ to Canada with his wife (nee Abigail Cosad) and ten of their twelve children. He went back to NJ to settle his affairs and was returning to Canada on horseback. It is assumed that he was ambushed by robbers and killed for the gold he was carrying since his sons later traced him only as far as Allentown PA. (Barber GenForum) Children, probably all born in Roxbury Township, Morris Co., NJ, surname Barber: 1. Elizabeth, b. 8 Feb 1778; m. (1) Andrew Yeager; m. (2) William Wier; m. (3) _____ Sharp. 2. Matthias, b. 14 Dec 1779; m. 1 Jan 1800 Mary-7 Pettit (John-6, Jonathan-5, Nathaniel-4-3, Thomas-2, Henri-1), b. 29 Oct 1780, d. 23 July 1832, dau. of John-6 and Sarah (Carpenter) Pettit of Grimsby Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada (Descendants of Henri Pettit at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canon/archives/ misc-pettit.txt); resided Saltfleet, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada. 3. John, b. 19 April 1781; m. Mary Slaght; resided Townsend, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 4. Daniel, b. 2 Dec 1782; prob. m. Elizabeth Voorhis; resided Mt. Olive, Morris Co., NJ. 5. Jane, b. 27 Sep 1784; m. William C. Smith; resided Charlotteville, Ontario, Canada. 6. Mary, b. 16 Jan 1786; m. (1) William Pitt Gilbert; m (2) Stephen V.R. Olmsted. 7. Aaron, b. 9 Dec 1787; m. Elizabeth Slaght; resided Townsend, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 8. Moses, b. 29 Dec 1789; m. Nancy Nelles; resided Townsend, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 9. Miriam, b. 8 April 1792; m. Joseph Kitchen; resided Charlotteville, Ontario, Canada. 9. Elisha, b. 11 May 1794; m. Elizabeth Messacar; resided Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. 10. Samuel, b. 26 May 1796; d. by 1803. 11. Jacob, b. 2 July 1797; m. Elizabeth Smith; resided Townsend, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada. ii. Mary, b. Nov 1755 (Van Buskirk Bible); [m. Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ shortly aftern 29 March 1780 John Garrison Jr., son of John Sr. and _____ (_____) Garrison of Bethelem Township, NJ; probable parents of Jane (Garrison) Krusen, b. 1781, and thus my direct ancestors; see John Garrison Sr. of Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey for more information. #287; Jno & Jno Garison, Jr & Sen, both of the Township of Bethlehem, County of Hunterdon... [bound to]... Wm Livingston, Governor... 500 pounds... 29 March 1780. ... contract of marriage between John Garison... and Mary Barbar... [w] Robert McShane signatures of the bondsmen: John Garrison Jr, John Garrison (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nj/ marriage/njmarg06.txt)] iii. Jesse, b. Dec 1756 (Van Buskirk Bible); d. 24 Dec 1756 (Van Buskirk Bible). iv. Thomas, b. 14 Dec 1757 (Van Buskirk Bible); d. Feb 1777, "accidently shot in camp"(Karen Alexander). v. Nathaniel, b. NJ 1759 (Van Buskirk Bible); m. Anne Watson; taxpayer in Bethlehem Township in 1785 and 1790; moved to Clermont Co., OH by 1810; ancestors of Karen Alexander. #818; Nathaniel Barbar and Daniel Buskerik (Van Buskirk), both of Bethlehem in the County of Hunterdon... [bound to]... William Livingston... Governor... 500 pounds... 15 Dec 1784. ... Certificate of Marriage between Nathaniel Barbar... and Anne Watson... [w] blank (http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/ archives/nj/marriage/njmarb17.txt) Children, surname Barber: 1. Nathaniel, b. ca. 1785, m. Hannah Wilson or Hannah Ashburn; resided Clermont Co., OH. 2. Daniel, m. Patience Fox. 3. Aaron Watson, b. NY 1802/3; m. Anna Hill; resided in OH and Knox Co., IL. 4. Susannah, m. Michael J. Banghart; resided Clermont Co., OH. 5. Lucy, m. Ralph Mount. 6. Jane, m. Samuel Cox. 7. Rebecca, m. Thomas Paxton. 8. Mary, b. 1806; d. 1822. 9. Sarah, m. Thomas Gatch. 10. Emley, b. 1809; m. Rebecca Orr; resided Clermont Co., OH. Child of Joseph and Jane (Foster) (Barbar) Dawson: vi. Susanna, b. 22 Aug 1768 (Van Buskirk Bible); doubtless identical with the Susanna Dawson born Washington Township, Warren Co., NJ "about 1769"; d. Washington, NJ 2 Aug 1817; m. Hunts Mills, NJ 20 Nov 1785 William "Squire Billy" Runkle, b. Annandale, Hunterdon Co., NJ 1755, d. Washington, Warren Co., NJ 1839; bur. Mansfield Cemetery, Warren Co., NJ, son of Adam and Mary (Youngblood) Runkle; he is presumably the same William Runkle that witnessed the will of my direct ancestor, Peter Williamson of Greenwich Township, (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ in 1791 with Samuel Large and Joanna Riddle. Susanna's step-brother, Aaron Van Buskirk married William Runkle's sister Sarah. (The Adam Runkle Family, web site of The Runkle Family Association, http://homepages. rootsweb.com/~runkle) Children, surname Runkle: 1. Daniel, b. Mansfield, (then Sussex, now) Warren Co., NJ 31 Aug 1786; d. 17 Feb 1818; bur. Mansfield Cemetery, Washington Township, Warren Co., NJ. 2. Mary, b. Mansfield, NJ 9 March 1788; d. Hampton Junction, Hunterdon Co., NJ 26 Dec 1846; bur. Musconetcong Cemetery, Hampton Junction, NJ; m. Jonathan Welding Ingham, b. Solebury, Bucks Co., PA 20 June 1785, d. Mt. Etna, Huntingon Co., IN 25 April 1863, bur. Mt. Etna, IN, son of Dr. Jonathan and Anna (Welding) Ingham. 3. Adam Dawson, b. Mansfield, NJ 20 Dec 1789; d. 14 Feb [1873]; bur. Eastern Cemetery, Easton, Northampton Co., PA; m. 15 Feb 1821 Margaret Kennedy, b. 4 Jan 1800, d. Greenwich Township, Warren Co., NJ 24 March 1828. 4. Joseph, b. Mansfield, NJ 15 Feb 1792; d. 29 Feb 1836; bur. Mansfield Cemetery, Washington Township, Warren Co., NJ; m. 1820 Jane Stewart, b. Hackettstown, Warren Co., NJ 25 Dec 1803, d. 8 May 1879. Children of Daniel and Jane (Foster) (Barbar) (Dawson) Van Buskirk: vii. John, b. Nov 1773 (Van Buskirk Bible); d. July 1775 (Van Buskirk Bible). viii. Jane, b. July 1776 (Van Buskirk Bible); d. after 1818; m. ca 1795 Anthony M. Borduzat.