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A History of Cranbury Settlement and Streets
The narrative recalls early Cranbury life with notes on Peter Duncan Juatite of the Peace and his family, the Schenck clan, a mill property, and the Handley estate. It traces houses, shops, and residents along Main Street and Station Road, including Conover, Wycoff, Voorhees, Barriclo, Horner, Bennett, and Hunt families, the First Presbyterian Church, street openings, and a four-horse stage era with competing lines and the Camden & Amboy Railroad promoters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Lewis
Peter Duncan
Schenck
James H. Conover
R. L. McDowell
Timothy Horner
Howell
George
Jones
Maine
Wm. Ruding
Wm. S. Appleget
Dey Conover
Mr. Appleget
Andrew van Kirk
First Presbyterian Church
Barriclo
Rachel Barriclo
Cornelia Barriclo
Joan
Andrew
Amanda
Cornelia
Cornelius Wycoff
John Voorhees
John Bennett
Stevenson
Cornelia Stevenson
Jamesburg
Buckelew
James Mee Chesney
New York
Second Presbyterian Church
Voorhees
Station Road
Henry Duncan
Petty
James Clarke
Polly Nafy
S. Johnes Bergen
Elliott
Bergen
Rose Horner
William Ruding
Nathaniel Hunt
Daniel Sarabury
James Sansbury
Mary Sansbury
Ellen Sinsbury
Mary
Isaac Scudder
Ellen
Dr. Green
Cole
Monroe Street
Hunt
Tierce
Philadelphia
Hightstown
Stulta
Alfred Rae
Stults
Ditmas
Main Istreet
Holland
Daniel Ervin
Mr. Oehler
Joseph Reed
Peter Johnson
Mr. Scott
Mr. Everett
J. E Bennett
Joseph McChesney
George Barclay
Scott’s Corner
Liberty
Monroe Streets
Main Street
Bupker Hill
William Reed
Robert Sutton
Benjamin Mr. Clarke
Cranbury
N. Y
Union Line
Besides
Camden & Amboy Railroad