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Marcia: My “obligatory” statement was a weak attempt at humor and should not be construed in any other way. I am confused by your statement that Benjamin died in New Hanover Township. Chesterfield Township has always contained Recklesstown, named for Anthony Reckless, a hero of the American...

Mark: Glad you enjoyed reading the article! I suspect the reporter’s description of the spiking technique was based on faulty observation and knowledge. I am not aware of any rail manufactured where the spike would actually go through the flange or flair at the bottom and to manufacture such...

Marcia: I have no problem with you disseminating the information. The ancestry of the Taylor I described can be traced back to Samuel Taylor, who arrived in Burlington on the “flie boat Martha” in November 1677. He died in Chesterfield in 1725. Whether your Taylor descends from the same line...

Marcia: I suspect the Thomas Taylor death notice you found in the New Jersey Mirror is the one I described above and NOT the Thomas Taylor you are seeking. To give this thread the obligatory Pine Barrens connection, is the Benjamin you mention the miller who resided in Browns Mills prior to...

Marcia: According to my sources, Poplar Grove is not a community toponym. Rather, it is a farm name. Thomas Taylor constructed the west end of his “Poplar Grove” farmhouse in 1813 and the eastern end in 1817 along the Old York Road in Chesterfield Township. The master mason who constructed...

A NEW RAILROAD BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK. A SKETCH OF THE NEW RAILROAD Pennsylvania Capitalists Interested. Within a week past, parties interested in railroad management have heard indistinct rumors of the completion of a line, destined not only materially to affect the traveling...

Kevin: Not a problem. A review of New Jersey State Geological Survey annual reports and other volumes would yield much more information on the distribution of the Cohansey formation throughout southern New Jersey. I can tell you that in addition to the presence of ironstone in the Pines, it...

:siren: Yeah—what Guy said! :siren: Jerseyman

:eng101: :eng101: :eng101: Thanks, Bob! Best regards, Jerseyman

Uh-oh—I think I see Ben the ironmonger walking on to the casting floor, ready to draw off the dross of this quickly deteriorating thread and throw it into the slag heap. Mind your “p’s and q’s” boys and girls. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Best regards, Jerseyman

Bob: I presume you are referring to the words of Robert Juet, recorded in the logbook of Henry Hudson’s HALF MOON during the ship’s 1609 voyage. While passing the New Jersey coast, Juet wrote: “A very good land to fall in with, and a pleasant land to see.” Recorded 2 September 1609...

You are correct, Bob—I am reading this thread and I do know the answer, but it would not be fair for me to respond and spoil everyone’s fun in guessing. And it is a very good question that you ask!!! Best regards, Jerseyman P.S. Mark—you did not cite Browning’s quote exactly verbatim, but...

Bob: As a historian, I could have synthesized Watson’s narrative, interpreted what he wrote, placed his words into a larger context, and then drawn some conclusions about all of it. However, I am the type of historian who prefers to let the past speak for itself, so I frequently include...

Folks: I thought you would all enjoy reading this account as much as I did, although that was a lot of typing! The diary that Mark refers to is that of Sarah Thomson, who traveled from Philadelphia to Tuckerton in 1809. That diary can be found at...

Kevin and Mark: While Spungman could answer this question much better than me, I will take a stab at it. The basis of what we call “ironstone” is sandstone. According to James A. Audley, writing in his 1921 work, Silica and the Silicates (sounds like a great name for a “rock” group!!)...

Folks: If you will, please invoke your imagination and take a trip with John Watson through the Pines to the coast in the early 1820s. A Trip to Long beach Seashore, 1823. The country from Evesham down to Tuckerton has all the appearance of its original wildness—few houses or...