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Sussex County Historical Society - NJ
Sussex County County Historical Society, Hill Museum
82 Main Street
Newton, NJ 07860
973-383-6010
http://www.sussexhistory.org/
The Historical Society has updated the book store on our website. We are currently offering a Sussex County Sampler. This is a group of four publications. First is High Point of the Blue Mountains by Ronald J. Dupont Jr. and Kevin Wright, the definitive history of High Point from prehistory through the Kusar family to the development of the park. Next we have a reprint of the classic That Ancient Trail by Amelia Stickney Decker about the Old Mine Road. For the cemetery fans we have Behold and See, As You Pass By, a selection of epitaphs from the Old Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church of Sparta 1787-1924 written by Mary Elinor Eppler. And last we have a pamphlet Sussex County Place Names by Myra Snook. It lists some of the early place names in the county with a brief history. To order go to our website www.sussexhistory.org/ and click on the “shop” tab and make your selection. PayPal is accepted.
As the 250th Birthday of the United States approaches, we were wondering if you can trace your ancestors back to the Revolutionary War in the United States or back to the country where your ancestors immigrated from.![]()
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Dr. Natalie Takacs is the History Teacher for Ogdensburg Middle School who assigns her students with tracing their lineage to present to the class.![]()
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Tara Schaberg is a Resource Manager at Sussex County Library System who will show us the various tools at the library that can help with researching family lineages.![]()
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We welcome everyone to the School Cafeteria at 7pm on Thursday June 26th.![]()
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Please try and RSVP by 6/25/2025 so we know how many to set up the room for.![]()
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Can't wait to see where everyone is from!
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Not Sussex County....but a Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey...sharing as part of America 250.New Jersey – Crossroads of the Revolution #OTD 245 years ago![]()
June 7, 1780 BATTLE OF CONNECTICUT FARMS, NEW JERSEY![]()
British and Hessian troops crossed from Staten Island and marched through Elizabethtown, New Jersey—their goal was to advance through the Short Hills and threaten Washington’s forces at Morristown, To slow this invasion, patriot New Jersey troops were concentrated at the town of Connecticut Farms (today Union, NJ) on the ridge by the town Meetinghouse. These soldiers were both professional New Jersey regiments and local civilian militiamen defending their homes.![]()
Brigadier General William Maxwell (commander of the New Jersey Brigade) later reported: “Our parties of Continental troops and militia...performed wonders...stopping the advance of the enemy near three hours.”![]()
Word of the enemy's advance reaches Washington at the his headquarters in Morristown by 7 AM; he puts the army in motion and departs the Ford Mansion, heading toward Chatham and the Short Hills to be closer to the action.![]()
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Graphic: Union County History Trading Card![]()
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#FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque #MorrstownNHP #OnThisDay#thisdayinhistory #NJhistory #AmericanRevolution![]()
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#FindYourPark #EncuentraTuParque #MorrstownNHP #OnThisDay#thisdayin history #NJhistory #AmericanRevolution