History: Family: A Surnames:  Genealogy Tidbits: Monmouth County, NJ.

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The information on these surnames is based on lookup requests from
the Monmouth County USGenWeb page. This is a means of sharing 
these efforts.  We welcome your contribution.  jpatter@epix.net 

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INDEX

ANDERSON
AYERS


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ANDERSON

The thing I would like to know is what county, or city in Scotland did
John Anderson (1665) come from?  My bother is living in England right 
now and could follow it back further if we knew this info.  Could you 
help here?

RESPONSE:

My source here says to refer to Steen's "New Aberdeen &c." pg. 14 and 
seq.  Also note it states there were at least two if not more Anderson 
families in Mon. Co.  The John Anderson you mention is stated as a 
brother to Rev. James Anderson, first pastor of Wall St. Presbyterian 
Church, NYC, and also engaged in the Scottish expedition to Darien.

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AYERS/CAMPBELL/SMITH/LAFETRA/

I am having a very difficult time searching for my Monmouth County Roots,
because the names I am researching are so common---Campbell, Smith and
Ayres.  My original Campbell was James, who came from Scotland to VA i=circa
1800, and had a son JOSEPH SMITH (1809-1883) who married MARY ELIZABETH
LAFETRA-by then they were in Monnmouth County.

I was recently given a lot of Ayres info, but do need to check one
thing---the birthdate of a LEWIS AYRES of Howell Twp. who married a Hannah,
possibly Pike. he was born circa 1735, son of Benajah or benjamin Ayres (born
1715), son of Obidiah Ayres of Woodbridge, NJ.

RESPONSE:

I'm sorry but I don't have anything on your people.  The people in the
outline are just born too late for most of my sources (which stop around the
end of the Rev War).  I concentrated on the Ayers pair at the end of your
letter, but came up blank. I did come up with some sources for the AYERS
family in the "NJ Family Index":

Chambers, Theodore F. "The Early Germans of NJ,"  pg 244-248
Crayton, Percy.  "Rockaway Records of Morris County....Families."  pg 81-82
Honeyman, A. Van Doren, ed. "Northwestern NJ"  v.4: pg481-482
"National Genealogical Society Quarterly," v61; pg 258-259
Nun, Harold. "The People of Hackettstown." pg.93-95


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