A History Of Flemington Presbyterian Church

Author : George S. Mott
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333337018
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book History of the Presbyterian Church in Flemington New Jersey, for a Century written by George S. Mott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Presbyterian Church in Flemington New Jersey, for a Century: With Sketches of Local Matters for Two Hundred Years To these thronging emigrants, Hunterdon County presented unusual attractions. The climate was mild less bleak than New England, not so hot as Virginia. Peaches, plums, and berries grew plentifully in the woods. This whole region was heavily wooded with oak, hickory, beech, and maple. These forests abounded with game. The streams were alive with fish and most delicious shad made annual visitations along the bor ders. That fish was caught higher up the South Branch than Flemington, before mill dams obstructed the stream. The hauls of them in the Delaware have been enormous within the memory of old people. Also the Indians were peaceable and friendly. The Raritan was navigable up to the junction of the North and South Branches. In seasons of freshets the farmers conveyed their grain to New Brunswick in at-bottomed boats. The Delaware also was navigable up to Trenton. So that immigrants coming to this county could have the advantage of navigation within a few miles of their lands. Also early in that same century the farming lands had been well occupied in Monmouth and Bur lington Counties. Hence the passion to go on to the frontier was impelling the sons of the settlers to seek a home among the attractive hills of Hunterdon. And the county rapidly filled up from 1715 - 1730. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."