As I seek possible records for Reuben Bishop (1804-1855), finding his marriage record to Susan C Bell (1817-1888) would possibly help. Locating young Susan and her parents could help identify Reuben's place of origin. Marriages were between local people.
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| Family tree of Susan C Bell (1817-1888) showing parents, spouses, and children |
The name's of Susan's parents are from the record filed with the State of New Jersey for her third marriage in 1888 to Edward Prime DeGroot (1819-1884). Her father was listed as John Bell and her mother as Jane Bockover. Edward and Susan were married in the city in which she resided, Newark, Essex County. He resided in Morristown, Morris County, which is where Susan had raised her children.
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| Marriage record filed with State of New Jersey Edward P Degroot married Susan C Bell, widow of Whitehead, February 14, 1881 in Newark. (Enos Littell Whitehead died February 2, 1880 in Newark.) |
In the Morristown and Morris Township Library, while reviewing records for Evergreen Cemetery in Morristown, I checked out the family history books. There is a Bockoven family genealogy book compiled by Mrs R Vanderhoff of Bernardsville, New Jersey. This family lived in Somerset and Morris Counties, New Jersey.
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| Cover page Bockoven book by Mrs R Vanderhoff |
The Bockoven book lists the original immigrant as George Bockoven (1734-1814) of Alsace. George first married Mary Whitenack (1740-1806). Their children were born from 1759 through 1786.
After Mary Whitenack died, George Bockoven remarried to Jane Bell or Ball- a widow.
George Bockoven and his first wife, Mary, were buried in the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Basking Ridge, Somerset County.
Bockoven Bell of Somerset County, relocated to Morris County, sound like Susan C Bell should fit in with this familial group. But she is not mentioned in the book.
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| 1812 map northern New Jersey Baskenridge in Somerset County is less than ten miles south of Morris in Morris county. (Rutgers Map Collection) |
A copy of this bible is also available at the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton via the bible collection of the New Jersey Genealogy Society.
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| Bockoven bible printed in the Bockoven Book by Vanderhoff |
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| Bockoven bible printed in the Bockoven Book by Vanderhoff |
More research is needed, this time in Somerset County.
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