Welcome to Somerset County New Jersey Genealogy and History Finding Ancestors .... wherever their trails led

Hello, my name is Nancy Piper and I am your New Jersey State host. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please email me. Please include the County (and State) you are submitting data for. THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history or to help you with your family's genealogy within this county. WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU.

ONLINE DATA Census, Mortality and Tax Records History  Bible Records Marriages Military Data  Death Records Mortality Schedules Newspapers Callendar of Wills Obituaries Past Updates  Biographies Recent Website Updates: November 2024 Death Notices: Abram B. Bockoven , Adwin M. Clark, Margaret Ellis, Michael D. Foy, Rev. Dr. John C. Rankin, James VanPelt, John A. Zeah Church News: Rev. Rankin's Fortieth Pastorate Anniversary (1891), Great White Oak at Presbyterian Church (1893), Rev. Rankin's Retirement (1895) News-Fires: Vail Homestead Destroyed (1891), Luther Martin's Barn Destroyed - Mrs. Martin Severely Injured Rescuing Horse (1895) Accident News: Mr. Edmonson Killed in Freak Accident (1889) Crime News: Morgan Arrested for Assaulting Thorp (1889) January 1887 Basking Ridge Community News - Jones, Abrams, Heath, Hand

Somerset County is one of America's oldest counties. The area was first settled in 1681, in the vicinity of Bound Brook, and the county was established by charter on May 22, 1688. Most of the early residents were Dutch. General George Washington and his troops marched through the county on several occasions and slept in many of the homes located throughout the area. Parts of the Delaware and Raritan Canal run through the county. Somerset County also played an important part during both World War I and World War II with weapons depots and the manufacturing of the army's woolen blankets. County Townships Bedminster Township Bernards Township Branchburg Township Bridgewater Township Franklin Township Green Brook Township Hillsborough Township Montgomery Township Warren Township County Seat: Somerville Formed in 1688 Surrounding Counties: Morris County, New Jersey - north Union County, New Jersey - east Middlesex County, New Jersey - southeast Mercer County, New Jersey - south Hunterdon County, New Jersey - west Municipalities within County Basking Ridge Belle Mead Bernardsville Blackwells Mills Bound Brook East Millstone Far Hills Flagtown Franklin Park Griggstown Harlingen Liberty Corner Lyons Manville Middlebush Millstone Neshanic  North Plainfield Peapack-Gladstone Pleasant Plains Raritan Rocky Hill Six Mile Run Somerset Somerville South Bound Brook South Branch Watchung West Millington Weston Zarephath

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