George Green is listed as a Freeholder in Old Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1723 and again in 1724. George Green was a close friend of John Axford of Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Hope Twp. derives its name from its principal town, which was christened by the Moravian Church. The township was formed in 1839 from parts of Knowlton and Oxford Townships. Liberty Township was formed from portions of Hope Township in 1926.
The earliest settlers in Hope Township were named Green and Howell. George Green in 1726 took
up 600 acres of land at the lower end of Green's Pond, now partly in the Anderson and Parks farms. George Green was freeholder in Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1723 & 1724. Samuel Green, Jr., the eldest son of Samuel Green, the deputy surveyor who later settled at Johnsonburg, came as the first settler of what is now Hope from Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1738, when he was thirty-three years of age. He built a log house, at which he entertained the Moravian missionaries Bruce Shaw, Joseph Powell and others on their way from Bethlehem to the Minisink. Samuel Green and his wife, Abigail, stayed at Bethlehem during the French and Indian War for safety, having been warned thereto by friendly Indians. They had already become Moravian. In 1768, he sold to the Moravian 1,000 acres of land for £1,000, on the present site of Hope. This tract extended as far as the Beatty and Cook farms.
Hope Twp. derives its name from its principal town, which was christened by the Moravian Church. The township was formed in 1839 from parts of Knowlton and Oxford Townships. Liberty Township was formed from portions of Hope Township in 1926.
The earliest settlers in Hope Township were named Green and Howell. George Green in 1726 took
up 600 acres of land at the lower end of Green's Pond, now partly in the Anderson and Parks farms. George Green was freeholder in Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1723 & 1724. Samuel Green, Jr., the eldest son of Samuel Green, the deputy surveyor who later settled at Johnsonburg, came as the first settler of what is now Hope from Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1738, when he was thirty-three years of age. He built a log house, at which he entertained the Moravian missionaries Bruce Shaw, Joseph Powell and others on their way from Bethlehem to the Minisink. Samuel Green and his wife, Abigail, stayed at Bethlehem during the French and Indian War for safety, having been warned thereto by friendly Indians. They had already become Moravian. In 1768, he sold to the Moravian 1,000 acres of land for £1,000, on the present site of Hope. This tract extended as far as the Beatty and Cook farms.
George Green is listed as a Freeholder in Old Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1723 and again in 1724. George Green was a close friend of John Axford of Oxford Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Hope Twp. derives its name from its principal town, which was christened by the Moravian Church. The township was formed in 1839 from parts of Knowlton and Oxford Townships. Liberty Township was formed from portions of Hope Township in 1926.
The earliest settlers in Hope Township were named Green and Howell. George Green in 1726 took
up 600 acres of land at the lower end of Green's Pond, now partly in the Anderson and Parks farms. George Green was freeholder in Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1723 & 1724. Samuel Green, Jr., the eldest son of Samuel Green, the deputy surveyor who later settled at Johnsonburg, came as the first settler of what is now Hope from Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1738, when he was thirty-three years of age. He built a log house, at which he entertained the Moravian missionaries Bruce Shaw, Joseph Powell and others on their way from Bethlehem to the Minisink. Samuel Green and his wife, Abigail, stayed at Bethlehem during the French and Indian War for safety, having been warned thereto by friendly Indians. They had already become Moravian. In 1768, he sold to the Moravian 1,000 acres of land for £1,000, on the present site of Hope. This tract extended as far as the Beatty and Cook farms.
Hope Twp. derives its name from its principal town, which was christened by the Moravian Church. The township was formed in 1839 from parts of Knowlton and Oxford Townships. Liberty Township was formed from portions of Hope Township in 1926.
The earliest settlers in Hope Township were named Green and Howell. George Green in 1726 took
up 600 acres of land at the lower end of Green's Pond, now partly in the Anderson and Parks farms. George Green was freeholder in Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1723 & 1724. Samuel Green, Jr., the eldest son of Samuel Green, the deputy surveyor who later settled at Johnsonburg, came as the first settler of what is now Hope from Amwell, Hunterdon County, in 1738, when he was thirty-three years of age. He built a log house, at which he entertained the Moravian missionaries Bruce Shaw, Joseph Powell and others on their way from Bethlehem to the Minisink. Samuel Green and his wife, Abigail, stayed at Bethlehem during the French and Indian War for safety, having been warned thereto by friendly Indians. They had already become Moravian. In 1768, he sold to the Moravian 1,000 acres of land for £1,000, on the present site of Hope. This tract extended as far as the Beatty and Cook farms.
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