Horner-Bozarth Connections in New Jersey
Bozarth Researchers,I have been researching my own Horner line and keep coming across connections to the Bozarth line.I thought I would share some of what I've found in case it can be of help to this family.
"Benjamin Horner was the second settler on the Wilson farm.He was an Irishman, having been born in "Old Erin"He married Miss Mary Murphy, sister of the four Murphy Brothers, and went from here to Roane county, where they both fell asleep.He had a son, Benjamin, by a former marriage, who went west with Valentine Bozarth."data source for this information was West Virginia History, Ritchie County found at Ancestry.com
Then in an 1860 Census, Southhampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey...Page 29 , lines 37-40 and continued on page 30, lines 1-5 and lines 26-28 it reads:
John Horner age 62Master farmer
Elizabeth Horner age 63
Sarah E. Horner age 20
James McFadden age 20 (from Ireland)
Benjamin Bozarth age 17Farm apprenticefrom NJ
Mathias Scottage 16(from England)
Elizabeth Minginage 17NJ
Matilda Hendricksonage 14NJ
Charles Hornerage 21Pennsylvania
(all of the above were one household)
Elizabeth Bozarthage 53NJ
Jane Bozarthage 21NJ
Melvina Bozarthage 2NJ
*As an added footnote:Elizabeth and Jane had been listed as unable to read or write.
Good Luck,S. Horner/Allen