71:. At that time, he owned no real estate. In 1860, however, Abraham Hoy and his son-in-law Nathan S. Haley purchased 34 square rods of land from Charles and Mary Fagan for $ 65. Within the same year, the house was built on the lot and the Hoy family relocated to Mauricetown. According to the 1860 population census, Abraham Hoy, his wife Ann, and their five children resided in the house. When Hoy died in 1866, his estate was insolvent and the
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Sometime during the late 19th or early 20th century, the Hoy House underwent a renovation in which several additions and a front porch were added, and the building was re-clad in asphalt siding. In 2010, the
Mauricetown Historical Society facilitated the process to restore the dwelling to its
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Elkington willed more than 15 acres to his wife's niece, Elizabeth Compton. No information exists to suggest that a house stood on the lot prior to 1860.
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Historic Themes and
Resources Within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route; Southern New Jersey and the Delaware Bay: Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem Counties
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John A. Jakle, et al., Common Houses in
America’s Small Towns: The Atlantic Seaboard to the Mississippi Valley (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989), 219.
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Deed of Sale from
Charles and Mary Fagan to Abraham E. Hoy and Nathan S. Haley, Deed Book 95, Page 187, Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds, Bridgeton, NJ
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block and a lack of ornamentation. Additionally, a stack house will feature additions to the main block, constructed concurrently or added over time.
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inventory taken at the time of Hoy's death indicates that the dwelling had a “kitchen,” “room,” and “chamber,” just as it does today.
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Will of George
Elkington, Will Book B, Page 119 (1820), Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds, Bridgeton, NJ
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126:References
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22:vernacular
122:joinery.
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