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Michael Blew, born about 1704, apparently came to the area just east of Stoutsburg around 1740. His father John had owned about 500 acres south of current Route 518 in the vicinity of Blawenburg (which was named after this family). The land which Michael bought from his father included some acreage along the Great Road, where Michael operated a mill at an early date. Michael Blew had children by a first wife who died in 1769, when he was 65. He then married a much younger woman, Elinor “Nelly” Hollinsett, and had sons Michael and Daniel, who were born in the 1770s. When Michael Blew, Senior died in 1786, his estate was probably not easily settled. There was the question of who would run his large farm of 360 acres. He had two sons who were under age (teenagers) and needed to be provided for. His older sons were in their 60s.1
Extracted from the Hopewell Valley Historical Society NEWSLETTER Vol. xxxv, No. 2 Page 835 Late Winter/Spring 2017
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April 18, 1704
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Brooklyn, New York, Kings County, New York, United States
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April 18, 1704
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Dutch Reformed Church, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States
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April 18, 1704
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Dutch Ref. Ch., Brooklyn, NY
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1724 |
1724
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Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
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1728 |
1728
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Somerset County, New Jersey, United States
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1732 |
1732
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1741 |
1741
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1748 |
1748
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1770 |
1770
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Jamaica-now Queens, Queens, NY, United States
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