Sussex County New Jersey
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Miscellaneous Vital Records and Obituaries
Church Records

History of the First Baptist Church of Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey
Revised by: Rev. Geo F Love in 1874
and by
Rev. James Bristow in 1903

List of Members copied by the late Mrs Jennie Little Meeker
Regent of: Peggy Jarne Chapter of the DAR, Washington, N J

The Records include Membership in the Church, Marriages & Deaths.

The Above Records are available in two sections [searchable pdf format]
Pages 1 - 41
~ 42 - 89

Baptist Marriages
Performed by Stephen Case
in New Jersey [1818-1895]


Births ~ Marriages ~ Deaths

New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980

Marriages: 1665-1800
Sussex Co., New Jersey

New Jersey State Archives: Vital Record Databases

New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956 [Explanation] LDS Site Link

New Jersey Deaths & Burials: 1720 > 1988

NJ Deaths: Born in Sussex County

1759 > 1800 ~ 1801 > 1825 ~ 1826 > 1850 ~ 1851 > 1860

Use the indexes above to check for names, then access FS using the 'Deaths & Burials Link'

 New Jersey State Digital Archive

"The Espy Files"
Executions in the US: 1608 > 2002


1850 Mortality Schedule for New Jersey.
Fully searchable with Census Images

Census

From the History of Sussex & Warren Counties:
Aged Citizens & Early Settlers as noted in Census Records:

Aged Citizens, Page 254 ~ Walpack, Pages 325 & 343 ~ Wantage, Pages 288 & 289

1830 Wantage Twp. ~ 1850 Wantage Twp.

Census Records: LDS

While the above Site does not include all of the actual images, it is a free place to search. If you wish to view the actual images, make a note of the Film and Page Numbers, then go to the Internet Archives and check the Index. Full rolls of film can be downloaded

Sussex County Will Abstracts & Deeds

These can be found here in searchable pdf format
Sussex County Probate Records: Family Search ~ Browse


West Jersey, New Jersey, Deed Records : 1676-1721
Author: Davis, John David


New Jersey "Court of the Chancery" [Prerogative Court]

Vols 1 > 40 can be found here for download

Note: Vols 11, 13, 14 & 37 are not listed

Sample File from this Book: Horace Lippincott vs Keturah M Evens

Reports of Cases Decided In
The Court of Chancery, The
Prerogative Court
And, On Appeal, The Court of Errors and Appeals,
State of
New Jersey
John H Stewart, Reporter
Vol. VIII.
Trenton, N J:
The W. S. Sharp Printing Co.
1882.

Sussex County Newspapers

Birth, Marriage & Death listings from the  Sussex Register.

The Master Index is Complete.
There are many pages of Marriages & Deaths, they have been converted to searchable pdf files which makes them easy to search. They will not be indexed.

Marriages & Deaths can be found here: Listed by Year

The searchable pages for the Register can be found here
The Editions begin with 1813 and end in 1899.

Here is the Blog Index ~ Created by JoAnn Price

The indexed information was taken from Abstracts of the Sussex Register, it is unknown if the actual images of the newspaper still exist. I have been unable to find them online. The Abstracts were found on Heritage Quest.
Obituaries:
Woodbridge Sentinel
Obituary List - Searchable pdf file.

Above Obits on Genealogy Bank


Vital Records from New Jersey Newspapers
Set 1 ~ Set 2 ~ Hardyston [Set 3] ~ Set 4


Andover, Stanhope & Newton: Township Journal
Sparta: Sparta Independant 2005-2009, 2010-2015
Lafayette, Oak Ridge, Ogdensburg, Stockholm, Sussex, Wantage, & Vernon
The Advertiser News 2005 > 2015
Newton: AIM Vernon 2009 > 2015

Above Obits on Genealogy Bank

National Obituary Archive
Post & Search Obituaries

 

Last Updated: July 2, 2021