Returning to the Havens line

Back in 2013, I posted an image for the marriage record in March 1827 for Daniel Havens and Margaret Ketcham in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Daniel and Margaret were Allison's 4th-great-grandparents. I last looked at her paternal Havens line in 2017, and with the addition of newly available records from FamilySearch Labs, it's time to look back on the Havens family in New Jersey to see what can be found on Daniel before the family made the move to Tazewell County, Illinois.

On 4 March 1836, Daniel and Margaret completed a land transfer (see record on FamilySearch) with Joseph L. Johnston of Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey for $137. The deed mentions a six acre plot that Daniel had purchased from Jacob Truax on 25 September 1829, and 17 acres that Daniel had purchased from Sylvanus and Rachel Truax on 14 May 1832. The transaction also included a 33 acre plot and additional 12 acre plot.

FamilySearch. NJ deeds. 1836.

There are a lot of Havens mentioned in the records of Monmouth County, New Jersey, but the deeds above provide a pointer to other records that might allow us to track Daniel and Margaret earlier in time.