genealogy
The County's First Deed
Tioga County's land records open with a deed to Jabez Colver — a convicted Loyalist. The five vanished Chemung years, and one evening at Wynkoop's fireside.
Loyalist
Jabez Collver
The Judge, the Preacher, and the Log Gaol
Nathaniel Pettit, Jabez Collver, and the price of a signature For Kathy Hall UE Listen to this post 0:0025:12 Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicMore apps There is a village in New Jersey that was named for its jail. Not for a founder, not for a church, not for some
American Revolution
A House Divided: The Collvers in the American Revolution
Two hundred fifty years ago, the Revolution split this family into two houses — one for Congress, one for the King, both loyal to their cause. The story of the divide, and of the four weddings that mended it.
genealogy
Set Up the King's Standard: The Land, the Treason, and the Flight of Jabez Colver
Listen to this post 0:0013:13 Subscribe:Apple PodcastsSpotifyAmazon MusicMore apps In the summer of 1774, a Connecticut-born minister named Jabez Colver laid out £245 in proclamation money and became the owner of 163.98 acres on the east side of the Minisink Mountain, at the northeast end