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1309 Windsor Road

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1309 Windsor Road, September 2022.
Historical Overview
A 3-bay, 2-story house 1-story extensions and several sheds/outbuildings in the backyard stands at 1726 Old Trenton Road in the historic community of Edinburg. This building - hereafter called the "Rachel Conover" house - is also a member of West Windsor's "100 Club."

Township tax records claim this building was constructed aroud the year 1900...
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Edinburg in 1875. Note "G. D. Hill."
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Moving the Sailey-Tantum house back from the road, probably early-mid 1900s.
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Bibliography
  1. "West Windsor Tax Assessor Address List, 2019.” West Windsor, 2019. List of all residences in West Windsor with dates of construction, according to tax assessor. Sent to the Historical Society by Lorraine Jones and Dawn Moretti.​
  2. Slayback, Abel, Bergen, John G. Ms. Deed. New Jersey State Archives, 1811. Found in New Jersey State Archives Manuscript Room - Middlesex County Deeds - Middlesex County Deed Book 9 Page 211.
  3. Hill, Joseph, Updike, William. Ms. Deed. New Jersey State Archives, 1843. Found in the Mercer County Clerk's Office - Mercer County Deeds - Mercer County Deed Book G Page 17.
  4. Conover, Rose R., Conover, Walter F. Mount, John S., Mount, Walter S. “Indenture” West Windsor, 1924. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 530 Page 375. 
  5. “West Windsor Township Meeting Minutes, 1797-2012.,” n.d. Original Township Committee meeting minute database located in the Municipal Center.
  6. Ibid.
  7. Conover, Rose R., Conover, Walter F. Mount, John S., Mount, Walter S. “Indenture” West Windsor, 1924. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 530 Page 375. 
  8. Conover, Rose R., Conover, Walter F Sr., Heidrick, Dorothy B., Heidrick, Gardner W. “Deed.” West Windsor, 1965. Deed from Lyorah Vannest to Lydia C. Wyckoff for 136 South Mill Road. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 1732 Page 854. Mentions the 1963 Robins-Conover transfer.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Conover, Rose R., Conover, Walter F Sr., Mather, Dorothy C. “Deed.” West Windsor, 1942. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 844 Page 535. 
  11. ​"Obituaries: Dorothy C. Mather.” Town Topics, July 3, 2002.
  12. ​“Light Plane Crashes, Walton, Mather Killed.” Princeton Herald, August 6, 1952. 
  13. Greenwich Investors XI, LLC., Vogel, Sarah. "Deed.” West Windsor, 2003. Located in the Mercer County Clerk's Office, Mercer County Deed Book 4451 Page 277. 
Contact Info
Museum Address​ (DO NOT send mail here): 50 Southfield Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550
Send ALL Mail To: 220 Meadow Brook Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550
Email: westwindsorhistory@gmail.com 
Phone: 609-903-9013
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  • About
    • Our Mission
    • West Windsor History Museum
    • Our Origins
    • Our Team
  • WW History
    • West Windsor History Overview
    • Historic Sites and Villages
    • Special Historic Topics
  • History Book
  • Programs/Events
    • Events Calendar
    • Self-Guided History Tours
  • Join/Donate/Contact