John and Rachel Tindall House

John H Tindall house, August 2021.

Historical Overview

A 5-bay, 2-story house with covered front porch stands at 1712 Old Trenton Road. This structure is a contributing element to the historic community of Edinburg and a member of West Windsor's "100 Club." It is hereafter referred to on this page as the "John H. Tindall" house.

Maps suggest a structure - possibly the rear of the house - was built in this location between 1849 and 1860. In 1849, the property was sold to Josiah Taylor by the heirs of Robert Lutes, who had owned this land for many years until his death three years prior. In 1849, this tract also contained the properties of 1714 and 1716 Old Trenton Road. 

The lineage of ownership over the next twelve years becomes unclear, but by 1861, the joint tract (by this point no longer containing 1716 Old Trenton Road) had passed to David and XXXX Hill. That year, the couple sold the tract to Amos H. Tindall. Amos was a farmer and cider-maker, who owned an "applejack" distillery further down Old Trenton Road in XXXX.

Amos died in 1873, and two years later his heirs passed the property to Liscomb, Margaret, John H., and Rachel Tindall. John H. and Rachel fully acquired the property in 1882, around which point the current front portion of the house may have been constructed.

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.