JANE CUSTARD (1752-1850)

The colored area is Sussex County, New Jersey.
Jane's birthplace, Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, is named from a corruption of the Lenape Native American content word "wahlpeck," which means "turn-hole," or an eddy or whirlpool. The Custard family settled in the Upper Delaware Valley (known as the "Minisink"). By 1731 this valley had been incorporated as Walpack Precinct. Much of Sussex County has remained relatively rural and forested but the eastern side is part of New York City's Metropolitan  area of today.

On the first day of May 1752, Jane was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in Walpack. Also, she was probably married at this church on the tenth of June in 1777 to George Brokaw. This following list of their children includes their birthplaces to give you an idea of their migrating pattern:
Abram              8 May 1778  Somerset, Somerset, NJ (our ancestor)
Benjamin        28 Dec 1779   Somerset, Somerset, NJ
Sarah             20 Feb 1782   Somerset, Somerset, NJ
George Davis 27 Mar 1784   Somerset, Somerset, NJ
William B.     10 Feb 1785   Beaverton, Fayette, PA
Judith             19 May 1788  Beaverton, Fayette, PA
Jane                15 Jul 1790    Washington, Washington, PA
John P.            23 Dec 1793   Washington, Washington, PA
Mary Ann       14 Feb 1796  Washington, Washington, PA
Isaac              30 Apr 1798  Washington, Washington, PA
Jacob              31 Oct 1800   Washington, Washington, PA
Peter               25 Dec 1802           , Jefferson, OH  
  
After her husband died in 1842, Jane lived with her daughter Judith's family.  Jane died, at age 98, in 1850, and was buried at the Crabapple Cemetery, near Cadiz Twp., Harrison, Ohio.

JANE CUSTARD
BORN: bef  1 May 1752  Walpack Twp., Sussex, NJ
MARRIED:10 Jan 1777 Walpack Twp., Sussex, NJ
DIED:          7 Oct 1850 Cadiz Twp., Harrison, OH

Sources: 1850 Federal Census; Dutch Reformed Church Records;
Researchers at GenForum: Norma Custer and Susan Custer; Book: "Our  Brokaw/Bragaw Heritage"