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Rockaway Twp The Ford-Faesch Manor

Faesch, who eventually bought the iron works and surrounding land from ford, was recognized as a civic leader, country judge, trustee of the Morristown Academy and as a delegate to the Provincial Congress that ratified New Jersey statehood. He lived in the house until the late 1780s when he moved to Morristown. He later relocated to Boonton where he died in 1799.

 

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Uploaded on June 23, 2010
Taken on June 21, 2010