Comments on: The Annins of Liberty Corner: Patriots, Flag Company and a Middle School https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/ History and Gossip from New Jersey Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:06:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Tom C https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-176323 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:46:54 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-176323 Great local history indeed. I am a current Liberty Corner resident and am curious if you have any info on a very old home at 376 Mt Airy Rd at the intersection of Galloping Hill Rd. Tax records list the construction date as 1720 and the sagging roof lines, bowing walls and larger property than the surrounding properties seem to corroborate that date. Interestingly, yet possibly not coincidentally, the current owner has the last name Johnston and of course that area may well have been part of the former Johnston-Annan property! Would love info on that.

]]> By: Local History https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-150267 Tue, 17 May 2022 11:10:39 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-150267 In reply to Stephen Fricke.

Thats great. We hope you can now get a Bernards Township flag as well.

]]> By: Stephen Fricke https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-150266 Tue, 17 May 2022 00:21:18 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-150266 Fasinating. I also grew up in Basking Ridge. Today I bought a flagpole made by the Annin flag company.

Love the history and i was in first graduation class of the middle school.

]]> By: Karen Annin Mecum https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-149589 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:08:20 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-149589 My maiden name is Annin. We have traced our ancestry back to this family and love hearing the local legends. Hhope to visit this area one day. Karen Annin Mecum. Montrose; CO

]]> By: Mr. Local History https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-148589 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:30:55 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-148589 In reply to Laura Reynolds.

Thanks for sharing. A great connection!

]]> By: Laura Reynolds https://mrlocalhistory.org/williamannin/#comment-148588 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:08:55 +0000 https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/?p=18366#comment-148588 I grew up in Basking Ridge and really enjoy learning about the local history. My paternal grandmother used to tell me stories about dropping out of school at age 14 in 1912 to work at the Annin Flag Company in Verona. She was so proud of that job. I had no idea until today that the Annin’s were connected!

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