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West New Jersey, 1682

November 11, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Gloucester County, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers

The Irish Tenth

During the winter, the Irish Quakers who had arrived at West New Jersey in September 1681, were given shelter in Salem. When spring 1682 arrived, they set to work building their own settlement. The location they chose was a site opposite what would soon be Philadelphia. They laid out their own Tenth, running from Timber Creek to Pennsauken Creek, and established a town center called Newton. The original site of Newton was in the present-day city of Camden.

Life in West New Jersey, 1680

October 29, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, West New Jersey Tags: Bucks County, early settlers

This post is another side trip in my journey through Hunterdon history by way of Samuel Green. While looking through the Delaware Papers by Charles T. Gehring, I happened upon some interesting items dating to 1680.

West New Jersey in 1681

October 12, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Gloucester County, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers, proprietors, surveying

Well, it looks as if I can’t get more than one year’s worth of information in a single post. Can’t help it—the times were just too interesting.

Edmund Andros

In January 1680/81, Gov. Andros, who had been carrying out the wishes of his patron, James Duke of York, was recalled to England to answer charges of financial corruption. His heavy-handed tactics, especially in East New Jersey, had made him a liability to James, who was having problems of his own. Andros returned home in May 1681, but instead of imprisonment, he was knighted, after the charges were dropped in December 1681.

West New Jersey – 1680

September 29, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Gloucester County, Green, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers, land titles, proprietors

Who Governs?

While Mahlon Stacy was enjoying the fruitful new land he and his fellow Quakers had settled in, a time bomb was ticking, set off by a poorly spelled letter written in Sept. 1679 by the Attorney General in England, Sir John Werden,¹, which concluded with this: Quaere?

Postscript to WNJ

September 28, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation

Sorry for the delay. Got waylaid by a virus.

I was thinking about that cold winter when the ‘Shield’ arrived in the Delaware River and the passengers walked to land over ice, and then, thinking about how Mahlon Stacy wrote about the bountiful life in the Yorkshire Tenth. It was a little surprising that he did not mention the chilly weather. Of course, Stacy intended his letter to be reread to English Quakers who were debating whether or not to make the trip to America, so he put the best face of things.

West New Jersey, 1674-1680

September 15, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Gloucester County, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers

The history of the newly created Province of West New Jersey shaped the history of the creation of Hunterdon County.

Samuel Green and West New Jersey, Part 2

September 10, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Burlington County, Green, West New Jersey Tags: early legislation, early settlers, proprietors

I have continued to struggle with the problem of finding the origins of Samuel Green, surveyor of West New Jersey, without much success. For one thing, records are limited. There are many deeds and surveys recorded for properties in West New Jersey, but other than the 1/32nd share mentioned before that Richard Green purchased and then sold to Anna Salter, there is nothing much to go on.

Postscript to Samuel Green, part 1

August 29, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Green, West New Jersey

Where have I been? Catching up on my research. It’s amazing how much more you can learn when you think you’ve already got a subject covered.

I’ve got lots of good stuff in the pipeline, but some polishing is still needed. In the meantime, I want to acknowledge some help I got from Mary Jackes, who sent me part of a book written by Watson Kirkconnell called “Climbing the Green Tree and some other Branches,” a regrettable title.

Samuel Green of West New Jersey

August 20, 2009 By Marfy Goodspeed in Amwell Township, Burlington County, Green, Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, West New Jersey Tags: Bucks County, early settlers, surveying

Among the first settlers of Hunterdon County, in “the Western Province of New Jersey” were Samuel Green and his family. Samuel Green was my ancestor, so of course I am interested in his history. The bonus for me is that his history gives me a way to learn about the earliest days of settlement here.

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