The history of the newly created Province of West New Jersey shaped the history of the creation of Hunterdon County.
early settlers
Samuel Green and West New Jersey, Part 2
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.
Samuel Green of West New Jersey
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.
The Will of George Fox, 1754
Following the trail of the George Fox’s of Hunterdon County, I have come to the will of George No. 3, who was born c.1700 in England, came to America with his parents, George and Jane Palmer Fox, and died in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County in 1754.
George Fox, Part 3
This is the third in a series of 5 or 6 articles on the Fox family of Rosemont and Kingwood.
1. The Quaker George Fox; and a postscript
2. George Fox of Hunterdon County
Continuing with George Fox (c.1700-1754) of Amwell and Kingwood.
George Fox of Hunterdon County
In my last post, I discussed the founder of the Quaker religion, George Fox of England (1624-1691) and his nephew George Fox of New Jersey (1662-aft. 1721) and his wife Jane Palmer.
Postscript to Quaker George Fox
One of the advantages of writing a blog is that you can update what you write and make corrections. I expect to be doing quite a lot of that.
The Quaker George Fox
I thought I’d choose for my first post an old Hunterdon family whose roots I have been trying to trace for years. The idea came from a discussion on the Fox family of Kingwood Township that took place on the Hunterdon mailing list on Rootsweb.