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FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants Dr. Evelyn Hunt Ogden Registrar General The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey Third Edition 2016 First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants, Third Edition 2016 This 250+ page E-book contains sketches of the earliest English settlements, 137 biographies of founders of New Jersey the state, and an extensive index of over 1,800 additional early colonists associated with events and settlement during the Proprietary Period of New Jersey. Founders of New Jersey: First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants Member Authors Paul Woolman Adams, Jr. Steven Guy Brandon Rowley Mary Ellen Ezzell Ahlstrom Craig Hamilton Helen L. Schanck Annie Looper Alien William Hampton Deanna May Scherrer Reba Baglio Robert J. Hardie, Sr. Marjorie Barber Schuster Lucy Hazen Barnes James Paul Hess Judy Scovronsky Michael T. Bates Steve Hollands Sara Frasier Sellgren Kathryn Marie Marten Beck Mary Jamia Case Jacobsen James A Shepherd Taylor Marie Beck Edsall Riley Johnston, Jr. Barbara Carver Smith Patricia W. Blakely Elaine E. Johnston Marian L. Smith Matthew Bowdish John Edward Lary Jr Martha Sullivan Smith Margaret A. Brann Guy Franklin Leighton Myron Crenshaw Smith Clifton Rowland Brooks, M.D. Marian L. LoPresti George E. Spaulding, Jr. Richard Charles Budd Constan Trimmer Lucy Heather Elizabeth Welty Speas Daniel Byram Bush Michael Sayre Maiden, Jr. Charlotte Van Horn Squarcy James Reed Campbell Jr Donna Lee Wilkenson Malek Earl Gorden Stannard III Esther Burdge Capestro Douglas W. McFarlane Marshall Jacqueline Frank Strickland Michael Charles Alan Russell Matlack David Strungfellow Warren R. Clayton Amy Adele Matlack Harriet Stryker-Rodda Eva Lomerson Collins Nancy Elise Matlack Kenn Stryker-Rodda Mirabah L. LeJambre Combs Dorothy J. Maxon Frank S.Sutherland-Hall Lynda and James Condon Robert D. McPherson Margaret Drody Thompson Lynn D. Constan Teresa Carroll Medlinsky James L. Tichenor, Esq. David Hand Coward Jeffrey A. Meyer James Tunison Susan Bakley Coxe Mary McCall Middleton L. George Van Syckle James L. Dennis Don Charles Nearpass Robert Vivian Ronald DePue Beverly Nelson Kathleen Bastedo Walter Margaret Dill Evelyn Hunt Ogden Robertson D. Ward Theodore Matthew Duay III Sharon Patton Craig Hamilton Weaver Julia VanRiper Dumdey Ross Gamble Perry Jay Pernell Wells Lester Robert Dunham Evelyn Ogden from Petrov Janice Crowell Wheeler Laura Carolina Jennings Fafeita Clarence Mott Pickard William Gammons White David Richard Finch William Young Pryor Florence S. Whitehead Timothy Christopher Finton Arthur D. Quackenbush, Jr. Kenneth Winans Harol Douglas Ford David R. Reading Karen Hand Wolzanski Michael Garey George L. Reeves Helen Grey Henning Wright Sally Graham Dallas John Riedesel David Lawrence Grinnell Byron David Rolfe Acknowledgement We wish to thank Diana Robinson for editing the manuscript; Jennifer Carter for design, technical assistance and layout throughout the writing process; Roseann Jessel for cover design; Kurt Jessel Jennifer Johnson for technical support. Descendants of Founders of New Jersey www.njfounders.org. FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY: First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants First Edition 2006 incorporating earlier published Books I, II, and II of biographies Second Edition 2011 Third Edition 2016 Founders of New Jersey: First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants may be downloaded and printed for non-commercial purposes. 4 Table of Contents DESCENDANTS OF FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY .................................................................................. 12 1676 DIVISION OF NEW JERSEY – THE EAST WEST BOUNDARY ........................................................................... 13 Introduction to the 2016 Edition ....................................................................................................... 14 Qualifying New Jersey Ancestors – As of June 2016 ........................................................................... 15 HISTORY AND FOUNDING OF NEW JERSEY ........................................................................................ 19 HISTORICAL TIMELINE OF EARLY NEW JERSEY ................................................................................................... 20 THE NATIVE NEW JERSIANS ........................................................................................................................... 22 EARLY EXPLORATION OF NEW JERSEY .............................................................................................................. 22 PRE-1664 -THE DUTCH PERIOD IN ALBANIA .................................................................................................... 23 ENGLISH COLONIES OF CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND – 1636 ........................................................................ 24 1664 –NEW NETHERLANDS FALLS TO THE ENGLISH AND THE FOUNDING OF NEW JERSEY ........................................ 25 LORD JOHN BERKELEY, SIR GEORGE CARTERET AND THE CONCESSIONS AND AGREEMENTS ...................................... 25 THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN NEW JERSEY ............................................................................ 27 1664 – The Founding of Elizabethtown ............................................................................................. 28 THE FIRST ENGLISH PURCHASE OF LAND IN NEW JERSEY ..................................................................................... 28 ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLERS - NOVEMBER 1664 ............................................................................. 30 THE ELIZABETHTOWN ASSOCIATES .................................................................................................................. 32 ELIZABETHTOWN - THE FIRST CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY ....................................................................................... 33 ELIZABETHTOWN – THE FIRST ENGLISH CHURCH ............................................................................................... 34 1665 - The Founding of Shrewsbury and Middletown ........................................................................ 37 THE MONMOUTH PATENT AND PATENTEES ...................................................................................................... 37 1666 - The Founding of Woodbridge ................................................................................................. 46 PROPERTY OF FIRST SETTLERS OF WOODBRIDGE ............................................................................................... 47 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOODBRIDGE AND CEMETERY OF WOODBRIDGE .................................................... 48 1666 – Founding of Piscataway ......................................................................................................... 49 LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS OF PISCATAWAY ......................................................................................................... 49 5 1666 – The Founding of Newark ....................................................................................................... 52 LIST OF EARLY SETTLERS OF NEWARK .............................................................................................................. 54 1665 – The Founding of Salem – The Fenwick Colony ........................................................................ 57 EARLY SETTLERS OF FENWICK’S COLONY .......................................................................................................... 58 BIOGRAPHIES OF FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY .................................................................................. 61 ABRAHAM ACKERMAN (1656/59 - AFT. 1723) .......................................................................................... 62 DAVID ACKERMAN (1653 – 1710/24) ...................................................................................................... 63 THOMAS ALGER (16XX - 1687).................................................................................................................. 64 JOHN ALLEN (C.1625 – 1702/3) ................................................................................................................ 65 BARTHOLOMEW APPLEGATE (C 1625 – AFT 1674) ................................................................................... 66 OBADIAH AYERS (1636 - 1694)................................................................................................................. 67 GUILIAM BERTHOLF (1656 - ABT. 1726) .................................................................................................... 68 WIILLIAM (1630-1712) AND SARAH BIDDLE (1634-1709) ........................................................................ 69 JOHN BISHOP SR. (1621-1684) ................................................................................................................ 70 THOMAS BLOOMFIELD SR. (16XX - 1685) ................................................................................................ 71 ROBERT BOND (1596 – 1677) .................................................................................................................. 72 NATHANIEL BONNELL (1636-1711).......................................................................................................... 73 RICHARD BORDEN (1595/6 – 1671) ......................................................................................................... 75 JAMES BOWNE (1636 - 1695) .................................................................................................................