FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY First Settlements, Colonists and Biographies by Descendants Evelyn H. Ogden, Ed. D. and The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey Third Edition 2016 Acknowledgements 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 (incorporating all previous editions) 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 Introduction The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey is pleased to make available the 2016 edition of FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY: First Settlements, Colonists and Biograhies by Descendants. This volume includes a timeline of early New Jersey history, sketches of the five earliest English settlements and their colonists, 138 biographies of founders of New Jersey researched and written by their descendants. The Genealogical Index of Names includes, not only those of founders documented by society members, but also over 2000 genealogical references in the biographies such as spouses, subsequent generations, siblings of founders; individuals associated with significant events, grantors, grantees, deed holders, ship passengers and Native American sellers of land. We hope that this volume will make interesting reading, bringing new insights into otherwise hidden relationships for current Descendants of Founders of New Jersey members, prospective members, family historians, genealogists and historical researchers interested in the early history of New Jersey. While this volume contains a list of over 300 previously “Qualified Founders” that have been documented by the members as a basis for membership as of 2016; there are many many other individuals and families who settled, encouraged and financed New Jersey prior to 1702. We hope their descendants will be inspired to document and memorialized their New Jersey roots and join with us as members of Descendants of Founders of New Jersey. 4 Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4 DESCENDANTS OF FOUNDERS OF NEW JERSEY ................................................................................... 13 1676 DIVISION OF NEW JERSEY – THE EAST WEST BOUNDARY ........................................................................... 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 JERSEYANS ......................................................................................................................... 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 .................................................................................................................. 31 ELIZABETHTOWN ‐ THE FIRST CAPITAL OF NEW JERSEY ....................................................................................... 32 ELIZABETHTOWN – THE FIRST ENGLISH CHURCH ............................................................................................... 33 ELIZABETHTOWN – FIRST IN EDUCATION .......................................................................................................... 34 ELIZABETHTOWN – THE FIRST ELECTED ASSEMBLY AND CODE OF LAWS ................................................................ 34 1665 ‐ The Founding of Shrewsbury and Middletown ......................................................................... 36 THE MONMOUTH PATENT AND PATENTEES ...................................................................................................... 37 THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 38 5 1666 ‐ The Founding of Woodbridge .................................................................................................. 44 THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 44 EARLY SETTLERS OF WOODBRIDGE ........................................................................................................ 45 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOODBRIDGE AND CEMETERY OF WOODBRIDGE ................................ 47 1666 – Founding of Piscataway .......................................................................................................... 48 THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 48 EARLY SETTLERS OF PISCATAWAY .................................................................................................................... 49 1666 – The Founding of Newark ......................................................................................................... 51 THE GROWTH OF THE SETTLEMENT ................................................................................................................. 53 EARLY SETTLERS OF NEWARK ......................................................................................................................... 54 THE FORTY-ONE GUILFORD, MILFORD AND NEW HAVEN MEN WHO SIGNED THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENTS: ......................................................................................................................................... 54 1665 – The Founding of Salem – The Fenwick Colony ......................................................................... 57 EARLY SETTLERS