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C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built by Finnish or Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Swedesboro, New Jersey between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing log houses in the United States. European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson.
Dutch and Huguenot families from New York settled in the valleys of the Raritan River and Hackensack River, and in the northwestern New Jersey's Minisink region. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] New Englanders from Connecticut and Long Island, and English planters from Barbados arrived with African slaves .
This category includes people who were notable in the Province of New Jersey prior to the era of American Revolution.That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of New Jersey in the American Revolution, instead of this category.
New Jersey "Lippincott" pps. 222-223. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey pps. 531-542. Bulletin of the Gloucester Co., Historical Society Vol 5 No. 1 September. 1955. Shourds, Thomas (1876). "Lippincott Family" History and genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey. Bridgeton, New Jersey: pp. 132–138 ISBN 0-8063-0714-5
The Morris family in New York was a longstanding political force in the colony and state. Pages in category "Morris family of Morrisania and New Jersey" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Colony of New Jersey. New Jersey Archives, first series. Colony of New Jersey. Record of Wills, 1734-1743. Vol. 4. LDS Microfilm 0522715. Colony of New Jersey. West Jersey Deeds. Vol. BBB. Cook, Lewis D. (January 1938). "Two Assessment Lists of Settlers on the Delaware River Shores, 1677". The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. 13 (1). Cripps ...
She was born in the English colony of Barbados to the sugar planter John Downes and his wife, Elizabeth (née Parsons). She met William while visiting England with her father in 1760. [8] They moved to the New Jersey colony in 1763. Elizabeth died in 1777 while he was imprisoned as a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
Coat of Arms of Philip Pieterse Schuyler. The Schuyler family (/ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: ) was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States (especially New York City and northern New Jersey), in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in ...