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Hackensack territory shown in relation to other groups. The territory of the Hackensack was variously called Ack-kinkas-hacky, Achkinhenhcky, Achinigeu-hach, Ackingsah-sack, among other spellings (translated as "place of stony ground" [1] or "mouth of a river") and included the areas around the Upper New York Bay, Newark Bay, Bergen Neck, the Meadowlands, and the Palisades.
Hackensack map c. 1896. The earliest known inhabitants of the area were the Lenni Lenape, an Algonquian people who became known to settlers as 'the Delaware Indians.' They lived along a river they called Achinigeu-hach, or "Ackingsah-sack", which translates to stony ground—today this river is more commonly known by the name 'the Hackensack River.' [29] A representation of Chief Oratam of the ...
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Hackensack, New Jersey. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Oratam (or Oritani/Oratamin) [1] was sagamore, or sachem, of the Hackensack Indians living in northeastern New Jersey during the period of early European colonization in the 17th century. Documentation shows that he lived an unusually long life (almost 90 years) and was quite influential among indigenous and immigrant populations.
Adam Boyd (1746–1835) represented New Jersey in Congress from 1803 to 1805, and again from 1808 to 1813. [8]George Cassedy (1783–1842), represented New Jersey in Congress from 1821 to 1827.
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Hackensack River, in New York and New Jersey, U.S. Hackensack Township, New Jersey , a former township in Bergen County, New Jersey Hackensack University Medical Center , a highly specialized tertiary-care hospital in Hackensack, New Jersey
In PEOPLE's exclusive look at the actress' appearance on the Jan. 28 episode of Finding Your Roots, Stone, 66, is at a loss for words when host Henry Louis Gates Jr. reveals that, on her paternal ...