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John Fenwick (1618—1683) was the leader of a group of Quakers who emigrated in 1675 from England to Salem, New Jersey where they established Fenwick's Colony, the first English settlement in West Jersey. [1] [2]
Salem was founded by John Fenwick, a Quaker. [28] Fenwick had been involved in a financial dispute with an Edward Byllynge, another Quaker, who had received the undivided portion of New Jersey territory that James Stuart, Duke of York had granted to Lord John Berkeley in 1664. Berkeley had sold his share to Byllynge in 1675 for 1,000 pounds ...
Salem Oak in 2012. The Salem Oak was a white oak tree at the Salem Friends Burial Ground in Salem, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [1] [2] Estimated to be more than 500 years old, the Salem Oak was a landmark tree under whose branches Salem’s founder John Fenwick is said to have first met with local Lenape tribe of Native Americans in 1675. [3]
West Jersey was first divided into ten shares when Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick sold parts of their shares to others in order to defray debts. Byllynge, William Penn, Gawen Lawrie and Nicholas Lucas retained nine tenths of the province, with Fenwick retaining one tenth. [1] Fenwick's tenth would eventually evolve into Salem County.
John Fenwick (Quaker) (1618–1683), English founder of a Quaker colony in Salem, New Jersey; John Fenwick (Jesuit) (c. 1628–1679), English Jesuit; Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet (c. 1645–1697), English Jacobite conspirator; John Ralph Fenwick (1761–1855), English physician and radical; John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett (c. 1821–1856 ...
The first Friends who settled along the Delaware River were John Fenwick, Edward Wade, John Wade, and Richard Noble. They formed a settlement at Salem, New Jersey, in 1675. In 1681, King Charles II allowed William Penn, a Quaker, a charter for the area that was to become Pennsylvania. Penn guaranteed the settlers of his colony freedom of religion.
Original Duke of York Line (did not recognize John Fenwick's holdings) Barnegat Bay to Rancocas Creek on the Delaware River just north of present-day Philadelphia. 1676 Quintipartite Deed Line (between George Carteret on the East, and William Penn, Gawen Lawrie, Nicholas Lucas, and Edward Byllynge on the West, except for 10% to John Fenwick)
Finns Point is a small promontory in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey, ... The town at Salem was founded in 1675 by John Fenwick, a Quaker. [16] [17]