The Passaic Valley, New Jersey, in Three Centuries...New Jersey genealogical Company, 1901 - Passaic River Valley (N.J.) |
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Acquackanonk acres Amsterdam appliances army Basking Ridge beautiful became Bergen County Bernard Township Boonton borough boundary bounds Brook building built Caldwell called Carteret century Chatham citizens City colony congregation Court deed descendants Dutch dwellings early east edifice Elizabeth Elizabethtown erected Essex County established farm feet Franklin governor Hackensack Hackensack River hamlet Hanover Hill Holland Hudson Hudson County hundred immigrants Indians inhabitants Jacob Jersey John known Lake land Legislature Little Falls locality Madison manufactures Mendham Methodist Michielsen miles mills Montville Morris County Morristown Mountain Newark Newark Bay officers Orange Park Passaic County Passaic River Paterson patriot Pequannock Pequannock River Pompton population Presbyterian Church prominent Province purchase railroad residence Saddle River school house Schuyler settled settlement settlers side situated Somerset stream Street thence tion town township Union valley vicinity village Ward Washington West Milford Whippany William Winkel York
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Page 108 - ... all and every person and persons that is, are or shall be reconciled to or shall hold communion with the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the popish religion, or shall marry a papist, shall be excluded and be forever incapable to inherit, possess or enjoy the crown and government of this realm...
Page 339 - Jersey, but such planters as are members of some or other of the Congregational Churches ; nor shall any but such be chosen to Magistracy, or to carry on any part of Civil Judicature, or as deputies or assistants to have power to Vote in establishing Laws, and making or Repealing them, or to any Chief Military Trust or office. Nor shall any But such church members have any Vote in any such elections ; Tho...
Page iv - I see the white sails on the main, I see, on all the strands, Old Europe's exiled households crowd, 'and toil's unnumbered hands — From Hessenland and Frankenland, from Danube, Drave, and Rhine, From Netherland, my sea-born land, and the Norseman's hills of pine, From Thames, and Shannon, and their isles — and never, sure, before, Invading host such greeting found upon a stranger shore.
Page 338 - River in the province of New Jersey, but such planters as are members of some or other of the Congregational Churches, nor shall any but such be chosen to magistracy or to carry on any part of civil judicature or as deputies or assistants to have power to vote in establishing laws and making or repealing them or to any chief military trust or office.
Page 59 - Forasmuch as the uppermost Part of Rariton River is settled by persons whom (sic) in their Husbandry and manuring their land, forced upon quite different ways and methods from the other Farmers and Inhabitants of the County of Middlesex because of the frequent Floods that carry away their Fences on their Meadows the only arable Land they have and so by consequence their interest is divided from the other Inhabitants of said County.
Page 264 - These towns are inhabited chiefly by Dutch people ; their churches and dwelling houses are built of rough stone, one story high. There is a peculiar neatness in the appearance of their dwellings, having an airy piazza, supported by pillars in front, and their kitchens connected at the ends in the form of wings. The land is remarkably level, and the soil fertile, and being generally advantageously cultivated, the people appear to enjoy ease and happy competency. The furniture in their houses is of...
Page 213 - Earitan river, and extending westerly to a certain tree, marked with the letters LM, standing on the north side of a brook emptying itself into the said south branch, by an old Indian path to the northward of a line to be run northwest from the said tree to a branch of Delaware river, called Muskonetkong, and so down the said branch to Delaware river...
Page 345 - July, 1667, it is said to the foot of the Great Mountaine, called Watchung, alias Atchunck, WEE Winocksop and Shenocktos, Indians and owners of the said Great Mountaine, for and in consideration of two Guns, three Coates, and thirteen kans of Rum, to us in hand paid the receipt Wereof wee doe hereby acknowledge, doe Covenant and declare to and with Mr. John Ward and Mr. Thomas Johnson, Justices of the peace of the said towne of Newark, before the Right Hon'ble...
Page 314 - Representatives, and by the authority of the same, that the said Province be divided into twelve Countys as...
Page 343 - Pesayak River ; which said tract of Land is bounded and Limited with the bay Eastward, and the great River Pesayak Northward, the great Creke or River in the meadow running to the head of the Cove, and from thence bareing a West Line for the South bounds, wh.