Book/Printed Material Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township.
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- Date: 1873
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Image 2 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. A é a i abows Nf _ VoP Ai Class Book _ Copyright NO COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
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Image 3 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township.- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
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Image 4 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township.- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
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Image 5 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. WOODBRIDGE ae A Oy Hmbracing the History of Woodbridge Pis cataway Metuchen and contiguous places from the earliest times the History of the different Ecclesiastical Bodies Innportant Official Documents relating to the…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 6 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1S73 By JOSEPH W DALLY In the Office of the Librarian at Washington D C Ree eee e nner e pene n een…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 7 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. PREFACE Ir has been the aim of the author of this volume to transfer and preserve every fact given in the early records of Wood bridge Township and to exhibit an authentic…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
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Image 8 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. lv PREFACE and valuable MS volume dating from May 30 1707 to a recent time was found and to this I have had recourse for many facts But it would be a…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 9 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY CHAPTER I 16651666 ANCIENT NEw JeRSEYHunNTINGORIGIN oF WooDBRIDGE Gov CARTERETS ARRIVALITHE ARTICLES OF AGREE MENT PISCATAWAY TRAVEL NEWARK ELIZABETH TOWNEARLY ROMANCE WueNn Capt Hudson sailed up the North River…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 10 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 6 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY held him fast until the hunter came The difficulty attending the perfect operation of this engine of destruction lay only in the fact that as it was concealed…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 11 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. ORIGIN AND SETTLEMENT 7 were both Massachusetts menRolf however removing to this place after his purchase From the manner in which Mr W oodbridges name is attached to this paper we should…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 12 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 8 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY which John Bayly and Daniel Denton have made over to the said Philip Carteret and John Ogden as will appear by the bill of sale Daniel Pierce made…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 13 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. ORIGIN AND SETTLEMENT g the few towns in East JerseyWoodbridge doubtless receiv ing its proportion because of its neighborhood to Elizabeth town the Capital On the 21st of May 1666 articles of…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 14 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. fe WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY years of exemption All land patents were to be recorded within a year of the time when they were surveyed by the SurveyorGeneral In case of war the…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
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Image 15 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. ORIGIN AND SETTLEMENT Il time mentioned in the agreement and subsequently when therequisite number of families were settled in Woodbridge the Governor generously fulfilled the conditions of the paper The early history…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 16 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 4 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY ing were limited No roads were yet constructed and the chief method of locomotion was therefore the primitive one of walking Riding on horseback was also somewhat in…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 17 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. ORIGIN AND SETTLEMENT 13 powder Ammunition was very scarce And it must have been a source of considerable aggravation for the epicurean inhabitants to see so many fat dinners flying overhead with…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 18 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 14 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY to share with him the toils and pleasures of his pioneer life How eagerly he asks the stranger whom he may chance to meet Has the ship come…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 19 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. ORIGIN AND SETTLEMENT I And now weconfess to a little perplexity That young Woodbridge man has a girl to take home and there is no way to get there except on foot…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 20 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. CHAPTER 11 16671677 THe Town BookRANDOLPHs CopyFirst HIGHWAYS DunuHams Grist MILLVIEW OVER THE SoUNDOLD DockTuHeE First MECHANICS IN WoopBRIDGEAND THE First BasyOup LANDINGS THE earliest Town Records are the chief sources of…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 21 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. THE ANCIENT TOWN ily dwindled to a brook compared to its former majestic flood Vessels once rode at anchor in the stream by the Salamander Works which is now dishonored and forsaken…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 22 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 18 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY Another highway was laid out running north from the foot of Strawberry Hill or the Sheep Common as it was often called crossing Mannings Brook and entering the…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 23 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. THE ANCIENT TOWN 19 meadows is a very fine one and we do not wonder that our fathers chose it as part of their inheritance If we blot from the picture before…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 24 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 20 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY ancholy race listening to the sympathetic voices of the little waves that plash upon the shore Perchance the hungry face of a wolf peers through the upland thicket…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 25 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. THE ANCIENT TOWN 21 created in the settlement by the arrival of a dabythe first white baby born in the place The town recognized the event in May réth 1717 after the…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 26 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 22 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY But warm sweet tender even yet A present helpisHe And faith has still its Olivet And love its Galilee It matters little where they laid thee Mary for…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 27 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. Char ri IL 16671677 Continued WoopsripGeE CHARTERITsS CONFIRMATION BY THE Lorps PROPRIETORSFirst LEGISLATURE oF NEW JERSEYIN SURRECTION AGAINST Gov CARTERETS GOVERNMENT Names OF SETTLERSSAMUEL MooreQuir Rents Ampo Point INDIAN SALETHE OLD PrisonOpp…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 28 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 24 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY on the opposite side of the river On the border of the meadows were two blackoak trees about a rod apart which were marked with three notches breast…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 29 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS 25 for the maintenance of a free school In addition lands for building a church thereupon for use as a churchyard for the erection of a schoolhouse for a marketplace…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 30 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 26 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY ations us thereuntomoving have ratified and confirmed and by these presents do for our heirs successors and assigns for ever Ratifye and confirme unto the said Justices Magistrates…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 31 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS 27 they asserted that they were free from any obligation to pay the tax upon the land which was demanded by the Pro prietors This annual rent was to begin…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 32 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 28 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY the inhabitants began the payment of the land tax of one half penny per acre or one whole penny if the lands were valuable and if there was…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 33 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS 29 Fiftyseven namesquite a respectable settlement The following additional names are found in the Town Book without date ACRES ACRES OSs ABMS as sisssseuesiens meanest EAOCWIEE SETUIL 5 sakccc ce…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 34 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 30 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY In the same dispatch which conferred these gifts on Mr Moore the Proprietors gave to the Township of Woodbridge onethird part of the gut rents or land tax…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 35 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS an It was knowin among the Indians as Amdo the Pont and was for some time called tautologically Ambo Point by the English Afterwards it was called Perf in honor…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 36 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 32 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY Capatamin Thingorawis natives and owners of a certain tract of land lying and being about Woodbridge Piscataway have bargained alienated and sould unto the Hon Phillip Carteret Esq…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 37 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS 33 mark like the figure 3 which however is nearly turned over on its back Thingorawis for some reason urged his brother Conackamack to sign the deed in his behalf…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 38 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. 34 WOODBRIDGE AND VICINITY forefathers waited for the warwhoop of the savages prepared to march among them and annihilate them at the first sound of hostility If such a war was actually…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 39 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. EARLY EVENTS 35 largely in pronunciation producing a heavy nasal sound our fathers found it difficult to pronounce some of their words unless they were under the influence of a disagreeable catarrh…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
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Image 40 of Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township. CHA PTT RAL 16671677 Continued JosHuA PierceHistTory oF THE Earty Town MeEErTiInGs Tue ILsLysVOQUILLENTROUBLE WITH PIsCATAWAY JoHN SmitHTHE Townsuip Court DirricuLtyRe WARD OFFERED FOR THE WOODBRIDGE CONSTABLEs HEAD Tue Town Book is…- Contributor: Dally, Joseph W.
- Date: 1873
About this Item
Title
- Woodbridge and vicinity. The story of a New Jersey township.
Names
- Dally, Joseph W. [from old catalog]
Created / Published
- New Brunswick, N.J., A.E. Gordon, 1873.
Headings
- - Woodbridge (N.J.)--History
- - Registers of births, etc.--New Jersey--Woodbridge
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- iv, [5]-391 p. 23 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- F144.W8 D1
- Microfilm 46467 F
Library of Congress Control Number
- 01007871
Online Format
- online text
- image