New Jerseys first constitution in 1776 gave voting rights to all inhabitants of this colony of full age who are worth fifty pounds. Freehold Township was first settled on All Hallows Eve 1693 and was incorporated by the state of New Jersey in 1798.
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Initially the settlers built small one room cottages with stone walls and steep roofs with little or no side overhang to allow a second floor loft.
New jersey in the 1700s. Description This is an early map of east and west New Jersey the incorrect spelling in the title is taken off the map itself. In March of that year Charles II conveyed the whole territory to his brother the Duke of York who in July sold the tract called New Jersey to Carteret and Berkley about three months prior to its reduction by Colonel Nichols a British Governor that had acquired land grants from Native Americans under Dutch rule. The principal crops grown in colonial New Jersey were wheat barley flax oats and rice.
Eventually the colonists decided to overthrow the British government which lead to the Revolutionary War. Continued by The New-Jersey journal and. We hope their descendants will be inspired to document and memorialized their New Jersey roots and join with us as members of Descendants of Founders of New Jersey.
Individuals and families who settled encouraged and financed New Jersey prior to 1702. New Jersey was an important state during the Revolutionary War because of its location near the center of the thirteen colonies and between New York City and Philadelphia. Note Top corner missing and there is a large tear through half the image.
And have resided within the county. Removed from New Brunswick to Elizabethtown without change of title or numbering. In 1776 New Jersey declared itself an independent state and joined the colonial side in the Revolutionary War.
Led by George Washington the legend of Molly Pitcher originates from this battle. New Jersey The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote but some New Jersey women could vote as early as 1776. Corn and hemp farms also played a vital role in New Jerseys economy.
The map details mainly wet areas and the surveyor is billed as a hydrographer in the title. The historic Battle of Monmouth was fought here and in neighboring Manalapan in June of 1778. Unlike the north and south parts of the state that we commonly refer to today New Jersey of the 1600s and 1700s was divided lengthwise.
Located in the heart of the bustling Atlantic corridor and nestled between New York and. One of the original 13 colonies New Jersey was an important battleground during the American Revolution. Less than a century later Freehold Raceway opened.
In 1738 England transferred power to New Jersey royal governor Lewis Morris. Developed from around 1630 with the arrival of Dutch colonists to New Amsterdam and the Hudson River Valley in what is now New York and in Bergen in what is now New Jersey. Colonial New Jersey was called a breadbasket colony because grains fared better in the mild climate as opposed to the cold climate of New England.
Continued by The New-Jersey journal starting with the issue of June 13 1792. 14 1783-May 3 1786.
