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=== The People === | === The People === | ||
Dutch, Swedes, and Finns. The northeastern part of New Jersey was the first to be settled because of its close proximity to New Amsterdam (New York City). Bergen (now Jersey City), on the west bank of the Hudson River, was the first permanent Dutch settlement in | Dutch, Swedes, and Finns. The northeastern part of New Jersey was the first to be settled because of its close proximity to New Amsterdam (New York City). Bergen (now Jersey City), on the west bank of the Hudson River, was the first permanent Dutch settlement in 1630.<ref>"Bergen, New Netherland" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen,_New_Netherland (accessed 12 December 2008).</ref> After the English conquest in 1664, the Dutch continued to spread into Bergen County and the Raritan Valley and then into Somerset and northern Monmouth in the 1680s and 1690s. Many of these settlers came from Kings County, New York. For more details about the Dutch influence in the area see the "[[New Jersey Court Records|Court Records]]" and "[[New Jersey Probate Records|Probate Records]]" sections of the [[New York|New York Research Outline]], and: Epperson, Gwenn F. ''New Netherland Roots''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1994. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=651271&disp=New+Netherland+roots%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.7 D27e].) Discusses and quotes examples from passenger lists, early government records, marriage registers, church records, and court records of New Netherland. Also discusses early Dutch, German, Belgian, French, and Scandinavian sources. | ||
The first Swedish and Finnish settlers came to the site of modern Wilmington, Delaware, on the Delaware River in 1638. The growth of New Sweden was very slow. Raccoon (now Swedesboro) and other Swedish villages were not settled until the 1670s. See the [[Delaware|Delaware Research Outline for]] more information. By the 1690s, about 900 Swedes and Finns had crossed the river to settle in Cape May, Gloucester, and Salem counties, West Jersey. | The first Swedish and Finnish settlers came to the site of modern Wilmington, Delaware, on the Delaware River in 1638. The growth of New Sweden was very slow. Raccoon (now Swedesboro) and other Swedish villages were not settled until the 1670s. See the [[Delaware|Delaware Research Outline for]] more information. By the 1690s, about 900 Swedes and Finns had crossed the river to settle in Cape May, Gloucester, and Salem counties, West Jersey. | ||
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Wacker, Peter O. ''Land and People: A Cultural Geography of Preindustrial New Jersey: Origins and Settlement Patterns''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1975. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=244697&disp=Land+and+people%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.9 H2wa].) | Wacker, Peter O. ''Land and People: A Cultural Geography of Preindustrial New Jersey: Origins and Settlement Patterns''. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1975. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=244697&disp=Land+and+people%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 974.9 H2wa].) | ||
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=== Immigration Records === | === Immigration Records === | ||