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*'''Kill Van Kull Patent (1664)'''. This area between the Raritan and Passaic rivers was granted to a group of English Puritans who, in turn, sold the southern part of this tract to other New Englanders in 1666. This grant led to the following settlements: | *'''Kill Van Kull Patent (1664)'''. This area between the Raritan and Passaic rivers was granted to a group of English Puritans who, in turn, sold the southern part of this tract to other New Englanders in 1666. This grant led to the following settlements: | ||
:*'''Elizabethtown''' (now Elizabeth), settled in 1665, and Milford (now Newark), settled in 1666 by Puritans from Jamaica, Long Island (who were previously of Stamford, Milford, New Haven, and Guilford, Connecticut). | :*'''Elizabethtown''' (now Elizabeth), settled in 1665, and Milford (now Newark), settled in 1666 by Puritans from Jamaica, Long Island (who were previously of Stamford, Milford, New Haven, and Guilford, Connecticut). | ||
:*'''Woodbridge''', settled in 1666 by Puritans from Boston, Newbury, and other northeast seacoast towns. | :*'''Woodbridge''', settled in 1666 by Puritans from Boston, Newbury, and other northeast seacoast towns. | ||
:*'''Piscataway''', settled in December 1669 by families from the Piscataqua River area in New Hampshire and others from Cape Cod. | :*'''Piscataway''', settled in December 1669 by families from the Piscataqua River area in New Hampshire and others from Cape Cod. | ||
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'''Germans'''. The first German Palatines to settle in Bergen County arrived in New York in 1710. Between 1714 and 1750, German Lutherans followed the Raritan River through Monmouth and Somerset counties into northeastern Hunterdon County. A few of the Germans who later arrived at Philadelphia in the 1720s and 1730s crossed over to New Jersey. Those that did went to southern Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex counties. For information about early German families, see: | '''Germans'''. The first German Palatines to settle in Bergen County arrived in New York in 1710. Between 1714 and 1750, German Lutherans followed the Raritan River through Monmouth and Somerset counties into northeastern Hunterdon County. A few of the Germans who later arrived at Philadelphia in the 1720s and 1730s crossed over to New Jersey. Those that did went to southern Hunterdon, Morris, and Sussex counties. For information about early German families, see: | ||
*Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. ''The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. 1895'', reprint ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, | *Chambers, Theodore Frelinghuysen. ''The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches, and Genealogies. 1895'', reprint ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. {{FHL|177440|item|disp=FHL book 974.9 F2gc 1969; film 16514}} Digital version at [http://archive.org/details/earlygermansofne00cham Internet Archive]. | ||
Other books with information on German families in New Jersey are: | Other books with information on German families in New Jersey are: | ||