50
YEARS BEFORE NEW JERSEY'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Allamucha
new name for Mamuchahoken, previously Allmuchahokkingen,
name derived from Chief Allamuchahokkingen leader of
the Lenape Native Americans, the first inhabitants of
the Allamuchy Mountain area in Sussex County, New Jersey.
Part of Stephens State Park in Allamuchy Mountain area
in Sussex County donated to New Jersey for recreational
purposes by Marsena P. and Augustus W. Stephens.
1738
Lewis Morris, New York
born colonial American political leader and jurist appointed
governor of New Jersey (1738-May 1746).
English Baptist groups appeared on Spruce Run in Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
1739
The
northern section of Hunterdon including Sussex,
was set off as Morris County in New Jersey, county seat
Morristown.
1740
Roxbury
township formed in Morris
County, New Jersey.
Amboy-Bordentown stage line established at East Brunswick,
Middlesex County in New Jersey.
January 1, Alexander Martin, born in Hunterdon County,
New Jersey. Two-terms governor of North Carolina (1782-1785/1789-1792).
1741
Lamington
Presbytherian Church established
in Bedminster township in Somerset County, New Jersey.
English
Baptist groups appeared at Baptistown in Hunterdon County,
New Jersey.
August 27,
Joseph Reed, born in Trenton, New Jersey. Governor of
Pennsylvania (1778-1781).
1744
James
Alexandria purchased 10,000 acres
from The West Jersey Society in New Jersey, resulting
in the creation of Alexandra township.
1745
The
Old Red Mill, a large red wooden building, built along
the Saddle River in Fair Lawn, Bergen County, New Jersey,
a landmark to the area.
1746
Kingwood township
established in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
May 21, John
Hamilton appointed acting governor of New Jersey.
John Reading
appointed acting governor of New Jersey (1746-August
1747).
1747
Obadiah Baldwin,
operated an iron refining forge on the Rockaway River
near the present area of Boonton (previously Boone-Towne,
Boonetown and Booneton), located in Morris County, New
Jersey.
Jonathan
Belcher, a Massachusetts merchant and politician, appointed
Governor of New Jersey (1747-August 31, 1757).
October
7, Jonathan Dickinson, died in Elizabethtown(present
Elizabeth), New Jersey. Presbyterian clergyman, first
president of Princeton University.
1748
Cumberland
County in New Jersey, separated from Salem County. Named
for the Duke of Cumberland. County seat Cohansey Bridge
(now Bridgeton). Municipalities
:Bridgeton, Commercial, Deerfield, Downe,
Fairfield, Greenwich, Hopewell, Lawrence, Maurice River,
Millville, Shiloh, Stow Creek, Upper Deerfield, Vineland.
1749
Bedminster
township incorporated in Somerset County, New Jersey
Bridgeton on
Cohansey Creek, appointed seat of Cumberland County
in New Jersey. Coordinates
39°26'N-75°14'W.
Mendham
township formed in Morris County, New Jersey.
September
1, by a deed at a Court forced public sale, William
Allen and Joseph Turner acquired the Andover area in
New Jersey.
1750
Indian
King Tavern built, historic building in Haddonfield,
New Jersey, named for the local Lenape Native Americans.
March
9, King George of Great Britain creates the township
of Windsor in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
1752
Cumberland
County in New Jersey, first court house built.
1753
The
land north of the Musconetcong River
was set off as Sussex County in New Jerseyn county seat
Newton.
Johnsonburg
in New Jersey appointed Sussex County seat.
1755
Sussex
County in New Jersey
formed out of Morris County. Municipalities
:Andover Borough, Andover Township, Branchville
Borough, Byram Township, Frankford Township, Franklin
Borough, Fredon Township, Green Township, Hamburg Borough,
Hampton Township, Hardyston Township, Hopatcong Borough,
Lafayette Township, Montague Township, Newton, Ogdensburg
Borough, Sandyston Township, Sparta Township, Stanhope
Borough, Stillwater Township, Sussex Borough, Vernon
Township, Walpack Township, Wantage Township.
The
John Holmes House built, one of
the oldest structures in Cape May County, New Jersey
and registered as Historic Place.
March
11, Tewksbury township incorporated in Hunterdon County,
New Jersey.
1756
Gabreil
Daveis Tavern House built in Glendora, Gloucester township,
Camden County, New Jersey.
Succasunna
Presbyterian Church organized in Roxbury, Morris County,
New Jersey.
February
6, Aaron Burr, born in Newark, New Jersey. Third vice
president of the United States, who killed his political
rival, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel.
1757
August 31, John
Reading appointed second-term acting governor of New
Jersey (1757-January 27, 1758).
1758
The
last purchase by Native Americans of Hunterdon County
land, in New Jersey.
The Treaty
of Easton, freed New Jersey from Native American claims
to land.
Old
Barracks Museum built in Trenton, Mercer County, New
Jersey.
January
27, Sir Francis Bernard, son of a British Reverend appointed
for two years as Royal Governor of New Jersey (1758-July
4, 1760).
March
22, Connecticut born Jonathan Edwards, died in Princeton,
New Jersey. Philosopher and theologian of American Puritanism.
1760
Dumont, Dutch
settlers arrived in the area in Bergen County, New Jersey.
Coordinates 40°56'N-74°00'W.
July
4, Thomas Boone, from a prominent
English family, appointed Governor of New Jersey (1760-October
29, 1761).
William
Allen and Joseph Turner built a blast furnace and forge
in Andover borough, on a branch of the Pequest River
in New Jersey.
October
16, Jonathan Dayton, born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Lawyer, Continental Army soldier and youngest delegate
to sign the new constitution.
1761
October
29, Josia Hardy, born into a distinguished English family,
appointed Governor of New Jersey (1761-February 1763).
February
4, Delaware born presbyterian preacher, Samuel Davies,
died in Princeton, New Jersey.
1763
February,
William Franklin born in Philadelphia,
last appointed Royal Governor of New Jersey (1763-July
2, 1776).
Construction
of the Red Mill, a woolen mill located in the Red Mill
Museum Village in Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
1764
The
Sandy Hook Lighthouse
started service in Monmouth County, New Jersey and is
the oldest operating lighthouse in the U.S.
1765
English
Baptist groups appeared at Flemington, Hunterdon County
in New Jersey.
March
5, Alexandria township is set off from Bethlehem township
in New Jersey.
1766
Batsto
Village, a National Historic Site in Burlington County,
New Jersey. Because of the local bog ore natural resources,
iron works started by Charles Read. Attractions
& Recreation : Batsto Mansion, Wharton
State Forest.
Colonel
John Hackett died in Andover, New Jersey. He was manager
of the forge operations built by W. Allen and J. Turner.
Long
Pond Ironworks along the Wynokie River founded by Peter
Hasenclever in West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey.
1769
A survey noted
Absecon Beach near the Great Egg Harbour River area
in Gloucester County (now Atlantic County), New Jersey.
1770
April
17, Mahlon Dickerson governor
of New Jersey, born in Hanover Neck, Morris County,
New Jersey.
1773
Camden, laid
out by Jacob Cooper, Camden County, New Jersey. Coordinates
39°57'N-75°07'W.
A
Philadelphia businessman, John Cox, became full owner
of the households goods business the Batsto Iron Works
in Batsto, Burlington County, New Jersey.
John
Day's Bridge renamed Chatham, located on the Passaic
River in Morris County, New Jersey. Coordinates 40°44'N-74°23'W.
1774
King George
III of England gave permission to create the Township
of Galloway, in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
Fosterfields
Living Historical Farm, built by Joseph Ogden in Morris
County, New Jersey. The Ogden house served as headquarters
for colonial General Henry Knox and was sold to adventurer
and warrior, Joseph Warren Revere.
May 7, William
Bainbridge, born in Princeton, New Jersey. U.S. Navy
Officer and commander of the 'Constitution' who captured
the British frigate 'Java' during the War of 1812.
1775
Glassboro community
established in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Memucan
Hughes house, the Colonial House Museum, is believed
to be the oldest house in Cape May County, New Jersey.
1776
The
Provincial Congress met in Burlington
city, Burlington County, and adapted the New Jersey
state constitution.
Bergen
Neck Fort in Bayonne, New Jersey, built by patriots
later renamed Fort Delancy by Loyalists.
Fort
Lee (firstly Fort Constitution) abandoned, in Bergen
County, New Jersey. Coordinates 40°51'N-73°58'W.
Attractions & Recreation :
Fort Lee Battle Monument
July
2, Samuel Tucker appointed president of the Provincial
Congress and the Committee of Safety of New Jersey (1776-July
18, 1776).
JULY
4, INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
July 18, Samuel Tucker appointed president of the Convention
and the Committee of Safety of New Jersey (1776-August
31, 1776).
August
31, William Livingston, a Yale
College graduate, appointed Governor of New Jersey (1776-July
25,1790).
December
8, the British occupied all of New Jersey.
December
25, General George Washington and the Continental Army
crossed the Delaware River and landed at Johnson's Ferry
in New Jersey.
December
25/26, First Battle of Trenton in New Jersey. During
the American Revolution, General George Washington fought
against the Hessians under Colonel Rahl, and captured
the city of Trenton.
1777
The 'Stars and
Stripes' flag unfurled by George Washington in Bound
Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey. Today the site is
a state historical monument.
Morristown
on the Whippany River in Morris County, principal area
in New Jersey of Revolutionary maneuvers.
The
Barracks building in Trenton New Jersey, became an army
hospital under Dr. Bodo Otto.
The
New Jersey Colony Assembly, reconvened in the Indian
King Tavern in Haddonfield, to pass legislation officially
and creating the independent state of New Jersey.
January
2, British General Cornwallis started his march on Trenton
in New Jersey.
April
22, John Fell a Bergen County, New Jersey patriot, was
taken prisoner at his home in the Allendale area by
Loyalists.
November,
Marquis de Lafayette attacked British forces in New
Jersey near today's Gloucester City.
December,
New Jersey first newspaper The New Jersey Gazette,
printed in Burlington City, Burlington County.
1778
June,
General George Washington, fought
a battle at Monmouth in New Jersey.
1779
The
British raided New Brunswick in
New Jersey.
Benedict
Arnold, American Revolutionary general and traitor,
court-martialed in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey.
Atlantic
Highlands in New Jersey, laid out and developed by members
of the Methodist Church.
- Joseph
Ball, became owner of the Batsto Iron Work in Batsto,
Burlington County, New Jersey. A cooking pots and kettles
business and manufacturer for the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War years.
May
11, John Hart died near Hopewell, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey. Farmer and Signer of The Declaration of
Independence.
1780
John
Warne, farmer and merchant built the Mount Pleasant
gristmill in New Jersey.
1782
New
Jersey border dispute with Connecticut settled in favour
of Pennsylvania.
1783
1784
Hoboken,
on land of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, laid out
by John Stevens in Hudson County, New Jersey. Coordinates
40°45'N-74°03'W.
1785
Jeremiah
Leeds was the first white man to built a permanent structure
on the Leeds plantation at Atlantic City (former Absecon
Island) in New Jersey.
1786
Moravian
Church built outside Swedesboro, East Greenwich in Gloucester
County. The oldest Moravian Church
in New Jersey.
1787
June
9, Samuel Lewis Southard, governor of New Jersey, born
in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey.
December
18, New Jersey NJ, 3rd
state to ratify the Constitution
New Jersey Today
: nickname 'New Jersey and You Are Perfect Together',
capital Trenton. Area 8,722 sq.mi. (22.589km²),
47th largest state. Counties
21 : Atlantic,
Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,
Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex,
Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset,
Sussex, Union, Warren. Attractions
& Recreation : Abram S. Hewitt State
Forest, Allaire State Park, Allamuchy Mountain State
Park, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Atsion Recreation
Area, Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, Bass River State
Forest, Batsto Mansion, Belleplain State Forest, Brendan
T. Byrne State Forest, Bull's Island Recreation Area,
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge, Cape May Point
State Park, Cheesequake State Park, Corson's Inlet
State Park, Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park,
Delaware National Scenic River, Delaware Water Gap
National Recreation Area, Double Trouble State Park,
Edison National Historic Site, Edwin B. Forsythe National
Wildlife Refuge, Ellis Island National Momunent, Farny
State Park, Forked River State Marina, Fortesque State
Marina, Fort Mott State Park, Gateway National Recreation
Area, Great Egg Harbor River, Great Swamp National
Wildlife Refuge, Hacklebarney State Park, High Point
State Park, Hopatcong State Park, Island Beach State
Park, Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research
Reserve, Jenny Jump State Forest, Kittatinny Valley
State Park, Leonardo State Marina, Liberty Landing
Marina, Liberty State Park, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural
District, Long Pond Ironworks State Park, Monmouth
Battlefield State Park, Morristown National Historic
Park, New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, New
Jersey Historical Society, New Jersey Pinelands National
Reserve, Norvin Green State Forest, Parvin State Park,
Penn State Forest, Princeton Battlefield State Park,
Ramapo Mountain State Forest, Rancocas State Park,
Ringwood State Park, Round Valley Recreation Area,
Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina, Spruce Run Recreation
Area, Stephens State Park, Stokes State Forest, Supawna
Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Swartswood State
Forest, Voorhees State Park, Wallkill River National
Wildlife Refuge, Washington Crossing State Park, Washington
Rock State Park, Wawayanda State Park, Wharton State
Forest, Worthington State Forest.
1788
A
steamboat service started in the city of Burlington
in Burlington County, New Jersey.
1789
Casper Wistar,
founded the nation's first successful glass factory
in Millville, New Jersey.
September 15,
James Fenimore Cooper, born in Burlington, New Jersey.
First major U.S. novelist, e.g. 'The Last of the
Mohicans'.
1790
New Jersey population,
184,139 residents.
Trenton
became the capital of New Jersey.
Estimation
that one third of the population of Hunterdon, Morris
and Somerset in New Jersey was German.
July
25, William Livingston, New Jersey governor, died in
Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
July
25, Elisha Lawrence appointed acting governor of New
Jersey (1790-October 30, 1790).
October
30, William Paterson, born in Ireland, elected governor
of New Jersey (1790-March 4, 1793).
1791
Alexander
Hamilton's attempt failed, to
build the nation's first industrial town at Patterson
in New Jersey.
November
10, Elias Pettit Seely, governor of New Jersey, born
in Deerfield Township (Bridgeton) New Jersey.
December
12, Peter Dumont Vroom, New Jersey governor, born in
Hillsboro Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
1792
New
Jersey State House built by Jonathan
Doane.
November
19, Vernon township established in Sussex County, New
Jersey.
1793
March 30, Thomas
Henderson appointed acting governor of New Jersey (1793-June
3, 1793).
June
3, Richard Howell, born in Delaware, lawyer and revolutionary
officer, appointed governor of New Jersey (1793-October
31, 1801).
1794
Flemington
in Hunterdon County, New Jersey received its first post
office.
September,
Thomas Henderson appointed acting governor of New Jersey
(1794-November, 1794).
1795
December 10,
Matthias William Baldwin, born in Elizabethtown, New
Jersey. Steam locomotive manufacturer and abolitionist.
1796
Wardsesson
in Essex County, New Jersey, renamed Bloomfield for
the Revolutionary General Joseph Bloomfield.
May
4, William Pennington, governor
of New Jersey, born in Newark, New Jersey.
1797
Second River
in Essex County, New Jersey, name change into Belleville.
The first steamboat
'Polocca' Built in New Jersey, built in Belleville,
Essex County.
Windsor
township in Middlesex County, New Jersey divided into
East and West Windsor.
1798
Alexandria
township incorporated in New Jersey.
Kingwood
township incorporated in New Jersey.
Readington
township created in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
February
22, East Windsor township incorporated in Middlesex
County, New Jersey.
1800
New Jersey
population, 211,149 residents.
1801
October
31, Joseph Bloomfield, born in Woodbridge and leader
of the New Jersey Society for Abolition of Slavery,
appointed governor of New Jersey (1801-October 28, 1802).
1802
November 15,
John Lambert ppointed acting governor of New Jersey
(1802-October 29, 1803).
1803
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
October 29,
Joseph Bloomfield elected second-term governor of
New Jersey (1803-October 29, 1812).
1804
Township of
Rahway established in Union County, New Jersey.
1806
Cedar Grove
settlement began when Israel Crane laid out the Newark
and Pompton Turnpike, in Essex County, New Jersey.
Coordinates 40°51'N-74°14'W.
Chatham became
part of Chatham Township in Morris County, Pennsylvania.
1807
December 3,
Gamaliel Bailey, born in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Journalist
and leader of the Abolition Movement.
1809
First school,
a private boarding school, established in Roxbury, Morris
County, New Jersey.
1810
New Jersey
population, 245,562 residents.
1811
First woolen
mill started operations in Bridgeton, Cumberland County,
New Jersey.
1812
Aaron
Ogden a Federalist, appointed governor of New Jersey.
March
13, Joseph Clark appointed acting governor of New Jersey
(1812-October 29, 1812).
October
29, Aaron Agden elected governor of New Jersey (1812-October
29, 1813).
1813
A
first school house was built in Springdale, Andover
area in New Jersey, by carpenter Mr. Crane.
October
29, Newark born William Sandford Pennington, appointed
governor of New Jersey (1813-June 19, 1815).
Princeton
borough incorporated, in Mercer County, New Jersey.
1815
June 19, Democrat
William Kennedy, appointed vice president (acting governor)
of New Jersey (1815-October
25, 1815). New Jersey State Legislature representative
of Sussex (1810-1811). Born circa 1775, died on January
1, 1826.
October
26, Mahlon Dickerson, a native of New Jersey, elected
governor of New Jersey (1815-February
1, 1817).
Nail and ironworks
started in Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey.
Pottery
production started on the wharf of Old Bridge, East
Brunswick, Middlesex County in New Jersey.
1817
February
6, Elizabeth town born Isaac Halsted Williamson, appointed
governor of New Jersey (1817-October 30, 1829).
August
4, Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, born in Milstone,
New Jersey. Lawyer, senator and secretary of state.
1819
The
United States government establishes the first post
office in East Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey
and names Daniel Mount postmaster.
1820
New Jersey
population, 277,575 residents.
1823
A steamboat
route established at East Brunswick, Middlesex
County in New Jersey.
Sandy Hook Lightship in New Jersey is the first
outside lightship in the United States.
1824
Warren County
established in New Jersey, seat Belvidere.
1825
The Old Newman
House, the first place of worship built in Belmar, New
Jersey.
1826
July
15, The Christian Church organized at Johnsonburg in
New Jersey.
1828
Camden, incorporated
in Camden County, New Jersey.
The
First Dutch Reformed Church was the first congregation
to be organized in Bayonne, New Jersey.
1829
Congress
created the post of Collector of Customs for Jersey
City, New Jersey.
November
6, Peter Dumont Vroom, a New Jersey native from Dutch
and French Huguenot descent, appointed governor of New
Jersey (1829-October 26, 1832).
1830
New Jersey
population, 320,823 residents.
1831
Ellisburg
School/Waterford Townhouse erected in Ellisburg, Camden
County, New Jersey.
1832
October
26, Samuel Lewis Southard, a New Jersey native, appointed
governor of New Jersey (1832-February 27, 1833).
December 18,
Philip Morin Freneau, New York born editor, essayist
and poet, died in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Single
track train built, passing through the Historic District
of Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Middlesex County in New
Jersey.
1833
February
27, Elias Pettit Seely, a New Jersey native, appointed
governor of New Jersey (1833-October 23, 1833).
October
25, Peter D. Vroom elected second-term governor of New
Jersey (1833-October 26,
1836).
First
railroad completed in New Jersey from South Amboy to
Bordentown, Middlesex County.
1834
A
railroad service started in Burlington city, Burlington
County New Jersey.
First
Barnegat Lighthouse constructed in Barnegat Light, Long
Beach Island, Ocean County, New Jersey. A masonry construction
of 40ft.(13,1m.).
Ewing
(previously Trenton Township) established on the Delaware
River in Mercer County, New Jersey. Coordinates 40°16'N-74°49'W.
1836
November
3, Philemon Dickerson, elected governor of New Jersey
(1836-Ocotber 27, 1837).
Morris
Canal completed in New Jersey, between Bergen Neck and
North New Jersey.
1837
October
27, Newark born William Pennington, elected governor
of New Jersey (1837-October 27, 1843).
Passaic County
established in New Jersey, seat Paterson.
St.
Mary's Hall, Episcopal private school for girls was
founded in Burlington city, Burlington County in New
Jersey.
February -
Atlantic County (formerly Egg Harbor) in New Jersey,
carved from Gloucester County, seat Mays Landing.Cities, Municipalities & Townships
: Absecon, Atlantic City, Brigantine, Buena
Boro, Buena Vista Township, Corbin City, Egg Harbor
City, Egg Harbor Township, Estell Manor, Folsom Boro,
Galloway Township, Hamilton Township, Hammonton, Linwood,
Longport, Margate, Mullica, Northfield, Pleasantville,
Port Republic, Somers Point, Ventnor, Weymouth Township.
March 18, Stephen
Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, New Jersey. Liberal
Democratic leader, U.S. president served two nonconsecutive
terms (1885-1889, 1893-1897).
50
YEARS AFTER NEW JERSEY'S RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION
NJ
1737-1837
BERGEN COUNTY Timeline
2 Topics
1745
The Old
Red Mill, a large red wooden building, built along the
Saddle River in Fair Lawn, Bergen County NJ, a
landmark to the area.
1760
Dumont, Dutch
settlers arrived in the area in Bergen County, NJ. Coordinates
40°56'N-74°00'W.
NJ
1737-1837 HUDSON
COUNTY Timeline
1 Topic
1784
Hoboken,
on land of the Lenni Lenape Native Americans, laid out
by John Stevens in Hudson County, NJ. Coordinates 40°45'N-74°03'W.
NJ
1737-1837 MIDDLESEX
COUNTY Timeline
3 Topics
1797
Windsor
township in Middlesex County, NJ divided into East and
West Windsor.
1798
February
22, East Windsor township incorporated in Middlesex County,
NJ.
1815
Pottery
production started on the wharf of Old Bridge in East
Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ.
NJ
1737-1837 PASSAIC
COUNTY Timeline
2 Topics
1766
Long
Pond Ironworks along the Wynokie River founded by Peter
Hasenclever in West Milford, Passaic County, NJ.
1837
Passaic County
established in New Jersey, seat Paterson.
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