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Document, 1677 August 04

61. Document, 1677 August 04

  • Date: 1677 August 04
  • Summary: Thomas Olive, Daniel Willes, John Penford, Joseph Helmsly, Robert Stacy and Benjamin Scott, having arrived at Sandy Hook with about two hundred persons to settle in West Jersey to the east of the Delaware River or Bay, claimed ...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1678 August 22

62. Document, 1678 August 22

  • Date: 1678 August 22
  • Summary: Major John Fenwyck [Fenwick] having been summoned from West New Jersey because of the disturbance he created there, appeared before the council and asked for time to answer and to prepare witnesses. He claimed that his interest...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1678 December 05

63. Document, 1678 December 05

  • Date: 1678 December 05
  • Summary: Certified a true copy by Thomas William at London on 17 December 1694. Certified a true copy from the Secretary's Office in Perth Amboy in the Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey by Bowes Reed, and reexamined by John...
  • Number of Images: 18
Document, 1680 August 06

64. Document, 1680 August 06

Document, 1680 March 25

65. Document, 1680 March 25

  • Name: Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 (Author) Davis, George (Addressee)
  • Date: 1680 March 25
  • Summary: Confirms deed of 25 February 1675 from the Indian proprietors to George Davis for an island and pieces of land on both sides of the Minisink. The quit rent is two pecks of winter wheat. From the New York Secretary's Office, Lib...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1681 March 17

66. Document, 1681 March 17

  • Name: Sackameker, Memsche (Author)
  • Date: 1681 March 17
  • Summary: Confirms the sale by Memsche Sackameker et al. of a certain tract of land in Tappan in the Province of New Jersey to Lady Elizabeth Carteret in exchange for 100 fatham of white wampum, 75 fatham of black sewant, 15 guns, four p...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1682 August 24

67. Document, 1682 August 24

  • Name: James II, King of England, 1633-1701 (Author) Penn, William, 1644-1718 (Author)
  • Date: 1682 August 24
  • Summary: Confirms and grants to William Penn, son of William Penn deceased, all that land on the Delaware River and Bay beginning twelve miles south of the town of Newcastle otherwise called Delaware, and extending south to the Whorekil...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1682 August 24

68. Document, 1682 August 24

  • Name: James II, King of England, 1633-1701 (Author) Penn, William, 1644-1718 (Author)
  • Date: 1682 August 24
  • Summary: Confirms to William Penn, son of Sir William Penn, deceased, the town of Newcastle, otherwise called Delaware, and all the land lying within compass of 12 miles for a yearly payment to the Duke of York, his heirs and assigns th...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1682 February 02

69. Document, 1682 February 02

  • Date: 1682 February 02
  • Summary: Transfers to John Earl of Bath, Thomas Lord Crew, Bernard Greenville, Sir Robert Atkyns, Sir Edward Atkyns, Thomas Pocock, Thomas Cremor, William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuel Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Thoma...
  • Number of Images: 18
Document, 1682 March 01

70. Document, 1682 March 01

  • Date: 1682 March 01
  • Summary: In order to better govern the province, East New Jersey is to be divided into four counties: Bergen, which contains the land between the Hudson River and the Hackensack River, beginning at Constables Hook and extending to the n...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1682 March 13

71. Document, 1682 March 13

  • Date: 1682 March 13
  • Summary: Records surveys of parcels of land ranging in size from one hundred to 28,000 acres, which belonged to Michael Barron, John Wood, Robert Turner, William Cooper, Anthony Nealson, Samuel Cole, Henry Tredway, James Saunderland, Ma...
  • Number of Images: 11
Document, 1682 March 14

72. Document, 1682 March 14

  • Name: James II, King of England, 1633-1701 (Author) Perth, James Drummond, Earl of, 1648-1716 (Author)
  • Date: 1682 March 14
  • Summary: Confirms sale of all land in East Jersey to James, Earl of Perth, John Drummond, Robert Barclay, David Barclay, Robert Gordon, Arent Senmans, William Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyerd, Samuel Groom, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Am...
  • Number of Images: 17
Document, 1682 September 23

73. Document, 1682 September 23

  • Date: 1682 September 23
  • Summary: For the sum of three hundred fifty pounds of good and lawful English money, Penn sells to Robert Barclay 1/24 part of the tract of land called east New Jersey. Certified as a true copy from the Public Records of the Province of...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1683 February 16

74. Document, 1683 February 16

  • Date: 1683 February 16
  • Summary: At a council at which Captain Matthias Nicolls, Captain I. Palmer, and James Graham, the Recorder, were desired to appear, the patents of Charles II to the Duke of York and that of the Duke of York to the Proprietors of East Ne...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1683 November 23

75. Document, 1683 November 23

Document, 1684 April 09

76. Document, 1684 April 09

  • Date: 1684 April 09
  • Summary: The Governor, having sent for the Indians of Minisink, said that the Duke of York had given some land to the inhabitants of East Jersey, to be purchased with the consent of the Indians. The Governor said that the Indians should...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1684 November 01

77. Document, 1684 November 01

  • Name: Limerick, Thomas Dongan, Earl of, 1634-1715 (Author) Tellers, William (Addressee)
  • Date: 1684 November 01
  • Summary: Whereas Dohorywachqua and Orage, representatives of the four Mohawk "castles", for themselves and for Canachquo, Ocquary and Sohoriowachque, the lawful owners of the land mentioned, on 3 July 1672 sold to Sander Glenn, John Van...
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1685 December 16

78. Document, 1685 December 16

  • Date: 1685 December 16
  • Summary: Appoints during his will and pleasure James Graham as Attorney General of the Province of New York and its dependencies in America. Certified a true copy from the New York Secretary's Office, Book of Entries 1684 - 1686, by Gol...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1685 February 07

79. Document, 1685 February 07

  • Name: Lockhart, George, active 1683 (Author) Proprietors of East New Jersey (Author)
  • Date: 1685 February 07
  • Summary: Certifies sale of a tract of land named Tappan belonging to one of the original proprietors of East New Jersey, Claude Valott, to Dr. George Lockhart. Certified a true copy of the public records of the Province of New Jersey by...
  • Number of Images: 5
Document, 1685 February 19

80. Document, 1685 February 19

  • Name: Flypsen, Frederick (Author) Janet (Author) Lockhart, George, active 1683 (Author)
  • Date: 1685 February 19
  • Summary: Declaration of sale of one half the moiety of a parcel of land at Tappan in the Province of East New Jersey to Frederick Flypsen for five shillings. Certified a true copy from the Public Records of New Jersey by Bowes Reed and ...
  • Number of Images: 3