New Brunswick in History

The first chapter of this work starts with a brief account of the early settlement of New Jersey and the twenty-four proprietors then leads into a comprehensive history of the town of New Brunswick beginning with the establishment of the early boundary lines and some of the first settlers. Much historical information was taken from deeds; road books; court minutes; wills; marriage records; Chosen Freeholders' minutes; records of the Secretary of State's office in Trenton and the Proprietors' office in Perth Amboy; files of newspapers; minute books: of Queens College of the New Brunswick Toll Bridge Company of Christ Church and the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick; the Archives of the New Brunswick Historical Club and of the State Historical Society and private manuscripts some of the latter going back four generations. The appendix contains several miscellaneous sections most notably a bibliography and genealogical notes on the Bayard Bennet Billop Ditmars Drake Farmar French Hardenbergh Livingston Low Hude Lawrence Longfield Inian Greenland Brinson and Cox Parker Runyon Schureman Schuyler Scott Taylor Van Wickle Beach Wells Voorhees and Williamson families. A special feature of this book is the fully indexed Map of New Brunswick Lands 1681-1800 which shows the location acreage year and owner of each plot. Another map shows the locations of Hessian fortifications during the Revolution.