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Title Page 1 | Title Page 2 | Place Names of Salem Co., N.J. | |
Preface page ix |
Preface page x |
Preface page xi |
Preface page xii |
I count 20 sales or purchases of land in New Jersey.
Purchased: 3,414 acres and sold 984 acres. Net of 2,430 acres.
This is not counting the acquistion of the Lippincott estate nor the purchase in 1703 from Okeyman, Quiatemans and Awisham.
By my crude calculations, at the end of his life he possessed 950 acres in Pennsylvania and more than 2,430 acres in New Jersey. This yields a total of 3,380 acres equal to about 5 1/4 sections.
Monmouth River, Mun Mouth River
or Alloway Creek
Salem County
ALLOWAY CREEK - From early times, Alloway Creek has been an important waterway in Salem County. Along its banks many of the first plantations were established, ship-building was carried on, and mills of various kinds flourished on its branches. Alloway Creek has had at least six names:
Aloes River or Creek
Cotton River - said to be so-named by the early New Haven Colony because of the cottonwood trees along its banks. The name could also be a corruption of Korten River
Short River or Korten River - so-called by the Dutch when they gained possession of the Delaware River. One of the early maps shows this as Korten River - "Kort" being Dutch for "short".
Monmouth (or Munmouth) River - takes the name from Monmouth Precinct, which comprised Lower and Upper Alloway Creek and Quinton townships. This name was given the precinct by John Fenwick in honor of the Duke of Monmouth.
Source: Place Names of Salem Co., N.J.