Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1886-02-25
TOWNS OF NEW JERSEY.


etc. 1t says:
Trenton is the outgrowth of a little
settlement by the "Falles of the De
La Ware, lin 1879. About ITO, Mahlon
Stacy sold 800 acres Of land to Judge
William Trent, of Philadelphia, whose
push and energy did much for his vii
lage of ''Trent's Town. which from
thorpe has grown into city of 10000
people.
1866 is the date of Newark's settle
ment. This city Of Essex was named
1867 by Abraham Pierson, the first
Minister from England.
The old family of Van Worst owned
the site of Jersey City in 1888 and the
place was then called Paulis Hoeck.
1t remained in the family for many
years, until 1926, when the few houses
on the Hook" were Incorporated as a
city.
Newton, the county town of Sussex,
was settled about the time of the Rev
olutionary War.
William Paterson took great interest
in manufacturing industries, and so in
1791, when philanthropical associa-
tion desired to erect a town by the
Passaic river, they named their future
city in his honor. To the Dutch credit
must be given for settling Bergen. or
the county of bergs or hills" Though
they left their mark on the nomencla-
ture of the county, it remained for the
Indians to name the county town
Hackensack-which is soon to celebrate
its bicententian. The literal transla-
tion of this name Hackensack is 1.-The
stream which unites with another in
low, level ground almost impercepti-
bly,"
Morris county has it's Morristown,
the former named in honor of Governor
Morris, Executive of this Statesfrom
1731-32. The town was settled about
the year ITO.
The first permanent English settle
ment in East Jersey was at Elizabeth,
formerly Elizabethtown, in the year
1854. This city was named in honor
of Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Car
taret.
Mr.. Fleming settled in Hunterdon
county previous to the Revolution, and
from him the name of Pennington is
derived,
Belvidere is certainly one ofthe pret-
tiest towns, not only in Warren, but
in New Jersey, and SO thought Major
Robert Hoops when he named the
town as early as 1850
Freehold in Monmouth, dates from
1875, when courts were first held in
this place. The name is English in
its origin and denotes possession that
is held in freedom.
Evidence proves that New Bruins
wick, incorporated in 1884, was settled
in 1880. At this early period and for
many years later, Middlesex county
people knew of this place as THE
River.n The town was so called in
honor of the reigning family of England
the house of Brunswick.
Somerville, or the willie" or city of
Somerset, was called Raritan until the
year 1910.
Bridgeton, in Cumberland County,
is a corruption of Bridge Town. This
place was so called on account of its
being situated by the bridge over the old
landing place on the Cohansey river.
The date of the settlement of this city
is uncertain; but it is known that per-
sons lived in the locality before the
Revolution.
George May, when he came into
South Jersey in 1710, settled amid the
verdant groves of what is now Atlantic
County. Mays Landing, the capital
of this county, is named in honor OF
him.
The year 1874 saw body of English
Friends, under the command of Fen
wick, set sail from their native land
in search of home wherein liberty oi
conscience could be exercised. From
the peaceful aspect of what afterward
proved the abiding place they desired,
Fenwick and his friends called a sec
ton of Jersey Salem. This name was
afterward applied to the county town.
Woodbury., the seat of justice ol
Gloucester, was settled as early as
| 1854. Richard Wood Gent, of Perry
England, held land in this section II
is said that the words Wood and
Perry" were combined and used as the
name of the town. 1t is, however more
probable that bury was corruption
of borough" This contraction is
quite common and may be observed
in several cases in New York and in
New England
Camden City, erected as such in the
year 1928, was named in honor of Lord
Camden, who favored the cause of
America during the Revolution.
Burlington county's seat of justice is