The Penn's Grove record., 1921-01-28
History Sketch OF
Early Settlers
Their NatiOnalities And Devel-
Opment of Church Societies

The Indian tribes who dwelt among
the forests primeval in New Jersey,
Delaware and Pennsylvania, called
themselves the Lenni Lenape, or the
original people.
There was an obscure tradition that
in ages past their ancestors had emf
grated eastward from the Mississippi
river, conquering or expelling more
civilized people whose monuments, in
the shape of nomads, are so profusely
scattered over the great Western val
ley and into Pennsylvania.
The Lenni Lenape tribes consisted
at the first settlement of Pennsyl-
vania, of the Assunpink, or Story
Greek Indians (Assunpink Creek runs
thru Trenton, N. j.; the Kankokas
(Rancocas Creek runs from Swedes-
boro, by Bridgeport to the Delaware
River); Andatakas, at Christiana
Creek, a tributary to the Delaware
River thru the State of Delaware past
Wilmington.
In Pennsylvania, in all the land pur-
chases made by the Swedes, Dutch
and English, the Minquas acted as
one tribe, dealing as one people and
one NAME, where as with the Lenni
Lenapes each petty chief did what was
best in his W right. Taurind, or
Tammany, was the great chief of the
Lenapes in the time of William Penn
and his supreme authority was mani
tested in the Councils, but when it
came to selling land he was no more
than on a level with the twenty or
more sachems who signed their marks
to the deeds for conveying various
tracts.
In 1909, Henry Hudson, an English
navigator, in the service of the Dutch
East India Company, explored the
coast from Chesapeake Bay to Maine.
He was the first to explore the Della
ware River. 1t was by his discoveries
the Dutch lay claim to all lands be-
tween the North (Hudson) and South
(Delaware) Rivers.
Swedes First Permanent Settlers
The first permanent settlement on
the Delaware (South) River was made
by the Swedes in 1888 at Wilmington,
Delaware. Before landing at the foot
of Fourth Street, on the right, the
passengers on a boat going to Will
mington may see a large brown rock
rising abruptly from the water. A
few feet from the waters edge you
may see an iron fence which encloses
a granite monument on which is in
scribed an account of the landing of
the Swedes in the middle of April, ;
1888.
That is the plymouth" Rock of the
landing of the first permanent settlers
on the Delaware River.
Co,oO l,7,1ro1 foot from th0 CyvpHpc'
landing place is Old Swedes' Church.
In the Church yard are monuments
recording the names of the first set
tiers. Every one Interested in local
history should visit Old Swedes.
The Creek was named Christiana,
after the Queen OF Sweden. She was
only six years old when she became
Queen on the death of her father, the
great Gustaf Adolph, in 1892.
Some Of the Swedes settled on The
east side of the Delaware. Their best
landing was at Church Landing. A
log Church. was erected on the site of
the present st. Georges Church.
Soma Dutch also settled on the Della
ware. The Swedes and Dutch dwelt
friendly together because both had
practically the same religious faith.
Old Swede's and st. Georges Churches
were first of the Lutheran faith, fol-
lowers of Martin Luther.
A few persons from Finland settled
along the Delaware river. Hence the
point of land on which Fort Mott in
Lower Penns Neck is located was
/ called Firms Point. Many French
Huguenots (Protestants) who were in
religious accord with the Swedes and
Dutch also settled along the Delaware.
The most noted family III this re
gion are the Jaquettes. When Warren
Jaouette, of Lower Penns Neck,
was on detail duty in a hospital in
France, during the World War, a
French soldier called his attention to
the fact that they both bore the same
surname.
English Rule
After the death of Oliver Cromwell,
the Puritan who ruled Great Britain
for IL years, Charles II was welcomed
as King.
Charles o had wal with Holland
and his war ships came to America
and took the Dutch possessions be-
tween the North to the South Rivers.
Charles II granted to his brother
James, Duke of Iorke, all the lana
from St. Croix River, the boundary OF
| Canada, to the east side of the Della
ware Bay, dated March ~, 1864, "ren-
derine unto his majesty his heirs and
assigns for the same yearly forty
bear skins, when they shall be law
fully demanded or within ninety days
thereafter"
That deed is the fundamental title
deed to every piece of land in New
Jersey.
June "a, 1864, James granted to
John Lord Buckley and George Car
teret all the present land of New
Jersey for the yearly sum Of twenty
mobiles of lawful money of England.
Lord Berklev sold to John Fenwick
March is, 1878, West Jersey for
/ 900 pounds (S5,000). John Fenwick
and Edward Billings sold their inter
est to William Penn February To-,
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