Many people were mostly numerically important in the region from New Jersey north to Virginia .
Indentured people were numerically important mostly in the region from New Jersey north to Virginia .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

Metzinger , a resident of Montmartre , attended the Bateau Lavoir at that time and exhibited with Georges Braque at the Berthe Weill Gallery .
A resident of Montmartre , Georges Braque frequented the Bateau Lavoir at this time and exhibited with Metzinger at the Berthe Weill gallery .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no

Tyrone then tells him who Tommy is .
Tommy tells him who is Tyrone .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no

Outhgill is a hamlet in Kirkby Stephen . It lies about 5 miles south of Mallerstang , Cumbria .
Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang , Cumbria , situated about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no