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"In 1674, New Jersey was split into East Jersey and West Jersey by
a boundary line extending straight north through the country from
Little Egg Harbor to the 'utmost branch of the Delaware River.' By
an Act of the Assembly of East Jersey in 1682, the province was
divided into the four counties of Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and
Monmouth." The recording of deeds began in the county seat, which
was the village of Hackensack, in 1715 but the records did include
some deeds from as far back as 1689. The author has written
abstracts from the information contained in the Bergen County, New
Jersey, Deed Books A through N, comprising records from 1689 to
1801. The original deed books have suffered extensive damage and
the index of names has been lost thereby increasing the
genealogical value of this particular work. While the handwritten
deeds often run several pages, they usually repeat the vital
information over and over again. Mr. Davis has consolidated the
pertinent information into an informative and comprehensive
abstract. Each entry contains, in order: the date of the
transaction, the name of the grantor(s), the place of residence of
the grantor(s), the name of the grantee(s), the place of residence
of the grantee(s), price, the area of land involved, the location
of the land, neighbors, chain of deed, other landmarks, signature
of the grantor(s), signatures of the witnesses, and the signatures
of others. The author has also included an every-name index for the
ease of researching names.
Under the terms of the charter of Maryland as granted by King
Charles I of England, Lord Baltimore and his heirs were given all
the land in the colony, with power to dispose of the land in any
manner they deemed fit. A land office was set up to administer land
grants and collect revenues. Settlers who applied for land grants
had to pay fees at every step of the process as they obtained
surveys, patents and titles. During those early days, the outer
limits of Baltimore County stretched into unexplored territory. The
deed records abstracted here-dating from 1659 to 1737-include lands
that lie within present-day Baltimore City, Cecil and Harford
Counties, and parts of Carroll, Anne Arundel, Howard and Kent
Counties. Fourteen deed books were abstracted for this volume,
which is divided into fourteen chapters. Each deed book spans a
period of time ranging from two years to sixty-six years. The
entries are more or less chronological, variations being due to the
fact that transactions were often recorded in the books at some
later date. A typical entry includes the date of transaction, names
of grantors and grantees and their places of residence, acres of
land involved and the names signed on the document. Other
information is included when available, such as sales price,
location of land, neighbors, chain of deed and landmarks. Spellings
of names and places have been preserved in their original form, so
the reader is encouraged to check all possible spellings of a name
of interest. An every-name index assists the researcher.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
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Sir George Carteret was appointed New Jersey's first governor in
August 1665, at the age of twenty-five. In July 1673, the Dutch
reconquered New York and New Jersey and they remained until Britain
regained the two colonies in November 1674. In March 1674,
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
In 1632, the first settlers from Europe who journeyed into the
Shenandoah Valley were Jesuit missionaries. They inhabited the
region that was to become Frederick Co., VA. The missionaries paved
the way for those who moved into this region from MD and PA,
In 1681, William Penn was granted a charter by Charles II, giving
him and his heirs a sparsely populated tract of land that would
eventually become the state of Pennsylvania. Bucks County was
created in 1682 as one of Pennsylvania's original three countie
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