The history of Salem County, New Jersey : being the story of John Fenwick's colony, the oldest English speaking settlement on the Delaware River Author: Sickler, Joseph S. Description: The history of Salem County, New Jersey : being the story of John Fenwick's colony, the oldest English speaking settlement on the Delaware River. Salem, N.J.: Sunbeam Pub. Co., c1937. View this book online Subject(s): Fenwick, John, 1618-1683. Salem County (N.J.) -- History. New Jersey -- Salem County. Table of Contents: Front matter Title page Contents Chapter I. Of Indians, mastodons and an old oak tree Chapter II. Of the Dutch, Swedes, the New Haven colony and the Knights of New Albion and how they all led to the British conquest of the Hudson and the Delaware Chapter III. Of constructive trusts, mortgages and how Major John Fenwick came to Salem Chapter IV. Of the first settlers and Fenwicks troubles in Salem Chapter V. Of Fenwicks forced appearance before Sir Edmund Andross, Governor of New York and New Jersey, and of his many troubles Chapter VI. Of the last days of Fenwick Chapter VII. Of the years between the death of John Fenwick and the dawn of a new century Chapter VIII. Being the story of the organization of the religious societies in Fenwicks Colony Chapter IX. Of an early politician, and of the murder of the high sheriff of Salem County Chapter X. Of many things which happened in the first fifty years of the eighteenth century Chapter XI. Of the great colonial industrial enterprise which was Casper Wistars glass works at Wistarburgh in the township of Allowway, and the County of Salem Chapter XII. Of the new religious congregations in Fenwicks colony up to 1800 Chapter XIII. Of Benjamin Abbott, whose history is in the story of the Methodist Church in Salem County Chapter XIV. Of divers happenings between 1750 and the War of the Revolution Chapter XV. Of the Revolution and how it came to Salem County Chapter XVI. Of the American defense of Alloways Creek Chapter XVII. Of the massacre at Hancocks Bridge Chapter XVIII. Of events after the massacre, the British withdrawal from Salem County, the long court, and the end of the Revolution Chapter XIX. Of events from the close of the Revolution to 1820 Chapter XX. Salem in the 1820s Chapter XXI. Salem in the 1830s Chapter XXII. Salem in the 1840s Chapter XXIII. Salem in the 1850s Chapter XXIV. Salem in the CIvil War Chapter XXV. Salem in the 1870s Chapter XXVI. Salem in the 1880s Chapter XXVII. Salem in the 1890s Chapter XXVIII. Of Salem since the turn of the century Index Back matter Index of historical feature articles published in the Salem Sunbeam (1929-1936) Map

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