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Newark,
Chief city in New Jersey, noted for the variety and extent of its manufactures and its large insurance interests; population in 1890, 181,830; in 1900, 246,070.
The purchase of the site of Newark and the adjoining settlements of Bloomfield, Belleville, Caldwell, and the Oranges was made in 1666 by a party from Milford, Conn., for which they gave the Indians 50 double hands of powder, 100 bars of lead, 20 axes, 20 coats, 10 guns, 20 pistols, 10 kettles, 10 swords, 4 blankets, 4 barr tumn, from Guilford and Branford.
Self-government and independence of the proprietors seem to have been secured to the new colony, as well as religious freedom guaranteed.
The colonists agreed that no one should be admitted to the rights of freemen in the colony except he belonged to the Congregational Church.
Abraham Pierson was chosen minister of the first church, and the settlement was called Newark, says Whitehead, in compliment to him, he having come from a place of that name in England.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Newark (N. Y.) , destruction of (search)
Newark (N. Y.), destruction of
When General McClure, early in December, 1813, resolved to abandon Fort George, the question presented itself to his mind, Shall I leave the foe comfortable quarters, and thus endanger Fort Niagara?
Unfortunately, his judgment answered No ; and, after attempting to blow up Fort George while its little garrison was crossing the river to Fort Niagara, he set fire to the beautiful village of Newark, near by. The weather was intensely cold.
The inhabitants had been given only a few hours' warning, and, with little food and clothing, a large number of helpless women and children were driven from their homes by the flames into the wintry air and deep snow, homeless wanderers.
It was a wanton and cruel act. Only one house out of 150 in the village was left standing.
When the British arrived at Fort George they resolved on swift retaliation, and very soon six villages and many isolated houses along the New York side of the Niagara River, together with s
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), O'Dell , Jonathan 1737 -1818 (search)
O'Dell, Jonathan 1737-1818
Clergyman; born in Newark, N. J., Sept. 25, 1737; graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1754; took holy orders in 1767, and became pastor of the Episcopal Church in Burlington, N. J. During the Revolution he was in frequent conflict with the patriots in his parish, and at the close of the war he went to England, but returned to America and settled in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.
He died in Fredericton, N. B., Nov. 25, 1818.
Ogden, David 1707-
Jurist; born in Newark, N. J., in 1707; graduated at Yale in 1728; appointed judge of the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1772, but was obliged to resign at the beginning of the War of the Revolution.
He was in England the greater portion of the time until 1789, acting as agent for the loyalists who had claims on Great Britain, and he secured a compensation of $100,000 for his own losses.
He settled in Whitestone, N. Y., in 1789, and died there in June, 1800.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennington , William 1796 -1862 (search)
Pennington, William 1796-1862
Statesman; born in Newark, N. J., May 4, 1796; graduated at Princeton in 1813; admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1815; elected governor of New Jersey in 1837; elected member of Congress in 1859, and was chosen speaker of the House, February, 1860.
He died in Newark, N. J., Feb. 16, 1862.
Pennsylvania, State of
Pennington, William 1796-1862
Statesman; born in Newark, N. J., May 4, 1796; graduated at Princeton in 1813; admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1815; elected governor of New Jersey in 1837; elected member of Congress in 1859, and was chosen speaker of the House, February, 1860.
He died in Newark, N. J., Feb. 16, 1862.
Pennsylvania, State of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Pennsylvania, (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pierson , Abraham 1641 -1707 (search)
Princeton University,
One of the higher institutions of learning established in the English-American colonies, under the name of the College of New Jersey.
It was founded under the auspices of the Presbyterian Synod of New York, which then included New Jersey in its jurisdiction.
A charter was obtained in 1746, and it was opened for students in May, 1747, at Elizabethtown, N. J. The same year it was removed to Newark, and in 1757 it was transferred to Princeton, where a new college edifice, named Nassau Hall, had just been completed.
That name was given in honor of William III., of the illustrious house of Nassau.
The college itself was often called Nassau Hall.
It suffered much during the Revolution, being occupied as barracks and hospital by both armies.
The president, Dr. Witherspoon, and two of the alumni, Benjamin Rush and Richard Stockton, were signers of the Declaration of Independence; and several of the leading patriots during the war, and statesmen afterwards, wer