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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
he payment of quitrents was refused; disputes were followed by confusion; and, in May, 1672, the disaffected colonists, obeying the impulse of 1672 May 14. independence, rather than of gratitude, sent deputies to a constituent assembly at Elizabethtown. By that body, Philip Carteret was displaced, and his office transferred to the young and frivolous James Carteret, a natural son of Sir George. The proprietary officers could make no resistance. William Pardon, who withheld the records, June 15. found safety only in flight. Following the advice of the council, after appointing John Berry as his deputy, July 1 Philip Carteret hastened to England, in search of new authority, while the colonists remained in the undisturbed possession of their farms. The liberties of New Jersey did not extend be- 1664 to 1672 yond the Delaware; the settlements in New Netherland, on the opposite bank, consisting chiefly of groups of Dutch round Lewistown and Newcastle, and Swedes and Finns at Chr