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  • United States House of Representatives from New Jersey

    List of United States Representatives from New Jersey New Jersey's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2023: 1st district -- Donald Norcross 2nd district -- Jeff Van Drew 3rd district -- Andy Kim 4th district -- Chris Smith 5th district -- Josh Gottheimer 6th district -- Frank Pallone

  • Rutgers University

    Wikipedia Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, /ˈrʌtɡərz/, commonly referred to as Rutgers University, Rutgers, or RU, is an American public research university and the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. Originally chartered as Queen's College on November 10, 1766, Rutgers is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine "Colonial Colleges" fo...

  • Princeton University

    Princeton University Official Website Wikipedia Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural scie...

  • Gloucester County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gloucester County, New Jersey.= Official Website =The county was named for the city of Gloucester county of Gloucestershire in England.Woodbury, founded in 1683 by Henry Wood, is the oldest municipality in the county. The municipality of National Park hosts the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Red Bank where Fort Mercer once st...

  • Scottish Ancestor - Emigrant to the American Colonies, Canada and Jamaica

    Highlanders and Lowlanders The Scots are not to be confused with the Scotch-Irish, who were Ulster Irish and emigrated from Ireland Scotch-Irish Americans and not in not this Project - We are tracing our ancestors who were born in Scotland and emigrated directly from Scotland to the American Colonies, Canada, and Jamaica. Large-scale emigration from Scotland to America began in the 1700s after ...

  • Essex County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Essex County, New Jersey.= Official Website = Overview The county is named after Essex, a county in the East of England. Newark, with a population density of 11,458.3 people/square mile, is the largest municipality in the county both in terms of land area (24.19 square miles) and population (277,140), while Caldwell is the smallest in...

  • New Jersey with Counties, Towns and Communities Project

    This project is for those that were born, lived and died in the State of New Jersey.

  • Morris County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morris County, New Jersey.= Official Website =Morris County was created on March 15, 1739 and was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris.The county was the site of the winter camp of the Continental Army after the Battles of Trenton and Princeton during the winter of 1777, as well as another winter ...

  • Passaic County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Passaic County, New Jersey. Official Website Passaic County was created on February 7, 1837 and was named for the Passaic River. Adjacent Counties Orange County, NY Rockland County, NY Sussex County Bergen County Essex County Morris County Municipalities & Communities Bloomingdale | Clifton | Cooper | Great N...

  • Cumberland County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Official Website Cumberland County is named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. The county was formally created from portions of Salem County as of January 19, 1748. Adjacent Counties Atlantic County Gloucester County Cape May County Kent County, Delaware Salem County Municipali...

  • Bergen County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bergen County, New Jersey. Official Website History The origin of the name of Bergen County is a matter of debate. It is believed that the county is named for one of the earliest settlements, Bergen, in modern-day Hudson County. However, the origin of the township's name is debated. Several sources attribute the name to Bergen, ...

  • Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Elmer, New Jersey

    The cemetery is located on 2-32 Richwood Road, Elmer, Salem County, New Jersey. Find a Grave Billion Graves

  • Newark, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Newark, New Jersey.= Official Website ==History=Newark was settled in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony. It was conceived as a theocratic assembly of the faithful, though this did not last for long as new settlers came with different ideas. On October 31, 1693, it was organized as a New Jersey ...

  • Sussex County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Sussex County, New Jersey. Official Website History As early as 1690, Dutch and French Huguenot colonists from towns along the Hudson River Valley in New York began permanently settling in the Upper Delaware Valley (known as the "Minisink"). The route these Dutch settlers had taken was the path of an old Indian trail and became...

  • St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Woodstown, New Jersey

    St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery is located in Woodstown, Salem County New Jersey and is also known as Catholic Community of the Holy Spirt Cemetery . Find a Grave

  • Jersey City, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jersey City, New Jersey.Jersey City is the county seat of Hudson County and lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay to its east and Hackensack River and Newark Bay to its west. Timeline History See Wikipedia for a complete History. 1800s 1802 - Population of Paulus Hook: 13 1804 - Land bought from Cornelius Van Vorst by t...

  • Seton Hall University

    Wikipedia Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall consists of 11 schools and colleges with an undergraduate enrollment of about 5,800 students an...

  • Cape May County Veterans Cemetery, Cape May Court House, New Jersey

    The Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery was created by the Board of Chosen Freeholders in May 1980 to provide a final resting place for our resident wartime veterans and their spouses. The Cape May County Veterans' Cemetery is located in the Swainton Section of Middle Township, just north of Cape May Court House. Directions: From the South: Take the Garden State Parkway north to the traffic l...

  • Mercer County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mercer County, New Jersey.= Official Website = History Named for Continental Army General Hugh Mercer, who died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 and founded February 22, 1838, from portions of surrounding counties, Mercer County has a historical impact that reaches back to the pivotal battle...

  • Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cape May, New Jersey

    Everyone is welcomed. Cold Spring Cemetery is an historic site and the resting place for many famous figures including immediate descendants of the Mayflower. But there are hundreds of everyday people, both local to the greater Cape May region and more distant places, who have found their final resting place here. As a non-profit, non-denominational cemetery, we welcome people of all faiths and...

  • Clinton Baptist Church Cemetery, Clinton, New Jersey

    This cemetery is located on Alton Place and Leigh Street in Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Find a Grave

  • Warren County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Warren County, New Jersey. Official Website Warren County was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 20, 1824. The county was named for Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill. Adjacent Counties Monroe County, Penn. Sussex County Morris County Hunterdon Co...

  • Salem County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Salem County, New Jersey. Official Website History European settlement began with English colonists in the seventeenth century, who were settling both sides of the Delaware River. They established a colonial court in the area in 1681, but Salem County was first formally organized within West Jersey on May 17, 1694, from the Salem...

  • Hudson County, New Jersey

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hudson County, New Jersey.= Official website = Overview Hudson County, originally Lenape territory, lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609.Hudson County was originally called Pavonia, the land of the Peacock, after its original owner, the Dutchman Michael Pa...

  • Fairleigh Dickinson University

    Wikipedia Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian university founded in 1942. Fairleigh Dickinson University is the first American university to own and operate an international campus and currently offers more than 100 individual degree programs to its students. The school has four campuses, two in New Jersey (United States), and one each in Vancouver, Briti...

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