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Arent Schuyler
Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator. Early life Arent Philipse Schuyler was born on June 25, 1662, in Rensselaerswyck, New York. He was the son of Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683) and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst (1627–1710) and the younger brother of Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724). He was one of 10 children born to his parents, including Gysbert Schuyler (1652-1664/5), Gertruj Schuyler (b. 1654), who married Stephanus van Cortlandt (1643–1700) (the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and a Mayor of New York City from 1677 to 1678 and again from 1686 to 1688), Alida Schuyler (b. 1656), who first married Nicholas van Rensselaer (1636-1678) and then second, Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728), Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724), who married Engeltie Van Schaick and Maria Van Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Barbadoes Neck
New Barbadoes Neck is the name given in the colonial era for the peninsula in northeastern New Jersey, US between the lower Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, in what is now western Hudson County and southern Bergen County. The neck begins in the south at Kearny Point in the Newark Bay and is characterized by a ridge (creating the valley of the Passaic) along the west and part of the New Jersey Meadowlands (the flood plain of the Hackensack) on the east. Native Americans and Netherlanders The neck was part of an area called Meghgectecock by the Lenape. It was the territory of the group called the Hackensack. The name of ''masgichteu-cunk'' meaning ''where May-apples grow'', from a moist-woodland perennial that bears edible yellow berries. The name Achter Col was given during the New Netherland era in the mid-17th century, and can be translated a ''rear mountain pass'' or ''behind the ridge'', in reference to the access it provided to the hinterlands beyond the Hudson Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Cortlandt (other)
Van Cortlandt may refer to: *Van Cortlandt family, of New York, including a list of people in the family Places *Van Cortlandt House Museum, Bronx, New York *Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York *Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street station, a New York City Subway station, served by the train *Van Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York *Van Cortlandt Village, a subsection of the Kingsbridge neighborhood, Bronx, New York See also * Cortlandt (other) *Van Cortlandtville Cortlandt is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States, located at the northwestern edge of the county, at the eastern terminus of the Bear Mountain Bridge. The town includes the villages of Buchanan and Croton-on-Hudson. History T ..., in Cortlandt, New York {{disambiguation Surnames of Dutch origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Jersey Historical Society
The New Jersey Historical Society is a historical society and museum located in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The Historical Society is housed in the former headquarters of the Essex Club. It has two floors of exhibition space, a gift shop, and a hall for lectures. The NJHS offers occasional Newark walking tours. The Society formerly published the academic journal, ''New Jersey History''. Exhibitions can be found on the second and third floor while the library reading room is housed on the fifth floor, formerly the Essex Club squash courts The Society is open to the public. Members are free, while non-members pay an admission fee. Patrons visiting the library are encouraged to make an appointment. The current director is Steven Tettamanti. History The society was founded in 1845 at Trenton by intellectual and business leaders of New Jersey including Joseph C. Hornblower, Robert Gibbon Johnson, Peter D. Vroom and William Whitehead. In 1846, the societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schuyler Copper Mine
The Schuyler Copper Mine is an abandoned, historic copper mine located in what is now North Arlington in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Operations began in 1715, making it the earliest copper mine in New Jersey and one of the oldest in the United States. In 1755, it was the site of the first use of a steam engine assembled in America. Later, starting in 1794, the first steam engine was manufactured in the United States near here. Shortly before and after, but not during, the American Revolutionary War, the mine was a major copper producer. Even though nothing remains of the mining operations above ground, the collapse of the underground shafts and tunnels caused damage as recently as 1989. The mine was also known as the Arlington, Belleville, or Victoria copper mine. History Around 1710, Arent Schuyler purchased a large tract of land in New Barbadoes Neck. A few years later, around 1712–1713, a significant deposit of copper ore was discovered on the property. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Lyndhurst is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 20,554, reflecting an increase of 1,171 (+6.0%) from the 19,383 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,121 (+6.1%) from the 18,262 counted in the 1990 Census. History On February 22, 1840, Hudson County was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The newly created county was created from territories that had been Bergen Township since 1691, as well as and from the southern portion of Lodi Township. The portion of Lodi Township taken at this time formed the new Harrison Township in Hudson County. The border between the newly created Harrison Township in Hudson County and the portion of Lodi Township remaining in Bergen County was the New Barbadoes Turnpike, which is now called Paterson Plank Road. Some of the residents of the northern portion of Harrison Township requested to be returned to Bergen County. On Febru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Arlington, New Jersey
North Arlington is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 15,392,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for North Arlington borough, Bergen County, New Jersey , . Accessed June 28, 2012. reflecting an increase of 211 (+1.4%) from the 15,181 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kearny, New Jersey
Kearny ( ) is a town in the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Newark. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 40,684,DP-1 – Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Kearny town, Hudson County, New Jersey , . Accessed December 15, 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne, New Jersey
Wayne is a township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. Home to William Paterson University and located less than from Midtown Manhattan, the township is a bedroom suburb of New York City and regional commercial hub of North Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 54,838, an increase of 121 from the 2010 census enumeration of 54,717, in turn an increase of 648 (+1.2%) from the 54,069 counted in the 2000 Census. Wayne was formed as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 12, 1847, from portions of Manchester Township. Totowa was formed from portions of Wayne and Manchester Township on March 15, 1898.Snyder, John P''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968'' Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 211. Accessed January 16, 2012. Points of interest include William Paterson University, Willowbrook Mall, Wayne Towne Center, High Mountain Park Preserve, and Dey Mansion. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Berry House
The Martin Berry House is located in Pompton Plains in Pequannock Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1720 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973. Built by the son of one of the first settlers to the Pompton River region, the pre-Revolutionary War building has been little altered since its construction. Once the home of Medal of Honor recipient James R. Evans, the home was purchased by Pequannock Township for historic preservation in 2017. The Pequannock Township Historical Society, formed in 2014 and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2015, has been tasked with the maintenance of the house. See also * List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey *Arent Schuyler Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayard Family
The Bayard family has been a prominent family of lawyers and politicians throughout American history, primarily from Wilmington, Delaware. Beginning as Federalists, they joined the party of Andrew Jackson and remained leaders of the Democratic Party into the 20th century. Counting Richard Bassett, the father-in-law of James A. Bayard, Sr., the family provided six generations of U.S. Senators from Delaware, serving from 1789 until 1929. History Ann Stuyvesant Bayard, widowed wife of the French Huguenot Samuel Bayard, came to New Netherland with her brother, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant in 1647. Her grandson, another Samuel Bayard, went to Bohemia Manor, Maryland in 1698. His grandson was John Bubenheim Bayard (1738–1808), Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, and his great grandson, John Bayard's nephew, was James A. Bayard, Sr., the first Bayard in the U.S. Senate. Family members * Judith Bayard (c. 1615–1687), m. Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Brockholst
Major Anthony Brockholls (or Brockholst) ( – August 29, 1723) was and English born Commander-in-Chief (1677-8) and then acting Governor (1681-2) of New York. Career In 1677, he received a special commission as Commander-in-Chief and when Sir Edmund Andros fled the Province of New York, he became the acting Governor of New York due to his seniority on the New York Executive Council. During Leisler's Rebellion in New York, Brockholls was denounced as "a rank Papist," and had a price set on his head by the then acting-Governor of that Colony, Jacob Leisler. In June 1681, while acting as Governor of New York, Brockholst presided over a special court that appointed Captain John Youngs (son of John Youngs), High sheriff of Yorkshire to give a petition to the Duke of York for the privilege of setting up a general assembly in the Province of New York. Upon Governor Dongan's arrive in 1683, the petition was granted and the first assembly of New York began in October 1683. In March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
