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TitleDeed, Richard and Effie Lyon to Jacob D. Van Winkle, 1820
Date Created1820
DescriptionDeed for parcel of land in the Township of Bergen, now part of Jersey City. The property is described in relation to neighbors and a "Cedar Swamp," indicating how undeveloped the area still was. But...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleLease of land from Hilletje Jans, widow of Ide Cornelius Van Vorst, to her son-in-law Jan Ariense Sip, 1694
AuthorToers, Claes Arentse
Date Created1694
DescriptionDocument in which Hilletje Jans, widow, asserts that she has leased a tract of land to her son in law Jan Arianse Sip, and agrees to continue the lease until her death, at which point all of her land...
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TitleThird of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleSecond of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleFirst of Three Maps Showing Division of Property of Cornelius Van Vorst, circa 1853: Map No. 1 Annexed to the Commissioner's Report in Partition of the Estate of Cornelius Van Vorst, Deceased, Showing the Several Lots Allotted to his Heirs Respectively
Date Created1873
DescriptionMap showing division of property among the heirs of Cornelius Van Vorst, father of Jersey City Mayor, grandson of Revolutionary era patriot and descendant of original Dutch settler who all shared the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleThe Van Houten Family of Bergen, New Jersey
AuthorWashburn, Charles L. Demarest (Charles Lawton Demarest)
Date Created1897
DescriptionGenealogical record of the Van Houten (or Van Houte) family, residents of the Village of Bergen, now part of Jersey City. Begins with the marriage records of four brothers in the late 1600s, and...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleDeeds from Van Vorst to Colgate, 1827 to 1849
Date Created1827-1849
DescriptionSeries of deeds and emendations, from 1827 to 1849, by which Cornelius Van Vorst sold additional land to William Colgate, adjoining the "new factory now erecting." The Colgate Company was among the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleMap of Plainfield Wards 3 and 4 1900
Date Created1900
DescriptionMap of Plainfield showing Wards 3 and 4 bounded by Jefferson Avenue and Spooner Avenue and Green Brook and West Seventh with businesses and homeowners noted.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleMap of Plainfield, N.J. compiled from official records. Plan showing Park Avenue from Plainfield City Line to Holly Grove Farm, 1878
Date Created1878
DescriptionMap of Plainfield, N.J compiled from official records, private plans & personal surveys by J.R. & F.A. Dunham under the personal direction of the publishers. Published by G. H. Walker & Co.
Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitlePage 1 of 1862 Tax Book, Egg Harbor City, NJ.
Date Created1862
DescriptionThis is an image of two pages from the 1862 property tax book of Egg Harbor City, NJ. Indices of the names found on these pages is part of this NJDH collection. A search by name of property owners in...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)