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Newark was founded in 1666 by Connecticut Puritans led by Robert Treat from the New Haven Colony to avoid losing political power to others not of their own church after the union of the Connecticut and New Haven colonies.
5 days ago · Historical map of Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson, New Jersey, and vicinity, from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1902. (more) After the American Revolution, Newark became (c. 1790) noted for leather tanning, jewelry, and shoe manufacturing.
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Settled in 1666 by Puritans from New Haven Colony, Newark is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Its location at the mouth of the Passaic River, where it flows into Newark Bay, has made the city's waterfront an integral part of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Newark was founded by conservative Puritans, chiefly from three towns in the New Haven Colony. The increasingly tolerant views of religious freedom (especially tolerance for Quakers, whom Puritans were intolerant), and the merger of the New Haven Colony in 1662 with the more religiously tolerant Connecticut Colony, combined with the English ...
Nov 18, 2011 · History of Newark, New Jersey. 1874 bird’s-eye view of Newark. Founded by a group of disciplined Puritans, Newark is often called the City of Churches for the plethora of churches found in the area.
Historical Map of Newark, New Jersey, 1666-1916 Compiled for the 250th celebration by Edward S. Rankin, C.E., August 1916, revised January 1918. 1872 Map of the City of Newark
Nov 9, 2009 · Newark, N.J., New Jersey Historical Society, 1966. Records of town meetings, 1666 to 1836. Appendix includes lists of office holders up to 1713; transcriptions of early deeds; and the 1713 town charter. Reprint of the 1864 publication.
