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Dec. 8, 1651
- Perth Amboy's long, rich history dates back to Dec. 8, 1651 when the Leni Lenape Indians (part of the Algonquins) granted a deed to Augustine Herman transferring the point at the mouth of the Raritan River to him. At that time, the land was known as Ompoge, which subsequently changed to Emboyle, and then to Amboyle.
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Perth Amboy's long, rich history dates back to Dec. 8, 1651 when the Leni Lenape Indians (part of the Algonquins) granted a deed to Augustine Herman transferring the point at the mouth of the Raritan River to him.
During the American Revolution, Perth Amboy was occupied by the British (1776–77) who later evacuated it when General George Washington seized northern New Jersey. A brickmaking industry developed there in the 1850s.
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Jan 30, 2021 · John Dyke, Perth Amboy City Historian, presents a short video about the origins of the City of Perth Amboy.
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May 22, 2020 · Interestingly enough, when a white class advisor discovered that Cedric was in competition with the white student, the advisor called him into her office and tried to discourage him from running. The advisor indicated that the white female’s natural progression was to go from President of the junior class to President of the senior class.
Jun 5, 2020 · Winston Hughes, my brother and the fourth of five (5) siblings, was born and raised in Perth Amboy to parents, Christopher Diego Hughes, of West end and Long Bay, and Helen (Richardson) Hughes from Blowing Point. “The Golden Voice,” for which Winston was known, got involved in music at a young.
Perth Amboy (ăm´boi), city (1990 pop. 41,962), Middlesex co., NE N.J., with a harbor on Arthur Kill at the mouth of the Raritan River, which is crossed there to Staten Island, N.Y., by the Outerbridge Crossing (1928); settled 1683, inc. as a city 1718.
Dec 7, 2017 · The 23-year-old Perth Amboy native died seven months later, shot down during his final scheduled mission, and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in the air.
