Beautiful homes of Morris County and northern New Jersey : containing photographic reproductions ... with a brief description from colonial days to the present time (1900)
Surdam, Charles E, Osgoodby, William Gardner · Morristown, N.J. : Pierson and Surdam, publishers · leaf 13
ong these settlersfrom New England. In 1707, German \alley was settled by Hollanders who had left their country for conscience sake.They came up the Delaware, and were on their way across the country to join their fellow countrymenat Pompton, when the charms of the valley allured them, and they… … C..\uuu-N .\T Mr. Hydes. and mill, and the actual settlement of Men.iham was begun. Chester was said to have been laid out inthe same year. The roads at first were but bridle ])aths, apparently, in many cases, along the lines ofthe greatest resistance; and it was only when the Slate began to aid in…
