In 1676, shortly after the English seized the territory from the Dutch, New Jersey was divided into the colonies of East and West Jersey. Under the Duke of York--the original proprietor--East Jersey was settled predominantly by small landowners and entrepreneurs, while West Jersey was settled by Quakers, and was in fact the first Quaker colony in America, preceding Pennsylvania by six years. Organized by a group of Quaker proprietors in London in 1676/7, West Jersey was governed initially by nine commissioners who held ...
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In 1676, shortly after the English seized the territory from the Dutch, New Jersey was divided into the colonies of East and West Jersey. Under the Duke of York--the original proprietor--East Jersey was settled predominantly by small landowners and entrepreneurs, while West Jersey was settled by Quakers, and was in fact the first Quaker colony in America, preceding Pennsylvania by six years. Organized by a group of Quaker proprietors in London in 1676/7, West Jersey was governed initially by nine commissioners who held court at Burlington. Besides its legislative authority over the colony, the court at Burlington had jurisdiction over local matters and served as the court of appeals for Salem and other towns in West Jersey after 1683. The minutes of the Burlington court, transcribed and published originally by the American Historical Association in 1944, and now available in this facsimile reprint, contain the day to day minutiae of Quaker temporal life, just as the meeting records illuminate Quaker spiritual life. While they reflect virtually all facets of life in West Jersey, the majority of the court minutes concern property rights, civil suits, grievances involving slaves, servants, and Indians, and all manner of domestic complaints. They constitute not only the most important judicial record of the colony of West Jersey but are a goldmine of clues about the early inhabitants of West Jersey. A mirror of the life and times of this almost forgotten colony, the minutes of the Burlington court offer rare possibilities for genealogical research, for many of the cases brought before the court, such as inquests, petty civil suits, and criminal cases, give the names of spouses, children, and other related individuals. Since the majority of the persons named in "The Burlington Court Book" were Quakers, researchers may be able to profit even further from the clues it contains by probing among New Jersey Quaker meeting records for the same period.
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Very Good. Size: 6x0x9; Bound in publisher's black cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some spotting to top edge. Clean, unmarked pages. lv, 372 pages; 24 cm. The original of the "Court record of 1680" may be found in a volume of Burlington records in the Secretary of State's Office in Trenton, and the original of the "Burlington court book, " in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court in Trenton. Cf. Editorial note Reprint of the 1944 edition published by the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C.
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Good. Size: 6x0x9; Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Burlington County NJ Library stamps and markings. lv, 372 pages; 24 cm. The original of the "Court record of 1680" may be found in a volume of Burlington records in the Secretary of State's Office in Trenton, and the original of the "Burlington court book, " in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court in Trenton. Cf. Editorial noteReprint of the 1944 edition published by the American Historical Association, Washington, D.C.
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