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John Fenwick (1618—1683) was the leader of a group of Quakers who emigrated in 1675 from England to Salem, New Jersey where they established Fenwick's Colony, the first English settlement in West Jersey.
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John Fenwick was a Quaker who bought half of New Jersey from Lord Berkeley in 1675, but could not agree with Edward Byllinge on the division of the land. He sought the arbitration of William Penn, who wrote him several letters to settle the matter and became his partner in the colony.
English colonist. Learn about this topic in these articles: founding of Salem. In Salem. …was established in 1675 by John Fenwick, an English Quaker. The Friends (Quakers) Burial Ground in Salem has the Salem Oak—a tree 80 feet (25 metres) high that is said to be more than 500 years old—under which Fenwick signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians.
Salem was founded by Quaker John Fenwick in October 1665; the first English settlement established in West Jersey following the English defeat of the Dutch in 1664 and the first Quaker colony in North America, predating Philadelphia by seven years.
holds in Great Britain and Ireland. John Fenwick's own colonists were principally London folk and they settled at Salem in November, i675, almost two years in advance of the Society's planned undertaking at Burlington. Yet the Quakers of Salem were well-known to those who * Mr. Pomfret is President of the College of William and Mary.
Major John Fenwick : colonizer and founder of the first permanent English speaking colony on the Delaware river, Salem county, New Jersey, 1675. Statement of Responsibility: Frank H. Stewart. Authors: Stewart, Frank H., 1873-1948 (Main Author) Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Digital Images. Language: English. Publication:
Sir John Fenwick, a former member for the county, was executed in 1697 for conspiracy against William III, and Thomas Forster, another member, was supported by a number of shire gentlemen in the '15, though they did little save proclaim the old pretender at Warkworth and occupy Holy Island for one day. Camden, in 1586, drew a picture of a ...
