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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28W_19th-century-trenton-timeline_Trenton-NJ.html
(see the individual stones photographed below)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28T_18th-century-trenton-timeline_Trenton-NJ.html
(see the individual stones photographed below)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28N_william-trent-of-trents-town_Trenton-NJ.html
By the end of the 17th century William Trent, a native of Inverness Scotland, had established himself as a prominent Philadelphia merchant trading in flour, tobacco, rum and molasses, slaves and indentured servants. His shipping interests extended…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28M_the-west-jersey-proprietors-rule_Trenton-NJ.html
Between 1674 and 1702, the province of West New Jersey was owned and governed by a group of men collectively known as the West Jersey Proprietors. The first proprietors were two Quakers, Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick, who acquired rights to hal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L_quakers-lead-the-settlement-of-west-jersey_Trenton-NJ.html
In the 1670s and 1680s, most of the proprietors of the Province of West Jersey were Quakers. Quakers were attracted to the new colony by the promise of economic prosperity and religious freedom as well as the opportunity to raise families in a set…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28K_europeans-at-the-falls-of-the-delaware_Trenton-NJ.html
The lands adjoining the Falls of the Delaware River were a natural location for early European settlement, just as they had been a focus of native American occupation. The Falls were little more than a stretch of fast-running shallow water between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM286_17th-century-trenton-timeline_Trenton-NJ.html
(see the individual stones photographed below)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284_what-happened-to-the-lenape_Trenton-NJ.html
In the 17th and early 18th centuries, while struggling to maintain their lifestyle of hunting, fishing and gathering, the Lenape released their lands to incoming Europeans through sales and treaties. The Europeans unwittingly brought with them dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283_native-americans-exchange-furs-for-european-goods_Trenton-NJ.html
The lifestyle of the Lenape changed forever upon contact with Europeans. One source of change was the European appetite for furs in making robes, coats, hats and gloves. Dutch, Swedish and English explorers and traders exchanged items of metal, gl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM282_native-american-artifacts-clubs-to-prehistory_Trenton-NJ.html
Artifacts recovered from prehistoric archaelogical sites, especially stone tools and ceramic pots, contain vital information about the living habits and age of Native American cultures. If the soil conditions allow, other materials - such as wood,…