Friday, May 6, 2016

Notebook - Rhode Island


Salter, Edwin. "Rhode Islanders Who Settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey," Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1983.

The original settlers of Monmouth County, New Jersey were chiefly from Newport and Portsmouth on the island of Rhode Island, and from Gravesend, Long Island; a few came from Providence, Rhode Island.  Settlers between 1667 and 1670.

Walter Clarke
John Throckmorton
Job Throckmorton

Walter Clarke purchased a share of land in Monmouth County, but didn't settle there. He probably transferred his shares to friends and other probably abandoned them.

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