This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...as given by Dr. Stearns, (p. 226, ) on the authority of Dr. MoWhorter. We find the above date in an original paper, preserved by the trustees of this parish, from which, and other papers in their possession, we gather also the following facts, which may as well be presented here. The lease given " on or about the 10th ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...as given by Dr. Stearns, (p. 226, ) on the authority of Dr. MoWhorter. We find the above date in an original paper, preserved by the trustees of this parish, from which, and other papers in their possession, we gather also the following facts, which may as well be presented here. The lease given " on or about the 10th of May, 1784, ' to be continued at will, was revoked by the Newark trustees, acting under instructions from that Society, May 20,1797. The controversy was thus revived. In 1802, another conveyance was made, by lease, of fifty-six acres, lying between Newark and Orange, the terms of the lease being, that it should be renewed at the end of each twenty-one years, for ever; the lessees paying an annual rent of sixpence, if demanded. It was accordingly renewed, in 1823. This was the only title the old Society could give under the original grant. But having, in 1825, applied to the Legislature for a special act, enabling them to convey the land in fee simple, such an act was passed, and a deed of the said fifty-six acres was given to the Orange Society, August 29, 1826, which ended the matter. The land has long ceased to be the property of the parish. SYNOD OF 1787. 139 later an acre of ground, conveyed to the parish by Isaac Williams--"for 15, current money of New Jersey"--was described in the deed as "lying in the bounds of Newark, aforesaid, at a place called Orange." It was bought for the parish by Matthew Pierson, in exchange for an acre taken by him from the parsonage lot. From that period we find the two names in apparent competition till 1806, when, the town of Orange being formed and christened by the authorities of the State, the village, now raised to metropolitan dignity, lost the romance of its name, if not ...
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