History of Montclair Township New Jersey Including the History of the Families
History of Montclair Township New Jersey Including the History of the Families
Henry Whittemore
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1750, orchards, fences, cornfields and woodlands, for a mile and a half along the mountain and Doddtown region are mentioned, with twenty-five houses and barns as being injured or destroyed. This shows a great advance in improvemi^nt and building. " oi. L) i;(». M)S. The first public statute passed by the General xVs. SemMy >>{ tlie Province of East Jersey, made provision for the laying out and improvement of roads. This was in November, ItM-"). A resolution was adopted by tiie Town Meeting, at... Newark, on December 12, 1G81, "That there shall be Surveyors chosen to lay out a Highway as far as the Mountain, if need be. " Apparently no further action was taken at the time, and the planters at the iiioiiiitiiiii were obliged to follow the Inilian |)aths in passing to and from the river, for some years. On the Stli of (Jctolier. 17. '>, the Commissioners for Newark, Andrew Ilani|)toii. Theopeliis Pierson, and Jasper Crane, laid out the several highways, which are described ii, s follows: " First a Road from the Town to the foot of the Mountain, or Wheeler's as the Path now runs as streight a* the (iround will allow.
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