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The '''Coxe-Barclay Line''' was a boundary line or partition line drawn through the [[Province of New Jersey]] during the colonial period, dividing it into the [[Province of West Jersey]] and the [[Province of East Jersey]]. [[Surveyor-General]] [[George Keith]] surveyed a northwesterly partition line from [[Little Egg Harbor]] that veered too far to the west, and was stopped by the order of Dr. [[Daniel Coxe]], the governor of West Jersey. Keith ended his line when he reached the South Branch of the [[Raritan River]] in what is now [[Three Bridges, New Jersey|Three Bridges]] in [[Readington Township, New Jersey|Readington Township]]. Governor Coxe, and his East Jersey counterpart, Governor [[Robert Barclay]] met in London to set a compromise boundary following the South and North Branches of the Raritan River, the [[Black River (New Jersey)|Lamington (or Black) River]], a straight line to the head of the [[Passaic River]], along the [[Pompton River|Pompton]] and [[Pequannock River]]s, and then a straight line northeast to New Jersey-New York border. The East Jersey proprietors disowned this line in 1695 and it was formally rescinded by the colonial legislature in 1718. |
The '''Coxe-Barclay Line''' was a boundary line or partition line drawn through the [[Province of New Jersey]] during the colonial period, dividing it into the [[Province of West Jersey]] and the [[Province of East Jersey]]. [[Surveyor-General]] [[George Keith]] surveyed a northwesterly partition line from [[Little Egg Harbor]] that veered too far to the west, and was stopped by the order of Dr. [[Daniel Coxe]], the governor of West Jersey. Keith ended his line when he reached the South Branch of the [[Raritan River]] in what is now [[Three Bridges, New Jersey|Three Bridges]] in [[Readington Township, New Jersey|Readington Township]]. Governor Coxe, and his East Jersey counterpart, Governor [[Robert Barclay]] met in London to set a compromise boundary following the South and North Branches of the Raritan River, the [[Black River (New Jersey)|Lamington (or Black) River]], a straight line to the head of the [[Passaic River]], along the [[Pompton River|Pompton]] and [[Pequannock River]]s, and then a straight line northeast to New Jersey-New York border. The East Jersey proprietors disowned this line in 1695 and it was formally rescinded by the colonial legislature in 1718.<ref>Snyder, John Parr. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968. (Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969).</ref> |
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Today, the Coxe-Barclay line survives in the eastern boundaries of present-day [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] and [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] and the northern boundary of [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]]. |
Today, the Coxe-Barclay line survives in the eastern boundaries of present-day [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]] and [[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex County]] and the northern boundary of [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]]. |
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* [[Thornton line]] |
* [[Thornton line]] |
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* [[New York-New Jersey Line War]] |
* [[New York-New Jersey Line War]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Pre-statehood history of New Jersey]] |
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of New Jersey]] |
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Revision as of 20:35, 3 May 2013
The Coxe-Barclay Line was a boundary line or partition line drawn through the Province of New Jersey during the colonial period, dividing it into the Province of West Jersey and the Province of East Jersey. Surveyor-General George Keith surveyed a northwesterly partition line from Little Egg Harbor that veered too far to the west, and was stopped by the order of Dr. Daniel Coxe, the governor of West Jersey. Keith ended his line when he reached the South Branch of the Raritan River in what is now Three Bridges in Readington Township. Governor Coxe, and his East Jersey counterpart, Governor Robert Barclay met in London to set a compromise boundary following the South and North Branches of the Raritan River, the Lamington (or Black) River, a straight line to the head of the Passaic River, along the Pompton and Pequannock Rivers, and then a straight line northeast to New Jersey-New York border. The East Jersey proprietors disowned this line in 1695 and it was formally rescinded by the colonial legislature in 1718.[1]
Today, the Coxe-Barclay line survives in the eastern boundaries of present-day Morris County and Sussex County and the northern boundary of Somerset County.
See also
References
- ^ Snyder, John Parr. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968. (Trenton, New Jersey: Bureau of Geology and Topography, 1969).