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New Milford, borough (town), Bergen county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., immediately north of Hackensack on the east bank of the Hackensack River. Early Dutch settlers established a plantation-type farm called Vriesendael, which was pillaged by Delaware Indians in 1643.
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The area constituting contemporary New Milford was originally inhabited by the indigenous Wawyachtonoc people, while the town of New Milford itself was formally established by English colonists in the early 18th century.
The following ancient history of the town of New Milford, is extracted from Rev. Stanley Griswold's sermon, delivered at New Milford, January 7th, 1801, which was by a vote of the town entered on their records.
Oct 16, 2020 · Newark: First named Pesayak Towne, and later New Milford, Newark was eventually called after local reverend Abraham Pierson’s former East England parish of Newark-on-Trent. The seat of...
This chronological history was originally completed up through early 1957 by Doris Addis Warwick of the New Milford Historical Society. The subsequent years were researched and compiled by M. Joseph Lillis, Town Historian and former president of the Society. Expand any date by clicking it.
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Settled in 1707 and incorporated in 1712, New Milford’s first English settlers were John Noble, Sr. of Massachusetts and his eight-year-old daughter, Sarah. In the late 1800s, town factories produced buttons, paint and varnish, hats, and furnishings, among other goods, but tobacco crops and warehouses made up its main industry.
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Sep 27, 2023 · 1854 - New Milford. New Milford, a flourishing post-village of Litchfield co., Connecticut, on the Housatonic river and railroad, near the intersection of the latter with the former, and 35 miles N. by W. from Bridgeport.
