![]() ![]() In an land flip common in the days of the New Jersey Lord Proprietors, a week later, they sold one-third of the tract to John Martin (1620 – 1687), Charles Gilman (1642-1695), Hugh Dunn (1650-1694), and Hopewell Hull (1636-1693) for 30 pounds. The land comprised more than 100 square miles from the Raritan River to the Rahway River, and cost 80 pounds. The first documented Piscataway land grant was made by New Jersey’s first Colonial Governor Philip Carteret on Decemto Daniel Pierce, John Pike, and seven other associates from Newbury, MA. The land that we now know as Piscataway changed hands and shape many times over hundreds of years. The New Market area was the colonial settlement of “Quibbletown,” which consisted of a grist mill, a tavern, an inn, a stage depot, and about a dozen homes. Piscataway Township is the fifth oldest town in New Jersey and among the 50 oldest towns in the United States. A Brief History of Colonial and Revolutionary Piscataway ![]()
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