Contents and Arrangement
Deed from Waweyjask, Wasckonahtaw, Nieshawand, Toweeckwa, Mansshim and Onackhponqguam to Edward Earle, Jr. for Land in Morris Country, New Jersey, Along the Rockaway River, 1709 November 29
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
A copy of a deed granting land from Waweyjask, Waskonahtaw, Nieshawand, Toweeckwa, Mansshim and Onackhponqguam to Edward Earle, Jr. of the County of Bergen and his heirs. The land described includes portions of Morris County along the Rockaway, a tract "beginning at Rockawak River a little below Rockawak at a certain marked tree and from thence upon a southwest and by west line drawn to Mechwikponing River River and so down said River until it comes to the mouth of Rockawak River above said and thence up said Rockawak River until it comes to the place where it first began." These lands are part of the ancestral territory of the Munsee people.
Munsee witnesses represented in this document include: Taphow, Wauyasteen, Materas, and Pomiechowar. Settler witnesses represented in this document include: Isaiah Bartlet and Robert Love.
This deed, a copy of the original, records an event that took place on July 29, 1702, and was entered into the records of the Province of New Jersey by William Pinhorn on November 29, 1709. The copy was made by Joseph Bonnel, Justice of the Supreme Court of the province of New Jersey, at an unknown date.
- Arrangement
The letters and documents have been tipped into 10 folio-sized bound volumes and are arranged roughly in chronological order.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information:
This item was redescribed by Gianna Brassil and Grant Stroud in 2025 as part of reparative description efforts.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
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- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
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- Credit this material:
Deed from Waweyjask, Wasckonahtaw, Nieshawand, Toweeckwa, Mansshim and Onackhponqguam to Edward Earle, Jr. for Land in Morris Country, New Jersey, Along the Rockaway River; James Alexander Papers, C0024, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss)
- Box 6
