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  Essex - History
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Parents > United States > New Jersey > NJ Counties > Essex  
Websitehttp://www.essex-countynj.org/
Established 00, 0000
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedScott³ December 02, 2010 12:10am
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October 28, 1907 -


ESSEX gained small area from PASSAIC. N.J. Acts 1907, p. 692; Snyder, 45

February 17, 1891 - October 28, 1907


ESSEX lost to UNION. N.J. Acts 1891, p, 536; Snyder, 43-44

March 19, 1857 - February 17, 1891


ESSEX lost to creation of UNION. N.J. Acts 1857, pp. 244-245; Snyder, 41

February 07, 1837 - March 19, 1857


ESSEX lost to creation of PASSAIC. N.J. Acts 1837, pp. 96-97; Snyder, 36-37

November 04, 1741 - February 07, 1837


ESSEX lost to SOMERSET. Paterson, 13; Snyder, 32

March 15, 1739 - November 04, 1741


15 Mar 1738/1739. ESSEX lost to creation of MORRIS. Paterson, 12-13; Snyder, 34

January 21, 1710 - March 15, 1739


21 January 1709/1710. ESSEX lost to BERGEN. Two segments of ESSEX's boundary with the Non-county Area of West New Jersey must be estimated and have been plotted following John P. Snyder's interpretation. Snyder, 30

September 05, 1688 - January 21, 1710


ESSEX lost to West New Jersey when the absentee governors of East and West New Jersey agreed on a new partition line between their colonies that ran irregularly from the northern end of the Keith Line (1687) to the land boundary with New York. Snyder, 9, 31

January 08, 1687 - September 05, 1688


8 January 1686/1687. ESSEX gained from non-county area in West New Jersey when the absentee governors of East and West New Jersey agreed on a new division between their colonies. Snyder, 9, 31

March 07, 1683 - January 08, 1687


7 March 1682/1683. ESSEX created as one of four original counties in East New Jersey. Two segments of line between ESSEX and West New Jersey are estimated. NCA (East) eliminated. Shaw, 1:212, 231; Snyder, 10-11, 29-31; Wall and Pickersgill, 1:63

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