. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . eachcontaining ten proprietaries. This was accordinglydone, but upon examination it was found that thesurveyor, having located his sixth Tenth withinthe area of the present County of Cumberland, wasunable to survey the remaining four Tenths with-in the limited peninsula of Cape May. But as theterritory was unoccupied the plan met all necessi-ties of the case among the up-river settlements,which sent representatives to the Assembly fromthe various Tenths for several years. The Firstand Second Tenths, known respectively as
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . eachcontaining ten proprietaries. This was accordinglydone, but upon examination it was found that thesurveyor, having located his sixth Tenth withinthe area of the present County of Cumberland, wasunable to survey the remaining four Tenths with-in the limited peninsula of Cape May. But as theterritory was unoccupied the plan met all necessi-ties of the case among the up-river settlements,which sent representatives to the Assembly fromthe various Tenths for several years. The Firstand Second Tenths, known respectively as theYorkshire and London Tenths, became the Coun-ty of Burlington, the Third and Fourth Tenthsthe County of Gloucester, and the Fifth and SixthTenths the County of Salem, also including thepresent County of Cumberland. But the erectionof Tenths did not entirely meet with the approvalof the people of the third and fourth divisions ofWest Jersey. In May, 1686, the residents betweenPeiisaukeii and Old mans Creek assembled and,takinsf the initiative as a democratic common-. VIEW OF NEW YORK FROM JERSEY CITY IN 1732. 266 NEW JERSEY AS A COL -C ^ wealth/ declared themselves to be a county, es-tablished courts at Axwamus and Red Bank, andprovided for the establishment of a local was the only county in New Jersey derivingits existence from the direct action of its ownpeople. In November, 1692, Cape May was erected intoa county, being a place well situate for trade,its boundaries including Maurice River Townshipin the present County of Cumberland and thesouthwest portion of the modern County of At-lantic. From this period until the surrender of proprie-tary government the adjustment of county linesoccupied the attention of the West Jersey Legis-lature. In 1692 the line between Burlington andGloucester was in dispute. In 1694 the bounda-ries of Burlington were defined, embracing theterritory between the Assanpink or DerwentCreek on the north and the Pensauken or Crop-well C
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