New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ccupancy of New York butlittle development was made at Hobocan-hack-ingh— the place of the tobacco pipe. In 1643Aert Teunissen Van Putten occupied a farmhouseand brewhouse which had been erected north ofHoboken, and attempts were made to promoteagriculture. But the somewhat inaccessible riverfront and the superior advantages of the lowerland to the southward led to the later but moreactive growth of Hobokens neighbor—JerseyCity. From the unsuccessful patroonship of MichielPauw sprung another settlement, that of MichaelPaulu
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ccupancy of New York butlittle development was made at Hobocan-hack-ingh— the place of the tobacco pipe. In 1643Aert Teunissen Van Putten occupied a farmhouseand brewhouse which had been erected north ofHoboken, and attempts were made to promoteagriculture. But the somewhat inaccessible riverfront and the superior advantages of the lowerland to the southward led to the later but moreactive growth of Hobokens neighbor—JerseyCity. From the unsuccessful patroonship of MichielPauw sprung another settlement, that of MichaelPaulusen, who, in 1633, at Paulus Hook, erecteda hut where he purchased peltries from the In-dians. The site of this trading hut lies nearlyone thousand feet to the westward of the ferryhouse, the river having been filled in to that ex-tent. For many years the little colony at JerseyCity remained a trading and small agriculturalcommunity, nor was it until 1660 that the townof Bergen, now Jersey City Heights, was estab-lished, and for the protection of the inhabitants. THE VAN VORBT HOMESTEAD AT AHASIMUS. reey City.) ONY AND AS A STATE 115 a palisaded fort was erected at Bergen Keformed Dutch Church was organized imme-diately, the people worshiping for nearly twentyyears in the log schoolhouse, until a substantialchurch edifice was erected in 1682. The congre-gation is the oldest in New Jersey. Here theDutch settlers could look far to the eastward overthe island-dotted swamps, where Jersey City wassome day to arise, and down its long road, oftentide-swept, as late as the Revolutionary War, tothe sand-spit at Paulus Hook. Beyond lay theHudson and the tree-girt shores of ManhattanIsland, and in the blue haze the lowlands ofBrooklyn. Through the ignorance and stupidity of Govern-or William Kieft the early annals of Jersey Citywere stained by a most atrocious tragedy. TheTappan Indians of the vicinity were most peace-ably disposed, and, being harassed by a northerntribe, fle
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