. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ifications of government and thelater injection of cosmopolitan social elements. But one instance need be cited to show thedistinctively Calvinistic type of early East Jer-sey life. It is in the matter of personal nomen-clature. To East Jersey the settlers from Newand Old England brought Christian names indic-ative of a Puritan and in some cases Quaker an-cestry. Among ancient deeds and wills are tobe found some curiosities of given nameswhich descendants have carried down to dis-tant generations. Thus in the family of Li
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ifications of government and thelater injection of cosmopolitan social elements. But one instance need be cited to show thedistinctively Calvinistic type of early East Jer-sey life. It is in the matter of personal nomen-clature. To East Jersey the settlers from Newand Old England brought Christian names indic-ative of a Puritan and in some cases Quaker an-cestry. Among ancient deeds and wills are tobe found some curiosities of given nameswhich descendants have carried down to dis-tant generations. Thus in the family of Lippin-cotts, of Shrewsbury, in 1683, were living Free-dom, Remembrance, and Restore. Jedediah Allen,who lived near by, in Neversink, had among hischildren Experience, Ephraim, Judah, and Pa-tience, while in 1688, in that portion of MonmouthCounty, resided Exercis, probably a corrupt spell-ing of Exercise, and Elisone Coale, daughters ofJacob. Among the names of women appear Sy-biah Dennis, Faith Hewitt, in 1691, and Safty(Safety) Grover, the latter a daughter of James,. >CJTCH COtTNTRY PEOPLE. 178 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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