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[[File:St. James Episcopal Church Piscatawaytown.png|thumb|left|St. James Episcopal Church]]
[[File:St. James Episcopal Church Piscatawaytown.png|thumb|left|St. James Episcopal Church]]
The Proprietors of the [[East Jersey|Province of East New Jersey]] granted a tract of land for a burial ground and a town common on March 5, 1695. There had been earlier burials at the location, with one readable gravestone dating from 1693.
The Proprietors of the [[East Jersey|Province of East New Jersey]] granted a tract of land for a burial ground and a town common on March 5, 1695. There had been earlier burials at the location, with one readable gravestone dating from 1693.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://metuchen-edisonhistsoc.org/resources/Piscatawaytown1.pdf|title=Piscatawaytown Burial Ground}}</ref><ref name =RevWar/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0595/|title=St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ|first=Historic American Buildings|last=Survey|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref> Saint James Church was established in 1704 and the original structure built in 1724. Considerable military activity and battles took place during the Revolutionary War in the Piscatawaytown area in 1776 and 1777. The Post Road (now Woodbridge Avenue) was a main land artery for British communications and movement of supplies and troops. The British army used St. James Church as a barracks and a hospital from December 1776 to June 1777.
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://metuchen-edisonhistsoc.org/resources/Piscatawaytown1.pdf|title=Piscatawaytown Burial Ground}}</ref><ref name =RevWar/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0595/|title=St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ|first=Historic American Buildings|last=Survey|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>
The village comprised a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses.<ref>Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/piscataway/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/history-revealed-in-piscatawaytown-and-edison-1 "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison"], TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."</ref> Saint James Church was established in 1704 and the original structure built in 1724. Considerable military activity and battles took place during the Revolutionary War in the Piscatawaytown area in 1776 and 1777. The Post Road (now Woodbridge Avenue) was a main land artery for British communications and movement of supplies and troops. The British army used St. James Church as a barracks and a hospital from December 1776 to June 1777.


Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.<ref name="NJDOTMidsex">{{cite web |title = NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation|url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |access-date = March 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>Middlesex COunty Office of Culture and Heritage. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/piscataway/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/history-revealed-in-piscatawaytown-and-edison-1 "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison"], TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."</ref><ref name =RevWar>https://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/edison_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0595/|title=St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ|first=Historic American Buildings|last=Survey|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>
Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.<ref name="NJDOTMidsex">{{cite web |title = NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex |publisher = New Jersey Department of Transportation|url = https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf |access-date = March 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>Middlesex COunty Office of Culture and Heritage. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/piscataway/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/history-revealed-in-piscatawaytown-and-edison-1 "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison"], TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."</ref><ref name =RevWar>https://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/edison_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0595/|title=St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ|first=Historic American Buildings|last=Survey|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>

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Piscatawaytown
Unincorporated community
Piscatawaytown is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
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Piscataway in Middlesex County Inset: Location of county within the state of New Jersey
Piscatawaytown is located in New Jersey
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Piscatawaytown (New Jersey)
Piscatawaytown is located in the United States
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Piscatawaytown (the United States)
Coordinates: 40°30′06″N 74°23′45″W / 40.50167°N 74.39583°W / 40.50167; -74.39583
Country United States
State New Jersey
CountyMiddlesex
TownshipEdison
Elevation
[1]
115 ft (35 m)
GNIS feature ID880876[1]

Piscatawaytown is a is the oldest neighborhood in Edison Township, New Jersey in Middlesex County, New Jersey in central New Jersey. It originally established in the 1660s as the original village in what was then within Piscataway Township.

Lenape and European contact

The Raritan were bands of the Lenape people living around the Raritan River and its bay, in what is now central New Jersey and Staten Island, New York.

Establishment and naming

Edison was settled New Englanders in the 17th century. In 1666, additional settlers from the Piscataqua River, the state boundary of New Hampshire and Maine moved to region, bringing the name. [2] [3] Other settlements incuded Quibbletown and Raritan Landing.

Municipal boundaries

In 1870 portions of Piscataway, New Jersey and Woodbridge, New Jersey were used to form Raritan, New Jersey,[4] incorporated as Raritan Township on March 17, 1870.[5] It was later renamed Edison, New Jersey.

Historic area and modern neighborhood

St. James Episcopal Church

The Proprietors of the Province of East New Jersey granted a tract of land for a burial ground and a town common on March 5, 1695. There had been earlier burials at the location, with one readable gravestone dating from 1693. [6][7][8] The village comprised a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses.[9] Saint James Church was established in 1704 and the original structure built in 1724. Considerable military activity and battles took place during the Revolutionary War in the Piscatawaytown area in 1776 and 1777. The Post Road (now Woodbridge Avenue) was a main land artery for British communications and movement of supplies and troops. The British army used St. James Church as a barracks and a hospital from December 1776 to June 1777.

Piscatawaytown is centered around St. James Church and the Piscatawaytown Common, near the intersection of Plainfield and Woodbridge Avenues.[10][11][7][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Stelton". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ https://www.digifind-it.com/edison/data/albums%20and%20scrapbooks/Passport%20to%20Edison.pdf.
  3. ^ Gordon, Thomas Francis (1834). "A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey: Comprehending a General View of Its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of Its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c., Accompanied by a Map".
  4. ^ Wall, John P. (1921). History of Middlesex County, New Jersey.
  5. ^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, New Jersey, 1969. p. 170 re Edison Township, p. 173 re Raritan Township.
  6. ^ "Piscatawaytown Burial Ground" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b https://www.revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/edison_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm
  8. ^ Survey, Historic American Buildings. "St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ". www.loc.gov.
  9. ^ Middlesex County Office of Culture and Heritage. "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison", TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."
  10. ^ "NJDOT Graphic Information System Maps Middlesex" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  11. ^ Middlesex COunty Office of Culture and Heritage. "History Revealed In Piscatawaytown and Edison", TAP into Piscataway, September 9, 2015. Accessed December 22, 2019. "The remnants of the Piscataway village and town commons can still be seen in modern Edison Township. Settled in the late 1600s by New Englanders, this historic site once consisted of a town hall, militia training ground, stockade, jail, church, burial ground and houses."
  12. ^ Survey, Historic American Buildings. "St. James Episcopal Church, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ". www.loc.gov.
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