Now available:
Founders of New Jersey: Brief Biographies by Descendants

The Descendants of Founders of New Jersey is pleased to make available this collected  volume of revised and expanded biographical sketches of founders of New Jersey, researched and written by their descendants.

The book is a valuable aid to genealogical research in New Jersey.

Evelyn Ogden has completed a revised and expanded 2011 edition of the book which is available as a PDF at right.

Biographical entries include:

DAVID ACKERMAN (1653 – 1710/24)

THOMAS ALGER (16XX - 1687) 

OBADIAH AYERS (1636 - 1694) 

GUILIAEM BERTHOLF (1655 - ABT. 1726)

JOHN BISHOP SR. (1621-1684)

THOMAS BLOOMFIELD SR. (16XX - 1685)

ROBERT BOND (1596 – 1677) 

RICHARD BORDEN (1595/6 – 1671)

ALEXANDER/SANDER BOYER (1618-1661)

JAMES BOWNE (1636 - 1695)

GEORGE BROWN ( 16XX -1717/8)

JAMES BROWN (1656-1715/6) 

MATTHEW CAMFIELD (1604 - 1673) 

CALEB CARMAN (1644/5 – 1693) 

ROBERT CARR (1614 - 1681)

JOHN CHAMBERLIN (1687-1739) 

RICHARD CLARK (C. 1613 - 1697)

WILLIAM CLAYTON (1632 - 1689)

ROBERT CLEMENTS, JR (C 1634-C 1714)

FRANCIS COLLINS (1635 – 1720)

JOHN CONGER (C 1645-1712)

CORNELIS WILLEMSE COUWENHOVEN.

THOMAS COX (1620 - 1681)

JASPER CRANE (1605 - 1681)

DAVID DEMAREST (1620 – 1693)

ROBERT DENNIS (C. 1619 - 1683+)

DANIEL DOD (C.1649 - 1701+) 

CORNELIS DOREMUS C 1655-1715)

SAMUEL DOTY (1643 - 1715)

GAVINE DRUMMOND (1659 – 1724)

JONATHAN DUNHAM (1639/40 – 1702)

NICHOLAS DUPUI (1634-1691) JOSHUA ELY (16XX– 1702)

DAVID FALCONER (1630-1713)

EDWARD FITZ-RANDOLPH (C.1607 - 1675/6)

THOMAS FRENCH (1639 – 1699) 

HANNAH FULLER (1636 - AFT.1686)

WILLIAM GIFFORD (1615-1687)

THOMAS HAND (C. 1646-1714)

RICHARD HARTSHORNE (1641 – 1722)

MATTHIAS HATFIELD ( 16XX - 1687)

JOHN HAVENS (C. 1635 - C. 1687) 

REV. OBADIAH HOLMES (1606/7 – 1682) 

HENRY JAQUES (C. 1618-1687)

JEFFERY JONES (C.1643 - 1717)

ISAAC KINGSLAND (1648 – 1698)

FRANCIS LINLE (LINDSLEY/LINDLEY) (16XX – 1704) 

HENRY LYON ( 16XX - 1703) 

SAMUEL MARSH (C.1620 - 1683)

WILLIAM MATLACK (1648-1738) 

SAMUEL MOORE (C.1630 - 1688) 

THOMAS MORRIS ( - 1673)

JOHN OGDEN (1609 – 1682) 

GEORGE PACK (C. 1634-1704)

JOHN PANCOAST (PANCKHURST) (C. 1630 – 1694)

REV. ABRAHAM PIERSON (1611-1678)

JOHN PIKE (1613 - 1689/90)

RICHARD PITTENGER (PEWTINGER) (ABT 1645 - 17XX)

ELIZABETH POWELL (1677 – 1714)

BENJAMIN PRICE (1621-1712) 

JOHN PRIDMORE (PREDMORE) (1661-1702) 

JOHN READING (1657-1717)

WALTER REEVE (1650/57 - 1698) 

EDWARD RIGGS (C. 1614 - 1668) 

THOMAS SCATTERGOOD ( 16XX – 1697)

JOHN SCHENCK (1670-1753)

THOMAS SCHOOLEY (1650 – 1724) 

ANDERS SINNICKSON (C. 1651 -1699)

GILES SLOCUM (C. 1623 – 1681) 

JOHN SOMERS (1623/24-1723)

JAMES STEELMAN (JONS MANSSON) (1660/70 - 1734/35)

ROBERT STILES (1655-1728)

RICHARD STOUT (C. 1615 - C. 1705)

CAPTAIN SAMUEL SWAINE (SWAYNE) (C. 1620 - 1685)

JOHN THROCKMORTON (1601 – 1684) 

MARTIN TICHENOR (C.1615 – 1681)

ROBERT TREAT (1622/24 – 1710) 

CORNELIUS (TEUNISSEN) TUNISON (1694 - 1775)

JOHANNES UPDIKE (OPDYKE) (1651 - 1729)

LUBBERT GYSBERTSEN VAN BLARICUM (C.1601 - C.1655)

CORNELIS VAN VOORST (C. 1580 – 1638) 

WALING JACOBSE VAN WINKLE (C.1650 - C.1729) 

HARTUIAN “HARTMAN” (MICKIELSEN) VREELAND (1651-1707)

JOHN WARD ( - 1684)

JOHN WARD (C. 1625 – 1694)

THOMAS WARNE (C. 1652 - 1722)

BARTHOLOMEW WEST ( 16XX - C.1674)

JOHN WINANS (WYNANTS) (1640 - 1694)

BARNABAS WINES (1628 – 1715)

JOSEPH WOODRUFF (1676-1742)

WILLIAM WOOLMAN (C.1625 – 1692)

JOSHUA WRIGHT (BEFORE 1633-1695) 

ROBERT ZANE (1642-1694)