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The Society, while linked to the Proprietary Period, seeks to expand its knowledge of the history of New Jersey through a wide range of speakers.
NEXT MEETING...
You are invited to our autumn gathering, on Saturday, October 17 in historic Swedesboro — a town on the Delaware that began as a settlement of New Sweden — which maintains two historic sites from Sweden’s colonial New Jersey venture.
The Day
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9:30 to 10:15 a.m. — Arrivals, with coffee and tailgate-style refreshments in the grove across from the church.
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A guided visit will follow — the church, the burial ground and the cabin, about two hours.
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12:45 p.m. (approx.) — A picnic luncheon, outdoors if the weather permits and in the parish hall if it does not.
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Afterwards — more time in the churchyard and at the cabin as desired. We expect to be finished about 2:00 p.m.
Where
Trinity Episcopal “Old Swedes” Church
1208 King’s Highway, Swedesboro, New Jersey 08085
Park in the church lot on Church Street or along King’s Highway
Cost
$40 per person, payable on the day — check, cash or Venmo
RSVP by Monday, October 12 by Clicking Here
Below is a list of our past few meetings.
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June 20, 2026: HISTORICAL TOUR & FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Raritan Landing in Piscataway, New Jersey
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November 22, 2025: ANNUAL MEETING
DFNJ Dominie General (Chaplain) Rev. Dr. Becket Soule, OP presents “After the Mayflower”
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May 10, 2025: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Tour of the James & Ann Whitall House Museum
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November 2, 2024: ANNUAL MEETING
Tour of the National Guard Militia Museum in Sea Girt
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June 15, 2024: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Tour of the Indian King Tavern Museum in historic Haddonfield
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November 4, 2023: ANNUAL MEETING
Talk and Tour at Historical Society of Princeton at Updike Farmstead
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May 6, 2023: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Picnic at Historic Peachfield in Westampton
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November 5, 2022: ANNUAL MEETING
Meeting at The Atlantic County Historical Society and Tour of the Somers Mansion in Somers Point
Below is a sample of some of the topics and speakers we have had at our past meetings.
Early Families of Monmouth County
Speaker: Gail Hahn
Stories Your Grandmother Didn’t Tell You: Some Tales from Colonial Maine
Speaker: Sumner Hunnewell
Memoirs of a Magic Queen – The Story of Adelaide Herrmann
Speaker: Margaret Steele
Joseph Bonaparte at Pointe Breeze, New Jersey
Speaker: Richard F. Veit, Ph.D., RA - Professor of History, Monmouth University
Guided Tour of the Historic First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury
Speaker: Anne Taylor
1784: When Trenton Was the Capital of the United States
Speaker: Cate Litvack
An American Story: Catoneras and Cornelis Jansen Van Tassel
Speaker: David Lent Church
