Check back to see what events are planned for the group. We might also list related events of interest to the membership.
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...
Our next meeting will take place in the fall! Check back for updates.
Below is a list of our past few meetings.
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June 20, 2026: HISTORICAL TOUR & ANNUAL MEETING
Raritan Landing in Piscataway, New Jersey
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November 22, 2025: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
DFNJ Dominie General (Chaplain) Rev. Dr. Becket Soule, OP presents “After the Mayflower”
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May 10, 2025: ANNUAL MEETING
Tour of the James & Ann Whitall House Museum
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November 2, 2024: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Tour of the National Guard Militia Museum in Sea Girt
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June 15, 2024: ANNUAL MEETING
Tour of the Indian King Tavern Museum in historic Haddonfield
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November 4, 2023: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
Talk and Tour at Historical Society of Princeton at Updike Farmstead
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May 6, 2023: ANNUAL MEETING
Picnic at Historic Peachfield in Westampton
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November 5, 2022: FOUNDERS DAY GATHERING
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
