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‘I Rtmember, I Remember' jJftS** 5How Newark Was NamedBy Minni# Hit# MoodyThe history of Newaik. N. J., does not claim to be exactly as 1 related It yesterday, an account based on the story as It Is told In Early Recollections of Newark” by tbe late Brandt G. Smytfie, and published, in 1W0. by my brother, the late Thomas E. Hile.friends of nroe in Newark. N. J., Inssit that Iheir town was settled by a group of Puritans from Milford, Cun., and orgtn-ntly named Milford (or the town they had left tehind. You can accept that version, or the one saying that the Newark-upon-Trent immigrants named it for the town they had left behind.In any event, the town was so staunchly Puritan, the plan was to permit only church members to have a voice in its government.Checking with the good old Encyclopedia Britannica, I find that these Puritans bought practically all of what is now Essex County, (New Jersey) from the Indians for 40 double bands of powxier, 100 bars of lead, 20 axes, 20 coats. 10 guns. 20 pistols, 10 kettles, 10 swords, four blankets, four barrels of beer, 10 pairs of breeches. 50 knives, 20 horses. 1830 fathoms of wampum, six ankers of liquor (or something equivalent), ar.d three troopers’ coats. As an honour to their pastor. Rev.Abraham Pierson (1KS-1678), who came from Newark-upon-Trent, they gave the town Its present name, having called It Milford after their find settlement.So it appears that the Rev. Pierson and his followers, anchoring in the Passaic River, may not actually have settled Newark, N. J., but that Mr. Pierson armed in time to minister lo the » Puritans woo came from Milford, Cc*n. Or again, guessing our way through amhiguity, perhaps Mr. Pierson and his company first paused In Connecticut and later sailed on to New Jersey, venturing alcog the coast. Into Newark Bay, and thence Into the Passaic River to the site of Newark.Now Jet us skip a century, and we find Newark. N. J., has been the birthplace of a soldier and man of opportunity, one William C. Schenck. Later, In the War of 1812, he was to serve In Harrison's army and emerge as Gen. Schenck. Meanwhile he had come to live in the Miami valley, where in 1795 he and Daniel C. Cooper had laid out the town of Franklin on the Big Miami River. This became Mr. Schenck's home and in 1799 he was chosen secretary of the first council of the Northwest Territory. In 19)3 he was elected a member of tte first senate of Ohio, and in 1820 a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He died la Columbus during that terra of service.In 1802, Mr. Schenck, a large land proprietor and dealer in lands, journeyed into what was then Famfield County and laid out the town of Newark, naming it for the town In which he was boro In New Jersey. It was he who platted the town with Its broad streets and commodious public square, which present-day urban planners consider rather too eimmodlous. The plat of the city of Newark, Ohio, was recorded in March, 19)3. and IX you want to know about tbe earliest site of lands and lots, turn lo page 536 of Hal’s History of Licking County.So Newark, N. J., was named for Newark-upon-Trent inEngland, and Newark, Ohio, In tura for Newark, N. J.There are plenty of other towns, cities and places by the name of Newark. In Scotland are two castles named Newark (oo? in Renfrew and one in Selkirk); Canada has a Newark Irfand. and Nevada has a Newark Valley. Towns named New-ark are located in West Virginia, Wisconsin. Vermont, Texas, south Dakota, Ohio, Missouri, Maryland, Indiana, Illinois. Delaware. California and Canada. New Jersey, of course, has the Bay or Newark, into which I believe tbc Passaic River flows. When I go to M* the blue-eyed child and her family, my publisher (who lives in Kearny. N. J.) I seem to be crossing tbe Passaic River every few minutes, ar.d to that section of country I do a bit of brooding on the Rev. Abraham Pierson ard all these subjects, considering the Newark-Newark connections.To return for a moment to Gen. William C. Schenck, who laid out and named Newark, Ohio, It is interesting to notr that his ancestor Roelof Martensc Scenck emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam in 1650. Other than that, and tbe facts of its political and military life which appear In scant outline, there is not much said in the histories about Gen. Schenck, though his sons, Gen. Robert C. Schenck and Rear Adm. James Kmdlay Schenck are treated to several paragraphs in such books as the Hon. James G. Blatoe's Twenty Years in Coo-gross.” Robert was minister to Great Britain In the Gram administration. Before that, his right arm had been shattered by a mudce ball at the second battle of Bull Run, a woundTyou to lt;tallTyeaJiyot•.he*1Wenaiwhich cost him the use of his arm for life. Even so. he refused to be carried from the battlefield until (as sword, losl at Ihe time he was wounded, was found and returned to him.Spending Cut May Delay Troop MoveWASHINGTON (AP) — The top severe bold-down on defense spending could delay the return of some U.S. troops to Europe for maneuvers until next summer or later. Pentagon sources say.The timing of such a move, which was agreed to when the United States started withdrawal of about 33,000 troops last spring, is still under debate at the lop levels of government.Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford gave the ImpressionState and Defense Department authorities are trying to decide no* when to schedule the exercise. And secondly, they said, a ay troop movement would Involve possibly 10,000 (o 12,000 troops, rather than the arger figure.Clifford used the to«,*» troop figure u tbe total force, including troops already there, that would participate in the European maneuvers, these sources said.According to this picture of insra'£ suesE'— «« «tween 20,000 and 40.0M U.S. troops would be returned to Earn ain points of view contcstin tbe Issue:—Some official.'believe It is
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Newark Advocate
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Wed, Sep 18, 1968
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