New Jersey was founded in 1664, then split into East and West Jersey in 1676 until 1702. The colony was an early haven for Quaker families like the Hardings [1677] and Ballingers [1678]. Later on families migrated from New York. Timothy Baker arrived by 1703. William Rittenhouse arrived in 1719. Peter, Aaron and Cornelius Prall arrived about 1724 to settle on land purchased by their father a few years earlier. The Mahurins came in 1731. The Hazens in 1740 and James Whittaker joined his son-in-law Aaron Prall in 1745.
The Quakers would move on to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in a few years. The Pralls remained in West Jersey until 1820, then moved on to Maryland and Pennsylvania before heading to Ohio. The Mahurin family would move on to Ohio in 1794/5.
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