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General Category => Hackensack History => Topic started by: Editor on May 28, 2010, 01:13:39 AM
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I was watching American Experience, "Into the Deep" a 2 hour documentary (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/trailer/whaling-promo/) about early American whaling. About 25 minutes into the program, a map appeared. I noticed "New Barbadoes" in the upper left hand corner of the screen. Portions of the map are below. I did a little research on the map and found a high resolution version here (http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=118200&imageID=53905&total=111&num=0&word=Atlantic%20States%20--%20Maps%20--%20Early%20works%20to%201800&s=3¬word=&d=&c=&f=2&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&imgs=20&pos=16&e=w#_seemore). The map was published in 1679 and must be one of the oldest maps depicting New Barbadoes, currently "Hackensack".
From Heritage to Horizons (http://www.hackensack.org/content/70/2689/default.aspx):
In this immediate area a grant of more than 5,000 acres was made in July of 1668 to planters from Barbadoes. Included in the award were the lands between the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers, 7 miles along their banks from the junction near Newark. Later, another 6 miles was added by a second grant, subsequently known as New Barbadoes Neck. New plantations started by these men helped them become influential men in the colony. By 1676 a Hackensack land grant was made.
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More discussion about this on the BCHS boards here: http://bergencountyhistory.org/forums/index.php/topic,1690.msg2475.html#msg2475