Essex and Bergen bordered Staten Island. Counties on a map published in 1777 drawn from surveys made in 1769: Sussex Bergen Morris Essex Hunterdon Somerset Middlesex Monmouth Burlington Gloucester Salem Cumberland Cape May Ref: Library of Congress, The American Memory Map Collections 1500-1999, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html -- Malcolm Schalick Sharp http://sharp.rootsweb.com/ -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine R. Buck" <buckr@mindspring.com> To: <NJCAMDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 2:05 PM Subject: [NJCAMDEN] NJ counties in 1770, what were they > Can anyone give me the list of counties in NJ in 1770? I can't find someone who I thought was married in Hunterdon County. Maybe he was living in the county (what was it?) bordering Staten Island, NY > > Also, if there is a place to order copies of *old* maps, I'd like to know. I can't read the ones I find on the internet, even with a magnifying glass. > > Ruth in GA >