If someone in early 1700's in Chester Co. was said to have come from 'SALEM WEST JERSEY' -- where would that be?? Thanks, Carol

[email protected] wrote: > > If someone in early 1700's in Chester Co. was said to have come from 'SALEM > WEST JERSEY' -- where would that be?? > Before NEW Jersey became "New" It was called East Jersey and West Jersey. The line ran approximately from the upper NW corner (now Sussex County, near High Point and Port Jervis) to about where Atlantic City is now. Therefore Salem is still in the same place it is now (Salem County? in south Jersey). At that time it was in West Jersey. I'm not sure when the changeover was made but I've seen newspaper articles in the 1840/50s refer to is as West/East Jersey (perhaps old habits are hard to break?) . However every census I've looked at before 1850 calls it New Jersey. I recall the E/W references being used mostly in the 1600s and 1700s --- not that I was there, you know! BTW Chester County is in Pennsylvania (among other states), not East/West/New Jersey. Cheers Rich in NH