In reading through Charles Platts' book "Dover Dates" I found the following: 1693 - By an Act of the Assembly the bounds of the townships were defined. Elizabethtown took in Union county, parts of Somerset, Hunterdon, Morris, Warren and Sussex counties, including Morristown, Stanhope, Schooley's Mountain, and Newton. It almost included Dover-but there was no Dover then. There were disputes about land titles. Some settlers claimed title by purchase from Indians. The Proprietors did not admit such titles. The king and his Council reserved the decision of the Board of Proprietors in a test case and confirmed the Indian titles acquired under Gov. Nicolls. The people of the Province then wished to be rid of the Proprietary rule and come under the direct rule of the king, William of Orange. Petitions were sent to the king. 1698 - Finally Gov. Hamilton was superseded by Jeremiah Basse, in April. More complications followed. The people of New Jersey formulated their complaints in petitions to the Crown. 1702 - Finally, April 17, 1702, the twenty-four Proprietors surrendered the right of government to Queen Anne, who succeeded to the throne of England on the death of William of Orange, 1702. She re-united the two provinces of West and East New Jersey in one province and made her cousin, Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, governor of the combined province of New York and New Jersey. And so New Jersey remained a Royal Province until the Declaration of Independence, 1776. The combined colonies were called "New England." 1722 - Dover, under Gov. Burnet and George I, was founded by John Jackson, who set up an iron forge here. Jackson's Forge. 1738 - Lewis Morris was appointed governor of New Jersey, separate from New York. He died 1746. 1739 - Morris County was set off from Hunterdon County, and named after the new governor. Jackson's Forge, up to this time, had been in Hunterdon County. 1760 - Thomas Boone became governor. Boon-ton bears his name. Regards, Brianne Kelly-Bly Webmaster - NJGenWeb - Morris County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris> and Sussex County <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njsussex>