Source Information: History of Fairfield Township, Cumberland Co., NJ http://www.fairfieldtwp-nj.com/about.htm The first road in the county (1697) was Old Burlington Road, which connected New England to Burlington, Gouldtown is, itself, a unique community. It was founded around 1700 by Benjamin Gould his marriage to Ann (a Finn). He was the youngest of five children by Elizabeth Fenwick Adams and a man of color named Gould. Elizabeth Adams was the granddaughter of John Fenwick, the proprietor of Salem County. Other Mulattos soon settled here. Anthony and Richard Pierce came here from the West Indies on a merchant ship and stayed. They paid the passage of two Dutch women who became their wives. The Murrays came here from Cape May and claim a Lenape Indian ancestry. Othniel Murray married a Swede named Katherine. Before the Revolution, these three families had intermarried among themselves and with other white settlers. The early inhabitants were members of the Old Stone Church. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.