The fifth installment (paragraph) of the Sesqui-Centennial Address of Sussex County given by Justice Francis J. Swayze on 2 Sep 1903 and printed by the Sussex Independent newspaper.... " THE POPULATION OF SUSSEX The population of Sussex at the time of its organization as a county was composed of immigrants and descendants of immigrants from many different sources. The predominant element in the Delaware Valley were the descendants of the early Dutch settlers. The Irish and Scotch-Irish came into Warren county and many of them early worked their way into Sussex. Quakers from Pennsylvania settled around the Quaker "settlement." Hugenots appeared in various parts of the county. Some of the early German settlers have already been named. The pressure of population in Hunterdon and Morris counties drove many to seek new fortunes in the wilderness and a stream of New England stock began to come in. Although the foundation was laid for substantial growth, settlements were still infrequent, roads were few or none, means of conveyance were extremely primitive and accomodations for travelers hardly existed. David BRAINARD, the missonary to the Indians, who made a journey across the county to the forks of the Delaware just before 1750, describes it as a desolate and bilious country." Some might say the accomodations for travellers are still a bit primitive..... Cathy DiPietro, listowner NJSussex-L