Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Essex County At Orange, where a number of Norwegians settled, Enok Bore from Stavanger was the first. He settled there in 1872. Next after him came Sigvart Pedersen† from Stavanger and a Mr. Halvorsen from Kristiania as well as Ludvig Oftedal and Reinert Rolfsen. Later came T., A. and R. Opsahl as well as T. Oftedal and Emanuel Seland, all from Lyngdal. Most were employed at the hat factories. Of those the author knows in Newark, the following have lived there the longest; Erling Bore from Stavanger, A. Arnesen from Oplandene, T. Høiland from Lyngdal and A. Heydal from Skien.