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In 1680 East Jersey was sold to twelve men, one of whom was Wm. Penn. Each of these twelve men sold half his interest to another man, and thus East Jersey came to have twenty-four proprietors. Snell writes,"The territory comprising this township (Bridgewater) was taken up in 1681, and embraced in four different deeds given by the Indians before the title came to the proprietors, in February, 1682." He goes on in detail about the Indian land Titles. "In February, 1682 the territory of East New Jersey passed to the proprietors, and the land was divided into plots and sold." It was the practice for a proprietor to keep some choice lots and sell the rest either to land companies or individuals. Gov. Nicolls of New York Providence confirmed the Indian titles. The following may have come from a series of books (52) written on the states by history professors for the bicentennial. You should find them in your library. As the rulers changed in England one of them gave New Jersey to two men post 1700. These two men sold the land again. So now tracts in Somerset County had two owners and law suits followed which resulted in the riots of 1747 (interesting reading). Which is about when Pieter and family left NJ. We'll back up to 1739 for a minute. There was the following civil suit filed: "On august 18, 1739, the sheriff of Somerset County was ordered to serve a summons on "Petter Hertsog otherwise called Peter Hertsog of the North Branch in the County of sommerset.....Yeoman." this was in response to a charge "of Trespass & also to collect a bill for him, the said Peter Kemble, against the said Peter Hertsog for current money of eight shillings....." My interpretation is that Peter secured land from an Indian land title (known as a clinker) and he would not pay rent (to the new propriotor that had moved in) so he was being invicted. About this time Peter Kemble lived at Raritan Landing (New Brunswick or Boundbrook). At SOME time Kemble was president of the Council of NJ, his son became Gov. of New York and his daughter married a son of that British commander Gage. He had a plantation at Jockey Hollow the winter Gen. Washington wintered there. So what was Peter doing between the time he was evicted and the time he left NJ (sometime after 1745). On another note here's a website you might find interesting www.raritanlanding.com/voices/merchants.htm. Although Peter lived east of Somerville he probably was acquainted with Raritan Landing. Both Janeway Store and Peter Kemble are mentioned.
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