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John Fenwick (1618—1683) was the leader of a group of Quakers who emigrated in 1675 from England to Salem, New Jersey where they established Fenwick's Colony, the first English settlement in West Jersey.
- Elizabeth, Anne, Priscilla
- 1618, Stanton Manor, Northumberland, England
- Soldier and attorney
Lord Berkeley, in the year 1675, for the sum of one thousand pounds, sold his half of the province of New Jersey to John Fenwick, in trust for Edward Byllinge, and his assigns. Fenwick and Byllinge, both members of the society of Friends, became involved in a dispute about the property, and having confidence in the judgement of Penn, they agreed to refer the matter to him for arbitration.
Contents. John Fenwick. English colonist. Learn about this topic in these articles: founding of Salem. In Salem. …was established in 1675 by John Fenwick, an English Quaker.
Salem was founded by Quaker John Fenwick in October 1665; the first English settlement established in West Jersey following the English defeat of the Dutch in 1664 and the first Quaker colony in North America, predating Philadelphia by seven years.
holds in Great Britain and Ireland. John Fenwick's own colonists were principally London folk and they settled at Salem in November, i675, almost two years in advance of the Society's planned undertaking at Burlington. Yet the Quakers of Salem were well-known to those who * Mr. Pomfret is President of the College of William and Mary.
Coming under English rule in 1664, the area that became Salem County was established by colonist John Fenwick as New Salem in 1675. Fenwick focused his attention on improvements, specifically trade, which made Salem influential and prosperous for over a century.
Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet (c. 1645 – 28 January 1697) was an English Army officer and politician. He succeeded to the Fenwick baronetcy after the death of his father, Sir William Fenwick. A supporter of the Jacobite cause, Fenwick was involved in a conspiracy to assassinate William III of England, and was executed by beheading ...
