![]() They arrived on territory now encompassing Newark, the four Oranges, and other nearby municipalities. ![]() Since Carteret was the Royal Governor of the Isle of Jersey, the territory became known as "New Jersey." In 1666, 30 of New Haven's Puritan Congregationalist families took the perilous journey by water to found "a town on the Passayak" River in order to escape religious persecution. In 1664, James conveyed the land to two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. The area was situated in the northeast portion of a land grant conveyed by King Charles II of England to his brother James, Duke of York. ![]() Orange, New Jersey, has origins in Connecticut's New Haven Colony. The City historically contained two marsh land areas bounded by the North side of Main Street, between Day Street and South Harrison Street, stretching to Highland Avenue and both sides of Irvington along South Center Street. The City of Orange Township is approximately 2.2 square miles and is surrounded by the municipalities of East Orange, South Orange and West Orange.
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