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! scope="col" width="100"|May-June 1775 (Trenton)<ref>"List of Deputies who attended in May and June" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mE5FAAAAYAAJ], 169–170.</ref>
! scope="col" width="100"|May-June 1775 (Trenton)<ref>"List of Deputies who attended in May and June" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mE5FAAAAYAAJ], 169–170.</ref>
! scope="col" width="100"|August 1775 (Trenton)<ref>"List of Deputies who attended the Session in the Month of August" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mE5FAAAAYAAJ] 183-184.</ref>
! scope="col" width="100"|August 1775 (Trenton)<ref>"List of Deputies who attended the Session in the Month of August" in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mE5FAAAAYAAJ] 183-184.</ref>
! scope="col" width="100"|October 1775 (Trenton)
! scope="col" width="100"|October 1775 (Trenton)<ref>"List of Deputies who attended this Session" (October 1775) in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mE5FAAAAYAAJ], 197.</ref>
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| John Fell || Bergen || X || X || -
| John Fell || Bergen || X || X || -
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| John Demarest || Bergen || X || X || -
| John Demarest || Bergen || X || X || X || -
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| Hendrick Kuyper || Bergen || X || X || -
| Hendrick Kuyper || Bergen || X || X || -
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| Edo Merselius || Bergen || X || X || -
| Edo Merselius || Bergen || X || X || -
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| Jacobus Post || Bergen || - || - || X || -
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| [[Joseph Borden]] || Burlington || X || X || -
| [[Joseph Borden]] || Burlington || X || X || -
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| Isaac Pearson || Burlington || X || X || -
| Isaac Pearson || Burlington || X || X || X || -
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| Colin Campbell || Burlington || X || X || -
| Colin Campbell || Burlington || X || X || -
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| Joseph Read || Burlington || X || - || -
| Joseph Read || Burlington || X || - || -
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| John Pope || Burlington || X || X || -
| John Pope || Burlington || X || X || X || -
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| Jesse Hand || Cape-May || X || - || -
| Samuel How || Burlington || - || - || X ||
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| Elijah Hughs || Cape-May || - || X || -
| John Wood || - || - || X ||
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| Joseph Newbold || - || - || X ||
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| Jesse Hand || Cape-May || X || - || X || -
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| Elijah Hughs || Cape-May || - || X || - || -
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| Samuel Fithian || Cumberland || X || X ||-
| Samuel Fithian || Cumberland || X || X ||-
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| Thomas Ewing || Cumberland || X || X || -
| Thomas Ewing || Cumberland || X || X || -
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| Theophilius Elmer || Cumberland || - || - || X
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| Jonathan Ayars || Cumberland || - || - || X
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| Henry Garritse || Essex || X || X || -
| Henry Garritse || Essex || X || X || -
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| Michael Vreeland || Essex || X || X || -
| Michael Vreeland || Essex || X || X || -
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| Robert Drummond || Essex || X || X || -
| Robert Drummond || Essex || X || X || X
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| John Berry || Essex || X || - || -
| John Berry || Essex || X || - || -
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| [[Abraham Clark]] || Essex || X || -
| [[Abraham Clark]] || Essex || X || - || X
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| [[Elias Boudinot]] || Essex || X || X || -
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| Betheul Peirson || Essex || X || X || -
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| Caleb Camp || Essex || X || X || -
| Caleb Camp || Essex || X || X || X
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| John Cooper || Gloucester || X || - || -
| Samuel Potter || Essex || - || - || X
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| Elijah Clark || Gloucester || X || X || -
| Lewis Ogden || Essex || - || - || X
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| John Cooper || Gloucester || X || - || X || -
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| John Sparks || Gloucester || X || X || -
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| Joseph Ellis || Gloucester || - || X || -
| Joseph Ellis || Gloucester || - || X || X || -
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| Thomas Clark || Gloucester || - || - || X || -
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| Richard Somers || Gloucester || - || - || X || -
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| [[Samuel Tucker (New Jersey)|Samuel Tucker]] || Hunterdon || X || X || -
| [[Samuel Tucker (New Jersey)|Samuel Tucker]] || Hunterdon || X || X || -
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| Edward Dumont || Sussex || X || X || -
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| [[William Maxwell (Continental Army general)|William Maxwell]] || Sussex || X || X || -
| [[William Maxwell (Continental Army general)|William Maxwell]] || Sussex || X || X || X || -
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| Ephraim Martin || Sussex || X || -
| Ephraim Martin || Sussex || X || - || X ||
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| John B. Scott || Sussex || - || X || -
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| Mark Thompson || Sussex || - || X || -
| Mark Thompson || Sussex || - || X || - || X
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| Hugh Hughs || Sussex || - || X || -
| Hugh Hughs || Sussex || - || X || -
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| William Norcross || Sussex || - || X || -
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Revision as of 18:07, 28 December 2013

The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution. It first met in 1775 with representatives from all New Jersey's then-thirteen counties, to supersede the Royal Governor. In June 1776, this congress had authorized the preparation of a constitution, which was written within five days, adopted by the Provincial Congress, and accepted by the Continental Congress. The Constitution of 1776 provided for a bicameral legislature consisting of a General Assembly with three members from each county and a Legislative Council with one member from each county. All state officials, including the governor, were to be appointed by the Legislature under this constitution. The Vice-President of Council would succeed the Governor (who was the President of the Council) if a vacancy occurred in that office.[1][2] The Provincial Congress ceased to function when the first session of the new Legislature convened on August 27, 1776, under the New Jersey State Constitution it had prepared.[2]

Members of the Provincial Congress

1775 Sessions

The Provincial Congress met in late May, June and August at Trenton. During their sessions in the first week, they elected from their members Hendrick Fisher, as the body's President, Jonathan D. Sergeant, as secretary, and William Paterson and Frederick Frelinghuysen assistants. The members, or "deputies" of the Congress, were received at its first session on 23 May 1775.[3]

Name of Deputy or Delegate County May-June 1775 (Trenton)[4] August 1775 (Trenton)[5] October 1775 (Trenton)[6] 1776
John Fell Bergen X X -
John Demarest Bergen X X X -
Hendrick Kuyper Bergen X X -
Abraham Van Buskirk Bergen X X -
Edo Merselius Bergen X X -
Jacobus Post Bergen - - X -
Joseph Borden Burlington X X -
Isaac Pearson Burlington X X X -
Colin Campbell Burlington X X -
Joseph Read Burlington X - -
John Pope Burlington X X X -
Samuel How Burlington - - X
John Wood - - X
Joseph Newbold - - X
Jesse Hand Cape-May X - X -
Elijah Hughs Cape-May - X - -
Samuel Fithian Cumberland X X -
Jonathan Elmer Cumberland X X -
Thomas Ewing Cumberland X X -
Theophilius Elmer Cumberland - - X
Jonathan Ayars Cumberland - - X
Henry Garritse Essex X X -
Michael Vreeland Essex X X -
Robert Drummond Essex X X X
John Berry Essex X - -
William P. Smith Essex X - -
John Stiles Essex X - -
John Chetwood Essex X X -
Abraham Clark Essex X - X
Elias Boudinot Essex X X -
Isaac Ogden Essex X X -
Philip van Cortlandt Essex X X -
Betheul Peirson Essex X X -
Caleb Camp Essex X X X
Samuel Potter Essex - - X
Lewis Ogden Essex - - X
John Cooper Gloucester X - X -
Elijah Clark Gloucester X X X -
John Sparks Gloucester X X -
Joseph Hugg Gloucester - X -
Joseph Ellis Gloucester - X X -
Thomas Clark Gloucester - - X -
Richard Somers Gloucester - - X -
Samuel Tucker Hunterdon X X -
John Mehelm Hunterdon X X -
John Hart Hunterdon X X -
John Stout Hunterdon X X -
Jasper Smith Hunterdon X X -
Thomas Lowry Hunterdon X X -
Charles Stewart Hunterdon X X -
Daniel Hunt Hunterdon X X -
Ralph Hart Hunterdon X X -
Jacob Jennings Hunterdon X - -
Richard Stevens Hunterdon X X -
John Stevens, Jr. Hunterdon X X -
Thomas Stout Hunterdon X X -
Thomas Jones Hunterdon X X -
John Basset. Hunterdon X - -
Abraham Bonnell Hunterdon - X -
Joseph Beavers Hunterdon - X -
Nathaniel Heard Middlesex X X -
William Smith Middlesex X X -
John Dunn Middlesex X X -
John Lloyd Middlesex X X -
Azariah Dunham Middlesex X X -
John Schurman Middlesex X X -
John Wetherill Middlesex X X -
David Williamson Middlesex X - -
Jonathan Sergeant Middlesex X X -
Jonathan Baldwin Middlesex X X -
Jonathan Deare Middlesex X X -
Lucas Schenck Middlesex - X -
Edward Taylor Monmouth X X -
Joseph Saltar Monmouth X - -
Robert Montgomery Monmouth X X -
John Holmes Monmouth X X -
John Covenhoven Monmouth X X -
Daniel Hendrickson Monmouth X X -
Nicholas Van Brunt Monmouth X - -
William Winds Morris X X -
William De Hart Morris X X -
Jonathan Stiles Morris X X -
David Thompson - X -
Peter Dickerson Morris X - -
Silas Condict Morris X X -
Ellis Cook Morris X X -
Jacob Drake Morris X X -
Andrew Sinnickson Salem X - -
Robert Johnson Salem X - -
Samuel Dick Salem X - -
Jacob Scoggin Salem X X -
James James Salem X X -
John Holmes Salem - X -
Benjamin Holmes Salem - X -
Ephraim Lloyd Salem - X -
Hendrick Fisher Somerset X X -
Nathaniel Eyers Somerset - X -
John Roy Somerset X - -
Peter Schenck Somerset X X -
Abraham Van Neste Somerset X X -
Enos Kelsey Somerset X X -
Jonathan D. Sergeant Somerset X X -
Frederick Frelinghuysen Somerset X X -
William Paterson Somerset X X -
Archibald Stewart Sussex X -
Edward Dumont Sussex X X -
William Maxwell Sussex X X X -
Ephraim Martin Sussex X - X
John B. Scott Sussex - X -
Mark Thompson Sussex - X - X
Hugh Hughs Sussex - X -
William Norcross Sussex - X -
Thomas Potts Sussex - - X -
Abia Brown Sussex - - X -

1776 Sessions

From Morris County
  • Silas Condict
  • Ellis Cook
  • Jacob Drake
  • Jacob Green
  • William Woodhull
From Sussex County

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ "The New Jersey Constitution of 1776". Retrieved December 17, 2006. See also: New Jersey Legislature#Before the Legislature and the Constitution of 1776.
  2. ^ a b "New Jersey Legislature, Historical Information". Retrieved August 12, 2009. See also: New Jersey Legislature#Before the Legislature and the Constitution of 1776.
  3. ^ State of New Jersey. Extracts from the Journal of Proviceedings of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, held at Trenton in the Months of May, June and August 1775. Burlington, New Jersey: Issac Collins. (1775) Woodbury, New Jersey: Joseph Sailer (1835) : 3-5.
  4. ^ "List of Deputies who attended in May and June" in [1], 169–170.
  5. ^ "List of Deputies who attended the Session in the Month of August" in [2] 183-184.
  6. ^ "List of Deputies who attended this Session" (October 1775) in [3], 197.

Further reading

  • Kemmerer, Donald L. (1940). Path to Freedom, The Struggle for Self Government in Colonial New Jersey 1703-1776. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • McCormick, Richard P. (1964, 1970). New Jersey from Colony to State, 1609-1789. 1st Edition-Princeton: Van Nostrand; 2nd Edition—New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
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