Excerpt from Historical and Statistical Memoranda, Relative to Passaic County, New Jersey Haquickenock mentioned in a deed dated July 15, 1678, from Sir George ('arteret (one of the original two propri etors of New Jersey) to Christopher Hoogland, a New York merchant, for two adjoining tracts of land, 278 acres in all, lying in what is now the city of Passaic, and which may be roughly described as bounded on the east by the Passaic river; north by Monroe street; west by Lexing ton avenue and Prospect street; south by River street and the river. The consideration was a yearly quit-rent of half a penny per acre, or 11s, 7d. In all. This tract was known, from the first purchaser, as Storne's (christo pher's) Point. February 16, 1679-80 (1680, New Style), Hoogland sold the propeity to Hartman Macheelsie (vree land), who occupied it with his brothers Johannes and Cornelius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.