New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes; By William Nelson; 222 pp.; Paperback; Published: 1916; Reprinted: 2005 ; ISBN 9780806305622; Item # CF4005D

Here are 224 biographies of colonial New Jerseymen, many of which contain extensive genealogies. Revised and expanded from the New Jersey Archives by the late archivist William Nelson, this work refers to an additional 1,000 colonists whose genealogical connections would otherwise be lost in unexamined New Jersey source records. Many of the biographies contain extensive genealogies, some worked through the fifth generation, incorporating vital genealogical data