[Illustration: MAP OF JERSEY CITY, N. J.] JERSEY CITY AND ITS HISTORIC SITES BY HARRIET PHILLIPS EATON PUBLISHED BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF JERSEY CITY "_Perhaps a remembrance of these things will prove a source of future pleasure_". "_These who have insured their remembrance by their deserts_."--VIRGIL. To the Citizens of Jersey City, this book is most cordially dedicated by the Author and Publishers. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1899, BY HARRIET PHILLIPS EATON, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. PRESS OF A. V. HAIGHT, POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y. CONTENTS. Sheyichbi and its People 9 The Lenni Lenape and their Customs 10 Arrival of the Dutch 13 Wampum 14 The Relations of the Delawares with the Whites 16 Indian Names of Localities 16 Pavonia 18 Massacre of Indians 19 Indian Troubles 20 Communipaw 22 The First Ferry 23 The First Roads 24 Bergen 25 Bergen Court 27 The First Schoolmaster 27 School Houses 28 Early Ministers 30 The First Church, 31 The First Pall 33 The First Communion Set 33 The Second and Third Churches 35 Early Church Customs 35 The Voorleezer 37 Church Funds 38 Marriages and Town Poor 40 Burial Customs 41 Cemeteries 44 Paulus Hook 47 Paulus Hook Ferry 47 Revolutionary Period 50 The Battle of Paulus Hook 53 Lafayette in Bergen 57 Sergeant Champe 60 Bergen Patriots 61 Early Customs 64 New Years 64 General Training 65 Early Dutch Recipes 67