The original township was comprised of sixty families. Woodbridge Township was named after Reverend John Woodbridge of Newbury, Massachusetts and was settled mostly by puritan descendants from New England. The charter, signed by Governor Philip Carteret (1639-1682), James Bollen, Nicolas Varlett, Samuel Edsall, Robert Vanquellen, William Pardon and Robert Bond, indicated that the township was six square miles and was bounded by Rahway, Westfield, and Union County on the north by the Raritan River on the south by the Kill Van Kull or Staten Island Sound on the east and by Raritan Township on the west. Woodbridge Township, New Jersey was established on June 1, 1669. Finding aid written in English.Ĭonsists of a variety of records documenting the inhabitants and town of Woodbridge, New Jersey from 1668-1875. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Inventory prepared by James Lewis as part of the “Farm to City” project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.įinding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis.

The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher

Guide to the Woodbridge, New Jersey Records

Woodbridge township clerk