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This outline map of northern New Jersey townships gives the date of incorporation, not date of settlement. 1) Moses (2) Collier and his family (later generations spelled "Collyer") came from Massachusetts to Woodbridge, Middlesex County, about 1683. 2) By perhaps 1745-1750 John Collyer, Sr., grandson of Moses, moved to Bernards Township, Somerset County, probably the village of Basking Ridge. 3) Many of John's descendants lived in Basking Ridge, Morris Township, and other neighboring townships down to the early 20th century. 4) Lt. Thomas Collyer and Jonathan and Rachel (Collyer) Sutton moved north to Hardyston, Sussex County between 1787- 1793.
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