Newton Colony, New Jersey
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Newton Colony was the third English settlement in West Jersey.[1] Newton Colony was founded in 1682 by a group of Quakers, who had emigrated from Ireland, on the banks of Newton Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, in present-day Camden County, New Jersey.[1] The founders of Newton Colony were William Bates, George Goldsmith, Mark Newbie, Thomas Sharp, Thomas Thackara and Robert Zane.[1] The original Newton Colony occupied most of the present day municipalities of Oaklyn and Collingswood, New Jersey.[1] The original colony grew to occupy a portion of the present day municipalities of Camden, Haddon Township, Pennsauken Township, and Haddonfield.
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Coordinates: 39°55′50″N 75°05′11″W / 39.9305°N 75.0864°W
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