The township of Livingston, New Jersey is situated in Essex County. In 1699, 101 settlers from Newark decided to move westward, and to that end, the created a committee to negotiate the purchase of land from the Lenni Lenape Indians. They bought the Horseneck Tract, which consisted of what is now Livingston, along with eight other municipalities. In 1698, they clashed with the British proprietors who believed that the land was theirs due to a dispute as to whether the Indians or the King owned the land because the the settlers failed to get a grant from the proprietors before they began negotiating with the Indians, who truly owned the land. In 1702, they got a deed from the Lenni Lenape. The settlement was founded in the 1740s, but the dispute continued. In 1745, an aristocrat named William Livingston joined the side of the settlers. He defended many of the settlers who landed in jail as a result of refusing to pay the quit rents levied by the proprietors. William Livingston is who the township is named for. That same year, a man named Timothy Meeker formed a group and they rioted against the English government. The Horseneck riots lasted for ten years. This group, one of the first colonial militias, joined the Continental Army in 1776.
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A baseball umpire keeps this blog up to date. He posts about men's and ladies' slow pitch, and softball, all of which he umpires, and he talks about the different between umpiring as a volunteer verses for pay. He also posts his contact information for people looking for an umpire in the area.
https://amateurumpire.wordpress.com
This blog is maintained by the Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston and addresses the Jewish faith and living it. Modern day slavery and raising awareness about it, messages from friends traveling in Israel, and reactions to tragedies like the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida are all topics found here.
http://www.tbanj.org/clergy-blog/
Information about dental implant and periodontal health are the topics of this weblog, which is run by doctors who address such issues. Here you can find out whether or not periodontal disease is contagious, the causes of tooth loss, and the difference between periodontitis and gingivitis.
http://www.njperio.net/periodontist-blog
