John Fenwick

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John Fenwick was a 17th-century English Quaker colonist best known for leading and establishing one of the earliest Quaker settlements in what became southern New Jersey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English colonist
Quaker
person
centuryOfActivity 17th century
colonyTypeFounded Quaker settlement
continentOfActivity North America
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
era Colonial American period
ethnicGroup English
familyName Fenwick
givenName John
historicalRegionOfActivity British America
ideology Quaker principles
knownFor founding a Quaker colony in West Jersey
leading an early Quaker settlement in southern New Jersey
languageOfCommunication English
migrationDestination Colonial America
surface form: American colonies

West Jersey
movement Religious Society of Friends
notableFor being among the earliest Quaker colonists in New Jersey
notableWork establishment of a Quaker settlement in southern New Jersey
occupation colonist
land proprietor
settler
placeOfColonialActivity West Jersey
South Jersey
surface form: southern New Jersey
politicalAlignment Quaker colonial leadership in West Jersey
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
religiousRole Quaker leader in colonial settlement
subjectOf studies of early New Jersey colonial history

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West Jersey founder John Fenwick
Salem, New Jersey foundedBy John Fenwick