| February, 1666 |
Captain Robert Treat visits Achter Koll regarding Newark Bay |
| May 21, 1666 |
Preliminary town meeting on board ship near Elizabethtown |
| May 28, 1666 |
Meeting between settlers and Indians to purchase land |
| May 20, 1668 |
Commissioners of the Town of Newark and Elizabethtown met at "Divident
Hill," to fix the boundaries between the settlements. |
| January 1669 |
Thomas Johnson becomes the first Constable |
| 1670 |
Newark's first hotel was opened in the home of Thomas Johnson, on the
northeast corner of Broad and Walnut Streets. This is now the site
of the Grace Episcopal Church. |
| August 9, 1673 |
Newark comes under Dutch control, 73 citizens took the oath to the
Republic of Holland. |
| September 13, 1673 |
Population 86 men |
| November 10, 1674 |
Newark returns to English control |
| February 6, 1677 |
Protection of shade trees provided through marking with the letter N |
| 1680 |
The first shoemaker arrives, Samuel Whitehead |
| 1682 |
Population of approx. 500, with 10,000 acres of town lands and 40,000
acres of outlying plantations. |
| 1683 |
The first poor person was provided for. |
| 1695 |
The first saw mill was opened. |
| 1698 |
The first tannery was established by Azariah Crane. |
