6 The distribution of 589 First Purchasers was as follows: London Area, 185 (35%), including London 107, Middlesex 20, Berkshire 13, Buckinghamshire 17, Surrey 11, Kent 10, Hertfordshire 7; Bristol Area, 110 (21%), including Bristol 36, Wiltshire 53, Somerset 21; North Country, 113 (22%), including Cheshire 55, Yorkshire 13, Derbyshire 7, Worcestershire 6, Nottinghamshire 6, Westmorland 5, Lancashire 5, Staffordshire 5, Shropshire (fin Salop) 5, Northumberland 4, Durham 2, Cumberland 0; East, 3 (1%), including Essex 2, Suffolk 1, Lincolnshire 0, Norfolk 0, Huntingdonshire 0, Cambridgeshire 0; S. and W., 31 (6%), including Huntingdon 7, Sussex 25, Dorset 0, Devon 0, Cornwall 0; 5. Midlands, 24 (4%), including Oxfordshire 18, Gloucestershire 2, Herefordshire 2, Warwickshire 0, Northamptonshire 2, Leicestershire 0, Rutland 0; Other, 61 (11%), including Ireland 28, Wales 23, Scotland 2, Germany 3, France 2, Holland 1, Barbados 1, New York 1; Unknown, 58. Source: Papers of William Penn, II, 630-64.

7 John E. Pomfret, “West New Jersey …,” 8 WMQ3 (1951), 493-519.

8 Amelia Gummere, “London Bridge, Burlington, N.J.,” PMHB 8 (1884), 1-16.