Excerpt from History of the Presbyterian Church in Flemington New Jersey, for a Century: With Sketches of Local Matters for Two Hundred Years

Pa., had a path to and across the Delaware at Lambert ville, and thence to Newark, by way of Mt. Airy, Ringoes and Reaville. The Old York Road was laid on the bed of that path, or rather this path became that road, for the road itself was never surveyed. In a deed for land at Ringoes, dated August 25th, 1726, this is de scribed as The King's Highway that is called the York Road. Another Indian trail came in from the north, through the valley at Clarksville, the gateway for all those tribes who threaded their way down the great val ley of the Wallkill, or crossed over from Pennsylvania at the forks of the Delaware. This Indian highway led down to the wigwams on the Assanpink. These roads crossed at Ringoes. So that, before there were permanent settlers, this region was traversed by those going to and fro, either for hunting or for prospecting. To such an extent land was purchased from the Indians that an Act of the General Assembly, in 1703, forbid it, without consent of the proprietors. Surveyors from West Jer sey passed over these Indian paths so early as 1688. The beauty of this hill country, the advantages of soil, climate, and productions, had become well known, so that many began to look with longing eyes upon this favored region, which was yet held by the Indians. In compliance with a request of the proprietors of West Jersey, the Council appointed a committee, consisting of John Wills, William Biddle, Jr., and John Reading to treat with the natives. This committee reported at a meeting of the Council held June 27th, 1703, that they had secured by purchase a tract of acres from the two Indian chiefs, Himhammos and Coponnockus. This tract extended from the Raritan to the Delaware.

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