Shrewsbury
- Identifier
- NJS-PLC-00093
- Place Type
- City, Town, or Village
- Description
- Shrewsbury is a historic community in Monmouth County, New Jersey. When it was originally formed in 1693, Shrewsbury covered an area of nearly 1,000 square miles, including all of the area known as Ocean County today and a large portion of present-day Monmouth County. Throughout the 18th and 19th century, many other municipalities broke off from Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury was further fragmented in the early 20th century, when Shrewsbury Borough broke off from Shrewsbury Township. Therefore records of events that list "Shrewsbury" as the location during the slavery era could be related to present-day Shrewsbury Borough, Shrewsbury Township, or one of the surrounding municipalities that was formerly part of Shrewsbury.
- Locality
- Shrewsbury
- County (Modern)
- Monmouth County
- State or Province
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States of America
- Latitude
- 40.322778
- Longitude
- -74.062778
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Persons
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Persons of African descent linked to Shrewsbury:
- Bella {daughter of Rachel}
- Chloe
- Daniel
- Dinah
- Jane (b. 1798)
- Margaret {daughter of Rachel}
- Mary {daughter of Rachel}
- Phillis
- Rachel
- Robert Johnson {son of Rachel}
- Turner Coxe (b. 1797)
- Will (b. ca. 1764)
White persons linked to Shrewsbury:
- Linked Events
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Event location is Shrewsbury:
- 1756-05-06 Baptism: Rachel, Mary, Margaret, Robert Johnson, Bella
- 1766-08 Baptism: Dinah, Daniel, Chloe, Phillis
- 1792-09-25 Freedom Seeking: Will
- 1808-02-22 Advertisement: Black girl aged 17
- 1817-07-04 Freedom Seeking: Jane
Event destination is Shrewsbury:
- Resource class
- Location