{"content":[{"text":"Whippenny Township fell within the boundaries Hunterdon County. During that time, \n Hunterdon County was a vast area that included all the land that is now Hunterdon, \n Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.043258,"width":0.727589,"height":0.055666}},{"text":"In 1720 Whippenny Township was renamed “Hanover” by order of the Hunterdon \n County Court. The name “Hanover” was designated to honor King George I of the \n House of Hanover, a name undoubtedly held in high esteem. The name “Whippenny” \n was a derivative of the aboriginal tongue, and “Hanover” of German origin; albeit one \n and the same place, Whippenny Township ceased to exist and Hanover Township was \n established. At that time, the boundaries of Hanover included all 39 municipalities that \n now make up Morris County. (It is interesting to note that Whippenny and Hanover \n Township actually predate Morris County, as well as Sussex and Warren Counties \n which were all yet to be established.)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.11298,"width":0.75249,"height":0.160212}},{"text":"Hanover Township was divided into two separate townships in 1720. Most of the land \n north of the Rockaway River was named Pequannock Township. (The name \n “Pequannock” is a Lenape word that means “the water that flows clean.”) All the land \n south of the Rockaway River retained the name of Hanover Township. At that time, \n Hanover continued to be one of the largest townships in the province of New Jersey.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.287222,"width":0.7385300000000001,"height":0.09055300000000005}},{"text":"In 1739 Hanover and Pequannock (originally one township known as Whippenny), \n along with Wallpack Township (which was established in 1731), and Greenwich \n Township (established in 1738), were separated from Hunterdon County and combined \n to establish Morris County. Morris County was named in honor of Lewis Morris, the \n Royal Governor of the province of New Jersey. (At the time Morris County was 1,365 \n square miles, encompassing all of what is now Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties.)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.391806,"width":0.755389,"height":0.10793900000000001}},{"text":"In 1740 Hanover Township was again divided, this time to create the Township of \n Hanover, Township of Morris, and Township of Roxbury; the Township of Pequannock \n remained intact. (This is the source of some confusion because although 1740 is the \n date the Townships of Hanover, Pequannock, Morris, and Roxbury were officially \n established within Morris County, Hanover and Pequannock Townships were actually \n established twenty years earlier in 1720 in Hunterdon County.)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.513775,"width":0.747373,"height":0.10796499999999998}},{"text":"Wallpack Township and Greenwich Township were separated from Morris County in \n 1753 and combined to establish Sussex County. (Morris County retained 478 square \n miles of land which was approximately the original territory of Whippanong.) In 1824 \n Greenwich Township was separated from Sussex County to establish Warren County.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.63577,"width":0.745507,"height":0.07309100000000002}},{"text":"In 1776 American independence was declared and the American Revolution was \n underway. Morris County became the military capital of the Continental Army from 1777 \n to 1780 when General George Washington made Morristown his headquarters and \n Morris County the winter quarters for his troops. During the Revolutionary War, Hanover \n Township was host to many famous men of history. The guests at Tappins Hostelry in \n Whippany included General George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, \n and Generals Rochambeau and Lafayette (1780 and 1782). James Monroe traversed \n Monroe and Thomas Jefferson traveled through Malapardis on what is now known as \n Jefferson Road. Continental troops and French allies camped in Whippany, but battles \n were not fought in Whippany.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.722891,"width":0.7614510000000001,"height":0.17766900000000008}},{"text":"A Place Called Whippany—","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.943694,"width":0.203916,"height":0.016341999999999968}},{"text":"Colonial History of Whippany","bbox":{"left":0.39067,"top":0.943694,"width":0.219014,"height":0.016341999999999968}},{"text":"Page 2","bbox":{"left":0.831928,"top":0.943694,"width":0.05057699999999998,"height":0.016341999999999968}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}