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 Captain James "Bullaigne" BullaigneNickname: Bullaigne (06 Sep 2023), born 1629 at Hingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, died 27 Mar 1682 at Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, age 52 or 53 years. Occupation: Secretary of the Province and Justice of the Peace (20 Jan 1666 at Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States) From WikiTree entry (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bollen-1)... James Bollen arrived with the English fleet that forced the surrender of New Amsterdam 08 Sep 1664. He held the rank of Captain, which suggests he commanded one of the English war ships. He was deputized to accept the surrender of New Amsterdam, Fort Amsterdam was renamed Fort James and James remained in New York City until Aug 1665 when Governor Philip Cartaret arrived and appointed him Secretary of the Province of New Jersey. He initially settled in Elizabeth Town but later in Woodbridge. One of his recorded job activities was to perform marriages. Sources claim Philip Carteret’s governorship was doomed to failure, because of his “putting in office, and persistently retaining, when notoriously rejected and despised for their sycopliancy, such parasites as Bollen, Vauquellin, and Pardon.”
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 Anne "Hannah, Anne" BollenNickname: Hannah (06 Sep 2023), nickname: Anne (06 Sep 2023), born after 1665 at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, died ± 1749 at Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, buried at Hopewell Baptist Meeting House Cemetery, Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States | |||