Frenchtown

Frenchtown is a New Jersey historical marker in Hunterdon County, dedicated 1963.

Hunterdon County · dedicated 1963 · Marker is on New Jersey Route 12, on the right when traveling west.

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Town takes its name from the many French families that followed Paul Henri Mallet-Prevost, a Swiss refugee from the French Revolution who moved here in 1794. Called "Sunbeam" in 1759. Later Sherrard's Ferry. Present name for Prevost family, refugees from the French Revolution.

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Frenchtown

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