MAHLON STACYE

In 1679, Quaker farmers led by Mahlon Stacy established the first permanent white settlement in what is now the Trenton area. In 1714, Mahlon Stacy, Jr., sold part of his father's property to William Trent, a merchant who later became chief justice of the New Jersey colony. The community was named Trent's Town in 1719, and its name later became Trenton.

source: IBM World Book Millenium

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