Editing New Brunswick, New Jersey (section)

===Etymology===
The area around present-day New Brunswick was first inhabited by the [[Lenape]] [[Native Americans of the United States|Native Americans]], whose Minisink Trail intersected the [[Raritan River]] and followed a route that would be taken by later colonial roads.<ref>Brennan, Ray. [https://www.rutgersrarities.com/RRhistory.html "Rutgers Historical Background"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213144/https://www.rutgersrarities.com/RRhistory.html |date=December 13, 2019 }}, Rutgers Rarities. Accessed December 12, 2019. "According to Virtual Field Trip, New Brunswick was '...the place where the very important Native American Minisink Trail crossed the Raritan River. This later, as was the case with many other Native American routeways, became one of the most important colonial roads – the main overland route between New York and Philadelphia'"</ref> The first European settlement at the site of New Brunswick was made in 1681. The settlement here was called ''Prigmore's Swamp'' (1681–1697), then known as ''Inian's Ferry'' (1691–1714).<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1854/07/27/archives/newjersey-miscellaneous-notes-about-newbrunswick.html "New-Jersey.; Miscellaneous Notes about New-Brunswick."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213156/https://www.nytimes.com/1854/07/27/archives/newjersey-miscellaneous-notes-about-newbrunswick.html |date=December 13, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 27, 1854. Accessed December 11, 2019. "If the 'desperately hot' weather permit, I purpose to give you a few items of general interest respecting this ancient Dutch settlement. However, with the mercury ranging from 78° to 98° in the shade, during the sixteen hours of sunshine, you will not expect much exertion on my part. Daniel Cooper (says Gordon,) was the first recorded inhabitant of 'Prigmore's Swamp.'"</ref> In 1714, the settlement was given the name New Brunswick, after the city of [[Braunschweig]] (''Brunswick'' in [[Low German]]), in the state of [[Lower Saxony]], now located in [[Germany]]. Braunschweig was an influential and powerful city in the [[Hanseatic League]] and was an administrative seat for the Duchy of Hanover. Shortly after the first settlement of New Brunswick in colonial New Jersey, George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Elector of Hanover, became [[George I of Great Britain|King George I of Great Britain]]. Alternatively, the city gets its name from King [[George II of Great Britain]], the [[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg|Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg]].<ref>Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=23 ''The Origin of New Jersey Place Names''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401/http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=23 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 9, 2015.</ref><ref>[[Henry Gannett|Gannett, Henry]]. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n222 <!-- pg=223 --> ''The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States''], p. 223. [[United States Government Printing Office]], 1905. Accessed September 9, 2015.</ref>