Resources & Documentation For The Piney-Lenape
ARTICLE BY WILLIAM H. GILBERTWilliam Harlen Gilbert studied many of the racially mixed and
Indian groups of the Eastern United States.His work was
published twice as government documents.
"Surviving Indian Groups of the Eastern United States",
pages 407-438 in Annual Report of the Board of Regents
of The Smithsonian Institution,1948.Also printed as
Synoptic Survey of Data on the Survival of Indian
and part-Indian Blood in the Eastern United States.
Library of Congress.1947.
Pineys.-- The Pineys in Burlington and adjacent counties are
part pure-
blooded whites in some sections and mixed-bloods in others. At New
Lisbon, about 25 miles directly east of Philadelphia, the colored or
mixed-
blood Pineys are most prominent, and these are said to contain a
considerable
contingent of Indian blood. Not far to the south of New Lisbon was the
site of the last Indian reservation in New Jersey. The number of
Pineys has been estimated at 5,000. Like the Jackson Whites, the Pineys
are a neglected group who make a living by cranberry picking, weaving
baskets, manufacturing ax handles, trapping, bootlegging, and doing odd
jobs for nearby farmers. A few raise chickens and vegetables for home
con-
sumption. Like the Jackson Whites and certain Indian groups in southern
New England, the asserted presence of Hessian blood may be a factor in
stigmatizing these people.
Thanks to Mike Nassau, you can view the entire report online at
:
http://www.geocities.com/mikenassau/gilbert.htm
(See page 411-414 at www.geocities.com/mikenassau/gilbert.htm)
NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE
OF SOCIAL WORK
The Interracial Committee of the
New Jersey Conference of Social Work
In Cooperation With the
State Department of Institutions and Agencies
December,1932
page,21,The "Pineys"
mentions Indian blood among some Piney families,
Read article online
HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN
INDIANS, 15, NORTHEAST
SMITHSONIAN
Marginal Groups, pages.291 & 293
by Brewton Berry
ALMOST WHITE
A Study of Certain Racial Hybrids in the
Eastern United States
by Brewton Berry, 1963
page. 23
Read article online
HALPERT, HERBERT.
Folktales and legends from the New Jersey Pines;
a collection and study.
Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1947
Chapter titled:
Negroes and Mixed Bloods in the Pines
pages 41-45
Halpert mentions two families of
Indian descent.
THE PINE BARRENS:
ISOLATION AND IMAGE
An Historical Geography by Robert G. McGarvey
A thesis submitted in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of
Arts degree at Temple University, May 1972
Read article online
David Douglas 1823
His Journal During North American
Travels 1823-1827,
William Wesley,London,1914
Mentions Indians remaining in the Pine Barrens
Read article online
INDIAN LORE OF NEW JERSEY
by Charles A. Philhower
This was a series run in the Newark Sunday News
on Indians Native to New Jersey
It was announced in the Newark Evening News
Sept. 29, 1949
Part XI Redskins In Jersey Today
Mentions the Pineys and other Lenape
descendants in New Jersey
Read article online
DOWN JERSEY
by Cornelius Weygandt
mentions Indian ancestry in the Pines
pages. 83 & 289
Read article online
THE ETERNAL MELODY OF
PINEY MUSIC
by Peggy Morgan
INQUIRER September 23,1984
page 24
Read article online
EARLY RECOLLECTIONS AND
LIFE OF DR. JAMES STILL
1812-1885
Still was born in Indian Mills, N J.
He gives details about his Indian neighbors,
the family of Job Moore Sr.
PINE BARRENS LEGENDS LORE AND LIES
by William McMahon
mentions Lenape ancestry in the Pines
pages 15 & 16
THE ROADS OF HOME
by. Henry Charlton Beck
Rutgers University Press 1956
Mentions some Brotherton Indians
not leaveing New Jersey.
page. 143
THE PINE BARRENS
by. John McPhee
Mentions Indian ancestry in the Pines
Chapter 2 The Vanished Towns
General Resources For Indian Ancestery
In New Jersey
THIS OLD MONMOUTH OF OURS
by William S. Hornor 1932
This book mentions families of Indian decent
in Monmouth County NJ. Be forwarned the
author had some racist views common in his day.
pages, 192-198
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