linked article (below) gives a brief account of his life and career, and discusses his vision for the westward expansion of English culture and his representation of the American wilderness as an agrarian frontier. Though other explanations have been offered, some researchers would later conclude that it was Denton who lent his name to the naming of Denville, New Jersey. See also Province of New Jersey Colonial history of New Jersey References External links Full text of A Brief Description of New-York: Formerly Called New-Netherlands (1670) (pdf format) is online here. A biographical article is online here. Indian Deed for the Elizabethtown Grant People of colonial New Jersey People from Hempstead (village), New York 1626 births 1703 deaths English emigrants