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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
WARETOWN (L), 61 m. (14 alt., 511 pop.), is a quiet village, the
home of retired sea captains and of many who earn their living from salt
water. Waretown's most widely publicized resident is Barnegat Pete, a
tame deer known to and claimed by every school child for miles around.
Pete came into the district about three years ago and has remained to enjoy
automobile riding and other pleasures of civilization. He wears a red and
white blanket and an identification tag as a protection against hunters.
The place was named for Abraham Waeir, an early settler, who died in
1768. Waeir succeeded John Colver as the local leader of the Rogerenes,
a sect founded by John Rogers. They came here in 1737, driven from Connecticut, where they had stirred a commotion by heckling preachers at Sunday meetings. The Rogerenes opposed any Sabbath day observance. During
the Revolutionary period they disbanded, but later they appeared in Morris
County.
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