Laing House of Plainfield Plantation explained
| Laing House of Plainfield Plantation |
| Coordinates: | 40.5825°N -74.3881°W |
| Built: | early 1700s |
| Added: | October 27, 1988 |
| Refnum: | 88002124 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | March 23, 1988 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 1837[1] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other1 Color: | - ffc94b
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Laing House of Plainfield Plantation is a historic house located at 1707 Woodland Avenue in the township of Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in the early 18th century when the region was being settled by Scottish Quakers in the late 17th and early 18th century,[2] as recalled in the name of The Plainfields and Scotch Plains. The region was part of the colonial era Elizabethtown Tract and later part of Piscataway Township. It is not certain whether the name derives from the plain clothing worn by the founders or is a reference to the landscape. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 1988, for its significance in exploration and settlement.[3]
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- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Middlesex County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 2 . September 11, 2023 .
- Web site: Dudley . William L. . Friendly Families: the Laings . The Story of the Friends in Plainfield Including A History of Early Quaker Families . March 29, 1929 . 2011-07-17 . The Laing family composed a prominent part of the first permanent settlers in this neighborhood. John Laing, the progenitor of this long line in East Jersey, came over from Craigforth, Aberdeen County, Scotland, August 1685, landing in Amboy, near which place for a few years he lived with his wife Margaret and his children, John, Abraham, William, Christiana and Isabel. In 1698 he moved to "the Plains" near where South Plainfield now is. His son John married, in 1708, Elizabeth Shotwell, a direct descendant of the original Abraham Shotwell. His daughter Isabel, in 1700, married Joseph Fitz Randolph, son of Nathaniel..
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=88002124}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Laing House of Plainfield Plantation ]. National Park Service. Linda B. . McTeague . April 1987 . With
