 The southeast corner bordered a small settlement called Riegel's Ferry and was across the Delaware River from a settlement called Musconetcong where Riegel was living at the time.Riegel was born on his father's farm in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1792, a third generation Pennsylvania German.He joined the large movement of Germans from Bucks and Northampton Counties to New Jersey, purchasing a farm, and in 1823, purchasing a grist, saw, and oil mill complex in Musconetcong.