 Wyoming was part of an original land grant known as Appledore, patented by Robert Middleton in 1688.Appledore is seen as #9 on the map of Tracts of the Lower Piscataway Hundred before April 23, 1696.The name "Wyoming", according to the Marbury family history, was chosen by a daughter of the family (Cora Marbury) after a favorite poem, "Gertrude of Wyoming", written by Thomas Campbell in 1809.