 The locations of the New Jersey communities correlate with the foundation of the oldest Lutheran churches in that state, i.e., the first called Zion at New Germantown (now Oldwick), Hunterdon County, New Jersey; the so-called 'Straw Church' now called St. James at Phillipsburg, Sussex (now Warren County); and St. Paul's at Pluckamin, Bedminster Township, Somerset County.Settlement by Palatines on the east side (East Camp) of the Hudson River was accomplished as a result of Governor Hunter's negotiations with Robert Livingston, who owned Livingston Manor in what is now Columbia County, New York.