In June 1675 in Shadwell, England, Roger Pedrick and his wife Rebekah Holeman Pedrick, members of the Society of Friends, purchased 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land from John Fenwick, and shortly thereafter crossed the Atlantic to be in their new home. They originally settled in Chester, Pennsylvania, while their home was being built on their property on the other side of the Delaware. The minutes of the "Men's and Women's Friends Meeting" (a Quaker group) refer to the area as "Pedricks Neck" in the 1720s and the birth records of many of Roger's and Rebekah's descendants list their birthplace as "Pedricksburg."[16]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Pedricktown had a total area of 0.905 square miles (2.345 km2), including 0.903 square miles (2.340 km2) of land and 0.002 square miles (0.005 km2) of water (0.21%).[1][2]
Of the 197 households, 36.0% had children under the age of 18; 53.8% were married couples living together; 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 25.4% were non-families. Of all households, 20.3% were made up of individuals and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.04.[15]
26.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 10.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 94.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 100.5 males.[15]
Economy
Goya Foods has its South Jersey division in Pedricktown.[18]
^Shoemaker, Hubert B. (1938). A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the Pedrick Family of New Jersey 1675-1938. Philadelphia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)