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Wayne: Theunis Dey Mansion Theunis Dey Mansion, Wayne, New Jersey.

Wayne

New Jersey, United States
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Wayne, township (town), Passaic county, northern New Jersey, U.S., 6 miles (10 km) west of Paterson, New Jersey. The site, first settled in 1695, was originally part of New Barbadoes township in Essex county, which was later incorporated into Bergen county. During the American Revolution the Theunis Dey Mansion (1740s) in Wayne served as General George Washington’s headquarters in 1780. After the war the Wayne area was separated into the Saddle River township and in...

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