Jersey Devil reports from the 1730s
1 case, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

Jersey Devil · 1735
Witness reports that in 1735, the child of [name] was born with an animal's head, bird body, and cloven hooves, then flew up a chimney to live in southern New Jersey.