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Bookmark or Share- West Jersey - WikipediaWest Jersey and East Jersey were two sections of New Jersey. The development of the colony of New Sweden in the lower Delaware Valley began in 1638. Most of the Swedish population was on the west side of the Delaware. After the English re-established New Netherland's Fort Nassau to challenge the Swedes, the latter constructed Fort Nya Elfsborg ...
- New Jersey | Capital, Population, Map, History, & FactsTrenton. Population: (2020) 9,288,994; (2023 est.) 9,290,841. Governor: Phil Murphy (Democrat) Date Of Admission: December 18, 1787 2. U.S. Senators: Cory A. Booker (Democrat) Robert Menendez (Democrat) Recent News. Apr. 24, 2024, 3:22 PM ET (AP) US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a Democrat from New Jersey, has died at 65 after a heart attack.
- New Jersey Colony — History, Facts, and TimelineNew Jersey was divided into East Jersey and West Jersey. New Jersey was briefly part of the Dominion of New England. New Jersey was a Proprietary Colony until 1702 when it became a Royal Colony and the two colonies were merged. New Jersey was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of New York until 1738.
- West New Jersey - Encyclopedia of Greater PhiladelphiaBenjamin Franklin (1706-90) reputedly called New Jersey “a barrel tapped at both ends,” a productive countryside exploited by Philadelphia and New York. While West New Jersey quickly came within Philadelphia’s economic orbit, the region nonetheless retained a distinct political and social identity.
- The Founding of the Quaker colony of West Jersey - US HistoryThe Founding of the Quaker colony of West Jersey. Quoted from Samuel Janney's "The Life of William Penn," 6th edition, 1882. Transcribed by James Quinn, Historian, Gwynedd Friends Meeting (Pennsylvania) In the year 1664, the Duke of York, proprietary of the province of New York, assigned to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret the tract of ...
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