The two advertised and promised settlers many benefits for colonizing including representative government and freedom of religion. Determination of an exact location for a border between west jersey and east jersey was often a matter of dispute, as was the border with new york the border between the two sides reached the atlantic. The new jersey colony religion and government welcome to new jersey. Books by series coming soon new releases this months biggest new books. New jersey by olivia thiel and keri daley the name of this colony is new jersey. The new jersey colony was founded by sir george carteret and lord berkeley in 1664. New jersey s government was a democracy and they followed the declaration of independence. The database also includes numerous references to early marriages recorded in colonial deeds books and other collections, extending the inclusive dates of the index to 16661799, a valuable resource. A presentation by katie fletcher created with haiku deck, free presentation software that is simple, beautiful, and fun. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. New jersey from colony to state, 16091789 by richard patrick mccormick, 1964, rutgers university press edition, in english. New jersey marks its 350th anniversary on june 24, 2014 with a look back at the colonial roots of new jersey, originally divided into territories known. The paperback of the the new jersey colony by muriel l.
We chose to do this colony because keri was born in new jersey. Mark zuckerberg, center, with cory booker, then mayor of newark, left, and new jersey gov. The political division existed for the 26 years between 1678 and 1712. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the prize. With this sale, new jersey was divided into east jersey and west jersey, two distinct provinces of the proprietary colony. The name of the colony comes from the isle of jersey, carterets birthplace. The new jersey colony was one of the middle colonies which also included the new york colony, the delaware colony, and the pennsylvania colony. New jersey from colony to state, 16091789 1964 edition. Imagine is the year 1670, and youre living in the colonies the colony of new jersey, to be exact. But their plans soon ran into the citys seasoned education players, fierce protectors of. Colonial marriage bonds, 16651799 index to new jersey. Being the story of john fenwicks colony, the oldest english speaking settlement on the delaware river paperback. This database indexes the marriage bonds and licenses 17111795 filed with the secretary of states office before and immediately after the american revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries. The new jersey colony was originally named the province of new jersey, after the british island named jersey.