West New Jersey

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West New Jersey was a 17th-century proprietary colony in the western part of present-day New Jersey, established by English Quakers and others before the unification of East and West Jersey into a single royal colony.

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Label Occurrences
West New Jersey canonical 9

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
proprietary colony ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Delaware River ⓘ
East New Jersey ⓘ
capital Burlington ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
currency pound sterling ⓘ
dateDissolved 1702 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1674 ⓘ
dateOfConcessionsAndAgreements 1677 ⓘ
dateOfFirstConstitution 1676 ⓘ
dateOrganized 1676 ⓘ
establishedBy English proprietors ⓘ
Quaker proprietors ⓘ
ethnicGroup English colonists ⓘ
Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape

Quakers ⓘ
founder Edward Byllynge ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie ⓘ
John Fenwick ⓘ
Nicholas Lucas ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
governmentType proprietary government ⓘ
knownFor advanced guarantees of civil liberties in the Concessions and Agreements ⓘ
early Quaker political and religious freedom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDocument Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey ⓘ
legislature General Free Assembly of West New Jersey ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
present-day New Jersey ⓘ
mergedInto Province of New Jersey ⓘ
mergedWith East New Jersey ⓘ
notableSettlement Burlington ⓘ
Gloucester ⓘ
linked to: Gloucester City

Salem ⓘ
partOf Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
sovereignState Kingdom of England ⓘ
successor Crown Colony of New Jersey ⓘ
territoryIncludes present-day Atlantic County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Burlington County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Camden County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Cape May County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Cumberland County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Gloucester County, New Jersey ⓘ
present-day Salem County, New Jersey ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward Byllynge → placeOfActivity → West New Jersey ⓘ
East New Jersey → bordersWith → West New Jersey ⓘ
East New Jersey → mergedWith → West New Jersey ⓘ
Edward Byllynge → workLocation → West New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: Byllynge
Edward Byllynge → governed → West New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: Byllynge
Edward Byllynge → jurisdiction → West New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: Byllynge
John Fenwick → placeOfActivity → West New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Fenwick → politicalEntityFoundedIn → West New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: John