GHPCC-How New Jersey Got Its Name Traditional Cache
GHPCC-How New Jersey Got Its Name
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This is one of the series of caches placed throughout Camden County to bring awareness to historical locations or historical events.
Our state was settled by people of many lands, including Holland, Sweden, Finland, and England.
The Dutch, under Cornelius Mey, explored the southern coast of our state. Today the cape bears his name, Cape May. The Dutch settlements were mainly in the northern section of the state in the Hudson Valley. One settlement, Bergen, was the first town in New Jersey.
The Finns and Swedes sailed up the Delaware and settle along the coast in Wilmington and in Gloucester County. Their settlement was called New Sweden, and it lasted from 1643 to 1653. Governor Printz was the colony’s leader who ruled with an iron hand. When Governor Printz left in 1653, New Sweden was easily captured by the Dutch under Peter Stuyvesant. Many Swedes continued to live there accepting the new government. The Dutch remained in control of the area until 1664.
In the year 1664, King Charles II of England gave the territory covering New York and New Jersey to his brother, James, Duke of York. The British did not recognize the Dutch claims to these lands. In June of the same year, the Duke of York gave the lower section, New Jersey, to his court friends, Sir George Carteret, and John, Lord Berkeley. The name of this new territory was Nova Caesaria or New Jersey. The name was chosen because of Carteret’s defense of the Island of Jersey when King Charles fled there while in exile in 1649.
When Lord Berkeley was in financial difficulty, he sold his lands to a Quaker, John Fenwick. Other land was sold to William Penn, Gawen Lawrie, Nicholas Lucas and Edward Byllynge. These men ssigned a treaty in 1676 with Carteret that created West Jersey. Jersey was now divided into two sections. The new government granted religious freedom, trial by jury and protection of civil liberties. Many Quakers began to settle West Jersey, including New Beverly (now Burlington). In 1681, there were 1400 Quakers residing in West Jersey. One situation caused much dissatisfaction. The same governor ruled both New York and New Jersey. This led to many disputes until 1738 when Jersey was given its own governor, Lewis Morris, a native of the state.
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