. Cyclopedia of American government . nt marked thehistory of New Jersey from the very first, andLord Berkeley was soon glad to sell his shareof the rebellious colony to two Quakers, JohnFenwick and Edward Byllynge (1673-4). Verysoon these two idealists were deep in disputesover the land titles of New Jersey, and thegreat Quaker, William Penn, was called toarbitrate the matter, Penn awarded nine- 530 NEW JERSEY tenths of the district concerned to Byllynge,and one-tenth to Fenwick. But the Byllyngenine-tenths was soon so deeply involved that(Feb. 10, 1674-75) it was handed over in trustto Willi
. Cyclopedia of American government . nt marked thehistory of New Jersey from the very first, andLord Berkeley was soon glad to sell his shareof the rebellious colony to two Quakers, JohnFenwick and Edward Byllynge (1673-4). Verysoon these two idealists were deep in disputesover the land titles of New Jersey, and thegreat Quaker, William Penn, was called toarbitrate the matter, Penn awarded nine- 530 NEW JERSEY tenths of the district concerned to Byllynge,and one-tenth to Fenwick. But the Byllyngenine-tenths was soon so deeply involved that(Feb. 10, 1674-75) it was handed over in trustto William Penn and two associates, to be dis-posed of for the benefit of Byllynges the one-tenth which Penn had assigned toFenwick also came under the control of Pennand his two Quaker associates, and they thenopened negotiations with Carteret which ended(July 1, 1676) in the conclusion of a deeddefining the interests of Sir George Carteret,William Penn and his two associates, and Ed-ward Byllynge. A line was established, ex-. BOUNDAIUES OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY tending from Little Egg Harbor to 41° 40north latitude and to the Delaware River. Theland southwest of this line was confirmed toPenn and his associates, becoming known asWest Jersey. The rest, under the name EastJersey, was awarded to Carteret; but in 1682this also passed into the control of Penn andeleven associates. The twelve proprietors, nowpossessing the entire regions of East and WestJersey, at once associated with themselvestwelve new proprietors, and on November 23,1683, King Charles II. recognized them as thelawful proprietors of New Jersey. In 1702 the proprietors surrendered the prov-ince into the hands of Queen Anne under whosedirection the inhabitants of the Jerseys weresubjected to the despotic rule of Sir EdwardHyde (Lord Cornbury), then governor of theprovince of New York. Until 1738 the Jerseysremained in a condition of semi-dependence onNew York, retaining their separate legislature,but hav
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