Year | Month | Day | DE/PA & South | West Jersey | East Jersey/NY | England/Scotland/Europe |
1492 | Apr | 30 | | | | Columbus sails the ocean blue |
1497 | Mar | 5 | | | | Henry VII charges John Cabot and sons to claim land for England |
1497 | Jun | 24 | | | | Cabots claim North America for Henry VII of England |
1578 | Jun | 11 | | | | Eliz I issues 'Letters Patent' to Sir Humphrey Gilbert for any unsettled North American lands |
1584 | Mar | 25 | | | | Eliz I issues charter to Sir Walter Raleigh |
1609 | Aug | | | Hudson anchors in Delaware Bay | | |
1621 | Jun | 3 | | | | Dutch West India Company formed |
1624 | | | | Dutch may have settled Walloons on Burlington Island (High Island) | | |
1625 | | | | West India Co send Willem Verhulst as "provisional governor" on High Island | | Charles I succeeds James I |
1626 | | | | Dutch may have settled Ft Nassau (near Gloucester) | New Amsterdam founded on Manhattan Island, drawing in settlement populations from the Delaware River | |
1631 | | | Swanendael settlement (present Lewes) | | | |
1632 | | | Swanendael massacre by natives | | | |
1632 | Jun | 20 | Caecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore receives MD Charter | | | |
1634 | | | | | | Plowden receives patent from Charles I (New Albion) |
1634 | | | | Thomas Yong vainly notifies Dutch in Delaware River of New Albion; Yong's party removed by Dutch | | |
1638 | Mar | | Minuit lands Calmar & Griffen and founds Ft Christina (New Sweden) | | | |
1639 | | | | | Kieft's war with natives | |
1640 | Apr | | John Ridder arrives to lead New Sweden | | | |
1641 | | | | English from New Haven settle at "Watcesit" on Salem Creek (Varckens Kill) | | |
1642 | | | English from Watcessit try to settle on Schuylkill - driven off by Dutch | | | War formally declared between Charles and Parliament |
1643 | Jan | | John Printz arrives to lead New Sweden | | | Plowden sails to lay claim to New Albion but is stranded by mutineers in VA |
1644 | | | English expedition from Boston, under Aspinwall, turned back from Delaware by Dutch and Swedes | | | |
1647 | May | | | | Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam | |
1648 | Apr | | Dutch build Ft. Beversreede near Schuylkill | | | |
1648 | | | | | | Plowden's last attempt to muster a colony fails |
1649 | Jan | 27 | | | | Charles I beheaded |
1651 | | | | | | English Navigation Act |
1651 | | | Dutch erect Ft Casimir just south of Ft. Christina | | | |
1652 | | | | | | Start of 1st Dutch war |
1654 | Apr | | John Rising arrives w/200 settlers | | | |
1654 | May | 21 | Rising conquers Ft Casimir | | | |
1655 | Sep | 1 | Dutch recapture Casimir; Ft Christina surrenders to Dutch | | | |
1656 | | | | | Stuyvesant orders settlements on west bank to be compact, defensible | |
1656 | Dec | 19 | Ft. Casimir transferred from West India Co to Burgomaster of Amsterdam, becomes "New Amstel" | | | |
1659 | | | Dutch build fort at Swanendael. Now called Hoerenkil | | | |
1659 | | | Dispute between Maryland and Stuyvesant over New Amstel | | | |
1659 | | | | Edward Byllynge is a London brewer | Esopus settlement attacked by natives | |
1660 | May | 29 | | | | Stuart monarchy reestablished with Charles II |
1660 | Mar | | | | Van Vleck founds Bergen | |
1662 | Apr | 23 | | | Charter for Connecticut colony includes New Haven colony | |
1663 | | | Cornelis Peter Plockhoy from Holland establishes Mennonite colony at Cape Henlopen | | Esopus settlement attacked by natives for second time | |
1664 | Jan | | | | | Berkeley and Carteret propose attack on New Amsterdam (Jan 1663/4) |
1664 | Mar | 12 | | | | Charles II grant to James, Duke of York for "Maine" (plus NY/NJ) |
1664 | Jun | 24 | | | | Berkeley and Carteret receive grant from James, Duke of York, and Albany, Earl of Ulster, Lord High Admiral of England, and Ireland, Constable of Dover Castle, Lord Warden of the Cinque ports, and Governor of Portsmouth |
1664 | Sep | 7 | | English conquer New Netherlands; Nicolls gives name "New Albania" to lands west of the Hudson River | | |
1664 | Oct | | Sir Robert Carr conquers New Amstel, which is renamed "New Castle"; "destroys quaking colony of Plockhoy to a naile" | | | |
1664 | Dec | 1 | | | Gov Nicolls grants land to Elizabethtown associates | |
1665 | Feb | 10 | | | Carteret & Berkeley's Concessions and Agreements (Feb 1664/5) | |
1665 | Apr | 3 | | | Nicolls issues Monmouth patent without knowledge of Carteret & Berkeley's plan | |
1665 | Aug | 32 | | | Philip Carteret, nephew of Sir George appointed Deputy-Governor | |
1666 | May | | | | Newark founded as an "orthodox Zion" | |
1666 | Dec | | | | Piscataway purchased from a Woodbridge associate by four from New Hampshire | |
1667 | Jun | | | | Assemblies convene in Navesink/Momouth | |
1668 | May | | | | 1st proprietary assembly meets | |
1669 |
Jun |
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Gov Philip Carteret grants charter for Woodbridge associates |
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1671 |
Sep |
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Lenape kill 2 Dutch servants on Matiniconck (Burlington) Island |
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1672 | | | | | Rebellion sets up James Carteret as governor | Penn-Mead trial concludes establishing jury verdicts |
1672 | Jun | end | | | Philip Carteret travels to England and wins support | |
1672 | Dec | 6 | | Carteret and Berkeley issue "Declaration of True Intent…", narrowing the liberties in the 1664 Concessions and Agreements | | |
1673 | Aug | 1 | | | Dutch re-conquer NY/NJ | |
1673 | Aug | 8 | Dutch retake New Castle | | | |
1673 | Dec | 24 | Lord Baltimore's soldiers burn Hoerenkil houses to "save" them from Dutch | | | |
1674 | Feb | 19 | | | | Treaty of Westminster ends the third Anglo-Dutch War returning territory to England |
1674 | Mar | 18 | | John, Lord Berkeley sells his share of NJ to Edward Byllynge (Indenture made out to John Fenwick in trust for bankrupt EB) | | |
1674 | Jun | 29 | | | | Charles II makes new Proprietary Grant to James |
1674 | Jul | 29 | | | James, Duke of York, re-affirms grant to CARTERET ONLY - mentions Barnegat-Pennsauken line | |
1674 | Jul | end | | | Edmund Andros appointed NY governor | |
1675 | Feb | 10 | | Tri-partite Indenture: Byllynge & Fenwick to Trustees (Penn, Lucas, Lawrie) | | |
1675 | Nov | 23 | | Fenwick brings about 100 colonists to Salem on Griffen | | |
1676 | Jul | 1 | | | Quintipartite Agreement (Carteret, Penn, Lawrie, Lucas, Byllynge) on Boundary | |
1676 | Sep | end | | "That there is such a province as New Jersey is certain…" tract by Penn encouraging settlement but recommending caution and circumspection | | |
1677 | Jan | | | Fenwick arrested by Andros and fined | | |
1677 | Mar | 3 | | West Jersey Concessions & Agreements (dated 3 Mar 1676, Old Style) | | |
1677 | Aug | 16 | | Ship Kent bound for Burlington with 230 settlers docks at Newcastle | | |
1678 | Apr | end | | Fenwick jailed | | |
1679 |
Mar |
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Fenwick released |
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1679 |
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Gov Philip Carteret declares East Jersey will not pay customs to NY |
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1680 |
Jan |
14 |
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| Sir George Carteret dies |
1680 | Jul | 28 | | | | (Jones) Legal opinion that Jerseys do not owe customs to NY |
1680 | Aug | 6 | | James issues 2nd grant for West Jersey vesting government solely in chief proprietor Edward Byllynge | | James cancels customs order |
1680 | Sep | beg | | Samuel Jennings, appointed by Edward Byllynge as Dep Gov. arrives in West Jersey | | |
1680 | end | end | | | Andros recalled from NY | |
1681 | Feb | 20 | | | | Penn receives grant for PA |
1681 | Nov | 21 | | Dep. Gov. Jenings convenes 1st Assembly at Burlington | | |
1681 | Nov | 25 | | Dep. Gov. Jenings signs inviolable Fundamentals (Ollive, speaker; Revell, clerk) | | |
1681 | Nov | end | | 1st WJ Assembly begins to meet (population around 1400) | Last EJ Assembly until March 1683 | |
1682 | Feb | 2 | | | Carteret estate sold to 12 EJ Proprietors (11 Quakers) [deed of lease and release] | |
1682 | Apr | 25 | Penn's Charter of Libertie | | | |
1682 | Aug | end | | | EJ Proprietors double to 24 | Penn leaves for Pennsylvania |
1682 | Sep | end | | | Robert Barclay nominated as governor of EJ | |
1682 | Nov | end | | | Thomas Rudyard leaves for East Jersey as resident Dep Gov | |
1683 | Jan | end | | Thomas Olive and John Revell reelected speaker and clerk of the Assembly, respectively | | |
1683 | Feb | end | | Daniel Leeds apologizes to Burlington Friends Meeting for rash statements in his Almanac | | |
1683 | Mar | 14 | | | James' grant to the 24 Proprietors (dated in the Old Style Mar 14 1682) | |
1683 | Mar | 23 | | Fenwick sells interest to Penn | | |
1683 | Mar | end | | | First EJ Assembly since 11/1681 | |
1683 | May | 14 | | WJ Assembly elects Samuel Jennings governor contra Byllynge | | |
1683 | Aug | | | | First boatload of Scot settlers | |
1683 | Sep | 16 | | | | Byllynge solvent - trust dissolved, now legal governor of WJ |
1683 | Nov | 15 | | | | Byllynge receives approbation of the King as governor |
1683 | Nov | 23 | | | Charles II's recognition of EJ Proprietors' rights of Soil and Government | |
1683 | end | end | | John Fenwick dies | | |
1683 | end | 34 | | | The 24 East Jersey Proprietors' Fundamentals | |
1684 | Jan | | | | Gawen Lawrie replaces Rudyard as Dep Gov of EJ | |
1684 | Mar | end | | Jennings and Thomas Budd go to England to put case; Assembly appoints Thomas Olive Dep Governor in absence | | |
1685 | Jul | end | | Thomas Budd publishes "True and Perfect Account….of 100 Shares.." | | |
1684 | Oct | 11 | | | | 3-month arbitration between Byllynge and WJ Assembly concludes (George Fox and others decide for Byllynge) |
1684 | end | 32 | | | NY Gov Dongan pressuring annexation of Jerseys | |
1684 | end | end | | Dr. Daniel Coxe begins speculation in West Jersey land | 2nd and 3rd debarkments of Scots | |
1685 | end | end | | "Good Order Established in Pennsylvania and West Jersey" tract issued by Thomas Budd | | |
1685 | Feb | 6 | | | | Charles II dies; James II accedes |
1685 | Apr | 19 | | | East Jersey Board of Proprietors formed | |
1685 | Apr | end | | | EJ Assembly meets | Crown challenges legitimacy of RI, CT, EJ, WJ and MD government [quo warranto proceedings] |
1685 | Aug | end | Yearly Meeting held in Philadelphia; Thomas Olive and George Keith write outgoing Epistle | | | |
1685 | Nov | 3 | | John Skene presents commission from Byllynge as Deputy Governor | | |
1686 | beg | end | | Daniel Leed's Almanac again censured and recalled | | |
1686 | beg | end | | | Andrew Hamilton arrives as confidential agent of East Jersey Proprietors | |
1686 | Jun | 3 | | | Edmund Andros appointed governor of new "Dominion of New England" | |
1686 |
Jun |
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At Ft James 3 Dep. Govs discuss NY/EJ/WJ borders. Name 3 surveyors to meet Sep 1st, to determine North Station Point. |
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1686 | Jun | 4 | | | Lord Neil Campbell replaces Lawrie as Dep Gov of East Jersey | |
1686 |
Sep |
14 |
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Govs Barclay (EJ) and Byllynge (WJ) agree to compromise survey "to make as equal a Division .. as they can" using "Rivers and others the mostt notorious places" |
1686 | Dec | 20 | | | Andros arrives from England | |
1687 |
Jan |
8 |
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At home of Henry Greenland, 7 WJ officials sign 5000 Pound bond to abide by decision of arbitrators John Reid and William Emley who "declare" boundary will run "north north west and fifty minutes more westerly.": "Greenland Award" |
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1687 | Jan | 16 | | | | Byllynge dies |
1687 | Feb | | | | | Byllynge heirs sell to Dr. Daniel Coxe, now legal governor of WJ |
1687 | Mar | | | | Hamilton has commission from Barclay, succeeding Lord Neil Campbell as Deputy Gov | |
1687 |
Apr |
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| Keith runs division line (accurate to Greenland Award, within one-half degree) |
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1687 | Jun | | | | EJ Proprietors submit answer to legitimacy challenge | |
1687 | Oct | end | | Adlord Bowd made agent to Dr. Coxe | | |
1687 | Nov | end | | | CT annexed by Dom of NE [fall] | |
1687 | Dec | | | | Campbell returns to England; then replaced by Andrew Hamilton | |
1688 | Feb | 14 | | Agreement made in Burlington to form Council of Proprietors | | |
1688 | Feb | 32 | | Coxe announced as Governor in Burlington Court | | |
1688 | Apr | 18 | A Minute Against Slavery, Addressed to Germantown Monthly Meeting (Pastorius and German Quakers of Germantown) | | | |
1688 | Apr | 30 | | WJ proprietors proffer document of surrender of government | EJ proprietors proffer document of surrender of government | |
1688 | Apr | end | | | Jerseys annexed by Dom of NE [spring] | |
1688 | May | | | | Andrew Hamilton convenes assembly at request of NY Gov Dongan, for war funds | |
1688 | Aug | end | | John Tatham made agent for Coxe when Bowd is ill | Andros' ceremonial visits to Elizabethtown and Burlington | |
1688 | Sep | 5 | | | Agreement on Keith-Coxe Barclay line which continued along N. branch Raritan, Passaic and Pequannock rivers | |
1688 | Sep | 6 | | Council of West Jersey Proprietors formed | | |
1688 | Sep | 18 | | Council of WJ Prop. convenes w/6 from Burlington; 5 from Gloucester/Salem | | |
1688 | Dec | 11 | | | | James II deposed |
1688 | end | 32 | | | Fletcher appointed governor of NY | |
1689 | beg | end | | | | King William's War w/France begins |
1689 | May | end | | Thomas Olive reelected President of Council | | |
1689 | Dec | | | | EJ Proprietors accept Keith/Coxe/Barclay line | |
1690 | Apr | | | | | Dominion of New England dissolved |
1690 | Oct | 3 | | | | Robert Barclay dies |
1690 | end | end | | | Proprietors appointed John Tatham to replace Barclay as governor. | |
1691 | end | end | | | Joseph Dudley appointed governor by the Proprietors | |
1692 | Mar | 4 | | | | Coxe sells to 48 who will form West New Jersey Society |
1692 | Mar | 27 | | | EJ Assembly elects Hamilton as governor of EJ | |
1692 | Apr | 11 | | WJ Assembly elects Hamilton as governor of WJ | | |
1692 | Jun | end | | Jeremiah Basse appointed agent to WJ Society & to Coxe | | |
1692 | Nov | | | WJ Assembly convenes regularly in May and November for next 5 years; Francis Davenport speaker (T. Olive is dying); Revell still clerk | EJ Assembly resumes | |
1693 | Oct | 13 | George Keith writes against slavery | | | |
1693 | Oct | end | | Nathaniel Westland made an agent for the WJ Society | | |
1693 | end | end | | | EJ Townships formalized | |
1695 | beg | end | | | EJ Proprietors withdraw acceptance of Keith/Coxe/Barclay line | Jeremiah Basse returns to England |
1695 | May | | | John Tatham of WJ Society made President of Council of Proprietors | | |
1696 | | | | | | Modification to Navigation Act ("Act to Prevent Frauds and Abuses") disqualified Scots from political office) |
1697 | Feb | end | | WJ Society makes Jeremiah Basse Surveyor-General | | |
1697 | May | end | | Samuel Jennings elected speaker of Assembly | | |
1697 | Jun | 9 | | WJ Society appoints Jeremiah Basse governor | | |
1697 | Sep | beg | | Basse appoints John Jewell & Joshua Barkstead Surveyors-General | | |
1697 | Sep | end | | | | Board of Trade denies restraint of use of Jersey ports, but insists on customs |
1697 | Oct | | | | | B.o.Trade insists Duke of York never had power to establish ports and could not grant this to successors |
1697 | end | end | Samuel Jenings serving as agent for Penn | | Bellomont becomes Gov of NY | King William's War w/France concludes |
1698 | Feb | | | | | Solicitor General declares NJ is part of NY |
1698 | Mar | end | | | Hamilton declared ineligible as a Scot | |
1698 | Apr | 7 | | Jeremiah Basse arrives claiming governorship | Jeremiah Basse arrives claiming governorship | |
1698 | May | | | | Lewis Morris II leads rebellion against Basse in Court of Common Right | |
1698 | Jul | end | | Hamilton made sole agent for WJ Society | Customs officials attacked and jailed in Perth Amboy | |
1698 | Nov | | | | Basse personally unloads the ship Hester at Perth Amboy | |
1699 | Jan | | | "The Case Put and Decided.." tract issued by Tatham, Revell and Westland | | |
1699 | Feb | | | | First Assembly meets under Basse in EJ | |
1699 | Mar | | | | EJ renounces claim of free ports | |
1699 | Apr | | | | | Board of Trade expands case to attack right to government |
1699 | May | 9 | | | Basse announces intention to take case to England | |
1699 | May | 10 | | | Morris and Willocks brought before Court and jailed | |
1699 | May | 13 | | | Mob busts Morris and Willocks out of Woodbridge jail | |
1699 | May | 15 | | | EJ Assembly reconvenes with Morris | |
1699 | Jun | | | "Truth Rescued from Forgery and Falsehood.." tract issued by Jennings | | |
1699 | Aug | | | | Basse returns from England | |
1699 | Dec | | | | Hamilton returns from England | |
1700 |
Jan |
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EJ Proprietors offer surrender of government in order to save right of ports |
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1700 | Mar | | | | Riots against proprietors quitrent suits in Middlesex | |
1700 | May | | | | Hamilton convenes Assembly | |
1700 | Jul | | | | Bowne and Hartshorne appeal proprietors case to Board of Trade | |
1701 | Mar | | | | Revolt against proprietors spreads to Monmouth | |
1701 | May | | | West Jersey Council of Proprietors petition Board of Trade to approve Hamilton as legitimate governor | | |
1701 | Jun | | | | Bowne claims commission from proprietors for governorship | |
1701 | Oct | 28 | Penn's Charter of Priveleges | | | |
1702 | Mar | 8 | | | | King William dies |
1702 |
Apr |
15 |
| West and East Jersey Surrender of right of Government to the Crown |
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1702 |
May |
2 |
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Cornbury arrives in NY as Governor |
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1703 |
Aug |
14 |
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Cornbury takes Oath as NJ Governor |
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1703 | Sep | beg | | Lewis Morris made factor of the WJ Society | Andrew Hamilton dies | |
1703 |
Nov |
9 |
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First Legislative session for re-united NJ |
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1743 | end | end | | John Lawrence surveys line (later affirmed by courts) | | |
1814 | Jun | 28 | | West Jersey Society conveys remainder to Benjamin B. Cooper | | |