Everything about West Jersey totally explained
New Jersey was governed as two distinct provinces,
East Jersey and
West Jersey, for the 28 years between
1674 and
1702.
Determination of an exact location for a
border between West Jersey and East Jersey was often a matter of dispute.
The Delaware Valley had been inhabited by the
Lenape (or Delaware) Indians prior to exploration and settlement starting around 1609 by the Dutch, Swedish and English. Settlement of the West Jersey area by Europeans was thin until the English conquest in 1664.
The Dutch had established one or two Delaware River settlements but by the late 1620s had moved most of their inhabitants to
Manhattan which became the center of
New Netherland.
The development of the colony of
New Sweden in the lower Delaware began in 1638. Most of the Swedish population was on the west side of the Delaware, but after the New Netherland's
Fort Nassau was re-established to challenge the Swedes, Ft. Elfsborg was established in present day Salem County. The Dutch defeated New Sweden in 1655.
Beginning in the late 1670s
Quakers settled in great numbers first in present day Salem County and then in
Burlington which became the capital of West Jersey.
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