No, New Jersey is named after the European Jersey. That's why it's called 'new' jersey.
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New Jersey
New Jersey
It was named after Jersey, England. When English immigrants came over to America, they named it New Jersey after their homeland.
It's not New Jersey, it's just Jersey. 8===>--
Jersey is a British island. When they came here they named it New Jersey.
English brothers who had the last name Jersey owned it in the 1700's. They named it new Jersey after themselves owning it
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new jersey
New Jersey was named for the small Channel island of Jersey.
New Jersey was named for the small Channel island of Jersey.
An island in the English channel called Jersey.
New Jersey is named for the isle of Jersey in the British Channel, birthplace of the first Lord Proprietor of the colony, Sir George Carteret.