It is not named for a person, it is named for Jersey the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France.
New Jersey
New Jersey
Jersey.
new jersey
New Jersey
An island in the English channel called Jersey.
No it was not. It was called just New jersey named by Lord Berkely in honor of his friend (Sir George Carteret) who was the governor of Jersey (an island off the English channel).
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.
New Jersey was named by James, Duke of York (the brother of King Charles II of England), who was given New Jersey by his brother. James later gave New Jersey to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. James named the colony New Jersey to honor Carteret, who had been the Governor of Jersey, a British island in the English Channel.State Nick Name: Garden State
When did New Jersey become a colony?
When did New Jersey become a colony?
were jobs avalible in the new jersey colony