West Jersey

Province of West Jersey
1674–1702
The original provinces of West and East Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe–Barclay Line is shown in orange.
Status	Colony of England
Capital	Burlington
Common languages	English
Government	Proprietary colony
Lords Proprietor
• 1674	Edward Byllynge John Fenwick
Governor
• 1680-1687	Edward Byllynge (first)
• 1699-1702	Andrew Hamilton (last)
History
• Established	1674
• Disestablished	1702
Currency	Pound sterling
Preceded by Succeeded by Province of New Jersey Province of New Jersey Dominion of New England
Today part of	United States New Jersey

West Jersey and East Jersey were two distinct parts of the Province of New Jersey. The political division existed for 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.