List of Colonial Governors of N.J.
This is a list of governors of the Province of New Jersey, including the period of its division into West Jersey and East Jersey, up to the American Revolution.
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Governors under the Proprietors (1665-1674)
See also: Lords Proprietor (1665-1703), Proprietary colony, and Proprietary Governor
|
Name |
Term |
| Philip Carteret | 1665-1672 |
| John Berry | 1672-1673 |
| Anthony Colve | 1673-1674 |
[Governors of East Jersey (1674-1702)
See also: Lords Proprietor(1665-1703)
|
Name |
Term |
Notes |
| Philip Carteret | 1674-1682 | |
| Robert Barclay | 1682-1688 | |
| Edmund Andros | 1688-1689 | Governed as the Dominion of New England |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1692-1697 | |
| Jeremiah Basse | 1698-1699 | |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1699-1702 |
Governors of West Jersey (1680-1702)
See also: Lords Proprietor(1665-1703)
|
Name |
Term |
| Edward Byllynge | 1680-1687 |
| Daniel Coxe | 1687-1688 |
| Edmund Andros | 1688-1689 |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1692-1697 |
| Jeremiah Basse | 1697-1699 |
| Andrew Hamilton | 1699-1702 |
Governors under Royal Government (1702-1776)
Governors of New York and New Jersey (1702-1738)
See also: Province of New York
|
Name |
Term |
Notes |
| Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury | 1701-1708 | |
| John Lovelace | 1708-1709 | |
| Richard Ingoldesby | 1709-1710 | Lieutenant and Governor |
| Robert Hunter | 1710-1720 | |
| William Burnet | 1720-1728 | |
| John Montgomerie | 1728-1731 | |
| Lewis Morris | 1731-1732 | President Of Council |
| William Cosby | 1732-1736 | |
| John Anderson | 1736 | President Of Council |
| John Hamilton | 1736-1738 | President Of Council |
Governors of New Jersey only (1738-1776)
See also: Proprietary House
|
Name |
Term |
Notes |
| Lewis Morris | 1738-1746 | |
| John Hamilton | 1746-1747 | President Of Council |
| John Reading | 1747 | President Of Council |
| Jonathan Belcher | 1747-1757 | |
| 1757 | Lieut. Governor: Thomas Pownall | |
| John Reading | 1757-1758 | President Of Council |
| Francis Bernard | 1758-1760 | |
| Thomas Boone | 1760-1761 | |
| Josiah Hardy | 1761-1763 | |
| William Franklin | 1763-1776 |
