Sir William Berkeley was one of the Lord Proprietors of the Colony of Carolina and the colonial Governor of Virginia. He established friendly policies toward Native Americans, something that led to discomfort by some of the planters, which led to the revolt remembered as 'Bacon's rebellion'.
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Lord John Berkeley was one of the Co-founders of what is now known as New Jersey. He was born in 1607, and died in 1678.
The Quakers purchased land in New Jersey, From Lord Berkeley.
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New Jersey was founded in 1664 by John Berkeley (Lord Berkeley) and Sir George Carteret.
New Jersey was originally part of the land grant of New York that the king of England Charles the second gave to his brother in 1664. James the Duke of York gave New Jersey to two political friends in 1674. These friends were John Berkeley and George Carteret, it was Carteret who named New Jersey.
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