Talk:Province of New Jersey

Boundaries
''The Province of New Jersey was an English colony that existed within the boundaries of the current U.S. state of New Jersey prior to the American Revolution. The original boundaries of the province were slightly larger than the current state and extended into portions of the present state of New York.''

This seems self-contradictory. How could the colony exist 'within the boundaries of the current state' if its boundaries 'were slightly larger than the current state'? Flapdragon 21:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

John Cabot
Discoverer John Cabot was not an Englishman, but an Italian flying the English flag. I have corrected this. 93.97.15.83 (talk) 01:38, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

why a section re Princeton & Rutgers?
The infobox says the Province of New Jersey existed from 1674 to 1702. Why then is there a section on "Princeton and Rutgers", which were founded in 1746 and 1766, respectively — i.e., after the province was disestablished? It would seem they should be in a separate article about the "Royal Colony of New Jersey". Eagle4000 (talk) 22:36, 13 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The title of the article refers to the Province of New Jersey, but the article itself also includes the Royal Colony. Colony of New Jersey redirects here, although there was no explanation of why.   RJC  TalkContribs 23:59, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Resources/Economy
There should be a section about its economy. 70.236.39.145 (talk) 22:02, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Never a province
The word "province" was never part of the official name of any of the thirteen British colonies that later formed the United States, yet nine of the thirteen articles on those colonies include "province" All nine articles should be moved and retitled. WCCasey (talk) 19:36, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
 * What's the proof about "official" name???--- no RS is given. Rjensen (talk) 02:33, 11 January 2016 (UTC)

Here's a place too look, Appears the name Province was certainly in use in 17th/18th centuries. Djflem (talk) 12:51, 11 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Province of New Jersey, divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys map 1777
 * The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America, Anno Domini 1683
 * The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There - 1664
 * The Grants, Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey, the Acts passed during the Proprietary Governments, and other material Transactions before the Surrender thereof to Queen Anne. The Instrument of Surrender, and her formal Acceptance thereof; Lord Cornbury's Commission and Instructions Consequent thereon / by Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer 1758

See the complete debate at Talk: Thirteen Colonies. WCCasey (talk) 01:18, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Name variations
Most of the other colonies on Wikipedia give a series of alternate names the colony was known by in a prioritized order. It would be nice if we could do the same here. WilliamKF (talk) 19:28, 17 June 2016 (UTC)