yes he did
The Quakers purchased land in New Jersey, From Lord Berkeley.
The Quakers purchased half of New Jersey from Lord John Berkeley. Before Lord John Berkeley owned this land it was owned by James, the Duke of York.
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Lord John Berkeley sold land in New Jersey to the Quakers.
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he helped James duke of york in the war and was rewarded a land which is now new Jersey he was co-founder.
Sir AGeorge Cartaret and Lord John Berkeley established the colony of Nwe Jersey after the land was given to them by the Duke of York who got it from his brother, King Charles II.
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.
The land was given to his friends who established New Jersey : Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley.
Well, I did a school project and Peter Stuyvesant fist owned New Jersey when the dutch had claimed it. Then, John Berkeley and George Carteret got New Jersey after the English won the war for that land.
He owned New Jersey he was a lord and he had a small little village but a big kingdom and many servants in his kingdom and his village was very poor.