I remember Jack from my 1960s childhood in Jersey City. I left the place in 1970 but had read about Jack's murder sometime after that. As I recall, some young tough demanded Jack's money, Jack refused, and the guy shot him in the chest. Very sad. Jack was a real icon. What a dreadful end, but emblematic of what Jersey City had become.
No, New Jersey is named after the European Jersey. That's why it's called 'new' jersey.
The state of New Jersey was named after the Channel Island of Jersey in the English Channel.
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A Jersey sweater is named after the traditional sweaters worn by fishermen on the island of Jersey. Similarly a Guernsey sweater is so called after the sweaters worn by Guernsey fishermen. A Jersey cow (sometimes referred to as a 'Jersey' is named after the breed which originated on the island of Jersey.
It is not named for a person, it is named for Jersey the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France.
It was named after Jersey, England. When English immigrants came over to America, they named it New Jersey after their homeland.
New Jersey was named for the small Channel island of Jersey.
English brothers who had the last name Jersey owned it in the 1700's. They named it new Jersey after themselves owning it
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It was named for the Isle of Jersey and nobody is certain of where that name came from. It may have been named by the Vikings.
It's not New Jersey, it's just Jersey. 8===>--