What is one example of a proprietary colony?

Answer 1

One example is New Jersey. Around 1664 the British lost their control over America to the British. The British gave the area now New Jersey to two "Proprietors", as they were known then. They were Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley. The area was divided in half, with Carteret controlling the eastern side and Berkeley controlling the western side. The area was named New Jersey, because Lord Carteret had once been governor of the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channell. These "Proprietors" literally owned New Jersey and sold parts of it to various settlers coming from England. It might be said though that New Jersey was not truly a "proprietary colony", because eventually governance of the area went back to Engalnd. However, the entire area had at least been owned by two people who sold it bit by bit to colonists from England.