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Carteret, Philip, 1639–82, first colonial governor of New Jersey New Jersey, Middle Atlantic state of the E United States. It is bordered by New York State (N and, across the Hudson R. and New York Harbor, E), the Atlantic Ocean (E), Delaware, across Delaware Bay (S), and Pennsylvania, across the Delaware R. (W).
..... Click the link for more information. . Carteret, commissioned by the proprietor, Sir George Carteret, his fourth cousin, arrived in the province in 1665. He soon faced disputes over confused land titles and rebellion by tenant farmers against quitrents (fixed rents). After the division of New Jersey in 1676, he was made governor of East Jersey. Mounting difficulties with Sir Edmund Andros Andros, Sir Edmund (ăn`drŏs), 1637–1714, British colonial governor in America, b. Guernsey.
..... Click the link for more information. over the right to collect customs duties led to Carteret's imprisonment by Andros and his eventual restoration by the duke of York (later James II).

Carteret, Philip (1639–82) first governor of New Jersey; born in Isle of Jersey, England. After arriving at Elizabethport (1665) he instituted a government and summoned the first New Jersey legislature (1668). Following a challenge to his government by Sir Edmund Andros (1680) he was re-instated as governor, but he relinquished his office and died soon afterward.