West Jersey proprietors
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The West Jersey proprietors were a group of English Quaker landowners who controlled and administered the western portion of colonial New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Board of Proprietors of West Jersey | 1 |
| West Jersey proprietors canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5225401 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Jersey proprietors Context triple: [Burlington, Province of New Jersey, foundedBy, West Jersey proprietors]
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A.
Pennsylvania proprietors
The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
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B.
Maryland proprietors
The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.
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C.
Lords Proprietors
The Lords Proprietors were a group of English nobles granted ownership and governing rights over the Province of Carolina in colonial America.
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D.
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors were a group of English aristocratic investors and landholders who organized and financed the early 17th-century colonial venture that became the Saybrook Colony in New England.
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E.
West Jersey
West Jersey was the western division of colonial New Jersey, a proprietary English colony in North America during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: West Jersey proprietors Target entity description: The West Jersey proprietors were a group of English Quaker landowners who controlled and administered the western portion of colonial New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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A.
Pennsylvania proprietors
The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
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B.
Maryland proprietors
The Maryland proprietors were the colonial-era owners and administrators of the Province of Maryland, holding extensive political and economic authority under an English royal charter.
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C.
Lords Proprietors
The Lords Proprietors were a group of English nobles granted ownership and governing rights over the Province of Carolina in colonial America.
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D.
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors
Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors were a group of English aristocratic investors and landholders who organized and financed the early 17th-century colonial venture that became the Saybrook Colony in New England.
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E.
West Jersey
West Jersey was the western division of colonial New Jersey, a proprietary English colony in North America during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Quaker organization
ⓘ
colonial proprietors ⓘ landowning company ⓘ |
| after | sale of West Jersey to Quaker trustees ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Province of New Jersey
ⓘ
West Jersey ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory |
Delaware River region of New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Delaware Valley
western half of New Jersey ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Concession and Agreement of 1664
|
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dissolved | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| followedBy |
royal government of New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown Colony of New Jersey
|
| foundedBy |
Edward Byllynge
ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie ⓘ Nicholas Lucas ⓘ William Penn ⓘ other English Quaker investors ⓘ |
| hasCapital |
Burlington, West Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Burlington, Province of New Jersey
|
| hasPart |
Board of Proprietors of West Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
West Jersey proprietors
|
| hasRole |
collection of quitrents
ⓘ
colonial governance ⓘ land administration ⓘ land distribution ⓘ town planning ⓘ |
| inception |
1676
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| legalForm | proprietary company ⓘ |
| location |
West Jersey
ⓘ
colonial New Jersey ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
issuing land titles
ⓘ
managing proprietary shares ⓘ surveying land ⓘ |
| operatedInTimePeriod |
early 18th century
ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ |
| owned | undivided proprietary shares in West Jersey ⓘ |
| partOf | proprietary colony system in British America ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Quakerism
ⓘ
Religious Society of Friends ⓘ |
| sharesBorderWith | East Jersey Proprietors ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
division of New Jersey into East and West Jersey
ⓘ
sale of Lord Berkeley’s share of New Jersey ⓘ surrender of government to the Crown in 1702 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
colonial New Jersey land records
ⓘ
studies of Quaker colonization in America ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: West Jersey proprietors Description of subject: The West Jersey proprietors were a group of English Quaker landowners who controlled and administered the western portion of colonial New Jersey in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
West Jersey proprietors
linked to: West Jersey proprietors