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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR |
| 1618 | Dutch colony | ||
| 1665 | 10 february | UK colony | Philip Carteret (I) |
| 1672 | John Berry | ||
| 1673 | Dutch colony | Antonie Colve | |
| 1674 | 13 june | UK colony | Philip Carteret (II) |
| 1676 | 1 july | Divided into East and West Jersey | X |
| 1702 | Part of New York | ||
| 1736 | UK Royal colony | John Hamilton (I) | |
| 1738 | Lewis Morris | ||
| 1746 | 21 may | John Hamilton (II) | |
| 1747 | John Reading (I) | ||
| 1747 | Jonathan Belcher | ||
| 1757 | 31 august | Thomas Pownall | |
| 1757 | 31 august | John Reading (II) | |
| 1758 | Sir Francis Bernard | ||
| 1760 | Thomas Boone | ||
| 1761 | Josiah Hardy | ||
| 1762 | William Franklin | ||
| 1776 | 17 july | State | William Livingston |
| 1787 | 18 december | 3^ state of U.S.A. |