New Jersey – The Garden State
During the English Civil War, the Channel Island of Jersey remained loyal to the British Crown and gave sanctuary to the King. In recognition of this loyalty and assistance, when Charles II was crowned King of England following the end of the Cromwellian regime, he awarded the area now known as New Jersey to Vice Admiral Sir George Carteret, bailiff and governor of the island of Jersey. Admiral Cateret, who had visited Newfoundland and therefore had some familiarity with the New World, promptly named his new lands after his home island, and thus the name New Jersey. The initial settlers under the British came primarily from New York and New England, staying near the Hackensack River and Arthur Kill.