Edward Byllynge was a British colonial administrator and governor of New Jersey

Governor of New Jersey

The Office of the Governor of New Jersey is the executive branch for the U.S. state of New Jersey. The office of Governor is an elected position, for which elected officials serve four year terms. While individual politicians may serve as many terms as they can be elected to, Governors cannot be...

 from 1680 to 1687, until his death in England. Byllynge owned a large section of land in New Jersey with the Quakers

Religious Society of Friends

The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...

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Byllynge was an unpopular governor with the settlers of New Jersey. He never even set foot on the tract of land he owned. In 1681, Byllynge was one of the twenty four proprietaries who owned a piece of New Jersey.