Later disputes over the boundary surfaced placing the top point of the east-west boundary in various places from Hunterdon county to Newton in Sussex county, leaving a large wedge of land for another dispute. In 1682 Carteret died and the Quakers bought East Jersey from his widow. The land disputes became worse with each sale. Once the Quakers realized there were too many Non-Quaker residents to make it a purely Quaker state they began to sell it in 24ths. Twelve other persons, mostly Scottish purchased the 24ths. The new owners found unrest and sporadic violence directed at them from the settlers who were already living on the land for some time. In 1702 the new proprietors gave their administrative rights to the British Monarch in return for confirmation of their land claims. New Jersey became a royal colony under a common governor with New York until 1738 when Lewis Morris was named the first governor.
