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Daniel Coxe

1640–1730 · 17th century

Daniel Coxe was an English physician to Charles II and Queen Anne and a speculator in colonial land. In 1687 he bought the proprietary rights to West Jersey from the heirs of Edward Byllynge and styled himself governor, though he never visited the colony. In 1692 he sold most of his interest to the West Jersey Society, a group of London investors.

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