and the Proprietors issuing instructions to Deputy Governor Lawrie on the laying out of land. Section 7 directly addressed the questionable activity of Rudyard and Lawrie himself in their taking up of land. On 5 November 1685 Rudyard sold the land in question to his son in law, Samuel Winder, who on 17 June 1686 sold to Andrew Bowne. Rudyard's political activity was not limited to East New Jersey, for in 1684 Gov. Thomas Dongan of New York appointed him Attorney General there. He was replaced as Attorney General in December 1685 by James Graham. In 1685 Thomas Rudyard left East New Jersey for Barbados, where he died in 1692. See also List of governors of New Jersey Sources New England Historic Genealogical Society References Colonial governors of New Jersey People from Leek, Staffordshire 1640 births 1692 deaths Deputy Governors of East New Jersey British Quakers English emigrants People of colonial New Jersey