Edward Byllynge

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Edward Byllynge

|order = 1st

|office = Governor of West New Jersey

|deputy = Samuel Jennings
Thomas Olive
John Skene

|term_start = August 1680

|term_end = January 1687

|predecessor = Office created

|successor = Daniel Coxe

|birth_date =

|birth_place = Hengar, St Tudy, Cornwall

|death_date = January 1687

|death_place = England

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|children =

|alma_mater =

|occupation = Brewer

|nationality = Cornish

|signature = Signature of Edward Byllynge (fl. 1674–1687).png

}}

Edward Byllynge was a British colonial administrator and governor of West New Jersey from 1680 to 1687, until his death in England. Byllynge owned a large section of land in New Jersey with the Quakers.

Byllynge was a London brewer. He purchased land in New Jersey in 1674 from Sir John Berkeley, in deal also involving John Fenwick. Byllynge's financial position was complicated by bankruptcy, and after negotiations involving William Penn, the purchase in 1675 was reassigned to a trust involving Fenwick, Penn and others with Byllynge. The planting of Quaker colonies then proceeded.{{ODNBweb|id=71092|title=Fenwick, John|first=John|last=Fea}}

Byllynge was an unpopular governor with the settlers of New Jersey. He never even set foot on the tract of land he owned. In 1682, Byllynge was one of the 24 proprietaries who owned a piece of West New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/nj09.asp |title=The Avalon Project : Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors: 14th of March 1682 |publisher=Avalon.law.yale.edu |date=30 June 1906 |access-date=12 October 2015}}