New Jersey township named for an inventor (6)
I believe the answer is:
edison
'new jersey township named for an inventor' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for edison that I've seen before include "Inventor of the light bulb" , "Inventor of the carbon filament lamp, d. 1931" , "Prolific inventor" , "Onside with great American inventor" , "US inventor of over 1,000 devices" .)