Joseph Bloomfield was born in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey to Moses Bloomfield, a physician, and Sarah Ogden. Moses Bloomfield was a surgeon and an abolitionist.==Education and military service==Joseph…
Aaron Ogden (December 3, 1756{spaced ndash}April 19, 1839) was a United States Senator and the fifth Governor of New Jersey.==Early life==Ogden was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (formerly…
David Brearley (often spelled Brearly) (June 11, 1745 – August 16, 1790) was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution on behalf of…
Matthias Ogden was born at Elizabeth, New Jersey (formerly known as Elizabethtown) on October 22, 1754. Ogden fought in the Revolutionary War and served various political positions afterwards.==Family==He…
Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805); he served during President Thomas Jefferson’s first term.After…
William Sanford Pennington (1757 – September 17, 1826) was the sixth Governor of New Jersey, serving from 1813 to 1815. From 1815 to 1826 he served as a…
Thomas Carpenter, born November 2, 1752 at Salem, New Jersey, died July 7, 1847 at Carpenter’s Landing, New Jersey, was an early American glassmaker and devout Quaker who,…
Bowes Reed (November 1740 — July 20, 1794) was a Revolutionary officer, politician, and public servant from New Jersey. He was the brother of Joseph Reed, a member…
Elias Dayton (May 1, 1737 – October 22, 1807) led a New Jersey regiment during the American Revolutionary War and became a brigadier general. After the war he…