Famous Figures

Clara Barton (1821-1912)

Born in North Oxford Massachusetts on Christmas Day 1821 Clara Barton arrived into a large family of teachers and educators. Read more

Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)

Francis Hopkinson, member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence lived in this town. His beautiful Read more

Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844)

Several years after the banishing of his family from France in 1816, arriving under vigilant disguise as the Count de Read more

Joseph Borden (1687-1765)

In 1717 Joseph Borden settled here, bought up a substantial part of the land and changed the town’s name to Read more

Patience Wright (1725-1786)

A woman ahead of her time Patience Lovell Wright was born on Long Island in 1725. She moved to Bordentown Read more

Richard Gilder (1844-1909)

Richard Watson Gilder was born on February 8, 1844 at Bordentown, New Jersey. He was the son of Jane (Nutt) Read more

Stephen Sayre (1736-1818)

Stephen Sayre was born in Long Island, graduated from Princeton University and served as a captain of militia in the Read more

Susan Waters (1823-1900)

Born in Binghamton NY May 18 1823 she died in Trenton NJ at the Quaker Nursing home July 7, 1900. Read more

Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. He authored the two most influential pamphlets Read more