Born in North Oxford Massachusetts on Christmas Day 1821, Clara Barton arrived into a large family of teachers and educators. The youngest of five children …
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)
Francis Hopkinson, member of the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence lived in this town. His beautiful home is still standing, a …
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 Borden’s Towne. By 1740, he …
Patience Wright (1725-1786)
A woman ahead of her time Patience Lovell Wright was born on Long Island in 1725. She moved to Bordentown at age 4 with her …
Stephen Sayre (1736-1818)
Stephen Sayre was born in Long Island, graduated from Princeton University and served as a captain of militia in the last of the French and …
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 at the start of the …