Clara Barton (1821-1912)

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 …

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 …