Gender: Men

William Livingston

1723 – 1790 I was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a General of the New Jersey Militia, and the first Governor of New Jersey. Before the American Revolution, I

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Charles Lee

1732 – 1782 I was a Patriot General who started my career with promise but ended it in shame. I was born into a British military family, so it seemed

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Joseph Murray

???-1780 I was a Patriot who lost his life in the cause. I was born in Northern Ireland to a Scotch-Irish family. Sometime before 1767 my mother Elizabeth and I

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William Maxwell

1733 – 1796 I led a new kind of military force that fought in many battles throughout the Revolution. I was born to Scotch-Irish parents in Northern Ireland in 1733,

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Andrew Hunter

1752-1823 I was a chaplain supporting the troops, and a diarist who recorded many stories from the Revolution. When I was born in Greenwich in Cumberland County in 1752, my

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Joshua Jack Huddy

1735-1782 I was a zealous Patriot militiaman who sparked a famous diplomatic bonfire. I was born into a Quaker family in Salem County on November 8, 1735. We Quakers were

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Francis Hopkinson

1737 – 1791 I was a small man who went on to do a great thing: sign the Declaration of Independence. I was born in Philadelphia in 1737 and all

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John Hart

c1713 – 1779 I was a signer of the Declaration of Independence before the war came through my farm. I was baptized in Hopewell New Jersey in 1713, and in

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William Franklin

c1730 – 1814 I became the Governor of the Colony of New Jersey, and that tore my family apart. My father was Benjamin Franklin, but I was his illegitimate son.

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Robert Drummond

c1733 – 1789 I was a soldier who chose loyalty over the prospect of independence. I was a successful merchant from Essex County who also served as a militia captain.

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Philemon Dickinson

1739 – 1809 I was a leader of the Militia, and a representative in the Legislature. I was born in Delaware in 1739 on my father’s plantation. I graduated from

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