Helen Kortright Brasher
1739-1819 My house became a battlefield in the American Revolution. I was born in New York City in April 1739 and married Abraham Brasher. When the war came to New
September 5, 2018
1739-1819 My house became a battlefield in the American Revolution. I was born in New York City in April 1739 and married Abraham Brasher. When the war came to New
1720-1790 I owned a tavern that was in harm’s way during the Revolution. I was born in Trenton into the prominent Tucker family, in 1720. I married Henry Bellerjeau and
1748 – 1814 I was a Trenton schoolteacher who helped soldiers and sang for a President. I was born in a town that was once known as Maidenhead, New Jersey
1762 – 1847 I was a witness to the horrors of war right in my own hometown. I was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, which is just across the Delaware
1749 – 1823 I was the wife of a Continental Army doctor. I was born on July 1749 on Long Island, New York before my family moved to a town
1716 – 1797 I nursed soldiers who were injured at a fort built on my family’s land. I was born in the Cooper family in Woodbury, New Jersey, and married
1725 – 1786 I was an artist with many social connections, and – don’t tell! – I may have been a spy. I was born on Long Island, New York
1737 – 1816 I was a Quaker widow who cared for everybody during the Revolution. In my early life I lived in a Quaker community in Philadelphia. I married William
1746-1794 I was a loyal English woman who had to work hard to save her home. In 1746 I was born the daughter of Theodosious Bartow – from whom I
c1741 – 1824 I was a widow whose mansion was overrun by the Revolution. I was born in 1741 in Morristown, and I married into the influential Ford family. In
1748 – ???? I was from a Patriot family, whose father died in a British massacre. I was born in 1748 into an influential family in Salem County. Our house
1758 – 1822 I was a farm girl and a witness to two of the harshest encampments of the war. I was the youngest of five children in the Wick
