Location: Central Jersey

Nathaniel Scudder

1733-1781 I was a member of the Continental Congress who earned a deadly distinction. I was born in 1733, and by 1751 I had moved to Monmouth and set up

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John Rattoon

1744-1823 I was a tavern owner with some deadly secrets. I was born in Perth Amboy near New York Harbor in 1744. I married Isabella Dunham in 1768 and we

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Thomas Okerson

1749-1792? I was a Loyalist whose dedicated service was not rewarded. I was born into a well-established Dutch family in Monmouth County in 1749. During the Revolution, when Washington’s army

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Joseph Moore

1732-1793 I was Quaker minister who suffered for my religious beliefs. I was born in Woodbridge Township – now Rahway – in 1732 into a family that came to New

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Abraham Hunt

1741 – 1821 Was I a Patriot? Was I a Loyalist? Either way, I was a critical actor at the Turning Point of the Revolution. In 1776, I was a

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Jacob Francis

1754 – 1836 I started life in servitude and ended it in freedom. I was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County in 1754. My mother was a black woman and

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Thomas Brown

1760 – ???? During the Revolution I fought in ships along the New Jersey Coast. I was born in 1760 and was living in Forked River – now part of

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John Bacon

???? – 1783 I was a Loyalist raider who attained a terrible distinction. My origins are a mystery. The first anyone knows anything about me is in 1775, when I

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Hannah Caldwell

1737-1780, Presbyterian Minister’s Wife My story is a sad one, and it made me a symbol of the fight for freedom. I lived in Elizabethtown, after moving from Newark to

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