";s:4:"text";s:3840:" The signer was taught to read, write and do figures, but like most men of his day, had little formal schooling. While his farm prospered, in 1750, John Hart was elected Freeholder for Hunterdon County, the highest elected office in the county. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. In comparison,an associate, Samuel Tucker, President of the Joint meetings of the NJ legislature, signs a loyalty oath to the British crown after excepting amnesty, and so does Richard Stockton, fellow signer, both after being captured and held under deplorable conditions. He then served on the Committee. [3] John Hart is buried there. His spelling was not of the best, but he shared this problem with many of his fellow delegates in Congress. Farm and Mills were destroyed by the British during the war and forced to escape to the Sourland Mountains to hide.
Part of John Hart’s land called the lower meadow was donated to the Baptists in 1747 to build a church and cemetery, which is located on Broad Street in Hopewell New Jersey. Shortly after signing the Declaration, he was elected to the new State Assembly and chosen its Speaker. As a result, the entire delegation was replaced, and Hart was one of those selected for the Second Continental Congress. He was appointed to the local Committee of Safety and the Committee of Correspondence, and became a judge on the Court of Common Pleas. He married Martha Furman (Firmin), on May 17, 1712 and they had five children, all raised in Hopewell New Jersey. John is thought to have relocated as a widower with them, or before them, and to have died in Maidenhead. Circa 1654 - Maidenhead, Hunterdon, New Jersey, 1712/13 - Maidenhead, Hunterdon, New Jersey, ...nes Hart, Christopher Hart, Sarah Hart, Judith Hart, Samuel Hart, Susan Hart, Joseph Hart, Mary Hunt, William Hart, Leonard Hart, David Hart, 1712 - Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Unfortunately, when they arrived in Perth Amboy 6 weeks later, they were the 6 th company of 5 agreed to by the government. Since at the time, the man assembling troops paid their expenses until taken by the government, this seemed a great loss to both Edward and his supporters in the government. Many descendants were at the Baptist Meeting House on Broad Street in Hopewell New Jersey for the dedication. John Hart died owing money, and most of his property was sold for a pittance. In his 29 years of public service, beginning in 1750, John Hart rode his Northumberland thoroughbred stallion and a Bulle Rock mare several thousand miles and received meager pay for his duties.