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Ann Borden

The New Netherland Ancestors of

ANN BORDEN,

the wife of

FRANCIS HOPKINSON



- for Francis Hopkinson

Constitutional Convention Delegate, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence Signer, First





		 __Benjamin Borden1,3,4
		|
	    __Joseph Borden1,4
	   |    |
	   |    |     __James Grover1,3,4
	   |    |    |
	   |    |__Abigail Grover1,3,4
	   |         |
	   |         |__Rebecca Jaspers1,3
	   |
       __Joseph Borden1,4
      |    |
      |    |          __James Grover1,3
      |    |         |
      |    |     __Joseph Grover1,3
      |    |    |    |
      |    |    |    |__Rebecca Jaspers1,3
      |    |    |
      |    |__Susannah Grover1,4
      |         |
      |         |     __William Lawrence1,2
      |         |    |
      |         |__Hannah Lawrence1,2
      |              |
      |              |__(__)2
      |
ANN BORDEN1,4
the wife of FRANCIS HOPKINSON
      |
      |     __Samuel Rogers4
      |    |
      |__Elizabeth Rogers1,4
	   |
	   |__Mary (__)4



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Biography of FRANCIS HOPKINSON

 
HOPKINSON, Francis, (father of Joseph Hopkinson), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, PA, 21 September 1737 (O.S.); was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1757; the first native American composer of a secular song in 1759; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1761 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; secretary of a commission of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania which made a treaty between the Province and certain Indian tribes in 1761; appointed collector of customs at the port of Salem, NJ, in 1763, and at New Castle, DE, in 1772; settled in Bordentown, NJ, in 1774 and resumed the practice of law; member of the Provincial Council of New Jersey 1774-1776; member of the executive council from 13 January to 15 November 1775; was admitted to practice before the bar of the Supreme Court of New Jersey on 8 May 1775; elected an Associate Justice of that court in 1776 but declined the office; Member of the Continental Congress from 22 June to 30 November 1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; elected on 18 November 1776, to serve on the Navy Board at Philadelphia; returned to Philadelphia in 1777; Treasurer of the Continental Loan Office in 1778; Judge of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania in 1779 and reappointed in 1780 and 1787; member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which ratified the Constitution of the United States; Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1789-1791; died in Philadelphia, PA, 9 May 1791; interment in Christ Church Burial Ground.
 

 


Notes and Sources


   1.  Stillwell, John E., Historical and Genealogical Miscellany:  data
       relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey,
       Volume III.  New York:  privately published, 1914.  246-278.
   2.  Ibid., p. 393-427.
   3.  Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons
       in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674.  CD-ROM. Cambridge: The
       Learning Company, 1999.  653.
   4.  Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume IX.  Newark:
       New Jersey Historical Society, 1916.  40-48.

 

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