Thomas HENDERSON^[1]

1743 - 1824  (81 years)

• Name	Thomas HENDERSON
  Birth	15 Aug 1743	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Dec 1824	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Burial	Old Tennent Churchyard   [3]
  Person ID	I6318	HHDHA
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family	Mary HENDRICKSON,   c. 7 Apr 1741, Freehold Middleton DRC, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 5 Nov 1768, Whale Creek, Matawan, New Jersey (Age ~ 27 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1767	Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey   [4]
  Family ID	F2524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Internet History and Family History sites., Wikipedia. Thomas Henderson (August 15, 1743 – December 15, 1824) was a United States Representative from New Jersey. Born in Freehold, he attended the public schools and was graduated from Princeton College in 1761. He studied medicine and practiced first in Freneau, and afterwards in Freehold, about 1765. He was a member of the Committee of Safety in 1774 and served as a lieutenant in the New Jersey militia in 1775. He was appointed second major in Col. Charles Stewart's battalion of Minutemen on February 15, 1776, and was a brigade major of the Monmouth County militia, April 19, 1776. He was major of Col. Nathaniel Heard battalion, June 14, 1776, and later lieutenant colonel and brigadier major at Monmouth. Henderson was surrogate of Monmouth County in 1776, and a member of the provincial council in 1777. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress, November 17, 1779, but declined to serve on December 25, 1779. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1780 to 1784, and was a master in chancery in 1790. He was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate in 1793 and 1794, serving as Vice President of that body, and in 1793 and 1794 he was Acting Governor of New Jersey. Henderson was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797. From 1783 to 1799 he was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and was one of the commissioners appointed to settle the boundary line between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was again a member of the State Council in 1812 and 1813, and in 1824 died in Freehold; interment was in Old Tennent Cemetery, Manalapan. [S38] Hendricks, Andrew A. MD, Hendricks and Hendrickson Family of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (November 13th-14th, 2010), Desc. of Willem Hendrickson p. 6. [S39] Findagrave.com, (www.findagrave.com). Inscription:IN MEMORY OF DR THOMAS HENDERSON WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC 15TH 1821 AGED 81 YEARS HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY AND HIS STATE FAITHFULLY WAS HONOURED AND BELOVED HE DIED IN THE HOPE OF A BETTER LIFE THROUGH THE MERITS OF THE REDMEER Birth: Aug. 15, 1743 Death: Dec. 15, 1824 3rd New Jersey Governor. Served as a Lieutenant in the New Jersey Militia in 1775. Appointed Major in Colonel Charles Stewart’s Battalion of Minutemen 1776. Appointed Brigade Major in the Monmouth County Militia, 1776, and was made Major of Colonel Nathaniel Heard’s battalion. He was later promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and brigadier major at Monmouth. Elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1779 but declined to serve. Was Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1794 and elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress from 1795 to 1797. Died in Freehold, New Jersey. [S38] Hendricks, Andrew A. MD, Hendricks and Hendrickson Family of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (November 13th-14th, 2010), Desc. of Willem Hendrickson p. 6. No Children.