| 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 (bio by: Robert)
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Rachel Burrowes Henderson (____ - 1840)*
*Calculated relationship
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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
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Old Tennent Churchyard
Tennent
Monmouth County
New Jersey, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Robert
Record added: Nov 21, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 5988910 |
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