Revolutionary Patriot. Chairman of the Sussex County Committee on Safety 1774. Colonel, 3d Battalion, Sussex County Militia 1775-77. New Jersey Councilman (Senator) 1775-85. Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1777-83. Delegate to the Continental Congress 1785-86. A Principal of The Miami Purchase, Northwest Territory, 1787. Ohio Pioneer and the founder of the City of Cincinnati. Father-in-law of the Ninth President, William Henry Harrison. 

Lodge: Trenton 5
Residence: Sussex County, later Cincinnati, Northwest Territory