Hornblower family.

Dates:
Active 1725
Active 1953

Biographical notes:

Josiah Hornblower (1729-1809) was a civil engineer who built the first steam engine in America at the Schuyler Copper mines in New Barbadoes Neck (currently in the vicinity of Kearny), New Jersey. After settling in Second River (now Belleville), New Jersey, Hornblower ran the mines, established himself as a merchant, and served as a New Jersey Assemblyman, Speaker of the Assembly, a New Jersey Council member, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He married Elizabeth Kingsland (ca. 1733-1808) with whom he had twelve children.

From the description of Hornblower family papers, 1725-1953 1804-1860. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 54105335

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • Justice, Administration of
  • Education
  • Copper mines and mining
  • Law
  • Practice of law
  • Slave bill of sale
  • Steam-engines

Occupations:

  • Civil engineers
  • Clergy
  • Judges
  • Justices of the peace
  • Lawyers

Places:

  • England (as recorded)
  • New Jersey (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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