Colonel Joseph Borden Home

Colonel Joseph Borden Home
32 Farnsworth Ave.
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This was the home of Colonel Joseph Borden (1719-1791). His father, also named Joseph, settled here in 1717 when the town was called Farnsworth Landing, renaming it Borden's Towne, and later Bordentown. The home was damaged when it was burned by the British in their May 8, 1778 raid, but then later restored. [6]

Joseph Borden played a number of roles, both political and military, during the Revolutionary War era. In 1765, he was one of three representatives for New Jersey for the Stamp Act Congress. [7] In 1775, he represented Burlington County in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey.[8] He was a colonel of militia early in the war,[9] and then served as the Continental loan officer for New Jersey. [10]