Jacob Hufty and John Wistar Houses

Jacob Hufty and John Wistar Houses
21 and 23 Market St.
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These two adjoining houses belonged to two of the seventeen militiamen who were specifically threatened by name by Colonel Mawhood during the March 1778 occupation of Salem.

The building on the left was originally the property of Dr. Ebenezer Howell, who served as an officer in the Salem County Militia, and whose office is described in the Salem County Historical Society entry above. It is believed that Dr. Howell built the rear section of the house circa 1790. The house is now known as the John Wistar house, after a later owner who purchased it in 1812 and added the front section in 1814. [14]

The house on the right was the home of blacksmith Jacob Hufty, who served as a militia private in the Revolutionary War. He was politically active after the war, serving in a number of local positions, including freeholder, county judge, sheriff and county collector. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1809 until his death in 1814. He is buried at a tenth of a mile south of here at St. John's Episcopal Church. [15]