Greenwich, New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites

New Jersey Revolutionary War Sites / Cumberland County / Greenwich

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SITES IN GREENWICH, NEW JERSEY

GREENWICH TEA PARTY MONUMENT

Greenwich Tea Party Monument
Ye Greate St. and Market Ln.
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This monument commemorates the Greenwich Tea Party, which occurred on December 22, 1774.

There are 2 plaques at the monument (visible on the left side of the entrance in the above picture) with information about the Greenwich Tea Party, including:
"In the winter of 1774, the American colonies were struggling to define their future relationship with Great Britain. The British tax on tea had sparked the 1773 Boston Tea Party. .The harsh response, to close the port of Boston, lead the First Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. Congress's non-importation, non-exportation agreement asked colonists not to buy or sell goods from the mother county as a way of putting economic pressure on England. Not far from this spot, in the dark night on December 22, 1774, some residents of Cumberland County demonstrated their agreement with this recommendation by burning a cargo or British tea." [1]

The Monument was dedicated September 30, 1908. [2]

The monument lists the names of the following men
involved with the Tea Party: [3]

Ebenezer Elmer
Timothy Elmer
James Ewing
Thomas Ewing
Joel Fithian
Philip Vickers Fithian
Lewis Howell
Richard Howell
James B. Hunt
John Hunt
Andrew Hunter Jr.
Joel Miller

Alexander Moore Jr.
Ephraim Newcomb
Silas Newcomb
Clarence Parvin
David Pierson
Stephen Pierson
Henry Seeley
Josiah Seeley
Abraham Sheppard
Henry Stacks
Silas Whittaker

JAMES EWING HOUSE

James Ewing House
903 Ye Great St. (Private Home)
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This house is a private residence.
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This house was the home of James Ewing, one of the Greenwich Tea Burners.

The house was built in 1773. [4]

PHILIPS VICKERS FITHIAN HOUSE

Philip Vickers Fithian House
Tea Burner Ln. (Private Home)
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This house was the home of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the Greenwich Tea Burners. The tea burners met at this house before the Tea Burning. Fithian was later a chaplain for the New Jersey militia. [5]

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OLD PRESBYTERIAN CEMETARY

Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Ye Great St. and Sheppard's Mill Rd.
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This cemetery has the graves of many Revolutionary War soldiers.

Sources:

1. ^ Plaque on the back of the Greenwich Tea Party Monument.

2. ^ Plaque on the back of the Greenwich Tea Party Monument.

3. ^ Names listed on the sides of the Greenwich Tea Party Monument.

4. ^ 1773 date on plaque on the front of the house.

5. ^ Mark Di Ionno A Guide To New Jersey's Revolutionary War Trail ( New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000) p.55

Cumberland County Revolutionary War Sites

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