Notable Residents

• Peter Ballantine (1791-1883) was the founder of Patterson & Ballantine Brewing Company in 1840 in Newark, New Jersey. The Ballantine Brewery became famous for its quality beers and brewing techniques.

• Seth Boyden (1788–1870), inventor of patent leather.

• Joseph Philo Bradley (1813–1892), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, served on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.

• Charles Cummings (historian), Newark historian.

• John F. Dryden (1839–1911) was a United States Senator and the founder of Prudential Financial.

• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885) member of the United States Senate representing New Jersey and a United States Secretary of State.

• Edward W. Gray (1870–1942) represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1915 to 1919.

• George A. Halsey (1827–1894) represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1867 to 1869, and again from 1871 to 1873.

• Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889) represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1875 to 1879, and again from 1881 to 1883.

• Franklin Murphy (1846-1920), 31st Governor of New Jersey.

• Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808–1889), Mayor of Newark, New Jersey.

• Alexander C.M. Pennington (1810-1867) represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857.

• William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) 13th Governor of New Jersey and Speaker of the House during his single term in Congress.

• Nehemiah Perry (March 30, 1816 – November 1, 1881) member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey and, Mayor of Newark.

• Theodore Runyon (1822–1896), Civil War general, Newark mayor, and U.S. ambassador to Germany

• Mary Stilwell, the first wife of Thomas Edison.

• Marcus Lawrence Ward, 21st Governor of New Jersey and represented the state in Congress for one term.

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