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The “USS Joseph Hewes-AP 50” was launched in 1942. This ship was sunk by a German Torpedo along the North African Coast. The second ship was a Knox Class Frigate “USS Joseph Hewes – FFT-1078” commissioned in 1971 as a Destroyer Escort.
Joseph Hewes was born at Kingston, New Jersey (now Princeton) on January 23, 1730 at his parents' estate called Maybury Hill. His ancestors had first emigrated to America from England around 1635.
May 18, 2012 · Joseph Hewes (January 23, 1730 – November 10, 1779) was born in New Jersey to a family of Quakers. Here, he would receive his primary education and head off to college in Princeton.
Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence from North Carolina and member of the Continental Congress. The collection includes miscellaneous papers, consisting of copies of letters and originals of two letters and a postscript to a third letter from Hewes.
Joseph Hewes, a newcomer to Edenton signed the Declaration of Independence and as detailed in NCPedia: “Joseph Hewes, merchant, colonial leader, delegate to the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was raised at Mayberry Hill, the family’s 400-acre plantation near Kingston, West Jersey.
Joseph Hewes was born in Kingston, N.J., in 1730, and was educated at what is now Princeton. After engaging in business in Philadelphia, he moved to Edenton, N.C. in 1763 where he became a prosperous and influential merchant skipper. He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1774, and in 1775 became a member of the Marine Committee.
Joseph Hewes was born in Princeton, New Jersey and attended Princeton College. He established a shipping business in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1760 and, by the time of the revolution, had amassed a fortune. He elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1766 and served there until it was dissolved by the royal governor in 1775.
