John Hart the signer of the Declaration of Independence, was baptized in 1713 at Maidenhead, New Jersey, and married Deborah Schudder in 1740. He died in 1779 near Hopewell, New Jersey. Includes Booth, Chenoweth, Kittle, Newlon, Stalnaker and related families.

The claims for bounty land were made through the Executive or Council. Certificates of heirship, wills and powers of attorney were so "annexed" to the certificate of allowance that they were "retained on file in the office of the Council." Such papers eventually were placed on file in the Archives Department of the State Library. Wherever the vouchers in the Land Office failed to impart much genealogical detail, I have endeavored to find something among the papers in the Archive Department.