Hendrick Fisher

Hendrick Fisher represented Somerset [County, New Jersey|Somerset County] in the New [Jersey General Assembly|New Jersey Colonial Assembly], was one of three delegates representing New Jersey at the Stamp Act Congress in New York in 1765, was elected to New Jersey's Committee of Correspondence, served as a member of the Committee of Safety, was President of the Colonial Assembly, and was the first President of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey. In 1775, he was labeled an arch traitor and "Enemy of the Crown". He was also a founder and first President of the board of trustees of Queen's College. His great-great grandson was Hendrick V. Fisher, who was a businessman and served in the Illinois General Assembly.
His death is engraved as 1779 on his gravestone, but historian A. Van Doren Honeyman believed it might have been an error and should have been 1778.
His homestead and grave are currently located near St. Andrew Memorial Church (South [Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Andrew Memorial Church] in Franklin [Township, Somerset County, New Jersey].