John Hart was born on 21 February 1713 in Maidenhead, Burlington, NJ, and died on 11 May 1779 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ. In 1739, he married Deborah Scudder, who was born in 1723 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ, and he died on 26 October 1776 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ. They had a son, Edward Hart (1755-1812), who was a private from PA in the American Revolution.
The following is taken from "Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence," by The Reverend Charles A. Goodrich.
The history of the world probably furnishes not another instance in which there was a nobler exhibition of true patriotism, than is presented in the history of the American revolution. It was certain at its commencement, in respect to numerous individuals, whose talents, wisdom and enterprise were necessary to its success, that they could derive but little, if any, individual advantage.