In 1779, members of the Stanger family, all glass blowers, left Alloway Township, New Jersey and the Wistar glassworks.

[2] Soloman Stanger had found clay, quality sands and adequate Oak wood for the glass furnaces, along with a ready market across the river at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[3] [1] Their timing due to the American Revolution was unfortunate because the Stanger Glass Works closed in late 1781 primarily due to inflation of the new American Revolutionary War money, high costs of transportation and being unable to pay off their debts.

The Heston-Carpenter Glass Works became financially successful and upon the death of the partners was sold.

[1] Glassboro was once the United States best equipped and extensive glass producing area of the country with the largest variety of colors and styles.