He resided in Chester Valley, Pennsylvania during his earlier years and attended the common schools.
He moved to Leesburg, New Jersey (within Maurice River Township), about 1798 and to Port Elizabeth in 1805.
He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1813 to 1815 and a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1814 and 1815.
He died in Port Elizabeth on November 2, 1856, and was interred in the Methodist Episcopal Churchyard.
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