Biography

01/30/1758 - 08/26/1825

Maskell Ewing, Jr. (Federalist2) Chester and Delaware Counties 1814-1820

Early Life: 

Maskell Ewing, Jr., born, January 30, 1758, Greenwich, Cumberland County, Province of New Jersey, British Colonial America; son of Maskell Sr. and Mary Paget Ewing; appointed, Clerk, New Jersey General Assembly, Trenton, 1779-1799; married, Jane Hunter, 1787, children, James Hunter Ewing, Maskell Cochran Ewing; studied law, under William C. Houston, Philadelphia, 1788; unsuccessful campaign, New Jersey Treasurer, 1799; Recorder, City of Trenton, 1799-1803; moved Philadelphia, 1803, Delaware County, 1805; unsuccessful campaign, Auditor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1809; elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1814-1820; died, August 26, 1825, visiting hometown, Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey; interment, Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Other Government Service: 

Appointed, Clerk, New Jersey General Assembly, Trenton, 1779-1799. 

Unsuccessful campaign, New Jersey Treasurer, 1799.

Recorder, city of Trenton, 1799-1803.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Unsuccessful campaign, Auditor, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1809.

Elected, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1814-1815; John Newbold resigned his seat prior to the beginning of the 1814-1815 session, Federalist, Pennsylvania State Senate, 2nd district, Chester and Delaware Counties, 1815-1820.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu) Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

A History of Trenton, 1679-1929, The Trenton Historical Society.

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)

Maskell Ewing Jr. (1758-1825) - Find a Grave Memorial