Ringwood Manor Historical Cemetery

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

JOHN HEWITT

BORN AT PENKRIDGE

STAFFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

JANUARY 8th 1777

ARRIVED IN AMERICA

IN 1796

HE WAS ONE OF THE BUILDERS

AT SOHO NEW JERSEY

OF THE FIRST STEAM

ENGINE CONSTRUCTED

IN THE UNITED STATES

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MAY 30th 1857

IN THE EIGHTY FIRST YEAR

OF HIS AGE

A MAN WITHOUT GUILE