Philip Freneau
BIRTH
Jan 2, 1752
New York City, New York
DEATH
December 18, 1832
Matawan, New Jersey
FAMILY
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Freneau, Philip
(1752-1832)
Philip Freneau was an American poet, journalist, and sailor known as the 'Poet of the American Revolution.' His patriotic verse supported independence, and his wartime experiences—including imprisonment aboard a British prison ship—influenced his writing.
GRAVE:
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Grave of Philip Freneau
39-51 Poet Dr, Matawan, NJ 07747
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Grave of Philip Freneau | 39-51 Poet Dr, Matawan, NJ 07747 | MARKER |
DIED:
Matawan, New Jersey
Dec 18, 1832
Philip Freneau was born on Jan 2, 1752 in New York City, New York. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Philip Freneau with work or public activity as a printer, writer. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Philip Freneau died on Dec 18, 1832 in Matawan, New Jersey. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.