Hornblower, Josiah (1729–1809)

English-born US inventor and public official. He was a member of the New Jersey legislature 1779–81, the Continental Congress 1785–86, and judge of the Essex County Court 1798–1809. He went to New Jersey in 1753, bringing engine parts that were later assembled into the first steam engine in America in 1755 (it was used to pump water from a copper mine).

He was born in Staffordshire, England.