A tavern keeper and property owner in Princeton, NJ
| When Burke met | 1818 |
| Where Burke met | Princeton, NJ |
| Occupation | Commerce |
| Interaction with Burke | When he suffered an injury while travelling, Burke stopped at Hamilton’s tavern |
| Identity Status | Unknown |
| Genealogy | Unknown |
| Memoir Pages | 102 |
Notes
David Hamilton was a late-eighteenth-century tavern keeper and property owner residing in Princeton, NJ. Official records list him in the inn-keeping business beginning in 1793, although his tavern was active by at least June 1790, when it was the site of a student gathering that culminated in a notorious prank at Nassau Hall. Beyond his occupation, Hamilton was closely affiliated with Princeton’s First Presbyterian Church. He served as a church trustee by February 1785, when the college formally conveyed the church lot title to the congregation, and he hosted congregational meetings at his home in 1792 and 1793. Additionally, property records from 1779 indicate his lands adjoined those of several prominent local figures, including Dr. John Witherspoon, Richard Stockton, and William Tennent.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.