Mark Thomson (1739 – December 14, 1803) was aUnited States representative fromNew Jersey, serving from 1795 to 1799. Born in Norriton Township (nearNorristown, Pennsylvania), he engaged in milling, wasjustice of the peace ofSussex County, New Jersey in 1773, and was a member of the provincial convention in 1774 and of the Provincial Congress in 1775. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the First Regiment, Sussex County Militia on July 22, 1775, and was lieutenant colonel in Col. Charles Stewart's Battalion of Minutemen, February 15, 1776; colonel of the First Regiment, Sussex County Militia, July 10, 1776; and colonel of the Battalion of Detached New Jersey Militia, July 18, 1776.
Thomson was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly in 1779 and served in theNew Jersey Legislative Council (now theNew Jersey Senate) from 1786 to 1788. He was appointed lieutenant colonel andaide-de-camp on the staff of Gov.Richard Howell on June 10, 1793, and was elected as aFederalist to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1799. He lived in theChangewater section ofWashington Township, Warren County, New Jersey and then was a longtime resident of theMarksboro section ofFrelinghuysen Township, which was named for him.[1] He died in Marksboro on December 14, 1803 and was buried in the Hughesville Cemetery,Warren County, New Jersey.
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