Jean Lorimer

Biography

Jean Lorimer was born in 1776, during the American Revolution, and lived through the founding of the United States and the establishment of the republic. Her eighty-one years of life provided her with a unique perspective on the nation's transformation from colonial dependence to independent statehood and beyond.

Lorimer's burial in Green-Wood Cemetery honors her place in the history of her time and the community she inhabited. Her life represents the resilience and character of those who lived through America's most formative period and witnessed the nation's early growth and development.