Historical Inaccuracies
The tale of Ebeniezer Whitney being Nursed back to health is False
“In 1806, injuries sustained in a shipwreck off Cape May brought Ebenezer Whitney to the Heston House in Glassboro where he was nursed by Bathsheba Heston, Thomas Heston’s daughter, historians have commonly accepted this information about Glassboro history to be true. Such a story is also on several poster across Rowan University’s campus, such as the one posted on a pillar in front of Starbuck In Holly Pointe Common’s. However, as Rick Genda uncovered, the story is likely inaccurate. Whitney was most likely just visiting shipyards near Cape May to inspect goods or the shipping fleet. He likely then travels to Philadelphia stopping at the Inn in the "Glass Town."
