Hector is remembered in 1850, sixteen years after his death, by the people of the newly formed Conshohocken area. Thirty-two citizens petition the borough council to develop and grade a road passable to wagons and name it Hector Street, to honor this man of African ancestry.Conshohocken business minutes 1850 – 1854 Conshohocken Library In 1976, a historical plaque is erected at the intersection of Hector and Fayette Street honoring Ned and the many Africans that served during the American Revolution.Blockson, Charles L. A Brief History of the Pennsylvania Black History CommitteeLewis, Noah Being Edward Hector - The Life and Times of a Black Revolutionary War Hero Bulletin of the Historical Society of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Montgomery County, (1913) Vol.XXXVI, No.4, page 30
