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      <TD STYLE="width: 100%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">Registration No. 333- ___</TD></TR>
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  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
  1933</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1<SUP>ST</SUP> CONSTITUTION BANCORP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 54%; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">New Jersey</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 45%; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">22-3665653</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">2650 Route 130</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">P.O. Box 634</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Cranbury, New Jersey 08512</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code, of registrant&rsquo;s principal
  executive offices)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1<SUP>ST</SUP> CONSTITUTION BANCORP 2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  PLAN</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the Plan)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Mr.&nbsp;Robert F. Mangano</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">1<SUP>st</SUP> Constitution Bancorp</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">2650 Route 130</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Cranbury, New Jersey 08512</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(609) 655-4500</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">With a Copy to:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Scott Warren Goodman, Esq.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Day Pitney LLP</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">One Jefferson Road</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Parsippany, New Jersey 07054</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(973) 966-6300</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
  accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See
  the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo;
  and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 54%">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 45%">Accelerated filer&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Non-accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Smaller reporting&nbsp;company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Emerging Growth Company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
  if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P>
  
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Title of securities</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">to be registered</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Amount to be</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registered (1)</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Proposed<BR>
          maximum</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">offering price</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">per share (2)</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Proposed<BR>
          maximum</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">aggregate offering</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">price (2)</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Amount of</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">registration fee</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">Common Stock, no <BR>
  par value per share</TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">400,000 shares</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">$18.04</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">$7,216,000</P></TD>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">$874.58</P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.5pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
  addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement
  also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions
  contained in the 1st Constitution Bancorp 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.5pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27.5pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated
  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules 457(c) and 457(h), based upon
  the average of the high and low sales price per share of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market
  on July 25, 2019.</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 63pt">ITEM 1.</TD><TD><U>Plan Information</U>.*</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 56.1pt">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 62.9pt">ITEM 2.</TD><TD><U>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</U>.*</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 56.1pt">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">* All information required by Part I to be contained
  in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the
  Securities Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;).</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 62.3pt">ITEM 3.</TD><TD><U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">The following documents filed by
  1<SUP>st</SUP> Constitution Bancorp (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement:</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 94.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">1.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with
  the Commission on March 15, 2019.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 94.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">2.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with
  the Commission on May 8, 2019.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 94.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">3.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 31, 2019,
  February 8, 2019, February 26, 2019, April 19, 2019, June 3, 2019, June 24, 2019, June 25, 2019 and July 19, 2019.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 94.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 49.5pt">4.</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the Company&rsquo;s common stock, no par value per share, set forth in the Registration
  Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-222309) originally filed by the Company with the Commission on December 27, 2017, and any amendment
  or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In addition, all other documents subsequently filed by
  the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
  Act&rdquo;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof
  from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
  a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
  document or portion thereof or exhibit to a document, that is &ldquo;furnished&rdquo; to the Commission, including under Item 2.02
  or 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior to, on or subsequent to the date hereof, shall be incorporated herein by reference.</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 63.5pt">ITEM 4.</TD><TD><U>Description of Securities</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 56.1pt">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 61.85pt">ITEM 5.</TD><TD><U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">Certain legal matters relating to
  the issuance of the shares of the Company&rsquo;s Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Day Pitney LLP counsel to
  the Company. Partners and other attorneys involved in the preparation of the Registration Statement in the law firm of Day Pitney
  LLP beneficially own an aggregate of 24,333 shares of Company common stock as of July 15, 2019.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 62.45pt">ITEM 6.</TD><TD><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt"><U>Limitation of Liability of Directors
  and Officers</U>. The Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation contains provisions that may limit the liability of any director
  or officer of the Company to the Company or its shareholders for damages for an alleged breach of any duty owed to the Company
  or its shareholders. This limitation will not relieve an officer or director from liability based on any act or omission (i) in
  breach of such person&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing
  violation of law; or (iii) resulting in receipt by such officer or director of an improper personal benefit. These provisions are
  explicitly permitted by Section 14A:2-7(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt"><U>Indemnification of Directors,
  Officers, Employees and Agents</U>. The Company&rsquo;s certificate of incorporation provides that the Company will indemnify to
  the full extent from time to time permitted by law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a witness or other
  participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, administrative, arbitrative,
  legislative, investigative or of any other kind, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee
  or other agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or serves or served any other enterprise at the request of the Company
  against expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therein. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act generally prohibits indemnification
  of a holding company&rsquo;s directors and officers for any penalty or judgment resulting from any administrative or civil action
  instituted by a federal banking agency.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey
  Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses and liabilities incurred in
  connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having
  been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not
  opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate agent had no reasonable
  cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the term &ldquo;corporate agent&rdquo;
  includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a &ldquo;corporate
  agent&rdquo; for any other enterprise at the request of the corporation.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">With respect to any derivative action,
  the Company is empowered to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses (but not its liabilities) incurred in connection with
  any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of the agent being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in
  good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. However,
  only the court in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with
  respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable to the corporation.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">The Company may indemnify a corporate
  agent in a specific case if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i)
  the board of directors, or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii)
  by independent legal counsel if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel
  to make the determination; or (iii) by the shareholders.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">A corporate agent is entitled to
  mandatory indemnification to the extent that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense
  of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the
  indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant the agent the requested indemnification. In
  advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may pay an agent&rsquo;s expenses if the agent agrees to repay
  the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the agent is not entitled to indemnification.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt"><U>Insurance</U>. The Company maintains
  insurance policies insuring the Company&rsquo;s directors and officers against liability for wrongful acts or omissions arising
  out of their positions as directors and officers, subject to certain limitations.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 62.7pt">ITEM 7.</TD><TD><U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 56.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 56.1pt">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 63pt">ITEM 8.</TD><TD><U>Exhibits</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 11%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Exhibit No.</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 88%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Description</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>4.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141807/000121465909000706/ex3.htm">Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (conformed copy) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i)(A) to the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-K (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 27, 2009)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>4.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141807/000114180719000008/exhibit3iibylaws.htm">By-laws of the Company, as amended February 21, 2019 (conformed copy) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-K (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>4.3</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141807/000095012302002825/y57892ex4-1.htm">Specimen Share of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&rsquo;s Form 10-KSB (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 22, 2002)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>4.4</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1141807/000121465919003163/f52190defa14a.htm">1st Constitution Bancorp 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 19, 2019, as amended on May 3, 2019)</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>&nbsp;5.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm">&nbsp;Opinion Letter of Day Pitney LLP regarding legality of securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>&nbsp;23.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;<A HREF="ex23_1.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD>&nbsp;23.2</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="ex5_1.htm">&nbsp;Consent of Day Pitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</A></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0"></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 63pt">ITEM 9.</TD><TD><U>Undertakings</U>.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 83.6pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 112.2pt">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 112.2pt">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in
  the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
  dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
  in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
  forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective registration statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 112.2pt">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
  or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
  (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 83.6pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 83.6pt">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
  remove from the registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
  at the termination of the offering.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
  of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
  each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
  by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
  as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
  of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
  the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
  is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
  be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SIGNATURES</U></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933 the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the Town of Cranbury, State of New Jersey, on July 30, 2019.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="white-space: nowrap"><B>1<SUP>ST</SUP> CONSTITUTION BANCORP</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 12%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Date: July 30, 2019</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">By:</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Robert F. Mangano</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0">Robert F. Mangano</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 5.5pt 0pt 0">President and Chief Executive Officer</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 56.1pt">Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
  indicated.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><B><U>Signature</U></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 59%; white-space: nowrap"><B><U>Capacity</U></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 3%; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: center"><B><U>Date</U></B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Robert F. Mangano</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Robert F. Mangano</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Charles S. Crow, III</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Chairman of the Board</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Charles S. Crow, III</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William M. Rue</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>William M. Rue</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Edwin J. Pisani</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Edwin J. Pisani</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Antonio L. Cruz</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Antonio L. Cruz</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Roy D. Tartaglia</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Roy D. Tartaglia</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ J. Lynne Cannon</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>J. Lynne Cannon</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ James G. Aaron</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>James G. Aaron</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Carmen M. Penta</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>Carmen M. Penta</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ William J. Barrett</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Director</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>William J. Barrett</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Stephen J. Gilhooly</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; white-space: nowrap">Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">July 30, 2019</TD></TR>
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text: As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2019
  Registration No. 333- ___
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  ________________
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
  1933
  1
  ST
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  New Jersey
  22-3665653
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  2650 Route 130
  P.O. Box 634
  Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
  (Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal
  executive offices)
  1
  ST
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP 2019 EQUITY INCENTIVE
  PLAN
  (Full title of the Plan)
  Mr. Robert F. Mangano
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  1
  st
  Constitution Bancorp
  2650 Route 130
  Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
  (609) 655-4500
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service)
  _______
  With a Copy to:
  Scott Warren Goodman, Esq.
  Day Pitney LLP
  One Jefferson Road
  Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
  (973) 966-6300
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
  accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See
  the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company,"
  and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  o
  Accelerated filer
  x
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  x
  Emerging Growth Company
  o
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark
  if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
  standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
  o
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of securities
  to be registered
  Amount to be
  Registered (1)
  Proposed
  maximum
  offering price
  per share (2)
  Proposed
  maximum
  aggregate offering
  price (2)
  Amount of
  registration fee
  Common Stock, no
  par value per share
  400,000 shares
  $18.04
  $7,216,000
  $874.58
  __________________________
  (1)          In
  addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement
  also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions
  contained in the 1st Constitution Bancorp 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
  (2)          Estimated
  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Securities Act Rules 457(c) and 457(h), based upon
  the average of the high and low sales price per share of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market
  on July 25, 2019.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  ITEM 1.
  Plan Information
  .*
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  ITEM 2.
  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  .*
  Not filed with this Registration Statement.
  * All information required by Part I to be contained
  in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the
  Securities Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  ITEM 3.
  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  .
  The following documents filed by
  1
  st
  Constitution Bancorp (the "Company") with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration
  Statement:
  1.
  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with
  the Commission on March 15, 2019.
  2.
  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with
  the Commission on May 8, 2019.
  3.
  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 31, 2019,
  February 8, 2019, February 26, 2019, April 19, 2019, June 3, 2019, June 24, 2019, June 25, 2019 and July 19, 2019.
  4.
  The description of the Company's common stock, no par value per share, set forth in the Registration
  Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-222309) originally filed by the Company with the Commission on December 27, 2017, and any amendment
  or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all other documents subsequently filed by
  the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
  Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
  deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof
  from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
  by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
  a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
  document or portion thereof or exhibit to a document, that is "furnished" to the Commission, including under Item 2.02
  or 7.01 of Form 8-K, prior to, on or subsequent to the date hereof, shall be incorporated herein by reference.
  ITEM 4.
  Description of Securities
  .
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  .
  Certain legal matters relating to
  the issuance of the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been passed upon by Day Pitney LLP counsel to
  the Company. Partners and other attorneys involved in the preparation of the Registration Statement in the law firm of Day Pitney
  LLP beneficially own an aggregate of 24,333 shares of Company common stock as of July 15, 2019.
  ITEM 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  .
  Limitation of Liability of Directors
  and Officers
  . The Company's certificate of incorporation contains provisions that may limit the liability of any director
  or officer of the Company to the Company or its shareholders for damages for an alleged breach of any duty owed to the Company
  or its shareholders. This limitation will not relieve an officer or director from liability based on any act or omission (i) in
  breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) not in good faith or involving a knowing
  violation of law; or (iii) resulting in receipt by such officer or director of an improper personal benefit. These provisions are
  explicitly permitted by Section 14A:2-7(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act.
  Indemnification of Directors,
  Officers, Employees and Agents
  . The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that the Company will indemnify to
  the full extent from time to time permitted by law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or a witness or other
  participant in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, administrative, arbitrative,
  legislative, investigative or of any other kind, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee
  or other agent of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or serves or served any other enterprise at the request of the Company
  against expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
  connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therein. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act generally prohibits indemnification
  of a holding company's directors and officers for any penalty or judgment resulting from any administrative or civil action
  instituted by a federal banking agency.
  Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey
  Business Corporation Act empowers a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses and liabilities incurred in
  connection with any proceeding (other than a derivative lawsuit) involving the corporate agent by reason of his being or having
  been a corporate agent if (a) the agent acted in good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not
  opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the corporate agent had no reasonable
  cause to believe its conduct was unlawful. For purposes of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, the term "corporate agent"
  includes any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and a person serving as a "corporate
  agent" for any other enterprise at the request of the corporation.
  With respect to any derivative action,
  the Company is empowered to indemnify a corporate agent against its expenses (but not its liabilities) incurred in connection with
  any proceeding involving the corporate agent by reason of the agent being or having been a corporate agent if the agent acted in
  good faith and in a manner that the agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. However,
  only the court in which the proceeding was brought can empower a corporation to indemnify a corporate agent against expenses with
  respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which the agent was adjudged liable to the corporation.
  The Company may indemnify a corporate
  agent in a specific case if a determination is made by any of the following that the applicable standard of conduct was met: (i)
  the board of directors, or a committee thereof, acting by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors; (ii)
  by independent legal counsel if there is not a quorum of disinterested directors or if the disinterested quorum empowers counsel
  to make the determination; or (iii) by the shareholders.
  A corporate agent is entitled to
  mandatory indemnification to the extent that the agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any proceeding, or in defense
  of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding. If a corporation fails or refuses to indemnify a corporate agent, whether the
  indemnification is permissive or mandatory, the agent may apply to a court to grant the agent the requested indemnification. In
  advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, the corporation may pay an agent's expenses if the agent agrees to repay
  the expenses if it is ultimately determined that the agent is not entitled to indemnification.
  Insurance
  . The Company maintains
  insurance policies insuring the Company's directors and officers against liability for wrongful acts or omissions arising
  out of their positions as directors and officers, subject to certain limitations.
  ITEM 7.
  Exemption from Registration Claimed
  .
  Not applicable.
  ITEM 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (conformed copy) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i)(A) to the Company's Form 10-K (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 27, 2009)
  4.2
  By-laws of the Company, as amended February 21, 2019 (conformed copy) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's Form 10-K (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 15, 2019)
  4.3
  Specimen Share of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 10-KSB (SEC File No. 000-32891) filed with the SEC on March 22, 2002)
  4.4
  1st Constitution Bancorp 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 19, 2019, as amended on May 3, 2019)
  5.1
  Opinion Letter of Day Pitney LLP regarding legality of securities
  23.1
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Day Pitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  ITEM 9.
  Undertakings
  .
  (a)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)        To
  file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)         To
  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)        To
  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in
  the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
  dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
  estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
  in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
  forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
  (iii)       To
  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
  or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
  provided, however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
  (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
  amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
  13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2)        That,
  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3)        To
  remove from the registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
  at the termination of the offering.
  (b)        The
  undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
  of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
  by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c)        Insofar
  as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
  of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
  the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
  or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
  is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
  will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
  jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
  be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933 the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly authorized, in the Town of Cranbury, State of New Jersey, on July 30, 2019.
  1
  ST
  CONSTITUTION BANCORP
  Date: July 30, 2019
  By:
  /s/ Robert F. Mangano
  Robert F. Mangano
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  Pursuant to the requirements of
  the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
  indicated.
  Signature
  Capacity
  Date
  /s/ Robert F. Mangano
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  July 30, 2019
  Robert F. Mangano
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Charles S. Crow, III
  Chairman of the Board
  July 30, 2019
  Charles S. Crow, III
  /s/ William M. Rue
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  William M. Rue
  /s/ Edwin J. Pisani
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  Edwin J. Pisani
  /s/ Antonio L. Cruz
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  Antonio L. Cruz
  /s/ Roy D. Tartaglia
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  Roy D. Tartaglia
  /s/ J. Lynne Cannon
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  J. Lynne Cannon
  /s/ James G. Aaron
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  James G. Aaron
  /s/ Carmen M. Penta
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  Carmen M. Penta
  /s/ William J. Barrett
  Director
  July 30, 2019
  William J. Barrett
  /s/ Stephen J. Gilhooly
  Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
  July 30, 2019
  Stephen J. Gilhooly
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  /s/ Naqi A. Naqvi
  Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  July 30, 2019
  Naqi A. Naqvi
  (Principal Accounting Officer)