Register of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1907, Part 5

Author: Sons of the Revolution. California Society. cn
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: [S.l. : The Society]
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AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THIS EVENT, WITH THE ADDRESSES BY MR. WETMORE; DOCTOR THOMAS FELL, PRESIDENT OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE; THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT TART, IS GIVEN IN THE LAST PUBLICATION BY THE GENERAL SOCIETY.


THE ELECTION OF MR. JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY AS GEN- ERAL VICE-PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN US MOST INTENSE PLEASURE AND SATISFACTION, NOT BECAUSE HE IS A MEMBER OF THE CALI- FORNIA SOCIETY, BUT BY REASON OF THE MANY SACRIFICES HE HAS MODE FOR THE WELFARE OF OUR ORDER DURING THE TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF HIS INCUMBENCY AS GENERAL SECRETARY, AND PAR. . TICULARLY FOR THE GREAT ASSISTANCE WE HAD FROM HIM AT TIMES WHEN HIS HELP WAS MATERIAL FOR OUR ESTABLISHMENT.


IN THE YEAR 1909, DEPARTED THIS LIFE REV. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, GENERAL CHAPLAIN AND CHAPLAIN OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE. HIS LIFE IS A PART OF THE LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY AND ANY COMMENT UPON HIM IN THIS PLACE WOULD BE A WORK OF SUPEREROGATION.


JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS, THE FOUNDER OF OUR ORDER, DIED ON JUNE 16, 1910, AT HIS HOME IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. ON JUNE 21, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY, SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, FINAL HONORS WERE PAID TO HIM BY A SOLEMN AND .IMPRESSIVE SERVICE IN ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, NEW YORK CITY, LARGELY ATTENDED BY DELEGATIONS FROM THE CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE, THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND MANY CORPORA- TIONS WITH WHICH MR. STEVENS HAD LONG BEEN CONNECTED. THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WAS ESCORTED BY THE VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY OF THE WAR OF 1812, AND HIS REMAINS WERE IN- TERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY.


THE DEATH OF JOHN LEE CARROLL, PRESIDENT OF THE GEN- ERAL SOCIETY SINCE ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1890, OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 27, 1911, AT HIS HOME IN WASHINGTON, AND, AT THE LAST TRIENNIAL MEETING, MR. EDMUND WETMORE, PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY AND GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT, WAS UN- ANIMOUSLY ELECTED GENERAL PRESIDENT.


WE MAY SAY OF GOVERNOR CARROLL WHAT HE SO FEELINGLY EXPRESSED REGARDING THE DEATH OF FREDERICK SAMUEL TALL- MADGE AND THE SUCCESSION OF MR. WETMORE TO HIS HONORS, "WE LOVED HIM, FOR HE WAS THE MOST LOVABLE MAN AND THE MOST LOVABLE PRESIDENT OF ANYBODY THAT EVER LIVED; AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW WELL THE MOTTO IN ENGLAND IS, 'THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING.'"


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ONLY THOSE OF THE OLDER MEMBERS OF OUR ORDER, WHO UN. DERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE THE VERY FOUNDATION STONES OF THE MONUMENT WE HAVE ERECTED, MORE DURABLE THAN BRASS, AND LOFTIER THAN THE ROYAL HEIGHT OF THE PYRAMIDS; WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLES WE HAVE FOUGHT AND WON TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR SOCIETY, AND WHO HAVE MAINTAINED AN INFLEXIBLE LOYALTY TO OUR UNION, CAN APPRECIATE THAT LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNOR CARROLL WIEICH OVERCOME, NOT ONLY OVERT ATTACKS FROM WITHOUT, BUT


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INSIDIOUS ATTEMPTS WITHIN OUR RANKS TO DISMEMBER OUR OR- GANIZATION.


FOR US HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WHICH LASTED THROUGH YEARS OF TRIBULATION, BUT WITH NO PEAR IN HIS COURAGEOUS HEART THAT THE RIGHT WOULD GO DOWN IN DEREAT, AND OUR TRIUMPHANT VICTORY IN IS9S, UNDER HIS GENERALSHIP, SETTLED ALL CONTROVERSIES IN OUR MIDST, AND GAVE US AN IMPREGNABLE FORTIFICATION AGAINST ANY FUTURE ATTACK AGAINST US.


DEPOSITED IN OUR LIBRARY IS A COLLECTION-PERHAPS UNIQUE OF ITS KIND-OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED BY OUR GENERAL SOCIETY AND MANY BY THE STATE SOCIETIES. IN THESE BOOKS MAY BE READ A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE WAR MADE AGAINST US; THE CONTROVERSIES INTO WHICH WE WERE FORCED AND THE MEASURES WE ADOPTED FOR OUR DEFENSE WHICH SECURED FOR US THAT CONDITION OF INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE WHICH OUR GENERAL SOCIETY NOW ENJOYS.


WITHOUT A PERUSAL OF THESE DOCUMENTS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OBTAIN A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRIALS THROUGH WHICH HAVE PASSED OUR GENERAL AND STATE SOCIETIES ALMOST FROM THE DATE OF THEIR INCEPTION, AND IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT, IN MEETINGS OF OUR SOCIETY, AS WELL AS IN THOSE OF OTHER STATES, MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IN LATER YEARS AND WHO HAVE NEGLECTED TO READ, EVEN OUR BY-LAWS, OR TO INFORM THEMSELVES OF THE HISTORY OF OUR ORDER, HAVE ADVANCED PROPOSITIONS AND ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF MEASURES WHICH, IF ADOPTED, WOULD BE SUBVERSIVE OF THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH WE HAVE CONTENDED SO MANY YEARS.


IF A TIME SHALL COME, DISTURBING THE PRESENT PREVAILING HARMONY AND OUR SETTLED CODE OF ACTION, THE CAUSES UN DOUBTEDLY WILL BE THE SAME AS THOSE GIVEN BY CICERO FOR THE LOSS OF THE GREAT REPUBLIC, VIZ:


Proveniebant oratores novi, stulti, adolescentuli.


FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEPTION OF CALIFORNIA AS AN AU TONIMOUS FACTOR IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY, WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE STATES WHICH RIGIDLY AD. HERED TO OUR ORGANIC LAWS AND VEHEMENTLY BATTLED AGAINST EVERY ATTEMPT AT INNOVATION. THE OLDEST SOCIETY UPON THE PACIFIC SLOPE, AND RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE GREAT COM MONWEALTH OF CALIFORNIA AS A LEADER IN ALL PATRIOTIC WORK; WITH A MEMBERSHIP LARGER THAN ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION OF OUR ORDER, WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, OUR VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD WITH RESPECT AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE HAD MATERIAL INFLUENCE IN THE MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE GEN. ERAL SOCIETY.


A FUTURE NEGLECT TO CARRY OUT THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE CONTROLLED OUR ACTIONS DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. OR A YIELDING TO SUCH INFLUENCES. AGAINST WHICH CICERO UT. TERED THIS WARNING-WHICH INFLUENCES


Of younger spirits, whose apprehensive senses All but new things disdain; whose judgments are Mere fathers of their garments; whose constancios Expire before their fashions.


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HAVE, PERHAPS, DURING THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, MADE THEMSELVES FELT IN OUR OWN STATE SOCIETY AFFAIRS-WILL PLACE A WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE WATCH FOR A VULNERABLE PLACE IN OUR ARMOR, AND READY TO STRIKE A MORTAL BLOW AT THE LIFE OF OUR ORDER.


LOS ANGELES, JUNE 17, 1912.


Holamiage Ogro Collins.


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Officers


Roll of Members 1912


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Officers, Directors and Delegates to the General Society


JJresident HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. Ulice-AJresident BRADNER WELLS LEE. Secretary EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. Room 814 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles.


Treasurer WILLIS MILNOR DIXON.


Registrar


ROBERT LE ROY BEARDSLEY. Historian WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS. Harshal . MAJOR ANDREW JAMES COPP, JR.


Chaplain REV. BAKER PERKINS LEE. Directors


ROBERT LE ROY BEARDSLEY. HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS.


WILLIS MILNOR DIXON. EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. BRADNER WELLS LEE.


Delegates to the General Society HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. FRANK PUTNAM FLINT. JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY. Alternate Delegates HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR. WILLLAS MILNOR DIXON. DONNELL GEORGE FISHER.


Roll of Members


Θύρας δ' επίθεσθε βεβήλοις.


JAMES MONROE ALLEN


Lawyer, San Francisco Peoria, Ills,


WILLIS HENRY BALLANCE.


MOSS WHITE BEARDSLEY


Mechanical Engineer, Los Angeles


ROBERT LE ROY BEARDSLEY


Los Angeles


ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON


Architect, Los Angeles Long Beach


MARK TRAFTON BERRY, Captain, U. S. V., Civil War


EDWARD MEADOR BLAKE


CHARLES BEACH BOOTHE


EDWARD BOTTON, Brig. - Gen. . U. S. V., Civil War


WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREWER


FRANK WILBER BURNETT


CHARLES SPERRY BYINGTON Pasadena


HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, Lieut. - Col., Ret., IIIs. N. C .. ELI P. CLARK


NATHAN COLE, JR. .


NORRIS MAY CONVERSE


ANDREW JAMES COPP, Jr., Major, N. G. Cal ..


VILLAS MILNOR DIXON.


CHARLES SEELEY EASTMAN


DONNELL GEORGE FISHER


FRANK PUTNAM FLINT


ROBERT ALLAN FORSYTH


ARTHUR GLOVER GAGE


JOHN WHORFE GAGE


FRANK ALBERT GARETSON


Lumberman, San Diego


JOHN LAKE GARNER


BEN GOODRICIL, First Lieut., C. S. A., Civil War


HUGH TAYLOR GORDON


Lithographer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Los Angeles


EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN


MARSHALL CRANE HAYES


Rancher, Pasadena


JOHN RANDOLPH HAYNES


Physician, Los Angeles Investment Broker, Los Angeles


PAUL ANDERSON HERRON


GEORGE HAROLD JANEWAY


Lawyer, Los Angeles


CHARLES COLCOK JONES


Mining Engineer, Los Angeles


EDWARD WADSWORTHL JONES.


San Gabriel


JOHNSTONE JONES, Private C. S. A., Civil War


Lawyer, Los Angeles Railway Postal Clerk, Los Angeles


CHARLES GEORGE KEYES


Los Angeles


FRANK WILLIAM RING ....


Merchant, Los Angeles


STACY CALDWELL LAMB


BAKER PERKINS LEE


BRADNER WELLS LEE


ANDREW STEWART LOBINGIER


CHARLES PENNY LYNDALL


HARRISON TYLER MARTIN.


ROBERT WILLIS MARTIN, JJR Insurance, Sonth Pasadena FRANK LESLIE MORAIN Local Agent, Los Angeles


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAL


Pasadena


EDGAR RYDER MILLS


LEBBRUS HORATIO MITCHELL, First Lient, U. S. V., Civil War MERVIN JEREMIAH MONNETTE


OBRA EIGENE MONNETTE


JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY


HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS


WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS


Real Estate, South Pasadena LOS Angeles Banker, Los Angeles Banker, Los Angeles Merchant, New York Banker, Cambridge, Mass. Civil Engineer, Redlands


ORA OAK Merchant, Colton JOSIAH ALONZO OSGOOD. Ca plain D' S. V . Civil War Civil Engineer, Sierra Madre


Banker, Santa Ana South Pasadena Rancher, Los Angeles Clergyman, Burlingame Lawyer, Los Angeles


Lawyer, Los Angeles .Los Angeles Lawyer, Berkeley Bank Clerk, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Los Angeles Lumberman, Los Angeles Oil, San Francisco


Lawyer, Los Angeles Bank Vault Manager, Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles


WILLIAM PLANY KELLEY


Investment Broker, Los Angeles Clergyman, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Surgeon, Los Angeles Insurance, Los Angeles .Telephone Manager, Los Angeles


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WILLAS PARRIS Agent Pac. Coast Steamship Co., Los Angeles


GEORGE SMITH PATTON Lawyer, San Gabriel


LEWIS PATRICK PHILLIES, SON of a Soldier of the Continental Army Downey


HARRY LAWRENCE POWELL, JR


WILLIAM THOMAS POWELL


FRANK CLARKE TRESCOTT, Brin-to Ret, N. G. Cal.


Civil Engineer, Los Angeles Salesman, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles


FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT, JR., Captain, N. G. Cal Attorney, Los Angeles


CHARLES WILLIAM ROGERS. .


Real Estate, Los Angeles Columbus, Ohio


ALFRED CLARENCE SHAREE. Colonel, U. S. 1


HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR


Los Angeles


GUY DESMOND NISSON


RALPH WILLIAM STEWART


FREEMAN COLDING TEED


Local Agent, Los Angeles Civil Engineer, Los Angeles Lawyer, Los Angeles Commercial Traveler, Los Angeles


TRABUE VAN CULIN


Brigadier General, U. S. A., Los Angeles


CILARLES DELEVAN VIELE THOMAS SEYMOUR WADSWORTH


Real Estate, Los Angeles Manager Electric Co., Los Angeles


CHARLES STRONG WALTON


ALBERT MARTELL WARREN Insurance, Los Angeles


WILLIAM GARDNER WATERS


King of San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara


CHARLES JOSEPH VILLETT Lawyer, Pasadena


EDWIN ALEXANDER WILLIAMS


Miner, Fairbanks, Alaska


INSIGNIA


WIJC SHOS


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Ancestors


Genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi Vix ea nostra voco.


HIOW BLEST IS HE, WHO, HIS PROGENITORS WITH PRIDE REMEMBERS; TO THE LIST'NER TELLS THE STORY OF THEIR GREATNESS, OF THEIR DEEDS AND, SILENTLY REJOICING, SEES HIMSELF LINK'D TO THIS GOODLY CHIAIN.


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Ancestors and Descendants


Είς οιωνός άριστος αμύνεσθαι περί πάτρης


THE DEEDS OF OUR FATHERS IN TIMES THAT ARE GONE; THEIR VIRTUES, THEIR PROWESS. THE FIELDS THEY HAVE WON; THEIR STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM, THE TOILES THEY ENDURED; THE RIGHTS AND THE BLESSINGS FOR US THEY PROCURED.


ANDERSON, WILLIAM


He was appointed January 18, 1776, one of the four Sergeants of Captain William Rippey's Company in the Sixth Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Battalion commanded by Colonel William Irvine, which, with the Second Pennsylvania Battalion under Colonel Arthur St. Clair, marched in the campaign against Canada, and he partici- pated in all the skirmishes from Albany to Three Rivers, Sorrell and Nicollet.


PAUL ANDERSON HERRON.


BALLANCE, CHARLES -- 1777


Private in Captain John Syme's Company of the Tenth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Edward Stevens. He enlisted January 1, 1777, and died May 13, 1777, from wounds received in battle.


WILLIS HENRY BALLANCE


BALLANCE, WILLIS


-1824


Corporal of Company commanded by Captain Bressie, or Bressic, (also known as Captain Moody's Company) Second Virginia Regi- ment Commanded successively by Colonels Gregory Smith and William Brent. Enlisted September, 1778, and served three years.


WILLIS HENRY BALLANCE


BEARDSLEE, BENJAMIN 1727-1802


Private, October 5, 1777, in Captain John Yeates' Company of Colonel Whiting's Fourth Regiment, Connecticut Militia. Served at. Peekskill. Private, July, 1779, of Captain Joseph Birdsey's Company in Colonel Whiting's Connecticut Regiment, which served in a tour in the alarm at New Haven, and from there to Fairfield.


ROBERT LE ROY BEARDSLEY


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BEARDSLEE, THOMAS


1754-1842


Private, enlisted from Connecticut, in the Cavalry service of the Colonial forces. Stationed at New York, July 4, 1776. Partici- pated in Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, and at Danbury, Connecticut, April, 1777.


ROBERT LE ROY BEARDSLEY


BLODGETT, JOSEPH 1757-1833


Private in Captain Freeborn Moulton's Company of Colonel Daniel- son's Massachusetts Regiment, Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, served 18 days. Private in Captain Amos Walbridge's Company of Colonel Rufus Putnam's Massachusetts Regiment ; enlisted May 13, 1775, and served two months and 23 days. Private in Captain Parson's Company of Colonel Sage's Battalion of Wadsworth's Connecticut Brigade, raised June, 1776. Served in New York City and on Long Island. Engaged in Battle of White Plains, October 28, 1776.


EDGAR RYDER MILLS


BLODGETT, JOSHUA


Enlisted May 13, 1775, in Captain Amos Walbridge's Company of Colonel David Brewer's Massachusetts Regiment. Served two months 23 days.


EDGAR RYDER MILLS


BRADFORD, THOMAS 1714-1794


Enlisted January 17, 1778, in Captain Moses Branch's Company of Colonel Obadiah Johnson's Connecticut Regiment, and served two months in Rhode Island.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU.


BUTTS, JOSIAH


1703-1787


Private in Asa Bacon's Company, from Canterbury, Connecticut, of the Sixth Battalion of Colonel John Chester in General Wads- worth's Brigade, 1776. Stationed at Flat Bush Pass, Long Island, August 26, 1776, and engaged in the battle of the following day. Engaged at White Plains, October 28, 1776. Discharged Decem- ber 25, 1776. Enlisted January 10, 1778, in Captain Moses Branch's Company of Colonel Obadiah Johnson's Regiment and served until February, 1778, in Rhode Island.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU.


BUTTS, GIDEON


1758-1830


Son of Josiah Butts, he served as a private in Captain Sherebiah Butts' Company of Minute Men, enlisted in May, 1776, for the Twenty-first Connecticut Regiment.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU.


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CALDWELL, JOHN


Private, February 17, 1778, in Captain Charles Fleming's Company of the Seventh Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Alexander McClenachan. In May, 1778, the Third and Seventh Virginia Regiments were consolidated, commanded by Colonel William Heth. On December 1, 1778, he was appointed Sergeant of Captain Henry Young's Company, Fifth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Russell, which Regiment was consolidated, in May, 1779, with the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, and John Caldwell served in this command as Sergeant until after December 9, 1779.


STACY CALDWELL LAMB


CLARK, ISRAEL 1757-1827


Private of Connecticut troops. ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE


CONVERSE, ISRAEL 1743-1806


Sergeant in Captain Amos Walbridge's Company, which marched from Stafford, Connecticut, for the relief of Boston in the "Lexington Alarm," April, 1775; served seven days. First Sergeant of Captain Roger Enos' Third Company of Colonel Joseph Spencer's Second Connecticut Regiment, from May 9 to December 18, 1775 during the siege of Boston. Captain in 1780 in Lieutenant Colonel Levi Wells' Connecticut Regiment of Minute Men.


NORRIS MAY CONVERSE


CRABTREE, AGREEN 1739-1808


Captain and owner of the private armed Schooner Hannah and Molly, 8 swivel guns and 14 men. Commissioned as a Privateer by the Council of Massachusetts, July, 1776, and the same month he captured two sloops. On September 20, 1776, in the port of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, he captured a ship mounting 14 carriage guns, 4 cohorns, and 4 swivels; a brig, two schooners and a sloop. He arrived at Machias, Maine, September 29, 1777, and assisted Colonel Allen in defense of the town. From there he cruised east- ward, captured several vessels and raided the Store-House of Military Supplies in St. John, New Brunswick. Commissioned by the Council of Massachusetts August 20, 1777, Commander of the Privateer Schooner Harlequin, 10 guns and 55 men.


WILLARD ATHERTON NICHOLS


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EATON, JOSEPH


1756 --- 1832


In June, 1775, he culisted for one year in the Cumberland ( ounty Company commanded by Captain James Chambers of Colonel William Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion, which marched for Massachusetts, and arrived at Cambridge, July 7, 1775, where it served until the evacuation of Boston. On July 1, 1776, this command became the First Regiment of, the Pennsylvania Continental Line, and Joseph Eaton re-enlisted for two years in the Company of Captain James Grier.


GEORGE HAROLD JANEWAY


FLANIGAN, STEPHEN 1757-1832


He served as Fifer on the Armed Boal Congress, September 15, 1776. Seaman on same vessel September 1, 1778. Private of Marines on the armed boat Chatham, May 1, 1778.


CHARLES PENNY LYNDALL


GAGE, STEPHEN 1761-1813


Private in Captain John Grannis' Company from Yarmouth, Massa- chusetts. Enlisted September 1, 1776, and served to November 21, 1776, in'defense' of the sea-coast, the Company being stationed at the Elizabeth Islands. ' Private in Captain Elisha Hedge's Com- pany of Colonel Nathaniel Freeman's Massachusetts Regiment. Marched September 27, 1777, and served one month in the secret expedition to Rhode Island. Private in Captain John Nickerson's Company of the same Regiment, and served 17 days in the Alarm at Dartmouth and Falmouth in September, 1778.


JOHN WHORFF GAGE


GARNER, JOHN


1744 -- 1827


Private in Captain Henry Darrah's Company of the Fourth Bat- talion of the New Britain, Pennsylvania . Militia, commanded by Colonel William Roberts.


JOHN LAKE GARNER


GARRISON, HARMONUS 1732- 1813


Quartermaster of the Richmond County, New York, Militia, March 15, 1776. Sergeant in Richmond County Militia. W'ent to Nova Scotia in 1783, and died from the effects of wounds received daring the Revolution.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU


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GORDON, ARCHIBALD


1838-


Private, April 5, 1777, in Captain John Dennis' Company of Colonel John Patton's Pennsylvania Continental Regiment. In January, 1779, this Regiment was incorporated with Colonel Thomas Hartley's Regiment and formed the new Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line, commanded by Colonel Hartley, in which Regiment Archibald Gordan served until the latter part of 1780.


STACY CALDWELL LAMB


GORDON, CHAPMAN


He enlisted at Wilkes County, North Carolina, in the Company commanded by his brother, Captain Charles Gordon, of Colonel Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment. He participated in the Battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780, being at that time about 16 years old. He served 19 months and 5 days.


HUGH TAYLOR GORDON


HARDENBERGH, JOHN A. 1743-


Asscciator of Ulster County, New York, April 29, 1775. Com- missioned Lieutenant in the Third Regiment Ulster County Militia, October 25, 1775, and promoted to be Captain in same Regiment. Commissioned February 21, 1778, Captain in the First Regiment Ulster County Militia.


RALPH WILLIAM STEWART


HAYES, JOEL 1728-1800


Lieutenant from Simsbury, Connecticut, in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. Lieutenant of Connecticut troops who marched in the Bennington Alarm of 1777.


MARSHALL CRANE HAYES


HILLS, STEPHEN


He enlisted, April 23, 1775, at Amherst, in Captain Josiah Crosby's Ninth Company of Colonel James Reed's New Hampshire Regi- ment, and served until August, 1775. In September, 1775, he enlisted in Captain Popkin's Company of Colonel Richard Gridley's New Hampshire Regiment of Artillery. On October 3, 1777, he enlisted in Captain Moses Baker's Company of Volunteers, who marched from Candia, New Hampshire, and joined the Northern Continental Army, and he participated in the battles around Sara- toga and the capture of Burgoyne.


PAUL ANDERSON HERRON


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HOVEY, BENJAMIN


1758


Private in Captain Arthur Dagget's Company of Colonel Larned's Massachusetts Regiment. Served 18 days in the Lexington Alarm April 19, 1775. Private December 9, 1775, in Captain Bartholo- mew Woodbury's Company, same Regiment. Private, January 20, 1777, in Captain John Town's Company of Colonel Jonathan Holman's Massachusetts Regiment; served five days. Private in Captain Jeremiah Kingsbery's Company of the same Regiment ; served 16 days.


ARTHUR GLOVER GAGE


HULL, ISAAC 1731-1780


Quartermaster Second Regiment, Sussex County, New Jersey Militia. First Lieutenant in Colonel Oliver Spencer's New Jersey Additional Continental Regiment, February 17, 1777; resigned November 22, 1777.


ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE


HULL, JOHN


1756-1818


Private in the New Jersey Militia. ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE


JONES, ISRAEL


Enlisted April, 1775, and was appointed Sergeant of the Company of Captain John Watson, Jr., of Colonel Benjamin Hinman's Fourth Connecticut Regiment, which marched to garrison Fort Ticonderoga after its capture May 10, 1775. Served in the Northern Depart- ment until his discharge, November 20, 1775. Commissioned Ensign January 1, 1777, and on January 25, 1778, promoted Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment Connecticut Line. He fought at Germantown October 4, 1777. Wintered at Valley Forge 1777-1778, and participated in Battle of Monmouth. Was at White Plains and wintered at Reading 1778-1779. Resigned May 2, 1779. In 1778 he was commissioned Captain in the Eighteenth Connecticut Militia Regiment.


EDWARD WADSWORTH JONES


JONES, JOHN


1749-1779


Major of the Georgia Continental Line, Aide-de-Camp to Colonel Elbert May 10, 1778. Killed at the siege of Savannah, October 9, 1779, while acting as Aide-de-Camp to General Lachlan McIntosh.


CHARLES COLCOCK JONES


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KELLEY, WILLIAM


Private of Captain Henry Ridgeley's Company in the Third Mary- land Regiment, commanded by Colonel Mordecai Gist. Served November and December, 1777; January and October, 1778. WILLIAM PLINY KELLEY


KENDALL, ISAAC 1734-1776


Private in Captain Reuben Marcy's Company of Colonel John Chester's Sixth Battalion, Wadsworth's Connecticut Brigade. Bat- talion raised June, 1776, and discharged December 25, 1776.


ORRA EUGENE MONNETTE


KNICKERBOCKER, JOHN 1723 -- 1802


Associator of Dutchess County, New York, 1775. Commissioned Colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment Albany County, New York Militia, October 20, 1775. Participated in the Battle of Saratoga, where he was wounded. Served until June 22, 1778.


BRIGADIER-GENERAL CHARLES DELAVAN VIELE, U. S. A.


KNOWLTON, STEPHEN -1830


Private, May 8, 1775, in Captain Samuel Wyllys' Company of the Second Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Spencer. Served during the siege of Boston until December 18, 1775, when he was discharged with the rest of the command.


ALBERT MARTELL WARREN


LAMB, PETER


Sergeant in Captain Nehemiah Stokely's Company of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel Daniel Brodhead. He enlisted in 1776, and served three years. He was the com- manding officer at Fort Laurens on the Tuscaraus River near Bolivar, Pennsylvania.


STACY CALDWELL LAMB


LEMEN, JAMES 1760-1823


Private in Captain George Wall's Company of the Fourth Virginia Regiment, commanded at various times by Major Isaac Beall, and Colonels James Wood and John Nevill. Served in 1778 and 1779.


FRANK ALBERT GARETSON


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MARTIN, LEVI


1764-1835


In the spring of 1780, he enlisted in the Pennsylvania Regiment of Colonel Piper, and served for two years and six months in the several Companies commanded respectively by Captains Paxton, McIntyre and Enslow or Ensley.


HARRISON TYLER MARTIN


MERSEREAU, JOSHUA


1728-1804


Assisted in raising a Company of New York troops in fall of 1775 for campaign against Quebec. Muster Officer and Adjutant Gen- eral of New Jersey troops. Deputy Commissary General of Pris- oners, June 1777, under General Elias Boudinot. Placed in charge of all prisoners after Burgoyne's surrender. Commissioned Major by General Washington, but scon after appointed Deputy Commis- sary General and Quartermaster General. Representative for Rich- mond County in the New York Provincial Assembly, which met at Kingston and Poughkeepsie from 1777 to 1786.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU


MERSEREAU, JOSHUA, JR. 1759-1857


Recruiting Officer for New York troops, August, 1775. Served under Lord Stirling in the Long Island expedition of December, 1775. From April to July, 1776, he served in Major Stevens' Corps of Virginia Riflemen. Participated in Battles of Trenton and Princeton. From October 14, 1777, to April 28, 1779, was Assistant Commissary of Prisoners under his father, Joshua Mer- sereau, Deputy Commissary of Prisoners and General Mifflin's Quartermaster General. From 1780 to 1782 he participated in various tours of service under General Hazen, Lord Stirling, Captain James Patten, Captain John Story and Colonel Marsh. In May, 1782, he was carpenter and seaman on the ship South Carolina, commanded by Captain John Joiner, and on December 21, 1782, he was captured by the British ships Diomede, Austrich and Quebec. He was wounded and confined on the prison ship Scorpion at New York. In January, 1783, he was parolled and remained on parole until the end of the war.


JOHN DANIEL MERSEREAU


MONNETT, ABRAHAM




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