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USA > New Jersey > Gloucester County > History of the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland New Jersey, with biographical sketches of their prominent citizens, vol. 1 > Part 11
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On the 14th news was received of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, and on the 15th
"an assembly was beat for the men to parade in order to receive a treat and to drink the States' health, when, having made a barrel of grog, the Declaration was read, and the following toast given by Parson Caldwell : ' Harmony, Virtue, Honor, and all propriety to the free and independent United States of America. Wise Legislatures, brave and victorious armies, both by sea and land, to the American States;' when three hearty cheers were given, and the grog flew round amain. The parole for the day was ' The Free and Independent States of America.'"
Thus did these patriots celebrate their first " inde- pendence" on the banks of the Mohawk, and wake with their cheers the echoes from the forest-covered hillsides.
On the 21st of Angust the fort on which the com- mand had labored at German Flats was completed, and christened Fort Dayton. The occasion was cele- brated, says the diary, after firing a volley from the port-holes, by
" drinkiog, scooting round the fort, hurraing, swinging of hats, and hawbocking about for an hour, when they were drawo op in a square and the captain gave them a sinart preachment, potting off his hat and beginning with ' friends, countrymen, and feller-citizens. httle did I think that I should address you to-day, but after making merry our hearts npon this occasion I feel an impulse of mine to speak to yon which I am not able to withstand. Many of you, my Cumberland lads, have traveled with me from your native homes, 5000 miles, into this wilder- ness in this glorious canse of liberty,' etc., etc."
In September the company joined their comrades at Fort Schuyler.
On the 12th of October Lieut. Elmer was ordered
to go with twenty mien to look after a scouting-part: that had been sent to Oswego, but pending prepar ... tions for their departure the party returned. On th .. 17th Col. Elmer arrived at Fort Schuyler with severa companies of his regiment. On the 19th an expre -. arrived from Gen. Schuyler announcing a battle "! the lake, between Gen. Arnold and the king's troop. and requesting the regiment to come forward with a' expedition, and on the 20th it took up its march. The journal gives the marches for each day, and If camping at each night till the 25th of October, whe: Schenectady was reached. Thence the march wa- continued, as the journal states, through a swampy uninhabited country, for a portion of the distance till, on the 1st of November, they arrived at Ticon- deroga. Here they were at first apprehensive of a: attack from the enemy, whose morning and evenin: guns they could distinctly hear till the 7th, when the; ceased to be heard, and it was believed that the force had evacuated Crown Point, and that the fleet in the lake had retired. The regiment remained, engaged i: ordinary garrison dnty, till December 20th, when it crossed to Mount Independence. Here it remaide. during the intensely cold winter of 1776-77, discharge- ing garrison duty, and frequently parading and dri !!- ing on the ice.
فاته كمة
During the summer which they passed in the Mo- hawk Valley, at Johnstown, German Flat-, Fort Day- ton, and Fort Schuyler, they were engaged in erecting fortifications, protecting the inhabitants. and prevent- ing the incursions of hostile Indians. At Ticonder- oga and Mount Independence their duties were not less arduons, and by reason of the severity of the winter their sufferings were great. It was not their fortune, during their period of service, to be engage: on the battle-field, but in the discharge of the dutie- which devolved on them they acquitted themselve- with honor, and contributed their share toward the accomplishment of the final grand result of the war.
On the 2d of March, 1777, the battalion started on its march homeward. It arrived at Morristown on the 18th, and was there discharged on the 23d. The diary states, --
"Op Sunday, the 23d, we set out for home, and I arrived at Bridgeto! the Friday following, being the 28th of March, having been from there a year and a day."
Sept. 16, 1776, a second establishment of troop- wa- made by the Congress of the United Colonies, Under this eighty-eight battalions were to be enlisted, te serve during the war, and of these the " Jersey Line' consisted of fonr. The sum of twenty dollars wa- offered as a bounty to each non-commissioned officer and soldier, and bounty lands, at the close of the war. to eachi officer and soldier, or to his representatives ir: case of his death in the service, as follows : Five hun- dred aeres to each colonel, four hundred and fitty acres to each lieutenant colonel, four hundred to each major, three hundred to each captain, two hundred to each lieutenant, one hundred and fifty to each en-
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.ien, and to each non-commissioned oflieer and soldier one hundred.
It was al-o
" Fenlied, That for the further encouragement of the non-commis- . t.d other and soldier who shall engage in the service during the war a suit of clothes be annually given cach of the suid officers and . idiets, to consist, for the present year, of two linen hunting-shirts, two po'r of overalle, a leathern or woolen waistcoat, with sleeves, one pair .f br-eches, a hat or leathern cap, two shirts, two pair of hose, and two pair of shoes, amounting in the whole to the value of twenty dollars, or chat rum to be paid to each soldier who shall procure those articles tor brauelf and produce a certificate thereof from the captain of the com- ¡any to which he belongs to the paymaster of the regiment."
Arrangements were made by the General Assem- Hly of New Jersey to carry into effect this arrange- ment, and to provide for the re-enlistment of those already in the service. The organization of the First Battalion, Col. Silas Newcomb, was completed in December, 1776; the Second, Col. Israel Shreve, in February, 1777; the Fourth, Col. Ephraim Martin. during the same month ; and the Third, Col. Elias Dayton, in April of that year. Col. Maxwell was made a brigadier-general in October, 1776, and was assigned to the command of these battalions, which were called "Maxwell's brigade."
In May, 1777, this brigade was placed in Gen. Stephens' division, and was eneamped at Elizabeth- town, Bound Brook, and Spanktown ( Rahway). This division, during the summer of 1777, marched through Pennsylvania and Delaware, and a portion of the "New Jersey Line" opened the battle of Brandywine, on the morning of September 11th. They continued actively engaged through the fight, and afterwards skirmished with the enemy, arriving at Germantown, where they eneamped. In the battle at this place, October 4th, Maxwell's brigade formed the corps de rrserre and left wing of the American army, under the command of Maj .- Gen. Lord Stirling. The bri- gade distinguished itself in this battle, especially the First Battalion, which lost heavily in men and officers.
The winter of 1777-78 was passed by this brigade, with the rest of the army, at Valley Forge. On the evaenation of Philadelphia by the British, in June, 1778, this brigade was detached from the main army, and, with other troops, was placed under the command of Gen. Lafayette, to harass and impede Gen. Clin- ton's force. June 28, 1778, the Jersey Line, as well as the militia under the command of Maj .- Gen. Phile- mon Dickinson, took part in the battle of Monmouth.
Most of the winter of 1778-79 was passed by the brigade at Elizabethtown, though a detachment of the Second Battalion was at Newark, and a portion of the Fourth at Spanktown ( Rahway). In May, 1779, Maxwell's brigade was ordered with the army of Gen. Sullivan to march up the Susquehanna River and lay waste the settlements of the Seneca Indians, and in October of the same year it returned to New Jersey.
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May 27, 1778, Congress made a new arrangement, for third establishment, of the troops, under which the
constitution of the different battalions was changed ; and by an act, March 9, 1779. the number of bat- talions in the Jersey Line was changed to three. A bounty of two hundred dollars was offered. and pro- vision was made for enlisting three hundred and sixty-five volunteers.
On the 9th of February, 1780. New Jersey was called on for sixteen hundred and twenty men, to fill the "Jersey Line." Volunteers were called for, and a bounty of one thousand dollars was offered for each recruit. "Muster-masters" were appointed in" the ditl'erent eonnties, the one for Gloucester being Col. Joseph Ellis; Salem, Maj. Edward Hall ; and Cumberland, Lieut .- Col. Abijah Holmes. In June. 1781, more troops were called for, and the quota under this call was for Gloucester, fifty-one; Salem, fifty-one ; and Cumberland, thirty. The recruiting officers were,-for Gloucester, Capt. John Davis ; Salem, Capt. John Kelly; and Cumberland. Capt. Amos Woodruff. The bounty paid under this requi- sition was twelve ponnds, in gold or silver, for each reeruit. The regiments of the Jersey Line. thus re- organized, were commanded by Cols. Matthias Ogden, Isaac Shreve, and Elias Dayton. Each regiment had six companies, commanded as follows :
First Regiment .- Captains, Jonathan Forman, John Flahaven, Giles Mead, Alexander Mitchell, Peter V. Voorhees, and John Holmes.
Second Regiment .- Captains, John Hollinshead, John N. Cummings Samuel Reading, Nathan Bowman. Jonathan Phillips, and William Helms.
Third Regiment .- Captains, John Ross, William Gifford, Richard Cox, Jeremiah Ballard, Joseph T. Anderson, and Bateman Lloyd.
Gen. Maxwell continued in command of the Jersey Brigade till his resignation, in July, 1780, when be was succeeded by the senior officer, Col. Elias Day- ton, who continued in command till the close of the war.
In September, 1781, the three regiments went to James River. Va., where they were employed in all the labor of the siege, and were present at the sur- render of Yorktown, October 19th, of that year.
Early in the war many men from New Jersey en- listed in regiments of other States, or in those raised by direet authority of the Continental Congress.
The news of the cessation of hostilities was an- nouneed in the camp of the brigade, April 19, 1783, and the Jersey Line was discharged November 3d, of that year.
State Troops .- At various times during the war New Jersey, by reason of its position on the coast and between cities in possession of the enemy, was exposed to the ineursions of the British and the ravages of refugees and Indians. It was therefore found neees- sary to emhody, as occasion required, a certain quota of volunteers trom the militia of the different eoun- ties. These men were held liable for duty in this and in adjoining States when necessary, and the organiza- tions were known as "New Jersey Levies," "Five Months' Levies," or, more generally, as "State Troops."
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HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER, SALEM, AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES.
The first of these troops organized was under the authority of the Provincial Congress, Feb. 13. 1776, and consisted of two artillery companies, one to be stationed in the eastern and one in the western divi- sion of the State. These batteries took part in the battles of Trenton, Assunpink, Princeton, and Mon- mouth.
Frederick Frelinghuysen was appointed captain of the eastern company. The officers of the western enmpany were
Samuel Hugg, captain ; Thomas Newark, captain ; John Wescott, first lleutenant ; Joseph Dayton, second lieutenant.
Captain-Lientenant, Thomas Newark, resigned.
First Lieutenant. John Wescott, promoted captain-lieutenant, after- wards captain.
Second Lieutenant, Joseph Dayton, resigned.
Seth Bowen, appointed first lieutenant, afterwards captain-lieuten- ant; resigned.
Benjamin Whitall, appointed second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and afterwards captain-lientenant.
Eli Elmer, appointed second lieutenant.
Nov. 27, 1776, the Provincial Congress passed the first act for the organization of the infantry branch of the State troops. This act provided for the organ- ization, by voluntary enlistment, of four battalions of eight companies each. Of these battalions, one was raised in the counties of Gloucester. Salem, and Cum- .berland, consisting of three companies from Glouces- ter, three from Salem, and two from Cumberland. Of tbis battalion, David Potter was appointed colonel, Whitton Cripps lieutenant-colonel, and William Ellis major.
Oct. 9, 1779, four thousand volunteers were called for, to serve till Dec. 20, 1779. Of these the quota of Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Cape May Coun- ties was one regiment of eight companies, each com- pany numbering one hundred and two men. Of this regiment, Nicholas Stilwell was appointed colonel, Robert Brown lieutenant-colonel, and Anthony Sharp major.
Dec. 29, 1781, a call was made for four hundred and twenty-two men, to serve till Dec. 15, 1782. Under this call the company from Gloucester Connty was commanded by Capt. Simon Lucas, that from Salem by Capt. Nicholas Keen, and that from Cumberland by Capt. Charles Allen. These companies were or- dered to do " duty ou land or water."
Calls were also made June 7 and 14, 1780, for four hundred and twenty men, each to serve till Jan. 1, 1782.
Militia .- On the 3d of June, 1775, the Provincial Congress of New Jersey passed an act providing a act set forth that
"plan for regulating the militia of the colony." This . the militia were held during the war.
"The Congress, taking into consideration the cruel and arbitrary measures adopted and pursued by the British Parliament and present ministry for the purpose of subjagating the American colonies to the most al ject servitude, and being apprehensive that all pacific measures for the redresa of our grievances will prove meffectual, do think it : highly necessary that the inhabitants of this province be forthwith properly armed and disciplined for defending the cause of American freedom."
The plan was still further considered and amen .! Aug. 16, 1775. After that date all officers were orden to be commissioned by the Provincial Congres- ort Committee of Safety. In the assignment then fine. Gloucester had three battalions, Salem one regimen: and Cumberland two battalions.
"Minute-men" having been raised in some oth . counties, in compliance with the recommendation . the Continental Congress, the Provincial Congre --. it this ordinance, ordered the several counties to furni -. them, ranging from one to eight companies each. Ti. assignment for Gloucester was four companies, Sadler three, and Cumberland three. These companies . . minute-men were " held in readiness on the shortes notice to march to any place where assistance mig! . be required for the defense of this or any neighboring colony." They were to continue in service four months. Their uniform was a hunting-frock, similar to that of the riflemen in the Continental service.
On the 3d of June, 1776, the Continental Congre .. called for thirteen thousand eight hundred militia t .. reinforce the army at New York. The queta for New Jersey under this call was three thousand three hundred, of which Gloucester, Salem, and Cumber- land Counties furnished each two companies. The field and staff officers of this command were :
Colonel, Silas Newcomb : Lieutenant-Colonel, Bowes Reed; Major. William Ellis; Quartermaster, Abijah Holmes : Surgeon, Thomas Ewing; Surgeon's Mate, Robert Patterson ; and Chaplain. Phihf Vickers Fithian.
The last died of a fever at Fort Washington, on the Hudson, Oct. 8, 1776.
July 16, 1776, the Continental Congress requested the Convention of New Jersey to supply with militia the places of two thousand men of Gen. Washington - army that had been ordered into New Jersey to form the flying camp. Of the thirty companies of sixty- four men each sent under this call, Gloucester tur nished three companies, and Cumberland one, which. with three companies from Burlington, were under Col. Charles Read, Lieut .- Col. Josiah Hillman, Maj. William Ellis, and Surgeon Bodo Otto, Jr. Salem supplied two companies, which, with three each from Middlesex and Monmouth, formed a battalion that was officered by Col. Sanmel Forman, Lient .- Col. Whitton Cripps, and Maj. John Dunn.
Aug. 11, 1776, one-half of the militia was ordered to be detached for immediate service, to be relieved by the other half every month. On this basis of monthly classes, in active service alternate month -.
April 14, 1778, the militia of the State was formed into two brigades, and Jan. 8, 1781, into three. During the war companies of artillery and troops of hor-e were organized in different localities. Stryker says, --
"The good service performed by the mihtia of this State is foliv i. corded in history. At the fights at Quinton's Bridge, Mattock & Bridge Three Rivers, Connecticut Farms, and Van Nestes' Mills, they bore an aclive part ; while at the battles of Long Island, Trenton, Assunpink,
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: Yineeton, Germantown, Springfield, and Monmouth they performed ." tent service in supporting the Continental line."
The field and staff officers of the militia regiments in the counties of Gloucester, Salem, and Cumberland Here as follows :
GLOUCESTER COUNTY.
Fox battilion .- Colonel, Israel Shreve : Colonel, Robert Taylor, pro. from capt. and maj. ; Colonel, Bodo Otto; Lieutenant-Colonel, Sa01- uel Tonkins ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Sammel Shreve. pro. from capt. : Lieutenant-Colonel, Robert Brown, pro. from capt. ; Major, Samuel FlanDinghanı.
event Battalion -Colonel, Joseph Ellis : Lieutenant-Colonel, Elijah (Tark ; Major, William Ellis.
Third Battalion .- Colonel, Richard Somers . First Major, Richard West- cott : First Major, George Payne, pro. from capt. ; Second Major, Jeremiah Smith, pro, from capt. : Adjutant, William Smith : Pay- master, John Little; Surgeon, Thomas Hendry.
SALEMI COUNTY.
Wid Battalion ( Western Battalion) .- Colonel. Samuel Dick ; Colonel, Whitton Cripps, pro. from lient-col. : First Major, William Mecum; second Major, Edward Hall ; Quartermaster, Thomas Carpenter.
Grond Battalion (Eastern Battalion) .- Colonel, John Holme : Colonel, Benjamin Holme, pro. from heut .- col. ; Colonel, William Shute, pro, from lieut .- col. : First Major, Thomas Mecum ; First Major, Anthony Sharp : Second Major, John Kelly, pro. from capt. ; Second Major, Henry Sparks, Jr .; Adjutant, John South ; Quartermaster. Andrew Yorke; Chaplain, William Worth.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
First Battalion .- Colonel, Silas Newcomb ; Colonel, Isaac Preston ; Col- onel, Elijah Iland, pro. from lieut .- col. ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Eaos Seeley ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel Ogden, pro. from capt. and 1-t maj. ; First Major, Timothy Elmer ; First Major, Derrick Peterson ; Second Major, Ezekiel Foster, pro. from capt .; Second Major, Ephraim Lommes, pro. from capt ; Adjutant, Fithian Stratton ; | Quartermaster, Josiahı Seeley.
Nerond Battalion .- Colonel, David Potter ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Abijab Holmes ; First Major. Thomas Ewing ; Second Major, Daniel Mas- ken, pro. from capt .; Quartermaster John Dowdney,
The following is a list of those from Gloucester County who served either in the Continental army, State troops, or militia during the Revolutionary war : 1
Brigadier-General.
J.wejchi Ellis, col. 2d Batt, Gloucester; brig .- gen. militia, Feb. 15, 1777 ; declined Feb. 21, 1777.
Colonels.
Podo Otto, col. Ist Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 16, 1777 ; died Jan. 20, 1782. larael Shreve, col, Ist Batt., Gloucester ; also col. Continental army. Richard Somers, col. 3d Batt., Gloucester ; col. batt. State troops.
Lieutenant-Colonels.
Robert Brown, capt. Ist Batt., Gloucester ; lieut .- col, Ist Batt., Glouces- ter, Juve 10, 1779; lieut .- col. Col. Stilwell's regt. State troops, Oct. 9, 1779.
Elijah Clark, lieut .- col. 2d Batt., Gloucester ; res. Nov. 6, 1777, to become mrtuber of Assembly.
amnel Shreve, cupt. Ist Batt., Gloucester ; fieut .- col. Ist Batt., Glouces- ler, Feb. 5, 1777; res. Oct. 2, 1778
samuel Tonkin, ilent .- col. Ist Batt., Gloucester ; res. Feb. 5, 1777.
Majors.
Willian Ellis, capt. Col. Newconib's batt , Heard's brig., June 14, 1:76 ; maj. Col. Newcomb's batt., Heard's brig .; maj. Col. Read's hatt., De- tacbed Militia, July 18, 1776; maj. Col. Potter's batt., State troops, Nov. 27, 1776; maj. 2d Batt., Gloucester ; taken prisoner Aprii 5, 177% ; exchanged Der. 26, 1780.
Manuel Flauningham (or Flanagan), maj. let Batt., Gloucester, June 10, 1779 ; also capt. Continental army.
1 Compiled from Stryker's Official Register.
George Payne, capt. 3d Batt , Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777 ; 1st maj. 3d Batt., Gloucester, March 31, 1778.
Jeremiah Smith, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777; 21 maj. ditto, Dec. 12, 1778.
Richard Westcott, Ist maj. 3d Batt., Gloucester ; res. March 31, 1778.
Paymasters.
Thomas Carpenter, payumaster, Salem and Gloucester, March 19, 1777 (see also quartermasters).
John Little, paymaster, 3d Batt., Gloucester.
Surgeons.
Thomas Hendry, surgeon brigade militia, superintendent hospital, April 3, 1777 ; surgeon 3d Batt , Gloucester.
Captains,
Jobu Baker, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester: capt. State troopa.
Andrew Barnes, capt. Gloucester; prisoner of war in September, 1780.
Jacob Browning, capt. 2d Batt , Gloucester, Sept. 22, 1777.
Richard Cheeseman, capt. Ist Batt , Gloucester.
Joseph Covenover, capt. 3d Batt , Gloucester, Sept. 12, 17.7.
John Cozens, capt. Ist Batt., Gloucester; prisouer of war; exchanged Dec. 8, 1780 ; capt. State troops.
John Davis, capt. Ist Batt., Gloucester.
- Douglas, capt., Gloucester.
Joseph Elwell, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester.
Sawtel Elwell, lieut. 2d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 3, 1776; capt. Ist Batt., ditto.
Joseph Estell, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
Felix Fisher, capt., Gloucester.
John Hampton, lieut. 3d Batt., Gloucester; capt. ditto.
William Harrison, capt. 2d Batt., Gloucester.
Richard Higbee, 2d lient. Capt. Payne's company, 3d Batt., Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777 ; Ist lieut. ditto.
James Holmes, capt., Gloucester ; cupt. batt. " Heard's brigade," June 16, 1776; also capt. Continental army.
John Inskip, lieut. 2d Batt., Gloucester; capt, ditto.
Simon Lucas, capt., Gloucester; capt. Maj. Hayes' Batt., State troops.
Archibald Maffit, cupt. Ist Batt., Gloucester; resigued.
William Maffit, Ist lieut. Capt. Pierce's company, Ist Batt., Gloucester, June 2, 1777 ; capt. ditto.
John Patten, capt. 2d Batt , Gloucester.
David Paul, lieut. 3 Batt., Gloucester ; capt. ditto; capt. Col. New- comb's Batt., " Heard's brigade," June 14, 1776; capt. 2d Batt., Gloucester.
George l'ierce, capt. 1st Batt., Gloucester, June 2, 1777.
William Price, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
George l'urvis, capt. 2d Batt., Gloucester.
Christopher Rape, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
Heary Shate, capt. Ist Batt., Gloucester.
William Smith, adjt. 3d Batt , Gloucester; capt. ditto.
Robert Snell, Ist lieut. Capt. Samael Snell's company, 3d Batt., Gloucea- ter ; capt. ditto. (See naval service.)
Samuel Snell, capt 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777 (see naval service). James Somers, Ist lient. Capt. Price's company, 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept.
18. 1777 ; capt. 2d Batt. ditto.
John Somers, capt., Gloucester.
Zephania Steelman, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
John Stokes, capt. 2d Batt., Gloucester.
Richard Stouebanks, capt. 1st Batt., Gloucester, Oct. 5, 1778.
James Tallman, capt. Troop Light Horse, Gloucester, May 3, 1777. Joseph Thorne, capt. 21 Batt., Gloucester, Aug. 10, 1776.
William Watson, Ist lient. Ist Batt., Gloucester; capt. ditto. -
David Weatherby, capt. 3d Batt., Gloucester.
John Wood, capt. Col. Holmes' regt., State troops ; capt. let Batt., Gloucester.
John Wood, capt., Gloucester.
Lieutenants.
David Baker, private, Gloucester; lieut. ditto.
John Carter, lieut., Gloucester,
John Chatham, lieut. Ist Batt , Gloucester.
Enoch Leeds, lieut., Gloucester.
Joseph Mccullough, lient. 3d Batt., Gloucester.
John Parsons, lieut., Gloucester; prisoner of war in September, 1780.
Ward Pierce, lieut. Capt. Stonebank's company, Ist Batt., Givocecter, Oct. 5, 1778.
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Benjamin Weatherby, lient. 3d Batt., Gloucester, Lieut .- Col. Somers' Batt., State troops.
First Lieutenant <.
Joseph Ingersoll, Ist lieut. Capt. Jeremiah Smith's company, 3d Batt., Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777.
Edward Ireland, Ist lieut. 34 Batt., Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777.
Jeremiah Leeds, Ist heut Capt. Covenover's company, 3d Batt , Glouces- ter, Sept. 18, 1777.
Samuel Matlack, Ist lient. Capt. Thorne's company, 2d Batt., Gloucester, Aug. 10, 1776.
Alexander Mitchell, Ist lieut., Gloucester ; Ist lient. " Heard's brigade," June 14, 1576; also capt. Continental army.
Nehetuih Morse, Ist lient. C'apt. Payne's company, 3d Batt., Gloucester, Nov. 14, 1777.
Samuel Springer, Ist lieut Capt. Rape's company, 3d Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
Arthur Westcott, Ist lient. Capt. Estell's company, 34 Batt., Gloucester, Sept. 18, 1777.
Second Lieutenants.
Aaron Chew, 2d lieut. 2d Batt., Gloucester ; prisoner of war in Septem- ber, 1780; exchanged.
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