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Fitzhamon, leader of the Norman invaders, appropriated Glamorgan, which he divided into nineteen parts, and some of the sons of the exiled lord, Iestan ap Gwrgan, being popular with the people, and having taken no part in opposing Fitzhamon, four shares of their father's lands were set apart to them, and one share each to two of his sons-in-law.
Madog ap Iestyn, son of Iestan ap Gwrgan, by his second wife, was one of those who shared in the division of his father's lands in Glamorgan, receiving from Fitzhamon, the Norman invader, the grant of the Lordship of Ruthyn and
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the lands lying between the rivers Taff and Ely. He married Janet, daughter of Sytsyll, Lord of Upper Gwent, and had one son,
Howell ap Madog, who married a daughter of Griffith ap Ivor Bach, and his eldest son was,
Cynfrig ap Howell, who succeeded to the Lordship of Llantrithyd and Radyr, and died prior to 1280. He married Angharad, daughter and co-heiress of Lewis ap Rhys ap Rosser, and his eldest son was,
Llewelyn ap Cynfrig, who possessed the lands of Llantrithyd and was living in 1280 and probably as late as 1317. He married a daughter of Sir Ralph Madog and had seven children, the fourth of whom,
Ievan Mady ap Llewlyn, had the lands of Bwlch Gwyn, which descended to his only son,
Llewelyn ap Ievan Mady, who is called "of Abergorky". He was three times married and by his second wife, a daughter of Llewelyn ap Ivorhir, had nine children, the fourth of whom was,
Thomas Ddu, (that is Thomas the dark) who married Crisly, daughter of Howell ap Philip hir, and had three sons, the second of whom was,
Jenkin ap Thomas Ddu, who married a daughter of David Lloyd ap Madoc, and had a son,
Ralph ap Jenkin, who married the daughter and heiress of Philip Vawr, and had five children, the second of whom was,
Jenkin ap Ralph, who was living, circa 1520. He married (first) Gwenllian, and (second) Margaret, daughter of Richard ap Ievan. By his first wife he had two children, the eldest of whom was,
John ap Jenkin, who was living, circa 1550. He married Gwenllian, daughter of Ievan Morgan, descended from Bach ap Grono, and had six children, the eldest of whom was,
Ievan (Evan) ap John, who died prior to November 7, 1632. He married Wenllian, daughter of David ap Llewelyn ap Howell, by whom he had six chil- dren, the eldest of whom,
John ap Evan, of Treverigg, was grandfather of John Bevan, the Pennsylvania emigrant of 1683. Treverigg, in the parish of Llantrisant, was part of the orig- inal possessions of Iestan ap Gwrgan, set apart to his son, Madog ap Iestan, and descended in a direct line to John ap Evan, and is located a few miles from Cardiff, in Glamorganshire. The estate is about two miles long and one mile wide and is now divided into three farms. The ancient house in which John Bevan resided, near the little Quaker Meeting House, is still standing. The rooms, which are very large, are timbered in heavy oak and the floors are paved with stone, as usual in Wales at that time. A mill, in operation in John Bevan's time, is also still standing.
John ap Evan, of Treverigg, was born about 1585, died prior to July 19, 1630, and was buried in Llantrisant Church, where his tomb can still be seen. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Richards, who was living in 1630. They had one son, Evan ap John, of whom presently ; and four daughters. The will of John ap Evan remaining on file at Llandaf Registry, Glamorganshire, bears date June 27, 1630, and was probated July 19, 1630. It gives legacies to Llandal Cathedral, and Llantrisant Church, and to his four daughters. To his son, Evan John, he devises his "three principals" or farms, in Treverigg. To
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his wife, "Elizabeth Thomas", he devises the occupancy of his tenements called Kae Banall and Kystille for life.
Evan ap John, only son of John ap Evan and his wife Elizabeth, was evidently of age at his father's death in 1630. He married Jane, daughter of Richard ap Evan, of Collena, an estate in Llantrisant Parish, by his wife, Catharine, daughter of Thomas Bassett, of Miscin, by his wife Mary, daughter of David Evans, whose wife Catharine was a great-great-granddaughter of Henry Somerset, second Earl of Worcester, who was a grandson of Henry Plantagenet Beaufort, beheaded in 1463, and the latter was a great-great-grandson of Edward III, King of England, and his wife, Philippa, daughter of William III, Count of Hainault and Holland, by his wife Joanna, daughter of Charles of Valois, son of King Philip of France. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker, a descendant of John Bevan, has traced the line back many generations further through a number of royal lines. Evan ap John and his wife Elizabeth had four sons, all of whom assumed the surname of Bevan, and one daughter who died unmarried.
JOHN BEVAN, eldest son of Evan ap John, born on the ancestral estate of Treverigg, parish of Llantrisant, county of Glamorganshire, in the year 1646, inherited the estate of Treverigg at the death of his father about 1665, and on coming of age made liberal provision for his brothers and sisters who were un- provided for. He became a member of the Society of Friends and was for many years an esteemed minister of that sect, travelling extensively on that ser- vice. He became interested in founding a colony of Welsh Quakers in Pennsyl- vania, and as agent for a company of them purchased 2,000 acres of William Penn, a part of which was surveyed in Haverford township, Chester county, and about 300 acres in Merion, Philadelphia county. He also purchased a tract of land for his brother, Charles Bevan, and made several purchases in his own name. On the 10th of the 7th month (September) 1683, a certificate was granted by the Friends Meeting at Treverigg for John Bevan, his wife Barbara, and their chil- dren, to remove to Pennsylvania. They were accompanied by Ralph Lewis and a number of other Welsh Quakers who settled near them. His land was laid out in different parts of Philadelphia and Chester counties, and he settled on a tract of 300 acres in Merion, including the present site of Wynnewood station on the Pennsylvania railroad, and adjoining the line of Haverford township, Chester county. He early became interested in the affairs of his adopted country and was commissioned a Justice of Philadelphia county, November 6, 1685, and was re-commissioned November 2, 1689. He was returned as a member of Colonial Assembly in 1687-95-99-1700, and probably served continuedly in that body from 1687. As before stated, he was a minister among Friends and trav- elled extensively in the ministry, making several visits to his native land and to New England and other parts of the Colonies. In 1694 he visited Wales, his return to Pennsylvania being noted in a letter written by Rees Thomas to his father-in-law in Wales, under date of "ye 29th day of Ye 3d. Mo. 1695," which says, "My unkle John Bevan came over very well and had a good voyage, he told me he had seen thee twice, etc." He again crossed in 1698, and travelled through New England in 1701. In 1704, as given in a "Journal", under his own hand several years later, he experienced "a weighty concerne to return to my native country and that chiefly on Truth's account. I laid it before my wife and she could not be easy to stay behind me and we came over in the year 1704." They
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were accompanied by their youngest daughter, Barbara, their only child remaining unmarried, and she died in Wales, soon after their arrival there. They landed at Shields, Northumberland, and after attending meeting there, set forward for their old home in Glamorganshire, Wales, a distance of near three hundred miles, visiting a number of Meetings by the way, and the journal continues, "about the beginning of the eighth month 1704, we came to our home at Treveyricke". He died at Treverigg, aged eighty years, his will bearing date March, 1724-5, being probated October 21, 1726. The will mentions the 300 acre plantation in Merion as having been given to his son, Evan Bevan, prior to his decease. Another plantation in Merion, he devises to his daughter-in-law, Eleanor Bevan, for life, then to go to his grandchildren : Evan, Aubrey and Charles Bevan.
John Bevan married, 1665, Barbara, daughter of William Aubrey, of Pencoyd, sometime Sheriff of Glamorganshire, who also traces back to Edward III, King of England.
Stiant Awbrey, founder of the Aubrey family in Great Britain, was "second brother to the Lord Awbrey, Earle of Bullen and Earle Marechal of France, and came to England with William ye Conqueror, in Anno 1066."
Sir Rinalt Awbrey, son of Stiant, married a daughter of the Earle of Clare and Priany, and their second son,
William Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, county Brecknock, Wales, married Julia, daughter of Sir William Gunter, Knight. Their son,
Thomas Awbrey, married Anne, daughter of Cayrawe (Carewe), baron of Cayrawe, and their son,
Thomas Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, Constable and Ranger of the Forest of Brecon, married Juhan, daughter of Trakaerne ap Einion, lord of Comond, and their son,
Thomas Awbrey Goch, (i. e. red haired) married Nest, daughter of Owan Gethyn, of Glyn Taway, and their son,
Richard Awbrey, married Creslie, daughter of Phe ap Eledr, and their son,
Gwalter Awbrey, married Juhan, daughter and heiress of Rees Morgan ap Einion, of Carmarthen, and their son,
Morgan Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, married Alice, daughter of Watkin Thomas David Lloyd, and their son,
Jenkin Awbrey, Esquire, married Gwenlliam, daughter of Owain ap Griffith, Esquire, of Tal y Lyn, and their son,
Hophin Awbrey, married daughter of John Griffith of Gwyn, Esquire, and their son,
William Awbrey, Esquire of Aberkynfrig, who died June 27, 1547, married Jane Herbert, widow of Thomas Lloyd, and daughter of Sir Richard Herbert, of Montgomery Castle, who was Gentleman Usher to King Henry VIII, and resided at Blackhall where he dispensed a lavish hospitality with great luxury. He was the second son of Sir Richard Herbert, of Coldbrook House, near Aber- gavenny, Monmouthshire, who was slain at Banbury in 1469. Of him his great- great-grandson writes as "that incomparable hero, who twice passed thro a great army of Northern men alone, with his pole axe in his hand and returned without mortal hurt." He married Margaret, daughter of Thomas ap Griffith Nicholas, of Dynevor, and sister of the renowned Sir Rhys ap Thomas, who slew Richard III on Bosworth Field. Sir Richard Herbert was the second son of Sir William
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ap Thomas, who was knighted in the year 1426 and died 1446. He acquired the lands and Castle of Raglan, from his mother's family, the Morleys. He was with Henry V, at Agincourt in 1415 and was known as William Thomas Her- bert. He was the fifth son of Thomas ap Gwillinn of Perthir by his wife Maud, daughter and heiress of Sir John Morley, Knight, and grandson of Jenkin ap Adam, Lord of Kevondygewydd, who lived in the time Edward III and Richard II, Kings of England, and said to have been a descendant of a Norman family famous at the time of the Conquest.
Richard Awbrey, of Aberkynfrig, was the eldest son of William and Jane (Herbert) Awbrey, and inherited the lands of Aberkynfrig at the death of his father, but sold them to his cousin, Dr. William Awbrey. He married Mar- garet, daughter of Thomas Gunter, and died in 1580, leaving a son,
Richard Awbrey, of Llanelyw, whose tombstone, forming part of the pave- ment of the chancel in the church of Llanlyw, bears this inscription, "Here lyeth the body of Richard Awbrey of Llanelyw, Gent, who married Anne Vaughan, daughter to William Vaughan of Lanelyw, who had issue, William, Richard, Thomas, John, Theophilus and Elizabeth. Died the 23 day of September 1646."
The arms of the Awbrey and Vaughan families are likewise engraved upon the tombstone.
Thomas Awbrey, third son of Richard and Anne, married, in 1646, his cousin, Elizabeth Awbrey, daughter of his father's brother William, and had by her ten children, the second of which,
William Awbrey, married as his second wife, Letitia, daughter of William Penn, the founder. A daughter Martha became a member of the Society of Friends and emigrated with John and Barbara (Awbrey) Bevan to Pennsylvania and was married to Rees Thomas at Haverford Meeting, June 18, 1692. The exact relationship between Barbara (Awbrey) Bevan and Martha Awbrey, who accompanied her to Pennsylvania and married Rees Thomas, has not been de- termined.
Barbara (Awbrey) Bevan was much devoted to charity and religious work among the poor, both in Pennsylvania and in Wales. She accompanied her husband on his final return to his native town of Treverigg and died there as stated in his Journal, February 26, 1710-II "at the age of seventy-three years and foure months, after a married life of upwards of forty-five years."
Issue of John and Barbara ( Awbrey) Bevan :-
Evan Bevan. b. in Wales, circa 1666, d. at Merion, Philadelphia co, Pa., 1720; m. at Darby Friends Meeting, Feb. 9, 1693-4, Eleanor Wood, of Darby, who died in Merion, Jan. 28, 1744-5; they had issue:
John Bevan, b. Jan. 23, 1694-5, to whom his grandfather devised the paternal estate of Treverigg Glamorganshire, and he lived and died there, leaving descendants who still possess a portion of the ancestral estate ;
Evan Bevan, b. Feb. 14, 1698, d. in Phila. 1746, leaving issue ;
Aubrey Bevan, of Chester co., Pa .;
Charles Bevan ;
Anne Bevan ; Catharine Bevan ; Jane Bevan, b. March 29, 1707-8;
JANE BEVAN, m. John Wood, of Darby, of whom presently ;
Anne Bevan, m. March 23, 1696-7, Owen Roberts, of Merion;
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Elizabeth Bevan, m. June 30, 1696, Joseph Richardson, son of Samuel Richardson, Pro- vincial Councillor, etc., an account of whom and his descendants is given elsewhere in these volumes ;
Barbara Bevan, who returned with her parents to Wales and died there.
JANE BEVAN, eldest daughter of John and Barbara (Awbrey) Bevan, born in Glamorganshire, Wales, came with her parents to America, and married, De- cember 1, 1687, at the house of William Howell, in Haverford, Chester county, Pennsylvania, John Wood, of Darby, son of George Wood, who came from Ashford, Nottinghamshire, England, bringing a certificate which was presented at Darby Meeting, 5mo. (July) 27, 1682. George Wood was a member of the first Colonial Assembly, 1682-3, and died at Darby, April 27, 1705. His son John was a member of Assembly, 1704-10-12-17, and was commissioned a Jus- tice, August 25, 1726, and served until his death, December 12, 1728. His wife, Jane (Bevan) Wood, died July 18, 1703, and he married (second) 12mo. (De- cember ) 5, 1706-7, Rebecca Faucit, of Ridley, by whom he had two children : Joseph, born July 19, 1708, and Hannah, September 2, 1712.
Issue of John and Jane (Bevan) Wood :-
George Wood, b. March 12, 1690-J, m. Feb. 1, 1715-16, Hannah Hood; William Wood, b. Jan. 17. 1691-2; m. Sept. 3, 1718, Mary Hood. John Wood, b. Feb. 14, 1693; Barbara Wood, b. May II, 1696;
Aubrey Wood, b. Nov. 22, 1698;
ABRAHAM WOOD, b. March 2, 1701-2, d. 1733, of whom presently.
ABRAHAM WOOD, youngest son of John and Jane (Bevan) Wood, born at Darby, March 2, 1701-2, married Ursula, born 1703, died at Lancaster, Pennsyl- vania, in August of 1794, daughter of Philip and Julian Taylor, of Oxford town- ship, Philadelphia county. Abraham Wood removed with his family to Make- field, Bucks county, in 1729, where he purchased a farm on which he lived until his death in 1733. His widow, Ursula, married Joseph Rose, attorney at law, and removed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with her family.
Issue of Abraham and Ursula (Taylor) Wood :-
Abraham Wood; Elizabeth Wood;
Ann Wood, b. Jan. 24, 1734, d. March 8, 1799, of whom presently.
ANN WOOD, posthumous child of Abraham and Ursula Wood, was born in Burlington county, New Jersey, January 24, 1734; removed with her mother and stepfather to Lancaster county, when a child. She married there, in January of 1756, William Henry, one of the prominent citizens of that county. The Henrys are of Scotch ancestry. Robert and Mary A. Henry, with their adult sons: John, Robert and James, came to Pennsylvania in 1722, and settled on a tract of land watered by Doe Run, in West Caln township, Chester county. Robert and Mary A. died in 1735. Their son John married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh and Mary (Jenkins) de Vinney, who settled in Chester county in 1723, not far from the Henry plantation. He died in Chester county, 1744, and his wife at Lan- caster, in October of 1778, aged seventy-seven years, and is buried in the grounds of St. James Protestant Episcopal Church.
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Hon. William Henry, eldest of their eight children, was born in Chester county, May 19, 1729. Shortly after the death of his father he removed to Lancaster, where he engaged in the manufacture of firearms, and did an exten- sive business with Indian traders. As Armourer of the troops of Generals Braddock and Forbes, he accompanied both expeditions against Fort Duquesne. He took an active part in the public affairs of his county and the State, and throughout the Revolution ardently espoused the cause of the Colonists, and filled many offices of honor and trust. He was commissioned Justice of the Peace in 1758-70-77, and Associate Justice and President Judge of the Common Pleas, Quarter Session and Orphans' Court, November 18, 1780. In 1776 he was elected a member of the Assembly, and 'from October 17 to December 4, 1777, served in the Council of Safety of Pennsylvania; and as County Treasurer from 1777 to his death. His commission of Armourer of the State is dated Sep- tember 4, 1778, and he was selected as one of the Commissioners to limit prices of merchandise, in the convention called by the meeting of Hartford, Connecti- cut, October 29, 1779, to assemble at Philadelphia, January 5, 1780. He was appointed Dedimus Protestatem in 1778-81. As Assistant Commissary General from 1778, he was of great service to the army in the field. He served two terms in the old Congress, 1784-85. In 1767 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society ; was one of the first members of the Society for Promoting Agriculture; and a founder of the Juliana Library of Lancaster. As an ingenious inventor he enjoyed a high reputation, particularly in the applica- tion of steam for motive power, and built the first steamboat in the United States, and in 1771 invented the screw-auger. William Henry died at Lancas- ter, December 15, 1786, and his wife Ann, March 8, 1799.
Issue of William and Ann (Wood) Henry :-
William Henry, b. March 12, 1757, d. April 21, 1821 ; m. Sabina Schropp; of whom pres- ently ;
John Joseph Henry, b. Nov. 4, 1758, d. April 22, 1811; m. Jane Chambers and has left is- sue; was a member of Gen. Arnold's army of invasion of Canada, captured on assault of Quebec; Judge of Second Judicial District of Pennsylvania ;
George Henry, d. inf .;
Abraham Henry, b. Nov. 10, 1762, d. Sept. 25, 1766;
Elizabeth Henry, b. April 8, 1764, d. Oct. 1764;
Elizabeth Henry, b. March 27, 1765, d. June 1, 1798; m. Rev. John Molther ;
Mary Henry, b. Jan. II, 1767, d. Aug. 22, 1768;
Abraham Henry, b. March 14, 1768, d. Aug. 12, 1811; m. Elizabeth Martin; Andrew Henry, b. Dec. 8, 1769, d. March 9, 1772;
James Henry, b. March 13, 1771, d. Jan. 1, 1813;
Matthew Henry, b. Jan. 8, 1773, d. March 28, 1804;
Nathaniel Henry, b. April 23, 1775, d. Jan. 9, 1776;
Benjamin West Henry, b. Jan. 18, 1777, d. Dec. 26, 1806; an artist of considerable merit ; m. Catharine Huffnagle.
HON. WILLIAM HENRY, (2nd) eldest son of William and Ann (Wood) Henry, born at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1757, removed in early manhood to Northampton county, Pennsylvania, where he extensively carried on the manu- facture of firearms. He served as Justice of the Courts of that county from 1788 to 1814, and in 1792, was a presidential elector for Washington's last term; Com- missioner to erect the first bridge across the Delaware at Easton. He died in
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Philadelphia, April 21, 1821, and is buried at the "Woodlands." He married, November 21, 1781, Sabina, daughter of Matthew and Anna Maria Schropp. She was born at Nazareth, Northampton county, November 5, 1759, and died at Bethlehem, May 8, 1848.
Issue of William and Sabina (Schropp) Henry :-
Elizabeth Henry, b. Oct. 15, 1782, d. Dec. 15, 1844; m. John Jordan, of whom presently ; John Joseph Henry, b. June 17, 1784, d. Dec. 2, 1836; m. Mary R. Smith and left issue ; Anne Henry, b. Sept. 29, 1786, d. June 22, 1803, unm .;
Maria Henry, b. May 6, 1788, d. April 8, 1858; m. Rev. Andrew Benade and left issue ; Matthew S. Henry, b. Aug. 10, 1790, d. Jan. 20, 1862 ; m. (first) Anne C. Henry; (second) Esther Berg; left issue;
Sabina S. Henry, b. Aug. 4, 1792, d. March 22, 1859; m. John F. Wolle, and left issue ; William Henry (3d), b. Aug. 15, 1794, d. May 22, 1878; m. (first) Mary Albright; (sec- ond) Sarah Atherton and left issue by both marriages ;
Edward Henry, b. July 29, 1799, d. Jan. 22, 1800.
ELIZABETH HENRY, eldest child of Hon. William and Sabina (Schropp) Henry, born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, October 15, 1782; was educated at the well known Female Seminary at Bethlehem. Married, August 23, 1804, John Jordan, son of Frederick and Catharine (Eckel) Jordan.
Frederick Jordan, of French extraction, was born in county Kent, England, in September of 1744. In early manhood, he came to Pennsylvania with his brother Mark, and shortly after settled in Alexandria township, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, where he purchased a farm of one hundred and forty-two acres and erected a flour mill. He subsequently purchased another mill property at Hickory Tavern, same county, of both of which he died possessed. During the greater part of the Revolution, the Jordan mills were kept busy grinding grain for the use of the army.
When the seat of war was removed southward, Frederick Jordan entered the army, January 1, 1781, as a corporal in the company of Capt. Samuel Hendry, Second Regiment New Jersey Continental Line, Col. Elias Dayton, and on May I was promoted sergeant. His services in the Yorktown campaign, with his regiment, are worthy of record. On August Ist his regiment and others were mustered at Dobb's Ferry, New York, and on the 19th crossed the Hudson and marched to Paramus, New Jersey. The following day the march was continued to Second river, and on the 21st to Springfield, where they went into camp. On September Ist the New Jersey regiment, with others of the army in the division of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, crossed the Delaware at Trenton in boats, and bivouacked on the Neshaminy Creek, Bensalem, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and the next day marched through Philadelphia and encamped on the west side of the Schuylkill river. By September 6th the Jersey troops reached the Head of Elk, Maryland, and on finding that sufficient transportation by water could not be fur- nished there, they marched to Plumb Point, where they embarked, and on Sep- tember 19th anchored in York river, Virginia. The following day they entered the James river, passing the French fleet in Hampton Roads, and anchored off Newport News. On September 23rd a number of companies were landed near Williamsburg, and the following day the remainder, after some difficulty, joined their regiment.
Under general orders, September 24th, the two New Jersey regiments with
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the Rhode Island battalion were formed into a brigade, with Col. Dayton in command. On the march of the army to Yorktown, Gen. Clinton's and Col. Dayton's brigades established the advance line on the left of the American troops, and on the 29th they began to throw up earthworks under direction of Gen. Duportail, commander of the corps of engineers. When Cornwallis aban- doned his outer works they were occupied by the allied forces. Col. Dayton on October Ist, being assigned to court-martial duty, Col. Matthias Ogden, of the First Regiment, was appointed to the command of the brigade. Four days later ground was broken for the first parallel by Gen. Lincoln's troops, and on October 8th orders were issued to form the Jersey troops into one regiment, under Col. Ogden. The same day the French troops bombarded the British left, which was taken up by the Americans, during which Ogden's men were busy making gabions, fascines and pickets. On the night of October IIth the second parallel was made by Baron Steuben's division. Six days later the allied troops had all their artillery in position, prepared for a cannonade of two days, to be followed by a general assault on the British works, but Cornwallis sent commissioners to treat for the surrender. Two days later the surrender took place, Col. Ogden's regi- ment being in the receiving line.
On October 27th the Jersey troops were employed in levelling the British works, after which duty they marched by land to the Head of Elk, where they joined the army transported by water, and continued the march to Morristown, New Jersey, where the Jersey troops went into winter quarters.
In March, 1783, John N. Cummings was Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the regiment, and on June 5th Sergt. Jordan was furloughed at New Windsor, on the Hudson, until the ratification of a definite treaty of peace, and finally was honorably discharged by proclamation of the Continental Congress, November 3, 1783.
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