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Issue of James and Mary (Hogg) Wharton:
Reynold Wharton, prominent ship builder of Phila. and Burlington, N. J .; m. May 27, 1782, Beulah Burr, of Burlington;
James;
Rebecca, b. 1761 ; d. Aug. 31, 1807; unm .;
PEREGRINE HOGG, b. Feb. 14, 1765; m. Jane Brown; of whom presently; George, m. Mary Doughty;
Morris.
Issue of James and Christiana (Redd) Wharton:
Deborah Claypoole Wharton, m. May 7, 1795, Isaac H. Jackson.
PEREGRINE HOGG WHARTON, third son of James and Mary (Hogg) Wharton, born February 14, 1765, died May 27, 1811 ; married Jane, born May 17, 1776, daughter of Benjamin Brown, and had issue :
Anthony Morris Wharton, b. June 19, 1794; Peregrine Wharton, b. Dec. 2, 1795; d. Dec. 7, 1795; William Wharton, b. Nov. 13, 1796; Frederick Augustus, b. Aug. 13, 1798; Henry, b. Sept. 4, 1800; d. Nov. 5, 1804;
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Lewis, b. Oct. 24, 1802;
MARY ANN, b. Aug. 17, 1804; m. Samuel Powel Griffiths ;
Clementine, b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. May 1, 1810;
Chambloss, b. Dec. 16, 1808; d. Dec. 18, 1808;
Jane, b. Nov. 12, 1809; d. inf.
MARY ANN WHARTON, daughter of Peregrine Hogg and Jane ( Brown) Whar- ton, born August 17, 1804, died December 30, 1876; married, October 14, 1824, Samuel Powell Griffiths, son of Samuel Powell Griffiths, M. D., the distinguished Philadelphia physician, philanthropist and scholar, and grandson of William Griffiths, (son of James Griffiths, of Swansea, South Wales) who married Abi- gail, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Morris) Powell, and granddaughter of Samuel and Abigail (Wilcox) Powell, and of Anthony and Phoebe (Guest) Morris. The wife of Dr. Samuel Powell Griffiths, and mother of Samuel Powell Griffiths, above mentioned, was Mary Fishbourne, the "Polly Fishbourne" of "Sally Wistar's Journal," born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1760, died Septeniber 21, 1842, daughter of William and Mary (Tallman) Fishbourne, and grand- daughter of William and Hannah (Carpenter) Fishbourne, and a sister to Eliz- abeth Fishbourne, second wife of Gov. Thomas Wharton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Powell Griffiths were therefore descendants of and connected with the prominent families of Wharton, Morris, Powell, Norris, Shippen, Carpenter, Lloyd, Fishbourne and others, who composed the distinguished circle to whom Philadelphia was indebted for her intellectual, social, political and commercial prominence in Colonial days.
Issue of Samuel Powell and Mary Ann (Wharton) Griffiths:
Mary Fishbourne Griffiths, b. Sept. 24, 1825;
Samuel Powell Griffiths, Jr., b. May 7, 1827; m. Eleanor Bird;
Wharton Griffiths, b. Nov. 21, 1828; m. Frances L. Pennington; Elizabeth Brown Griffiths, b. Aug. 24, 1830; m. June 19, 1873, Dr. Theodore Herbert; William Fishbourne Griffiths, b. April 18, 1832; m. Sarah F. Russell;
Franklin Peale Griffiths, b. May 26, 1834; m. Josephine L. Penington. .
JOSEPH WHARTON, youngest son of Thomas and Rachel (Thomas) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, August 4, 1707, was during the active years of his life a prominent and successful merchant of Philadelphia, but later retired to his country seat, "Walnut Grove," district of Southwark, after his death the scene of the famous "Meschianza," the elaborate spectacular entertainment devised by Capt. André, during the occupation of the city by the British forces. Joseph Wharton died at "Walnut Grove," July 27, 1776. He married (first) Hannah, born Novem- ber 23, 1711, died July 14, 1751, daughter of John and Anne (Hoskins) Car- penter, and granddaughter of Samuel Carpenter, Provincial Councillor, Treas- urer of the Province, etc. Joseph Wharton married (second) Hannah, widow of John Ogden, and daughter of Robert and Susanna (Hudson) Owen, and grand- daughter of Robert Owen and of William Hudson, both of whom were members of Provincial Assembly, and prominent in the affairs of the City and Province, as shown by an account of them and their respective families in this volume.
Issue of Joseph and Hannah (Carpenter) Wharton:
THOMAS, b. Jan. 15, 1730-1; d. 1782; m. Rachel Medcalf; of whom presently;
SAMUEL, b. May 3, 1732; d. March, 1800; m. Sarah Lewis; of whom a more particular account is given below ;
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JOSEPH, JR., b. March 21, 1733-4; d. Dec. 25, 1816; m. Sarah Tallman; of whom a more particular record is also given below ;
Rachel, b. June 7, 1736; buried Jan. 6, 1736-7;
John, b. Jan. 17, 1737-8; d. 1770;
William, b. March 12, 1740; d. s. p., Jan., 1805; m. Susannah, dau. of Jacob and Susannah (Hudson) Metcalf;
George, b. March 13, 1741-2; buried March 17, 1741-2;
CHARLES, b. Jan. II, 1743-4; d. March 15, 1838; m. (first) Jemima Edwards, (second) Elizabeth Richardson, (third) Hannah Redwood; of whom and his descendants later. Isaac, b. Sept. 15, 1745; d. March 31, 1808; m. Margaret Rawle;
Carpenter, b. Aug. 30, 1747; d. April 6, 1780; m. 1771, Elizabeth Davis;
Benjamin, b. Feb. 12, 1749-50; d. Sept. 8, 1754.
Issue of Joseph and Hannah (Owen-Ogden) Wharton:
Mary, b. April 3, 1755; m. May 17, 1786, William Sykes;
Robert, b. Jan. 12, 1757; d. March 7, 1834; m. Dec. 17, 1787, Salome, dau. of William and Salome (Wistar) Chancellor; member State in Schuylkill, 1790; Governor, Jan. 23, 1812, to Oct. 1, 1828; member First City Troop, 1798; Captain, 1803; Colonel of Phila. Regiment, June 14, 1810; Brig. Gen. First Brigade, First Div., Penna. Militia, served in war of 1812-14; member Common Council, Phila., 1792-95; Alderman, 1795- 98; Mayor of Phila. fifteen terms, 1798-1824;
Benjamin, b. April 29, 1759; d. April 9, 1764;
James, b. Jan. 3, 1761; d. Jan. 9, 1761;
Rachel, b. Aug. 27, 1762; m. Dec. 13, 1781, William Lewis; their dau. Hannah Owen Lewis, m. Richard Wister;
Hudson, b. Feb. 21, 1765; d. Aug. 10, 1771;
Franklin, b. July 23, 1767; d. N. Y., Sept. 1, 1818, Colonel-Commandant of U. S. Marine Corps under President Harrison; m. Mary Clifton.
Joseph Wharton, father of above named children, was one of original members of Colony in Schuylkill, 1732, and of the Fishing Company of Fort St. Davids, 1763 (consolidated with the Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill, later.) He was one of the first contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751, and was one of the signers of Provincial paper money, 1755-6-7-8.
THOMAS WHARTON, eldest son of Joseph and Hannah (Carpenter) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, January 15, 1730-1, became a merchant of great wealth, and exercised a large influence among the prominent, wealthy members of the Society of Friends. He was a partner with Galloway and Goddard in establishing the Chronicle, and a man of high intellectual ability and unswerving devotion to the principles of the Society of Friends. He was one of the first signers of the Non- importation Agreement, but persistently refused to sanction a resort to arms in defence of the rights of the Colonies, and thus became one of the first to be placed under suspicion, as entertaining opinions "inimical to the cause of the Colonies," and with many others was exiled to Virginia in 1777. Unbending in his opposi- tion to war, he was prosecuted as an enemy to his country and his large estate was confiscated. Prior to the war he had been a man of large influence, and took an active part in the affairs of the city. He was a manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1762-69; and again, 1772-79, and its treasurer, 1769-72. He died in the winter of 1782.
Thomas Wharton married Rachel, born February 21, 1729-30, daughter of Jacob and Susanna (Hudson) Medcalf, and had issue :
Hannah, b. Sept. 3, 1753; m. James Cowles Fisher, who married (second) her cousin, Nancy Wharton, dau. of Samuel;
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Mary, b. Jan. 22, 1755; m. May 17, 1780, Owen Jones son of Owen and Susanna (Evans) Jones, and brother to Sally Wistar's mother, but died soon after marriage without issue;
Rachel, b. Nov. 28, 1756; d. Nov. 8, 1759;
Joseph, b. 1760; buried Aug. 1, 1766;
Jacob, buried Dec. 21, 1769;
Martha, b. 1764; d. 1788; unm .;
Franklin, buried Aug. 1, 1766, aged four months;
Susannah, d. unm., June 5, 1786;
William Hudson, buried Sept. 13, 1781, aged ten years.
SAMUEL WHARTON, second son of Joseph and Hannah (Carpenter ) Wharton, . born in Philadelphia, May 3, '1732, was also a prominent and influential merchant of Philadelphia. He was a member of the firm of Baynton, Wharton & Morgan, one of the largest commercial houses of Colonial times. Mr. Wharton was a highly cultured scholar and polished gentleman. He was one of the prominent members of the Ohio Company who planned to settle the Northwestern Territory in 1767, in which connection he was closely associated with Dr. Franklin and Sir William Johnson. He was one of the signers of the Non-importation Agreement in 1765, and was always in entire accord with the leading spirits in the prosecution of the war for independence. He was deputed by the Ohio Company to go to England and solicit the confirmation of the grant of the Ohio country, and suc- ceeded in obtaining the grant, but during his stay in England his correspondence with Franklin, then in France, in reference to the Revolution, was discovered and he was forced to flee to France, where he joined Franklin and remained for some time. He returned to Philadelphia in 1780, and February 9, 1781, took the oath of allegiance to the State of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Continental Congress, 1782-3, and a Justice of the Peace from May 10, 1784, to his resignation, May 13, 1791. He died in March, 1800. His wife was Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Rebecca (Hussey) Lewis, and they had issue :
Stephen, d. inf., March 24, 1755;
Samuel Lewis, b. Feb. 14, 1759; d. Oct. 27, 1788; m. May 30, 1782, Rachel McCulloch Musgrove, who married (second) Chambless Allen;
Hannah, b. 1760; d. April 6, 1762;
Rebecca, m. June 7, 1798, Chambless Allen, and died soon after marriage; he m. her brother's widow, Rachel ( Musgrove) Wharton;
Martha, d. Nov. 3, 1821; m. Samuel B. Shaw; Richard, d. unm.
JOSEPH WHARTON, JR., third son of Joseph and Hannah ( Carpenter ) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, March 21, 1733-4, was also an active and successful mer- chant in the days of Philadelphia's commercial pre-eminence prior to the war for independence. He devoted much time to literary pursuits and was a fine classical scholar and linguist, one of the most accomplished Greek scholars of his day. The obituary notice of him in the Advertiser, says: "Few men possessed such intimate acquaintance with the language and literature of Greece and Rome." In the years immediately preceding the Revolution he spent some time in England, and while there was a correspondent to the Pennsylvania Journal, over the signature "Wig- wam." He wrote such strong letters in the interest of the Colonies, which being reproduced in the English Journals, were widely commented upon, and attracted
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the attention of the authorities, who discovering their authorship, the King's messengers were sent to arrest him, but through timely warning he escaped to France, where he spent some time in the Society of Benjamin West, with whom he enjoyed an intimate acquaintance. It was through his solicitation that the eminent artist presented to the Pennsylvania Hospital his famous picture of "Christ Healing the Sick." He met with heavy financial losses during the Revo- lution, and after its close was compelled to close out his business, and lived a retired life until his death, December 25, 1816. He married, June 18, 1760, Sarah, born August 25, 1740, daughter of Job and Sarah Tallman, and they had issue :
Joseph Tallman, b. July 16, 1761; d. Dec. 17, 1762;
Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1763; d. Aug 27, 1764;
Thomas Parr, b. Nov. 18, 1765; d. Dec. 3, 1802; unm .;
Hannah, b. Nov. 4, 1767; m. William Chancellor ;
Nancy, b. Aug. 2, 1769; d. 1852; second wife of James Cowles Fisher, whose first wife was her cousin, Hannah Wharton ;
Sarah, b. April 23, 1772; m. Jan. 29, 1795, Jonathan Robeson ;
Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1774; d. Feb. 24, 1861; unm .;
Rachel, b. Aug. 6, 1775; d. Jan. 29, 1784;
Eliza, b. Sept. 18, 1781 ; d. April 7, 1869; unm.
CHARLES WHARTON, eighth child of Joseph and Hannah (Carpenter) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, January 11, 1743-4, though a birthright member of the Society of Friends, and a regular attendant of their meetings, early identified him- self with the cause of the Colonies. On November II, 1775, he presented a peti- tion to Congress to be appointed Commissary of the Pennsylvania Battalion, then being raised for the campaign in New Jersey, and though taking no active part in the military operations, gave his moral and financial support to the cause through- out the struggle, taking the Oath of Allegiance, July 3, 1778. He was a successful merchant and extensive importer. He died at his home, 136 South Second street, March 15, 1836. He married (first) at Christ Church, Marsh 12, 1772, Jemima Edwards, who was buried November 13 same year, aged twenty-one years. He married (second) at Friends' Meeting, October 22, 1778, Elizabeth Richardson. She died May 23, 1782, aged thirty years. He married (third) at Friends' Meeting, October 13, 1784, Hannah, daughter of William and Hannah (Holmes) Redwood, born at Newport, Rhode Island, September 25, 1759, died at Phila- delphia, April 1I, 1769.
Issue of Charles and Hannah (Redwood) Wharton:
Joseph, b. Aug. 17, 1785; d. June 27, 1803; unm .;
William, b. 1787; d. March 8, 1788;
Sarah Redwood, b. June I, 1789; m. William Craig, Nov. 19, 1808, d. June 15, 1837; William, b. June 27, 1790; m. Deborah Fisher; d. Jan. 15, 1856;
CHARLES, b. Sept. 20, 1792; m. Anna M. Hollingsworth; of whom presently;
Hannah Redwood, b. Nov. 15, 1794; m. Thomas G. Hollingsworth.
CHARLES WHARTON, son of Charles and Hannah (Redwood) Wharton, born in Philadelphia, September 20, 1792, died May 23, 1864. He married, June 15, 1815, Anna Maria, born March 29, 1796, died January 24, 1865, daughter of Jehu and Hannah (Shallcross) Hollingsworth.
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Issue of Charles and Anna Maria (Hollingsworth) Wharton:
CHARLES, b. Feb. 26, 1816; d. Dec. 29, 1888; m. Mary McLanahan Boggs; of whom presently ;
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1818; m. Charles Illius ;
Redwood, b. June 15, 1821; d. July 19, 1821 ;
Anne Maria, b. July 21, 1824; m. April 2, 1844, Patrick Julius Bujac;
Edmund, b. May 13, 1831; d. Dec. 26, 1856; unm.
CHARLES WHARTON, eldest son of Charles and Anna Maria (Hollingsworth) Wharton, born February 26, 1816, entered the University of Pennsylvania, 1829, but left at the close of his sophomore year. He followed mercantile pursuits for a short time, but early in life became interested in the iron industry, having an extensive interest in iron works and mines in Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania, in both of which counties he resided at different periods, but later returned to Philadelphia, and resided at 1495 Locust street, where he died Decem- ber 29, 1888. He took a lively interest in political affairs; originally a Whig, he became an enthusiastic Republican at the organization of that party, and was an ardent champion of the protection of American industries. He married, January 18, 1842, Mary McLanahan, daughter of Dr. John and Isabella (Allison) Boggs, of Greencastle, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, born January 31, 1820, died in Philadelphia, July 10, 1886.
Issue of Charles and Mary McLanahan (Boggs) Wharton:
Isabella Allison Wharton, b. April 28, 1844; d. May 22, 1852;
Anna Hollingsworth Wharton, b. Dec. 15, 1845; author of "Colonial Days and Dames," "The Wharton Family," and a number of delightful books bearing on the Colonial History of Philadelphia and vicinity ;
John Boggs Wharton, b. March 16, 1848; d. July 6, 1877, in Phila .; unm. ;
Mary Boggs Wharton, b. Dec. 26, 1849; unm .;
Harry Redwood Wharton, A. B., A. M., M. D., b. Phila., May 23, 1852; grad. Univ. Pennsylvania, 1873, and Med. Dept. same institution, 1876; physician and surgeon; Surgeon Children's Hospital; Asst. Surg. Univ. Hospital, and Penn. Institute; Instruc- tor Clinical Surgery at Univ. Penn .; Fellow Coll. of Physicians; member Phila., Penn. State and American Medical associations, and Pathological Society Phila .; member Penn. Society Sons of Revolution; author of works on medical science, etc .; m. Edith R. Booth ;
Elizabeth Johnston Wharton, b. Jan. 15, 1854; d. May 16, 1872;
Charles Wharton, b. Oct. 29, 1855;
William Allison Wharton, b. July 19, 1857; d. Clifton, Pa., Jan. 18, 1865;
Edith Wharton, b. Phila., Dec. 30, 1858; d. Clifton, Pa., Jan. 21, 1865;
Bromley Wharton, b. Phila., June 26, 1864; entered service of Penn. R. R. Co., 1882, re-
signed 1889 on account of impaired health, and entered U. S. Customs Service with Appraiser Port of Phila., served as private secretary to Appraiser, afterward as ex- aminer of merchandise for Port of Phila .; res. Jan. I, 1903, to become private secre- tary to Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker, and at close of whose term he became agent and chief clerk of Board of Public Charities, which position he still holds; member First Troop, Phila. City Cavalry, with which he participated in suppression of riots at Hazelton, 1897, and during coal miners' strike of 1902; was lieut. of Light Battery C, Penn. Vol. Artillery, with which, and as a member of First Troop, he served in the expedition against Porto Rico, Spanish-American War, 1898; was recorder of State Board of Pardons, secretary of Penn. Commission, Louisiana Purchase Expo- sition, 1904, and of Jamestown Exposition Commission, 1906; m. Feb. 25, 1893, Mary Lawrence, dau. of Anthony and Caroline (Johnson) Taylor, of Phila., and had issue :
Alice Taylor Wharton, b. Sept. 23, 1893.
Colonial and Revolutionary Families
FRANK C. MOSIER
Frank C. Mosier, prominently identified with the professional, progressive, industrial and business interests of Pittston, Pennsylvania, is the son of Daniel Dimmick Mosier and Elizabeth Ann (Ward) Mosier.
JOHN MOESER, grandfather of Daniel Dimmick Mosier and great-grandfather of Frank C. Mosier, emigrated to America from Germany and settled in North- ampton county, Pennsylvania, before the war clouds of the Revolution com- menced to darken the political horizon of the Mother Country's American Col- onies on this side of the Atlantic.
John Moeser enlisted in Captain Abraham Miller's company of Colonel Will- iam Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen, with Luke Brodhead and others. (See Matthew's "History of Wayne, Pike and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania," p. 75). This battalion was originally made up of ten companies, six from Penn- sylvania, two from Virginia, and two from Maryland. One of the Virginia com- panies was under command of Captain Daniel Morgan, who afterwards became a major-general in the Continental army, and with his riflemen at Saratoga, helped compel the surrender of Burgoyne on October 17, 1777.
These troops marched from northeastern Pennsylvania to Cambridge, Massa- chusetts, and were the first to salute George Washington, the young Virginian, under whom many of them had fought years before, on the banks of the Monon- gahela, when Braddock's army surrounded on every side by savage red men, would have been slaughtered entire on that horrid field of blood and carnage but for the courageous soldier whom God had destined to again become their leader. (See Washington, in "Heroes of the Nations," pp. 94-98). They were the back- woodsmen, scouts and Indian fighters of the border, and participated in the siege of Boston, which was raised by the British on the morning of St. Patrick's day, 1776.
The campaign in the East having come to a successful close, Washington marched his forces through Connecticut to Long Island, and soon the soil of New York became the zone of military operations. While encamped on Long Island, the term of the enlistment of Colonel Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen was about to expire. General Washington, on April 22, 1776, addressed a letter to the Continental Congress, recommending that some method be instituted to induce the battalion of Col. Thompson to reenlist, as the "loss of such a valuable and brave body of men would be of great injury to the service".
On July 1, 1776, at Utrecht, Long Island, Col. Thompson's command enlisted in the Pennsylvania Line, and with other Pennsylvania troops were formed into a division which was the Old Guard of Washington's army, noted for its steadi- ness under fire and for its invincible bravery when it swept across the ice run- ning channel of the Delaware and surprised the Hessians at Trenton, and then onward to Princeton, where it again defeated the war trained battalions of Briton.
On June 28th, 1778, upon the plains of Monmouth, where Freedom's cause
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came near being lost by Major General Charles Lee, second in command (who was called "a damned poltroon" by the great Washington, and promptly relieved of his sword in the face of the enemy), Wayne and his brave Pennsylvanians saved the army from annihilation and drove Lord Cornwallis off the battle- stained ground. (See Spear's "Life of Wayne," p. 123). Hours before the morning dawn of July 16, 1779, men from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Penn- sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, followed the battle flag of "Mad Anthony Wayne" up the rocky heights of Stony Point with fixed bayonets and won another victory for their intrepid leader.
On September 25th, 1780, Arnold, who had faced death at Quebec and was the bravest of the brave at Saratoga, was charged with trying to deliver up West Point to the British. Wayne was at that time at Tappan with his brigade (the First Pennsylvania ), and General William Irvine with the Second Pennsylvania brigade, was with him. In the life of Major-General Anthony Wayne, by Spears, (p. 168, et seq.), the following appears :
"It is recorded that when Washington finally learned that Arnold was a traitor, he said in a sad voice to Lafayette, 'Whom can we trust now?' But when he came to answer his own question, he turned as if by instinct to the 'Pennsylvania Line.'
"The garrison at West Point had been scattered by Arnold, and Washington looked to see the British come up the river at any time to sweep the Americans by force from the Highlands. There was need of men who could come in haste, and fight at the word. A messenger was sent galloping down the trail to Tappan. He reached Wayne's tent at one o'clock in the morning, and soon the drums were beating the call to arms. The men of both brigades-Wayne's and Irvine's-sprang up, and with muskets in hand, formed in line, and when rations for the day had been secured, they marched away through the night."
This shows the high regard the immortal Washington had for the Pennsylvania troops, who were kept on the firing line during the march to Yorktown, previous to which battle Wayne was wounded and unable to lead his brave comrades when they stormed the trenches and helped compel Lord Cornwallis deliver up his sword to the Great Commander.
After the close of the campaign in Virginia, three regiments and a battery of artillery of the Pennsylvania Line were ordered to the southward, where, under Wayne at Sharon, Georgia, on June 24, 1782, a large force of British, Tories and Indians were routed with great slaughter. This was the last battle of the Revolution.
After driving out the British invader and negotiating treaties of peace with the Cherokees and Creeks, thus completing the work begun with the sword, Wayne and his division returned to Philadelphia in July, 1783, where the rear guard of the Revolution was received with loud acclaim and the gratitude of a free people.
The name of John Moeser is inscribed on the roll of Captain Miller's com- pany of Colonel Thompson's Battalion of Riflemen. (See Penna. Archives, vol. 10, 2d series, p. 33).
On the roll of Captain Craig's company of the First Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line, the name of John Moeser appears. (See Penna. Ar- chives, vol. 10, 2d series, p. 335).
Also the name of John Mosier* appears on the roll of Captain Craig's com-
*Indicates that all names marked with this asterisk are taken from a list in the Secretary's office of soldiers whose depreciated pay escheated to the state of Pennsylvania. (See Penna. Archives, vol. 10, 2d series, p. 346).
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pany before June, 1777; afterwards in Captain Simpson's company of Colonel Edward Hand's First Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line. Hand subsequently became a major-general in the Continental army. (See Penna. Archives, vol. 10, 2d series, p. 366).
Colonel Daniel Brodhead was with Wayne in his campaigns in Georgia and the. Carolinas in 1781-82-83, and commanded the First Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line.
John Moeser, after his long service in the armies of his adopted country, returned to his home in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, and, notwithstand- ing his children after his death were ungratefully deprived of the back pay of this soldier of the Revolution who fought under Washington, he left an admir- able record for industry and thrift in the archives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which show that fifty acres of land were surveyed to him as warrantee on January 23, 1785, and that he also became the owner of a tract of four hundred acres, surveyed to him July 12, 1785. (See Penna. Archives, vol. 26, 3d series, pp. 130-131).
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