New York in the Revolution as Colony and State [2 ed.]

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NEW YORK IN

THE REVOLUTION AS

COLONY AND STATE

THESE RECORDS WERE DISCOVERED, ARRANGED AND CLASSIFIED IN

1895,

1896,

1897

and 1898

BY

JAMES

A.

ROBERTS, COMPTROLLER

SECOND EDITION

ALBANY, N. Y. PRESS OF BRANDOW PRINTING COMPANY 1898

HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY BRIGHAM YOUNG UMVERSm PROVO, UTAH

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight

By

BRANDOW PRINTING COMPANY

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

CONTENTS Page.

Introductory Index to Illustrations

7 16

.

THE LINE

— Col. Goose Van Schaick, Lt. Col. Cornelius Van Dyck — Col. Goose Van Schaick, Col. Philip Van Cortland, Lt. Col. Peter RegRobert Cochran, Lt. Col. Frederick Weissenfels Lt. Col. 3rd Regiment. — Col. James Clinton, Col. Peter Gansevoort, Lt. Col. James Bruyn 4th Regiment. — Col. James Holmes, Col. Henry B. Livingston, Lt. Col. Pierre Regnier, Lt. Col. Frederick Weissenfels Bruyn, Lt. Col. Marinus Willett, 5th Regiment. — Col. Lewis Duboys, Lt. Col. James — Additional Regiment (Battalion). Col. James Livingston, Lt. Col. Richard Livingston Congress Regiment. — * Col. Edward Antil Additional Corps, Green Mountain Boys. — Col. Ethan Allen, Col. Seth Warner Additional Corps.* — Col. Oliver Spencer Additional Corps.* — Col. Moses Hazen Artillery, 2nd Regiment. — Col. John Lamb Artillery, 3RD Regiment.* Artillery, Provincial. — Capt. Alexander Hamilton's Train Lt. Col. Ebenezer Stevens Artillery Regiments. — (Not Cavalry, 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons.* — Col. Sheldon Cavalry, 4TH Regiment Light Dragoons.*— Col. Moylan — Capt. Jeromimus Hoogland Cavalry Regiments. (Not — Artificers. Lt. Col. Luther Baldwin* Miners. — (Not Capt. Jonathan Lawrence Capt. James Regiment. 2nd Regiment. ist

nier,

.

S.

.

.

.

,|

identified).

identified).

Gilliland,

identified.)

.

17

29

40 47 55

60 60 61

62 63

63 65 65 65

67 67 67 67 67

THE LEVIES Col.

John Harper

.

.

.

.,

,

Col. Frederick Weissenfels Col.

Col. Col.

Col. Col.

70

William Malcom Lewis Dubois, Lt. Col. Brinton Paine Morris Graham, Lt. Col. Benjamin Birdsall, Lt. Col. Henry Livingston Albert Pawling Marinus Willett, Lt. Col. John McKinstry

Independent Corps of

i

68

,000

Men

74 77 79 82

87 93

THE LINE AND THE LEVIES Enlisted *

Not

Men

(not identified

in the first edition.

by Regiments)

93

Contents

THE MILITIA ALBANY COUNTY

Page.

ist Regiment. — Col. Abraham Cuyler, Col. Jacob Lansing, Jr 97, 221 — Wemple Abraham 2nd Regiment. Col. 223 3RD Regiment. — Col. Philip P. Schuyler, Lt. Col. Barent Staats 224 4TH Regiment. — Col. Kilian Van Rensselaer, Lt. Col. John H. Beeckman 104, 225 5th Regiment. — Col. Gerrit G. Van den Bergh, Col. Henry Quackenbos, Col. Volkert Veeder 107, 226 6th Regiment. — Col. Stephen John Schuyler, Col. Henry K. Van Rensselaer, 226 — Col. Abraham Van Alstine, Lt. Col. Philip Van Alstine. 7th Regiment. 228 — 8th Regiment. Col. Robert Van Rensselaer, Col. Barent Col. Henry Van Rensselaer, Col. Asa Waterman in, 229 — Col. Peter Van Ness, Lt. Col. David Pratt 9TH Regiment. 230 — Col. Morris Graham, Col. Henry Livingston ioth Regiment. 231 — Col. Anthony Van Bergen, iith Regiment. Col. Cornelius Dubois 232 — Schoonhoven, Van Lt. Col. Jacobus Col. James Gordon 12th Regiment. 234 — Col. McCrea, Cornelius Col. Van Veghten 13TH Regiment. John 234 Col. John Van 14TH Regiment. — Col. John Knickerbacker, Col. Peter Yates, Rensselaer 235 15TH Regiment. — Col. Peter Vroman, Lt. Col. Peter Ziele 128, 236 Col. Lewis Van Woert ioth Regiment. — Col. John 236 — Col. William B. Whiting, Lt. Col. Asa Waterman 17TH Regiment. 237 — Petrus Van Gaasbeck Capt. Independent Company. 133 97,

101,

I.

Lt.

Lt.

108,

J.

.

Lt.

I.

.

109,

Staats, Lt.

Lt.

J.

116,

117,

Lt.

119,

120,

122,

Lt.

125,

Blair,

130,

132,

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Col. (Dr.)

John Williams

133,

239

CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Col. William Williams

Company of Minute Men.

— Maj.

134

Joab Hoisington, Capt. Joseph Hatch

134

DUTCHESS COUNTY:

— Col. Abraham Brinkerhoff, Lt. Col. Jacob Griffen — Col. John Field, Col. Andrew Morehouse — Col. John Frear 5TH Regiment. — Col. William Humfrey, Col. James Van Deburgh 6th Regiment. — Col. Morris Graham, Col. Roswell Hopkins, Lt.

2nd Regiment. 3RD Regiment. 4TH Regiment.

—

135,

139, 241

141, 243 141, 245

Col. Jacob

Griffin

247 149, 252 144,

7th Regiment. Col. Henry Ludenton, Lt. Col. Reuben Ferris Col. Zephaniah Piatt, Lt. Col. Rufus Herrick Associated Exempts. Capt. Abraham Schenck Associated Exempts. Regiment of Minute Men. Col. Jacobus Swartwout Rangers. Capt. Ezekiel Cooper

—

— —

240

152

154

—

154 1 56

ORANGE COUNTY:

— Col. Jesse Woodhull, Lt. Col. Elihu Marvin 2nd Regiment. — Col. Ann Hawk Hay, Lt. Col. Gilbert Cooper 3RD Regiment. — Col. William Allison, Lt. Col. Benjamin Tuston 4th Regiment. — Col. John Hathorn, Lt. Col. Joseph Hasbrouck, Henry Wisner Associated Exempts. — Capt. John Wood ist Regiment.

157, 253 157,

254

161, 255

Lt.

Col. 161, 256

168

Contents

5

SUFFOLK COUNTY:

p age

ist Regiment of Minute Men. — Col. Josiah Smith 3RD Regiment of Minute Men. — Col. Thomas Terry Regiment of Minute Men. — Col. David Mulford

.

169 172

172

TRYON COUNTY:

— Col. Samuel Campbell, Col. Ebenezer Cox, Lt. Col. Samuel Clyde 2nd Regiment. — Col. Jacob Klock, Lt. Col. Petter Wagoner 3rd Regiment. — Col. Frederick Fisher, Col. Frederick Visscher, Lt. Col. Volkert Veeder 4th Regiment. — Col. Peter Bellinger 5th Regiment. — Col. John Harper, Maj. Joseph Harper Battalion of Minute Men. — Col. Samuel Campbell Associated Exempts. — Capt. Fonda — Rangers. Capt. John Winn — Rangers. Capt. Christian Getman — Rangers. Capt. John Kasselman ist

Regiment.

172,

257 175, 257 179,

258

182,

259 184 184

.'..

Jellis

185

186 186 186

ULSTER COUNTY:

— Col. Johannes Snyder — Col. James McClaghry, Lt. Col. Jacob Newkirk — Col. Levi Pawling, Col. John Cantine, Lt. Col. Jacob Hoornbeek 4th Regiment. — Col. Johannes Hardenburgh, Lt. Col. Jonathan Elmendorph, Lt. Col. Johannis Janson Independent Company. — Capt. Samuel Clark Salisbury Light Horse.* — Capt. Rangers.* — Capt. Isaac Belknap Regiment. 2nd Regiment. 3rd Regiment. ist

187,

259

191, 261

195, 262

199,

264 203 203 203

WESTCHESTER COUNTY:

— Col. Joseph Drake, Col. James Hamman — Col. Thomas Thomas, Lt. Col. Gilbert Budd — Col. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Col. Samuel Drake, Drake, Lt. Col. John Hyatt 4th Regiment. — Col. Thaddeus Crane Associated Exempts. — Lt. Col. Joseph Benedict Separate Exempts. — Capt. Jonathan Horton

Regiment. 2nd Regiment. 3rd Regiment.

204, 266

ist

.

.

.

.

207, 266 Lt. Col. Gilbert

.

210, 267 214, 268

217 217

MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS:

—

Lt. Col. Andrew Stockholm's Regiment Col. John Lasher. Lt. Col. John Vischer's Regiment Col. John Nicholson. Col. Cornelius D. Wynkoop's Regiment Maj. John Wheelock's Independent Company

219 220

Ens. John Fondey, Jr.'s Party Capt. John A. Bradt's Rangers Capt. John Reilay's Rangers

220 220 220

THE

—

MILITIA (LAND

BOUNTY

218 218

RIGHTS)*

The Several Organizations are referred to (by pages) above, in the order of their The Militia (Land Bounty Rights) is grouped on pages 221-268 respective counties. *

Not

in the first edition.

Contents

NAVAL SERVICE Page.

—

Pay Mr. Henry Benton, Capt. Robert Castle, Capt. Thomas Cregier, Capt. Privateers. Wilkie Dodge, Capt. Thomas Grenell, Capt. John Harrison, Capt. Christopher Leffingwell, Capt. William Mercier, Capt. Richard Puller, Capt. William Rogers, Capt. Anthony Rutgers, Capt. James Smith, Capt. Samuel Tudor, Capt. Matthew Van Alstyne, 269

LISTS Sundry Persons whose

service

is

AND INDEXES

evidenced by original documents and manuscripts on

in the office of the State Comptroller, but

any

file

whose names are not found on the papers

of

of the regular organizations

270

Pensioners and Applicants for Pensions Contents of the Volumes of Original Documents

271 in

the office of the State

Comp-

troller

274 276

Index to Commanding Officers General Index, Explanations

279

Abbreviations Adjt, Adjutant Asst, Assistant. Brig.,

Brigade or Briga-

dier Capt., Captain

Colonel Com., Commissary Comr., Commissioner Corp., Corporal Dr., Doctor Col.,

Insp., Inspector

Mr., Master

Junior Lieut., Lieutenant

Mu., Muster Qr., Quarter

Jr.,

Lt.,

Lieutenant

Lt. Col., Lieutenant

Capt. Lt, Captain-Lieutenant

Dy.,

Deputy Ens., Ensign

Maj.,

Chap., Chaplain

G«n., General

Mar., Marines

Colonel

Major

Regt.,

Regiment

Serjt, Serjeant St.,

Senior

Supt, Superintendent Surg.,

Surgeon

GOVERNOR GEORGE CLINTON

ARCHIVES OF THE

COLONY AND STATE OF NEW YORK THE

IN

REVOLUTION [From the

DURING the

of

my

first

term

comptroller's

office as

of

comptroller, the

its

papers, long since detached from their original

through great masses of old vouchers and C. Ainsworth,

my

men made in Competent men were,

this

task,

done.

therefore,

success of this

set

historic

papers

value and

show New York which she

to

realized

at

These

Revolutionary War.

were once

promiscuously great

their

scattered

value

and

work

contain

the

United States government the contribu-

is

states

and colonies,

work searching out and arranging

at

is

is

known.

well

these papers, and

believed to have been thoroughly and intelligently

very largely due to the earnest and intelligent interest taken efforts

it

These

I

files.

in the

packages,

file

by the separate

the various wars

by Col! Charles O. Shepard, and his Mr. William B. Wemple of this office.

in

New York

in arranging for the

though slow and laborious,

The

of putting the old records

impression has been most amply confirmed by the judgment of Col. F.

whose great work

tions of

work

progress brought to light quantities of forgotten

papers relating to the services performed by

importance, and

]

department in systematic order for purposes of easy reference

This work in

was undertaken.

First Edition

muster

were greatly assisted by the

and pay-rolls

importance of the papers

is

of

clearly

different

organizations,

proved by the

work

efficient

and

of

the

fact that they alone

have furnished nearly one and a half times the number of troops with

usually credited, and adding to these the

names obtained from other reliable sources, the aggregate is more than twice the number usually credited. General Knox, first secretary of war, in his report to Congress of the number of troops furnished by each colony, gave New York credit for but 17,781 men, and this report, copied into our histories, very is

naturally has ever since been accepted as correct.

41,633 men. I

[The corrected number

is

43,645.

We

now

find positive proof of the service of

See additional note in second edition,

p.

15.]

therefore submit the following pages containing the names, rank and organization of these

41,633 men, whose services can be

shown beyond any

question, with the greater satisfaction

for believing that a great historical injustice, reflecting in

many minds on New York's

patri-

New York

8 otic spirit in the

surrounding her, second to none It is

the Revolution.

Revolutionary struggle, will hereby be

only to Massachusetts in

second

in

true that

lists

of

names

number

of troops furnished, and,

books

under the circumstances

of

New

York's Revolutionary other

have been heretofore

soldiers

than

original

sources,

account being the chief source, and their accuracy, for

of

place,

in lofty patriotism.

published, but these were derived almost entirely from treasurer's

and she take her

rectified,

the

state

this reason,

has

been a matter of grave doubt, and therefore the results could not be accepted in historical works. All the names published in this volume are derived from that highest of sources, the

and thus the services of the individual and the aggregate are conclusively shown. Several thousands of the names, particularly of those belonging to the regiments of the " Line," were obtained from rolls on file in the War Department at Washmuster and

original

pay-rolls,

ington, through the courtesy of

Hon. Daniel

S.

Lamont, Secretary

of

War.

And

here

it

may

not be inappropriate to say that Col. Ainsworth, after personal examination of the records of service found in the comptroller's office,

was so well

satisfied of their

has had the same transcribed and placed in the records of the

accuracy and value, that he

War

Department, and the 41,633 the government's record of the

names found here will now appear to the credit of New York in Revolutionary War, soon to be published. Nor do the names contained in this volume in all probability comprise

New York who full

quota of

staff

and

line officers for a

of those

regiment

have

been found, but no enlisted

This state of things was proof positive, to any one with knowledge of military

men.

that a deplorable deficiency in the records existed.

was not uncommon,

It

from

Cases exist in which records* of a

performed service in that great struggle.

field,

all

as I

am

affairs,

credibly

commanding an organization to retain all the records relating to his command. Indeed, the records from which the names of the men in Colonel Gansevort's regiment, Third New York Line, were obtained, are still in the possession of the descendants of Colonel Gansevort, and the original record of Alexander Hamilton's artillery company is in the possession of the New York Historial Society, to which body we are indebted for its informed, for the officer

appearance here.

Had New York,

as several of the colonies did, published the record of her

Revolutionary service, while the records were facts

As

records of service have been

lost,

furnished by her in the struggle. relating to pensions granted

War

tionary

disclose

it

memory

all

existing and their location,

and

the

more accurate result is, there can be little reasonable doubt that in some cases and that New York can never show the full number of troops This is almost conclusively shown by the fact that the papers

connected with them, were within the

would have been reached.

still

by the

state

many names which do

of living

men, a

far

for injuries received while in service in the Revolu-

not appear upon any roster in our possession.

The Battle Ground of America. In any consideration of what was contributed by the separate colonies to the success of

should be taken into account. New York, more than any other colony, was the battle-ground of the war, as indeed, from its position, it always will be in any conflict with Great Britain. The first forts captured from the the war,

it

is

proper that the situation in each colony

English in the war were Ticonderoga and Crown Point, May 10 and 12, 1775; and the first attempt to construct an American navy was made by Arnold on Lake Champlain in June, l 775Johnson's last raid through the Mohawk valley, in which the battle of Johnstown and various smaller encounters were fought, took place in 1781. Between those dates were the expedition from New York into Canada, resulting in the siege and capture of the fort at St. John's,

September

25,

1775, followed

by the capture

of Montreal,

and ending

in the disaster

Introductory at

Quebec; the expedition

Johnstown, resulting

to

Scotch Highlanders, January

Harlem

September

Plains, of

November

October

and

13,

16,

Long

Plains,

1776;

soil,

naval

and October

defense

successful

the

latter's 7,

28, 1776;

battle

of

upon

attack

on Lake Champlain,

battles

1776; the various manoeuvres of the eventful year 1777, which preceded

Oriskany, August

and made the

October

1776;

27,

August

fought on

16,

1777,

on

but largely by Vermont boys, and which prevented the British from receiving

needed supplies; tle of

August

Island,

the famous battles of that year; the battle of Bennington,

New York

armed

the surrender of three hundred

in

1776; battle of White

Fort Washington,

and capture 11

16,

battle of

1776;

19,

9

6,

1777,

and

which prevented the junction

surrender inevitable; the

1777,

leading

from Fort Schuyler, and the bloody bat-

sortie

glorious battles

Burgone's surrender,

to

Leger with Burgoyne,

of St.

October

Hudson under Sir Henry Clinton, October, Mohawk, Schoharie and Susquehanna valleys, 1778;

September

Saratoga,

of

1777;

17,

19

the destructive

expedition up the

1777; Johnson's Indian raid

through the

Sir

expedition up the Hudson, May,

Mad

1779;

Anthony's

prisoners, July 15, 1779; the expeditions under Colonels

Henry Stony

Clinton's

Point

second

with

capture

of

Willett

and Van Schaick against

543

Onondagas, and the horrible retaliatory raids made by the Indians, 1779; Sullivan's expedition against the Indians in 1779, and the battle near the present site of Elmira; Johnson's raid into the

Mohawk

and Governor Clinton's pursuit; the destruction

valley, 1780,

of the Canajoharie

and Fort Plain settlements by Brant, August, 1780; the extended raid of Sir John Johnson, Brant and Cornplanter, in the autumn of 1780, with the battle near Stone Arabia, and CarleThe surrender of Cornwallis in 1781 was the practiton's raid on the upper Hudson, 1780. cal

end of the

conflict,

ing the conflict

The

and the foregoing

New York

of military

that every year dur-

of very active service.

which

in colonies

where no fighting was done were

were the heroes of many hotly contested

of killed

movements shows

extensive fighting done within our borders brought into active and honorable ser-

vice branches of military tia

was the scene

list

and wounded, the bloodiest battle

goyne's surrender thereby

memorable

made

battles of Saratoga.

emergencies which called

,out

battle of

war, was

militia

Oriskany, in

won by

its

Our

mili-

percentages

the militia, and

Bur-

bore a highly honorable part in the ever-

But many men undoubtedly performed splendid service in the the militia and then retired quietly to their homes, leaving no

record of their service which can

Again, the portions of

of the

The

sure.

The

fields.

relieved.

now

New York

be found.

occupied by the whites were surrounded on almost

all

by tribes of hostile Indians, who were incited and led by still more savage whites. Brant was sometimes humane, but Butler never. The Hurons had inherited from many preced-

sides

ing generations the disposition to

make

hostile raids

upon the

territory

of their ancient foes,

At the breaking out of the war the influence of Sir William Johnson over the His position as Indian agent had brought him tribes of the Iroquois was almost boundless. into close relations with these tribes, and this position he seems to< have honorably used and to have succeeded in convincing them that he was their friend. His mantle, at his death, fell upon his son, Sir John, and his son-in-law, Col. Guy Johnson, and that they used their influence to the fullest extent to stir up Indian hostility to the patriotic citizens west of Albany is a sad page in the history of the war. It required something more or less than patriotism to induce the frontiersman to leave his family with the prospect before ithem of that most horrible of frontier experiences, an Indian raid. the Iroquois.

In the

summer

of 1776 the control of

New York

city,

of

Long

and a part of Westchester county passed into the hands of the

Island and Staten Island

British, there to

remain

until

New York

io

in

the Revolution

November

after the treaty of peace, the evacuation taking place

the state's population, from which

The population

up.

of

New York

These facts, briefly stated, War, and confirm what was said

was second to none

men

Fully one-tenth of

25, 1783.

could be drawn to recruit the armies, were thus locked

New York

1790 was 340,120, and of

state in

New York's

show

at the outset, that

city alone, 33,131.

Revolutionary

trying

position

in

lofty

patriotic

endeavor,

in

the

New York

of the thirteen colonies.

Classification and Pay of the Military Forces.

The

forces

military

Colony and State during the Revolutionary struggle, were

the

of

divided into three classes.

The Line; which regiments were There were also regiments

ton.

in the

of artillery

United States service under General Washing-

and an organization

"

of

Green Mountain Boys

"

in the Line.

The

which were

Levies;

drafts

and which could be

direct as well,

from the different

called

upon

militia regiments,

and from the people

to serve outside the State during their entire

term.

The

which then, as now, could only be

Militia;

months

called out of the State for three

at a time.

Of of P-

the

Militia,

9 organizations are traced by these records; of Levies, 7 organizations; [See additional note in second edition, 68 organizations; in all 84 organizations. Line,

15.]

Records

found

are

four

of

privateers

in

the

service

and pay

of

the

State

— the

schooner " General Putnam," the sloop " Montgomery," the sloop " Schuyler," and the frigate " Congress."

These armed vessels took many

prizes,

and records are found

of the division of

the spoils.

Exempts were

Associated

They comprised:

a unique class

and were authorized by an act

"All persons under the age of sixty

who have

held

civil

of April 3, 1778.

or military com-

missions and are not or shall not be reappointed to their respective proper ranks of

persons between the ages of

fifty

and

sixty."

They could only be

office,

and

all

called out " in time of in-

vasion or incursion of the enemy."

The counties,

Militia as

regiments were designated,

" Fisher's

Regiment,

of

which a number was given to a regiment;

it

is

colonel

is

The

if

was

their

Instances crop up, here and there,

as, for instance, "

such was the general practice.

found to be quite Militia

by the colonels' names and next by

Tryon County."

in

a moot question

first

The Sixth Albany County," but Be that as it may, the name of the

sufficient for full identification.

called out

when wanted; kept

as long as wanted, and the soldiers then

Sometimes a regiment or a part of a regiment would be called out half a dozen times in the course of a year, and for half a dozen days at a time, and again it might not be needed in the entire year. Officers and men seem to have served in different organizations almost indiscriminately. At one call, they were in one regiment or company, and at another call, in another regiment or company. It is, therefore, very difficult to keep trace of them On the sent to their homes.

different pay-rolls or " pay-books," as they

were sometimes

called.

was most marked, and some regiments contained as many the same family. (See Colonel Brinkerhoff's regiment, and Thomas' regiment.) ence,

Nepotism, or family as five ,the

and seven

Millers',

in

influ-

officers of

Colonel

Introductory Counties were divided into

ii

and the colonel

districts,

of the

regiment in each

He was

given almost unlimited jurisdiction in military matters.

district

was

required to see that every

and fifty was enrolled. Later, the age limit was extended to " warned " under penalty of fine and imIf an able-bodied man, he must serve when sixty. prisonment; but if incapacitated, he must contribute toward furnishing and equipping another man a ny person furnishing a substitute being exempt for the time that substitute served.

male between the ages

of sixteen

—

Quakers, Moravians and United Brethren were enrolled, but exempted from service upon pay-

amount

war progressed until, in 1780, they were obliged to pay £160 per year. One miller to each grist mill, three powder makers to each powder mill, five men to each furnace, three journeymen in each printing office, and one ferryman to each Each soldier must present himself armed, and with a blanket, public ferry, were also exempt. a powder-horn and a flint, and sometimes even a tomahawk was required. All officers in the cities of New York, Albany and Schenectady were ordered to wear their swords during divine

ment

money, which varied

of

in

as the

service under a penalty of twenty shillings.

Rum, sugar and

were regular

tea

rations,

and the amount was gauged by the rank.

A

major-general was deemed to require, and was allowed eaci month, four gallons of rum, six

pounds

of sugar,

pounds

of sugar,

and and

half a

pound

ounces of

six

one-half gallons of rum, and the

A

of tea.

A

tea.

brigadier-general,

three

colonel, a lieutenant-colonel,

same amount

The

of sugar

and

tea.

A

gallons

rum,

of

four

and a major, two and

chaplain, ditto as to sugar

was continued until a noncommissioned officer and a private received one pound of sugar, two ounces of tea, and one pound of tobacco, but no rum. A colonel's pay was $75 per month, or one York £ per day; a lieutenant-colonel's pay was and

but only two gallons of rum.

tea,

scale

month; a major's pay was $50 per month; a captain's pay was $40 per month; an adjutant's pay was $40 per month; a lieutenant's pay was $26 2-3 per month; an ensign's pay was $20 per month; a sergeant's pay was $8 per month; a corporal's pay was $7 1-3 per month; a private's pay was $6 2-3 per month. $60

per

Nor was

this,

by any means, always

money.

in

times in authority to " impress " articles officer,

who

should give a receipt, in the

the large majority of the soldiers were

On

April 27 of

the

1874,

Levies and Militia for their services in the

was sometimes

in State notes

and some-

some designated impressee. As late as 1784,

or animals under supervision of

name still

passed

legislature

It

late

of the State, to the

unpaid for their services

in 1776-7-8-9-80-8 1-82.

"An

act for the settlement of the pay of the

war."

This statute provided that abstracts and

and separate commands should be certified by the State advances made to officers or privates by " impressing" or otherwise,

pay-rolls of the different regiments

auditor; he deducting for

and an allowance be made for the depreciation the time they were in captivity. of the State

was required

Upon

of the

pay of such as had been

receipt of these accounts

to issue to persons, to

whom

in captivity, for

from the auditor, the treasurer

pay should appear to be due, or to

their legal representatives, certificates of indebtedness bearing five per cent, interest, certificates

and such

should be receivable for purchases of forfeited estates, or in payment for waste or

" unappropriated

lands,"

taxes,

etc.

Officers could not "

throw up or quit "

their

commis-

sions until they had served fifteen years.

All slaves

'killed

in

the

service

were to be paid

for.

In time of invasion, any slave,

not in the military service, found one mile from his master's abode, without a certificate from his

master showing his business, might be " shot or otherwise destroyed without fear of censure, In 1781, it was provided that any slave who should for the same." " for three years, or until discharged," should be declared a freeman of the State. serve

impeachment or prosecution enlist

and

New York

12

in

the Revolution

Land Bounty Rights. " In the same year, a bounty of " Land Rights

acres)

was offered

To

the State.

sioned

and men for two regiments then to be

to officers

a colonel, lieutenant-colonel

To

three Rights.

and major, four Rights.

"

(a

Right "

one Right.

Any

master or mistress

being

500

raised, for the defense of

To

a captain

a lieutenant, ensign or surgeon's mate, two Rights, and to

or a private,

officer

— so-called —

who

and a surgeon, a noncommis-

should deliver an able-

By an act of April 1, 1778, each Militia regiment was When soldiers were needed to recruit the fifteen men each. must, within nine days, furnish a man fully armed and equipped.

bodied slave to serve, one Right. divided line

" classes "

into

of

regiments, each class

In case they neglected so to do, the designated officer proceeded, at once, to draft one of the

number by this

lot.

By an

act of

time of thirty-five

men

March each,

were also called upon to furnish a

11,

1780, every regiment

and when

man

as before,

were fined a sum equal to double the amount

soldiers

and

was again divided into " classes;"

were required as before, these " classes

in case of failure so to

of the highest

do within

fifteen days,

bounty which had then been given.

This fine was collected by distress and sale of goods and chattels of those refusing to pay, if

not possessed of property, they were committed to

sum was

paid.

If a " class " furnished a

sometimes as much as £80.

As

man

jail

"

or,

" without bail or mainprize " until the

as the law required,

war progressed, and

it

received a

money bounty,

government became more pressing, land " Rights " were added to the money bounty, and on March 23, 1782, an act was passed providing that any " class " or any person who furnished an able-bodied man to serve "for three years or during the war," should be entitled to 600 acres; or 350 acres for a two years' enlistment; and any person or " class " who should deliver a man within twenty days from the time Of notification, 200 acres extra. " The military force of a nation." The meaning of Militia is In this connection it may not be out of place nor uninteresting to trace this branch of the public service from its inception to the commencement of the Revolutionary War. the

the needs of the

—

The Militia of this continent had its origin in a law promulgated in 1664 by James, Duke of York and Albany; the owner, by a grant from Charles the Second, of a large territory, which included the territory which is now eastern and southern New York. " The Duke's Laws," as they are still called, covered numerous subjects and were most paternal and creditable. As to militia,

they provided that:

"All males above the age of sixteen shall be enrolled and be sub-

Each person must provide himself with a good, serviceable gun to be kept in constant fitness, with a good sword, bandoleer and horn, a wormer, a scourer, a priming wire, a shot bag, a charger, one pound of good powder, four pounds of pistol bullets and twenty-four bullets fitted for the gun, four fathoms of serviceable match for match lock gun and four good ject to military duty.

flints

for the fire lock gun."

Four and once

The

"

and one general training days per year iWere prescribed for each " Ryding two years, a general training day " for all the soldiers within the government."

local

in

Militia

postures of war and in

all

" in the

comely handling and ready use of the arms, and in all words of command." In case of failure of anyone to appear for duty,

were to be taught

he was to be fined, and the

fines

were to be divided; one-third going to the commanding

general and the remaining two-thirds to be divided amongst the other officers.

was given the general for collecting the features, until 1702,

fines.

Ample power

This code seems to have held, in most of

when Queen Anne modified and amended

its

She ordered that all males duty and, in case of an invasion, all it.

between the ages of sixteen and fifty be liable for military between fifteen and sixty. She generously allowed, even ordered, each captain to

fur-

Introductory

13

nish drums, bugles and colors for his company, and emphasized the order by a fine of £2 for

each month he was in default.

This was also provided

"

:

Every

soldier belonging to a troop of horse shall appear twice

and muster, provided with a good, serviceable horse, not less than fourteen hands high, covered with a good saddle, housings, breast-plate and crupper, a case of good pistols, a good sword or hanger, one-half a pound of good powder and twelve sizable bula year for a drill

and suitable spurs, and a carbine well fixed with a belt, swivel and a blanket, under penalty of ten shillings for the want of a sizable horse, and ten shillings for want of each or either of the other articles." " New York County Horse " must have blue "Albany County coats and breeches and scarlet waistcoats, and their hats laced with gold. a pair of boots

lets,

must have blue coats, but their hats laced with silver. " Every foot soldier must provide himself, and appear and muster with a good, well-fixed musket or fuzee, a good sword, At home, he belt and cartridge box, six cartridges of powder, a horn and six sizable bullets. must always have on hand one pound of good gunpowder and three pounds of sizable bullets." For want of these articles a fine of twenty shillings and prison charges were imposed till the

Horse

"

was

fine

the

sell

At

paid.

his discretion, the captain

goods.

delinquent's

he have no goods to

" In

distress,

in a public place for not to

the

case

was allowed and authorized offender

be

unable

he shall ride the wooden horse, or be

or

laid

to

refuse

levy

upon and

to

pay,

and

by the neck and heels

exceed an hour."

same law was re-enacted each year, "An act for settling the Militia of this Province, and the the title almost invariably being: making of it useful for the security and defense thereof." No mention of compensation for military service was ever made, and when the number of articles which each soldier must furnish are taken into consideration, it will be seen that the tax was, by no means, an inconFor seventy-three

years,

or

until

1775, nearly the

siderable one.

This was the condition of the Militia when the cloud of the Revolutionary

shadow over the

threw

its

land.

JAMES Albany, N.

War

ROBERTS,

A.

Y., November, 1897.

Comptroller.

ADDITIONAL NOTE FOR THE SECOND EDITION. Owing

to the great

demand

for the

first,

and very

limited, edition of this book, the Legisla-

ture of 1898 granted an appropriation for a second edition. to

make

a most thorough search of

all

ing on the Revolutionary War. hausted; and

I

from

this

means

I

have been enabled

the papers in this office that could have any possible bear-

All the resources of the office

believe that, so far as the

documents

every soldier of that war has been found and his It is a

By

on

this subject

have been ex-

in this office are concerned, the record of

name properly

placed

in

this

edition.

matter of regret that these records do not present a complete roster of

New York

defective, but

engaged

in the Revolutionary

War.

Many

such names as could be found are given.

In

rolls are

some

all

many no enlisted men

missing, and

cases

the

men are

ap-

pear; only the officers of the organization.

The

printed book, of course,

arrangement, mention

Acknowledgment

will is

simply a roster, or

roll-call.

Of

the documents, and their

be made below.

due to

advice and assistance also to Mr. ;

is

Col.

Hugh

George R. Howell, State Archivist,

William

J.

Morgan, the

first

deputy Comptroller, for

Hastings, State Historian, for suggestions, and to Mr.

for material.

New York

14

The work

the Revolution

and arranging the additional material, and of compiling and superthis book, has been in the hands of Mr. Frederic G. Mather.

of classifying

vising the second edition of

made

a second edition has

The issuing of had come to hand

in

since the

documents that

possible to use several valuable

Among

was published.

edition

first

it

the

most important

are the certified copies from the archives of Massachusetts, of the muster-rolls of the

of these

field, staff

and other commissioned officers (also of several of the companies), in the First regiment of the Line belonging to this State. In these certified copies are the names of about ioo soldiers, of the said names not having appeared in such shape either in the rank below that of colonel

—

records from Washington or in our soldiers that

ments in

own

records.

in the records

had hitherto appeared

The same

copies also

show

from Washington, but not

the

names

in the original

of 160

docu-

this office.

The Land Bounty While numerous sources have contributed

to

Rights.

the perfecting of the work,

main

yet the

Land Bounty Papers. Of these, what has preceded on page 12. The usual form of

source of information, in this latest inquiry, has been the

a

word should be said in addition to "Class Right" for a Land Bounty was

a

this:

"

We, the subscribers belonging to Daniel Cantine's class in Col. Jesse Woodhull's regiment of Orange county militia, do hereby transfer and assign to Hezekiah White, of the precinct of Cornwall, in Orange county and State of New York, carpenter, and to his heirs and assigns forever all our right and title to the annexed certificate and the gratuity or bounty An act for raising of 200 acres of land to which we are entitled by reason of an act entitled troops to complete the line of this State in the service of the United States, and the two regiments to be raised on bounties of unappropriated lands and for the further defense of the frontier of this State/ passed the 23d day of March, 1782. As witness our hands and seals." '

Not only

did the signers affix elaborate seals, but the witnesses to the signatures and

make affidavit that the signatures and sealings had been made in their presence. Accompanying every Class Right is a certificate of the Muster Master of the United States troops that the head of the class had delivered to him an able-bodied man (usually mentioned by name) " duly armed and equipped." The man, so mustered, was certified to have sealings were required tp

been enlisted

Line or the Levies; and, usually, the regiment

for either the

was designated. The names ments as they appeared

But the case

of all

men mustered

in the first edition

of the militiamen

signed directly before the close of

saw actual

that they ever

may

way have been added

to the several regi-

of this book.

somewhat different. They the war, and there is no evidence in these documents to show They were, however, ready to serve; and the fact that they signed the Class Rights

is

not have been called upon to serve should not detract from the credit due them.

would be tion,

service.

who

in this

which he served

in

"unfair to incorporate their

they are

Among

the

now

names

in the

regiment proper; and

names so placed there

original documents,

are

some

that, perhaps,

should

very important subdivision of the

The

transfer herewith delivered, tract."

The name

the application; but this lutionary

War.

must be

Many

worded

and agreeable to the law

full

members

in

by consulting the

settled

" In

relates to the

consequence

of

of 1782 [noted above], I

applications for a

certificate

do locate the

and fol-

which the land was situated was generally named in referred to the ten counties as they were at the time of the Revocounty

of the

valuable

Frequently a

Land Bounty Rights

applications were

" Deserter " written after a

seriously.

appear as

and from additional proof.

locations of the land.

lowing

with this explana-

so,

placed on pages 221-268 of the book, to count for whatever they are worth.

active service; but the real standing of all cases of this sort

A

Still it

man

maps name,

in

are filed with the applications. in the original

documents,

must

not

be

taken

too

absented himself to gather crops, to attend a sick wife, or to

Introductory child; but

bury a

is

it

15

found that the soldier generally returned, and was again taken up on

In the case of the Land Bounty Rights the rolls. " deserted " applies to the soldier or to the claim.

it

is

often a question whether the

word

Net Results of the Work. hundred original documents have been added to the records relating to pensions, muster-rolls and demands for pay; and many of these documents represent new names. In numerous cases the autograph signature appears for the several

In the course of this later investigation,

first

New

time.

material has been added relating to several regiments that did not appear in the

and new departments have been created referring to courts-martial, aid furnished to families of soldiers, American prisoners of war, and bounty pay and subsistence. The nine organizations of the Line appearing in the first edition have been increased to

first

edition;

fifteen,

with several fragments of regiments not identified.

in the first edition, the terial relating to this

names

Instead of the four Privateers noted

commanders, now appear; and the ma-

of eleven, with their

More than 100

branch of the service has increased four-fold.

soldiers

names placed in, their respective regiments. Of the sixteen large volumes of original documents, one volume of miscellaneous papers has been cancelled, its contents distributed under the new classification, and more valuable material has made up a new volume designated by the same number. On account of much additional material, another volume has been rebound in two parts; and two others have been enlarged. The large volumes now number twenty-nine, one of which is in two parts. hitherto unidentified, have been identified,

A

and

.their

brief table of the contents of the twenty-nine

The

volumes

progress of this later inquiry has involved

To

will

the

be found on page 274.

handling of about 25,000 names,

names already in that index, 15,000 have been added, many of which are simply different ways of spelling the same name. There have been added to the Line, Levies and Privateers the names of 128 officers and 1,884 men a total of 2,012, all of them in good standing. Together with the 41,633 men, noted on page 7, this makes a total of 43,645 soldiers in good standing, as the record* of the State of New York, according to the documents examined. If to this number are added the 90 officers and 8,237 men named in the Land Bounty Rights, we have a total of 51,972 names that

one-half of which were already in the card index.

the 40,000

—

have been dealt with

The most names

in the

whole course of

valuable of the

at the end,

many

this inquiry.

additions in the second edition

which makes the contents

of the

is

book convenient

the General Index of

for consultation.

Future Investigation.

Many

important documents have been laid aside, temporarily,

in

order to place this com-

The work,

pleted record of the soldiers before the public as promptly as possible.

ued, will include several

more

of the large

volumes of original documents.

the conduct of the war, the claims against the

enemy's

raids, the

These

if

contin-

will relate to

and for damages by the Committee and Council of Safety,

the

State for services

proceedings of the Legislature and of

the

records of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, and of the Commissioners of Prisoners, the aid given to refugees, and the accounts of the Commissioners of Forfeited Estates. Nearly all of this matter, including

much

that has already been put in proper

form for preservation,

is

of

such interest and importance that it may seem best to publish selections from it after the manner of the Documentary History of New York and the Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New York; and, if published, they would make a valuable complement to those works.

Albany, November,

1898.

JAMES

A.

ROBERTS, Comptroller.

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

Private Soldier of the Continental Army in full Uniform (Official Sketch)

New York showing the Boundaries the Revolutionary War

Map

of the State of

CoveR.

of the several Counties during Frontispiece OPP. PAGE

Portrait of Governor George Clinton

7

Portrait of Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt

29

Signatures of Officers of the 2d Line

32

Appointment of Chaplain Johann Daniel Gros

33

Account Current with Major Nicholas Fish

33

Portrait of Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort

40

Muster Roll of Officers of the 3d Battalion

42

Portrait of Brigadier General James Clinton

46

Signatures of Officers of the 5th Line

55

Return of Officers of the sth Line Portrait of Captain Alexander Hamilton

56 65

Portrait of Colonel Marinus Willett

87

General Washington's Certificate to the Character of a Scout

Pay of Prisoners of

War

104 105

Testimonial from Officers of the 3D Line to Colonel Peter Gansevoort upon Promotion to Brigadier General

A

120

Discharge from General Washington

136

Portrait of Major General Philip Schuyler

152

Certificate of Indebtedness by Governor George Clinton

168

Portrait of Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer

184

A Letter from Colonel A Land Bounty Right A Class, or Beat, Roll

....

.'

Peter Gansevoort

Bounty Pay

An Order

to Impress

200 221

222 232

Wheat for Bounty

233

Portrait of Major General Richard Montgomery

240

A A

Parole

256

Widow's Demand for Pay

256

Account Current with Major General Alexander McDougal and Suite

257

Assignment of Pay due a Soldier

269

A

270

Surgeon's Bill against the State

NEW YORK COLONY AND STATE IN

THE

REVOLUTION THE LINE First

Regiment

COLONEL GOOSE VAN SCHAICK lieut. col. cornelius van dyck major john graham major benjamin ledyard major Joseph Mccracken adjutant john brodgden adjutant john l. hardenbergh adjutant peter benjamin tearse adjutant jacob h. wendell Capt

"

Aaron Aorson Leonard Bleeker William Brown Jacob Cheesman William Code John Copp Robert Edmonston Andrew Finck, Jr. S.

"

Capt.

Abraham

Lieut.

A.

Van Wyck

Richard Varick John Wandle John H. Wendell John Wiley Job Wright "

Lieut.

James Grigg Benjamin Hicks Cornelius T. Jansen John Johnson

David Lyon Robert McKean Moses Martin Daniel Mills Charles Parsons John Quackenbos Barent Staats Salisbury George Sytez George Sytvis Henry Teabout

John C. Ten Broeck David Van Ness James Van Rensselaer Nicholas Van Rensselaer

Gilbert

William Goforth John Graham James Gregg

ADJUTANT JOHN H. WENDELL QUARTER MASTER HENRY VAN WOERT PAY MASTER ABRAHAM TEN EYCK PAY MASTER JEREMIAH VAN RENSSELAER CHAPLAIN SOLOMON FRELIGH SURGEON DANIEL BUDD SURGEON WILLIAM MEAD SURGEON DANIEL MENEMA SURGEON CALEB SWEET

Guy Young Aaron Aorson Josiah Bagley

"

Abraham B. Bancker John Barns Geraurd Beckman

"

"

Victor Bicker

"

William Bloodgood Benjamin Bogardus Abraham E. Brasher James Clark Job Cook Henry Deffendorff Daniel Denneston John Denney Holton Dunham

" " " " "

"

"

"

William A. Forbes John Furman Daniel Gaus Benjamin Gilbert Abraham Hardenbergh Nathaniel Henry Ebenezer Hills John Hooghkir John Houston Samuel Lewis Ranald T McDougall Peter Magee Christopher Miller William Moulton Christopher Muller Edward Nicols Digby Odlum James William Payne Benjamin Pelton Jonathan Piercy

Michael Ryan Wilhelm Ryckman Barent Staats Salsbury William Scudder Adiel Sherwood Ephraim Snow

New York

18 Lieut. " "

" "

" "

" "

"

" "

Revolution Watkins

Henry Swartwout

Lieut. John William

Peter B. Tearse John C. Ten Broeck

Jacob H. Wendell Ensign Luther Bissel

Abraham Ten Eyck Samuel Thorn Peter Van Bunschoten Nanning Van Derhiden Cornelius Van Dyck Arondt Van Hook John Van Ness Bartholomew J. Van Valkenburgh Tobias Van Veghten Isaac Van Wert Henry Van Woert

"

in the

"

Peter Vergerean

"

Goer't H. Vonwagner

"

Peter Isaac Vosburgh

"

"

"

Ensign Garret G. Lansing Gilbert R. Livingston

William Bloodgood Jonathan Brown Alexander Clinton William W. Depeyster James Fairly

"

Douw J. Fonda John Fonda Douw Fondey Theadosia Fowler Benjamin Gilbert

Thomas Haight Benjamin Herring Thomas Hicks Nicholas Kettle "

Jacob

I.

John McClung John Marsh James Moore Joseph Morrell Jeremiah C. Muller Elias Palmer

George Palmer Joseph Putman Cornelius C. Roosevelt

WlLHELM RYCKMAN Adam Ten Broeck Jeremiah Van Rensselaer John Waldron John Perkins Wendell Samuel Young

Klock

ENLISTED MEN Abbee Samuel Abenather Jiles Able Hendrick Able John

Acker Albert Acker Conrad Ackerson Jacob Ackinson James Ackland Francis Ackler John Ackley Joel Acklin Francis Adaar Alexander

Adams Emanuel Adams James Adams John Adams Matthew Adams Samuel Adams Thomas Adams William Adamy Henry Addams Albertus Adier Alexander Africa Cask

Agard Joseph Agard Judah Agard Noah

Aim George Andrew Akens Moses

Aitkins

Algoyer Bastian Alhiser George Alkinkrack John Allen Allen Allen Allen Allen

Amissy John

Jonathan Richard Samuel Althiser George Altiser Jeremiah

Amarr John

Amerman Jam Ammermain Obadiah Amory John Anderson Cornelius Anderson David Anderson Durias Anderson Samuel Anderson William P Anson Lockward Anthony John

Anthony Peter Appart John Arlow John Armstrong Adam Armstrong Archibald Armstrong John Armstrong Thomas Artwick Cristian Artwick Lawrence

Ash Henry Atkinson James Auston Lockward Babbat Reuben Babbitt John Babcock Elias Babtist John Bacchus George Bacchus John Backer Christopher Backhorn Jacob Bacon Thomson Badger Joshua

Baker Christopher Baker Elnathan Baker Hendrick Baker Henry Baker Ichabod Baker John Baker Joseph Baldwin Cornelius Baldwin David

Bates Justice

Ball Joseph Ball Robert

Beadle Moses Bealor Jacob Bealor Joseph

Ballantine William Ballard Benone

Baman Trueman Bambridge Charles Bangle John Banks Benjamin Bannon Edward Baptiste John Barclay John Bardeen Robert Barker Stephen Barman Ebenezer Barnes Henry Barnes Patrick Barnhart John Barret John Barret William Barrett Walter

Batis Conradt

Battersby Robert Battis

John

Bauman Lemuel Bawn Samuel Baxter Lockwood Baxter William Baylis

John

Beard Jam Bears David Beckweth Jedediah Beddinger Phillip Bedner Johan Christian Beeby Ezra Beedle John Beedle Moses

Beekman John Beidell Thomas Bell

John

Bell Robert

Beneway Ezekiel Benford George

Beng William Benham James

Barrit

Bennet Charles Bennet Henry Bennett William

Badinger Philip Baechus George Baechus John Bagley David

Barse Isaiah

Bermingham James

Bartholomew Daniel Bartow Lasha Basharow John

Berrnerd Samuel

Bailey John Bailis Elias Baily Joseph Baise James

Basiel Michael

Berwist John

Bass Henry Bassaroon John Bassell Richard

Baker Benjamin

Bates Conrad

Bevans Benjamin Beven Benjamin Bevie Jacob Bevins Jacob

James Barron John Barry John

Bennitt James

Berryhill

John

Berve Jacob

The Line — First Regiment Bice Henry Bice Peter Biggraft George

Bouy William Bovie Jacob Bovie Mathew

Bingham Abisha

Bowen John Bowen Wessel Bower George

Birch Isaiah

Bowman

Bishop James Bishop John Blaar Jacob Black Archibald Black David Black John Black Peter Blair Kelso Blanch James Blanchard Ephraim Blancher Ephraim Blanck Cornelius

Boyce James Boycc John Boyd George Boyd Jonah

Blatner John Blayer John

Bradt James

Biller

Michael

Billington Elias

Boyd Jonathen Boyd William Boyer Godlep Boyle Philip Brader Andrew Brading John Bradley James Bradshaw William

Blie Christian

Brady Thomas Bragin John

Blie Daniel

Braidey Richard

Blie Bliss

John C. Samuel

Blom Albart Bloom Albert Bloom John Blowers Ephraim Blue Daniel

Blum Albert Boere J. Bogardus Hendrick Bogart Gilbert Bogart John Boice James Boice John Bolton James Bolton John Bolton Matthew Bolton William Bolton William Livingston Bombreys George Bonnell Nathaniel Bonnell Simeon

Booker John

Boom Frederick Boom John Boom Nicholas Boon John Borgordes David Bornhart John Boss Joseph Bouch William Bourguin John James Bourk John Bourns John Bouse Henry Bouse James Bouse Peter

Brand Henry Brand Isaac Brandoes George

Cahill Cornelius

Bruce Benjamin Bruch David Bruin Moses

Cain Abel Cain Henry Caldwell Mathew

Bruless Elias

Caldwell Philip Callichan John

Bruter Arthur Bruton Bartholomew Bryan John Bryan Paul O Buckett John Buckhout James Buel Abel Buel Ezra Buis James Bulger John Bullack Archibald Bullion William

Brant Christian Brant Christopher Brasher Henry Brass Abraham Brass John

Bray Thomas Breadinbaker Baltes Bredenbaker W.

Brend Isaac Brewton Bartholomew Briggs John Brighton John Britlingar Frederick

Broadbrook Edward

Bromagham Thomas Bromley John Bromley Simon Bromley William Broughton Bartholomew

Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown

Brownan Samuel Browne Nicholas

Brumbly John Brumbly William Brumley John Brumley Simon Brumley William Brunck Casper Bruster Benjamin

Albert

Burch Burch Burch Burck

Edmund

Burgess Michael

Burk John Burk Patrick Burkdoff John Burkstaff Peter Burn Daniel

Burn David Burnes Barney Burnes Henry Burnham William Burns Frederick Burns Robert Burr William Burrough Nathan

Bush John Bushland Patrick

George

Buttler

Thomas Thomas

Thomas

Butler John

Thomas Button Thomas

B.

Burdee Canute

Duncan George

Hugh

James John Campble Burdock Campble Kenneth Canada John Canal John Cane Henry Canely Patrick

Canfield

Evert Francis

Nathaniel Nicholas

Archibald

Canfield

Elisha

Joseph

Cameron Hugh Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell

Samuel

Burvis

John

Cambell Robert Camell George Cameron Daniel

Philip

David

James, 2d

John

Canfield Dennis

Charles F.

Isaac

Cahill

Isaiah

Burrough Thomas Burton Bartholomew Burve Matthew

James

19

Buyford Henry Buys James Buzer Petter Byerd Godfrey Byington David Cable Jacob Cable Zabulon Cahel Robert

Thomas

Timothy Cannon Thomas Canter Jonas Cappurnal Adam Carmack William

Carman Carman Carman Carman Carman Carman

Abraham Hendrick Joseph Samuel

Thomas Willet

Carmichael John Carr Dan Carr William Carter Jeremiah Carter Rubin

Case Joseph Casey James Casey John Casey Robert Cashel R. Cassedy Edward Casselman Christian Castelman Christophal Casterline

Hiram

Catch John Cater William Catline Bradley Cator William Catterling Matthias Causton John

John Chace Robert Celia

New York

20 Chadwine Lewis Chambers Leonard Chanels John Chapey Stephen

Cousin Matthew Cousins Matthew Cowdry Benjamin

Charles Christian

Craig John Crak Godlip

Charlsworth John M.

Cox

in

Charles

Charters James Chase Jacob Chase John Chase Robert Chasey Stephen

Cranck John

Chasley Peter

Crawford Samuel Crickenboom Johannes Cronkhite John

Chatfield Chatfield

David Samuel

Chatnell Christopher

Chatterton Joseph Chattin William Chilner Christopher Christainsa Peter Christian Charles Christian Zachariah

Churchill Stephen

Cidney Rodolph Clapper Peter Clark Benjamin Clark John Clark Ransome Clark William Clarke Anthony Clement Nicholas

Clements Jacob Clinton Joseph Clopper Peter Clough Benjamin Coakly John Cockley John Codwise George F.

Cogden John Collard

Abraham Edward

Collins

James

Collard

Crandle Godfrey

Crank John

Mark Crapow Peter Crantz

Cronkhite Patrick Crosson Samuel Crouse Albert Crouse Elbert

Crowder Anthony Crowfoot Samuel

Cummins Cornelius Cummins John Curry Thomas Daily Nathan Dalton Benjamin Dalton John Daniel George Daniels Henry Daniels Thomas Darling Ephraim Darling Moses

Daugherty William Davenport James David Isaac Davidson William Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis Davis

Countz

Adam

De Pew John De Roshea Anthony

Dunham Dunhom

Derotter George

Dunlap James Dunlap John

Demont Joseph Demount Henjost

De Statsmarn Jean De Vaults Peter Devenport Daniel Devenport John Devinport Thomas Devrance Henry Dewit Aaron

Deyo Hugh Dickens William Dickson James Dickson John Dimmuck Samuel

Dingman Abraham Dingman Adam Dingman Gerrardus Dingman John Dobbs William Dodge Alexander Doghorthy Mark Doleway Andrew Dolton Frederick

Donaghy

Patrick

Donoven John

Richard

Dorrity William Dorson Daniel Dorum Stephen

Dawson Daniel Day Aaron Day William Dean Henry

Copernoll Adam Corigal John Cornelius Hendrick Cornwall Caleb Corter John Coster John Cotter James

Dennis John Dennison Daniel Denniston Daniel

Degrushe Delamater John Delong Daniel Delong Ezekiel Elias

David Evan John

Dawler George

Cooper John Cooper Thomas Copeland William

Henry

Duboise Lewis Duff David Dulhagin Frederick Duncan George Duncan James Duncan John Duncomb Dennis Dunford Wells Dunham Andres Dunham Stephen

Freest

Donally John Donnelly James

Colwell Philip

Connelly John Conoway William Cook John, Sr. Cook John, Jr.

De

Cornelius Daniel

Collins Joseph

Commadine Nicholas Condo William

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Dean James Dean Samuel Dean William Debbedy Brent Debois John Debois Lewis Debrouce John

De Camp

Matthias

Decker John Decker John H.

De

Clark Abraham Deforest Abraham

Defrance John H. Defreest

Abraham

Dority Francis

Dorn John

Doty Isaac Dougall Thomas

Doughaty John Dougherty Charles Dougherty William Doughty Elias Doughty John Douglass George Douglass James Douglass Jonas Douglass William Dowler George

Sylvanus Iseral

Dunn Joseph Dunnavin Daniel Dunning Jacob Dunning Jesse Dunning Michael Dunnivan John Dunscomb Edward Durgen Patrick

Durham Stephen Durkir Mathew Dutcher Dutcher Dutcher Dutcher Dutcher

Benjamin Bernard David Derrick

Henry

Dyckman Joseph Dyke John Dyke Joseph Eagins Joshua Earnestpier Joh Earvin James Easterly

Thomas

Easton Henry Eaton George Echler John Ecker Lambart Ecklar John Edds Joseph Edes Joseph Edgerly John

Edmans Matthew Eggens Joshua Eggs Samuel Eison Aaron Ekons Samuel Eldridge Jonathan Eldridge Joseph Eligon Abraham Eligon John Elliott Francis

John Benjamin

Elliott

Downing Andrew Downing Richard Downs Patrick Drincks Andrew

Ellis

Drum

Elverson William

Jacob

Ellis Ellis

Elliss

Daniel William

Thomas

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Edward

Elviston William

Elwiston Edward Elwiston William

Emingway Samuel Emrich Hendrick Ennis Henry Erven James Erwin Andrew Erwin James Essmond John Euerhite John Evans Joseph Evans Patrick Everan Martin Eveults Stephen D. Ewing Benjamin

Flynn John

Fonna Anthony Foor John C.

— First Regiment Fry Christopher Frye Peter Fullen Michael Fullerton John

Fulmer George

Goodcourage John

Fulton Francis

Goodwin William Goolsmith Jeremiah Gordenear John

Ford John Ford Timothy

Funna Anthony Furman Gabriel Fyingling John Gadge John

Foreman

Gaites Michael

Gouss Jacob Grace James Grady Thomas Graham Robert Grant Allen Grant Benone Grant Jacob Graw James Gray Eliphalet Gray James Gray John Gray Philip Green Boswart Green Charles Green Peter Green Silas Green Timothy Gregg Thomas

,

Christian

Forgason Hazekiel Forguson James Forneyea John Foster James Foster John

Galaspy William Galbreath Richard Gallaway James Gallaway John

Foster William

Gankins Philip

Hugh Hugh

Gamble Thomas

Ganoshow Peter

Fothergill

Fairchild Jesse

Fothingill

Falter Augustus

Foulks Robert Foulstrow Henry Foushee Pedro Fowler James Fowlstroh Henry

Gardener Andrew Gardener Peter Gardenier Samuel

Fauck Jacob Fealay John Feishler George Felly Augustus Felte Augustus Fergueson John Ferguson Israel Ferguson James Ferguson Robert Ferguson William Ferrell John Ferris John Ferry John Fichter George

Fox Philip Foy David Foy Edmond Foy Edward Foy Patrick

Gardner Jacob Gardner Levy Gardner Peter Gardner Thomas Gardner William Garrat Samuel Garret James

Field Patrick

Frazier

Augustus Finch Jonathan Finn Thomas Finney John Firkins James Fisher George

Frederick John

Farrel Garret Farrol John

Filty

Fitch Caleb Fitzgerald John

Fitzgibbons William Fleming Michael Fletcher James Flick Martin

Fling Henry Fling Thomas Flinn Andrew Flinn John

Fradenbergh Petter France Conrad Franck Jacob Fraser Jeremiah

Henry

Fravel

Frazer Duncan Frazer Jeremy Frazer John Frazier Jeremiah

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Fredinburgh Isaac Fredinburgh Matthew Fredinburgh Peter Fredrick John Freehart Lewis Freeland John

Freeman Freeman Freeman Freeman

Elisha

Obadiah Stephen

Thomas

French Jacob French Joseph Freyenschiner George Friday Conrad Friensiner George

Flint Jonathan

Frilick

Flood Francis Floods Alexander

Frinck Elisha

Florince

Thomas

Flyhearty Stephen

Goff Isaac Goff Joseph

Goldar William Goodale Benjamin

Forbes Alexander Forbush Alexander Forbush Bartholomew Forbush Jacob Force David

Eyres William

Fargerson James Farguson William

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Frost

Joseph

Edward

Edmund

Frost Samuel

Gantly Peter

Gardineer Gilbert Gardineer Peter

Garrison Abraham Garrison Hartshorn Garrison Peter Garter Henry

Gasper Peter Gates Michael Geabs Addem Geers Benjamin Genung Benjamin Geonovoly Samuel George Robert

Germain Isaac Gibbs Eliakim Gibbs Simeon Gibson Thomas Gifford William Gilaspy William

John C. Gilbert Samuel Gilbert

James Gilmor William Ginnings Solomon

Gill

Ginnis Peter Glasbey William Gleeson Thomas Glen Robert Glenney William Godington William Godwin William

Gorman Patrick Gorman Richard

Griffen Benjamii

Barney Grimes Samuel Grimseley William Grite William Groote William Gross John Grote William Groundhart George Guilleeo John Gundellow John Guth John G. Griffiths

Guthrie Abram Gutlich Christian Ernest

Haburn William Hadger Robert Hadley Bishop Hadlock James Hagarty John

Hagerman Nicholas Haily John Haise Thomas Hait Joseph

Hale John Halinbeck Aaron Halinbeck Casper Hall Hall Hall Hall Hall

Charles G.

James Simon William

Hallebrant John

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Halmer Lenord

Ham Thomas Haman John

F.

Hamilton James Hamilton William Hamlet Richard Hamleton George

Hammon Daniel Hammond Daniel

Helmer Helmer Helmer Helmer Helmer Helmer Helmer Helmes

Anyost John John,

Jr.

Philip

Hooper Jacob R. Hooper Robert R. Hope Thomas Hopkins Samuel Hopkins William Hopp Abraham Hoppell John Hopping Ebraham Hoppole John Horner George

Richard H. Helts Frederick

Handell John

Hemminway

Handerson Samuel Handley Thomas Hanford Obadiah Hanion Ede Hankey John Hanley John Hannawell John

Hender Frederick Henderson Elisha Henderson Patrick Henderson Samuel Henderson William

Harris Thomas Harris William Harris Zachariah Harrison Levi Harrison Philip Harriss Richard

Isaac

Hendrickson Cornelius Hendry David Henford Obadiah

Henkey John Henly David Henning John Herd Joseph Herter

Holbert Aaron Hollay Samuel Holley Benjamin

Holms David

Hemingway Samuel

Harpear William Harrious Hendrick Harris David Harris George Harris Hendrick Harris Michael

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John Dedrick John Jost

Hand David

Harman Jacob

in

Honeywell John

Adam

Hervey William

Hews James Heyer Jacob Hicklin William

Hiddy James Hide Thomas

Hoskins Thomas Houff John Hous John

House Christian House Jacob House John

Howard Randal Howard William Howell Aaron Hoyt Thomas Hubbard Adam Hubbard Caleb

Higby John

Hubbell Isaac

Higgins Archibald Higgins Samuel Higgins Thomas

Hudson Bernard Hudson John Hudson William Huff Abraham

Thomas

Hill Ebenezer Hill

Hauff John

Hill

Haven John Havens Joseph Hawel Aaron Hawes Joseph Hawke John Wain Hawkins Isaac Hawkins John Haycock John Haydon Hosea Hayes Thomas Haynes Thomas Hays Stephen Hays William

Hill

Henry John

Conradt

Hynes Thomas Hyre Jacob

Ingoson John

Harter Adam Hartigh John Hartiwick Christian Harvey William

Hattis

Hyme

Horton Thomas Hosford Ithamer

Hart Thomas

Hildredth Elijah

Hyer Jacob

Indian Stepny Ingersol John

Hier Jacob Higbey Samuel

Harway John Hasan John

Hyde Thomas Hyer Alexander

Horsford Jesse Horsmer George

Hosier Thomas C.

Huston Silvenis Hutcheons Edward Hutchins Jedidiah Hutchins John Hutt John Hutton Andrew Hutton Robert Huxley James Hyatt Abraham

Huff John Huff William

Isaacs Isaac Jabely Jacob Jackson Archibald

Jackson Francis Jacobs John Jacobus John Jamison Alexander Jarvice Joseph Jenks Thomas Jennings Luke Jennings Solomon

John Francis John Jeremiah Johnson Abraham Johnson David Johnson Josiah Johnson Nicholas Johnson Shubael Johnson William Johnston John Johson Nicholas

Huffman Aaron Huffman Andrew

Jolly Richard

Hill

Huffsteder Christian

Hilts Frederick

Hufnegal Christian Huges James

Jones David Jones Edward Jones Evan Jones Ezra Jones Jacob Jones James Jones Simon Jones Thomas Jones William Jonsons William Jonston Edward

Nicholas

Samuel Hilton William Hines Thomas Hines William Hipe Jacob Hitchcock James Hoaksly James Hoareford Jesse

Hazard Raymond Heard David Heathcrock David Heavens Joseph Hedgers Dayton Height Stephen

Hodge Abraham Hodge David Hodge James Hodge Stephen Hodges David Hofman Aaron Hofman Andrew Hogan Patrick Hogan Roger

Heller Nicholas

Hogle John

Hughes Hughes Hughes Hughes

John Joseph Michael

Thomas

Hulbert Aaron Hull David Hull William Humphreys David Hungerford Daniel Hunter Jonathan

Hurd

Elijah

Hurley Anthony Hurley Arthur Hurligh John Hurtock John Huston John

Jolly William

Jonston James Jordan Robert Jordon Thomas Joseph Peter Joseph Reuben

John Kablem Reuben Kady John

Juell

The Line Kallam Reuben Kanely Patrick Karnes George Karr Mark Kater James Kater Wilhelmus Keady Daniel

Kirby Thomas Kirk George Kirkland William Kitchel Matthew Kller John Knap Aaron

Kearish Frederick

Knight John Korl George Korl Saverines

Keef Arthur Keef William Keelen Icabud Keeler John Kefelty Felte

Kelch ^John Kelch Nicholas Keller John Keller Nicholas

Knap Mathew

Krak Godlip Kronkhite John Kronkhite Patrick Kunnian Benjamin Kyser Henry Lackey Hugh Ladd Joseph

John

Kelly David Kelly Hugh Kelly Patrick Kelly Philip

Lafferty

Kelme Lemuel Jones

Lambert Abraham Lambert John

Kelsh John Kelsh Nicholas Kelts C. Keltz Nicholas

Kendrick Thomas

Kener Christian Kennedy Robert Kent Jacob Kepple John Kerby Thomas Kerfer Henry Kerk George Kerr Abner Kerr Anthony Kerr Henry Kerr James Kerr Mark Ketch John Kets Conradt Kett Richard Keyser Henry Keyser John Kidd Alexander

Kiddy James Kiddy John Kilburn Zacheus Killer

John

Killer Nicholas Killip

Kils

Alexander

John

Lafling John La Lancit John

Lamb

Joseph

Lambson Thomas Lampier Francis Lander Edward Landon Benjamin Lane Thomas Lang James Lanpher John Lansing Gerrit

Lewis Lewis Lewis Lewis

Joseph

Lockard Peter

William

Lewman Peter Lewy John Light James Light Lemuel Lighthall

Abraham

Lighthall James

Lighthall John Lighthall Lancaster

Lighthart Daniel

Limbaker John Linch Owen Linch William Lindsey Abraham Linegar John Liniger John

Link Henry Linn Aaron Linsey Abraham Lint Philip List

John A.

Lock

Lockhart Hugh Locksul John

Lavey John

Lockwood Anson

Littlejone

John

Philip

Lowman

Peter

Lucherd Fredirick Lucum John Ludlow David Ludlow Samuel Lugar Christ Luse Robert

Lusk Michel Luthar John Lyby John Lynch James Lynch Michael Lynch Owen Lynch William Lyney John Lyon Ebenezer Lyon Joseph Lyons James Lysle John Lytle William

McAlpin William McArthur Duncan McArthur John McCally Hugh McCann Mich McCarrol Joseph McCarthy Daniel McCarty Dennis McCauley James

McCawley Hugh

Loft John

McCevers James McChesnay William McChesney John McClane Daniel

Lawn George

Logan Thomas

McClaughlin Bernard

Lawrence Isaac Lawrence Jacob Lawrence Mathew Laybagh Abraham Leaplink John

Loik Philip

McClean Anthony McClean John McCloud Daniel McClough Joseph McClure Moses McCollough Andrew McColly Hugh McColm Samuel McColum Ruben McComin John McConnel Hugh McConnel William McConnoly Hugh

Lawell

Abraham

Leather Ezekiel

Lecky Hugh Lee Daniel Lee David Lee Robert Lees Martin Left

John

Lemon Alexander Lent Hercules Lent Moses Leonard Robert Leonard Thomas Leroy Henry

Kinler Nicholas Kinter Nicholas

Lowdor William Lower Henry Lower Jacob

Lathers Ezekiel Laughlin Barnard Laverty John

Lenny

Kingsland Nathaniel

Low John

Lewee John Lewes Lockert Lewey John Lewis Henry Lewis James Lewis John

Littall

Kimon Robert King John King William

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Letahers Ezekiel

Lasher Jacob Latemore Roger

Kilts Conradt

Kincaid William

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Lestor

Philip

Thomas

Lestrange Samuel

Loman

Peter

Lombaker John Long Andrew Long Elias D. Longley John Lonkes Nicholas

Loomes Peter Loosie Jacob

Louckas Petter Loucks Andrew Loucks John Loucks Jost Loucks Matthew

Loudon William Loughren Hugh Louis John

Loux Hendrick Love Davis Lovejoy John Low James

McCord William McCormac Bryan McCormic John McCormick James

McCoy Alexander McCoy George McCoy James McCoy William

24 McCracken William McCullom Samuel McDaniel Daniel McDaniel Michael McDavitt Henry

McDermot Cornelius McDonald Daniel McDonald Donald McDonald Hugh McDonald James McDonald John McDonald Michael McDonald William McDonnell James

McDormet Cornelius McDormot Henry McDougall James McDougall John McDowal Ben

McDugle William McElroy James McEntosch John McFall Paul McFarland Hosea McFarland John McFarlin Hosser McFarlin John McFarling Thomas

McGaryhee Edward McGauchee Edward

McGee James McGerrihe Edward McGinis Daniel McGinly James McGinnis John McGinnis Stephen McGlaughlin John McGraw John McGreggor Daniel McGriger John

McGuigan Michael McGurchy Edward Mclntire Bernard Mclntire Phinias Mclntire Thomas

Mcintosh John Mackarell Joseph McKay Alexander

Mackay Alexander

McKay Alexander A. McKay John A. A. McKay William McKeel Michael McKellop Alexander McKenney John McKenny James McKenzie Malcom McKewn James Mackey John A. McKillip Alexander

New York McKinley Archibald McKneal John McKown James McLain Anthony McLane John McLaughlin Bernard McLaughlin John

McMaham

Michael

McManes Hugh McManus William McMasters Alexander McMickell John McNeal John McNeil John McQuarter William

McQuin

Philip

McRannels Owen McWilliam James Madison Samuel Mafit John

Mahan Patrick Mahon John Maitor John

Maker Solomon Mallad Andrew Malone John Manchester Elias

Manes Isaac Mansey Nathan Manuel Andrew Mapes Phineas Mara Patrick Marche Anthony Marcle Henry

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Maxwell Cornelius May Henry Mazure Christian Mead John Measal Peter Medcalf William

Meeker Solomon Meeker Uzel Megarr James

Meggs Seth Mellon Charles Melony John Mennen Robert Meradeth Peter Merral John

Henry John

Merricle Merrill

Merrit Stephen Merselus Garret

Messenger Uriah Michells

Thomas

Mike John Miles John Millar John Millard Daniel Miller Alexander Miller Casper Miller Daniel

Miller David Miller

Henry

Miller Nicholas Miller Peter Miller

Thomas Thomas

Marines George Marjason Frederick

Millner

Markee John Marony Alexander Marony Florence Marricle Anthony Marricle Henry Marricle Samuel Marsden Humphrey

John Mineck Henry Miner Moses Ming Edward Mingas Morris Mingas Moses Minick Barnhart Mipe John

Marselis Garret

Mills Alexander

Mills

Marsh Ephraim Marsh John Marshal Simeon

Mitchel Ensign Mitchel Joseph

Marshall Robert Marshall Thomas Marstes Jonathan Martin John Martler Peter Marull Henry

Mitchell George

Masden Humphrey Mash Ephraim Mason George Masters Jonathan

Mastor George Peter Mathews James Matrat Fransis

Mitchell

Mitchell

Edward

Hugh

Mitchell James Mitchell Penant Mitchell Vinant

Molay John Molter Peter Momenday David Monday William Money Ambisct Monger Benjamin Monger Bouten

Montgomery James

Mooney William Moore Abraham Moore Frederick Moore John Moore Marcus Moore Philip Moore Pliny Moore Richard Moore Robert Moore Thomas Moore William Moorewise Daniel

More Jacob More Martin More Thomas Morey Thomas Morgan James Morgan John Moroney Florence Morrell William Morris Edmund Morris Harvey M. Morris Isaac Morris James Morrison Edward Morrison Hugh Morrisson Richard

Morrow Andrew Mosher Hezekiah Mosher Nicholas Moss Daniel Moss Ebenezer Moss Isaac Moss Stephen Mott Samuel Mott Thomas Mountanye Jacobus Mounts Richard

Muche Johannis Mulford Ezekiel Mulholland James Mullen John Muller Peter Mulligen Philip

Mulony William Multer Peter

Mumford James Muncey Nathaniel Munday David Munroe Alexander Munrose Elijah Munsey Nathaniel Murey Bartley Murphey Daniel Murphy Edward Murray Bartly Murray George Murray James Murray William Musta Mathew

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Ostrander Peter William Otter Isaac Oudeskirk Myndert Owens Daniel Owens Terence Owens Uriah

Mutry James Mutter Peter Myers Frederick

Myers Henry Myres Jacob Nafee Garret Nagle Fradrick Narley Mathus Neal Jeremiah Nebby Michael Neilson Allen Nellson Allen

Paddock John Padrow Dennis Painter Edward Painter Frederick

Palmer Jabish

Nelme Lemuel Jones Nelson John Nesbit Joseph Newman William Newtown Jonathan Nicholls George Nickason Eliphas Niel

Niel

John

Thomas

Nisbit Joseph

Norse Goorope Northon Henry Northwear George Norton George Norton Henry Norton John Notewear George Nott Samuel Nottingham Thomas Notz Jacob Nutter William Oar William O'Brian Andrew Obrine Cornelius O'Bryan John O'Bryan Thomas O'Cain Jeremiah Odle Joshua Odle Richard

O'Donaghy

O'Farrel Michael Ogden Daniel Ohlin Henry G.

Osterhout Isaac

P.

William

Ramsey Adam

Phelps Israel Phelps Jonathan

Wouter

Phillip

Phillips

William

Philpsa Christian Pickering Richard Pier John Ernest Piggle Henry

Henry

Parker Elisha Parker Isaac Parker James Parker John Parker Nathaniel Parker Richard Parker Richard Jr. Parker Richard J. Parkhoof Frederick Parks John Parry Richard Paterson James Paterson Thomas Pathen Ebenezer Patrick Robert

Plimley Henry

Peen John Peers John Pell John Perau John

O'Neil Charles O'Neil James Onele John

Pettit

Pilgrett

Paul William

Perigo Usal Perkhoff Frederick Perkins James Perkins Joseph Perry William Perse John Peters John

David John

Raljie

Pinkney Jonathan Piper Lewis

Pattan Edward Patterson Edward Patterson James Patterson John Patterson Joseph Patterson William Paul Arthur

Raljie

Samuel

Pangborn Beeby Pangborn Noah Pangborn Samuel Pangburn Jonathan Park Timothy Parker Edward

Peas Nathaniel Pease Conrad Pease Hanyost Pease John Peck William

Olen Henry G. Olendorf Leonard Olendorph Samuel Oliphant William Olmsted Nehemiah Ondekirk Myndert

Petry Jacob

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Pettit

Palmeteer Isaac

Payne Richard Peak William Pearse John

Patrick

Ootesohoudt Peter Orr Baltis Orr William Osburn Aaron Osmur John

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Pippinger Abraham Pitter William Platner Platto

John

Thomas

Plough Dennis

Plowman Christopher Plumley Henry Poff George Porter Elisha Porter Nathaniel Potter Samuel Poulson Michael

Povey Joseph Pratt Charles

Preble Samuel Preston Benjamin Preston Jonathan Preston Othniel Prett Jacob Price Adam

Price James

Prime Michael Primley Henry Prindle Jotham Prine William

Proctor Robert Proper Frederick Prossor Philip Prouth Degory

Pudney Thorn Pudny Francis Putman Davfd Quackenbos Cornelius Quackenbush Jacob Quackenbush John Quain Peter Queen Christopher Quin Patrick Quinn William Rabal George Race Charles Radenbergh Peter Ragan William Rains John Rair John

Rancier John Randell Henry

Randle Henry Randle Thomas Randolph Christopher Rankens James Rankin James Rankins Daniel Rankins Thomas Ransier John Ransur John Ransur William Rappolt George Ravelia Lewis Ray James Ray Michael Read James Reany David Rear John Rearden Thimothy Redding Frances

Redwood

Prince

Reece Martin

Reed James Reed John Reed Joseph Reed Nathaniel Reed Thomas Reemer George Rees Martinis Reily

Thomas

Relay Lewis Rendolf Nathaniel Rennix William Reonalds Isaac Requig Jacob Retchey Charles Revelea Eselea L. Revelea Lewis

Rex James Reyning Jacob Reynolds Abijah Richards Peter Richards Samuel Richards Simon Richardson Isaac Richardson Robert

Rickhow Abraham Ricmond Semion Rider George Ridout David

Riemer Johan George Riley James Rinder Christian Risdall William Ritcherds Simon Ritchie Charles

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Ryan Thomas

Semore Henry

Shutts Peter

Rivers Joseph

Ryder George

Service Philip

Sickel

Rivet Samuel Robennire Christian

Rynax William

Servis Daniel

Sickels

Rynder Christian Rynders James Rynders John Rynhart George Ryring Jacob Sager John

Servis Philip

Sickels Zackariah

Ritter

Moses

Robert Jacob Roberts Thomas Robertson Richard Robertson RoDert Robertson William

Robins Aaron Robins John Robinson James Robinson John Robinson Richard Robisson Robert Rochery James Rockwell Simeon Rodman Joseph Rogers Allen Role Samuel Rood William Rooker Joseph Roomer William

Roosa Albert Roppolt George Rose Albert Rose Andrew Rose John Rose Samuel Rositer Charles

Rosman Coenraedt Rosman Frederick Rosman Philip

Sager Stotts Sailer Zacheus Sailor Jacob St.

Lawrence George

Salisbury Gasper Salisbury John

Salisbury Joseph Salley

Andrew

Salmond William Salsbery Joseph

Salsbury Cornelius V. Saltsman Jane D. Saltsman John Saltsman Peter Salyer Zacheus Sanders Robert Sangh Peter Santford John Saultas

Solomon

Saunders Robert Savage Richard Saxberry William Sayer Robert Scheehan Jeremiah Schellenbergh George

John

Abraham

Sessinger Nicolas

Sidsor Michael

Andrew Sevain Thomas

Siles

Setler

Sevey Joseph Sexbury William Shade John Shankland Andrew

Shannon Thomas Sharer James Sharerer Lodewak Sharlock John Sharon John Sharp Cornelius Sharp John Sharp Lewis Sharp Thomas Shaver Henry

Shearman Jesse Shearman Peter Sheely John Sheft George Sheldon Joseph Shelenbergh George Shell Christopher Shell Elisha Shell

George

Shell William

Christopher

Simmons John Simmons Philip Simmons Polter Simpkins Gideon Simpson James Sinclair William Sinnet John Skeehan Jeremiah Skellenbergh George Skiffington John Slate William Slater Nicholas

Slighter Nicholas

Slingerlandt Peter

Sloane

Hugh

Sluiter Jonas Sluiter Nicholas

Slump Martin Sluyter Jacob Slyter

James

Small George Smalley Timothy Smith Archibald Smith Conraedt Smith David

Duncan

Sherwood Samuel

Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith

Scovill Silvenus

Shields Daniel

Snell Zeley

Rude William Rudolph Christian Rudolph Christopher

Screeder John J. Scrivenor Zadock

Shiels

Scriver Christopher

Shilly

Ruland Thomas Rumpass George Runals James Rundle Henry Runian Benjamin Runnions Benjamin Russell James Russell John Russell Joseph

Seabrin Frederick

Shipman John Shirts Henry Shirts John

Ross Simeon Rossiter Charles

Rotchery James

Rourk Mathew Row Anthony

Row Row

James Stephen

Schoolcraft John Schoolcreft Lawrence

Schreeder John J. Schriner Lodewick Schriver Peter Schryver Christyan

Rowland Daniel Rowley Timothy Ruckerstice John

Schultz John Scofield Silvenus

Rudall William

Ryan Daniel Ryan Dennis Ryan J. Ryan Robert

Scott

Edward

Seager John Seager Staats Seager Thomas

Seamore Henry Scandlin James Seeger John Seely Ephraim Seevey Joseph Seggar John Selfridge

John

Selfridge William

Selyea Lewis

Shelly Cyrus

Shely John

Shepherd Sheppard Sheppard Sherdeur

True

Henry

Thomas Abraham

Sherlocke John Sherman John Sherman Peter Sherriden James Sherriden Richard

John

Shiffington

John

Cyrus

Shirts Nathis Shirts Peter

Showers Adam Shrum Jacob Shuetts John Shuielt George Shule

J.

Shultze John

Shurtz Henry Shuts John

Elihu

George Isaac

Jacob James John Joseph Robert Stephen

Thomas William

Snyder Jacob Solyer Zaecheus Soper John Soper Richard Sorning Adam Souls Thomas Southerland Daniel

Sox Jacob Spaperd Didimew Sparick Christian Spear Henry Frederick Spears Jonathan Speigler Henry Sperick Christian Spinne Daniel Spirick Christian

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Spray John Spring Benjamin Spur John Squire Jonathan

Sutherland Daniel Sutton Benjamin Sutton James Swales John Commens

Srader Christian

Swan Joshua Swaney Daniel

Staal Gorlegh

Stader Christian Stagg Jasper

Stagg John

Malcome

Stalker Stall

Charles

Garlock Stalsman John D. Stanly Daniel Stansbury William Stanton Elijah Stanton John Starling Levi Stall

Starr George

Stauder Christian Steed Johannes Steen William Steinly

John

Stephens Abraham Stephens William Stephenson John Stering

Adam

Stevens Abraham Stewart Charles Stewart Joshua

Moses Stiller John

Stiles

Stilt

David

Stivers Caleb Stock Charles Stock George

Stockham Isaac Stoddard Ichabud Stokes John Stone John Storing Adam

Storm James Stout John Stoutenger George Stoutenger John Stover George Stover Nechi Stratton

Husey

Strawder Christian Strobridge James Stryker Elias

Stump John Stump Martin

Turnbull William

Turner John Turner Samuel

Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van Van

Talbot William

Talmadg John Tare Godfry Tarrey Nathaniel Taylor Edmund Taylor George Taylor William Temple Joseph Tenneray Zopher Tepperwine Christian Terry Nathaniel Tharp David

Tharp Peter Tharp Thomas

Thomas Edmund Thomas Ezekiel Thomas John Thompson Alexander Thompson Andrew Thompson James Thompson John Thompson John (2) Thompson William Thorn Peter Thorp Richard Thurner William Tiercy John Tilsey John Tipperwine Christian Titsworth

Thomas

Titus John

Tobin Edward Tobley Jacob Tolbard William Tolbert William Tombs John Tombs Stephen

Stymeson Robert Sudder Benjamin Sudlow Samuel Sulfridge William

Totton Samuel

Sullivan Cornelius

Townley Joshua

Vansly Martin Van Slyck Martin Van Snell John

Tuttle Joel

Syle Christopher

Tomkins Abraham Tomkins Edward Tomkins Israel Tool John Toorel Roger Torbin Edward

Sturdivant Samuel Sturgess Isaa

Tully Samuel

Uens William Uthest John

Tabor Edward Tagget Robert

Van Netten Joseph Van Orden Albert Van Order Charles Van Salisbury Cornelius Van Size John

Trigleth Richard

Swartwout Cornelius Swartwout Henry Swartwout Simon Swayer Lambart Swigar Paul Tably Jacob

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Vantassel Cornelius

Utter Gilbert Valence William Valentine William

Van Van Allen John Van Alstin Abraham Van Amborough Abraham Van Amburgh Abraham Van Atler Joseph Van Atta John Van Atta Joseph Van Benthuysen Martin Beuren George Blarcum Jacobus Blarcum James Bluck John Bonhagel John C. B. Buran George Cleef Lawrence Debal Jacob De Bogart Gysbert Debogert James

Denbergh Daniel Vanderboc Jacob Vanderbogart Nicholas

Van Derbow Jacob Van Derhoof Cornelius Vanderhyden Adam Vanderhyden Derrick Vanderhyden Gersham Vanderwerker Jacob Van Derwerker James Van Derwerkin Martin

Van Deshider Adam Van Deusen Abraham Van Devore John Vande Water Cornelius Vandueus William

Van Van Van Van Van Van

Dyck Dyck

Peter

Peter T. Etten Jacob Etten John Etten Joseph Everin Martin

Vangothnet Joseph Van Hauren Cornelius Van Hoaft John

Van Van Van Van Van Van

Hook

Isaac

I.

Teveren Martin Tine John Valkinburg Lambert Vleet Vleit

Andrew Abraham

Vorst Christian Vorst John

Winkel Symon Zile

William

Varian John Veal Jeremiah

Vedder Aaron Very George Viele

Andrew G.

Viesell Nicholas

Vinegar Samuel

Vonck Peter Vonck William Vradenbergh Isaac Vradenburgh William Vredenbergh Matthew Vredenbergh Peter Rubin Waddle William

W

Wadkins Thomas Waggerman Emanuel

Waggerman George Wagoner Frederick Walch Thomas Waldron Barent Wale Patrick Walker Matthew Wall Patrick Wallace Daniel Wallace William Wallacer Christian Wallicer Christopher Wallis James

Walsh Edward Walsh John Walter Jacob Walter Martin Walters David Walton Jacob

Walton John

Wan Thomas

Houton John Kleeck Henry

Wandell Jacob Wandell John

Kleeck James

Ward Daniel Ward David Ward Jesse

Loan Nicholas Ness Cornelius

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Ward John Ward Josia Warder Thomas Waring Benjamin

Waring Michael

Warmoed Warmood Warmoth

Christian

Mathias Christian

Warner Christian Warner Michael Warren Edward Wart Benjamin Waters Sterling Waters William Watkins Benjamin

Watson Joseph Watson Major Watson Thomas

Wemp

Barent

Wemple Barent Wemple Barent H. Wendell Jacob Wendell John Wendell John H.

Whitley John Whitley William Wibert John Wichland Mathias

Witherick Michael Wolf Michael

Wick James Wifenbach Henry

Wood Wood

Wiggins William Wilcox Abner Wiley Alexander Wilkenson Thomas Wilkinson James

Woodcock Peter Wooderd Titus

Wilkinson Robert Wilks John Willagan David Willes John Willet John

Adam

Wessell Nicholas West Williston Westfield Andrew

Christian

Weston James

Willice

George

Wetherick George Wetherick Michael

Willis

John

Weasell Nicholas Weatherstine John

Weaver Weaver Weaver Weaver Weaver Weaver

Welch Henry Welch John Welch Nicholas Welch Richard Welch Thomas Weldon Jeremiah Wells John Welsh Joseph Welsh William

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Williams Charles Williams John Williams Robert Williams Solomon Williams Uriah Williams William Williamson John

Waugh Samuel

Way

Weiss Lewis Weken Conrad

in

Henry Michael Nicholas

Wendle Addem Wesels Evert West Stephen

Wey John Weyland Mathew

Webb Samuel Webber Adam

Wezil Nicholas Whalen Richard

Webber George Webber William Webbers James

Whaler John Whaley Michael Whalin Walter Whay John Whealen Richard Whealon Walter Wheeler Henry Wheeler Isaac Wheeler John Wheeler Robert Wheeler Samuel Whiswick George White Ely White James White Joseph

Wederick Michael

Wederwax William Wedge Stephen

Weed Abijah Weed Ezra Weekes Abraham Weeks Jacob Weeks Micajah Weeler Robert Weghan Conrad Wegman John Weighlien Mathias Weiscover Jacob

Whiteside William

John James Wills John Wilmot Leonard Wilmoth Francis Wilsey Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson Wilson

William

James John Josia

Michael Robert

Wolkens Benjamin Wood James Peter

Samuel

Woodroff Woodroff Woodroff Woodruff

Ephrim Matthias William Daniel

Woodworth Reuben Wooley Abraham Worden Nathan Worder Thomas Wormley Jacob Wormoet Christian

Wormwood Wormwood

Christian

Matthias

Wrather Thomas Wright Benjamin Wright Edward Wright John Wright Robert Wright Samuel Wuine William Wyatt John Wybert Frederick Wychaline Matthew. Wyfenbach Henry Wysehover Jacob Yengling John F.

Yeomans

Isaac

Samuel

Yets James

William

Yonkins George

Winblow Edward Windeler Mathew Windford Henry Windsor John

Winn Joseph Winn Peter Winne Killijan Wisenbeck Henry

Witham William Witherick George

Young Christopher Young Ebenezer Young John Zambert Abraham Zeager Thomas Zeaster Michael Zerrener Lodewick

Zundell George Zyrances Christopher Zyranius Christopher

COLONEL

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The Line

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The Line — Second Regiment QUARTER MASTER WILLIAM COLBREATH COLONEL PHILIP VAN CORTLAND QUARTER MASTER LEVI DE WITT LIEUT. COL. ROBERT COCHRAN PAY MASTER MICHAEL CONNOLLY LIEUT. COL. PETER REGNIER PAY MASTER ROBERT PROVOOST, JR. FREDERICK WEISSENFELS LIEUT. COL. CHAPLAIN ISRAEL EVANS MAJOR NICHOLAS FISH SURGEON EBENEZER HAVILAND MAJOR PETER SCHUYLER HARDENBERGH SURGEON DANIEL MENEMA ADJUTANT JOHN L.

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Hezekiah Baldwin Samuel T. Bell Elisha Benedict James Bleadey Michael Connolly Henry DuBois Theodosius Fowler Abner French Abraham French Charles Graham John Graham Jonathan Hallett John F. Hamtramck James Johnston Edward Lounsbery Thomas Machin Elihu Marshall Daniel Mills Charles Nukerk Henry Pawling Samuel Pell Benjamin Pelton Joel Pratt Abraham Rickar Israel Smith Barent Teneyck Thomas Thompson Henry Vanderburgh Benjamin Walker

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Andrew White George White Jacob Wright

Capt. " "

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Christopher Lieut. Jacob

P.

Lieut.

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Roswell Beebe Frederick Beekman Tjerck Beekman Caleb C. Bruster Benjamin Chittenden Matthias Clark Jeremiah Clarke Christopher Codwise William Colbreath Michael Connolly Daniel Deniston Samuel Dodge, Jr.

Lieut.

Isaac Sherwood Israel Spencer

Samuel Talmadge Rudolph Van Hovenbergh Rudolph Van Howen"

Andrew

Yates

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William Glenny Eleazer Grant Dorick Hansen John L. Hardenbergh Thomas Hunt Christopher Hutton George Johnson James Johnson John Keyser, Jr. Gideon King John G. Lansingh Gilbert

J.

Livingstone

John McClaughry William McCune William Moulton

Mudge

William Munday Charles Newkirk William Nottingham

Van Woert

Michael Websell Charles F. Weissenfels

Andrew Wheley

Joseph Frelick

Jarves

Bamper

Finck, Jr.

bargh Nicholas Van Ranselear Tunis Van Wagenen Isaac

James Fairlie "

Barnabus Owens Charles Parsons Nathaniel Rowley

Robert Wood Ephraim Woodruff Ensign John Brown Nehemiah Carpenter Samuel Dodge Peter Dolson Stephen Griffin Thomas Haight Joseph Harper Lewis R. Morris Richard Mount William Peters Robert Provoost, Jr. Thomas Read Dirck Schuyler Barnabus Swartwout Bartholomew Van Derburgh Ephraim Woodruff

ENLISTED MEN Ackerman William Ackey Adnijah Ackley Jacob Ackley James Acurman William

Alexander Jonathan Alger George Allen William Allison John Allison Robert

Adams Noah Adams Peleg Adamy Henry Addems John Adkin Andrew Aimes Hugh

Alport John Amerman Derrick Ames Ashel Ames Levi

Ainsworth Henry Albright Jacob Albright John

Anderson Alexander Anderson Samuel

Ammerman James Ammermon Cornelius

Andress Thomas

Andrews Isaac Anthony John Francis Arkenburgh Henry Armstrong Archibald Armstrong Benjamin Armstrong John Armstrong Jonathan Arnold Oliver Ashly Aaron Asquith John Asten Benjamin Asten Holmes Asten Jeremiah Asten Martin

Astin John Avary Nicholas Avery Nicholas Ayer Nathaniel Babcock Garsham Bachus Jacob Bacon Penial Badleis John

Bagle Silas Bailey James Bailey Joseph Baily Ebenezer

Baker Benjamin Baker Elijah

New York

30 Baker Judah Baker Pearce Baker Samuel Baldon Zuriel Ball Shadrick

Bangel John Banks Benjamin Baragar Walter Barans Glean Barber Benjamin Barber John Barber Stephen Barber William Bardeen Robert Bare Jacob Barker Jonathan Barkeus William Barkin William Barlow Joseph

Barnam Samuel Barnes Richard Barnheart David Barns Abijah Barns Elisha Barns James

Barnum Samuel Barrager Walter Barren John Barrett Michael Barrett Peter

Barrian John Barrit Bartholamy Barrit

Ephram

Barritt Oliver

Bartholemee John

Bartholomew John Bartlet Lemuel Bartoe Jonas Bartoe Morres

Barworth James Basamer Jacobus Basan Daniel Basemer Michael Basemore John Bason Daniel Batersby Robert Bates Zephaniah Baxter Lockwood Bay John Bayles James Baylie Ebenezer Baylis John Bayson Daniel Beach Amos Beach Asa Beagle Silas Beaker Judah Beatch Amos Beats Zepheniah Becannon Samuel

Becker Henry Beebe Bonerges Beebe Burnagus Beebe Rodrick Beech Amos Beely Joseph Beets James Beevins Christ

Beggs Jonathan Begraft

Thomas

James Matthew Belnap Asa Benedick Ambris Benedict Ambrose Benjaman Jonathan Benjamen Samuel Benjamin Ebenezer Benjamin Jonathan Benjamin Samuel Benn Daniel Bell Bell

Bennedict Caleb Bennet Jabin Bennett Jacob Bennett James Bennett Samuel Bennit Joshua Bennitt Jeremiah Bennitt John Bennitt Timothy

Benson Thomas Benson William Benten Arthur Bently George Berger Walter Berlow Joseph Berrian John Berry William

Besemer Jacobus Betts James Bettys William Bevens Christophei Bevens John Biddle William

Bigham James Bill

Ezariah

Bingham Abijah Birch John Bismer Michael Black David Black Jacob

in

the Revolution Bogardas Peter Bogardis Abrahai

Brotherton John Brott Andrew

Bogardus David Bogart Myndert Bogge John

Brower William Brown Benjamin Brown David

Boice Jeremiah Boice Peter Boice Simon

Brown Joel Brown John Brown Jonas Brown Joseph Brown Justice Brown Samuel Brown Thomas Browne Frances

James

Boils

Boldrige Daniel Bolen Michael Boleton George Bolton John Bolton Jonatha Boman Albart

Boman Luke Bonett Joseph

Bonus James Booker John

Bordman Andrew Borrill Zachariah

Bose Peter

Bosweek James Boswick Edward Bostwith James Boswith William

Bouman Luke

Buck Enoch Buckanon Samuel Buckhoud William Buckhout John Budine Francis

Bunce Abraham Bunce Daniel Bunt Lodwick

Bream Baltus

Bunting Thomas Burch John Burchard Nathaniel Burdick Elisha Burdick Gideon Burdick Henry Burdick Moses Burge Michael Burges Archibald Burgess James Burke John Burke Thomas Burket John Burline Lewis

Bredinbaker Baltis

Burn Henry

Brett James Brewer Jeremiah Brewer Samuel Brewton Arthur Briant John

Burnett Ebenezer Burnett John

Bovie John

Bowan

Charles

Bowman

Lewis

Boyd George Boyles James Bradain John

Bradner Andrew Bradner Benoni Brady Lewis Braett

Andrew

Brandt John Brann Samuel Breaden John

Briant

Thomas

Blackney John Blake Felove

Bridges James Briggs Daniel Brigs Jonathan Brinck Cornelius Brinton David

Blakely John Blinn Simeon

Broadt Andrew

Bloose John Blossome Peter

Brockway Russell Brooke Thomas

Boardman Ephraim

Brooker Walter Brooks Joseph Brooks Thomas

Bockers Jacob Bodley Andrew

Bruhard Nathaniel Brush Eliakim Brush Selah Brust Martin Brutan Arthur Buchanan Samuel

Britt

James

Burnham William Burnhert David Burns James Burns Michael Burns Robert

Burrows Thomas Bursh Eliakim Burton Arthur Burwell Zechariah Busby William

Busen John Bush John Bussing John Cabalson Michae Cable George Cady John

The Line David Chavalier John

Cady Lemuel Cady Palmer Cahoone Hyman Cahoone Joseph

Chatfield

Cairley Joseph

Cherwood Nemiah Chesshier Neamiah

Calkin Simon Callegan John

Chelson Beriah Cherrey John

Christeen Peter

Cambee James Cambell Andrew

Christian

Cambell William Cammoran Daniel

Christman Nicholas Christoper Andries

Camp Asa Camp Elias

Christopher

Campbell Andrew Campbell John Campbell William Campble John Canby James Cane William Canfield Samuel

Church David Church Reuben

Canklin Daniel Cargel Isaac Carll

David

Carly Joseph

Carman John Carrigan William

David Carson James Carter James Carter John Cartwright Henry AbraCarrill

ham Casaday Peter Casady Edward Casselman Richard Castor Adam Catherling Matthew

Cavender Moses Caviner Moses Cazard Richard Certain James Certer Philip

Chainny Ware Chalenor Christopher Chamberlin Girdon Chamberlin Wyatt Champlain James

Champlan Edward Chance Christian Chania Wire Chapman Asa

Chapman Charles Chapman Joseph Chapman Josiah Chappie Benjamin Charlesworth John M. Charters James Chase Caleb

Chase Jacob Chase Lott

— Second Regiment

John

Christian Peter

Andrew

Christy John

Clark Abijah Clark David Clark John Clarwater Martin Clause Christopher Claxton George Cleark John Cleveland Jonas Cleveland Josiah Clewater Martin Cliff Joseph Cline Jacob Close Samuel Closser Christopher Clumpha William Coal David Cobler Conrad Cockle George

Coe

Philip

James Cogdon John Coefield

Cohoon Himan Cokely John Coldwell William Cole Abraham Cole David Cole Frances Cole Henry Cole John Cole Moses Cole Philip Cole Samuel Cole Tunis Collin

John

Ceilings Alber

Collings John Collins Edward Collins

John

Collins William

Combs John Combs Peter Commons Patrick Conaway John Concklin John Concklin Joseph

Condon David Conkling Daniel Conn William Conner Daniel

31 Crandle Wright

Crane John Crankhite Abraham Craton Thomas Crawfoot Zachariah Crighoof John

Conner Patrick Conner William Connite Conrod Connolly James Connor Edward Connor James

Crisple

Abraham

Cristenon Benjamin Cristiansy

John

Crofoot Samuel

Constable Garrett

Croft James

Contryman John

Crofts Jacob

F.

Conway Cornelius Cook George Cook Sapines Cooke Hyman Cooke Nicholas Cool George Cool Rufe

Coombs Peter Coon Jacob Coon Peter Coon Timothy Coon William Coony George Cooper John Copelin William Corkins Simon Cornel Joseph Cornelison John Cornelius John Cornwall Joseph Corter John Cortney Francis Cortor Philip

Corwin George Corwine Gersham Cosier Hezekiah Costeloe James Costerhoudt Peter Costerly James Cottrill

Richard

Countriman Jacobus Courter Philip Courtney Francis Covel Philip

Cowen Thomas Cox Charles Cox John Cox Robert Cox Simon Cozard Richard Craft Jacob Craft James Craft Nathaniel

Craigen Peter Crain William Crandle Henry Crandle William Crandle Willson

Crook William Crosman Daniel Cross John Crowin Silas Crugor William

Crum William Crumb Christopher Crumb John Culbertson William Cully Charles

Cummin Benjamin Cummings John Cummins Ebenezer Cummins John Cuningham James Cuningham Shubal Cunningham Archibald Cunningham Henry Currin Samuel

Curry James Curtes Caleb

Curvain Edward

Curwin Gersham Curwine Edward Cushan John Dailey Israel Dalton Frederick Danford Prince

Danford Wells Danielson Isaac Danielson Thomas Danilson Peter Dannils George Danniston Thomas

Darby Asa Darby Charles Darmot Richard Darrow Christopher Darrow George Darrow Jedediah Daton Ezekiel Daugherty John Davee Isaac Davee John Davenport Humphrey Davenport John David Isaac David Jonathan

New York

32 Davie Isaac Davie John Davie Oliver Davis Anderson Davis Andrus Davis Benjamin Davis Chapman Davis David Davis Ezra Davis Herman Davis Hugh Davis John Davis Joshua Davis Patrick Davis Peter Davis Richard Davis Samuel Davison Andrew Daviss Richard Davisson James Davisson John

in

the Revolution

Dewitt Benjamin

Dutcher Barrick

Fiero

DeWitt John DeWitt Peter, DeWitt Peter,

Dwyre Thomas

Finch Jonathan Finck Hanjost Fine Andrew

Sr. Jr.

Dexter Jonathan Dickens James Dickenson Daniel Dickerson David Dickeson Abraham

Dybol Hezekiah Dybol Zachariah Eagleston John Eaglestone James Earl William Easterly

Thomas

Dickins Peter Dickins Thomas Dickinson James Dickinson Varsil Dickson Robert Dimmick Perius

Eastwood Daniel Eavens John Edwards William Edwords Edward Egans Elijah Eggbert Daniel Eggers Elijah

Dimminick Samuel Dimmis John

Egleston Eli Elder Joseph

Dimmuck Benjamin Dimon Moses Dimond William

Eliot

Henry

Archabald Elkingburgh Peter

Eliott

Finel

Abram

Edward

Finton Amos Fish Caleb Fish Moses Fish Sebra Fishee David

Thomas

Fits Gerral

Fitzgerald Michael Fitzgerald

Thomas

William Flagg Ebenezer Flansbury Daniel Fleming Jacob Fleming William Fitzjearls

Fling

Thomas

Nathan Flood Francis

Flint

Dobson John Dodge Richard

Elliot Francis

Dayton Benjamin Dayton Bennit Dean Benjamin Dean James Deane Isaac Decker Christopher Decker Martin Decker Michael Deen Henry Deffendorff Henry Defoe George Defoe John Degrusen Elias Deharsh Philip Dekerson Abraham

Dolloway Jeremiah Dolph Moses Dolton Frederick Dolton Thomas Donalds George Donaldson Isaac Donnalds John Donnaldson Peter Dority William Doty John Doty Samuel

Ellis

Demerist Nicholas

Douly

Deming Simeon Demitt Joseph

Douw

Evins John Evins Moses Factor John

Dow

Fairchild

Fouler Cornelius

Demond Moses Demond William

Downing Andrew Doxey Stephen

Fall Robert

Fowler George Fowler Michael

Demshee Anthony Denney Peter

Drake Asel Drennin Hamilton Drew George

Day Aron

Dennis John Dennis Mydert Denniston Thomas

Denton Preston

Doughty Elias Doughty Peter Douglas George Douglass James

Drew

Elias

Volkert Vulker

Oliver

Drummond David Drummond Griger

Depew Abraham Depew Cornelius Depew Francis Depew Henry Depew John De Pont Bostion

Dubois John Dudley Simon Duguid John Dunbar William Duncan James

Dermott Richard Derry James

Dunivan John Dunlap Andrew Dunlap James Dunn Alexander Duran Francis Dutcher Barnett

Derusia Anthony Devanport Jonathan

Devore Abraham

Dewey

Elisha

Duncan Thomas

Elliott

John

Jacob

John Ellison John Elsworth John Elvingstone Edward Ellis

Ennest Peter Ennis David Ennis Peter Enris David Epton Benjamin Ergenbrech John Erwin John

Esmond John Evans Thomas

Abner Fairchilds Ephraim Fanford Obadiah Farrel Garret

Farrington Robert Fashee David Featherly John Featherly Thomas Fellows Moses Felt

Solomon

Felton Lewis

Fenton Amos Ferdon John Ferguson Samuel Ferris John Ferris John, Jr. Ferry Charles

Fetherly John Fetherly Thomas Fields Philip

Flummin Francis Follerd John

Foot Joseph Forbush Nicholas Force Timothy Ford Benjamin Ford George Ford Timothy Fordon John Forganson James Forgerson Samuel Forguson James Forster Nathaniel Forster William

Fosburgh Jacob Foster Benoni Foster John Foster Nathaniel

Foy Patrick Foyer Thomas Fradenbourgh Mathew Framer Michael Francis John Francisco Henry Francisco John

Frank Henry Franks Michal Frazier John Frear Peter

Frebush Mathew Fredrick Johannes Freeland John

Freeman Nathaniel Freer Peter

Fremain Jonathan Freman Jonathan

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