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PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
DECENNIAL REGISTER OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY
OF
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
1888-1898
ROLL OF ANCESTORS
HALDEMAN, JACOB 1722-1783
Member of the Committee of Observation of Lancaster County, PA, 1775; Corp.,
Capt. Joseph Work's Company, First Lancaster County PA Battalion of the
"Flying Camp," Col. James Cunningham, 1776; Private, Capt. Andrew Stewart's
Company, Tenth Battalion, Col. Robert Elder, Lancaster County, PA Militia,
April 13, 1781.
DONALD CAMERON HALDEMAN
HORACE LEANDER HALDEMAN
RICHARD CAMERON HALDEMAN
HALE, JONATHAN 1718-1776
Capt., Sixth Company, Col. Erastus Wolcott's Regiment, CT Militia, Jan.
1776; died in Camp at Jamaica Plains, MA, March 7, 1776.
GEORGE HALE, M.D.
HALL, ELIHU 1723-1790
Major, Susquehanna Battalion, MD Militia, Jan. 6, 1776; Lt.-Col., MD
Militia; Ensign, First Regiment, April 17, 1777; First Lt., July 15, 1779,
MD Line; resigned June, 1781.
WILLIAM HENRY ASHHURST
HORACE BROCK
JOHN WILLIAM BROCK
ROBERT COLEMAN HALL BROCK
JAMES HERON CROSSMAN, JR
WILLIAM MACLAY HALL, JR.
FRANCIS RAWLE
HALL, SAMUEL
Capt., Fifth Regiment of Light Horse, Major Elisha Sheldon commanding, May,
1776; Capt., First Company, Battalion of Light Horse, Maj. Ebenezer Backus
commanding, Sept.-Nov., 1776, CT Militia.
EDWARD DIMICK ELLIS
HAMILTON, JAMES 1743-1815
Private, Capt. John Rowland's Company, Col. John Ferree's Battalion,
Lancaster County, PA Associators, July 5, 1775; First Lt., Third Company,
Seventh Battalion, Col. John Boyd, Lancaster County, PA Militia, Dec. 8,
1777.
HUMPHREY DILLON TATE
HAMMOND, GEORGE 1734-1782
Capt., Thirteenth Company, First Regiment, Col. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., June
6, 1776; Capt., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, Oct. 28, 1778; Plymouth
County, MA Militia.
HARRY ALDEN RICHARDSON
HAMMOND, REZIN
Delegate to the MD Convention, July 1775; Col., Severn Battalion, MD
Militia, March, 1776.
WILLIAM BUEHLER HAMMOND
HAMPTON, DR. JOHN THOMAS 1752-1794
Surgeon, Col. Enos Seeley's Battalion, NJ State Troops.
LEAROYD SILVESTER
HAMPTON, MOSES 1762-1825
Private, Morris County, NJ Militia, 1775-1779.
JOHN HAMPTON BARNES
HAND, DANIEL 1732-1816
Capt., Col. Elizur Talcott's Regiment, March 21-April 18, 1776; Capt., Sixth
Company, Seventh Regiment, 1776, CT Militia; at Long Island.
*JOHN HILL BRINTON, JR.
HARDIN, THOMAS 1756-1847
Private, Ninth Regiment, PA Line; captured at Trenton and escaped from
captivity.
PARK PAINTER
HARDING, STEPHEN 1733-1789
Member of the Committee of Inspection of Westmoreland County, CT, Aug. 1,
1775; Capt., Seventh Company, Twenty-fourth Regiment, Col Zebulon Butler, CT
Militia, Oct. 1775; in command at Fort Jenkins, Wyoming Valley, PA, where he
was captured, July 2, 1778.
JOHN SLOSSON HARDING
ARCHIE CARVER SHOEMAKER
HARKNESS, WILLIAM 1739-1822
Ensign, First Company, Capt. John Mateer, Third Battalion, Col. William
Chambers, Cumberland County, PA Militia, July 31, 1777, and May 14, 1778; at
Brandywine, Germantown, White Marsh, and Valley Forge.
JAMES McCORMICK LAMBERTON
*ROBERT ALEXANDER LAMBERTON, LL.D.
HARRIS, EPHRAIM 1732-1794
Private, NJ Militia; Member of the Committee of Safety of Cumberland County,
NJ; Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1776.
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE SHEPPARD
HOWARD REYNOLDS SHEPPARD
HARRIS, THOMAS -1781
Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Cumberland County, NJ, 1775.
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE SHEPPARD
HOWARD REYNOLDS SHEPPARD
HARRIS, THOMAS 1747-
Private, Capt. James Webb's RI Company, Col. Henry Sherburne's Additional
Continental Regiment, Nov. 4, 1777.
REV. ARNOLD HARRIS HORD
HARRISON, WILLIAM, JR. 1720-1787
Capt., Second Battalion, Col. Joseph Ellis, Gloucester County, NJ Militia.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
HART, JOHN 1711-1780
Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1774-1776, and Vice-President
thereof, 1776; Member of the Continental Congress from NJ, 1774-1776; a
Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Speaker of the First Assembly of
NJ, 1776-1779; Member of the Committee of Safety of NJ; Chairman of the
Council of Safety of NJ, 1777-1778; Member of the Committee to Sign
Continental Currency.
JOHN HART
HORACE MAGEE
RICHARD DALE SPARHAWK
HART, JOSEPH 1715-1788
Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Bucks County, PA 1774-1776;
Vice-President of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June
18, 1776; Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Member of
the Supreme Executive Council of PA, July 23, 1777; Member of the Council of
Safety of PA, 1777; Col., Bucks county, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp,"
July 9, 1776; Lt. of Bucks County, PA, March 26, 1780; Member of the Council
of Censors, Bucks County, PA, Oct. 20, 1783.
WILLIAM WATTS HART DAVIS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HART
JAMES WATTS MERCUR
JOHN DAVIS MERCUR, M.D.
RODNEY AUGUSTUS MERCUR
ULYSSES MERCUR
HART, JOSIAH 1749-1800
Capt., Philadelphia County, PA Associators; Col. Second Battalion of
Philadelphia County, PA Associators, 1776; Delegate to the Military
Convention held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose Brig.-Gens. For
the Associated Battalions of PA; Capt., Second Company, Fourth Battalion,
Col. William Dean, Philadelphia County, PA Militia, 1777.
JAMES WATTS MERCUR
JOHN DAVIS MERCUR, M.D.
RODNEY AUGUSTUS MERCUR
ULYSSES MERCUR
HASLET, JOHN -1777
Col., "Delaware Regiment," DE Line, Jan. 19, 1776; killed at the battle of
Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777.
JAMES DARRACH, M.D.
HASLETT, WILLIAM
Member of the Committee of Observation of Caroline County, MD; Capt., Col.
William Whiteley's Battalion of the MD "Flying Camp," 1776.
WALTER FERDINAND HALL
HATHAWAY, JOSHUA 1727-1807
Second Major, Second Bristol Company, Col. Edward Pope's Regiment, MA
Militia, Feb. 8, 1776, and Dec. 8, 1776.
FRANK EARLE SCHERMERHORN
HAUSE, MICHAEL 1751-1797
Private, Lancaster County, PA Associators, 1776; Private, Capt. Bowman's
Company, Lancaster County, PA Militia, 1780-1783.
REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN
HAVERSTICK, WILLIAM 1753-1823
Ensign, Second Lt., Capt. Charles Willson Peale's Company, Second Battalion,
and Fourth Battalion, Col. John Bubenheim Bayard, 1777; Lt., Capt. Lazarus
Pine's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Sharp Delany, Philadelphia Militia;
at Princeton.
GEORGE HENRY HAVERSTICK
HAY, MELCHIOR 1726-1794
Member of the Committee of Observation of Northampton County, PA, Dec. 21,
1774; Capt., Williams Twp. Company, Northampton County, PA Associators, May
22, 1775.
PENNELL COOMBE EVANS
CHARLES ROBERT HORN
REV. EDWARD TRAILL HORN, D.D.
FRANK MELCHIOR HORN
HARRY YOHE HORN, M.D.
HAY, WILLIAM -1812
First Lt., "Liberty Company," Lancaster County, PA Associators, May 17,
1775; Major, Aug. 18, 1776; Lt.-Col., Aug 30, 1776, First Lancaster County,
PA, Battalion of the "Flying Camp," Col. James Cunningham; Commissary of
Forage, Quartermaster's Department.
HENRY GURLEY HAY
CHARLES THOMPSON VANCE
HAYDEN, THOMAS 1745-1817
Sergeant, Capt. Nathaniel Hayden's Company of Windsor, CT, in the "Lexington
Alarm," April 20,1775; Sergeant, Capt. Ebenezer F. Bissell's Company, CT
Militia, July 17, 1775; Sergeant-Major, Eighth Regiment, Aug. 11, 1775;
Second Lt., Seventeenth Regiment, Jan. 1, 1776; Adjutant of same, Oct. 20,
1776, CT Infantry; First Lt., Third Regiment, CT Line, Jan. 1, 1777;
Adjutant, Col. Zebulon Butler's Regiment, April 8, 1777; Lt., Provisional
Regiment, 1781; First Lt., Capt. John Francis's Company, First Regiment,
June 20, 1782, CT Militia; discharged with his command, 1783.
REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN
HAYMAN, WILLIAM 1740-1823
Capt., Ship "Hope," PA Navy.
HUGH JONES BROOKE
HUNTER BROOKE, JR.
EDWIN JAMES HALEY
HEATH, DAVID -1820
Private, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia.
Major CHARLES HEATH HEYL, U.S.A.
HEILMAN, JOHN ADAM 1745-1827
Lt., Second Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators, Aug. 28, 1775.
SAMUEL PHILIP HEILMAN, M.D.
HELLER, JACOB 1750-1822
Lt., Seventh Company, Capt. George Engle, Fifth Battalion. Col. Abraham
Labar, May 21, 1777; Capt., Second Battalion, Aug., 1781, Northampton
County, PA Militia.
JOHN EYERMAN
JACOB BUTZ HELLER, M.D.
CHARLES ROBERT HORN
REV. EDWARD TRAILL HORN, D.D.
FRANK MELCHIOR HORN
HARRY YOHE HORN, M.D.
HELLERMAN, JACOB 1762-1822
Sergeant, Capt. Philip Wagener's Company, Col. William Will's Battalion,
Fourth Class of Philadelphia Militia, Sept. 9, 1777.
JOHN GILMOUR RODGERS
HENDERSON, SAMUEL 1730-1790
Private, Capt. John McTeer's Company, First Battalion, Col. James Dunlap,
July 28, 1777; Private, Capt. John McTeer's Company, Third Battalion, Col.
Samuel Dunlap, July 14, 1778, Cumberland County, PA Militia.
REV. IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY, D.D., LL.D., Litt.D.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCURDY
HENDRY, SAMUEL 1738-1824
Ensign, Nov. 27, 1775; Second Lt., Sept. 5, 1776, Capt. James Lawrie's
Company, Second Battalion, First Establishment; Second Lt., Capt. Joseph
Stout's Company, Nov. 29, 1776; First Lt., Capt. Ephraim Anderson's Company,
Feb. 5, 1777, Second Battalion, Second Establishment; Capt.-Lt., Second
Regiment; Capt. in same, July 5, 1779, NJ Line. Member of the NJ State
Society of the Cincinnati.
PAUL AUGUSTINE HENDRY
HENNION, CORNELIUS -1800
Ensign, Capt. Samuel Potter's Company, Third Battalion, First Establishment,
Feb. 7, 1776; promoted Second Lt., July 19. 1776; First Lt., Capt. William
Gifford's Company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, Nov. 29, 1776;
Capt. of same, Nov. 1, 1777, NJ Line; severely wounded at Short Hills, NJ,
June 26, 1777, and discharged, on account of wounds, April 1, 1778.
WASHINGTON BLEDDYN POWELL
HENRY, WILLIAM 1729-1786
Member of the Committee of Correspondence of Lancaster County, PA, 1774;
Member of the PA Assembly, 1776; Member of the Council of Safety of PA,
1777; Dedimus Potestatem, Sept. 25, 1778, and Feb. 14, 1781; Armourer and
Assistant Commissary-General of PA, Sept. 4, 1778; Assistant Quartermaster,
and Commissary of Military Stores, 1779; President Judge of Lancaster
County, PA, Nov. 18, 1780; one of the Commissioners from PA to the
Convention held at Philadelphia, Jan. 5, 1780, to limit prices of
merchandise; Treasurer of Lancaster County, PA, Oct. 20, 1783; Member of the
Continental Congress from PA, 1784-1786.
THOMAS HENRY ATHERTON
EWING JORDAN, M.D.
JOHN WOOLF JORDAN
REV. WALTER JORDAN
HERBACH, YOST 1741-1831
Capt. York County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," Sept. 11, 1776; Capt.,
Seventh Company, Second Battalion, Col. William Rankin, York County, PA
Militia, Oct. 1, 1777, and April 5, 1778.
EDWARD WEBSTER SPANGLER
HERMAN, MARTIN 1752-1804
Private, Capt. Mathias Seller's Company, First Battalion, Jan. 19, 1777;
Private, Capt. John Trindel's Company, Second Battalion, Col. John Davis,
July 28, 1777; Private, Third Battalion, July, 1778, Cumberland County, PA
Militia.
JOHN ARMSTRONG HERMAN
HERSETER, ANDREW -1776
Sergeant, Capt. John Arndt's Company, Northampton County, PA Battalion, Col.
Peter Kachlein, forming part of the "Flying Camp," commanded by Col. Joseph
Hart, July 9, 1776; captured at the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776,
and confined on the prison-ship "Jersey" until his death, Dec. 23, 1776.
JOHN EYERMAN
HEWES, GEORGE ROBERT TWELVES 1742-1840
Present at the "Boston Massacre," March 5, 1770; Member of the "Boston
Tea-Party," Dec. 16, 1773, and Boatswain of one of the attacking parties;
Volunteer Seaman under Capt. Thomas Stacy, on American privateer "Diamond,"
1776, which captured British ships "Star and Garter," "Jane," "Friendship,"
and brig "Mars;" served in 1778 on CT State brig-of-war "Defence," Capt.
Samuel Smedley; captured, April, 1778, Letters-of-Marque "Admiral Keppel"
and "Cyrus," and in June following the British ship "Revenge;" from 1778 to
close of war in active service in Militia on coast defence duty under Capt.
George, in RI, and in Gen. McDougal's forces, under Capt. Barney, along
Hudson River and at West Point.
COLEMAN SELLERS, JR.
HORACE WELLS SELLERS
HEYL, GEORGE -1815
Private, Capt. Tench Francis's Company, First Battalion, Lt.-Col. James Reed
commanding, Philadelphia Militia, Aug., 1781.
THOMAS TILLINGHAST DUFFIELD
GEORGE ANTHONY HEYL
HEYL, PHILIP 1739-1811
Ensign, Third Battalion, Col. John Cadwalader, Philadelphia Associators,
Feb. 2, 1775; Ensign in General John Cadwalader's Brigade, Philadelphia
Militia, 1777.
JACOB ESHER HEYL
JOHN BERNARD RASER
HIESTER, JOSEPH 1752-1832
Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Capt., First Company, Berks County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," Col.
Henry Haller, 1776; captured and confined on prison-ship "Jersey;" exchanged
for Capt. Strong, Twenty-sixth British Foot, Dec. 8, 1776; Lt.-Col., Fourth
Battalion, Col. Nicholas Lutz, May 17, 1777; Commissioner to Seize Personal
Effects of Traitors, Oct. 21, 1777; Col. Fourth Battalion, 1778; Lt.-Col.,
Sixth Battalion, May 27, 1780, Berks County, PA Militia; wounded at
Germantown; Commissioner of Exchange, April 5, 1779.
DAVID McMURTRIE GREGG, JR.
FREDERICK HUNTER MUHLENBERG
HILLARD, JOSEPH 1737-
Sergeant, Capt. Samuel Gale's Killingsworth, CT, Company of Minute Men in
the "Lexington Alarm," April 20-26, 1775; Ensign, Third Company, July 6,
1775; Lt., Seventh Regiment, Col. Charles Webb, Sept 1-Dec. 10, 1775;
Ensign, First Company, Col. Samuel Mott's Battalion, 1776; Second Lt.,
Fourth Battalion, 1777, CT Militia;
TUTHILL REYNOLDS HILLARD
HILLEGAS, MICHAEL 1729-1804
Member of the Provincial Assembly, 1765-1775; Member of the Committee to
audit and settle accounts General Loan Office, and other public accounts;
Member of the Committee of Observation of Philadelphia, 1774-1775; Member
and Treasurer of the Committee of Safety of PA, June 30, 1775, and April 6,
1776-Dec, 1777; Provincial Treasurer of PA, May 30, 1776; Continental
Treasurer, July 29, 1775-Aug. 6, 1776; Treasurer of the United States, Aug.
6, 1776-Sept. 11, 1789.
Capt. HENRY HOBART BELLAS, U.S.A.
HENRY KUHL DILLARD
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS HEWES
DAVID McKNIGHT HOBART
HENRY KUHL KELLY
HENRY KUHL NICHOLS
WILLIAM RUDOLPH SMITH
FRANCIS NICHOLS WHITNEY
HINKLE, PHILIP
Private, Capt. William McCalla's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John
Beatty, Bucks County, PA Associators, Aug. 21, 1775.
LOUIS PLUMER POSEY, M.D.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL POSEY, M.D.
HODGE, HUGH 1755-1798
Surgeon, Third PA Battalion, Col. John Shee, Feb. 7, 1776; taken prisoner at
Fort Washington, NY, Nov. 16, 1776.
CHARLES HODGE
REV. FRANCIS BLANCHARD HODGE, D.D.
REV. GEORGE WOOLSEY HODGE
HUGH BAYARD HODGE
THOMAS LEIPER JANEWAY HODGE
HOFFMAN, JOHN 1746-1831
First Lt., Capt. Albright Deibler's Company, Lancaster County, PA
Associators, 1776-1777; Capt., Col. James Burd's Battalion, Lancaster
County, PA Militia, 1778-1779.
JOHN RITTENHOUSE HOFFMAN
HOLBERTON, WILLIAM 1740-1797
Private, Capt. Stephen Burrough's Company, Col. Samuel Whiting's Regiment,
CT Militia, 1778-1780; served also in Lt. William Hall's Guard, and in the
commands of Lt. Trowbridge and Nathan Seely, of CT.
WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS
HOLLAND, GEORGE 1733-
Second Lt., Fourteenth Regiment, March 10, 1777; First Lt., Oct. 4, 1777;
transferred to Tenth Regiment, Sept. 14, 1778, VA Line, and was still in
service in 1780; at White Plains and Valley Forge.
JAMES WILLIAM HOLLAND, M.D.
HOLLENBACK, MATTHIAS 1752-1829
Ensign, Sixth Company, or "Trained Band," Twenty-fourth Regiment, Col.
Zebulon Butler, CT Militia, Oct. 17, 1775; Ensign, Capt. Samuel Ransom's
Independent Company, of the Wyoming Valley, PA, attached to the CT Line,
Aug. 26, 1776; at Trenton, Princeton, Millstone, Brandywine, and the Wyoming
Massacre.
ANDRE ALDEN BEAUMONT
ROBERT HODKINSON LANING
ANDREW HAMILTON McCLINTOCK
HENRY HUNTER WELLES, JR.
JACOB RIDGWAY WRIGHT
HOLLIDAY, ADAM -1801
Private, Capt. Thomas Paxton's Company, Bedford County, PA Rangers, Oct.
10-Nov. 13, 1776.
WILLIAM FILLER LUTZ
HOLLIDAY, JOHN 1747-1823
First Lt., Capt. Robert Cluggage's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA
Battalion of Riflemen, June 25,1775; First Lt., First Regiment, Jan. 1,
1776; promoted Capt., Sept. 25, 1776, PA Line; resigned Dec. 8,1778.
ROBERT LOWRY HOLLIDAY
WILLIAM FILLER LUTZ
HOLLINGSWORTH, HENRY 1737-1803
Lt.-Col., Jan. 3, 1776; Col., June 7, 1781, Elk Battalion, Cecil County, MD
Militia; Commissary-General of Militia for the Eastern Shore of MD, 1781; at
Brandywine.
CHARLES MONTEITH GILPIN
WILLIAM PARTRIDGE GILPIN
HOLLINGSWORTH, LEVI 1739-1824
Quartermaster-Sergeant, Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, Capt. Samuel
Morris, 1776-1777.
HAMPTON LAWRENCE CARSON
GALLOWAY CHESTON MORRIS
HOLLINGSHEAD, JOHN 1748-1798
First Lt., Capt. James Lawrie's Company, Second Battalion, First
Establishment, Nov. 27, 1775; First Lt., Capt. Joseph Brearley's Company,
Second Battalion, First Establishment, Nov. 29, 1776; Capt., Second
Battalion, Second Establishment, Feb. 5, 1777; Capt., Second Regiment,;
Major, Third Regiment, July 5, 1779, NJ Line; resigned Nov. 20, 1781. Member
of the NJ State Society of the Cincinnati.
PERSIFOR FRAZER, D.Sc.
EDWARD PEPPER, M.D.
CHARLES LEWIS STOVELL
FREDERICK DAVANT STOVELL
HOPKINSON, FRANCIS 1737-1791
Member of the Continental Congress from NJ, 1776-1777; a Signer of the
Declaration of Independence; Judge of the Court of Admiralty for PA, July
16, 1779.
JAMES SWAIM HOPKINSON
OLIVER HOPKINSON, JR., M.D.
WILLIAM FRANCIS HOPKINSON
HOPPIN, BENJAMIN 1747-1809
Lt., Capt. Asa Kimball's Company, Co. Henry Babcock's Regiment, RI Militia,
Jan. 15, 1776; Capt., Second Regiment, RI State Troops, Col. Christopher
Lippitt, Aug. 19, 1776-March, 1777; Capt., Col. Joseph Stanton's Regiment,
RI State Troops, June, 1777.
ISAAC STARR, JR.
HORN, ABRAHAM 1757-1826
Sergeant, Capt. Thomas Craig's Company, Second PA Battalion, Col. Arthur
St.Clair, Jan. 5, 1776; Drummer, Fourth Regiment, PA Line, April 17,
1777-1781.
PENNELL COOMBE EVANS
CHARLES ROBERT HORN
REV. EDWARD TRAILL HORN, D.D.
FRANK MELCHIOR HORN
HARRY YOHE HORN, M..D
HORTON, DANIEL 1744-1807
Ensign, Capt. Robert Bloomer's Company, Second Regiment, Col. Thomas Thomas,
Oct. 9, 1775; Sergeant, Capt. Marcus Moseman's Company, Second Regiment,
May, 1780; Sergeant, Capt. John Drake's Company, Third Regiment, Col. Samuel
Drake, Nov., 1780, Westchester County, NY Militia.
HENRY HORTON LAWRENCE
HORTON, JOHN
Lt., Third Company, "Western Regiment," Morris County, NJ Militia.
MILLER HORTON COOKE
HOSKINSON, BASIL 1752-1834
Private, Capt., John Baldwin's Company, Col. Edward Hand's Regiment,
1777-1778; Private, Capt., William Lucas's Company, Col. Philip Pendleton's
Regiment, 1778-1779, VA Line; served eighteen months; at Valley Forge.
THOMAS JULIUS HOSKINSON
HOUGH, ISAAC 1726-1786
Private, Warminster Twp. Co., Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks
County, PA Associators, 1775; Member of the Committees under the Committee
of Safety of Bucks County, PA, 1776-1777.
OLIVER HOUGH
HOUSTON, DR. JOHN 1742-1809
Member of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence of York, County, PA,
1774-1775; Surgeon, Fifth PA Battalion, Col. Robert Magaw, 1776; Surgeon in
Military Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, 1776-1777.
*HENRY HOWARD HOUSTON
SAMUEL FREDERIC HOUSTON
JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL
HOUSTON, WILLIAM CHURCHILL 1740-1788
Capt., Second Battalion, Somerset County, NJ Militia, Feb. 28,1776; Member
of the Council of Safety of NJ; Member of the Continental Congress from NJ,
1779-1782, and 1784-1785, and for a time Secretary thereof; Comptroller of
the Treasury, 1781.
CHARLES ESTE
*WILLIAM CHURCHILL HOUSTON
WILLIAM CHURCHILL HOUSTON
FRANCIS CHURCHILL WILLIAMS
HOWE, PERLEY
Cornet, Capt. Samuel McLellan's Company of Killingly, CT Minute Men in the
"Lexington Alarm," April, 1775; Lt., Capt. Amasa Keyes's Company, 1776;
Capt., Fourth Regiment, Maj. Ebenezer Backus commanding, CT Light Horse,
May-Nov., 1776.
FRANK PERLEY HOWE
HERBERT MARSHALL HOWE, M.D.
HOWELL, AARON
Private, Morris County, NJ Militia.
CHARLES HARKNESS HOWELL
HOWELL, EBENEZER 1748-1791
Major, Col. Silas Newcomb's Battalion, "Heard's Brigade," NJ Militia, June
22, 1776; Maj., Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, NJ Line, Nov. 28,
1776; resigned Feb. 17, 1777.
WILLIAM HENRY INGHAM
HOWELL, JACOB SAMUEL 1749-1793
Secretary of the Council of Safety of PA, 1776-1777; Secretary of the Board
of War of PA, March 14, 1777; Receiver-General of Clothing of PA, with rank
of Col., April 8, 1779.
EDWARD HOWELL WILSON
HOWELL, JOHN LADD 1739-1785
Private, Light Infantry Company of Philadelphia, 1775; Deputy Commissary of
Provisions, Second PA Battalion, Col. Arthur St. Clair, March, 1776;
Assistant Commissary of Purchases, with rank of Capt., Continental Army,
1778; at Valley Forge.
CHARLES HODGE
HUGH BAYARD HODGE
THOMAS LEIPER JANEWAY HODGE
BENJAMIN PASCHALL HOWELL
*JOSHUA LADD HOWELL
HOWELL, READING 1743-1827
Quartermaster, Second Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia.
JOHN HOWELL WHEELER
MONTGOMERY WILCOX
HOYT, DANIEL 1756-1824
Private, Capt. Noble Benedict's Company, Col. Philip Burr Bradley's
Regiment, CT Militia, June 21, 1776-Jan. 11, 1777.
HENRY MARTYN HOYT, JR.
HUBLEY, ADAM, JR. 1752-1793
First Lt., First PA Battalion, Col. John Philip DeHaas, Sr., Oct. 27, 1775;
Major, Tenth Regiment, PA Line, Dec. 6, 1776; transferred to Col. Thomas
Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment, Jan. 12, 1777; Lt.-Col., Tenth
Regiment, March 12, 1777, to rank from Oct. 4, 1776; Lt.-Col. Commandant,
"New Eleventh," Regiment, June 5, 1779, to rank from Feb. 13, 1779, PA Line;
retired Jan. 17, 1781. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
WILLIAM FREDERICK REYNOLDS
HUGG, JOSEPH -1796
Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1775-1776..
JOSEPH SPENCER KENNARD, JR.
HUGHES, ISAAC 1747-1782
Member of the Committee of Correspondence of Philadelphia County, PA, 1775;
Major, 1776; Lt.-Col., July 13, 1776, Philadelphia County, PA Battalion of
the "Flying Camp," Col. Robert Lewis; Delegate to the Military Convention
held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose Brig.-Gens. for the
Associated Battalions of PA; Member of the PA Assembly, 1776-1777.
CHARLES WILLIAM POTTS
*WILLIAM JOHN POTTS
HUGHES, MEMUCAN 1739-
Paymaster, Cape May County, NJ Militia, July 6, 1776; Commissary,
Commissary-General's Department of NJ.
PAUL HENRY BARNES, JR.
HUGHES, SAMUEL 1742-1785
Private, Capt. James Taylor's Company, Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony
Wayne, March 26, 1776; Ensign, Sixth Company, Seventh Battalion, Col. John
Boyd, Lancaster County, PA Militia, 1777.
HENRY DOUGLAS HUGHES
HULL, JACOB 1750-1804
Private, Capt. Christopher Kucher's Company, First Battalion, Philadelphia
Associators, Dec. 29, 1776; Private, Capt. Isaac Cooper's Company, Col.
William Bradford's Battalion, Sept. 14, 1778; Private, Capt. Philip
Wagener's Company, Second Regiment of Foot, Nov. 1, 1781, Philadelphia
Militia.
*MORDECAI DAWSON EVANS
REV. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN
HUMES, SAMUEL 1755-1836
Private, Capt. Robert Buyers's Company, Fifth Battalion, Col. Christopher
Crawford, Lancaster County, PA Militia, Jan. 13, 1777.
EDWARD STALKER SAYRES
HARRY SAYRES
HUMPHREY, JACOB 1751-1826
Capt., Sixth Regiment, Feb. 15, 1777; transferred to the First Regiment,
Jan. 1, 1783, PA Line; served to June 3, 1783; at Trenton, Princeton,
Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Yorktown; wounded slightly at Trenton,
and severely at Monmouth, and in a subsequent engagement received a would
laming him for life. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
JOEL JACKSON BAILY
JOHN BAILY FILSON
HURLBUT, CHRISTOPHER 1757-1831
Private, Capt. Tree's Company, Col. Christopher Lippitt's Regiment, RI
Militia, Jan. 1, 1776-Jan., 1777; at Trenton.
HENRY MARTYN HOYT, JR.
HUSTON, THOMAS 1739-1824
First Lt., armed boat "Franklin," Sept. 2, 1775; promoted to Captain of the
"Warren," March 11, 1776; transferred to the brig "Convention," Aug. 17,
1778, PA Navy.
EDWARD WARREN STURDEVANT
HUTCHINS, GORDON 1733-1815
Member of the Provincial Congress of NH, Dec. 18, 1776-March 4, 1777; Capt.,
First Regiment, Col. John Stark, May 23-Dec., 1775; Capt., Lt.-Col. Nahum
Baldwin's Regiment, Sept. 17-Dec., 1776, NH Militia; at Bunker Hill, where
he was wounded, and at White Plains.
HENRY HUNTER WELLES, JR.
HUTCHINS, HEZEKIAH 1727-1796
Capt., Third Regiment, Col. James Reed, NH Militia, June 17, 1775.
LEAROYD SILVESTER
REV. WILLIAM WALLACE SILVESTER, S.T.D.
HUTCHINSON, DR. JAMES 1752-1793
Surgeon's Mate, July 31, 1778; Surgeon, Feb. 1, 1779, PA Navy;
Director-General of Militia Hospitals of PA, Aug. 8, 1780; Director of the
Hospitals, Physician-General and Surgeon-General of PA, Oct. 6, 1781; served
to close of the war.
CHARLES HARE HUTCHINSON
PEMBERTON SYDNEY HUTCHINSON
SYDNEY EMLEN HUTCHINSON
SYDNEY PEMBERTON HUTCHINSON
INGELS, GEORGE 1746-1827
Superintendent of Gun-Carriages, PA, Board of War, 1777; Capt., First
Battalion, Col. William Bradford, Philadelphia Militia, 1780.
GEORGE INGELS MacLEOD, JR., M.D.
INGERSOLL, JARED 1749-1822
Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1780-1781.
ARTHUR VINCENT MEIGS, M.D.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY MEIGS, M.D.
INGHAM, JONAS 1746-1820
Second Lt., Fifth Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. William Roberts, May
6,1777; Lt., Capt. Henry Darrah's Company, on detached duty under Lt.-Col.
John Lacey, Nov. 1, 1777; promoted Capt., Fourth Battalion, Col. William
Roberts, May 19, 1779, Bucks County, PA Militia.
ELLERY PERCY INGHAM
INSKEEP, JOHN 1757-1834
Lt., Second Battalion, Gloucester County, NJ Militia; promoted Capt.;
Commissary of Issues, Commissary-General's Department of NJ.
CHARLES SYDNEY BRADFORD, JR.
THOMAS HEWSON BRADFORD, M.D.
RUSSELL DUANE
IRISH, NATHANIEL 1737-1816
Capt., Col. Benjamin Flower's Regiment of Artillery Artificers, PA Line,
Feb. 7, 1777; served to the close of 1781. Member of the PA State Society of
the Cincinnati.
DALLAS CADWALLADER IRISH
IRWIN, MATTHEW 1740-1800
Quartermaster-General, with rank of Lt.-Col., PA Militia, Sept. 14, 1777;
Private, Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris,
1779-1780-1781.
GEORGE BROOKE, JR.
JACKSON, DAVID 1736-
Private, Capt. David Smith's Company, Eighth Regiment, Col. Giles Russell,
March 29, 1777-April 1, 1778; Private, Capt. Stephen Bett's Company, Third
Regiment, Feb. 28, 1781-Dec. 31, 1781, CT Line.
STUART WELLS JACKSON
JACKSON, JOSIAH 1730-
Private, Capt. Noah Miles's Westminster, MA, Company, Col. John Whitcomb's
Regiment, Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-30, 1775; Private,
Capt. Elisha Jackson's Company, Major Ebenezer Bridge commanding Regiment,
Aug. 11-22, 1777; Sergeant, Capt. Nathaniel Carter's Company, Col. Job
Cushing's Regiment, Sept. 7- Oct 22, 1777, Worcester County, MA Militia.
EBENEZER BURGESS WARREN
JAMES, JOHN 1739-1794
Ensign, Third Regiment, April 1, 1777; Second Lt., April 10, 1777; First
Lt., July 13, 1779, MD Line.
HERBERT HART BOYD
JAMESON, JOHN 1750-1782
Private at the Wyoming Massacre, 1778; Lt., Capt. Solomon Strong's Company,
Twenty-fourth Regiment, CT Militia; killed by Indians in the Wyoming Valley,
PA, July 8, 1782.
CHARLES WILLIAM LEE
JANEWAY, GEORGE 1741-
A Signer of the Call for the Provincial Congress of NY, April 26, 1775;
Capt., NY City Militia, Aug. 29, 1775; Capt., Second Regiment, NY City
Militia, Oct. 27, 1775.
CHARLES HODGE
HUGH BAYARD HODGE
THOMAS LEIPER JANEWAY HODGE
PRICE WETHERILL JANEWAY
JAQUETT, JOSEPH -1776
Third Lt., April 6, 1776; Second Lt., May 28, 1776, Capt. Lewis Farmer's
Company, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel Miles; killed at the battle of Long
Island.
EDWIN JAQUETT SELLERS
JEFFRIES, JOHN 1759-1832
Private, York County, PA Associators, 1776-1777; Second Lt., Second Company,
Capt. Robert Jeffries, Seventh Battalion, Col. David Kennedy, April 5, 1775;
First Lt., Fourth Company, Capt. Peter Ford, First Battalion, Lt.-Col. Henry
Miller commanding, June 17, 1779, York County, PA Militia; at Brandywine.
JOHN HALL RANKIN
JEFFRIES, JOSEPH 1736-1814
Member of the Committee of Observation of York County, PA, 1774-1776; Major,
Third Battalion, York County, PA Associators, July 28, 1775; Delegate to the
Military Convention held at Lancaster, Pa, July 4, 1776, to choose
Brig.-Gens. for the Associated Battalions of PA; Colonel, Fifth Battalion,
April 5, 1778, York County, PA Militia; Assistant Wagonmaster General, PA
Militia, Jan. 9, 1778; resigned June 20, 1780.
JOHN HALL RANKIN
JENKINS, JOHN 1751-1827
Lt., Capt. Simon Spalding's Independent Company of the Wyoming Valley, PA,
attached to the CT Line, July 6, 1778; transferred to Capt. Edward Eell's
Company, First Regiment, CT Line, 1781; retired 1782; Chief Guide in
Sullivan's Expedition, 1779.
HARRY BARNUM SCHOOLEY
JENKINS, JOHN -1805
Second Lt., Third Company, Capt. Stephen Bloom, Fourth Battalion, Col.
William Dean, Philadelphia County, PA Militia, 1777-1778-1780.
ABEL LUKENS STOUT
JENKS, THOMAS 1700-1797
Member of the bucks County, PA, Committee of Safety, Dec. 15, 1774-Aug. 21,
1775; Member of the PA Assembly, 1775.
EDWARD CLINTON LEE
*WILLIAM JENKS LEE
JOHNSTON, JAMES -1842
Ensign, Fifth Regiment, PA Line, Jan. 1, 1777-Jan 17, 1781.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON CASSATT
JONES, BLATHWAITE
Delegate to the Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775; Member of the
Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence, 1775; Chief Engineer, with rank of
Lt.-Col., in charge of works at Billingsport, Feb. 15, 1777.
HON. ROBERT ADAMS, JR.
JONES, HUGH 1748-1796
Private, First Regiment, 1780; Corporal, Third Regiment, Feb. 18, 1780, PA
Line.
BENJAMIN BROOKE
FRANCIS MARK BROOKE
HUGH JONES BROOKE
HUNTER BROOKE
HUNTER BROOKE, JR.
JONES, JAMES MORRIS
Ensign, First PA Battalion, Col. John Philip DeHaas, Sr., Nov. 3, 1776;
Second Lt., Capt. Jacob Ashmead's Company, Second Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777;
First Lt., Second Regiment, March 12, 1777; transferred to First Regiment,
Jan. 1, 1783, PA Line; served to June 3, 1783. Member of the PA State
Society of the Cincinnati.
HON. ROBERT ADAMS, JR.
JONES, JONATHAN 1738-1782
Capt., First PA Battalion, Cols. John Bull and John Philip DeHaas, Sr., Oct.
17, 1775; promoted Major, Oct. 25, 1776; promoted Lt.-Col., March 12, 1777,
Second Regiment, PA Line, and by the resignation of Col. James Irvine was
for a short time in command of the Regiment from June 1, 1777; the severity
of the Canada campaign so shattered his health that he resigned July, 1777;
Commissioner under the test laws, 1778; Member of the PA Assembly, 1778 and
1779; Lt.Col., Third Battalion, Berks County, PA Militia, May 27, 1780; at
Three Rivers.
HORACE ALEXANDER BEALE, JR.
EDWARD SMITH ILLIG
CHARLES HENRY JONES
RICHMOND LEGH JONES
EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN
WILLIAM McILVAIN
JONES, REV. SAMUEL, D.D. 1735-1802
Chaplain, Second Regiment of Foot, Lt.-Col. Isaac Hughes commanding,
Philadelphia County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," 1776.
WILLIAM HENRY HENDERSON, JR.
JONES, THOMAS 1737-1812
Second Major, Baltimore, MD Militia, Col. William Buchanan, May 24, 1776;
Second Major, Nineteenth Battalion, MD Militia, Oct. 23, 1776.
OLIVER BLACKBURN JONES
JORDAN, FREDERICK 1744-1784
Private; promoted Sergeant, Second Regiment, NJ Line; thanked in General
Orders for gallant conduct at the Siege of Yorktown.
EWING JORDAN, M.D.
JOHN WOOLF JORDAN
REV. WALTER JORDAN
KACHLEIN, JACOB 1758-1833
Corporal, Capt. John Arndt's Company, Northampton County, PA Battalion, Col.
Peter Kachlein, forming part of the "Flying Camp," commanded by Col. Joseph
Hart, July 9, 1776; Commissioner to Seize the Personal Effects of Traitors,
Oct 21, 1777.
JOHN EYERMAN
KACHLEIN, PETER 1722-1789
Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Delegate to the
Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775; Member of the Committee of
Observation of Northampton County, PA, Dec. 21, 1774-Oct. 2, 1775; Capt.,
Easton Company, Northampton County, PA Associators, May 22, 1775; Lt.-Col.,
Northampton County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," commanded by Col.
Joseph Hart, July 17, 1776; wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Long
Island, Aug. 28, 1776; paroled Dec. 29, 1776; exchanged Aug. 15, 1778; Lt.
of Northampton County, PA, March 30, 1780.
JOHN EYERMAN
REV. GEORGE C. HECKMAN, D.D., LL.D.
JOHN HERSTER HECKMAN
KEASBEY, EDWARD 1726-1779
Member of the Council of Safety of NJ; Member of the Provincial Congress of
NJ.
HENRY GRIFFITH KEASBEY
KEEN, JOHN 1747-1832
Private, Capt. Richard Humphrey's Company, Gen. John Cadwalader's Brigade,
Philadelphia Militia; at Trenton; wounded at Princeton, 1777.
HENRY JESSOP HAND
GREGORY BERNARD KEEN
EDMUND ALPHONSO SOUDER
THOMAS MIFFLIN SOUDER
KEESE, JOHN 1755-1809
Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General. with rank of Capt., Continental
Army. Member of the NY State Society of the Cincinnati.
FRANCIS SUYDAM KEESE
KEIM, JOHN 1749-1819
Private, Capt. Peter Nagle's Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. Nicholas Lutz,
1777; Capt., Fifth Battalion, Col. Jacob Weaver, 1778, Berks County, PA
Militia.
BEVERLEY RANDOLPH KEIM
*GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE, KEIM
HENRY MAY KEIM
JOHN KEIM STAUFFER
KELKER, ANTHONY 1733-1812
Lt., Second Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators, 1775; First Lt.,
Second Company, Capt. William Paine, First Battalion, Col. Philip Lorentz
Greenawalt, Lancaster County, PA Militia, May 7, 1777; Wagonmaster, Col.
Greenawalt's Battalion, June 19, 1778; at Brandywine and Germantown.
LUTHER REILY KELKER
KELSEY, JOHN, JR. 1743-1822
Corp. Capt. Henry Kaskell's Shirley, MA, Company, Col. James Prescott's
Regiment of Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 26, 1775; Sergeant,
Capt. Robert Longley's Company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment, MA Militia,
1775.
ALBERT KELSEY
ALBERT WARREN KELSEY
KENNEDY, DAVID 1741-1802
Corp., Capt. Samuel Smith's Company, "Delaware Regiment," Col. John Haslet,
DE Line, Jan. 15, 1776.
GUILLERMO COLESBERRY PURVES
KERR, JOHN -1807
Private, Capt. James Hamilton's Company, First Regiment, PA Line, Oct. 5,
1776.
MATTHEW WELSH STREALY
KIMBALL, AARON 1729-1807
Capt., Company of MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775.
WILLIAM SPOONER KIMBALL
KIMBALL, NOAH B.
Private, Capt. Aaron Kimball's Company of MA Minute Men in the "Lexington
Alarm," April 19, 1775; Private, Capt. Joseph Warren's Company of MA Militia
in the "Bennington Alarm," Aug. 21, 1777.
WILLIAM SPOONER KIMBALL
KING, WILLIAM 1745-1802
Ensign, Sixth Company, Third Battalion, Col. William Plunket, March 13,
1776; Second Lt., Fourth Battalion, May 21, 1777, Northumberland County, PA
Militia.
WILLIAM CLARENCE KING
KIRK, ROGER 1751-1809
Capt., Fourth Battalion, Col. William Montgomery, Chester County, PA
Associators, forming part of the "Flying Camp," April 15, 1776; Private,
West Nottingham Twp. Company, Capt. Ephraim Blackburn, Second Battalion,
Col. Evan Evans, Chester County, PA Militia, 1778; at Long Island.
GEORGE HERBERT BROWN
WILLIAM HENRY BROWN
CHESTER HUGHES KIRK
WILLIAM THOMPSON KIRK, JR.
SLATER BROWN RUSSELL
THEODORE KIRK STUBBS
KIRKPATRICK, DAVID 1752-1839
Ensign, Col. William Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment, April 24,
1777; transferred to Col. Oliver Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment,
April 22, 1779; promoted Lt. in same, April 24, 1779; retired Jan. 1, 1781;
Capt., General DuPortail's Corps of Sappers and Miners, Continental Army,
July 25, 1781; served to June 3, 1783; at Brandywine; wounded at Yorktown.
Member of the DE State Society of the Cincinnati.
FRANK HUTCHINSON GALLONEY
KLEBER, GEORGE 1740-1825
Private, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," 1776; Private, Capt. Benjamin
Weiser's Company, Northumberland County, PA Militia, 1777; at Long Island.
SAMUEL BISPHAM KOONS
KNICKERBACKER, JOHN 1723-1802
Col., Fourteenth Regiment, Albany County, NY Militia, Oct. 20, 1775 - June
22, 1778.
DAVID KNICKERBACKER BOYD
THOMAS CHESTER WALBRIDGE
KNICKERBACKER, JOHN, JR. 1751-1827
Private, Capt. Jacob Yates's Company, Fourteenth Regiment, Col. Peter Yates,
Albany County, NY Militia, 1779-1781.
DAVID KNICKERBACKER BOYD
THOMAS CHESTER WALBRIDGE
KOCH, WILLIAM 1747-1832
Private, Capt. Nicholas Scheffer's Company, First Battalion, Berks County,
PA Militia, Jan. 20, 1777.
CHARLES HOWARD KOCH
KOLLOCK, SHEPARD 1750-1839
Lt., NY Militia, 1776; First Lt., Second Artillery, Col. John Lamb,
Continental Army, Jan. 1, 1777; resigned Jan. 3, 1779. Member of the NJ
State Society of the Cincinnati.
SHEPARD KOSCIUSZKO KOLLOCK
KREISHER, SIMON PETER 1750-1803
Private, Capt. Henry Christ, Jr.'s, Company, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel
Miles, March 22, 1776; Private, Third Battalion, Col. Michael Lindemuth,
Berks County, PA Militia, 1776-1777.
HARVEY BROWN BASHORE, M.D.
KUHL, FREDERICK
Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Member of the Council
of Safety of PA, 1776-1777.
HENRY KUHL DILLARD
HENRY KUHL KELLY
KUNKEL, CHRISTIAN 1757-1823
Ensign, Sixth Company, Capt. John Rippey, Eighth Battalion, Col. Henry
Slagle, York County, PA Militia, April 5, 1778.
JOHN PETER KELLER
KUNKLE, CHRISTIAN 1746-1813
Private, Capt. Elijah Weed's Company, Second Regiment of Foot, Lt.-Col.
Benjamin George Eyre commanding, Philadelphia Militia, Aug. 10, 1780.
CHARLES WILLIAM POTTS
KUNTZ, GEORGE 1762-1835
Private, Capt. Christopher Crawford's Company, Lancaster County, PA Militia,
1776-1777.
LEVI OSCAR KUHNS
LACEY, JOHN 1755-1814
Capt., Second Battalion, Col. Dr. John Beatty, Bucks County,PA Associators,
Aug. 21, 1775; Lt.-Col., Fourth Battalion, Col. William Roberts, Bucks
County, PA Militia, 1776; Capt., Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne,
Jan. 5, 1776; Brig.-Gen., PA Militia, Jan. 9, 1778-Feb., 1781; at Three
Rivers; Commissioner to Seize the Personal Effects of Traitors, Oct. 21,
1777; Agent to take Subscriptions for the Continental Loan, Dec. 16, 1777;
Agent for Forfeited Estates, Aug. 19, 1778; Member of the Supreme Executive
Council of PA, 1779-1783.
FRANK CARPENTER
WILLIAM DARLINGTON EVANS
PAUL THOMPSON
LAIRD, WILLIAM 1727-1820
Private, Capt. Robert Cluggage's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA
Battalion of Riflemen, 1775; Private, First Regiment, PA Line, 1776.
THOMAS DAUGHERTY
HERBERT RUSSELL LAIRD
LANGDON, JOHN 1739-1819
Capt., Independent Company of NH Light Infantry, July 10,1776; Col. of NH
Militia; at Bennington, Saratoga, and Rhode Island; Speaker of the NH
Assembly; Judge of Court of Common Pleas, NH; Continental Agent in NH, 1779;
Member of the Continental Congress from NH, 1775-1777, and 1786-1787.
REV. ALFRED LANGDON ELWYN
LANING, ROBERT 1747-1828
Private, Capt. John Phillips's Company, Third Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ
Militia.
ROBERT HODKINSON LANING
LANSDALE, THOMAS 1748-1805
First Lt., Capt. James Disney's Company, Second MD Battalion of the "Flying
Camp," Col. Josiah Carvill Hall, June-Dec., 1776; Capt., Fourth Regiment,
Col. Josiah Carvill Hall, Dec. 10, 1776; Maj., Third Regiment, Col. Mordecai
Gist, Feb. 19, 1781; MD Line; served to June, 1783. Member of the MD State
Society of the Cincinnati.
WILLIAM MOYLAN LANSDALE
LARDNER, JOHN 1752-1825
Private, 1775-1779; Cornet, 1779-1783, Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse,
Capt. Samuel Morris; at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown.
JAMES LAWRENCE LARDNER
ISAAC STARR, JR.
LASHER, FRANCIS 1746-1793
Private, Capt. John Kling's Company, Second Regiment of Foot, Col. Benjamin
George Eyre, Philadelphia Militia, Aug. 10, 1780.
OGDEN DUNGAN WILKINSON
LATIMER, JAMES 1720-1807
Lt.-Col., New Castle County, DE Militia, March 20, 1775; Member of the
Council of Safety of New Castle County, DE.
PHILIP ALBRIGHT SMALL
SAMUEL SMALL
LATTA, REV. JAMES 1732-1801
Private, afterwards Chaplain, Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion, Lancaster
County, PA Militia, 1776.
JOHN SANDERSON LATTA
SAMUEL WHITEHILL LATTA, M.D.
THOMAS LOVE LATTA
WILLIAM JAMES LATTA
WILLIAM WOODS PINKERTON
LAW, RICHARD 1733-1806
Member of the Continental Congress from CT., 1777-1778, and 1781-1784.
FREDERICK BROOKS HUBBELL
ERNEST LAW
LEACH, LEMUEL 1745-1825
Sergeant, Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton's Company, Col. Nicholas Dike's Regiment,
MA Militia; promoted Ensign, Jan. 9, 1777.
FRANK WILLING LEACH
JOSEPH GRANVILLE LEACH
JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH
MEREDITH BIDDLE LEACH
LEADER, GEROGE 1753-1845
Private, Capt. Joseph Hiester's Company, Berks County, PA Battalion of the
"Flying Camp," Col. Henry Haller, 1776; at Long Island and White Plains.
JOSEPH LINGLE MONTGOMERY
LEAMING, THOMAS -1797
Member of the Provincial Congress of NJ, 1776; Adjutant, Col. John Mackey's
Battalion, Cape May County, NJ Militia; resigned June 18, 1776; Private,
Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris, 1776-1777;
1779-1781.
THOMAS LEAMING
LEAVITT, JONATHAN
Private, Capt. Samuel Gilman's Company, Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment, 1775;
Sergeant, Capt. Joseph Parson's Company, Col. David Gilman's Regiment,
1776-1777; Ensign, Capt. Joseph Parson's Company, Lt.-Col. Joseph Senter's
Regiment, 1777; Lt., Capt. Ezekiel Giles's Company, Col. Stephen Peabody's
Regiment, 1778; Capt.-Lt., Col. Hercules Mooney's Regiment, 1779, NH Line.
CLAUDE RICHARD NORTON, M.D.
LEE, ANDREW 1739-1821
Ensign, Nov. 3, 1776; promoted Lt., 1777; promoted Capt., Col. Moses Hazen's
Second Canadian Regiment ("Congress's Own"), Continental Army; wounded at
St. Johns, Canada, 1775, and at Springfield, NJ, 1780; captured on Staten
Island, Aug. 22, 1777; exchanged and promoted Lt.
CHARLES WILLIAM LEE
LEE, HENRY 1729-1787
Member of the Committee of Safety of Prince William County, VA, Dec. 9,
1774; Member of the VA House of Burgesses, June, 1775; Member of the VA
Convention, 1775-1776; County Lt. of Prince William County, VA, 1780-1783.
EDMUND JENNINGS LEE, M.D.
LEE, RICHARD HENRY 1732-1794
Member of the Continental Congress from VA, 1774-1780, and 1784-1787, and
President thereof, Nov. 30, 1784-1785; Mover of the Resolution for
Independence; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
EDMUND JENNINGS LEE, M.D.
GEORGE STEPTOE WASHINGTON
LEE, WILLIAM 1745-1828
Drummer, Capt. William Judd's Company, Third Regiment, CT Line, May 12,
1777; discharged March 6, 1780.
JOSEPH HOWELL BURROUGHS
LEIDY, JACOB 1755-1811
Lt., Capt. John Cope's Company, Fifth Battalion. Lt.-Col. John Shee
commanding, Philadelphia County, PA Militia.
JOSEPH LEIDY, JR., M.D.
*PHILIP LEIDY, M.D.
LEIPER, THOMAS 1745-1825
Sergeant, Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris,
1776-1777-1779-1780, and 1781.
CHARLES HODGE
HUGH BAYARD HODGE
THOMAS LEIPER JANEWAY HODGE
ROBERT JOHN HOLMES
PRICE WETHERILL JANEWAY
LEONARD, GEORGE 1758-1847
Private, Capt. Adam Hubley's Company, 1776; Private, Capt. George Shaffner's
Company, 1777; Private, Capt. Christian Petrie's Company, 1777, PA Line;
Private, Capt. George Francis's Company, Col. Robert Elder's Battalion,
1777; Private, Capt. William Wirtz's Company, Col. James Ross's Battalion,
1777, Lancaster County, PA Militia; Private, Capt. Matthew McDonald's
Company, Philadelphia Militia, 1778-1780; served three years and nine
months; at Trenton, Princeton, and Germantown.
SAMUEL MILLER SENER
LEVIS, WILLIAM -1819
Second Lt., Sixth Company, Capt. Thomas Lewis, Third Battalion, Col. Caleb
Davis, Chester County, PA Militia, May 14, 1777.
SAMUEL WHITE LEVIS
LEWIS, ELI 1750-1807
Major, First Battalion, York County, PA Militia, Oct. 1, 1777.
GRIER HERSH
ALFRED ELI LEWIS
LEWIS, JOSEPH 1747-
Lt., Col. Moses Hazen's Second Canadian Regiment ("Congress's Own"),
Continental Army, Nov. 3, 1776; resigned Nov. 16, 1780.
ALBERT NELSON LEWIS
LEWIS, MORDECAI 1748-1799
Private, Capt. Samuel Tolbert's Company, Second Regiment, PA Line, 1777;
taken prisoner April 13, 1777.
BENJAMIN PASCHALL HOWELL
WILLIAM FISHER LEWIS
ALEXANDER WILSON WISTER
LEWIS WYNNE WISTER
LINCOLN, EZEKIEL 1759-1828
Private, Capt. James Lincoln's Independent Company of Hingham, MA, Jan.
5-May 22, 1776; Matross, Capt. Winship Gray's Company, Col. Craft's MA
Battalion of Artillery, 1776; Private, Capt. Moses French's Company, Col.
Jonathan Titcomb's Regiment, MA Militia, May 15-July 19, 1777; Seaman, brig
"Hazard," commanded by Capt. Sampson, Continental Navy, Aug., 1777-March,
1778.
RUSSELL DUANE
LINCOLN, RUFUS 1751-1838
Corporal, Capt. Robert Crossman's Company, Col. Nathaniel Leonard's
Regiment, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 20, 1775; Second
Lt., Capt. Matthew Randall's Company, Col. Thomas Marshall's Regiment, May
13, 1776; First Lt., Capt. James Cooper's Company, Col. Gamaliel Bradford's
Regiment, Nov. 6, 1776; Capt.-Lt., Oct. 8, 1779-Dec. 31, 1779; Capt.,
Fourteenth Regiment, July 28, 1780; transferred to Seventh Regiment, Jan. 1,
1781, MA Line; served until June 3, 1783; at the siege of Boston; taken
prisoner Dec. 28, 1777. Member of the MA State Society of the Cincinnati.
LINCOLN GODFREY
LINDEMUTH, MARTIN 1757-1829
Corporal, Capt. Joseph Work's Company, Third Battalion, Col. Alexander
Lowrey, Lancaster County, PA Militia.
HORACE LEANDER HALDEMAN
LINDEMUTH, PETER 1750-1830
Private, Capt. Joseph Work's Company, Third Battalion. Col. Alexander
Lowrey, Lancaster County, PA Militia, Sept., 1777.
ELMER ELLSWORTH LINDEMUTH
LINDSLEY, ELEAZAR 1737-1792
Second Major, Jan. 13, 1776; promoted Lt.-Col., "Eastern Battalion," Morris
County, NJ Militia; Lt.-Col., Col. Oliver Spencer's Additional Continental
Regiment, Jan., 1777.
BENJAMIN FORD DORRANCE
JAMES HOLLENBACK SHERRERD
LINDSLEY, JOSEPH 1735-1822
Second Major, Eastern Battalion, Morris County, NJ Militia, March 27, 1778;
at Monmouth and Springfield.
EDWIN AUGUSTUS LANDELL, JR.
LINNARD, WILLIAM 1749-1835
Capt.-Lt., Sixth Company, Aug. 27, 1777; Capt.-Lt., Capt. John Ruper's
Company, Sept. 11, 1777; Capt., Fifth Company, June 14, 1779, Col. Jehu
Eyre's Artillery Battalion, Philadelphia Militia.
GEORGE BROWN LINNARD
Naval Constructor JOSEPH HAMILTON LINNARD, U.S.N.
LINTON, JOHN 1749-1824
Sergeant, Capt. Francis Willis's Company, March 5, 1777; Sergeant-Major,
Oct. 7, 1777; Ensign, Nov. 1, 1777, Col. William Grayson's Additional
Continental Regiment; resigned Marcy 14, 1778; Cornet, April, 1779; Lt.,
May, 1780, Third Continental Dragoons; transferred to Col. George Baylor's
Consolidated Regiment of Dragoons, Continental Army, Nov. 9, 1782; served to
close of war.
GEORGE FREDERICK JORDAN
LIPPITT, CHARLES 1754-1845
Lt., Sixth or Colonel's Company, State Regiment of RI, Col. William
Richmond, Nov. 1, 1775-May, 1776; Assistant Commissary of Issues, 1778.
EDGAR CONWAY FELTON
LISLE, JOHN 1726-1807
First Lt., Fifth Company, Fourth Battalion, Col. John Bubenheim Bayard,
Philadelphia Militia, 1777.
Paymaster ROBERT PATTON LISLE, U.S.N.
LITTELL, ELIAKIM 1742-1805
Capt., Privateer "General Putnam"; Capt. of a Partisan Company of Artillery,
of Essex County, NJ; at Springfield.
*CHARLES WILLING LITTELL
LITTLE, THOMAS 1741-1810
Second Lt., Sept. 3, 1776; Lt., Capt. Nicholas Van Brunt's Company, Feb. 13,
1778, to date Sept., 1776; promoted Capt., Third Regiment, Monmouth County,
NJ Militia; taken prisoner at Monmouth Court-House, June 27, 1778, the day
before the battle; remained prisoner until Sept., 1780; served until the
close of the war.
ARTHUR HUTCHINSON LITTLE
*ARTHUR WILLIAMSON LITTLE
JOSEPH DOTY LITTLE
THOMAS LITTLE
WILLIAM AGNEW LITTLE
LIVINGSTON, BENJAMIN 1743-1821
Private, Capt. Thomas Newhall's Company, Leicester, MA Minute Men in the
"Lexington Alarm," April 19, 1775; Corporal, Capt. Todd's Artillery Company,
1776; promoted Capt., MA Militia; at Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Tiverton.
JOHN DAVIDSON McCORD, JR.
WILLIAM HOWARD WRIGHT
LIVINGSTON, HENRY 1714-1799
First Major, Manor Livingston Regiment (Tenth), Dutchess County, NY Militia.
WILLET LIVINGSTON BOYD
LIVINGSTON, JAMES 1747-1833
Col., First Canadian Regiment, Continental Army, Nov. 20, 1775; retired Jan.
1, 1781; at Quebec and Bemus Heights; Member of the Provincial Congress of
NY, 1776-1777; Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Dutchess County, NY.
Capt. WILLIAM BAIRD, U.S.A.
LIVINGSTON, PHILIP 1716-1778
Member of the Continental Congress from NY, 1774-1778; a Signer of the
Declaration of Independence; President of the Provincial Convention of NY,
April 20, 1775; Member of the NY Committee of One Hundred, May 1, 1775;
Member of the Provincial Congress of NY, 1776-1777.
JOHN HENRY LIVINGSTON
LIVINGSTON, ROBERT R. 1746-1813
Member of the Provincial Convention of NY, April 20, 1775; Member of the
Continental Congress from NY, 1775-1777, and 1779-1781; Member of the
Committee to prepare the Declaration of Independence; Member of the
Provincial Congress of NY, 1776-1777; Member of the Committee to prepare a
Form of Government, NY,1777; Member of the Council of Safety of NY, 1777;
Chancellor of the State of NY, 1777-1801; Member of the Committee on the
Arms and Seal of the State of NY, 1778; Secretary of Foreign Affairs,
1781-1783.
JOHN HENRY LIVINGSTON
LLOYD, HUGH 1742-1832
Member of the Committee of Observation of Chester County, PA, 1774-1775;
Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Delegate to the
Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775;Member of the Provincial
Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Col., Third Battalion,
Chester County, PA Associators, 1776.
HOWARD WILLIAMS LLOYD
SAMUEL MARSHALL
LOCKART, ROBERT -1788
Capt., Fifth Company, Seventh Battalion, Col. William Gibbons, Chester
County, PA Militia, 1777.
JOHN JAMES PINKERTON
SAMUEL STANHOPE SMITH PINKERTON
LOCKWOOD, GILBERT 1725-1804
Capt., Third or North Battalion, Colonels Pierre van Cortlandt and Samuel
Drake commanding, Westchester County, NY Militia, Sept. 20, 1775.
*ELON DUNBAR LOCKWOOD
LOMMASSON, LAWRENCE -1809
Second Lt., Capt. Joseph Mackay's Company, First Regiment, Sussex County, NJ
Militia, June 6, 1776.
GEORGE WILLIS TITMAN, M.D.
LONG, ANDREW 1730-1812
Capt., PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel Miles, April 6, 1776; resigned on
account of ill health, Oct. 14, 1776.
HON. HARMAN YERKES
LONG, HUGH -1778
First Lt., Capt. William Hart's Company, Bucks County, PA Battalion of the
"Flying Camp," Col. Joseph Hart, July 9, 1776; died of camp fever, 1778.
WILLIAM STEWART WALLACE
LONG, PETER -1776
Ship's Husband, PA Navy, Oct. 12, 1775.
GEORGE DENIS BRIGHT
LORING, JOSEPH 1747-
Private, Capt. Parker's Company of Lexington, MA Minute Men, April, 1775;
captured, but escaped, and engaged in the battle of Lexington, and at Bunker
Hill; served also in the Marine Service, and was made a prisoner at
Charleston, S.C.
CHARLES ISAIAH CRAGIN
LOTHROP, SETH 1729-1815
Member of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection of Hampshire
County, MA, 1780; Private, Capt. Abram Washburn's Company, Col. Theophilus
Cotton's Regiment, MA Militia, March 10-April, 1781; Surgeon's Mate, Capt.
Francis Stebbins's Company, Third Regiment, Col. David Mosley, Hampshire
County, MA Militia, 1782
EDWARD CLINTON LEE
*WILLIAM JENKS LEE
LOVE, SAMUEL -1800
Member of the Committee of Observation and Safety of Charles County, MD,
1775-1783; Deputy to the Provincial Convention of MD, May 22, 1775.
JOHN CAILE SCOTT
LOVELAND, JOSEPH 1747-1813
Corporal, Col. Jonathan Chase's Regiment, NH Militia, May 7-June 23, 1777.
HENRY MARTYN HOYT, JR.
LOWREY, ALEXANDER 1723-1805
Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Member of the
Committee of Observation of Lancaster County, PA, 1775; Member of the
Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Delegate to
the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Lt.-Col., Sixth Battalion,
Lancaster County, PA Associators, 1776; Delegate to the Military Convention
held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose Brig.-Gens. For the
Associated Battalions of PA; Col., Third Battalion, July 1, 1777; Col.,
Seventh Battalion, Aug. 26, 1780, Lancaster County, PA Militia; at
Brandywine.
SAMUEL EVANS
WILLIAM FILLER LUTZ
THOMAS BURD ZELL
LUSK, DAVID
Private, Capt. Walter Denny's Company, Second Battalion, Col. Frederick
Watts, Cumberland County, PA Militia, 1778.
CASPER DULL
DANIEL MATTHIEU DULL
LYNAH, DR. JAMES 1737-1809
Chief Surgeon, Col. Daniel Horry's SC Regiment of Dragoons, 1779; served on
Staff of Count Pulaski at the siege of Savannah; Physician and
Surgeon-General of all the Militia of SC.
CHARLES COTESWORTH PICKNEY NORRIS
LYON, BENJAMIN 1752-1826
Private, Capt. William Hendrick's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA
Battalion of Riflemen, July, 1775; Third Lt., Sept. 25, 1776; promoted First
Lt., July 16, 1777; Capt., Dec. 8, 1778, First Regiment, PA Line; resigned
May, 1779; at Valley Forge.
SAMUEL McCLINTOCK HAMILL, M.D.
LYON, JEDEDIAH
Private, First Regiment; Private, Capt. Richard Cox's Company, Third
Regiment; Corporal, Second Regiment, NJ Line.
JOHN STERLING DEANS
McBRIDE, ARCHIBALD
Second Sergeant, Capt. John Patton's Company, Col. David Hall's Regiment, DE Line.
*HON. WILLIAM HAYDON
McCAMANT, JAMES 1753-1825
Ensign, First Company, First Battalion, Lt.-Col. John Gardner commanding,
Chester County, PA Militia, July 3, 1780.
RUFUS JAMES FOSTER
McCASKEY, ALEXANDER
Deputy Commissary-General of Forage of PA; taken prisoner at Mamaroneck, NY,
Oct. 21, 1776.
CHARLES PREVOST GRAYSON, M.D.
CLIFFORD PREVOST GRAYSON
FREDERICK WILLIAM GRAYSON, JR.
SUTHERLAND MALLET PREVOST
McCAUSLIN, SAMUEL
Private, Capt. Samuel Davidson's Company, Col. Thomas Smith's Battalion,
Bedford County, PA Associators, March 22, 1776; Private, Capt. Richard
Dunlap's Bedford-Town Company, Col. William Parker's Battalion, Dec. 10,
1777; Private, Capt. Evan Cessna's Company, 1782-June 6, 1783, Bedford
County, PA Militia; Collector of Excise for Bedford County, PA, June 11,
1783.
JAMES MARTIN
McCAY, ROBERT 1753-1823
Private, Capt. David Cowpland's Company, First Battalion, Col. John Hannum,
Chester County, PA Militia, June 18, 1777.
FRANK DELAPLAINE GREEN
McCAY, WILLIAM 1721-1791
Private, Fourth Company, First Regiment, PA Line, Jan.-March 1, 1783.
FRANK DELAPLAINE GREEN
McCLELLAN, JOSEPH 1747-1834
Lt., March 20, 1776; promoted Captain, July 15, 1776, Capt. Abraham
Marshall's Company, Col. Samuel John Atlee's PA Musketry Battalion; Capt.,
Ninth Regiment, Nov. 27, 1776, ranking from July 15, 1776; Capt., Second
Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781, PA Line; resigned June 10, 1781.
WILLIAM HEMPHILL BELL, M.D.
McCOLLUM, JOHN
Sergeant, Capt. Joab Houghton's Company, Col. Philip Johnson's Regiment,
"Heard's Brigade," NJ Militia, 1776; Paymaster and Forage-Master, with rank
of Capt., PA Artillery, Col. Thomas Proctor, 1777; at Long Island, White
Plains, Brandywine, and Yorktown.
JACOB GILES MORRIS
JACOB GILES MORRIS
McCURDY, ALEXANDER 1754-1839
Private, Capt. William Peebles's Company, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel
Miles, March, 1776; Regiment consolidated with the PA Musketry Battalion,
Lt.-Col. Daniel Brodhead commanding, Aug., 1776; transferred to PA State
Regiment of Foot, Col. John Bull, and subsequently Col. Walter Stewart, Oct.
5, 1776; Company designated Capt. Matthew Scott's, April 18, 1777; Regiment
annexed to the PA Line and designated Thirteenth Regiment, Nov. 12, 1777;
honorably discharged at Valley Forge, Jan. 1, 1778; at Long Island, White
Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown.
REV. IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY, D.D., LL.D., LITT.D.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCURDY
McCURDY, WILLIAM 1730-1822
Private, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel Miles, March 1776; taken prisoner at
Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776; exchanged Dec. 9, 1776; Second Lt., Col. Thomas
Hartley's Regiment, PA Line, Jan. 26, 1777; Ensign, Feb. 1777; Ensign, with
rank of Second Lt., May 10, 1777; Second Lt., Nov. 12, 1777; First Lt., Nov. 19, 1778,
Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment; Regiment designated New Eleventh,
PA Line, Dec. 16, 1778; Lt., Ninth Company, Jan. 13, 1779; Lt.,
Eighth Company; Capt.-Lt., Oct. 2, 1780, Eleventh Regiment; transferred to
First Regiment, Jan. 17, 1781; Capt., May 18, 1781, PA Line; in service to
end of war. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
REV. IRWIN POUNDS McCURDY, D.D., LL.D., LITT.D.
JOSEPH ALEXANDER McCURDY
McDOWELL, JAMES 1740-18115
Capt., Fourth Battalion, Col. William Montgomery, Chester County, PA
Militia, July 12, 1776.
Lt. JOSEPH BEALE, U.S.N.
McFETRICH, JOHN -1785
Private, Capt. Abraham Smith's Company, Sixth PA Battalion, Col. William
Irvine, Feb. 2, 1776; in the Canada Campaign.
REV. FRANCIS McFETRICH
McHENRY, WILLIAM 1744-1808
Private, Bedminster Twp. Company, Capt. Robert Robinson, Third Battalion,
Lt.-Col. John Wilkinson commanding, Bucks County, PA Associators, Aug. 10, 1775;
Capt., Fifth Company, Second Battalion, Col. Arthur Erwin, Bucks County,
PA Militia, May 6, 1777; Sub-Lt. of Bucks County, PA, Oct. 10, 1781.
JOHN EDGAR FRETZ, M.D.
McINTOSH, JEREMIAH 1751-1843
Private, Capt. Samuel Heath's Company, Dorchester, MA, Minute Men in the
"Lexington Alarm," April 19-May 1, 1775; Orderly Sergeant, Capt. George
Gould's Company, Col. Sergeant's Regiment, May-Dec., 1775; Private, Capt.
Ebenezer Gore's Company, Col. William McIntosh's Regiment, Sept.-Nov., 1776,
MA Militia; at Lexington.
HENRY FLETCHER KENNEY
McINTOSH, LACHLAN 1727-1806
Member of the Provincial Congress of GA, 1775; Col., First Regiment, GA
Line, Jan. 7, 1776; Brig.-Gen., Continental Army, Sept. 16, 1776;
Commander-in-Chief, Western Department, 1778; taken prisoner at Charleston,
SC, May 12, 1780; exchanged Dec., 1780; served to close of the war; Brevet
Maj.-Gen., Continental Army. Member of the GA State Society of the Cincinnati.
REV. JAMES McINTOSH LONGSTRETH ECKARD
REV. LEIGHTON WILSON ECKARD, D.D.
McKEAN, THOMAS 1734-1817
Private, Capt. John Little's Company, Second Battalion, Philadelphia
Associators, May, 1775; Col., Fourth Battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1775;
President of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Member of the Continental Congress from DE, 1774-1776, and 1778-1783,
and President thereof, 1781; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence;
Chief Justice of PA, July 28, 1777. Honorary Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
BEAUVEAU BORIE
HENRY PRATT McKEAN, JR.
*THOMAS McKEAN
THOMAS McKEAN, JR.
McKIBBIN, JEREMIAH -1816
Corporal, Capt. William Rippey's Company, Sixth PA Battalion, Col. William
Irvine, Jan. 26, 1776.
CHAMBERS McKIBBIN
McNAIR, THOMAS 1737-1830
Private, Capt. James Rogers's Company, Hanover Rifle Battalion, Col. Timothy
Green, Lancaster County, PA Associators, June 6, 1776; Private, Capt.
William Brown's Company, Col. Timothy Green's Battalion, Lancaster County,
PA Militia, Aug. 31, 1776.
THOMAS SPEER McNAIR
FRANK PEALE SNODGRASS
McNEILL, SAMUEL 1753-1817
Quartermaster, Third Brigade, Gen. Edward Hand, Continental Army; wounded at
Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777; in Sullivan's Expedition, 1779.
FRANK DONALDSON
McPHERSON, ROBERT 1730-1789
Col., Second Battalion, York County, PA Associators, July 28,1775, and Aug., 1776;
Member of the Committee of Correspondence of York County, PA, Nov. 3, 1775;
Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776;
Second Lt., Capt. John McDowell's Company, Jan. 20, 1777; promoted First Lt.,
Sept. 1, 1777, Seventh Regiment, PA Line; resigned April 16, 1779.
GRIER HERSH
HON. JOHN BAYARD McPHERSON
Pay-Director ALEXANDER WILSON RUSSELL, U.S.N.
Ensign ALEXANDER WILSON RUSSELL, JR., U.S.N.
McPHERSON, WILLIAM 1757-1832
Second Lt., Capt. Philip Albright's Company, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel
Miles, March 15, 1776; captured at Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776; exchanged
April 20, 1778.
HON. JOHN BAYARD McPHERSON
MACOMBER, ELIJAH 1817-1802
Private, Capt., Benjamin Wilcox's Company, Dec. 8-15, 1776; Matross, Capt.
Timothy Ingraham's Company, March 1-May 2, 1778; Private, Capt. Amos
Washburn's Company, Col. Ebenezer Sprouts Regiment, May, 1778, MA Militia.
*CRAWFORD ARNOLD
MACPHERSON, WILLIAM 1756-1813
Major, Jan. 31, 1780, PA Line; Aid-de-Camp to Gen., the Marquis de
Lafayette; Aid-de-Camp to Gen. Arthur St.Clair; served to close of the war.
Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati, and Secretary and
Treasurer of the General Society.
WILLIAM MACPHERSON HORNOR
MAJOR, PEACOCK 1748-1829
Second Lt., Philadelphia County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," Col.
Robert Lewis, 1776; First Lt., Capt. Christian Dull's Company, Fourth
Battalion, Col. William Dean, 1777; Ensign, Capt. Demas Worrell's Company,
Second Battalion, 1781, Philadelphia County, PA Militia.
FRYSINGER EVANS
REV. WILLIAM WILSON EVANS, D.D.
MALCOLM, DR. HENRY 1756-1831
Surgeon, ships "Columbia," Capt. Abraham Whipple, and "Andrea Doria," Capt.
Nicholas Biddle, Continental Navy, 1775; Assistant, Medical Department,
Continental Army.
*ISAAC LLOYD
JOHN LLOYD
MANNING ISRAEL 1756-1821
Private, Capt. Samuel Sawyer's Company, Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment, MA
Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-26, 1775; Private, Capt.
Ephraim Richardson's Company, Oct. 6, 1775; Corp., Capt. Hodgkin's Company,
and later in Capt. Houdon's Company, Fifteenth Regiment, Col. Timothy
Bigelow, MA Line; served three years.
FRANK WILLING LEACH
JOSEPH GRANVILLE LEACH
JOSIAH GRANVILLE LEACH
MEREDITH BIDDLE LEACH
MARIM, JOHN 1751-1815
Lt., Capt. Matthew Manlove's Company, Col. Samuel Patterson's DE Battalion
of the "Flying Camp," July 27, 1776; at Long Island and White Plains.
Major EDWARD TIFFIN COMEGYS, M.D., U.S.A.
Major WILLIAM HENRY COMEGYS, U.S.A.
MARSH, JOSEPH 1726-1811
Lt.-Col., Upper Cumberland Regiment, NY Militia, Aug. 1775; promoted Col.,
Jan., 1776; at Bennington; Member of the Provincial Congress of NY, 1776;
Chairman of the Committee of Safety of VT; First Lt.-Gov. of VT, 1778.
REV. CHARLES ELLIS STEVENS, LL.D., D.C.L.
MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER 1709-1797
Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Member of the Council of Safety of PA, 1777.
CHARLES MARSHALL
CHARLES MARSHALL, JR.
*FRANCIS RIDGWAY MARSHALL
ELLISTON PEROT
THOMAS MORRIS PEROT
MARSHALL, JAMES MARKHAM 1764-1843
Lt., Third Regiment, VA Line.
HENRY MORRIS, M.D.
MARSHALL, THOMAS 1730-1802
Capt., Culpeper County, VA Minute Men, 1775; Maj., Feb. 13, 1776; Lt.-Col.,
Aug. 13, 1776; Col. Feb. 21, 1777, Third Regiment, VA Line; at Great Bridge,
Brandywine, where he had three horses killed under him, Germantown, and
Valley Forge.
HENRY MORRIS, M.D.
MARSTON, JOHN 1756-1846
Second Lt., Ninth Company, Capt. Perez Cushing, Col. Craft's Regiment, MA
Artillery, Sept. 9, 1776-Feb. 1, 1777, and Feb. 9-Aug. 1, 1777; First Lt.,
Seventh Company, same regiment, Aug.-Sept. 30, 1777, and Nov. 1, 1777-March
1, 1778.
JOHN MARSTON
MARSTON, PETER 1750-1811
Private, Lt. Peter Poor's Company, Andover, MA Minute Men in the "Lexington
Alarm," April 19-22, 1775; Private, Capt. Samuel Johnson's Company, Col.
Edward Wigglesworth's Regiment, March 7, 1777; Sergeant, Capt. Stephen
Webster's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment, Oct. 14-Nov. 22, 1779, MA
Militia.
RALPH CURRIER PUTNAM
MARTIN, OLIVER 1762-1829
Private, Third Regiment, NJ Line; served to Nov. 3, 1783; at Yorktown.
EDWARD MARTIN, M.D.
JONATHAN WILLIS MARTIN
*JAMES MARTIN YARDLEY
MARTIN, ROBERT -1813
Member of the Committee of Safety of Northumberland County, PA, 1775; Member
of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Member of the PA
Assembly, 1777-1778; Paymaster, Northumberland County, PA Militia, 1776.
JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL
MATLACK, TITUS 1738-1796
Second Lt., Capt. Lazarus Pine's Company, Second and Fourth Battalions, Col.
John Bubenheim Bayard, 1777; First Lt., Charles Willson Peale's Company,
Lt.-Col. William Will's Battalion, May 31, 1777, Philadelphia Militia.
EDWARD RUSSELL JONES
STOCKTON WHITE JONES
MAURAN, CHARLES JOSEPH 1748-1813
Master, row-galley "Spitfire," 1776; commanded galley-vessel "Washington,"
1777, RI Navy.
JAMES MAURAN RHODES
MAXWELL, JOHN 1739-1828
Lt., Sussex County, NJ Militia; Captain of "Maxwell's Jersey Blues," Second
Regiment, Col. Nathaniel Hunt, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia; at Trenton,
Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Springfield.
HENRY DUSENBERY MAXWELL
MAXWELL, PHILIP 1753-1817
Private, Capt. Joseph Stebbins's Company, Col. David Wells's Regiment, Sept.
23-Oct. 18, 1777; Corp., Capt. Amasa Sheldon's Company, Col. Elisha Porter's
Regiment, July 10-Aug. 12, 1777, MA Militia.
STANLEY GRISWOLD FLAGG, JR.
MEASE, JOHN 1738-1825
Private, 1776-1777; Corp., Jan., 1781, Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse,
Capt. Samuel Morris; at Trenton.
REV. ALFRED LANGDON ELWYN
MECUM, WILLIAM 1730-1790
First Maj., First or Western Battalion, Col. Samuel Dick, Salem County, NJ
Militia, June 20, 1776.
GEORGE CONARROE BISHOP
*GEORGE MECUM CONNAROE
FRANK LITTLE SHEPPARD
MELIN, GEORGE
Private, Capt. William McMullin's Company, "City Guards," Major Lewis Nicola
commanding, Philadelphia Militia, Jan. 2, 1777.
GREGORY BERNARD KEEN
MELLICK, ANDREW 1729-1820
Capt., First Regiment, Sussex County, NJ Militia; Capt., Col. Jacob Ford,
Jr.'s, Battalion, NJ State Troops, Dec., 1776.
ANDREW FINE DERR
MELLICK, MICHAEL 1756-1818
Private, Capt. John Murray's Company, PA Rifle Regiment, Col. Samuel Miles,
1776; Private, Capt. John Clark's Company, PA State Regiment of Foot, Cols.
John Bull and Walter Stewart, May 8, 1777; at Long Island, Trenton, and
Princeton; captured at the surrender of Cornwallis.
JOSEPH LEIDY, JR., M.D.
*PHILIP LEIDY, M.D.
MENDALL, SETH
Private, Capt. Edward Hammond's Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment
in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-26, 1775; Private, Capt. Benjamin
Dillingham's Company, 1776; Private, Capt. John Parker's Company, Col.
Ebenezer Sprout's Regiment, Dec. 8-23, 1776; Private, Capt. Samuel Briggs's
Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, Sept. 29-Nov. 1, 1777; Private,
Lt. John Doty's Company, Col. Ebenezer Sprout's Regiment, May 6-8, and Sept.
5-11, 1778, MA Militia.
HARRY ALDEN RICHARDSON
MERRILL, JESSE 1762-1840
Private, Capt. Samuel Merrill's Company, MA Militia; at Burgoyne's
surrender.
JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL
*Lt.-Col. LEWIS MERRILL, U.S.A.
MERRILL, SAMUEL 1737-1801
Member of the Committee of Inspection of Haverhill, MA, 1774-1775; Capt. of
MA Militia; at Burgoyne's surrender.
JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL
*Lt.-Col. LEWIS MERRILL, U.S.A.
MERRILL, THOMAS 1745-1803
Private, Capt. Moses Nowell's Company of Newburyport, MA Minute Men in the
"Lexington Alarm," April 19-22, 1775; Private, Capt. Benjamin Perkins's
Company, Col. Moses Little's Regiment, May 9-Dec, 1775; Third Lt., Capt.
Samuel Huse's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrish's Regiment, April 3, 1778, MA
Militia.
COURTLANDT KIMBALL BOLLES
MERSHON, AARON -1776
Private, Capt. Benjamin Van Cleve's Company, Col. Philip Johnson's
Battalion, Gen. Nathaniel Heard's Brigade, NJ Militia; killed at the battle
of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776
THOMAS McKEE McKEE
MESSENGER, WIGGLESWORTH 1743-1818
First Lt., Col. Joseph Read's Regiment, MA Militia, May-Dec., 1775.
JOHN BALL OSBORNE
MESSLER, CORNELIUS 1759-1843
Private, Middlesex County, NJ Militia.
REMSEN VARICK MESSLER
*THOMAS DOREMUS MESSLER
METZGER, JACOB 1746-
Capt., Third Company, Fourth Battalion, Lt.-Col. Ludwig Meyer commanding,
Lancaster County, PA Militia, 1780.
FITZ-DANIEL ERMENTROUT
MIDDLETON, HENRY 1717-1784
Member of the Continental Congress from SC, 1774-1776, and President
thereof, Oct. 22, 1774; Member of the Council of Safety of SC; Member of the
Provincial Congress of SC, 1775-1778, and for some time President thereof.
CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY NORRIS
MIFFLIN, GEORGE 1746-1785
Paymaster, Fifth PA Battalion, Col. Robert Magaw, Sept. 3, 1776; Member of
the Committee to Sign Continental Currency.
*JAMES MIFFLIN
MIFFLIN, JONATHAN 1753-1840
Private, Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris,
1779-1780-1781; Deputy Quartermaster-Gen., with rank of Col., Continental
Army, Sept. 8, 1777; at Trenton, Princeton, and Valley Forge.
GEORGE BROWN MIFFLIN
MILLER, DANIEL 1755-1836
Private, Capt. Benjamin Fishbourne's Company, Fourth Regiment, PA Line,
April 7, 1777; transferred, in 1781, to Gen. DuPortail's Corps of Sappers
and Miners, Continental Army.
*DANIEL MILLER FOX
HENRY KORN FOX
WILLIAM HENRY FOX
MILLER, ELEAZAR 1757-1793
Private, Morris County, NJ Militia.
CHARLES PARRISH HUNT
*CHARLES PARRISH
MILLER, HENRY 1751-1824
First Lt., Capt. Michael Doudle's Company, Col. William Thompson's PA
Battalion of Riflemen, June 25, 1775; promoted Capt. of same, Oct. 15, 1775;
Capt., Jan. 1, 1776; promoted Major, March 12, 1777, to rank from Sept. 28,
1776, First Regiment; promoted Lt.-Col. and transferred to Second Regiment,
July 1, 1778, to rank from March 1, 1777, PA Line; resigned Dec. 8, 1778; at
siege of Boston, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine,
Germantown, and Monmouth, where he had two horses killed under him. Member
of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
HORACE BROCK
JOHN WILLIAM BROCK
ROBERT COLEMAN HALL BROCK
HON. ETHELBERT WATTS
WILLIAM MEREDITH WATTS
MILLS, LEWIS 1738-1782
Lt., Capt. Abraham Fuller's Company, Thirteenth Regiment, Aug. 22-Sept. 30,
1776; First Lt., Capt. David Olmstead's Company, Col. Roger Enos's Regiment,
June-Aug, 1778, CT Militia; wounded in the "Danbury Raid."
JOHN SLOSSON HARDING
MILLS, WILLIAM -1842
Private, Capt. Caleb North's Company, Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony
Wayne, Jan., 1776; at Ticonderoga.
DAVID JAY MYERS, JR.
MINER, SETH 1742-1822
Private, Norwich, CT, Company of Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," 1775;
Orderly-Sergeant to Brig.-Gen. Jedediah Huntington, Continental Army; served
also as Ensign
ASHER MINER
CHARLES ABBOTT MINER
SIDNEY ROBY MINER
MINNICH, MICHAEL 1738-1800
Second Lt., Fourth Company, Capt. George Null, First Battalion, Col. Philip
Lorentz Greenawalt, Lancaster County, PA Militia, 1776-1777.
MICHAEL REED MINNICH
JOSEPH ABRAM REED
MIRICK, JAMES 1730-1777
Capt., Twelfth Company, Second Regiment, Worcester County, MA Militia, 1776;
Capt., Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment, MA Militia, 1777; at Concord.
Lt.-Col. ALMON FERDINAND ROCKWELL, U.S.A.
MITCHELL, DAVID 1742-1818
Capt., First Division, Fourth Battalion, Cumberland County, PA Associators,
May 3, 1775; Capt., Col. Frederick Watts's Battalion, Jan. 15, 1777; Major,
Seventh Battalion, Col. Frederick Watts, July 31, 1777, and May 14, 1778;
Lt.-Col., Fifth Battalion, May 10, 1780, and May 1, 1783, Cumberland County,
PA Militia.
ROBERT MITCHELL
MITCHELL, EDWARD 1760-1837
Capt. and Quartermaster, Col. William Campbell's Rifle Regiment, VA Militia,
1781.
HON. JAMES TYNDALE MITCHELL, LL.D.
MIXELL, PHILIP 1731-1817
Lt., Williams Twp. Company, Capt. Melchior Hay, Northampton County, PA
Associators, May 22, 1775.
JACOB BUTZ HELLER, M.D.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN 1750-1794
Private, Troop of Philadelphia Light Horse, Capt. Samuel Morris,
1779-1780-1781.
THOMAS HARRISON MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM 1736-1816
Delegate to the Provincial Convention of PA, Jan. 23, 1775; Member of the
Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Col., Chester
County, PA Battalion of the "Flying Camp," 1776; Delegate to the Military
Convention held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose Brig.-Gens. For
the Associated Battalions of PA; at Fort Washington, Trenton, Princeton, and
Monmouth.
EDWARD MAGILL SCHULTZ
MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM 1752-1815
Capt., 1776; Major, Oct. 13, 1777, Second Regiment, Col. David Brearley,
Monmouth County, NJ Militia.
ARCHIBALD ROGER MONTGOMERY
MOODY, PAUL 1743-1822
Sergeant, Capt. Jacob Gerrish's Company, Col. Moses Little's Regiment, MA
Militia, April 15, 1775; wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill.
NICHOLAS HARRIS MOODY
MOORE, JAMES 1756-1813
Capt., Seventh Company, Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, Jan. 5,
1776; transferred to Fifth Regiment, PA Line; promoted Major, First
Regiment, Sept. 20, 1777; transferred to Second Regiment, Jan. 1, 1783, PA
Line; in service to Nov., 1783; at Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge,
Monmouth, and Yorktown. Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
Capt. CHARLES JUDSON CRANE, U.S.A.
MOORE, NATHANIEL -1798
Sergeant, Capt. Cornelius Hoppock's Company, Third Regiment, Hunterdon
County, NJ Militia.
HENRY HOWARD ELLISON
RODMAN BARKER ELLISON
WILLIAM P. ELLISON
WILLIAM RODMAN ELLISON
MOORE, SAMUEL 1754-1798
Private, Capt. John Mott's Company, First Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ
Militia.
JAMES W. MOORE, M.D.
FREDERICK SCHOBER
MOORE, SMAUEL -1795
First Lt., Capt. John Reese's Company, Second PA Battalion, Col. Arthur St.
Clair, Jan. 11, 1776; promoted Capt., Nov. 11, 1776; transferred to Third
Regiment, PA Line; became Supernumerary, July 1, 1778.
Lt. JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS LANDIS, U.S.A.
MOORE, THOMAS 1757-1817
Matross, Capt. Benjamin Eustis's Company, Third Artillery; Gunner, Capt.
Benjamin Frothingham's Company, Col. John Crane's Regiment of Artillery,
Sept. 12, 1777-Dec. 31, 1779, and Jan. 1-Sept. 12, 1780, MA Line; Seaman,
Privateer "Aurora," June 16, 1781, and later served on frigate "Boston,"
Continental Navy.
REV. LUCIEN MOORE ROBINSON
MOREY, ISRAEL 1735-1809
Member of the Provincial Assembly of NH, May 4, 1775; Member of the
Committee of Safety of NH, May 24, 1775; Col., Twelfth Regiment of Foot, NH
Militia, Aug. 24, 1775; Paymaster, Col. Timothy Bedel's Regiment of NH
Rangers, Aug. 29, 1775; Mustermaster and Paymaster of same, Jan. 20, 1776;
Brig.-Gen. Of NH Militia.
FREDERICK MEADE BISSELL
MORGAN, JACOB, SR. 1716-1792
Member of the Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776;
Delegate to the PA Constitutional Convention of 1776; Justice of Berks
County, PA Courts, 1768-1777; Member of the Supreme Executive Council of PA,
1777-1778; Member of the Council of Safety of PA, 1777; Dedimus Potestatem,
Aug. 10, 1778; Judge of Berks County, PA, 1777-1791; Lt. of Berks County,
PA, May 22, 1777-1780.
GORDON MONGES ASH
*JOHN MORAN ASH
JOHN MORGAN ASH, JR.
*CHARLES PENROSE BLIGHT
ELIHU SPENCER BLIGHT
WILLIAM SERGEANT BLIGHT
REV. BENJAMIN JOHNSON DOUGLASS
CHARLES WETHERILL GUMBES, M.D.
ADDINELL HEWSON, M.D.
PRICE WETHERILL JANEWAY
CHARLES NORRIS ROBINSON
ROBERTS COLES ROBINSON
ALBERT LAWRENCE WETHERILL
JOHN PRICE WETHERILL
SAMUEL WETHERILL
MORGAN, JACOB, JR. 1742-1802
Major, First Battalion, Col. John Dickinson, Philadelphia Associators, 1775;
Col., First Battalion, 1777; Col., Third Battalion, 1777, Philadelphia
Militia; Wagonmaster, PA Militia, 1780; Superintendent-Commissioner of
Purchases of PA, 1780; Assistant Foragemaster of PA, 1780.
GORDON MONGES ASH
*JOHN MORAN ASH
JOHN MORGAN ASH, JR.
*CHARLES PENROSE BLIGHT
ELIHU SPENCER BLIGHT
WILLIAM SERGEANT BLIGHT
REV. BENJAMIN JOHNSON DOUGLASS
CHARLES NORRIS ROBINSON
ROBERTS COLES ROBINSON
MORGAN, JONAS 1752-1824
Ensign, Col. Samuel McLellan's Battalion, CT Militia, Sept. 25, 1777.
THOMAS CHESTER WALBRIDGE
MORRIS, ANTHONY CADWALADER, 1745-1798
Volunteer Soldier and Scout in service at Philadelphia and vicinity,
1777-1778; wounded by British Cavalry, near Darby, PA, Dec., 1777.
JOSPEH ALLISON STEINMETZ
MORRIS, ROBERT 1734-1806
Vice-President of the Committee of Safety of PA, 1775-1776; Member of the
Continental Congress from PA, 1776-1778; a Signer of the Declaration of
Independence; Superintendent of Finance of the United States, 1781. Honorary
Member of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
HENRY MORRIS, M.D.
MORRIS, SAMUEL, SR. 1711-1788
Member of the Council of Safety of PA, 1776-1777; Member of the Board of War
of PA, March 13, 1777.
JOSPEH ALLISON JANNEY
SPENCER MOSES JANNEY
JOSEPH ALLISON STEINMETZ
MORRIS, SAMUEL 1734-1812
Member of the Philadelphia Committee of Safety, 1775; Capt., Philadelphia
Troop of Light Horse, 1776-1781; at Trenton and Princeton; Member of the
Navy Board of PA, March 13, 1777; Member of the PA Assembly, 1776, and
1781-1783.
RICHARD WISTAR HARVEY
EFFINGHAM BUCKLEY MORRIS
FREDERICK WISTAR MORRIS
FREDERICK WISTAR MORRIS, JR.
GALLOWAY CHESTON MORRIS
ISRAEL WISTAR MORRIS
JACOB GILES MORRIS
JACOB GILES MORRIS
THOMAS MILNOR MORRIS
EFFINGHAM PEROT
REV. ELLISTON JOSEPH PEROT
ELLISTON LUKE PEROT
JOSEPH SANSOM PEROT
ALEXANDER HARVEY SCOTT
JOHN MORIN SCOTT
LEWIS ALLAIRE SCOTT, JR.
*JACOB WALN VAUX
MORTON, GEORGE 1756-1799
Assistant Commissary of Issues, Continental Army, 1778.
THOMAS GEORGE MORTON, M.D.
MORTON, JOHN 1724-1777
Speaker of the PA Assembly, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress from
PA, 1774-1777; a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Major CHARLES LUKENS DAVIS, U.S.A.
WILLIAM WALLEY DAVIS, JR.
EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN
WILLIAM McILVAIN
THOMAS EDGAR MADDOCK
MORTON, SKETCHLEY 1750-1795
Member of the Committee of Observation of Chester County, PA, Dec. 20, 1774;
Major, Third Battalion, Col. Caleb Davis, Chester County, PA Militia, May 17, 1777.
EDWARD MORTON McILVAIN
WILLIAM McILVAIN
THOMAS EDGAR MADDOCK
MOTT, EDWARD
Chairman of the Committee of War for the Expedition against Fort
Ticonderoga, April-May, 1775; Capt., Sixth Regiment, Col. Samuel Holden
Parsons, CT Line, for protection of harbor of New London, May 1, 1775-Feb.
10, 1776; Assistant Engineer, Northern Department, Gen. Philip Schuyler,
Aug. 6, 1775; Major, Col. Fisher Gay's Regiment, Gen. James Wadsworth's
Brigade, CT Militia, July-Dec., 1776; at Long Island.
THOMAS CHESTER WALBRIDGE
MOULDER, JOSEPH 1729-1779
Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Member of the
Provincial Conference of PA, Carpenters' Hall, June 18, 1776; Capt. of
Artillery, Philadelphia Associators, 1775; Capt. of Artillery, Gen. John
Cadwalader's Brigade, Philadelphia Militia, 1777; at Princeton.
EDWARD PAGE VOGELS
MOULDER, WILLIAM 1724-1798
Deputy to the Provincial Convention of PA, July 15, 1774; Second Lt., Capt.
Thomas Robinson's Company, Fourth PA Battalion, Col. Anthony Wayne, March
15, 1776; resigned Oct. 1, 1776.
ANTOINE BOURNONVILLE
HERMAN FREYTAG OBERTEUFFER
WASHINGTON BLEDDYN POWELL
MOULTON, MICHAEL, JR. 1757-1820
First Lt., Second Battalion, RI Militia, Oct. 1776; served also in the RI
Navy.
ROBERT POTTER MOULTEN
MOWRY, CHRISTIAN
Private, Capt. Samuel Brady's Company, Eighth Regiment, PA Line.
*CHARLES HENRY PAULSON, JR.
FRANK GORMLY PAULSON
MOYLAN, STEPHEN 1743-1811
Mustermaster-General, Continental Army, Aug. 11, 1775; Aid-de-Camp to Gen.
Washington, March 6, 1776; Quartermaster-General with rank of Col.,
Continental Army, June 5- Sept. 28, 1776; Col. PA Regiment of Cavalry, Jan.
8, 1777; served until Nov. 3, 1783; Brevet Brig-Gen., Nov. 3, 1783. Member
of the PA State Society of the Cincinnati.
JAMES HUNTER EWING
WILLIAM MOYLAN LANSDALE
MUHLENBERG, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS 1750-1801
Member of the Continental Congress from PA, 1778-1780; Member of the PA
Assembly, 1780-1783; President of the Council of Censors of PA, Nov. 14,
1783.
GEORGE BROOKE, JR.
MUHLENBERG, JOHN PETER GABRIEL 1746-1807
Chairman of the Committee of Safety and Correspondence of Dunmore County,
VA, June 16, 1774; Member of the VA House of Burgesses, 1774; Delegate to
the Virginia Convention, 1774; Col., Eighth Regiment, VA Line, Feb. 13,
1776; Brig.-Gen., Continental Army, Feb. 21, 1777; Brevet Major-Gen., Sept.
30, 1783; at Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth, Stony Point,
Green Spring, and Yorktown. Member of the VA State Society of the
Cincinnati; transferred to the PA State Society, 1789.
ISAAC HIESTER
FRANCIS BENJAMIN MUHLENBERG
FRANK PETER MUHLENBERG
WILLIAM FREDERICK MUHLENBERG, M.D.
MUNRO, WLLIAM 1743-1827
Orderly-Sergeant, Capt. John Parker's Company of MA Minute Men at the battle
of Lexington, April 19,1775; Lt., MA Militia, 1777; at the surrender of
Burgoyne.
Lt., CHARLES GREENE SAWTELLE, JR., U.S.A.
EDMUND MUNROE SAWTELLE
MUNROE, ABRAHAM -1828
Fourth Sergeant, Capt. Davis's Company, Col. John Whitcomb's MA Regiment of
Minute Men in the "Lexington Alarm," April 19-25, 1775; First Sergeant of
same, Aug., 1775; Private, Capt. Baker's Company, Col. Tyler's Regiment, MA
Militia in the "Rhode Island Alarm," July 27-Aug. 11, 1780.
LEWIS RICE
MUNSON, THEOPHILUS 1747-1795
First Lt., Fourteenth Regiment, CT Militia, Jan. 1, 1776; Capt., Eighth
Regiment, Jan. 1, 1777; transferred to Fourth Regiment, Jan. 1, 1781, CT
Line; resigned June 3, 1783; at Germantown, Fort Mifflin, Valley Forge,
Monmouth, and Stony Point. Member of the CT State Society of the Cincinnati.
CHARLES LOCKWOOD TRACY
MURRAY, JAMES 1729-1804
Member of the Committee of Observation of Lancaster County, PA, Nov. 8,
1775; Capt., Col. James Burd's Battalion, Lancaster County, PA Associators,
forming part of the "Flying Camp," 1776; Capt., First Company, Tenth
Battalion, Col. Robert Elder, Aug. 26, 1780; Col., Capt. Robert Elder's
Battalion, April 17, 1781, Lancaster County, PA Militia; Delegate to the
Military Convention held at Lancaster, PA, July 4, 1776, to choose
Brig.-Gens. for the Associated Battalions of PA.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS PATTON
MUSSER, GEORGE 1741-1806
Capt., First Battalion, Col. James Ross, Lancaster County, PA Militia.
GEORGE HENRY HAVERSTICK