The land will be incorporated into the park on a bluff overlooking the river. Nicholson & Co., printers, 1872. Holly. APPLEGATE, BENJAMIN. John, N.J., Mary, W454 - Is this John Dey who married Mary Applegate? Abraham Egbert, third regiment Midddlesex, also continental army, Lewis Egbert first regiment Middlesex, also contiental army. by Beers & Co., 1883; Adams Co. Hist of Evans and St. APPLEGATE, MOSES. Edward Evans who served in Capt. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community,please subscribe or activate your digital account today. [Ezekiel Dey/Dye served under Captain Robert Nixon.] There were three Regiments. The Jersey regiments made this site their winter quarters, remaining there until April or May of 1780. Furloughed on June 6, 1783 at Newburgh, New York. 1852-1860). APPLEGATE, CHARLES. Samuel Dawson's Company; Col Richard June 23, 1780 - Shreve's Regiment again saw action in the Battle of Springfield which resulted in the retreat of the British army back to Elizabeth Town. The 1st New Jersey Regiment ordered to Hudson Highlands. Relieved on April 27, 1776 from Stirling's Brigade and assigned to the, Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at Pompton, Men merged into the. It was also the theater of many battles, skirmishes, and forage expeditions, greatly to the annoyance of the inhabitants, as well as dangerous to the established government. Map / Directions to the Mettler Cemetery Mettler Cemetery contains the graves of two Revolutionary War soldiers: [1] Even Bevans (December 22,1762 - Apr. Second Establishment; Corporal, Captain John Holmes' company, First June 8, 1776 - After enduring the retreat from Quebec, the regiment took part in the ill-executed action at Troise Riviers, Canada. June 1778 - The reunited Jersey Brigade kept watch on the British in Philadelphia in anticipation of their evacuation. Joseph Dye (1749 - after 1805) was the son of Joseph and Martha Holman Dey of Cranbury. MOUNT, GEORGE. December 1775 to February 1776 - The battalion was mustered and organized at Burlington and Trenton to consist of eight companies from Gloucester, Hunterdon, Burlington, Salem, and Sussex counties. September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine. "I liked how a geological feature formed millions of years agoplayed such an important role," he said. Josiah, N.J., S630 - Is this Josiah Dey, son of Lawrence and Anne Sarah Dey Dey? 1:113,000. There were 238 battles and skirmishes in New Jersey, more than occurred in any other state. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the Old Mans Registration or the Old Mans Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. 572 New Jersey, First Regt Ba-Bl. Middlesex; also State troops. Co., 1965. The long list includes Morristown's Jockey Hollow,sites in Princeton, Trenton and Monmouth where significant battles were fought, and locations in Rifle Camp in Woodland Park and the fort and visitor center in Fort Lee. Trenton New Jersey | Dec 26, 1776 After crossing the Delaware River in a treacherous storm, General George Washington 's army defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries at Trenton. Gulick's company, Third Regiment, ditto. is listed as a Mariner. World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. New Jersey. This digital version of Strykers Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, presented by the New Jersey State Library, is both searchable utilizing full Boolean logic and browsable. The three Continental divisions on the hill caught the full force of Howe's assault, which included the British Guards and light infantry. The 245-year-old remains lay undiscovered until a team from. Theiron was used for weapons. All additions, corrections, and comments on the following resources will be appreciated. A John Dye is listed as a Teamster in Captain Disbrow's Team Brigade. Md. Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Cranbury, New Jersey There are 80 Revolutionary War Veterans buring in Brainerd Cemetary, behind the First Presbyterian Church, in Cranbury, New Jersey. In addition to other skirmishes during the spring and summer, these men saw action on June 26, 1781 at Spencer's Ordinary, near Williamsburg. He became colonel of the same regiment on January 1, 1777 after Silas Newcomb resigned the position. At midnight on the 23rd the enemy troops crossed back to Staten Island. Adjutant-General'S Office, and New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project. New Jersey Historical Records Survey Project. A soldier of the 33rd regiment of foot. (Sarah Nell Blackwell/Courtesy of South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust). Over four million men and women served from the United States. of paper records and 234.6 reels of microfilm ~ A team of archeologists and anthropologists launched an ensuing excavation in September 2022 and uncovered even more remains. A similar project is studying a dozen German soldiers, called Hessians, who died fighting for the British at Red Bank, New Jersey. It is clear that some the children of John Laurens Dey used Dey and some used Dye as their surname. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 11:09. April 4-5, 1778 - British forces repulsed Major Richard Howell and his troops from Billingsport. "I had thought it would take a few months," he said. The state archives has many military records from before World War I. 1770-ca.1979, National Archives (NARA) - Northeast Region, Gloucester County Historical Society Library, Jewish Historical Society of Central Jersey, https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=New_Jersey_Military_Records&oldid=5232241, Camp Washington -- Textual records of this post, 1839, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in. Pdf. June to November 1780 - During this period the Jersey Brigade was situated at several posts to protect the New Jersey side of the Hudson from enemy incursions. The British were furious about the lost opportunity to capture Shreve at Haddonfield but elated about the capture of the American picket at Cooper's ferry (including a set of spy glasses given by Washington to spy upon the Philadelphia shore). Relief shown by hachures and shading. As part of reserves under Nash, 1st New Jersey Regiment assaults Chew House. Bur. In October they moved to West Point and entered barracks in anticipation of remaining there for the winter. Privates were to be paid five dollars per calendar month. On October 28th, 1775, "men capable of bearing arms were now "directed" to enroll themselves. Middlesex; Captain Addis' company, Second Regiment, ditto; Captain The FamilySearch index is free but fees may apply to view images on Fold3. NATIONAL PARK, N.J. A public archaeological dig turned up the remains of Revolutionary War soldiers at Red Bank Battlefield Park. (FamilySearch Library film 868777). 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October 19, 1781 - The capitulation of the British and German forces at Yorktown took place, the enemy troops surrendering their arms to the French and American armies. Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records. November 5, 1776 All New Jersey regiments ordered to New Jersey for discharge and reforming. Also available in digital form. Between 1775 and 1783, American rebels battled the British for our fledgling country's independence. 3 miles east of Georgetown, O. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Monmouth. I, vols. Researchers in New Jersey believe they have found the remains of 13 soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. banquet: he gave this one: "The Fourth of July, 1776, a day ever to be For records of the Revolutionary War, see: Fold3 provided the free index for this collection on FamilySearch. With the defeat of the British fleet the escape of Cornwallis' troops by sea was blocked. April 24, 2023 1:00 pm. October 9, 1775 Congress authorizes raising of two battalions from New Jersey. APPLEGATE, WILLIAM. The family had deep roots in New Jersey: John Ogden had built a house in Elizabeth in 1664 after having moved from Long Island, where he had settled in 1640 from Hampshire, England. February 1781 - Two light companies and three battalion companies from the New Jersey line along with the light troops from New England were selected to form a detachment under the Marquis de Lafayette to serve in Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. Captain Robert Nixon, Captain, First Major, commanded a troop of light-horse under Duychinck. Hampered by confused orders and heavy pressure from the British, Lee's troops retreated in disorder until they were met by the main army under Washington. Robert was politically prominent, serving as the speaker of the House of Representatives on the eve of the Revolution. Revolutionary to Mexican-American Wars ; Civil War ; Twentieth Century Wars ; . American Revolutionary War Battles for 1776 The Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776 at Trenton, New Jersey Battle Summary After General George Washington 's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. More than 30,000 crossed the Atlantic to help crush the new United States. There were three Regiments. Frazier, Caldwell. With the army's right flank defeated, the battle was lost and the Americans retreated to Chester, PA. During the fighting on Birmingham hill, Colonel Israel Shreve was wounded in the thigh and did not return to duty until November. PERRINE, JOB. New Jersey has numeroushistoric war sites, butuntil recently, there was nocentral location that listed all of them. He was named lieutenant colonel of the First New Jersey in March 1776. In Bergen County, the list begins with Alpine'sPalisades Interstate Park Huyler's Landing on the Hudson River, which commemorates General Cornwall's crossing of the Hudson River from New York City on the night of Nov.19, 1776. LC copy replaced by microfilm. APPLEGATE, JAMES. May 3, 1776 New Jersey Brigade (three regiments) ordered to Quebec, Canada. MOUNT, GEORGE. June 8 to June 22, 1780 - The brigade kept watch on British forces encamped behind their fortifications at Elizabeth Town. #RowanResearch. The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of most of these records. They also uncovered bits of plates, bottles, glass, clay smoking pipes, buttons, French-made gun flints from the 1770s and an Andrew Jackson victory button dating from 1828. 571 New Jersey.First Battalion (Somerset County), First Regt A. The first is a listing of Jerseymen who were part of the Jersey Line of the Continental army , followed by a listing of miscellaneous organizations, the roster of the Continental Army , the roster of state troops and militia, the Quartermaster Generals department, the Commissary Generals department, the Wagonmaster Generals department and those who served in the navy. Holmes' company, Second Regiment. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as APPLEGATE, WILLIAM. Several Key Revolutionary War Sites Are Found In Morristown. The Regiment was authorized on October 9, 1775 in the Continental Army as the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and assigned to the. Honoring these heroes in a respectful manner and ensuring the permanent protection of their remains continues to be the mission of this effort, Doug Bostick, CEO of the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust, said in a release. Frazza also lists obscure facts about the state's part in the war. British Loyalists and Patriot sympathizersneighbors before the warkilled and harassed one another for seven years in a series of skirmishes that lasted until war's . ", Jeremiah Dey, First Batalion, Second Establishment; Captain John Holmes' company, First Regement. October 11, 1776 Battle of Valcour Island. The son of John Laurens and Ann Brown Dey? Maxwell's Brigade was in the reserve during this action. December 1781 to August 1782 - The New Jersey regiments for their winter cantonment "take Post somewhere in the Vicinity of Morristown." The Sussex County list includes a handful of sites such as Andover Iron Works, known for the "high quality of iron they produced," the website read. Spring-Summer,1779 Wyoming Valley Expedition under Sullivan. November to December 1776 - Ordered to reinforce Washington's army, the battalion marched to Morristown, NJ where they arrived about December 3 and were disbanded when one-year enlistments expired. Brief quotations from this work are quoted below to put the situation into perspective. Teamster; also private, militia. 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Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War, officials announced Tuesday. At the end of May, the rest of Maxwell's Brigade joined them at Mt. (Stryker, p. 319). The county's last entry is Westwood's Bogert's Mill Siteat Mill Street and First Avenue, the site of the earliest grist mill in this area and one of Washington's stops. The Soldiers in the 2nd New Jersey had enlisted for a year, so upon arriving home in early December 1776, the 2nd New Jersey disbanded. Disbanded on February 7, 1779 at Elizabethtown. Fur infor Taliaferro Chap. The were ordered to furnish themselves with "a good musket or firelock and bayonet. And that, to me, is a very powerful moment in public history.". The following records will help you document Revolutionary War service. Captain Moore's company, Second Battalion, Somerset. Legg added that the marked graves will now allow for the contemplation of battlefield visitors., Jonathan is a staff writer and editor of the Early Bird Brief newsletter for Military Times. Captain Hankinson's company, First Regiment, Monmouth. "I want people to know what happened right where they are standing," he said. D. Brown Co., O. Bur on the Day farm, He went along as a volunteer on Arnold's march to Quebec and was wounded in the assault on that city on December 31, 1775. October 4, 1777 - At the Battle of Germantown, Washington's army assaulted the British encamped outside of Philadelphia. New Jersey. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records. Middlesex. The uprising was suppressed quickly with the execution of two of its leaders. September 2, 1781 - The American forces passed through Philadelphia on their way south; the following day the French army under General Rochambeau marched through the city. Pdf. This page has been viewed 36,925 times (0 via redirect). "If we can extract their stories, and if we can tell their stories, it lets us put a name to a face. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War. The regiment was disbanded on February 7, 1779 at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. present generation from the weight of the yoke of British tyranny.' / CBS/AP. The soldiers coffins are handcrafted in an 18th-century design using hand-forged nails and wood from longleaf pine trees thought to have grown not far from where the historic battle took place. Loyalists. infantry. Burial Records. See the Wiki article, New Jersey in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant web sites, etc. Search the history of over 806 billion Jonathan Holmes' company, Second Regiment. The Americans, integrated regiments of Black and white soldiers fighting for freedom, numbered 500 and lost only 14 soldiers, according to Janofsky. The 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on October 9, 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell. Call number: [E263.N5N55 1872 Index], - MOUNT, MATTHEW. Not drawn to scale. James Lewis, a historian with the Morristown & Morris Township library'sNorth Jersey History & Genealogy Center, said Gen. George Washington spent more time in New Jersey during the war than in any other colony. Free digital images of the National Archives microfilms for the Revolutionary War compiled service records for New Jersey (RG 93, reels 574643) are available at Internet Archive. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor. October 9, 1775 - The 2nd NJ Battalion is authorized as part of the first establishment of the Continental Army. The dig uncovered items related to the Battle of Red Bank: Rare artifacts: 175 years after it sank, 'Ship of Gold' treasures begin tour of US before going up for auction. At least five of the Continentals were determined to have been teenagers, while the oldest soldier is estimated to have died when he was between 40 and 50 years old. ELY, GEORGE. It lies on a line between the occupied areas around New York and Philadelphia and is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean. ditto; died of fatigue at the Burnt Tavern. Contributor: New Jersey. Eyck's company, First Battalion, Somerset. Be the first one to, Official register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the revolutionary war, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, New Jersey -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Registers, United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Regimental histories New Jersey Registers, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). the site of a pivotal Revolutionary War conflict. (FS Library films 1205336-357.). 1:113,000. remembered: health and prosperity to all who assisted in delivering the The Hessians suffered about 377 casualties during the Battle of Red Bank, in which Fort Mercer was successfully defended against about 2,000 British and Hessian troops. The book alternates between stories of the Revolutionary War and Frazzas experienceexploring the state including some humorous anecdotes of his journey. (How to use this collection.). Col Israel Shreve evacuates from Haddonfield about 2 am, Sunday morning , the 5th of April and speed marches his troops his troops to Mount Holly. They later moved with several of their children to Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Matt Fagan is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. Forensic anthropologists are continuing to craft biological profiles for each of the troops. Private, Captain Bruere's company, Monmouth; Corporal, The Associated Press contributed to this report. Middlesex; Captain Addis' company, Second Regiment, ditto; Captain Unable to decide their objective, General Washington determined to cover all possibilities while waiting for news of the fleet. Official register of the officers and men of New Jersey in the revolutionary war by New Jersey. Came to Brown Co. 1795, and lived neard the said Evans. December 1779 to April 1780 - On the 17th of December the brigade arrived at Eyre's Forge on the Hardscrabble Road, located between Jockey Hollow, Basking Ridge, and Vealtown (present-day Bernardsville). "We're assuming they're Hessian soldiers based on everything we've found, the context of what we've found, and the artifacts and objects that are in place with them," Archaeologist Wade Catts said.
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