Revolutionary War Army Officer, New Jersey Militia General.
During the Revolutionary War he as a Captain in the 5th new Jersey Continental Infantry regiment, as Major of the Essx County, New Jersey Infantry regiment, and fought in the Quebec Campaign under Major General Richard Montgomery, and at the September 1777 Battle of Brandywine, losing a leg to wounds from that engagement.
After the war he served as a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia.
"One of the firmest patriots of our revolution; in the darkest period of his country's oppression & danger, he volunteered in her cause & was wounded in her defense. Probity, benevolence & patriotism characterized his life. He lived beloved and died lamented. His sons have caused this monument a faint tribute of gratitude & affection to be erected over his grave."
During the Revolutionary War he as a Captain in the 5th new Jersey Continental Infantry regiment, as Major of the Essx County, New Jersey Infantry regiment, and fought in the Quebec Campaign under Major General Richard Montgomery, and at the September 1777 Battle of Brandywine, losing a leg to wounds from that engagement.
After the war he served as a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia.
"One of the firmest patriots of our revolution; in the darkest period of his country's oppression & danger, he volunteered in her cause & was wounded in her defense. Probity, benevolence & patriotism characterized his life. He lived beloved and died lamented. His sons have caused this monument a faint tribute of gratitude & affection to be erected over his grave."
Revolutionary War Army Officer, New Jersey Militia General.
During the Revolutionary War he as a Captain in the 5th new Jersey Continental Infantry regiment, as Major of the Essx County, New Jersey Infantry regiment, and fought in the Quebec Campaign under Major General Richard Montgomery, and at the September 1777 Battle of Brandywine, losing a leg to wounds from that engagement.
After the war he served as a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia.
"One of the firmest patriots of our revolution; in the darkest period of his country's oppression & danger, he volunteered in her cause & was wounded in her defense. Probity, benevolence & patriotism characterized his life. He lived beloved and died lamented. His sons have caused this monument a faint tribute of gratitude & affection to be erected over his grave."
During the Revolutionary War he as a Captain in the 5th new Jersey Continental Infantry regiment, as Major of the Essx County, New Jersey Infantry regiment, and fought in the Quebec Campaign under Major General Richard Montgomery, and at the September 1777 Battle of Brandywine, losing a leg to wounds from that engagement.
After the war he served as a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia.
"One of the firmest patriots of our revolution; in the darkest period of his country's oppression & danger, he volunteered in her cause & was wounded in her defense. Probity, benevolence & patriotism characterized his life. He lived beloved and died lamented. His sons have caused this monument a faint tribute of gratitude & affection to be erected over his grave."
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