Revolutionary War Patriot, DAR Ancestor # A001137
Delaware Archives, Revolutionary War, Vol. III, Page 1089
Benjamin Alexander is listed as a private in Captain Lewis's Company of the Delaware Militia.
"I do hereby Certify tha the above & foregoing List are the names of the Officers & Privates which were with me on the Expedition to Thorough Fair Neck and at the taking of the several vessels in Duck Creek in Nov. 1777, which were Afterwards Libeled in my Name & Condemned as Prizes and Sold by James Booth Esq. Marshall of Admiralty for the Delaware State in the Month of June 1778 or thereabouts.
Witness my hand 4th. Sept. 1789.
ISAAC LEWIS."
Revolutionary New Castle: The Struggle for Independence, by Theodore Corbett,
The History Press, 2012, Page 75
"New Castle witnessed the rebels trying to retaliate against the coastal warfare with limited resources. Its port supported the rebel effort to free the Delaware waters of loyalist raiders. As mentioned, President McKean had organized and called up a Whig Battalion, and at least Isaac Lewis's company was able in November 1778 to march through Fair Neck to the Duck Creek area, south of New Castle. On Duck Creek, a loyalist stronghold, Lewis's men took several vessels. They sailed them to New Castle, where in June 1779 Marshall of Admiralty James Booth presided, declaring them prizes and selling them. Thus, Captain Lewis had a reward for appearing in the field."
Delaware Archives, Revolutionary War, Vol. III, Page 1089
Benjamin Alexander is listed as a private in Captain Lewis's Company of the Delaware Militia.
"I do hereby Certify tha the above & foregoing List are the names of the Officers & Privates which were with me on the Expedition to Thorough Fair Neck and at the taking of the several vessels in Duck Creek in Nov. 1777, which were Afterwards Libeled in my Name & Condemned as Prizes and Sold by James Booth Esq. Marshall of Admiralty for the Delaware State in the Month of June 1778 or thereabouts.
Witness my hand 4th. Sept. 1789.
ISAAC LEWIS."
Revolutionary New Castle: The Struggle for Independence, by Theodore Corbett,
The History Press, 2012, Page 75
"New Castle witnessed the rebels trying to retaliate against the coastal warfare with limited resources. Its port supported the rebel effort to free the Delaware waters of loyalist raiders. As mentioned, President McKean had organized and called up a Whig Battalion, and at least Isaac Lewis's company was able in November 1778 to march through Fair Neck to the Duck Creek area, south of New Castle. On Duck Creek, a loyalist stronghold, Lewis's men took several vessels. They sailed them to New Castle, where in June 1779 Marshall of Admiralty James Booth presided, declaring them prizes and selling them. Thus, Captain Lewis had a reward for appearing in the field."
Revolutionary War Patriot, DAR Ancestor # A001137
Delaware Archives, Revolutionary War, Vol. III, Page 1089
Benjamin Alexander is listed as a private in Captain Lewis's Company of the Delaware Militia.
"I do hereby Certify tha the above & foregoing List are the names of the Officers & Privates which were with me on the Expedition to Thorough Fair Neck and at the taking of the several vessels in Duck Creek in Nov. 1777, which were Afterwards Libeled in my Name & Condemned as Prizes and Sold by James Booth Esq. Marshall of Admiralty for the Delaware State in the Month of June 1778 or thereabouts.
Witness my hand 4th. Sept. 1789.
ISAAC LEWIS."
Revolutionary New Castle: The Struggle for Independence, by Theodore Corbett,
The History Press, 2012, Page 75
"New Castle witnessed the rebels trying to retaliate against the coastal warfare with limited resources. Its port supported the rebel effort to free the Delaware waters of loyalist raiders. As mentioned, President McKean had organized and called up a Whig Battalion, and at least Isaac Lewis's company was able in November 1778 to march through Fair Neck to the Duck Creek area, south of New Castle. On Duck Creek, a loyalist stronghold, Lewis's men took several vessels. They sailed them to New Castle, where in June 1779 Marshall of Admiralty James Booth presided, declaring them prizes and selling them. Thus, Captain Lewis had a reward for appearing in the field."
Delaware Archives, Revolutionary War, Vol. III, Page 1089
Benjamin Alexander is listed as a private in Captain Lewis's Company of the Delaware Militia.
"I do hereby Certify tha the above & foregoing List are the names of the Officers & Privates which were with me on the Expedition to Thorough Fair Neck and at the taking of the several vessels in Duck Creek in Nov. 1777, which were Afterwards Libeled in my Name & Condemned as Prizes and Sold by James Booth Esq. Marshall of Admiralty for the Delaware State in the Month of June 1778 or thereabouts.
Witness my hand 4th. Sept. 1789.
ISAAC LEWIS."
Revolutionary New Castle: The Struggle for Independence, by Theodore Corbett,
The History Press, 2012, Page 75
"New Castle witnessed the rebels trying to retaliate against the coastal warfare with limited resources. Its port supported the rebel effort to free the Delaware waters of loyalist raiders. As mentioned, President McKean had organized and called up a Whig Battalion, and at least Isaac Lewis's company was able in November 1778 to march through Fair Neck to the Duck Creek area, south of New Castle. On Duck Creek, a loyalist stronghold, Lewis's men took several vessels. They sailed them to New Castle, where in June 1779 Marshall of Admiralty James Booth presided, declaring them prizes and selling them. Thus, Captain Lewis had a reward for appearing in the field."
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