Colonel John Durkee's Regimant, 1776 - 19th Continental
[This regiment, known generally as Durkee's in the campaign of '76, was General Putnam's Regt. of 1775 as reorganized for service in the Continental army for the year 1776. Benedict Arnold was its first appointed Colonel, but as stated below, he never assumed command. The regiment marched from Boston to New York in April, '76, and was stationed until Sept. 15 at Bergen Heights and Paulus Hook, now Jersey City. Later it was ordered to Ft. Lee, opposite Ft. Washington, and then accompanied Washington on the retreat through New Jersey. Engaged at Battle of Trenton, Dec. 25, '76, and in part at Princeton, Jan. 3, '77, a portion of the regiment, at urgent request of Washington, continuing in service with other troops, about six weeks after expiration of their term. Rolls incomplete.]
FIELD AND STAFF
Colonel: Benedict Arnold New Haven Appt. Col. while absent before Quebec; never with the regt.; prom. Brig.- Gen. See Genl Staff. Colonel: John Durkee Norwich Lt.-Col. Jan. 1, '76. Prom. Col. Aug. 12, '76; re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Lieut.-Colonel: Thomas Knowlton Ashford Prom. Lieut.-Col. Aug. 12, '76; killed at Harlem Heights, Sept. 16, '76. See Knowlton's "Rangers." Major: Thomas Knowlton Ashford Prom. as above. Major: Thomas Dyer,1 Windham Prom. from Capt. Aug. 19, '76. Surgeon: John Spaulding Canterbury - Chaplain: Rev. Abiel Leonard Woodstock - Chaplain: Rev. Benjamin Boardman Middle Haddam - Adjutant: Daniel Tilden Lebanon Prom. Capt. Sept. 7, '76. Adjutant: Nathaniel Webb Windham Appt. Sept. 7; re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Quartermaster: Ebenezer Gray Windham Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. See Gen. Staff, '76. Quartermaster: Benjamin Stone Windham Appt. Sept. 7, '76. Paymaster: William Adams Hartford Appt. Sept. 7, '76. Sergeant Major: Reuben Pride Norwich Re-ent. service '77. Names Residence Remarks CAPTAINS Ephraim Manning Woodstock - Jedidiah Waterman Canterbury - Thomas Dyer Windham Prom. Maj. as above. Thomas Grosvenor Pomfret Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. See Knowlton's "Rangers." Stephen Brown Woodstock Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. See Knowlton's "Rangers." John Keyes Ashford - Wills Clift Plainfield Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. John Robertson - - FIRST LIEUTENANTS Nathaniel Webb Windham Appt. Adjt.; see above. Ebenezer Gray Windham See Quartermaster above. Daniel Tilden Lebanon See Adjutant above. James Sprague Union Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Samuel Brown - - William Adams Hartford Appt. Paymaster, see above. Daniel Putman Pomfret A. D. C. to Gen. Putnam; see Staff. Beriah Bill Norwich Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Bryant Brown Woodstock - Watrous Clark Norwich - Benjamin Durkee, Jr. Pomfret - Timothy Cleveland Canterbury Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Silas Goodale Norwich - John Buel Lebanon Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. John Alden Lebanon - John Durkee, Jr. Norwich Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. SECOND LIEUTENANTS Nathaniel Bishop Norwich Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. John Waterman Norwich Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. James Holt Windham - Benjamin Durkee Pomfret - Seth Phelps Windsor Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Josiah Fuller Stafford - Jonathan Woodworth Lebanon - Robert Hallam New London Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. ENSIGNS Bryant Brown Woodstock - Watrous Clark Norwich - Benjamin Durkee, Jr. Pomfret - Timothy Cleveland Canterbury Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. Silas Goodale Norwich - John Buel Lebanon Re-ent. Cont. service in '77. John Alden Lebanon - John Durkee, Jr. Norwich Re-ent. Cont. service in '77.
Ebenezer Leffingwell, Private Capt. Clift's Co. and John English of Capt. Waterman's Co., in Durkee's Regt. at N. Y., 1776. Private Isaiah Beaumont wounded at Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, '77.
1"Major Dyer belonged to the regiment that covered the retreat from Fort Lee to Delaware River, which regiment, both officers and men, behaved with great spirit and bravery, to the entire satisfaction of the General, and was with him in the action at Trenton." -- Conn. Gazette, Feb. 14, 1777.
CASUALTIES IN COL. WYLLYS' REGIMENT IN CAMPAIGN AROUND NEW YORK, 1776.
William Gaylord Missing, Aug. 27. Ahirah Hills Missing, Sept. 15. John Adams Missing, Sept. 15. Dan. Johnson Missing, Sept. 15. William Leslie Missing, Sept. 15. Wm. McGuyer Missing, Sept. 15. John Taylor Missing, Sept. 23. Chas. Wilson Sept. 15. Eliezur Loveland Aug. 27. Wm. Tryon Sept. 15. George Colton, Corp. Sept. 15. John Lucas Killed, Sept. 23. Joel Taylor Missing, Aug. 27. Fred. Buckley Missing, Sept. 15. Sam. Irickey Killed, Aug. 3. Abner Rider Missing, Aug. 27. Sherman Shadduck Missing, Aug. 27. Elijah Smith Missing, Aug. 27. Jas. Watrous Missing, Aug. 27. Dan. Moss Missing, Sept. 15. John Allen Clay Missing, Sept. 15. Elias Stillwell, Jr. Missing, Sept. 15. Lott Joy Missing, Sept. 23. Jos. Byington Missing, Sept. 23. Robert Lusk Missing, Aug. 27. Jonathan Ingham Missing, Aug. 27. Theo. Stedman Missing, Sept. 23. Abner Clark Missing, Sept. 23. Thos. Wright Missing, Sept. 23.
SOLDIERS OF COL. WYLLYS' REGIMENT, SICK IN HOSPITAL AT STAMFORD IN NOVEMBER, 1776
Gideon Cole Justice Blynn Allen Bidwell Charles Riley Samuel Lucas Josiah Hubbard Jonathan Tinker John Hurst Edward Foster Eleazer Whipple Charles Kent Jonah Riseing Enos Blakely Rossill Webster Ashble Gridley Enos Hull Ephraim Hurford Jonathan Clark Comfort Goff Levi West Ezra Rowe John Rowe Ebenezer Demmock William Ross John Tyler Noah Owen Elijah Messenger John Steadman Samuel Killburn Amaza Chapman William Nobles Daniel Warner Jonah Gates Elijah Risley Cornelius Dunham Serjeant Whitney Daniel Goodsill John Stillwell John Row Isaac Case Ebenezer Isom John Roberts
Sergeant Ezra Smith, and Privates Levi Webster and James Johnson in Wyllys' regiment at N. Y. in 1776.
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