Majors of the New Jersey Continental Army in the Revolutionary War
MAJORS
- BARBED, WILLIAM. Ensign, Third Battalion, First Establishment, October 2pth, 1776; Ensign, Captain Ross' company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; resigned; afterwards Lieutenant and Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier General William Maxwell, January ist, 1777; Captain, ditto, April i4th, 1777; Major, ditto, May 7th, 1778; Major and Aid-de-Camp to Major General Lord Stirling, October, 1778; wounded at the siege of Yorktown; discharged at the close of the war.
- BLOOMFIELD, JOSEPH. Captain, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Major, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; resigned October 29th, 1778, to accept civil office; was Judge Advocate, Northern Army, November, 1776.
- BOWMAN, NATHANIEL. Second Lieutenant, Captain Faulkner's company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 13th, 1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Dillon's company, ditto, May 10th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Anderson's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Dillon's company, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Battalion, ditto, September 11th, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, September 26th, 1780; Major by brevet; Major, Third Regiment, February 11th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war.
- BRUEN, JEREMIAH. Captain, "Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers," Continental Army, March 2d, 1777; Major, ditto, November 12th, 1779.
- BURNET, ICHABOD. Major and Aid-de-Camp, Continental Army, January 9th, 1778.
- BURROWES, JOHN. Captain, "Forman's Regiment," Continental Army; Captain, "Spencer's Regiment," Continental Army, January 1st, 1777; Major, ditto, July 22d, 1779; discharged at the close of the war.
- COX, RICHARD. Second Lieutenant, Captain Ross' company, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; First Lieutenant, ditto, October 29th, 1776; First Lieutenant, Captain Ross' company, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, ditto, January 1st, 1777; Captain, Third Regiment, September 23d, 1780; Captain, First Regiment; Brigade Major to Brigadier General William Maxwell; Major, Second Regiment, January 6th, 1783; discharged at the close of the war.
- D'HART, MAURICE. Major and Aid-de-Camp to Major General William Irvine; Major and Aid-de- Camp to Brigadier General Anthony Wayne; killed at Fort Lee, New Jersey.
- DOUGHTY, JOHN. Captain, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, Third Battalion, ditto; resigned.
- HOLLINSHEAD, JOHN. First Lieutenant, Captain Lawrie's company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 27th, 1775; First Lieutenant, Captain Brearley's company, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, ditto, February 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment; Major, Third Regiment, to date July 5th, 1779; resigned November 20th, 1781.
- HOWELL, EBENEZER. Major, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; resigned February 17th, 1777; also Major, militia.
- HOWELL, RICHARD. Captain, Second Battalion, First Establishment, November 29th, 1775; Brigade Major, September 4th, 1776; Major, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Major, Second Regiment; resigned, to date April 7th, 1779.
- MORRELL, THOMAS, (Rev.) Captain, Fourth Battalion, Second Establishment, November 28th, 1776; Major, ditto, February 17th, 1777; resigned; also Captain, militia.
- MORRIS, JOSEPH. Captain, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 8th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, ditto; severely wounded at the battle of Germantown, October 4th, 1777, and died January 7th, 1778.
- OGDEN, AARON. Paymaster, First Battalion, First Establishment, December 8th, 1775; Paymaster, First Battalion, Second Establishment, February ist, 1777; resigned, as Paymaster, April 1st, 1778; Captain-Lieutenant, First Regiment; Captain, ditto, to date February 2d, 1779; Brigade Major and Inspector and Aid-de-Camp to Brigadier General William Maxwell, April 1st, 1778; discharged at the close of the war.
- PIATT, DANIEL. Captain, First Battalion, First Establishment, December 16th, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, First Regiment, to date January 4th, 1778; died of disease at camp near Morristown, April 16th, 1780.
- POLHEMUS, JOHN. Captain, First Battalion, First Establishment, November 22d, 1775; Captain, First Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Major, ditto; retired September 26th, 1780.
- READING, SAMUEL. First Lieutenant, Captain Stout's company, Second Battalion, First Establishment, December i8th, I775j taken prisoner at Three Rivers, June 8th, 1776; Captain, Second Battalion, Second Establishment, February 5th, 1777; Captain, Second Regiment, to date January 1st, 1777; Major, First Regiment, December 29th, 1781; discharged at the close of the war.
- ROSS, JOHN. Captain, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 9th, 1776; Captain, Third Battalion, Second Establishment, November 29th, 1776; Captain, Third Regiment; Major, Second Regiment, to date April 7th, 1779; promoted Brigade Major and Inspector, Jersey Brigade; discharged at the close of the war; also Lieutenant Colonel, militia.
- WITHERSPOON, JAMES. Brigade Major, with rank of Major, staff Brigadier General William Maxwell; killed by cannonshot, in streets of Germantown, October 4th, 1777.
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