This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C545A6.A2BFD486 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Was William Alexander from the Alexanders (as in Alexandria) of Virginia? They were very prominent in Virginia at the time. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C545A6.A2BFD486 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Received: from navgw.pwc.ad ([10.9.3.27]) by exchange.pwc.ad with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:40:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received: from raptor2.pwcgov.org ([10.14.0.11]) by navgw.pwc.ad (SAVSMTP 3.1.0.29) with SMTP id M2005041921404209028 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:40:42 -0400 Received: from pvtsvc.pwcgov.org ([10.12.7.5]) by raptor2.pwcgov.org via smtpd (for navgw.pwc.ad [10.9.3.27]) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:40:23 -0400 Received: from ns1.pvtsvc.pwcgov.org ([66.43.18.41]) by navspam (SMSSMTP 4.0.0.59) with SMTP id M2005041921403605711 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:40:37 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com ([66.43.18.41]) by ns1.pvtsvc.pwcgov.org via smtpd (for pvtsvc.pwcgov.org [10.12.7.5]) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:40:11 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id j3K1VorB026976; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:31:50 -0600 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Apr 2005 01:40:42.0429 (UTC) FILETIME=[F6BABED0:01C54549] Return-Path: <[email protected]> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.38 X-Loop: [email protected] In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6 Resent-From: [email protected] Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:31:50 -0600 X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/12473 Resent-Sender: [email protected] X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 19 19:31:49 2005 Old-To: <[email protected]> content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: [AMER-REV] 5th Company, 1st Battalion, NJ Line Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:30:03 -0400 Message-ID: <BE8AFEAB.4310%[email protected]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [AMER-REV] 5th Company, 1st Battalion, NJ Line Thread-Index: AcVFSfbNudzR2yW9Q+KLn5k8gG6cdQ== From: "Ed St.Germain" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> > 5th Company, 1st Battalion (eastern), Ist > Establishment, Continental Army, New Jersey Line > commanded by Captain Joseph Meeker Well, I can start by telling you there never was any such thing. The Continental Army was sometimes called the Continental Line, and sometimes simply the Establishment. Synonyms, all of them. The New Jersey Regiments that were part of the Continental Army might properly be referred to as the New Jersey Line. Battalion was rarely used, but is a synonym (usually) for regiment. Regiments had numbers. Battalions didn't. Companies did not have numbers. They were designated by their commanders name. Ergo, what you're looking for is Captain Meeker's Company, 1st New = Jersey Regiment, Continental Line. Meeker served from 10 December 1775 to 20 Nov 1776. The regimental commander from 7 Nov 1775 to 1 March 1776 was William Alexander, who used the fanciful title of Lord Stirling. As of 7 March = 1776, the 2nd in regimental command, LtCol William Winds, was promoted to Col. = and took over command and served until 20 Nov of that year. During that time, they participated in the Defense of Canada, the Lake Champlain engagement, and the Northern New Jersey campaign. When enlistments ran out at the end of '76, a whole new regiment was recruited and given the old designation for subsequent campaigns. Best regards, Ed For Revolutionary War Info on the Internet, your first choice should be: www.AmericanRevolution.org =3D=3D=3D=3D AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most = helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ------_=_NextPart_001_01C545A6.A2BFD486--