New Jersey Volunteers List of Officers, 1776-1783 Following is a list of all officers who served in the New Jersey Volunteers during the course of the American Revolution from 1776 to 1783. New Jersey Volunteers Roster of Officers 1776-1783 No. Name Battalion Rank & Date of Commission/Warrant 1. ALLEN, Isaac 6th Lieutenant Colonel 12/3/76 3rd Lieutenant Colonel 4/25/78 2. ALLWARD, Silas Captain (warrant only) 3. ALSTON, David 3rd Captain 2/21/77 4. ALSTON, Jonathon 3rd Ensign 3/1/77 5. ANDERSON, Peter 5th Ensign 12/15/76 6. ANSLEY, Ozias 5th Sergeant 12/18/76 1st Sergeant 4/25/78 1st Volunteer in 1780 1st Ensign 8/25/80 1st Adjutant 8/14/81 7. ANTILL, John 2nd Major 12/19/76 8. ANTILL, Lewis 2nd Captain in 1777 9. ATCHISON, John 1st Ensign 4/8/82 1st Adjutant 5/25/82 10. BABCOCK, John 4th Ensign 12/76 (warrant only) 11. BABINGTON, Charles 2nd Lieutenant 2/14/78 12. BAINBRIDGE, Absalom 6th Surgeon 12/8/76 13. BANCROFT, Daniel 3rd Surgeon's Mate in 1779 3rd Surgeon 8/19/79 14. BANKS, William 3rd Sergeant in 1777 3rd Ensign 10/24/82 15. BARBARIE, John 1st Captain 7/6/76 3rd Captain 12/31/78 16. BARBARIE, Oliver 1st Ensign 12/76 17. BARCLAY, John 6th Lieutenant 1/26/77 18. BARNES, John 6th Major 12/8/76 19. BARNES, Samuel 3rd Surgeon's Mate 10/24/76 20. BARROT, Caleb 1st Sergeant 12/1/76 WJV Lieutenant 4/20/78 21. BARTON, Benjamin 5th Captain 1/20/77 22. BARTON, Henry L. 1st Volunteer in 1780 1st Ensign 8/25/80 1st Lieutenant 10/25/82 23. BARTON, James 1st Ensign 8/14/81 24. BARTON, Joseph 5th Lieutenant Colonel 11/27/76 1st Lieutenant Colonel 4/25/78 25. BARTON, Thomas 3rd Chaplain in 1779 26. BATWELL, Daniel WJV Chaplain 3/78 4th Chaplain 10/25/78 27. BEERS, Joseph 5th Ensign 12/16/76 28. BELL, William 4th Sergeant in 1777 4th Adjutant 8/79 29. BESSONET, Daniel 4th Captain 2/24/77 30. BETTLE, John WJV Lieutenant 3/23/78 31. BLAAU, Uriah 2nd Ensign 1/13/77 4th Ensign 7/24/81 32. BLAAU, Waldron 2nd Captain 11/22/76 4th Captain 7/24/81 33. BOGGS, James 2nd Surgeon's Mate in 1776 34. BOWEN, Daniel WJV Captain 3/21/78 35. BOWERS, Lemuel 3rd Lieutenant in 1777 36. BRITAIN, Israel 1st Ensign 1/8/77 37. BRITAIN, James 5th Private 1/28/77 5th Sergeant 8/1/77 5th Ensign 10/24/77 1st Ensign 4/25/78 1st Lieutenant 4/25/82 38. BRITAIN, Joseph 1st Volunteer 12/25/81 1st Ensign 10/25/82 39. BROWNE, Daniel Isaac 4th Major 11/17/76 40. BROWNE, Isaac 4th Chaplain in 1778 41. CAMP, John 3rd Ensign 2/4/77 42. CAMPBELL, Alexander 1st Surgeon's Mate 2/78 3rd Surgeon's Mate 4/25/78 43. CAMPBELL, Donald 2nd Captain 1/20/78 4th Captain 7/24/81 44. CAMPBELL, Patrick 4th Captain 1/14/77 3rd Captain 4/25/78 45. CAMPBELL, Peter 6th Captain 12/17/76 3rd Captain 4/25/78 46. CARTY, William 3rd Captain in 1777 47. CAYFORD, Richard 1st Captain 12/2/76 48. CHALMERS, Hamilton WJV Adjutant 4/20/78 49. CHANDLER, William 5th Captain 4/10/77 (warrant only) 50. CHEW, Jonathon WJV Captain 3/23/78 51. CHEW, William 3rd Lieutenant 3/22/77 52. CLARKE, George WJV Captain 3/24/78 53. CLOUD, John WJV Quarter Master 4/20/78 54. COLDEN, John 2nd Major 12/21/76 1st Major 7/24/81 55. COLDEN, Jonathon Massey 2nd Ensign in 1777 56. COLDEN, Thomas 2nd Captain in 1777 57. COLE, James 4th Ensign 4/14/77 4th Adjutant 1/78 58. COLGAN, Fleming 5th Quarter Master 3/1/77 59. COOKE, Charles Lieut. Colonel 12/76 (warrant only) 60. COOKE, Robert Lieut. Colonel 12/24/76 (warrant) 61. COOMBES, Dennis 6th Private in 1777 3rd Private 4/25/78 3rd Sergeant in 1779 4th Adjutant 9/7/83 62. COOMBES, John 6th Lieutenant in 1777 (warrant only) 3rd Lieutenant 9/10/78 63. COOMBES, Nathaniel 6th Ensign in 1777 (warrant only) 3rd Ensign 5/28/78 64. COOPER, Richard 4th Sergeant Major in 1777 4th Ensign 8/25/80 4th Lieutenant 10/25/82 65. COUGLE, John 5th Captain Lieutenant 12/14/76 5th Captain 10/15/77 1st Captain 4/25/78 66. COWPERTHWAITE, [?] WJV Captain 3/78 (warrant only) 67. COZENS, Daniel WJV Captain 1/25/78 3rd Captain 10/25/78 68. CREIGHTON, James 3rd Captain 2/20/77 69. CROWELL, Joseph 5th Captain 12/6/76 1st Captain 4/25/78 70. CUNLIFFE, Joseph 5th Lieutenant 1/25/77 1st Lieutenant 4/25/78 1st Captain Lieutenant 4/25/82 71. CYPHERS, George, Junr. 6th Sergeant in 1777 3rd Sergeant 4/25/78 3rd Adjutant 9/7/83 72. DeLANCEY, Stephen 1st Lieutenant Colonel 10/21/81 73. DeMAYNE, William 5th Captain 1/77 (warrant only) 74. DeMENEZES, John 2nd Captain Lieutenant in 1776 75. DENNIS, Ezekial 5th Ensign 2/12/77 76. DeVEBER, Gabriel, Senr. WJV Major 3/19/78 77. DeVEBER, Gabriel, Junr. WJV Lieutenant 3/21/78 78. DOBBS, William 4th Lieutenant in 1776 79. DONGAN, Edward Vaughan 3rd Lieutenant Colonel 11/5/76 80. DONWORTH, Peter 3rd Ensign in 1777 81. DOUGAN, Henry 3rd Surgeon 12/20/76 82. DOUGHTY, Bartholomew 6th Quarter Master in 1777 1st Quarter Master 4/25/78 83. DRUMMOND, Robert 3rd Major 11/20/76 84. DUNHAM, Asher 6th Captain in 1777 85. EARLE, Charles 2nd Surgeon 3/29/77 1st Surgeon 4/24/82 86. EARLE, Edward 4th Lieutenant 11/23/76 4th Adjutant 12/78 4th Captain 7/3/81 87. EARLE, Justus 4th Volunteer in 1776 4th Ensign 4/16/77 4th Lieutenant 12/18/81 88. ELLERBACK, Emanuel 4th Lieutenant 6/19/79 (warrant only) 89. FINNAMORE, Richard WJV Ensign 4/20/78 90. FOLKER, John 3rd Quarter Master 2/3/77 91. FORD, John 2nd Lieutenant in 1778 92. FRASER, Francis 3rd Volunteer in 1776 3rd Lieutenant 2/21/77 93. FRENCH, Adolphus 2nd Lieutenant 5/25/79 94. GRANDIN, Daniel 6th Ensign in 1777 (warrant only) 95. HAGERTY, Patrick 5th Ensign 12/15/76 5th Lieutenant 7/29/77 5th Captain Lieutenant 10/10/77 1st Lieutenant 4/25/78 1st Captain 12/25/81 96. HAMILTON, Joshua 4th Adjutant 5/78 97. HAMMEL, John 4th Surgeon 11/25/76 98. HANKINSON, Reuben 1st Sergeant in 1777 1st Ensign 8/14/81 99. HARRIS, Peter 4th Captain in 1779 (warrant only) 100. HARRISON, Charles 6th Captain 12/16/76 3rd Captain 4/25/78 101. HARRISON, James 3rd Ensign in 1777 3rd Lieutenant 5/28/78 102. HATFIELD, John 3rd Captain 4/15/77 103. HATTON, John 6th Lieutenant 1/26/77 6th Captain 6/25/77 (warrant only) 3rd Lieutenant 5/28/78 104. HAULENBECK, Isaac 4th Surgeon's Mate in 1777 105. HAYDEN, Samuel 4th Captain 11/27/76 106. HEDDON, Isaac 5th Adjutant 3/1/77 5th Lieutenant 10/10/77 1st Adjutant 4/25/78 1st Lieutenant 4/25/78 107. HEMEON, [?] 4th Lieutenant in 1776 108. HENDORFF, John 4th Ensign 2/5/82 109. HENDRICKS, Conrad 2nd Captain (warrant only) 110. HENRY, Patrick 1st Lieutenant 4/1/77 1st Adjutant 4/1/77 111. HESLOP, John 4th Lieutenant 3/15/77 4th Adjutant 7/1/81 112. HEWLETT, William K. 2nd Ensign in 1777 113. HOLLINSHEAD, Anthony 3rd Lieutenant 3/19/77 114. HOOTEN, John WJV Captain 4/20/78 115. HOPKINS, Silas 5th Captain 12/14/76 116. HUDNUTT, Samuel 3rd Captain 2/20/77 117. HUNLOKE, Thomas WJV Captain 3/25/78 3rd Captain 10/26/78 118. HUTCHINSON, William 5th Lieutenant 12/16/76 1st Lieutenant 4/25/78 1st Captain Lieutenant in 1781 1st Captain 4/25/82 119. ILIFF, James 5th Lieutenant in 1777 (warrant only) 120. INGLIS, Charles 1st Chaplain 4/25/81 121. INSLEY, Christopher 5th Lieutenant 12/14/76 122. JAMES, Daniel 3rd Sergeant in 1777 3rd Quarter Master 2/23/83 123. JAMES, Robert 3rd Lieutenant in 1777 (warrant only) 124. JENKINS, John 3rd Lieutenant 2/10/77 3rd Adjutant 3/20/77 125. JOHNSON, Uzal 5th Surgeon 3/1/77 1st Surgeon 4/25/78 126. JORDAN, John Captain 7/13/79 (warrant only) 127. JOUETT, John Troup 4th Ensign 8/25/80 128. JOUETT, Xenophon 4th Ensign 1/1/78 1st Ensign 4/25/78 129. KEATING, Garret 1st Captain 12/4/76 130. LAMBERT, George 2nd Lieutenant 1/1/78 2nd Quarter Master in 1778 131. LAMBERT, John 3rd Lieutenant in 1777 132. LAWRENCE, Elisha 1st Lieutenant Colonel 7/1/76 133. LAWRENCE, John 1st Ensign in 1777 1st Lieutenant 8/25/80 134. LAWRENCE, William 1st Ensign 12/23/76 135. LEE, George 3rd Ensign 12/20/81 136. LEE, Joseph 6th Captain 12/15/76 3rd Captain 4/25/78 137. LeGRANGE, James 3rd Ensign 12/2/76 Brazier 2nd Ensign 4/25/78 2nd Adjutant 1/21/79 138. LEONARD, John 3rd Ensign 12/18/81 139. LEONARD, Samuel 1st Lieutenant 12/22/76 1st Captain 8/14/81 140. LEONARD, Thomas 1st Major 7/6/76 141. LIPPENCOTT, Richard 1st Ensign 12/76 142. LONGSTREET, John 1st Captain 7/8/76 143. LUCE, William 3rd Lieutenant Colonel 11/76 (warrant) 144. LYCAN, Enoch WJV Lieutenant 3/25/78 3rd Lieutenant 9/10/78 145. MADDOX, Arthur 4th Captain 2/14/77 4th Adjutant 3/78 146. MARSH, Henry 4th Captain Lieutenant 11/76 147. McCLEESE, Cornelius 2nd Captain 11/21/76 148. McDONALD, Alexander (1) 1st Captain 5/22/77 149. McDONALD, Alexander (2) 1st Captain 4/8/82 150. McGILL, John 1st Private 7/10/80 1st Corporal 11/80 1st Sergeant 7/17/82 1st Sergeant Major in 1783 1st Adjutant 9/14/83 151. McGINNES, Richard WJV Ensign 3/25/78 3rd Ensign 10/25/78 152. McLEAN, Hector 1st Ensign in 1777 153. McLEOD, Norman 2nd Captain 11/23/76 4th Captain 7/24/81 154. McPHERSON, Donald 4th Lieutenant 1/15/77 155. McVEAN, Colin 4th Ensign 4/17/77 156. MILLER, John 3rd Ensign in 1777 157. MILLIDGE, Phineus 1st Ensign 8/25/80 158. MILLIDGE, Stephen 5th Surgeon's Mate 3/1/77 1st Surgeon's Mate 4/25/78 3rd Ensign 9/14/83 159. MILLIDGE, Thomas 5th Major 12/11/76 1st Major 4/25/78 160. MONRO, John 1st Lieutenant 1/6/77 161. MOODY, James 5th Private 1/20/77 5th Ensign 10/26/77 1st Ensign 4/25/78 1st Lieutenant 8/14/81 162. MORGAN, Charles 3rd Chaplain 12/24/80 163. MORGAN, Lewis 3rd Captain Lieutenant 12/24/76 3rd Captain 10/20/77 164. MORRIS, John 2nd Lieutenant Colonel 12/19/76 165. MORRIS, Robert (1) 2nd Captain in 1777 166. MORRIS, Robert (2) 3rd Ensign 9/14/83 167. MORRISON, Thomas 2nd Quarter Master 12/19/76 2nd Ensign in 1776 2nd Lieutenant in 1777 168. MOSENGEIL, Anthony Light Dragoons Captain 31 January 1777 (warrant only) 169. NEALON, James 1st Captain Lieutenant 7/1/76 1st Quarter Master 7/1/76 1st Captain 8/25/80 170. OKERSON, Thomas 1st Lieutenant 12/15/76 171. PARKER, Josiah 2nd Lieutenant 12/23/76 172. PETERSON, Robert 1st Lieutenant 4/4/77 173. PETERSON, William B. 1st Surgeon 9/22/76 3rd Surgeon 4/25/78 174. PRIDEAUX, Edmund 2nd Lieutenant 2/14/78 175. PRITCHARD, Thomas 2nd Lieutenant in 1777 Tomlius 2nd Adjutant in 1777 176. REID, John 5th Ensign 4/1/77 1st Ensign 4/25/78 1st Lieutenant 8/14/81 177. RICE, James Jeremiah WJV Ensign 3/23/78 178. ROBINS, John 1st Ensign 7/1/76 179. ROWLAND, John Hamilton 2nd Chaplain 1/1/78 180. RULOFFSON, Rulof 6th Corporal in 1777 3rd Corporal 4/25/78 3rd Sergeant in 1779 3rd Sergeant Major in 1781 3rd Ensign 10/15/83 181. RUTTAN, Peter 4th Captain 12/6/76 182. RYDER, Stephen 4th Private in 1777 4th Corporal 12/28/77 4th Ensign 12/18/81 183. RYERSON, George Lucas 4th Ensign 4/9/77 184. RYERSON, Martin 4th Lieutenant 12/5/76 185. RYERSON, Samuel 4th Captain 3/25/77 186. SAYRE, James 3rd Chaplain 6/10/83 187. SERVANIER, James 4th Lieutenant 1/2/77 188. SERVICE, James 6th Ensign in 1777 (warrant only) 189. SHANNON, Daniel 5th Lieutenant 2/12/77 190. SHANNON, John 3rd Ensign 9/10/78 191. SHAW, James 5th Captain 12/14/76 1st Captain 4/25/78 192. SIMONSON, John 4th Ensign 4/12/77 4th Lieutenant 8/25/80 193. SKINNER, Cortland 1st Colonel 7/1/76 Brigade Brigadier General 9/4/76 194. SKINNER, Jonathon Donald 1st Ensign 4/25/82 195. SKINNER, Philip Kearny 1st Ensign 11/10/81 196. SMITH, Michael 4th Lieutenant 1/1/77 197. SORREL, Henry 4th Volunteer 7/82 4th Ensign 9/17/83 198. SORREL, William 4th Quarter Master 12/24/76 4th Ensign 7/30/79 199. STAGG, Nicholas 3rd Captain 10/1/77 3rd Ensign in 1778 200. STAINFORTH, George 2nd Captain 1/28/78 201. STELLE, Edward 6th Captain Lieutenant 1/26/77 3rd Captain Lieutenant 4/25/78 202. STEVENSON, William 2nd Lieutenant 12/23/76 4th Lieutenant 7/24/81 203. STEWART, James 5th Captain 12/18/76 204. STOCKTON, Andrew Hunter 1st Lieutenant 4/8/82 205. STOCKTON, Charles Witham 1st Ensign 6/24/77 206. STOCKTON, Richard Witham 6th Major 12/3/76 207. STRETCH, Samuel WJV Ensign 3/21/78 208. SWANTON, George WJV Ensign 1/25/78 3rd Ensign 10/25/78 209. TAYLOR, John 1st Lieutenant 7/2/76 1st Captain 8/25/80 210. THATCHER, Bartholomew 3rd Lieutenant in 1778 3rd Captain 9/10/78 211. THOMPSON, Cornelius 6th Ensign 3/24/77 3rd Ensign 4/25/78 3rd Adjutant 6/29/80 3rd Lieutenant 2/22/83 212. THOMPSON, John 1st Ensign 12/1/76 1st Lieutenant 8/25/80 213. THOMPSON, Lewis 3rd Ensign 12/19/81 214. THROCKMORTON, John 1st Lieutenant 12/23/76 215. TIMPANY, Robert 4th Major 11/18/76 216. TROUP, John R. 3rd Lieutenant 2/4/77 217. TURNER, William WJV Lieutenant 3/21/78 3rd Lieutenant 10/25/78 3rd Surgeon's Mate 10/25/78 218. VALLEAU, Theodore 1st Quarter Master 9/14/82 219. VAN ALLEN, Henry 4th Ensign 12/18/81 220. VAN ALLEN, William 4th Captain 11/23/76 221. VAN BUSKIRK, Abraham 4th Lieutenant Colonel 11/16/76 222. VAN BUSKIRK, Jacob 4th Lieutenant 1/17/77 4th Captain 2/24/80 223. VAN BUSKIRK, John 4th Lieutenant 12/6/76 224. VAN CORTLAND, Philip Major of Brigade 12/11/76 4th Major 4/25/78 225. VAN CORTLAND, Philip, Junr. 4th Ensign 7/31/79 226. VAN DUMONT, William 2nd Lieutenant 12/19/76 1st Lieutenant 7/25/81 227. VAN DYKE, John WJV Major 3/19/78 228. VAN NORDEN, John 4th Ensign 4/16/77 4th Lieutenant 8/25/80 229. VOUGHT, John 6th Lieutenant in 1777 6th Captain 9/1/77 (warrant only) 230. WADDINGTON, John 5th Private 2/20/77 5th Sergeant 8/77 1st Sergeant 4/25/78 1st Quarter Master 8/14/81 231. WAGSTAFF, Thomas Howard WJV Captain (warrant only) 232. WALLER, Joseph 5th Lieutenant 12/18/76 233. WARDLE, Ebenezer 1st Captain in 1776 234. WEATHERBY, Henry 2nd Lieutenant in 1776 (warrant only) 235. WILLES, John 3rd Ensign 12/10/76 3rd Lieutenant 9/19/81 236. WILLIAMS, John 5th Captain in 1777 (warrant only) 237. WILSON, Samuel Richard 2nd Lieutenant 1/2/79 2nd Adjutant 1/2/79 238. WINSLOW, Edward 1st Chaplain 11/26/77 239. WOODWARD, John 1st Ensign 8/14/81 240. 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