FYI.. General William ("Scotch Willie") Maxwell was Commander of the New Jersey Brigade, consisting if four Regiments. He was commander from the Brigade's inception in 1775 until he resigned in 1780. He fought in Canada in 1776; joined Washington in 1776-1777; the NJ Brigade joined Conway's PA Brigade to form a Division under General William Alexander Stirling, May 1777; NJ joined Gen. John Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois, May 1779. He fought in many campaigns until he resigned in 1780. He died Nov 4, 1796 and is buried in Greenwich Cemetery, Greenwich, New Jersey. There are many web sites with information on General William ("Scotch Willie") Maxwell. I have listed just few below: http://www.2nj.org/history.htm This is the site of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment. http://www.fortklock.com/Battles.htm Site for the Battles fought in New York. Includes the French & Indian War and Revolutionary War Gen. Maxwell fought in. http://www.generalsullivan.com/. The New Jersey Brigade was attached to General Sullivan. http://earlyamerica.com/review/1998/sullivan.html The 1779 Sullivan Campaign. http://wtj.com/articles/brandywine/. The "Battle of Brandywine". http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/famousSearch.cgi?mode=cemetery&FScemeteryid=641077 General Maxwell's burial location. http://home.ptd.net/~revwar/index.html One of many sites on the Revolutionary War. All of the info can be copied for personal use. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry young Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 8:21 PM To: MAXWELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAXWELL-L] General William Maxwell and Colonel Ephraim MARTIN All, I have a bit of info on a Brigadier General William MAXWELL that came from the book, "Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families". Appears William was a Colonel in July 1775 and another mention has him as a General in February 1777. He commanded a brigade and followed Washington to the Brandywine. This info came from the sketch of Colonel Ephraim Martin, of the New Jersey Continental Line of the above book. There is a little more on MAXWELL and that may be of some help to you. Anyone wishing a copy of this info can send me their address. I will send you a copy as soon as I can. If you're replying from MARTIN-L mailing list please respond to me privately. I do not subscribe to that mailing list. Thanks! Sincerely, Larry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com