Muster roll of Captain Edward Earle's company, Long Island, New York, 22 August 1783, part of the 3rd Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers under the command of Colonel Abraham Van Buskirk. During the summer of 1781 the British had consolidated the New Jersey Volunteers into three battalions from four with the disbandment of the 2nd Battalion. As a result, the 4th Battalion, including this company, was renumbered the 3rd Battalion. The muster roll is available on Library and Archives Canada microfilm reel C-4216.
Rank | Name | Remarks |
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Captain | Edward Earle | |
Lieutenant | James Servinear | |
Ensign | Philip V. Cortland | |
Sergeant | Abraham Rattan | |
Sergeant | Samuel V. Gezen | |
Sergeant | George Dobbe | |
Corporal | Philip Hanselpecker | |
Corporal | Peter Ridnor | Sick |
Corporal | Jacob Homine | |
Drums | William Sindzer | |
Private | Leonard Bailey | |
Private | William Bell | On Guard |
Private | Henry Wanamaker | With leave (Staten Island) |
Private | John Van Lile | |
Private | Peter Ramsey | On Guard |
Private | George Smith | |
Private | George Hemion | On Duty |
Private | John Connolly | |
Private | Samuel Demoray | |
Private | William Crawford | Sick |
Private | Timothy Collins | |
Private | Lewis Fisher | |
Private | John Sickels | Sick |
Private | John Brinley | |
Private | Peter Smith | |
Private | Nicholas Hemion | |
Private | Bortus Newhousen | |
Private | Coonrad Hanselpecker | |
Private | Jacob Hemion | |
Private | John Brett | |
Private | Joseph Sykes | |
Private | Daniel Hunt | |
Private | David Degrote | Returned from imprisonment, not subsisted since 24 August 1780 |
Private | Abraham Ackerman | Deserted 28 July 1783 |
Private | John Abele | |
Private | William Brown |