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From: "Bob Lynn" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Militia lists
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:32:19 -0800


Arline,

THANKS Arline for your help on my GGGG Grandfather JEREMIAH
FRENCH, private in the Hunterdon Co. NJ Militia during the
Revolutionary War (RW)!

JEREMIAH FRENCH was supposedly born at Amwell in Hunterdon Co. in
1762. The principal question (among many others) is how Jeremiah came
to enlist in the Hunterdon Co. NJ Militia when, so far, I can find no
record of his parents (whoever they are) there. I'm wondering if any
one on this list has ANY information on any other FRENCHs who could
have been part of Jeremiah's family. It would seem that, if he was
born at Amwell, in Hunterdon Co., and enlisted in the militia there,
that he must have spent his youth with his family somewhere in
Hunterdon Co., and then moved on to other places after the conclusion
of the RW.

. At some point after the RW, he moved to Scipio on the
Indiana/Ohio border, where he died in 1834 and was later reinterred in
1868 in Cincinnati OH (I visited the graves of Jeremiah and children
in Cincinnati in 1998; there is no RW War marker). Jeremiah married a
HANNAH WILLIAMS around 1788; she was born at Goshen in Orange Co., NY.
and Jeremiah is believed to have lived at/near Goshen for some period,
but may have married Hannah Williams at Bedford Co., Pennsylvania or
possibly Peoria, Ohio. Jeremiah French and Hannah parented 8 children,
all believed to have been born in Ohio.

Also, what actions, if any, during the RW War was the Hunterdon
Co. NJ Militia involved in?

Best regards from beautiful Alaska,

BOB LYNN





----- Original Message -----
From: Arline J. Sarver <>
To: NJHUNTER <>; Bob Lynn <>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 1999 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Militia lists


> Bob Lynn wrote:
> >
> > Michelle,
> >
> > Does the name JEREMIAH FRENCH (or any other French) appear
> > anywhere on this list? I have information that my Jeremiah French
was
> > a private in the Hunterdon County New Jersey Militia. He is said
to
> > have been born at Amwell in Hunterdon Co in 1762.
> >
> > Best regards from beautiful Alaska,
> >
> > Bob Lynn
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 6:12 AM
> > Subject: [NJHUNTER] Militia lists
> >
> > > I have a copy of the actual handwritten page of "A list of the
first
> > Company
> > > of the Second Regiment and _?_ Bataliant of the Hunterdon
militia
> > Comanded by
> > > Jacob _?_ [this name ends in LL] _?_ the _th day of June AD
1806
> > > Batalian Tranning" [I spelled these words as they are written.]
My
> > > questions are: is this a list for 1 training session- would
there be
> > more
> > > lists?, what are the column titles in the list?, was the list of
> > privates
> > > taken in any particular order-are people listed next to each
other
> > probably
> > > from the same family? did these militias ever have to do any
> > fighting? I
> > > also need background info on everything about the militia (maybe
> > even a book,
> > > so I could learn what it was like back then).
> > > -Michelle DeRemer
> > >
> > >
> > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ====
> > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at:
> > > http://members.aol.com/njysprez/index.htm
> > >
> >
> > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ====
> > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at:
> > http://members.aol.com/njysprez/index.htm
>
>
> Bob,
> In the "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties New Jersey" by
> Snell, on page 87, Jeremiah FRENCH is listed as a private in
Hunterdon
> County Militia.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Arline
>

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