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From: Dane Coefer <>
Subject: [NJHUNTER] NJ Musicians of the Revolutionary War
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 13:19:30 -0700

Here's a list of NJ Musicians that served in the Revolutionary War. It comes
from Stryker's "Official Register."

MUSICIANS.

AXFORD, CHARLES. Musician, Captain Tucker's company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon.
BALDWIN, BENJAMIN. Musician, Morris.
COON, JEREMIAH. Private; musician.
CRANE, BENJAMIN. Private, Essex; musician, ditto.
CRANE, DAVID D. Private; musician.
HAGERMAN, JOSEPH. Musician, Somerset.
JEFFREY, GARRET. Musician, State troops.
KING, ABRAHAM H. Musician, Bergen; musician, State troops.
MEEKER, CALEB. Musician, Morris.
MERSHON, HENRY. Musician, Captain Tucker's company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon: musician, Captain Mott's company, ditto.
MORRIS, WILLIAM. Musician, Captain Tucker's company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon.
SMITH, JONATHAN. Musician, Captain Philip Phillips' company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon.
SMITH, MARTIN. Musician.
SMITH, MATTHIAS. Musician.
SMITH, WILLIAM. Musician, Captain Tucker's company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon.
STOUT, WILSON. Musician, Captain Henry Phillips' company, First Regiment,
Hunterdon.

DRUMMERS.

BARKELEW, RUNYON. Drummer.
BIGELOW, JABEZ. Drummer, "Western Battalion," Morris; drummer, State troops;
also Drum Major, Continental Army.
CLEVELAND, ICHABOD. Drummer, Essex.
DENIKE, DAVIS. Private; drummer.
DUCKWORTH, JOHN. Drummer.
GARDNER, BENJAMIN. Drummer, Captain Abraham Lyon's company, Second Regiment,
Essex.
HAYS, JOHN. Drummer, "Captain Neil's Eastern Company, Artillery," State
troops, March 8th, 1776; discharged March 1st, 1777.
HOWARD, EPHRAIM. Drummer, "Eastern Battalion," Morris; drummer, State
troops; also drummer, Continental Army.
HUFFMAN, WILLIAM. Drummer.
KILPATRICK, JAMES. Drummer, Second Regiment, Monmouth; also drummer,
Continental Army.
KING, ABRAHAM. Private, Bergen; drummer, ditto; drummer, Lieutenant Colonel
Fell's battalion, State troops.
LANE, GILBERT. Private, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset; drummer, ditto.
MARTIN, SAMUEL. Drummer, Sussex.
MYERS, HENRY. Drummer.
OSBORN, JONATHAN H. Drummer.
SMITH, AMOS. Drummer, Captain Mott's company, First Regiment, Hunterdon;
drummer, Captain Tucker's company, ditto.
SMITH, SAMUEL. Drummer, Captain Carhart's company, First Regiment, Monmouth.

SNELL, HENRY. Drummer.
VAN ARSDALEN, MINDART. Drummer.
VAN CAMPEN, JOHN. Drummer.
VAN VOORHEES, ABRAM. Drummer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First
Battalion, Somerset.
VOORHEES, ABRAM. Drummer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
WALKER, AARON FORMAN. Drummer, Captain Waddell's company, First Regiment,
Monmouth.
WALTER, HENRY. Drummer.

FIFERS.

BERTRAM, DAVID. Fifer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
BRITTON, DAVID. Fifer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
BROWER, ABRAHAM J. Fifer.
CAMPBELL, MCDONALD. Fifer, Captain Corey's company, First Battalion,
Somerset; fifer, State troops; also fifer, Continental Army.
CODDINGTON, ROBERT. Fifer, Middlesex; also fifer, Continental Army.
COEVERT, BURGUN. Fifer, Captain Vroom's company, Second Battalion, Somerset.

DORLAND, PETER. Fifer.
FREELAND, JOHN. Fifer, Captain Morgan's company, Second Regiment, Middlesex.

FREEMAN, HENRY. Fifer, First Regiment, Middlesex; fifer, Captain Asher F.
Randolph's company, State troops.
FULKERSON, CALEB. Fifer, Somerset.
GARDNER, BENJAMIN. Fifer, Captain Squires' company, Second Regiment, Essex.
HAYS, STEPHEN. Private, Essex; fifer, ditto.
HORTWICK, BARENT. Fifer, Second Regiment, Middlesex; fifer, State troops;
also fifer, Continental Army.
HUNT, JAMES. Fifer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
KNAPP, THOMAS. Fifer, Captain Abraham Lyon's company, Second Regiment,
Essex.
LOTT, ABRAM. Private, Somerset; fifer, ditto.
NEWBERRY, WILLIAM. Private; fifer.
NORTWICK, JOHN. Fifer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
PIATT, JOHN D. Fifer, Morris.
POWEEL, THOMAS. Fifer, "Captain Neil's Eastern Company, Artillery," State
troops, April 4th, 1776; discharged November 6th, 1776.
QUIMBY, JOSIAH. Private, Essex; fifer, ditto.
ROGERS, DAVID. Fifer, Essex.
ROGERS, JAMES. Fifer, Morris.
SOLOVAN, JOSHUA. Fifer, Captain Waddell's company, First Regiment, Monmouth.

STRYKER, PETER. Fifer, Captain Jacob Ten Eyck's company, First Battalion,
Somerset.
VANDERVENTER, JOHN. Fifer, Middlesex.
WILLIAMSON, PETER. Private; fifer.

BUGLERS.

DUNN, ROBERT. Private, "Captain Walton's Troop, Light Dragoons," Monmouth;
bugler, ditto.

Stryker pp480-83


Dane Coefer
Researching Descendants of John Manners (1679-1770)

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