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The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey
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1. Northern New Jersey .......................................................................2
Passaic/Acquackanonk/Second River/Slotterdam/Schuyler’s Ferry/Brown’s Ferry, Passaic River 2;
Fort Lee 5;
Leonia/Englewood/English Neighborhood/ Near Liberty Pole/Three Pigeons/Prior’s Mill 13;
Northern New Jersey 18;
Hackensack/ Hackensack Valley 19;
Closter 23;
Paramus/Ridgewood/Hopperstown 26;
Polifly 31;
River Vale/Westwood (Old Tappan)/Herringtown/Baylor’s Massacre 31;
Bergen County/Little Ferry/Moonachie 34;
Paterson/Wagaraw 34;
Newfoundland/ Charlotteburg 34;
Weehawken 35;
New Bridge/Zabriskie Mills 36;
Hoboken/ Bull’s Ferry/Block House 39;
Staten Island 42;
Hibernia 42;
Montague 42;
Morris County/Parsippany 42;
Pompton 42;
Saddle River 43;
Sussex County/Ogdens, Sussex County/Sussex Courthouse 43;
Wantage/Decker’s Fort 44;
Dumont/Bergenfield/ Near Schraalenburgh 45
2. Central New Jersey .........................................................................46
Jersey City/Paulus Hook 46;
Irvington/Camptown 50;
New Brunswick/Brunswick 51;
Near Brunswick/Bennett’s Island or Lawrence Island 51;
Basking Ridge 58;
Bonhamtown 58;
Metuchen/Drake’s Farm 61;
Metuchen and New Brunswick 62;
Dismal Swamp 62;
Piscataway/Quibbletown (New Market, Piscataway, or Squabbletown)/Near Bonhamtown/Near Quibbletown/Near Piscataway 63;
Woodbridge/Strawberry Hill 67;
Trenton and vicinity/Titusville/Coryel’s Ferry/ Vessels (McKonkey’s Ferry)/Howell’s Ferry, Trenton/Pennington/Washington Crossing/Trenton Ferry/Five Mile Run (above Trenton) 73;
Princeton/Rocky Hill 84;
Lawrenceville/Maidenhead 87;
Cranbury 88;
Springfield/Union/Springfield/ Connecticut Farms/Battle of Connecticut Farms 88;
Bergen and vicinity/Bergen Neck 93;
Rahway/Spanktown/Samptown 98;
Bound Brook/Middletown/Near Middlebrook 101;
Monmouth County/Freehold/Monmouth County 106;
Morristown/ Near Morristown 111;
Millstone (Somerset Courthouse)/Middlebush 112;
Amboy/Spring Hill/East Jersey 115;
Sandy Hook/Burrows’s Mills 122;
At sea near Sandy Hook 126;
West Jersey 129;
Plainfield/Ash Swamp/The Short Hills/ Scotch Plains 129;
Hoboken/Bayard’s Mill 132;
Shrewsbury/Red Bank/Tinton Falls/Navesink/Shrewsbury Township 133;
Van Veghten’s (Van Vechten) Bridge/ Hillsborough/South River Bridge 137;
Newark 138;
Newark Bay 141;
Elizabeth/ Elizabethtown/Trembley Point/Halstead’s Point/Elizabethtown Point Bay 141;
Chatham 156;
Colt’s Neck 157;
Near Pleasant Valley 157;
Conascung 158;
Madison/Bottle Hill 158;
Black Point 158;
Belford/Gravelly Point 159;
Matawan 159;
Edison/Raritan Township/Oak Tree 160;
Potterstown 160;
Rocky Point 161;
Ringoes 161;
Secaucus 161;
Clinton/Sidney 162;
Tennent 162;
Bridgewater/Two Bridges 162;
Somerset/Van Nest’s Mill 162;
Vanderberg 162;
Bloomfield/Watsessing 163;
Westfield 163
3. Southern New Jersey......................................................................164
Cranbury Inlet 164;
Brigantine Beach 164;
Egg Harbor 164;
Tindall’s Island/Bacon’s Neck 168;
Delaware River 168;
Manasquan/Squan/Shark River 170;
Cape May 171;
Burlington 171;
Mount Holly/Rancocas/Petticoat Bridge/Battle of Iron Works Hill 171;
Bordentown/White Hill 174;
Egg Island 177;
National Park/ Red Bank/Fort Mercer 178;
Woodbury 181;
Billingsport/Mickleton/Mantua 181;
Haddonfield 188;
Timber Creek 189;
Camden/Cooper’s Ferry (Pluckemin) 190;
Gloucester 192;
Toms River 193;
Salem/Alloway’s Bridge/Quinton’s (Quintin’s, Quintan’s) Bridge/Hancock’s Bridge/Alloways Creek 196;
Swedesboro/Wrangletown/ Spicer’s Ferry 200;
Penn’s Neck 201;
Biles’s Island 201;
Allentown 201;
Shark River 202;
Crosswicks 202;
Oldman’s Creek 203;
Cranberry Inlet/Egg Harbor 203;
Evesham Township/Evesham 204;
Columbus/Black Horse 205;
Chestnut Neck/ Little Egg Harbor/Mincock (also called Osborn’s) Island 205;
Barnegat/Barnegat Beach 209;
Peck’s Beach 210;
Absecon 210;
Delaware Bay 210;
Cumberland County/Downe County/Maurice River 210;
Deal Beach 211;
Cumberland County/ Nantuxent Creek 211;
Burlington County/Springfield Township/New Mills, Springfield Township 211;
Fairfield County 211;
Manahawkin 212;
Off Great Egg Harbor 212;
Cedar Creek Bridge 212;
Forked River 212;
Tuckerton 213
1st Regiment, 41
1st Battalion Grenadiers, 103, 184
1st Battalion Light Infantry, 184
1st Battalion of Gloucester Militia, 188
1st Battalion Royal Greens, 135
1st Brigade, 41
1st Light Infantry, 187
1st New Jersey Regiment, 93,105
1st North Carolina Brigade, 96
1st Pennsylvania Regiment, 99
1st Regiment Artillery, 184
1st Regiment Burlington County Militia, 169
2nd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers, 107, 193
2nd Battalion of the 71st or Highland Foot, 59, 65
2nd Grenadiers, 32
2nd Light Infantry, 32
2nd New Jersey Regiment, 96, 156, 190
2nd Regiment, 41
3rd Battalion of Grenadiers, 99
3rd Battalion of New Jersey Royal Volunteers, 146
3rd British Brigade, 53, 99
3rd Continental Dragoons, 21, 33
3rd New Jersey Regiment, 93, 142, 203
3rd Regiment Gloucester County Militia, 164, 210
3rd Regiment Light Dragoons, 32
3rd Regiment of Guards, 107
4th Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers, 5, 22
4th Battalion of the Bergen Volunteers, 54
4th Dragoons, 33
4th Massachusetts, 13
4th New Jersey Regiment, 200
4th New Jersey Volunteers, 37, 38
5th Pennsylvania Regiment, 29, 38
5th Regiment of Foot, 81, 192, 206
5th Virginia Regiment, 61, 62
6th Battalion, New Jersey Loyalists, 53
6th Virginia Regiment, 111, 113
7th Regiment, 184, 187
8th Pennsylvania Regiment, 99
10th Regiment, 41, 60, 66
12th Pennsylvania Regiment, 59
14th Continental Infantry, 13
14th Massachusetts, 13
16th Light Dragoons, 81, 109
17th Light Dragoons, 30,184
17th Regiment, 89, 111, 197, 198
20th Light Dragoons, 77
22nd Regiment, 142, 153
22nd Regiment Light Company, 62
26th Regiment, 96, 184
27th Regiment, 147, 184, 197, 199
28th Regiment of Foot, 81, 107, 111
33rd Regiment, 32, 59, 65, 149, 192
35th Regiment of Foot, 81, 170
37th Regiment, 72, 111, 154, 189
40th Regiment 57, 87, 107, 161
42nd Anspach Regiment, 151
42nd Regiment, 57, 83, 126, 149, 172, 184, 188, 191
42nd (Black Watch) Regiment, 28, 61
42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment, 59, 65, 89, 192
43rd Regiment, 28
44th Regiment, 151
46th Regiment, 98, 112, 197
49th Regiment of Foot, 81
52nd Regiment, 54
54th Regiment, 37
55th Regiment 60, 66, 107, 128, 139, 140, 147
57th Regiment,161
63rd Regiment, 24, 25, 37, 184, 187
64th Regiment, 24, 32, 96
71st Regiment, 37, 53, 54 60, 66, 107, 170
75th Regiment, 59
abatis, 39, 40, 41, 49, 180, 190
Abbott, William, 199
Abercromby or Abercrombie, Robert, 188, 189, 190,
191, 192
Absecon, 177, 210
Absecon Bay, 210
Academy, 139, 142, 152
Achilles, British victualler, 167
Acquackanonk, 2, 4, 5, 37
Acquackanonk River, 36
Active, HMS, 127
Active, sloop, 167
Adams, John, 119
Admiral Rodney, brig, 128
African American(s), 16, 24, 45, 73, 97, 98, 107, 110,
129, 136, 137, 157, 158, 195, 196, 212
Agnew, James, 56
Alert, British cutter, 195
Alewas Creek see Alloway’s Creek, 196
Alexander, Charles, 178
Alexander, William (Earl of Stirling), 17, 35, 49, 52,
55, 58, 66, 67, 76, 77, 79, 113, 120, 122, 130, 151,
160
Allen, Abraham, 24
Allen, Ensign, 96
Allen, Isaac, 147, 148
Allentown, 201, 202, 203
Alloway’s Bridge, 198, 200
Alloway’s Creek, 196, 196
Amazon, 167
Amboy, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 63, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 86,
98, 99, 100, 101, 105, 106, 108, 112, 113, 114, 115,
117, 119, 120, 121, 122, 127, 130, 137, 145, 146,
147, 148, 158, 160, 161
Amboy River, 123
Ambuscade, 17, 73, 104, 111, 146, 155, 188, 199
Ambush, 15, 18, 41, 53, 61, 81, 84, 88, 96, 100, 105,
132, 138, 145, 156, 158, 191
American-German battalion, 82, 83
Amsterdam, 141, 209
Ancocas Creek, 204
Anderson, John, 78
André, John, 33, 41
Andrea Doria, Continental brig, 182, 186
Angell, Israel, 90, 180, 190
Anspachers, 28, 147, 148, 184
Aplin, Captain, 124
Arcola, 25
Armitage, Caleb, 210
Armstrong, Major, 72
Arrogant, armed brig, 194
Artillery, 14, 18, 37, 41, 49, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64,
76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 97, 103, 109, 111,
121, 150, 172, 173, 177, 183, 184, 187, 188, 192,
201, 203, 207, 208
Asbury Park, 170, 202, 211
Asgill, Charles, 195
Ash Swamp, 69, 129, 131
Asia, HMS, 48 116, 122, 123
Associated Loyalists, 26, 45, 194
Assunpink Bridge, 82
Assunpink Creek, 79, 80, 82, 83, 85
Atlantic City, 164, 171, 210, 212, 213
Atlantic City International Airport, 210
Augusta, 180
Babcock, Benjamin, 36
Bacon, Andrew, 196, 199
Bacon, John (1738–1820), 212
Bacon, John (d. 1783), 167, 209, 213
Bacon’s Neck, 168
Badgley, Isaac, 158
Bahamas, 108
Baker’s Farm, 100
Ball, Colonel, 36
Ball, Stephen, 72, 154
Baltimore, 141, 209
Baltimore, British victualler, 167
Banks, Francis, 48
Banta, Ensign, 40
Banta, Wiert, 23, 132
Barbados, 45
Barber, Francis, 142
Barnegat, 209
Barnegat Bay, 164, 203, 212
Barnegat Beach, 209
Barnegat Historical Society, 209
Barnegat Inlet, 209
Barnegat Light, 203
Barnegat Lighthouse State Park, 164
Barnet, William, 146, 153
Barns, Joshua, 46, 67
Barren, William, 33
Barry, John, 196
Bart, Corporal, 30
Barton, Henry L., 155
Barton, Joseph, 2, 15, 27, 43, 72, 95, 135, 147, 148
Basking Ridge, 58, 113
Bass River, 207
Bastion, Henry, 17
Bateaux, 114
Battery, 5, 38, 46, 48, 53, 64, 82, 94, 118, 120, 168,
171, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 203, 207
Battle of Bound Brook Monument, 101
Battle of Iron Works Hill, 172, 176
Battle of South River Bridge, 138
Baurmeister, Carl Leopold, 16, 146
Bayard, William, 18, 132
Bayard’s Mill, 132
Baylor, George, 21, 22, 32, 132, 206
Baylor’s dragoons, 33
Baylor’s dragoons, 22
Baylor’s Massacre, 31
Bayonet(s), 2 17, 19,, 21, 33, 43, 45, 62, 110, 111, 112,
120, 136, 150, 152, 158, 189, 192, 194, 199, 200
Bayonet charge, 53, 85, 110, 136, 148
Bayonne, 93, 94
Bayonne Bridge, 93
Beach Haven, 177
Beal, Samuel, 95
Beall, Captain, 134, 135
Beaver, 126, 127
Beckwith, George, 57, 154
Belford, 159
Bellew, Henry, 184, 185
Belly Bridge Creek, 204, 205
Belmar, 202
Ben Davis’s Point, 166
Bennett’s Island, 51–54
Benson, 198
Bergen, 2, 13, 15, 23, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 50, 93, 95,
96, 97, 98, 139, 149, 151, 189
Bergen County, 4, 15, 16, 17, 21, 34, 97, 161
Bergen County militia, 26, 28, 34, 35
Bergen Heights, 49
Bergen Neck, 18, 23, 26, 30, 38, 39, 46, 94, 97, 98,
140, 156
Bergen Point, 12, 38, 94, 95, 96, 97, 145, 154, 161
Bergen Point Fort Site, 93
Bergen Woods, 15, 17, 25, 40, 93, 95, 96
Bergenfield, 45
Bermuda, 108, 127
Berry, John, 40
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 162
Betsy, 120
Bickell, Lieutenant, 96
Big Creek, 208
Biles Island, 177, 201
Biles Island Creek, 203
Billingsport, 168, 180, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188,
200
Billop, Christopher, 118, 121
Billop’s Point, 72, 118
Billopp house, 119
Black Bear Inn, 195
Black Horse, 172, 173, 174, 205
Black Point, 136, 158, 159
Black Snake. brig, 127, 211
Black Snake whaleboat, 167
Black, John, Jr., 93
Blackie, British victualler, 167
Blacksnake, HM brig, 127–128
Blanch, Thomas, 24, 25, 26, 40
Blanchard, Cornelius, 93
Blanchard, Lieutenant, 156, 194
Bland, Theodorick, 121
Blauvelt, Cornelius Johannes, 31
Blauvelt, Jacob Johannes, 31
Blauvelt, James I., 24
Blauvelt, Johannes Jacobus, 32
Blauvelt, Johannes Joseph, 31
Blazing Star Landing, 150
Blenerhasset, 145
Block Battalion, 173
Block grenadier battalion, 82, 172
Blockhouse, 12, 17, 39, 40, 41, 45, 49, 94, 97, 102, 103,
132, 193, 194, 196
Bloomfield, 163
Bloomfield, Jonathan, 73
Bloomfield, Joseph, 71
Bloomfield, Moses, 73
Bloomfield, Thomas, 72
Bogaert, Nicholas, 16
Bogert, David Ritzema, 97
Bonhamtown, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 65, 70, 71, 105, 115,
120, 121, 131
Bonnell House, 144
Booney, Benjamin, 102
Boorbaek, Captain, 16
Borden, Joseph, 174, 177
Borden’s Run, 93
Bordentown, 77, 78, 79, 80, 106, 171, 172, 174, 176,
177, 193, 201, 202, 203
Bordentown Creek, 60
Borglum, Gutzon, 138
Bose, Carl Ernst Johann von, 31, 208
Boston, 127, 164, 170, 209
Boston Hero, galley, 167
Bostwick, Elisha, 79
Bottle Hill, 158
Boudinot, Elias, Jr., 144
Boudinot, Elisha, 153
Bound Brook, 54, 56, 60, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,
113, 115, 121, 137
bounty, 85
Bourdit’s Ferry, 7
Bourke, Stephen, 110, 134
Bowman, Joshua, 16, 96
Bowmay, Captain, 98
Boxwood Hall, 144
Boyles, Thomas Langhorne, 30, 38
Bradford, William, 182, 183
Bradley Beach, 202
Brandywine, Pennsylvania, 37, 163
Brant, Joseph (1742–1807), Mohawk Chief Thayendanagea,
43
Brasher, Abraham, 30
Brearley, David, 9
Brearley, Joseph, 88
Breastwork(s) , 18, 65, 118, 145, 170, 178, 188, 196,
207
Breeze, Colonel, 135
Brethauer Colonel, 78
Bridgewater, 162
Brigade of Guards, 28, 190
Brigantine Beach, 164, 177
Brigantine inlet, 207
Brilliant, 124
Brindley, William, 136
Brinkerhoff, Lucas, 34
Bristol, Pennsylvania, 174, 201, 203
Britannia, brig, 128
Britannia, British prison ship, 194
British Army, 36, 50, 54, 61, 76, 80, 83, 87, 110, 130,
161
British light-horsemen, 63
British Museum, 127
British troops, 124
broadside(s), 46, 48, 166
Brodhead, Daniel, 99
Bronx, 206
Brouwer, Abraham, 15
Brower, 38
Brown, John, 195
Brown, Montfort, 53
Brown, Robert, 200
Brown, Samuel, 212
Brown, Thomas, 73
Brown’s Ferry, 5, 149
Browne, Mr., 136
Brownlow, Charles, 139
Bruce, John, 124
Brunswick, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 63, 66, 69, 72,
85, 100, 102, 103, 106, 112, 113, 114, 115, 120,
121, 128, 130, 160 see also New Brunswick
Bryant, William, 77, 118
Bryson, Lieutenant, 38
Buccleuch Mansion, 51
Buchannan, Captain, 127
Buck’s County Volunteers, 194
Buckner, Mordecai, 63, 111, 113
Buck’s Dragoons, 137
Bull’s Ferry, 12, 15, 39, 40, 41, 94
Bull’s Ferry Blockhouse Site, 39
Bunting house, 173
Burdett’s Ferry, 15
Burgoyne, John, 58
Burlington, 77, 156, 168, 171, 174, 187, 201
Burlington County, 172, 177, 205, 211
Burlington County light-horse, 212
Burr, Aaron, 20, 21, 36, 37, 110, 142
Burrows mansion, 159
Burrows, Hubbard Daniel, 134–135
Burrows, John, 124, 159
Burrows’s Mills, 122
Burton, Isaac, 141
Buskirk, Jacob Van, 5, 22
Buskirk, John, 5
Bustleton, 173
Butler, Richard, 22, 96, 103, 185
Butler, Walter, 43
Butler, William, 100
Byllynge, Edward, 181
Cadmus, Andrew, 2
Cadwalader, John, 79, 81, 85, 173, 174, 176
Cadwalader, Lambert, 83
Caldwell parsonage, 142
Caldwell, Hannah, 90, 142
Caldwell, James, 88, 90–92, 142, 152, 155–156
Calhoun, John, 106
Camden, 178, 190, 192
Cameron, Lieutenant, 98, 99
Camilla, HMS, 171, 198
Campbell, Archibald, 25
Campbell, Captain, 167
Campbell, George, 24
Campbell, John (d. 1806), 37, 99, 148, 164
Campbell, Mr., 29
Campbell, Robert, 45, 128
Campbell’s tavern, 25
Camptown, 50
Cannonade, 7, 13, 14, 52, 77, 81, 83, 97, 118, 120,
126, 133, 145, 168, 180, 184, 185, 190
Cannonball House, 88
Cape Charles, 209
Cape Henlopen lighthouse, 171
Cape May, 171, 212
Cape May County, 210
Cape, Mr., 141
Carbine, 132
Carman’s Hill, 59, 70
Carolina Brigade, 34
Carolina troops, 22, 96
Carpenter’s Island, 168, 183
Carr, John, 88
Carter, Benjamin, 158
Castile, 18
Castle Point, 133
Catlett, Thomas, 36
Cattell, Jonas, 178
Catterlin, Joseph, 130
Cavalry, 18, 29, 30, 41, 60, 72, 105
Cedar Creek, 212
Cedar Creek Bridge, 212
Cerberus, HMS, 126
Chadwick, John, 135–136
Chain, 178
Chambers, David, 78
Chambers, Francis, 195
Champion, sloop, 186
Chance, 166
Charleston, South Carolina, 89
Charlotteburg, 34
Chasseurs, 22, 37, 77, 153
Chatham, 65, 113, 156
Cheesequake Creek, 128
Chesapeake Bay, 195
Chester, Pennsylvania, 168, 170, 184
Chestnut Neck, 205, 206, 207, 208
Chestnut Neck Battle Monument, 205
Chevaux-de-frise, 168, 178, 181, 182, 183, 184
Christeen, 201
Christie, James, 45
Chuver, Jonathan, 35
Clark, 142
Clark, James, 48
Clark, Jonathan, 36
Clarke, William, 73
Clawson, John, 101
Cleveland, Samuel, 56
Clinton, George, 14, 27, 50, 51, 95
Clinton, Henry, 9, 21, 24, 32, 37, 60, 89, 90, 99, 107,
108–110, 149, 150, 160, 162, 163, 194
Closter, 23, 26, 28, 34, 45, 132
Closter Dock, 24, 25
Closter Landing, 9
Clough, Alexander, 33
Clove, 4, 38
Cohansey Creek, 166, 168
Coldstream Guards, 56
College of New Jersey, 86
Collings, Robert, 166
Collins, Captain, 170, 207
Collins, John, 206, 208
Colts Neck, 134, 137, 157, 159, 162
Colts Neck Town Hall, 193
Columbus, 172, 205
Comb’s Hill, 109
Combs or Coombs, Thomas, 19, 112
Commerce, British sloop, 128
Conascung, 158
Conascung Point, 158
Coney Island, New York, 116
Congress, 166
Connecticut Farms, 50, 88, 89, 91, 93, 130, 142, 153,
211
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, 88, 90
Connecticut line, 140
Connecticut troops, 61
Contee, Thomas, 52
Continental Army, 1, 9, 46, 54, 55, 60, 66, 76, 83, 86,
87, 89, 93, 97, 99, 102, 105, 112, 114, 130, 131,
135, 145, 154, 155, 156, 159, 168, 174, 178
Continental Congress, 84, 112, 119, 144
Continental Congress, Second, 50
Continental Light Dragoons, 132
Continental Navy, 168,177, 186
Convention, brig, 186
Convention troops, 110
Conway, Robert, 131
Conway, Thomas, 55, 130
Cook, Cornet, 167
Cook, Edward, 59, 62, 66, 100
Cook, Elihu, 136
Cooke, William, 59, 70
Cooper Creek, 191, 192
Cooper, Colonel, 12
Cooper, Constant, 43
Cooper, Henry, 24
Cooper’s Ferry, 99, 145, 178, 184, 186, 187–192
Corey, Jeremiah, 72
Cork, Ireland, 204
Corn King, 124, 159
Cornwallis, HM Galley, 184, 202
Cornwallis, Charles, 9, 16, 32, 54, 55, 60, 64, 71, 76,
77, 80, 85, 86, 101, 102, 104, 114, 120, 129, 130,
139, 180, 183–185, 187, 192, 206, 211
Cory, Benjamin, 98
Coryel’s Ferry, 73, 75, 76, 83
Cotheal, Isaac, 71
Council of Safety, 206
Covenhoven, Jacob, 124
Cow Boys, 73
Cow Chase., 41
Coxe, Daniel, 80
Cozen, Daniel, 200
Cozens, John, 188
Craig House, 106
Craig, David, 72
Craig, James Henry, 150, 151, 154, 156
Cranberry Inlet, 203, 204, 206
Cranbury, 88
Cranbury Inlet, 164
Crane, Joseph, 154
Crane’s Ferry, 4, 21, 146, 149
Cranetown, 140
Cravell, William, 156
Creighton, Samuel, 195
Cresswell, Nicholas, 55
Crewe, Major, 89
Crieger, Thomas, 166
Crooked Billet, 185
Crossroads Tavern, 72
Crosswicks, 60, 76, 201, 202, 203
Crosswicks Creek, 177, 202, 203
Cuckolds Town, 147
Cumberland County, 210
Cumberland County jail, 211
Cumberland County Militia, 134, 168, 199
Cunninghame, G. A., 62
Curtis, Roger, 119
Cuyler, Abraham C., 40
Dartmouth, 164
Dashwood Pacquet,snow, 126
Davenport, 212
Davidson, Captain, 209
Davis, Amon (d. 1777), 134
Davis, Captain, 121
Davis, William, Sr.), 121
Day, Captain, 167
Dayton, Elias, 88–91, 147, 152, 153, 203
Dayton, Jonathan, 93, 154, 156
De Boor, General, 121, 147
De Cow or De Cou, John, 93
De Groot’s, 96
De Grove, Jr., Adolph, 9
De Hart’s Point, 4, 21, 89, 90, 152
De Lancey, Oliver, 16, 94
De Peyster, Arent Schuyler, 5
Deal Beach, 127, 211
Decker’s Ferry, 147
Decker’s Fort, 44
Declaration of Independence, 145, 174
Decoy, 99
Dedrick, Captain, 167
Degroote, 16 see also De Groot
Delaware Bay, 125, 171, 186, 210, 211
Delaware, HMS, 204, 209
Delaware, USS frigate, 178
Delaware Capes, 210
Delaware Rive, 200
Delaware River, 76–79, 85, 133, 167–169, 172, 176–
178, 182, 183, 185, 189, 192, 196–198, 200–203,
206
Delaware, schooner, 186
Delight, brig, 210
Demareas, 18, 39
Dennis, Benjamin, 110, 134
Dennis, John, 134
Dependence, 48
DePew, Isaac, 32
Deserter(s), 13, 81, 104, 156, 161
D’Estaing, Jean-Baptiste-Charles- Henri-Hector, 107,
108, 171
Dey, Richard, 12, 34
Dickinson, Philemon, 63, 77, 78, 84, 87, 113, 162,
176–177, 201, 205
Diemar’s hussars, 30
Diligence, brig., 209
Dimsey, John, 195
Dismal Swamp, 62
Dobbs Ferry, 9, 96
Dobbs, Adam, 122
Dolphin, 126
Dongan, Edward Vaughan, 2, 43, 95, 99, 146–148
Doremus, George, 34
Douglass, Captain, 204
Dover, 193, 194
Dow’s Ferry, 23, 35, 37, 49
Downe County, 210
Dow’s Ferry
Dragoons, 5, 15–17, 22, 23, 29, 30, 32, 33, 38, 41, 56,
58, 60, 61, 64, 76–78, 81, 84, 85, 88–90, 96, 104,
121, 152, 171, 189, 191, 192, 197, 203, 206, 208
Drake’s Farm, 61
Drawbridge, 198, 199
Drewry Captain, 123
Drummond, Captain, 2, 37
Drummond, Robert, 28, 146
Drummond, William, 27
Dublin, 209
Dumont, 45
Dunham, Samuel, 83
Dunlop, James, 199
Dunmore, brig, 127
Dupless, Captain, 180, 190
DuPuy, Johann Christian, 29, 38
Durham, Captain, 155
Durkee (Durkie), John, 48
Dutch Reformed Church, 52
Duyckinck, Colonel, 48
Eagle, British schooner, 126, 184
Earle, Ensign, 5, 22
Earthwork(s), 21, 59, 60, 114, 181, 198
East River, 48
Eastern Battalion of Morris County, Jersey Militia, 100
Easton Tower Historic Site, 36
Easttown, 51
Edgar, Major, 56
Edgar, Mr., 73
Edison, 160
Edwards, British victualler, 167
Edwards, Evan, 169
Eeler, 209
Effingham, frigate, 177, 202
Egg Harbor, 128, 164, 166, 167, 191, 196, 203, 207
Egg Harbor Guards, 164, 210
Egg Island, 177
Elizabeth, 88, 121, 141, 144 see also Elizabethtown
Elizabeth, brig, 137
Elizabethtown, 4, 5, 21, 23, 56, 60, 68, 72, 89, 90, 92,
93, 95, 99, 101, 115, 119, 121, 139, 141, 144–147,
149, 150, 152–156 see also Elizabeth
Elizabethtown Point, 4, 37, 142, 144, 146, 154
Elk, HM Sloop tender, 184
Ellis, Joseph, 187
Ellis, William, 189, 190
Elphinstone, George Keith, 123
Elsinboro Township, 200, 211
Embrasures, 5
Emmans, 134
Emmaus, 110
Emmerich, Andreas, 29, 37
Encampments, 1
Endeavour, sloop, 164
Englewood, 13, 32, 36, 50
English Neighborhood, 12–18, 25, 28–30, 32, 38, 41,
49, 50, 96
English Neighborhood Creek, 17
Enniskillen Guards, 51
Episcopal church, 160
Erb Prinz Regiment, 17
Erskine, William, 61, 89, 134, 184
Essex, 38
Essex County, 41, 141, 142
Evans, George, 33
Evesham, 204
Ewald, Johann von, 60, 76, 172, 204
Ewing, James, 77, 79, 82, 84
Experiment, HMS, 184, 188
Eyre, Jehu, 166
Eyres, Richard, 186
Factor, 48
Fair American, 141
Fairfield Township, 211
Falcon, HM Sloop, 171
Falls Ferry, 76
Farmer, Lodowick, Jr., 53
Fascine battery, 180
Febiger, Christian, 96
Fell, John, 95
Fell, Peter, 2
Ferguson, Patrick, 24, 134, 206, 207
Ferguson, William, 54, 103
Fermoy, Matthias Alexis Roche de, 87
Ferret, British galley, 202–203
Ferry House, 75, 78
Fiddle’s Island, 168
Field Colonel, 147
Field piece(s), 7, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 37, 41, 52, 53, 55,
58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 69, 70, 82, 84, 87, 100, 103, 113,
123, 124, 131–133, 140, 148, 155, 162, 163, 166,
169, 170, 173, 182, 189, 192, 202, 208
Fighting parson see Caldwell, James
Finch, John, 56
Findle’s Island, 168
Fire rafts, 183
Fire-ships, 186
Firing steps, 5
First Presbyterian Church, 138, 142
First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, 90
First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge, 67
Fitz Randolph, Lewis, 122
Fitz Randolph, Nathaniel, 67, 71
Five Mile Creek, 73, 80, 81
Flag of truce, 62, 66, 152, 155, 182
Flagstaff Fort, 5
Flemington, 104
Floating batteries, 186
Florida, 108
Forage, 1, 14, 18, 21, 22, 33, 59, 60, 64, 84, 97, 99,
100, 105, 112, 133, 155, 188, 189, 191, 196, 197,
198, 200, 206
Foraging, 16, 22, 26, 32, 35, 41, 53, 54, 59, 61–65, 67,
71, 78, 87, 89, 95, 99, 100, 107, 111–113, 120, 129,
132, 139, 149, 161, 168, 181, 183, 188, 191, 192,
197, 198, 200
Ford, Benjamin, 134
Forked River, 209, 212
Forks of the Mullica, 207, 208
Forlorn hope, 49, 140
Forrest, Thomas, 79
Forsyth, Captain, 49
Fort Billings, 181, 182
Fort Constitution, 5, 7, 9, 94 see also Fort Lee
Fort DeLancey, 26, 42, 93, 94, 97, 98, 140
Fort Dix, 211
Fort Hancock, 116
Fort Island, 168
Fort Lee, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12–16, 18–20, 23, 24, 28–30, 41,
67, 83, 94, 97, 139 see also Fort Constitution
Fort Lee Historic Park, 5
Fort Mercer, 133, 178, 180, 184–187
Fort Mifflin, 168, 178, 183
Fort Washington, 5, 59
Fortification(s), 5, 46, 50, 52, 147
Foster, Simon, 59, 65
Fostertown, 204
Fowey, 170
Fraise, 178
France, 210
Francis, Tench, 183
Franklin, Benjamin, 116, 119
Franklin, William, , 67 116
Frazee Homestead, 129
Frazier, Lieutenant, 59
Fredericktown, Maryland, 33
Free Corps, 53
Freebooters, 22
Freehold, 106, 137, 157, 162
Freeman, Henry, 73
Frelinghuysen, Frederick, 27, 147, 176
French, 90, 107, 108, 126, 131, 132, 195, 198
Freneau Militia Company, 159
Furneaux, Tobias, 123
Fury, 183
Galatea, HMS, 127
Gallows, 195
Gallows Hill, 92
Gardner’s Fort, 44
Garret’s Hill, 111, 157
Gates, Horatio, 108, 184
Gateway National Recreation Area, 116
Geary, Francis, 161
General Putnam, 166, 120
George, armed sloop, 170
Germans, 89, 111, 145, 192
Gilbertson, John, 193
Gist, Mordecai, 52
Gloucester, 169, 187, 189, 192
Gloucester County militiamen, 168, 188, 190, 204
Gloucester Point, 186, 189, 190
Glover, John, 13, 133, 184, 185, 187
Goetschius, John, 15, 45
Gordon, Andrew, 124
Gordon, William, 131
Gothenburg, 209
Grant, James, 55, 76, 103
Grass Point, 118
Gravelly Point, 159, 195
Gray, [Richard?], 204
Great Egg Harbor, 212
Great Swamp, 158
Green Brook, 102
Green, James, 137
Greene, Christopher, 178, 180, 185, 186, 190
Greene, Nathanael, 7, 9, 13, 18, 55, 66, 79, 81, 85, 90,
103, 113, 114, 137, 154, 185, 187
Greenock, 126
Greenwich Tea Burning, 1
Gregory, John, Jr., 62
Grenadiers, 9, 13, 16, 32, 37, 38, 52, 53, 61, 62, 64, 78,
81, 83, 99, 100, 103, 104, 109, 110, 131, 133, 173,
174, 189, 191
Grenville, British packet ship, 127
Grey, Charles, 16, 56
Grey, Charles, 21, 32
Greyhound, 144
Griffin, Samuel, 172, 173
Grothausen, Friedrich von, 78
Guards, 15, 21, 22, 32, 36, 49, 57, 66, 73, 83, 99, 101,
103, 109, 112, 115, 120, 121, 137, 139, 149, 156,
184, 189, 194, 200
Guest, Moses, 105
Gut, 128, 135, 161
Hackensack, 2, 4, 14, 15, 18–25, 29, 30, 34, 36, 39, 40,
45, 95–97, 206
Hackensack Bridge, 22
Hackensack River, 4, 9, 17, 21, 25, 28, 34, 37, 41, 49,
94, 161
Hackensack Valley, 19, 163
Haddonfield, 178, 180, 186–192, 204
Haight, Joseph, 187
Haines, Lieutenant, 16
Haley’s Point, 147
Halifax, HM Brig, 48, 202, 204
Hall, David, 72
Hall, Francis, 28–29
Hall, John, 111
Hall, William Cornwallis, 100
Halsey’s Point, 148
Halstead, Caleb, Sr., 153
Halstead, Mathias, 153
Halstead’s Point, 142, 147, 150, 153, 154, 156
Hamilton, Alexander, 79, 86, 110, 142, 144
Hamond, Andrew Snape, 7, 170, 182, 191, 210
Hampton, John, 56, 121
Hancock, 126
Hancock, William, 196, 199
Hancock’s Bridge, 196, 199, 200
Hand, Edward, 80, 81, 85, 87, 90, 99, 120, 142, 153
Hand, Elijah, 196, 198, 199
Handy, Levin, 17, 36
Hankins, John, 57
Hanover, 147
Harber’s plantation, 134
Harcourt, William, 58, 61
Harden, George, 12, 13
Harding, William, 26, 97, 140
Hardnut, Captain, 2, 43
Haring, Cornelius, 32
Harlem, British sloop, 166
Harridan (Haradan or Harradan), Jonathan, 127
Harring, David, 25
Harrington, 97
Harsimus Island, 46
Hastings, George, 164
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 185
Hatfield or Hetfield, Cornelius, 93
Hatfield or Hetfield, Cornelius, Jr., 101, 149, 150, 152,
154–156
Hatfield or Hetfield, Job, 152
Hatfield or Hetfield, John Smith, 93, 149, 152, 154,
156
Hauser, Frederick, 5
Havens, William, 126
Haviland, John, 150
Hawk, schooner, 210
Hay Wharf, 28
Hayden, Captain, 135
Hayes, Joseph, 110
Hayes, Lieutenant, 16
Hays, John, 109
Hays, Mary Ludwig, 109
Hazard, sloop, 128
Hazlewood, John, 168, 182, 186
Heard, Nathaniel, 2, 27, 43, 67, 95
Heath, William, 20, 26, 27
Hedden, Joseph, 139
Hedden, Joseph, Jr., 152
Henderson, Thomas, 160
Hendrick, Colonel, 66
Hendricks, Baker, 98, 141, 154, 156
Hendrickson Lieutenant, 136
Hendrickson, Daniel, 135, 137
Henry, John, 183
Henry’s Mill, 82
Herd, William, 93
Hermitage, 78
Hero, British victualler, 167
Herriman, William, 153
Herring, Peter T., 32
Herringtown, 31, 209
Hessian dragoons, 77
Hessian infantrymen, 38
Hessian pickets, 66
Hessian(s), 9, 14, 17, 22, 25, 29, 49, 50, 53, 60, 61,
64–66, 71, 74–80, 82–84, 88, 98, 102–104, 114,
119, 131, 145, 146, 151, 172,–174, 176, 178, 180,
181, 189, 190, 201
Hibernia, 42
Hibernia Furnace, 35
Highlanders, 60, 64, 65, 66, 89, 99, 104, 111, 145, 161,
170, 177, 192, 202
Hillsborough, 54, 137, 138
Hitchcock brigade, 83
Hitchcock, Daniel, 81, 174
Hoagland, Oakly, 106, 174
Hobart Gap, 129
Hoboken, 25, 39, 96, 132, 161
Hoebuck, 16–18, 23, 95, 96, 132, 133
Hog Island, 183
Hogenkamp, John M., 18
Ho-Ho-Kus Brook, 30
Holland, John, 195
Hollingsworth, Henry, 18, 65
Holmdel, 159
Holme, Benjamin, 196
Holmes, Asher, 128, 135, 158, 198
Holmes, Josiah, 135
Homestead Farm, 129
Hoops, Robert, 44
Hope, brig, 127
Hopkins, Ezek, 126
Hopkinson house, 174
Hopkinson, Francis, 174
Hopper, Garret, 26, 27
Hopper, John, 30
Hopper, Jonathan, 28, 34
Hopperstown, 26, 28, 30, 38
Hornblower, Josiah, 141
Horsemen, 38, 40
Hot shot, 180
House, George, 127
Howard, John, 28
Howe, Richard, 48, 94, 108, 119
Howe, William, 9, 37, 42, 51, 53–55, 58, 60, 66, 71,
76–78, 80, 85– 87, 100, 101, 104, 113–116, 119–
121, 130, 133, 149, 160, 161, 163, 174, 177, 184,
188, 191, 196
Howell’s Ferry, 73, 75, 77, 78, 84
Howitzer(s), 82, 148, 197
Huddy Park, 193
Huddy, Joshua, 157, 159, 193–195
Hudson Highlands, 185
Hudson River, 5, 7, 9, 23–25, 28, 32, 35, 40, 41, 46, 86,
90, 108, 152, 163 see also North River
Hudson River Valley, 90
Hudson, Charles, 123
Hugg, Samuel, 188
Hunn, Thomas, 159 , 160
Hunt, John, 88
Hunter, Rev. Mr., 150
Hunterdon County, 78
Hunterdon Militia, 78
Huntington, Jedediah, 185, 187, 192
Hussar, British galley, 202, 203
Hussars, 29, 30, 137, 191, 192, 198, 200
Huston, 200
Hutching House, 88
Hutchinson Mr. , 135, 136
Hutchison, William, 155
Huyler, Ensign, 45
Huyler, John, 23, 24, 26, 40, 132
Huyler’s Landing, 9
Hyler or Huyler, Adam, 57, 125, 126, 128, 129, 161,
195
Illif, James, 67
Independence, 1
Indian King Tavern Museum, 188
Industry, schooner, 169
Inslee, Lieutenant, 194
Intrepid, cutter, 209
Iredell, Lieutenant, 194
Ireland, 166
Iris, HMS, 167
Irish battalion, 16
Iron Works Hill, 174
Irvine, William, 41
Isis, HMS,180, 183, 185
Island Beach, 206
Ivins, 177
Jackson, Charles, 71, 195
Jackson, Harry, 195
Jaeger(s), 9, 22, 29, 30, 53, 60, 64, 76–78, 80, 81, 96,
103, 104, 121, 172–174, 202, 204
Jamaica, 126, 167
Jay, James, 5
Jay, John, 5
Jenny Jump Mountain, 44
Jersey Brigade, 98
Jersey City see Paulus Hook
Jersey Volunteers, 99
Jobs, Joseph, 44
John, transport brigantine, 169
John’s Ferry, 75, 76, 78, 84
Johnson, Henry, 126
Johnson’s Ferry, 75, 76, 78, 84
Johnston, William, 16, 35
Jonathans, 154
Jones Tavern, 162
Jones, Judge, 208
Jones, Thomas, 16
Joseph and his Brethren, 44
Joshua Huddy Monument, 193
Juliet, Gustav, 207–208
Jumping-Point Inlet, 136
Juno, 166
Keansburg, 159
Kearney, Major, 124
Keith, Israel, 14
Kelly, Edward, 70
Kelly, William, 62
Kemble, justice, 120
Kerr, James, 191
Kille, Mr., 45
King George, British victualler, 167
Kingfisher, HMS, 168
King’s American Dragoons, 128
King’s Ferry, 163
Kingsbridge, 28, 29, 95, 132
Kingsland, Peter, 146
Kirkbride Mr., 201
Kirkpatrick, Abraham, 78
Knight, John, 166
Knox, George, 140
Knox, Henry, 14, 79, 81
Knyphausen, Wilhelm von, 32, 44, 89, 90, 96, 108,
109, 151, 153, 154, 206
Kosciusko, Thaddeus, 178
Kuypers, Warmoldus, 29
Lacy, Captain, 120
Lads Cove, 185
Lady Julianna, 166
Lady Washington, 210
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Joseph du Motier Marquis de,
18, 108, 192
Lambertville, 75
Lamont, Normand, 54
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 195, 211
Landing Bridge, 102
Laurence Harbor, 158
Lawrence Island, 51, 52
Lawrence’s Neck and Island Farm, 53
Lawrenceville, 76, 82, 84, 87 see also Maidenhead
L’Constance, brig, 127
League Island, 186
Lee, Charles, 22, 35, 58, 77, 108, 109, 110
Lee, Henry ‘’Light-Horse Harry’’, 17, 35, 48, 90, 96,
97, 124, 180
Leonia, 13
Leslie, Alexander, 56, 60, 81, 84, 87, 89, 184, 204
Letter of Marque, 124, 167
Lewis’s Mill Boat, 168
Lewis-Town Revenge, whaleboat, 167
Liberty Hall, 142, 150
Liberty pole, 162
Liberty Pole, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 32, 34, 36, 39, 40,
50, 97
Life Guards, 46
Light horsemen, 15, 22, 128, 134, 137, 146, 155, 167,
189, 192
Light infantry, 5, 14, 16, 22, 28, 29, 32, 33, 37, 54, 57,
59, 60, 62, 64– 66, 76, 80, 81, 83, 97, 99, 103, 104,
109, 149, 186, 189, 192, 199, 202, 208
Lighthouse, 123, 124, 135
Lincoln, Benjamin, 54, 89, 102, 103, 113
Linden, 142
Lindsley, Eleazer, 70, 96, 100
Linsing grenadier battalion, 82, 172
Linsing Battalion, 173
Linzee, John, 171
Lion, HMS, 125, 141
Lippincott, Richard, 125, 194
Littell, Eliakim, 145
Little Egg Harbor, 177, 203, 205, 206, 213
Little Ferry, 13, 24, 28, 34, 83
Little Hope, schooner, 169
Little Mantua Creek, 183, 184, 185 see also Mantua
Creek
Little Mud Island, 168
Little Shabakunk, 81
Little, Christopher, 124
Lively, HMS 123
Liverpool, HMS, 123, 183, 184, 185
Livingston, William, 26, 40, 42, 105, 106, 137, 142,
150, 206
Lloyd, Bateman, 200
Lloyd, Mr., 93
Locke, Francis, 149
Lodge, Benjamin, 59
Logan, Captain, 26
London, 122
London trade, 154
Long Beach, 137, 161
Long Island, 57, 73, 123, 126, 136, 152, 198
Long Swamp Brook, 16
Long, Thomas, 154
Longboat(s), 119, 125
Longmore, British victualler, 167
Longstreet, Dirrick, 170
Lord Howe, transport, 169
Lorey, Captain, 76, 172
Lossburg regiment, 78, 87
Lossburg, Friedrich Wilhelm von, 87
Lott, Jeromus, 57
Louis XVI, 195
Love and Unity, 193
Lowry, Matthew, 44
Loyal American Regiment, 29
Loyal Americans, 31
Loyalist(s) , 1, 2,, 5, 12–16, 18, 20, 23, 24–28, 32–36,
38, 40, 42–44, 48, 57,60, 67, 68, 72, 73, 79, 93, 94,
95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104–107, 109, 120, 121, 124,
128, 129, 132–141, 144, 146, 147, 153–159, 161,
162, 167, 170, 188, 191, 193–197, 199, 200–202,
20–210, 212, 213
Lozier, John, 15, 16, 34, 97
Luce, William, 99, 149
Lumm, Charles, 151
Lyon’s Farms, 106
Lyons, David, 104
Machin, Thomas, 190
MacMichael, Captain, 140
Macpherson, Duncan, 28
Madeira, 127
Madison, 158
Maffet, Captain, 137, 161
Magaw, Robert, 7, 14
Maidenhead, 76, 77, 78, 82, 84, 87, 88, 202 see also
Lawrenceville
Malcom or Malcolm, William, 14, 20, 36, 37, 122,
162
Manahawkin, 212
Manasquan, 170
Manchester, 43
Manhattan Island, 19, 24, 28, 152, 194
Mann, Elias, 154, 156
Mansfield militia, 212
Mansfield, Samuel, 141
Mantua Creek, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188 see
also Little Mantua Creek
March, Lewis, 72
Marines, 37, 107, 123, 164, 170, 181, 200, 208
Marinus, David, 2, 43
Markham, Enoch, 188, 191
Marriner, William, 105, 127, 128
Mars, brig, 127
Marsh, Christopher, 71, 72
Marsh, Ephraim, 154
Marsh, Joshua, 101
Martin, Ephraim, 70, 100
Martin, Joseph Plumb, 109, 180
Martin, William, 104
Mary, 126
Maryland, 18
Maryland Continentals, 52
Maryland militia, 65
Maryland regiment, 99
Mascoll, Stephen, 120
Mason, Captain, 126
Massachusetts militia., 70
Massachusetts regiments, 133
Matawan, 159
Matawan Creek, 159
Matawan Historical Society, 159
Mathew, Edward, 16, 54, 55, 103, 130, 153, 190
Mathis, Daniel, 205
Matthaeus, Justus, 84
Matthews, Elijah, 127
Maurice River, 167, 198, 210
Mawhood, 198, 199
Mawhood, Charles, 81, 85, 87, 99, 101, 111, 112, 188,
196, 197, 199
Maxwell, William, 21, 22, 55, 58, 59, 62, 65, 66, 67,
68, 70, 88, 99, 100, 110, 113, 114, 120, 130, 131,
139, 145, 149, 150, 189, 205, 211
McCabe, James, 59
McCallister, Lieutenant, 49
McConkey’s Ferry, 77, 78
McCoy Captain, 129
McCrea, Philip, 155
McDougall, Alexander, 36, 163
McElhatton, William, 59
McKnight, Richard, 135
McKonkey’s Ferry, 75, 76, 78
McLane, Allen, 17
McMullen, Robert, 193
McPherson Colonel, 83
McPherson, Major, 60, 66
Meeker, Obadiah, 155
Meeker, Samuel, 72
Mercer, Hugh, 46, 80, 82, 85, 86, 94, 116, 117, 118,
178
Mercury, 167
Merlin, frigate, 180
Mermaid, HMS, 166, 171
Mertz, Lieutenant, 96
Mesnard, Lieutenant, 89
Metuchen, 56, 58, 61, 67, 113, 120, 129, 130
Metuchen Meetinghouse, 62, 131
Meyer, Peter, 132
Mickleton, 181
Middlebrook, 66, 71, 102–105, 112, 130, 131, 137,
162
Middlebush, 54, 104, 112, 114, 130
Middlesex County, 61
Middlesex County Militia, 57, 115, 122, 162
Middleton, 135
Middletown, 102, 105, 124, 134, 136, 158
Middletown Point, 124, 159
Middletown Village, 160
Mifflin, John, 107
Mifflin, Thomas, 81
Military Park, 138
Militia, 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 20–22, 24–26, 28, 29, 32,
35, 36, 38, 41, 44, 45, 48, 53, 54, 56, 57, 64, 67,
71–73, 77, 80, 84, 88–90, 94, 99, 100, 103–107,
111, 115, 123, 129, 134–139, 145–147, 149, 150,
153, 158–160, 166, 170, 173, 176, 177, 181, 182,
187, 188, 191, 193, 194, 198–201, 203, 207, 211,
212
Militiamen, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25–
27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 37, 40, 41, 43–45, 53, 56–58,
63–66, 71–73, 79, 89, 90, 96–99, 105, 110, 111,
113, 114, 119–121, 123, 124, 127–130, 132, 134–
137, 139–141, 145–147, 150–155, 157, 160–162,
167–169, 171, 173, 176, 177, 182, 188, 189, 191–
194, 198–201, 207, 209, 212, 213
Mill Creek, 118
Milledge, Mr., 23
Miller, John, 18, 39
Miller, Major, 81
Miller, Mr., 45
Miller, Nathan, 198
Millstone, 104, 105, 112, 113
Millstone River, 86, 104, 113, 114
Millville, 198, 210
Mincock Island, 205, 208
Minisink, 42, 43
Minuteman Monument, 142, 153
Molly, Boston scow, 209
Molly Pitcher, 109
Monmouth, 73, 193, 195
Monmouth Battlefield State Park, 106, 162
Monmouth County, 72, 105–107, 110, 111, 128, 133,
134, 136, 150, 194, 195
Monmouth County Militia, 111, 124, 160, 194, 209
Monmouth Courthouse, 107, 108
Montague, 42
Montgomery, Hugh, 171
Moody, James, 44, 135
Moonachie, 34
Moor, John, 67
Moore, Daniel, 128
Moore, Jotham, 72
Moores Creek, 204
Moores, Britton, 73
Moravian Church, 203
Moravian mills, 44
Morgan, Daniel, 54, 66, 71, 101, 108, 114, 115, 121,
184, 187, 192
Morgan, James, 92
Morning Star, schooner, 128
Morris, 41
Morris jail, 20
Morris County, 41
Morris, John, 107, 137, 193
Morris, Joseph, 70
Morrisania Loyalists, 97
Morristown, 4, 23, 26, 42, 44, 61, 86, 87, 89, 90, 97,
99, 102, 111, 112, 145, 150, 153, 156, 158, 185,
187, 211
Morristown jail, 5 42
Morse, Amos, Jr., 155
Morse’s Creek, 147
Mortars, 9
Mount Holly, 171, 172, 176, 177, 187, 205
Moylan, Stephen, 132, 155
Mrs. Washington’s Guards, 22, 32
Mud Island, 170, 190
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 185, 187
Mullica River, 205–207
Münchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr
von, 132
Murray, Joseph, 106
Nacote Creek, 205
Nancy, brig, 120, 171
Nancy sloop, 167
Nantes, 141
Nantuxent Creek, 211
Narrows, 118, 128, 144
Nassau Hall, 84–87
National Park, 178, 189
Native American(s), 1, 19, 42, 44, 112, 133
Naugle, Isaac, 23, 26
Nautilus, sloop, 206, 208
Navesink, 124
Navesink River, 133, 134, 158, 161, 195
Neil, Robert, 140
Neilson, John, 53, 105
Nelson House, 76
Neptune, sloop, 150
Netherwood, 160
New Barbados, 19, 34
New Barbados Neck, 15, 38
New Blazing Star, 54
New Blazing Star Ferry, 147
New Bridge, 4, 14, 16–18, 24–26, 28, 30, 32, 35, 36,
38, 39, 41, 45, 49, 50, 97, 163, 206
New Brunswick, 58, 77, 86, 98, 102, 105, 125, 141,
162 see also Brunswick
New England brigade, 174
New England militiamen, 90, 163
New England troops, 82, 100
New Hope, Pennsylvania, 75
New Jersey Campaign, 48
New Jersey Continentals, 205
New Jersey Independent Volunteers, 201
New Jersey Loyalists, 55, 89, 154, 206
New Jersey Militia, 67, 77, 82, 83, 89, 90, 96, 98, 99,
105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 121, 122, 123, 133, 135–
137, 141, 150, 154, 155, 162, 172, 178, 181, 183,
184, 187, 190, 191, 192, 198, 199, 205, 209, 210,
211, 212
New Jersey regiment, 71
New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists) 14, 44, 97, 135, 146,
147, 197, 199, 208
New London, 204
New Market, 61, 63, 113, 160
New Mills, 211
New Providence, 142
New Tappan, New York, 32, 33, 206
New Windsor Cantonment, New York, 142
New York, 1, 5, 9, 12, 14–16, 21, 23–25, 28, 29, 32–35,
38, 39, 42–44, 46, 48–50, 54, 56–58, 60, 64, 66, 72,
73, 77, 85, 86, 89, 90, 94–97, 102, 105, 108, 110,
111, 118, 120, 122, 125–127, 129, 134–137, 141,
144, 147, 149, 152–155, 158, 161, 164–167, 169,
170, 184, 192–195, 206, 208–210
New York Harbor, 116, 164
New York Loyalists, 45, 140
New York Militia, 40, 95
New York Provincial Congress, 122
New York troops, 14
New York Volunteers, 16, 96, 189
Newark, 1, 2, 23, 35, 37, 50, 89, 97, 98, 138–140, 145,
150–152, 155, 163
Newark Academy, 139
Newark Bay, 4, 21, 37, 93, 98, 141, 149, 150, 156
Newark Meadows, 139
Newark Neck, 141
Newark River, 56
Newbold, Cleayton (Clayton), 93
Newbold, William, 93
Newcomb, Silas, 82, 182, 183, 184
Newfoundland, 34
Newport, 211
Newport, Rhode Island, 86, 90, 126
Nicholson, James, 176
Nixon, adjutant, 150
North Carolina brigade, 16
North Castle New York, 22
North Hudson, 93
North River, 4, 29, 38, 48, 49, 96, 151, 206
North, Lord Frederick, 177
Nova Scotia, 98
Oak Tree, 160
Oakeson, Thomas, 170
Oatman, Frank, 195
Oblenis, Garrett C., 35
Ogden, Aaron, 148, 150
Ogden, Justice, 23
Ogden, Matthias, 93, 147, 149
Ogden, Robert, 43
Ogdens, 43
Old Academy, 142
Old Barracks Museum, 73
Old Blazing Star, 72, 147
Old Blazing Star Ferry, 148, 149
Old Ranger, Loyalist boat, 212
Old Tappan, 21, 32, 33, 206
Old Tappan Massacre, 31
Oldis, Benjamin, 27
Oldman’s Creek, 203
Olisby, 106
Oporto, 127
Orange County militiamen, 35, 36
Orange light horse, 50
Orpheus, HMS, 48, 123
Osborn Cannonball house, 129
Osborn, Richard, Jr., 208
Osborn, Thomas, 208
Osborn’s Island, 205, 208
Outwater, John, 18, 25, 26, 83
Overpeck Creek, 97
Pain, John, 101
Paine, Thomas, 138, 174, 180
Painter’s Point, 134
Pakenham, Edward, 171, 188
Pangborn, Lines, 212
Paoli, 33
Paoli Tavern, 209
Paramus, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 38, 43, 50, 83,
97, 210
Paramus Bridge, 29
Paramus Church, 2, 24, 28, 36, 95
Parapet, 5, 40
Parcels, Abraham, 31
Parker, Hyde, Jr., 7, 46, 123
Parker, Josiah, 63, 111, 113
Parker, Richard, 63
Parley, 105
Parliament, 177
Parrot, British victualler, 167
Parsel, Swain, 156
Parsippany, 42
Parsons, Samuel Holden, 14, 55, 95
Passaic, 2, 31
Passaic County, 43
Passaic River, 5, 21, 34, 37, 94
Paterson, 26, 34
Paterson, John, 184, 185, 187
Patten, Colonel, 100
Patten, John, 124
Patterson, Alexander, 59
Pattison, James, 154, 184
Paul, James, 96
Paulsboro, 182
Paulus Hook, 13, 15–17, 23, 24, 35, 38, 41, 46, 48, 49,
93, 94, 96, 97, 151, 152
Paulus Hook Park, 46
Pawling, Albert, 50
Pawling, Levi, 14, 15
Peace conference, 119
Peace treaty, 167
Pearl, 180, 183
Peck’s Beach, 210
Peebles, Lieutenant, 100
Peek, David, 23, 31, 32
Peekskill, 163
Pembroke, armed schooner, 202
Penn’s Neck, 201
Pennington, 73, 76, 77, 84, 88
Pennsauken Creek, 204
Pennsville, 201
Pennsylvania, 184
Pennsylvania Continentals, 20
Pennsylvania light infantry, 97
Pennsylvania line, 30
Pennsylvania militia, 46, 70, 77, 82, 173, 183
Pennsylvania Navy, 168, 170, 183
Pennsylvania regiment, 103
Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 81, 113
Pennsylvania troops, 25, 41, 62, 70, 100, 107
Pennytown see Pennington
Periam, Mr., 29
Perry, 196
Perseus, HMS, 123
Peters, Peter, 195
Pettiaugers, 8, 9
Petticoat Bridge, 171, 172, 176
Peyton, Henry, 35, 49
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1, 46, 86, 108, 126, 127,
133, 137, 141, 161, 164, 167– 170, 174, 177, 178,
180–182, 184, 186, 188, 189, 192, 196, 197, 200,
202, 206, 207, 210
Philadelphia campaign, 37, 149
Philadelphia jail, 88
Philadelphia line, 118
Philadelphia, British galley, 202
Philips Park, 139
Philips’s Mill, 82
Phillips, Joseph, 176
Phillipsburgh, 46
Phipps, Charles, 171, 198
Phoenix, HMS, 7, 46, 48, 94, 123, 144
Pickering, 127
Picket guard, 19, 21, 30, 37, 52, 53, 59, 64, 65, 66, 100,
104, 112, 121, 131, 152
Pierson, 36, 162
Pigot, Robert, 95
Pillar of Fire Temple, 102
Pine-Banditti, 1, 110, 134, 193
Pinnace, 119
Piscataway, 57, 60, 63, 65– 67, 115, 160
Plainfield, 129, 142
Pleasant Valley, 111, 157, 162
Ploughshare Point, 118
Pluckemin, see Cooper’s Ferry 99, 145
Plume House, 139
Point Meadows, 155
Point-no-Point, 169
Polhemus, John, 105
Polifly, 31
Pollingtown, 29
Pomona, 127
Pompton, 4, 34, 42, 43, 90, 95, 132
Pope, Colonel, 211
Poricy Park, 106
Potter, James, 70
Potter, Samuel, Sr, 59, 71
Potterfield, Captain, 170
Potterstown, 160
Preakness, 97
Presbyterian church, 152
Preston, Colonel, 111, 113
Priestman, Captain, 124
Prince Charles’s Regiments, 37
Princeton, 54, 80, 81, 84–87, 112–114, 136, 161, 178,
201, 209
Princeton Battlefield State Park, 84, 88
Princeton University, 86
Prior’s Mill, 49, 50
Prior’s mill, 13, 15–17, 46
Prisoners of war, 90, 148, 188
Privateer(s), 120, 126–128, 137, 141, 164, 166, 167,
193, 195, 201, 203, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211
Proctor, Thomas, 54, 103, 208
Proprietary House, 115
Prosper, Thomas, 129
Providence, 121
Providence, sloop, 126
Province Island, 168, 183
Provost Jail, 32, 95, 190, 200
Pulaski Monument, 206
Pulaski, Casimir, 189, 191, 207
Punk Hill, 120
Putnam, Israel, 9, 113, 163
Putnam, Rufus, 4, 53
Quackenboss, Peter, 36
Quaker, 74, 171, 173, 203
Quarme, William, 48
Quebec, 145
Queen’s Light Dragoons, 104
Queen’s Rangers, 56, 72, 105, 106, 121, 122, 137, 158,
192, 196, 198, 199
Queen’s Bridge, 102
Queen’s Own Regiment, 211
Queen’s Ranger hussars, 30
Queen’s Rangers, 29, 60, 73, 105, 109, 188, 191, 202,
203
Quibbletown, 54, 55, 56, 61, 63–67, 105, 113, 130,
131, 137, 160
Quigley, Robert, 169
Quinton (Quintin, Quintan), Tobias, 198
Quinton’s Bridge, 196, 198, 199
Raccoon Creek, 201
Race-horse, sloop, 186
Rahway, 23, 56, 68, 69, 72, 98, 100, 101, 120, 142,
152, 154
Rahway Meetinghouse, 99
Rahway River, 89
Raisonable, HMS, 128
Rall regiment, 84
Rall, Johann Gottleib, 73, 77, 78, 80, 84, 174
Ramapo Valley, 4, 38
Rancocas, 171, 172
Rancocas Creek, 173, 204, 205
Rancocas River, 172
Randall, David, 156
Rangers, 9, 15, 101
Raritan, 52, 53, 56, 61, 105, 112, 114
Raritan Bay, 51
Raritan Landing, 52, 103, 105
Raritan River, 52–54, 57, 73, 90, 102, 103, 108, 120,
121, 137
Raritan Township, 160
Rattle Snake, brig, 127
Rawdon, Francis, 16
Raymond, Seth, 133
Read, Captain, 167
Reading, Captain, 140
Rebecca & Francis, transport ship, 164
Red Bank, 124, 133, 134, 158, 168, 178, 180, 181, 186,
187, 189, 190
Red Bank Battlefield Park, 178
Red Hook, 149
Red Mills, 25
Redmond, British victualler, 167
Redoubt(s), 5, 49, 52, 54, 66, 104, 114, 115, 121, 145,
183
Reed, Captain, 127
Reed, Joseph, 13, 84, 133
Reed, Mr., 156
Reedy Island, 167
Refugee Post, 140 see also Fort DeLancey
Refugee(s), 18, 39, 73, 97, 156, 159, 195
Regiment von Bose, 29
Regiment von Mirbach, 29
Reily, John, 59
Renown, HMS, 48
Restoration, schooner, 128
Retaliators upon the Tories, 111
Revenge, armed boat, 195
Revenge sloop, 126, 127
Reynolds, 166
Rhode Island, 9, 69, 127, 128
Rhode Island Continentals, 90
Rhode Islanders, 178
Rice, John, 186
Richards, John, 2, 15, 16, 38, 97, 195
Richards, Peter, 126
Richardson, Captain, 167
Richmond, 147
Ridgewood, 20
Riflemen, 60, 63, 64, 66, 71, 80, 81, 83, 101, 108, 113,
114, 115, 145, 153, 185, 192, 204, 205
Ringoes, 161
Ritney, Major, 18, 65
River Vale, 31
Rivington, James, 24
Robbins, Lewis, 101
Roberts, James, 170
Roberts, Lieutenant, 194
Roberts, Moses, 155
Robinson, Isaiah, 182
Roby, brig, 123
Rock Pond, 110, 134
Rockingham State Historic Site, 112
Rocky Hill, 55, 84, 86, 114
Rocky Point, 161
Roebuck, HMS, 7, 48, 170, 182, 183, 186, 190, 210
Roger’s Ferry, 140
Rogers, Robert, 9
Romeyn, Elias, 16
Rose, 46, 94, 144
Ross, Stewart, 194
Round Redoubt, 49
Royal Bergen Volunteers, 23
Royal George, cutter, 127
Royal Navy, 116, 118, 171, 177, 206
Rudolph, Michael, 124
Rudulph, John, 49
Rudulph, Lieutenant, 36
Rumsey, Benjamin, 18, 65
Russell, John, 136
Rutledge, John, 119
Ryder (or Rider), Stephen, 28
Ryerson, Joseph, 5, 22, 157
Ryerson, Samuel, 20, 71
Ryker, John, 105
Saddle Creek, 30
Saddle River, 28, 43
Salem, 127, 196, 198–200
Salem County, 168
Salem Creek, 196
Salem Friends Meetinghouse, 196
Salem River, 201
Sally, Philadelphia brig, 210
Salt Marsh, 18, 23, 34, 150
Salt meadows, 144, 149
Salt works, 134, 164, 170, 193, 194, 207, 210, 212
Sampton, 18
Samptown, 65, 98, 100
Sandy Hook, 116, 122–129, 134–137, 157, 167, 170,
194, 211
Sandy Hook Bay, 116, 159
Sandy Hook Lighthouse, 116, 122–124, 126, 127, 129,
134
Sandy Point, 56, 105
Sanford, Peter, 105, 141
Saratoga, New York, 184
Saunders, John, 198, 199
Schaak, John, 128, 161
Schenck, John, 158
Schraalenburgh, 24, 31, 32, 45, 97
Schraalenburgh Church, 163
Schuyler, 126
Schuyler Heights, 37, 38
Schuyler’s Landing, 37
Schuyler’s Ferry, 4, 37
Schuylkill, 184
Scotch Plains, 56, 66, 71, 113, 129, 130, 131
Scots, 64, 173 see also Highlanders
Scott, Charles, 22, 61, 101, 111
Scott, Winfield, 142
Scudder, Nathaniel, 159
Sea Bright, 136
Searle , Thomas, 9
Secaucus, 161
Second River, 2, 4, 5
Sedan chair, 150
Senegal, HM Sloop ,119
Seymour, Thomas, 171
Shabakunk, 82
Shabakunk Creek, 75, 80, 81
Shank Captain, 73
Shank, David, 72
Shark River, 170, 202
Shaw, John, 128
Shawangunk, 50
Shepard, William, 13, 133
Shoal Harbor, 134
Short Hills, 55, 67, 71, 90, 100, 129, 130, 139, 160
Shreve, Caleb, 93
Shreve, Israel, 96, 190
Shreve, Richard, 167, 212
Shreve, William, 90, 93, 176, 177
Shrewsbury, 124, 128, 133–137, 157, 178
Shrewsbury Point, 137
Shrewsbury River, 128, 129, 134, 161
Shrewsbury Township, 133
Sickler, Joseph Sheppard, 200
Sidney, 162
Siege, 42
Simcoe, John Graves, 56, 60, 72, 105, 109, 115, 121,
137, 191, 197200, 202, 203
Six Roads Tavern, 72
Skene, Philip, 95
Skinner, Cortlandt, 101, 111, 135, 148, 152, 154, 157,
159, 161
Skinner, John, 53
Skinner, Richard, 72
Skinner, Stephen, 120
Skip Jack, schooner, 129
Slabtown (Jacksonville) , 173, 174
Slack, Samuel, 88
Slaves, 2, 15
Slotterdam, 2, 4, 37, 43
Smallpox, 15
Smallwood, William, 52, 147, 148, 169
Smith, Belcher Peartree, 152
Smith, Claudius, 20, 198
Smith, Garret, 31
Smith, James, 198
Smith, Micajah, 205, 206
Smith, Robert, 33
Smith, Samuel, 147
Smith, William (1728–1793) or (1728–1814), 23, 196,
198
Smith, William P., 153
Smith’s Meetinghouse, 205
Smith’s Clove, 198
Smock, Barnes, 110, 111
Smock, John, 111, 124
Sneden’s Landing, 26, 97
Snell, Robert, 166
Sodin, William, 54
Somers, Richard, 164
Somerset, 105, 114, 115, 183
Somerset Courthouse, 56, 60, 113, 114, 121, 138, 162
Somerset militia, 26
Somerville, 112
Sons of the American Revolution, 74
Sourland Mountain, 114
South River, 57, 115
Spanktown, 98, 99, 100, 101, 139, 145, 147
Speedwell, brig, 141
Speedwell, schooner, 195
Speedwell, sloop, 186
Spence house, 129
Spencer, Oliver, 89
Spicer’s Ferry, 200
Spy/Spies, 17, 26, 29, 43, 78, 84, 114, 154, 201
Spontoon, 38
Spring Hill, 120
Springfield, 88–91, 93, 130, 139, 142, 153, 154, 160
Springfield Bridge, 90
Springfield Friends Meetinghouse, 172
Springfield Historical Society, 88
Springfield Township, 211
Spuyten Duyvil, 28
Squabbletown, 63
Squan, 170
St. Clair, Arthur, 23, 82
St. Eustatia, 127
St. James Episcopal Church, 160, 196
St. Lucia, 108
St. Peter’s Church, 118
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 116
Stamp Act, 13
Stand of arms, 2, 25, 28, 29, 146, 170
Stanley, brig tender, 166
Staten Island, 5, 21, 23, 29, 38, 41, 42, 44, 46, 54, 55,
57, 66, 68, 71–73, 89, 90, 93–95, 101, 105, 107,
114–116, 118, 119, 121, 122, 130, 131, 140–142,
144–147, 149, 150, 152–156, 159, 211
Staten Island Volunteers, 30
Steele, Mr., 127
Steel’s Gap, 114
Stephen, Adam, 52, 59, 60, 62, 66, 87, 95, 113
Stephens, Joseph, 72
Stephens, Shore, 128
Stephenson, Charles, 198, 203
Sterling, General, 142, 153
Sterne, General, 56
Stevens, Adam, 65
Stevens, Henry, 164
Stevens, John (1749–1838), 133
Stevenson, Lieutenant, 157, 158
Stewart, John, 60, 66, 105, 213
Stewart, Lieutenant, 66
Stillwill, Nicholas, 210
Stirling, Thomas, 65, 146, 149, 152, 182, 183, 188, 191
Stockade, 41, 53
Stockton Hollow, 80, 81, 82
Stockton, Richard V., 53
Stony Brook Bridge, 80, 85
Stony Point, 73, 140
Story, John, 129
Stout, Abraham, 190
Straat, Jacob, 31
Straat, John, 31, 32
Strawberry Hill, 70, 71
Stricker, George, 99
Strumbello, 183
Stryker, John, 88
Stuart, Christopher, 83
Stuart, Lieutenant, 29
Studson, Joshua, 193
Sturdy Beggar, privateer, 203
Success, sloop, 209
Suffern, 20
Sugar House prison, 2, 140, 152
Sukey, British schooner, 195
Sullivan, John, 55, 64, 79, 85, 89, 105, 113, 114, 147,
149
Sunstroke, 110, 131
Surprize, whaleboat, 209
Sussex, 73
Sussex County, 41, 43, 44
Sussex County jail, 44
Sussex Courthouse, 43, 44
Sutherland, Captain, 26, 127, 211
Sutherland, William, 49, 50
Swan, John, 33
Swedesboro, 200, 203
Swezy, Caleb, Jr., 158
Swift, HMS, 124
Swimming River, 157
Swivel gun, 4, 21, 123, 125, 128, 129, 151, 164, 167,
194
Sybella, British victualler, 167
Syren, HMS, 123, 124
Tallman, Peter, 177
Talman, 45
Tamar, HM Sloop, 119
Tappan, 31, 34, 36, 50, 95, 97, 162, 163 see also Old
Tappan and New Tappan
Tartar, frigate, 161
Taxes, 1
Taylor, George, 55, 57, 107, 122
Taylor, John, 57, 115, 134
Taylor, William, 159, 160
Tea, 1
Ten Eyck, Jacob, 114
Tenafly, 32, 34
Tennent, 162
Tennent Church, 195
Terhune, John, 40
Tharm, John, 72
Thatcher, Nathaniel, 59, 70, 100
Theresa, HMS, 128
Third River, 2
Thomas Clark house, 84, 85
Thomas, Colonel, 65
Thomas, Edward, 212
Thomas, Evan, 194
Thomas, Mary, 21
Thompson, Captain, 209
Thompson’s Bridge, 196, 199
Three Pigeons, 13, 15, 24, 96
Three Sisters, brig, 210
Throgmorton, Lieutenant, 135
Thunder, armed boat, 170
Timber Creek, 186, 187, 189–191
Timpany, Robert, 27, 54, 146
Tindall’s (Tindon’s), Island, 168
Tinton Falls, 124, 133–136
Titusville, 73, 75, 161
Toms River, 193–196, 206, 212
Totowa, 41
Treaty of Peace, 144
Trembley’s Point, 142, 144, 152, 155
Trent, William, 77
Trenton, 53, 73, 75–79, 81–88, 168, 171, 174, 176,
201, 202
Trenton Ferry, 73, 75, 76, 80
Trinity Episcopal Church, 67, 138
Trip, Job, 164
True Blue, HMS, 167
Trumbull, Lieutenant, 103
Tryon, William, 23, 36, 46, 122, 153
Tucker, Thomas, 129
Tuckerton, 167, 208, 213
Tupper, Benjamin, 8, 123
Turnbull, Charles, 54
Turnbull, George, 15, 16, 96, 189
Two Bridges, 162
Two Friends, schooner, 164
Tye, Colonel, 110, 157, 158
Union, 88, 89, 142, 153
Union Beach, 159
Union County, 142
Union County Courthouse, 142
Ursino, 142
Utrecht, 128
Valley Forge, 108, 110
Van Allen William, 23, 34, 95, 97
Van Buskirk, Abraham, 14
Van Buskirk, Abraham, 5, 14, 17, 22–24, 27, 35, 37, 38,
49, 50, 71, 95–97, 132, 147, 152
Van Buskirk, Jacob, 5, 22
Van Busson, David, 2
Van Busson, John, 2
Van Cortlandt, Philip, 95, 140
Van Deursen, William, 52
Van Dyke, Henry, 176
Van Emburgh, John, 193
Van Horn, Gabriel Peterson, 105
Van Nest’s Mill, 162
Van Nuis, John, 52
Van Orden, John, 45
Van Riper, Cornelius Aeltse, 96
Van Sant, John, 206
Van Veghten house, 137
Van Veghten’s (Van Vechten) Bridge, 56, 102, 104, 137,
138
Van Vorst, Cornelius, 15
Van Wagenen, Ann, 139
Van Zandt, Wynant, 27
Vanbrunt, Hendrick, 135
Vandeput, George, 122, 123
Vanderberg, 162
Vanmater, Gilbert, 110
Varick, John, 21
Varnum, James Mitchell, 121, 184, 185, 187
Vaughn or Vaughan, John, 38, 53, 56, 70, 100, 120, 131
Vengence, HMS, 127
Vergennes, Comte de, 195
Vessels’s Ferry (McKonkey’s Ferry), 73, 75, 77
Vesuvius, brig, 183
Vigilant, sloop, 183, 206, 207, 208
Viper, HMS, 171, 188, 202
Virginia, 172
Virginia Capes, 195
Virginia militia, 78
Virginia troops, 17, 36, 61–63, 65, 82, 111
Volcano, HMS, 127
Volunteers of Ireland, 16, 32
Von Bose regiment, 153
Von Donop, Captain, 22, 96
Von Donop, Colonel, 56, 81
Von Donop, Count Karl Emil Kurt, 76, 82, 103, 172,
174, 178, 180, 189, 190, 201
Von Heister, Leopold Philip, 52, 54, 104, 130
Von Knyphausen see Knyphausen
Von Linsing grenadier battalion, 82, 172
Von Mirbach, Werner, 31
Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm, 110
Von Wreden, Carl August, 60
Voorhees, Peter, 56, 105
Vought, John, 162
Vreeland, Abraham, 34
Vulture, HMS, 26, 127, 211
Wagaraw, 34
Waldeckers, 89, 99, 139, 145, 147
Wall, Joseph, 124
Wallace House State Historic Site, 112
Wallace, James, 46, 184, 188
Waller, Lieutenant, 25
Wallkill in New York, 45
Walpole, Mr., 127
Wantage, 44
Ward, Andrew, 61
Ward, Ebenezer, 140
Ward, John, 97, 98
Ward, Stephen, 149
Ward, Thomas, 12, 18, 23, 26, 39, 41, 97, 140, 141
Warner, Captain, 137
Warner, Nathaniel, 113
Washington Crossing, 73
Washington Crossing State Park, 75, 76, 161
Washington Park, 139
Washington, Continental frigate, 177, 202
Washington, George, 2, 5, 9, 18, 20, 23, 32, 37, 41,
46, 49, 51–53, 55, 58, 61, 66, 67, 71, 75–78, 80,
83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 94, 97, 103–105, 107–109,
112, 114, 116, 129, 130, 138, 139, 144, 153, 160,
163, 172–174, 177, 182, 184–186, 193–196, 201,
206, 211
Washington, William, 33
Watchung Mountains, 129
Watering boat, 123
Watering party, 122, 177
Watering Place, 119, 144, 147
Watsessing, 163
Watson’s Creek, 201
Watson’s Creek, 203
Watt, James, 186
Watts’ hymnals, 91
Wayne ‘’Mad Anthony’’, 18, 36, 41, 50, 54, 66, 97, 108,
114, 115, 121, 137, 188, 189, 191, 196
Wearimus, 83
Webster, John, 176
Weedon, George, 185
Weehawken, 28, 29, 35, 96
Weiterhausen, Captain, 52
Wepperham, 206
West Point, 90
West, Stephen, 110, 134
Westfield, 56, 65, 66, 71, 130, 131, 142, 156, 160, 163
Westfield, Union County, 50
Weston’s Mills, 53
Westwood, 31
Wetherby’s Tavern, 198
Whaleboat(s), 57, 98, 115–117, 125, 127–129, 137,
141, 156, 159, 161, 167, 194, 202, 207, 209, 210
Whigs, 1, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 24, 54, 61, 93, 95, 98,
119
White Hill, 174, 177, 202
White, John, 195
White, Philip, 137, 159, 194
White, Robert, 125, 195
Whitehead, Jesse, 72
Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, 184, 187
Whithall, James and Ann, 178
Whitlack, John, 102
Whitlock, Lieutenant, 199
Whitmoro, Abraham, 88
Wickes, Richard, 171
Wickham, Lieutenant, 191
Widow White’s Tavern, 58
Wiederholt Lieutenant, 78
Wigstaff, Captain, 188, 201
Wilgus, Richard, 202
Willets, James, 208
Willets-Andrews farmhouse, 206
William, Captain, 34, 121
Williams, Ezekiel, 110, 134
Williams, Plato, 195
Willis, Benjamin, 72
Willis, Captain, 196
Wilmington, Delaware, 168, 169, 200
Wilson, 188
Wilson, Thomas, 184
Winans, William, 153
Winding River Park, 193
Winds, William, 4, 31, 32, 33, 121
Wirts, William, 17
Woodbridge, 23, 56, 59, 67, 70– 73, 98, 99, 118–121,
130, 131, 137, 141, 145, 160
Woodbridge Neck, 67
Woodbury, 181, 187, 189
Woodhull, Jesse, 15
Woodruff, David, 155
Woodruff, Lewis, 156
Woodruff, Lewis, 149
Woolman, John, 171
Wrangletown, 200
Wright, Sergeant, 72
Wyckoff, Auke, 135
Wynants, Elias, 152
Xebecks Repulse, 186
Yardley, Pennsylvania, 75
Yardley’s Ferry, 75
Yates John, 98
Young, Samuel, 210
Zabriskie, Jacob C., 24
Zabriskie, John, 27
Zabriskie, Joost, 39, 97
Zabriskie, Mr., 14, 45
Zabriskie’s Mills, 28, 29, 36
Zebra, sloop, 206–208