Revolutionary War Army Officer, War of 1812 Militia General. Born in New London, Connecticut, at the age of seventeen, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Continental Army. He participated in all battles of the Revolutionary War from Bunker Hill to Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis. George Washington made him Captain of his personal Life Guard. At the end of the war, he settled in Pompton, New Jersey, where he married Hester Schuyler, a cousin of Revolutionary War General Philip Schuyler, on August 27, 1783. He continued to be active locally after the war and became a Judge of the Bergen County Court of Common Pleas until his death. He also served in the New Jersey Legislature from 1806 to 1813. In 1810, he was commissioned a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia and served his country again in the War of 1812. He died in 1838 and was buried with full military honors.
Revolutionary War Army Officer, War of 1812 Militia General. Born in New London, Connecticut, at the age of seventeen, he was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Continental Army. He participated in all battles of the Revolutionary War from Bunker Hill to Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis. George Washington made him Captain of his personal Life Guard. At the end of the war, he settled in Pompton, New Jersey, where he married Hester Schuyler, a cousin of Revolutionary War General Philip Schuyler, on August 27, 1783. He continued to be active locally after the war and became a Judge of the Bergen County Court of Common Pleas until his death. He also served in the New Jersey Legislature from 1806 to 1813. In 1810, he was commissioned a Brigadier General in the New Jersey Militia and served his country again in the War of 1812. He died in 1838 and was buried with full military honors.
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