William Broderick was the son of Thomas and Parthenia Brodrick of Burlington Co., NJ. At about age 20, he joined in the Revolutionary War efforts on April 3, 1777 in Monmouth County, enlisting "for the duration" as a Corporal in the Seventh Company of the Fourth Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line. He was at Valley Forge (Pa.) during the winter of 1877/78 and was later wounded in the Battle of Springfield, NJ in the summer of 1780. Fought in the Indian Campaign in 1779. In Oct 1781, he was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Mustered out May 20, 1783. For his service, he received a pension of about $8/mo. and a land bounty of 160 acres in Ohio. He married a woman named Esther (maiden name unknown) and they had three children, Sally, Paul and Isaac. William later migrated to Ohio and died there, being buried in the Crabapple Presbyterian Cemetery, in Wheeling Township, near St. Clairsville, Ohio. It is said he never fully recovered from his injury, and we know that he did not claim his bounty land, leaving it to his son Paul in his will, probated in St. Clairsville.
William Broderick was the son of Thomas and Parthenia Brodrick of Burlington Co., NJ. At about age 20, he joined in the Revolutionary War efforts on April 3, 1777 in Monmouth County, enlisting "for the duration" as a Corporal in the Seventh Company of the Fourth Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line. He was at Valley Forge (Pa.) during the winter of 1877/78 and was later wounded in the Battle of Springfield, NJ in the summer of 1780. Fought in the Indian Campaign in 1779. In Oct 1781, he was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Mustered out May 20, 1783. For his service, he received a pension of about $8/mo. and a land bounty of 160 acres in Ohio. He married a woman named Esther (maiden name unknown) and they had three children, Sally, Paul and Isaac. William later migrated to Ohio and died there, being buried in the Crabapple Presbyterian Cemetery, in Wheeling Township, near St. Clairsville, Ohio. It is said he never fully recovered from his injury, and we know that he did not claim his bounty land, leaving it to his son Paul in his will, probated in St. Clairsville.
Inscription
MINUTE MAN
SGT WILLIAM BRODERICK
MONMOUTH CO. MIL. (BR NJ)
INDIAN CAMPAIGN 1777
WOUNDED BATTLE OF
SPRINGFIELD
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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