Category: Pennsylvania Militia, American Revolution

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This category is a roll up of units that were part of the Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution. Individual profiles should be placed in one of these unit categories, and only placed here if the unit is unknown.

At the beginning of 1775, Pennsylvania, founded under Quaker auspices, differed from other American colonies in being totally devoid of military organization. Early in that year, as tension mounted, there appeared spontaneously in certain localities volunteer companies of Associators patterned essentially upon groups which had existed briefly in 1747-1748 and again after Braddock's defeat in 1755. These volunteer companies made up the Military Association, a civilian reserve designed to repel invasion. In June 30, 1775, the Provincial Assembly gave official recognition to the Associators and grouped their companies into battalions. Organization was territorial, so that normally a company consisted of men from a single township, while a battalion included all the Associators of several neighboring townships. Ages ranged from sixteen to sixty years. Provision was made for recruiting from the ranks of Associators in each county a small corps of Minute Men, on call for special duty at short notice, but no evidence of the existence of such a corps in Pennsylvania survives. he Pennsylvania Militia was organized under an act of March 7, 1777, which provided for compulsory enrollment by the constables of all able-bodied male whites between the ages of eighteen and fifty-three. Exemptions were extremely limited, and an estimated 60,000 men were enrolled. For purposes of administration and drill, Companies and Battalions of militia were set up on a geographical basis similar to the arrangement already familiar with the Associators.


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10 Jan 1742 Trenton, New Jersey - 10 Feb 1786 photo
24 Aug 1735 Killingly, Hartford, Connecticut - abt Jun 1777
1740 County Armagh, Ulster, Ireland - 19 Nov 1838
22 Jun 1752 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, American Colonies - 31 May 1821
1745 Ireland - 19 Apr 1823
abt 1750 - bef 1782
18 Mar 1762 Valley, Armstrong, Pennsylvania - 20 Jul 1827 photo
1738 Antrim, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland - 1820 photo
1743 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - bef 19 Feb 1778
07 Aug 1757 Chester Co., Pennsylvania - 07 Mar 1838
abt 1756 South Carolina - 23 Sep 1838
12 Dec 1732 Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - 03 Jul 1817
abt 1735 Pennsylvania - 1818
1745 County Down, Ireland - 05 Oct 1829
14 Oct 1750 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia - 09 Aug 1817
1728 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 20 Sep 1779
17 Jan 1754 Prince Georges Co, Maryland - 11 Jan 1844
abt 1753 Prince Georges Co, Maryland - 01 Dec 1837
01 May 1757 Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey - 03 Jan 1833
05 Jun 1743 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania - 25 Apr 1805
1744 Pennsylvania - 05 Oct 1809
abt 1755 Scotland - 14 Jan 1834
20 Feb 1756 - 1813
21 Jul 1750 Pennsylvania - aft 1830
1750 Pennsylvania - 1835
05 Feb 1750 York, Pennsylvania - 23 Aug 1843
12 Dec 1732 Mimebach, Ober Pfalz, Bayern, Germany - 19 Sep 1812
1751 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 27 Dec 1819
1736 Pennsylvania - 22 Feb 1809
abt 1758 Greene, Pennsylvania - Aug 1836
30 Nov 1752 Lower Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania - 15 Sep 1808 photo
02 Jan 1745 Lower Salford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 01 May 1820
abt 1750 - 1804
1753 Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania - aft 07 Oct 1802
1757 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania - 14 Dec 1836
1751 Allegheny, Pennsylvania - 05 Dec 1834
06 Dec 1764 Bucks, Pennsylvania - 18 May 1815
1751 Scotland - 07 Apr 1837 photo
10 Aug 1755 Bucks County, Pennsylvania - abt 1801
24 Aug 1750 Fallowfield Twp, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America - 02 Jul 1837
1736 Morristown, New Jersey - 25 Jul 1827
17 Aug 1759 Chester, Pennsylvania - 20 Dec 1836
29 Jan 1720 Winterlingen, Zollernalbkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany - 07 Nov 1796
25 May 1756 Readington, Province of New Jersey - 10 Jun 1829 photo
23 Oct 1751 Franklin, PA - 24 Sep 1842
abt 1736 Loudoun, Colony of Virginia - 18 Dec 1820
abt 1750 Philadelphia, Chester, Pennsylvania - abt 1817
04 Apr 1720 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 06 Apr 1798 photo
02 Feb 1758 Somerset, Maryland - 11 Aug 1845
1739 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 01 Nov 1802
29 Dec 1762 Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey - 1835
03 Jul 1722 New Utrecht, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York - 14 Oct 1783
bef 06 Mar 1743 Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania - 02 Oct 1811
abt 16 Jun 1751 Churchville, Northampton Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania - abt 1807
bef 22 Feb 1756 Churchville, Northampton Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania - 09 May 1816
13 Apr 1729 Marbletown, Ulster County, Province of New York - 1788
14 Apr 1745 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - abt 1801
1725 Ireland - Jul 1817
abt 1747 Bushwick, Kings County, New York - 20 May 1832
25 Apr 1756 Northampton County, Pennsylvania - 04 Feb 1836
abt 1741 - 1782
Nov 1731 Warren, Somerset, New Jersey - 25 Apr 1783
abt 1757 New Jersey - 28 Aug 1808
1740 Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania - 05 Mar 1795
06 Aug 1744 Chambersburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - 03 Aug 1826
abt 1739 Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany - 25 Feb 1823
12 May 1726 Bucks, Pennsylvania - 09 Mar 1794
31 Mar 1755 Bucks, Pennsylvania - 02 May 1832

C cont.

04 Dec 1759 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 21 Apr 1841
abt 1754 - abt 1790
1734 Londonderry Township, Bedford, Pennsylvania - 1840
abt 09 Feb 1743 Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania - 11 Jan 1816
1756 Old Chester, Pennsylvania - Jan 1808 photo
abt 17 May 1742 Germantown, Pennsylvania - 1786
abt Nov 1749 Dutchess Co NY - abt Mar 1805
abt 1750 Pennsylvania - 06 Sep 1776
abt 1760 Bucks County, Pennsylvania - abt 1835

D

1735 Kilrea Parish, County Londonderry, Ireland - 03 Mar 1812
1757 Muddy Run, Pennsylvania - abt 1825
Aug 1754 Chester, Pennsylvania - 31 Aug 1841
1750 Monmouth, New Jersey - 16 Jan 1825
22 Nov 1747 Charleston, Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania - 27 Dec 1837
04 Dec 1754 Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania - 14 Apr 1814
04 Jun 1755 Middlesex, New Jersey - abt 1834
04 May 1731 Germany - 06 Jul 1785
abt 1723 Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland - 22 Sep 1819
1750 Pennsylvania
abt 1762 New Jersey - abt 1830
bef 21 Aug 1748 New Jersey - 1830
abt 1745 Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania - 14 Jun 1803
abt 1762 Yohogania Co., Virginia - 14 Dec 1830
1760 - 1827
1726 Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland - 10 Apr 1812
21 Oct 1751 Bethel, Berks, Pennsylvania - 21 May 1823 photo
28 Jul 1746 Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Colony of Delaware - 31 May 1827
16 Jun 1754 Newburgh, Orange, New York Colony - 06 May 1838
1758 Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 14 May 1800
abt 17 Dec 1743 Jericho, New York - 09 Oct 1823 photo
abt 1740 Wiltshire, England - 09 Mar 1800
04 Jul 1759 Northampton County, Province of Pennsylvania photo
10 Apr 1757 Water Gap, Monroe, Pennsylvania - 17 May 1833
25 Jan 1745 Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey - 1822
1747 Somerset, Somerset County, New Jersey - 11 Aug 1826
31 Jan 1756 Northampton, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America - 01 Aug 1826
1756 Carlisle, Pennsylvania - 1832
abt 1752 Moore Township, Northampton, Pennsylvania - 10 Jun 1845
abt 11 May 1729 Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania - bef 01 Jan 1791
abt 1750 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 05 Aug 1830
1744 Pennsylvania - 14 Jan 1813

E

07 May 1733 Baltimore, Province of Maryland - bef 23 Nov 1821
aft 1750 Marovia, Pennsylvania - abt 1791
04 Feb 1740 Lower Milford, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 04 Jun 1819
21 Mar 1751 Durlach, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 01 Feb 1807
17 Sep 1752 Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 11 Jun 1823 photo
1762 Chester, Pennsylvania - 19 Jan 1835
25 Feb 1739 Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts - 09 Dec 1824
1760 Fredericksburg, Lebanon, Pennsylvania - 1829
10 Feb 1756 Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania - 14 Oct 1820
23 Apr 1743 Sandyston, Minisink Valley Area, Sussex, New Jersey - 20 Apr 1780 photo
abt 1725 Valley, Botetourt, Virginia - 14 Jul 1797
04 Feb 1755 Volksberg, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France - 09 Dec 1815
abt 1758 Adams, PA - 21 Oct 1823
06 Apr 1731 Seifen, Kreis Altenkirchen, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich - 22 Oct 1804 photo
bef 02 Nov 1728 Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland - 17 Apr 1798
abt Aug 1736 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - abt Mar 1806
abt 1737 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - abt 1789
1743 Pennsburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania - 1823

F

22 Jun 1765 Bucks County, Colony of Pennsylvania - abt 29 Aug 1856
24 Jan 1726 Hoffenheim, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland - 07 Sep 1784 photo
abt 1759 Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania - abt 1845
11 Aug 1754 Belfast, Down, Ulster, Ireland - 10 Aug 1839
15 Apr 1756 England - abt 1825
abt 25 Jul 1746 Hesse, Germany - abt 09 Feb 1813 photo
abt 1720 Fifeshire, Scotland - abt 1799
abt 1757 Germany - abt 1820

F cont.

20 Feb 1754 Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey - 12 Mar 1837
Mar 1755 Nustedt, Franconia, Germany, Austria - 24 Jan 1834
abt 1751 - 05 Aug 1825
21 May 1738 Berks Co., Pennsylvania - 19 Jan 1800
15 Sep 1755 Ulster, Ireland - 22 Apr 1825
abt 1754 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 26 Jan 1818
bef 24 Feb 1745 Connecticut Colony - 1788
1728 Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 27 May 1800
10 Aug 1736 Newton Twp., Chester, Pennsylvania - 24 Apr 1792 photo
13 Aug 1751 York, York Co., Pennsylvania - abt 1796
08 Apr 1757 Pennsylvania - 24 Mar 1822 photo
abt 1730 Germany - Jun 1792
02 Jan 1762 Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland - 06 Aug 1876 photo
abt 02 Feb 1747 Manor Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 02 Feb 1835
abt 1726 Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - abt 15 Mar 1800
Feb 1762 Stoverstown, Frederick County, Virginia - 16 Oct 1838

G

1750 Pennsylvania - 21 Nov 1825
1752 Londonberry County Ireland - 23 May 1834
08 Jan 1757 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - 19 Aug 1838
17 Oct 1746 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - 13 Jan 1814
07 May 1735 Duck Creek, New Castle County, Delaware - 07 Aug 1812 photo
21 Oct 1758 Aberdeen, Scotland - 21 May 1823
1750 Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania - 23 Jan 1795
abt 1750 Pennsylvania - 30 Aug 1803
abt 1750 Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania - 04 Apr 1828
1759 Ireland - 21 Aug 1824
1750 Heidelberg Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania - 1816
1751 Heidelberg Twp, Northampton Co, Pennsylvania - 1811
14 Sep 1763 Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania - 02 Dec 1835
bef 22 Jan 1739 Chanceford Township, York, Pennsylvania - 10 Mar 1791 photo
08 Sep 1757 Maryland - 14 Jan 1842
abt 1730 Monmouth Co., New Jersey - 12 Jun 1779 photo
abt 12 Jun 1744 Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey - abt 1828
10 Apr 1752 Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 02 May 1818
30 Mar 1736 Ireland - 1796
26 Feb 1767 Sussex, New Jersey - abt 16 Apr 1853
07 Dec 1755 Christina Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware colony - 15 Jun 1834 photo
1763 Franklin, Pennsylvania - 23 Aug 1814
01 Dec 1734 New Castle, Delaware, United States - 01 Aug 1832
21 Nov 1755 Pennsylvania - 18 Oct 1841
1755 Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 26 Sep 1811
08 Sep 1740 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 17 Jan 1786
09 May 1754 Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania - 11 Mar 1825
16 Aug 1722 Breitenborn, Rochlitz, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany - bef 18 Aug 1795
29 Sep 1754 Lehigh, Pennsylvania - 06 May 1826

H

abt 1752 - Sep 1816
13 Dec 1755 Hagerstown, Frederick (now Washington) County, Province of Maryland - 18 Dec 1798
abt Nov 1758 Hunterdon, New Jersey - Apr 1840
1746 Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania - Dec 1843
07 Dec 1762 Hempstead, Long Island, New York - 30 Sep 1844
05 Jun 1725 County Galway, Ireland - 01 Sep 1781
11 Sep 1763 Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 09 Jun 1845
01 Apr 1742 Hessen, Germany - 13 Sep 1813
1748 Ireland - 1834
1738 - Aug 1820
26 Oct 1748 Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania - 04 May 1838
1752 Derry, County Galway, Ireland - 09 Jun 1832
21 Jan 1754 Straban, Adams, Pennsylvania - 09 Jun 1839 photo
02 Oct 1755 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland - abt 20 Sep 1843
abt 1750 York County, Pennsylvania - abt 1810
27 Sep 1751 Tohickon, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 24 Mar 1839
abt 1736 Easton, Pennsylvania - 18 May 1818
16 Nov 1766 Pennsylvania - 07 Nov 1846
02 Feb 1726 Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany - 15 Aug 1794
27 Mar 1755 Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey - 1825
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