Category: 2nd New Jersey Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution

Categories: New Jersey Line, American Revolution | Battle of Valcour Island | Battle of Brandywine Creek | Battle of Germantown | Battle of Crooked Billet | Battle of Monmouth | Sullivan Expedition | Battle of Springfield | Siege of Yorktown

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2nd New Jersey Regiment

The 2nd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on 9 October 1775, at Trenton, New Jersey, for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel William Maxwell. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Trois-Rivières, Battle of Valcour Island, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Crooked Billet, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition, Battle of Springfield and the Battle of Yorktown. The regiment was furloughed, on 6 June 1783, at Newburgh, New York, and disbanded 3 November 1783. (Wikipedia:2nd_New_Jersey_Regiment)

2nd New Jersey Regiment

Active: 1775-1783
Allegiance: Continental Congress of the United States
Type: Infantry
Part of: New Jersey Line
Engagements:
Battle of Valcour Island,
Battle of Brandywine,
Battle of Germantown,
Battle of Crooked Billet,
Battle of Monmouth,
Sullivan Expedition,
Battle of Springfield,
Battle of Yorktown.
Commanders:
Colonel William Maxwell
Colonel Israel Shreve
Colonel Elias Dayton


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A

abt 1758 New Jersey - 27 Jan 1827
29 Dec 1745 Churchville, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 23 Jun 1834 photo
1768 Albany, New York - 11 Feb 1826 photo

B

04 Aug 1732 Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey - 01 Nov 1797
1744 - 05 Nov 1785

C

28 Apr 1758 - 02 Jun 1838
abt 1750 New York Colony - aft 1776 photo
27 Dec 1723 Newark, New Jersey - 11 Nov 1783
27 Sep 1760 Orange, Essex County, New Jersey - 05 Apr 1849
18 Oct 1736 Orange, Essex, New Jersey - 29 Aug 1823
25 Mar 1745 Somerset County, New Jersey colony - 31 Jan 1825
03 Jan 1755 Monmouth, New Jersey - Mar 1816
11 May 1752 Martinsville, Somerset, New Jersey - 14 Feb 1832
1727 Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington County, New Jersey - 18 May 1785
19 Jan 1752 Manalapan Township, Monmouth, New Jersey - 06 Jul 1821

D

17 Jun 1757 Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey - 07 Sep 1831
23 Oct 1761 Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey - 08 Dec 1842
23 Feb 1745 Millstone, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 25 Feb 1792
13 Jan 1755 Salem, New Jersey - 08 Aug 1806

E

abt 04 Jan 1760 Karlsbrunn, Saarland, Heiliges Römisches Reich - bef 05 Mar 1828
26 Sep 1757 Goshen, Orange, New York Colony - 31 May 1835

F

abt 16 Oct 1755 Monmouth Co., New Jersey - abt 25 May 1809

G

1761 Hardyston Township, Sussex, New Jersey - 20 Feb 1850
abt 30 Jun 1760 Hanover, Morris, New Jersey - 13 Aug 1850

H

1727 - abt 1799
abt 25 Oct 1754 Newark, New Castle, Delaware - 05 Jun 1778
25 Oct 1754 Newark, New Castle, Delaware - 28 Apr 1802 photo
10 Feb 1757 Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania - 16 Jan 1780

J

abt 1725 Monmouth, Province of New Jersey - 10 Mar 1798
05 Jun 1763 Trenton, Hunterdon, Province of New Jersey - 13 Jun 1851
abt 1746 Trenton, Hunterdon, Province of New Jersey - 07 Jun 1789

K

abt 1738 Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America - aft 26 Mar 1796

L

24 May 1750 New Jersey - 13 Sep 1838
13 Jan 1759 Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey - 28 Jun 1828

M

19 Mar 1755 Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington, New Jersey - 16 Oct 1826
abt 04 Aug 1739 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 19 Jan 1818 photo
abt 1740 Frederick, Virginia - 19 Oct 1813
abt 1753 Morris County, New Jersey - 09 Oct 1833 photo

N

02 Apr 1755 Sixmile Run, Somerset, New Jersey - 11 Dec 1823
11 Mar 1745 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey - 03 Mar 1833 photo

P

17 Jun 1758 Long Valley, Morris Co., New Jersey - 19 Feb 1832
01 Sep 1760 Morris County, Province of New Jersey - 22 Dec 1842
11 Oct 1733 Middletown Township, Monmouth, New Jersey - 08 Nov 1802
26 Dec 1756 Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey - bef Sep 1835 photo
1727 Essex, New Jersey - 05 Apr 1796

Q

30 Jun 1742 Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey - 01 Jun 1832

R

14 Oct 1765 Montague, Sussex, New Jersey - 13 Oct 1853 photo

R cont.

27 Feb 1728 Greenwich, Cumberland Co., New Jersey - 22 May 1814
12 Mar 1758 New Jersey - 03 Feb 1815
30 Aug 1751 Hunterdon, New Jersey - 21 Mar 1841
12 Nov 1753 South Branch, Somerset, New Jersey - 02 Oct 1835

S

abt 1755 Charles, Maryland - abt 19 Nov 1828
abt 1751 Elizabethtown, Union, Province of New Jersey
abt 1748 Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey - 15 May 1828
abt 1748 - 28 Sep 1828
abt 1765 New Jersey - 18 May 1816
1743 Atlantic Ocean, crossing from Germany - 05 Feb 1836
24 Dec 1739 Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America - 14 Dec 1799 photo
08 Apr 1762 Mansfield, Burlington Co., New Jersey - abt 08 Sep 1854 photo
28 Feb 1763 Cumberland County, New Jersey - 1816
03 Feb 1760 New Jersey - 14 Mar 1838 photo
abt 1757 Upper Penns Neck Township, Salem, New Jersey - 30 Apr 1826
abt 1732 Pittsgrove Township, Salem, Province of New Jersey - abt 10 Sep 1807
abt 1748 Middleton, Monmouth County, New Jersey - 24 Nov 1834 photo

T

01 Feb 1756 Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey - 27 Jul 1851

U

abt 1751 Penns Neck, Salem, New Jersey - aft 1804 photo

V

bef 13 Jul 1735 Millstone, Mercer, New Jersey - abt 1830 photo
abt 1755 Holland - 28 Feb 1814

Y

1756 Newark, Essex, Province of New Jersey - 24 Nov 1796




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