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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Simon Addis
27 Nov 1745
Northampton, Pennsylvania
- 23 Jun 1834
Isaac Anderson
23 Nov 1760
Chester Township, Chester, Pennsylvania
- 27 Oct 1838
B
Christian Bachman
19 May 1727
Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania Colony
- 23 Aug 1783
John Baer
04 Jul 1736
Franklin Township, Adams, Pennsylvania
- 04 Jul 1809
Caleb Bailey
14 Feb 1738
East Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania
- 1794
Eli Bailey
06 Apr 1749
East Marlborough, Chester, Pennsylvania
- 24 Jul 1806
Heinrich Bartholomew
16 Aug 1728
Zweibrücken, Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- 07 Sep 1807
Johann Gottfried Bender
11 Mar 1761
Germantown Township, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania
- 19 Sep 1822
Thomas Bennett
22 Feb 1718
Preston, New London, Colony of Connecticut
- 1796
Clement Biddle
10 May 1740
Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania
- 14 Jul 1814
Dietrich Bieber
1735
Hirschland, Zabern, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany
- 15 May 1787
George Blank
06 May 1767
Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania
- 26 Mar 1830
William Bradford
1719
New York City, New York County, New York Colony
- 25 Sep 1791
Daniel Breon
17 Mar 1752
Richmond, Berks, Pennsylvania
- 23 Aug 1831
Josias Brown
14 Mar 1744
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 27 Mar 1821
Richard Butler
abt 01 Apr 1743
St. Bridget's Parish, Dublin, Ireland
- 04 Nov 1791
William Butler
Jul 1743
Cookeny Parish, County Wicklow, Ireland
- 04 Mar 1839
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John Carmany
15 Jun 1760
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 18 May 1840
Conrad Coon
abt 1750
Philadelphia, Chester, Pennsylvania
- abt 1817
George Cornman
06 Oct 1750
Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
- 23 Aug 1820
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D cont.
John Donnell
abt 1741
Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
- 06 Oct 1781
Daniel Duncan
abt 11 May 1729
Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania
- bef 01 Jan 1791
F
Francis Fergus
08 Sep 1752
County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland
- 28 Sep 1841
G
Jacob Gano
07 May 1735
Duck Creek, New Castle County, Delaware
- 07 Aug 1812
Conrad Grubb
06 Dec 1759
Coventry Township, Chester, Pennsylvania
- 25 Mar 1820
H
Adrieaan Hagerman
abt Apr 1754
Six Mile Run, Franklin Twp., Somerset Co., New Jersey
- 13 Mar 1829
Jacob Harnish
1750
Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania
- 11 Nov 1842
Adam Hay
abt 1736
Easton, Pennsylvania
- 18 May 1818
John Hoffman
26 Feb 1735
Elsenz, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- 24 Sep 1789
Henry Hoofman
abt 1741
Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 20 Jul 1802
Andrew House
01 Dec 1747
Frederick County, Maryland
- 13 Aug 1843
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Jacob Kittle
26 Jul 1757
Sussex Coounty, New Jersey
- 06 Jan 1844
Jacob Krick
1761
Sinking Spring, Berks, Pennsylvania
- 15 Dec 1841
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George Leitner
03 Nov 1747
Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania
- abt 1798
Lot Leonard
abt Nov 1755
Mendham Township, Morris County, New Jersey
- 07 Nov 1847
M
Johan Merkel
15 Sep 1751
Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial North America
- 04 Jul 1821
Johann (Merkel) Markle
16 Sep 1730
Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial North America
- 15 Sep 1819
M cont.
Thomas Morris
08 Nov 1745
Hilltown, Bucks, Pennsylvania
- 14 Apr 1814
N
Henry Neff
17 Sep 1754
Lampeter, Lancaster, Province of Pennsylvania
- 10 Mar 1833
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P
Giles Parman
21 Oct 1758
Wyoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 24 Oct 1832
R
James Reed
1710
County Antrim, Ireland
- 24 Jan 1798
John Rippey
05 Apr 1749
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
- 11 Mar 1826
John Rowland
abt 1765
Fawn Township, York, Pennsylvania
- 20 Apr 1855
S
John Sechler
23 Mar 1739
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
- 24 Dec 1831
John Steel
1714
Newton Parish, Londonderry, Ireland
- 17 Aug 1779
Johann Stump
abt 1726
Millback, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
- 1805
T
Alexander Thomas
abt 11 Oct 1740
Saint Agnes, Cornwall, England
- abt 14 Feb 1802
V
Michael Vogt
08 Apr 1752
New Berlin Township, Union Co., Pennsylvania
- Feb 1832
W
Mark Wismer
22 Apr 1737
Carversville, Bucks, Pennsylvania
- 14 May 1831
Z
John Zimmerman
11 Nov 1747
Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- 22 Aug 1829
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