3 Dec 1780 to 1 Jan 1781 - Pay Roll of Captain Laing’s Company, First Regiment, Essex County Militia, New Jersey

Date: 3 Dec 1780 to 1 Jan 1781
Location: Essex, New Jersey, United States
Surname/tag: Laing-1799

Below is an alphabetized list of people whose names appear in a pay roll of Captain Benjamin Laing's Company of the First Regiment, Essex County Militia, New Jersey from December 3, 1780 to January 1, 1781. A true copy of the original was found by Mary R. Matthews, #20 Central Ave., Newark, New Jersey, June 8, 1896 and signed William S. Stryker, Adjutant General.^[1]

Note that the spelling of the names is based on how they appear in the record and should not be corrected if they were written incorrectly in the actual pay roll. For example, Benjamin Laing's name is incorrectly spelled as "Laign" in the pay roll and list below.

Jacob Alling, Private
Richard Ayrse, Private
Jon^an Badgley, Private
Jeremi^h Bird, Private
Ephraim Blackfd, Private
Isaiah Blackford, Private
Joⁿ Blacklidge, Private
Abner Broadbry, Private
Abraham Bunnel, Private
Daniel Bunnel, Private
David Burrofs, Private
Oliver Cilly, Private
Jno Claisson, Private
David Clark, Private
James Coles, Private
Jn^o Cory, Private
Petre Crag, Private
Daniel Crane, Private
John Darby Jr, Private
Jesper Dolebeer, Private
Christ^r Dormas, Private
Abraham Drake, Corporal
Cornelius Drake, Private
Frances Drake, Private
James Edwards, Private
David Elstone, Sergeant
W^m Elstone, Corporal
Jam^s Enmans, Private
W^m Flether, Private
Elihu Frances, Private
Benone Fraze, Private
Matthias Frazee, Private
Jonatⁿ Gleaton, Private
Joseph Hains, Private
Henry Halsey, Private
Hezekiah Hand, Private
Aaron Hatfield, Private
Daniel Hatfield, Private
Joseph Hatfield, Private
Moses Hatfield, Private
James Hedger, Private
Jn^o Hendricks, Private
Sam^l Hicks, Private
Peningⁿ Jinking, Private
Jon^an Jones, Private
Daⁿ Kelsey, Private
Benjamin Laign, Captain
Levi Lenox, Sergeant
Cornelius Littell, Private
Jonathan Littell, Private
Sam^l Littell, Sergeant
William Littell, Private
Moses Mack-manners, Private
Abra^m Man, Private
Enuch Manning, Private
Johiel Marsh, Private
Joseph Martain, Private
Caleb Maxwel, Lieutenant
John Meeker, Private
Moses Miller, Private
John Miller 3rd, Private
Jonⁿ Morehouse, Sergeant
David Morris, Private
William Oliver 3rd, Private
John Osborn, Private
Thomas Penn, Private
Abraham Person, Private
W^m Person, Private
Jacob Plumbly, Private
Joⁿ Poll, Private
Abner Price, Private
John Price, Corporal
Nehemiah Randolph, Private
John Rino, Private
Hamiltⁿ Robbin, Private
Jacob Roll, Private
Moses Ross, Private
Joseph Serddir, Private
James Shay, Private
Is^ac Spinning, Private
Eleazer Squire, Private
Recompense Stanbry, Private
Abraham Terrel. Private
Dan^l Terrel, Private
Daniel Terrel Jr, Private
Jn^o Terrel, Private
Henry Tucker, Private
George Vallentine, Private
Aaron Whitehead, Private
Daniel Whitehead, Private
Sa^m Whitehead, Private
Benⁿ Williams, Private
Meline Winens, Private
Azariah Wood, Private
Jerem^h Wood, Private
Joseph Wood, Private
Stites Woodruff, Private

Sources

1. ↑ Revolutionary war manuscripts, New Jersey numbers 1-10811, FamilySearch Catalog with access restricted to FamilySearch Center (formerly Family History Center) or FamilySearch Affiliate Library, Film 007724450, Image 588. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. Dept: Genealogical Society. Rec: Revolutionary War Manuscripts. MSS# 244.