Morris County 94 Facing Trial

Location: Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States

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Background

References Used

[CS] Minutes of the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey ^[1]
[WL] The papers of William Livingston Volume 2 July 1777-December 1778 ^[2]

1. Aaron Furman

Aaron Forman (1745-1805)
of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
7/21/1777 @NG : warrant issued to appear and take oaths ([CS], 95)
7/25/1777 @NG : appeared and refused to take allegiance oaths ([CS], 102)
7/25/1777 @NG : described as "too dangerous" to be released; ordered jailed at Trenton ([CS],102)
10/1/1777 @P : Jonathan Palmer testified he was member of company going over to enemy ([WL], 80)
10/5/1777 @P : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island ([CS], 142)
10/5/1777 @P : ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail ([CS], 142)

[Transcription ([WL], 111-2)] :
Dr. Aaron Forman agreed to join Pickings company a day or two before they started, marched with them, was in company when Lieut. Van Ess of the militia and three of his men were taken by them, and when they fired on the militia, pulled one of the militia (taken with Van Ess) into the ranks when he steped out to avoid the mud crossing the causeway in Bound brook, examined the same man as he walked beside him, refused him leave to inform his parents where he was going, and on his (the militia mans) asking him (Forman) for drink, told him "he should have it when he (Forman) had it that he wanted drink too" never attended meetings of company before they started, had no command as an officer, did not join officers in a council held for consulting about time to march, was unarmed, walked with a stick, was going to York a refugee, said before they started "he would go with them, he had been waiting a good while for an opportunity to go and should not get a better" would not take Mr. Stevens's negro man, said "he had never kept company with negroes and would not then" that "he would not injure private property."

[Editor's Note ([WL], 115)] :
Dr. Aaron Forman was part of a group of Hunterdon, Sussex, and Pennsylvania Loyalists captured in September 1777. The Council of Safety had ordered Forman arrested on July 21. On July 25, after Forman refused to take the oaths of allegiance, the council had ordered him jailed at Trenton. Forman had escaped from prison and remained at large until his September arrest. On October 5 the Council of Safety had ordered him to Morristown. He was charged with high treason on October 19 and indicted on October 21. He was tried on October 30, found guilty on October 31, and sentenced to be hanged on December 2. In a November petition to WL Forman confessed his opposition to separation from Britain. He claimed he never had taken up arms against New Jersey, stressing instead his earlier service as a surgeon in the New Jersey militia. Forman insisted his only reason for escaping from jail was to support his wife and young children. WL and the Council of Safety received a letter of November 21 on behalf of Forman from Isaac Smith. A November 12 petition from several prominent Hunterdon Whigs stated that Forman had had knowledge of an earlier Hunterdon Loyalist conspiracy but had not participated in it. Refer to Certificate of Arrest of Aaron Forman, July 25, 1777, and Aaron Forman to WL and the Legislative Council, November 1777 (Nj); Isaac Smith to WL, November 21, 1777 (MHi); Moore Furman et al. to WL and the Legislative Council, November 12, 1777 (Nj). There is no record of his either being executed or pardoned (Council of Safety, 95, 102).

2. James Hiff

James Iliff (abt.1733-1777)
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"James Iliff had been ordered to the Morristown jail on October 5 and charged with high treason on October 19. Indicted on October 21, he had been found guilty on November 3. He was sentenced to be hanged. On November 22 he petitioned WL and the Legislative Council for a pardon. He confessed to being an officer in the British army and to enlisting men in Hunterdon County but denied involvement in any assassination attempts. He asserted that at his trial there had been no cross examination of Jonathan Palmer. He considered himself a prisoner of war entitled to exchange. In a later petition, he admitted he was guilty of treason, but he pleaded for mercy. His execution was carried out on December 2, 1777. Refer to James Iliff to WL and the Legislative Council, November 22, 1777, and James Iliff to WL and the Legislative Council, November 1777 (Nj); [James Moody], Lieut. James Moody's Narrative of his Exertions and Sufferings in the Cause of Government, Since the Year 1776, 2d ed. (London, 1783), 8-9; N]A, 2d ser., 2:7-8."

3. John Mee

of Sussex County, New Jersey
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
11/1/1777 - tried on charge of high treason
11/2/1777 - found guilty of high treason
11/11/1777 - sentenced to be hanged
12/2/1777 - sentence carried out

"John Mee of Sussex County had been apprehended and jailed in Philadelphia. He had taken the oaths of allegiance before the Council of Safety on April 8, 1777, and been discharged. He had been ordered arrested again on October 5, 1777, and charged with high treason on October 19. In an undated petition to the justices of the court, Mee maintained he was a British soldier who was going to New York to rejoin his regiment (Nj). He had been tried on November 1 and found guilty on November 2. On November 11 he had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Mee's neighbors petitioned for clemency on his behalf, insisting he had instructed local militia in military discipline and had served in the militia himself. Refer to James Anderson et al. to WL, November 1777 (Nj); NJA, 2d ser., 2:7-8."

4. John Ink

age 30, no family, shoemaker
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, New Jersey
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"John Ink had been sent from Princeton to the Morristown jail on October 5, 1777. Indicted on October 22, he had been found guilty on November 11 and sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Residents of Hunterdon, New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, sent a petition attesting to Ink's good character and asking that he be pardoned. He had been led into Northampton County, Pennsylvania, the petition alleged, where he was induced to take up arms against America. Ink was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. Refer to John Coryell et al. to WL, November 1777 (Nj). Ink was reported absent from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade in May 1779."

5. Hugh Brown

age 28, no family, no trade, native of Scotland
of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
10/2/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/2/1777 - Princeton : admitted to stealing a gun and had it with him when taken
10/2/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"The Council of Safety examined Hugh Brown on October 2. He admitted taking a gun from john Parks without Parks's knowledge and carrying it when he was apprehended. He was sentenced to be hanged on December 2 but pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army."

6. Isaac Lambert

10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

7. George Archer

10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

8. John Alias

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail ([CS], 44)
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island ([CS], 142)
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail ([CS], 142)
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County ([CS], 152)

[Transcription] "John Alias Sur Misdr. was of the party taken soon after they started an ignorat German. Says he is a sugar baker, & worked in Philadelphia until the business stoped and since that worked about for his living and that he was going over that he might get to his own country." ([WL], 114)

[Editor's Note] "John Alias of Hunterdon County had been examined by the Council of Safety on September 25, 1777, and ordered transferred from Princeton to the Morristown jail on October 5, 1777. On December 9 the Privy Council pardoned him from a nine month prison sentence in return for his enlisting in the Continental service (Council of Safety, 135; N/A [Privy Council], 3d ser., 1:60)." ([WL], 118)

9. Isaac Ammerman

Isaac Ammerman (1730-1788)
9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

10. Emley Drake

AKA : Imlay Drake
of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as "taken in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
found innocent, charges were dismissed

11. Ezekiel Buck

AKA : Ezekiel Beech
of Morris County, New Jersey
joined the enemy on Staten Island circa January 1777
taken prisoner there by General Sullivan and delivered to board
9/5/1777 - Haddonfield : accused of high treason based on confession
9/5/1777 - Haddonfield : ordered committed to Morris County jail (delayed?)
9/23/1777 - Haddonfield : ordered taken under guard to Burlington jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
1/16/1778 - Springfield : warrant issued to apprehend and bring before board
1/20/1778 - Springfield : refused to take required loyalty oaths
1/20/1778 - Springfield : granted leave to join enemy on Staten Island

"Ezekiel Beech formerly an inhabitant of Morris County, who joined the Enemy on Staten Island, last January, & was taken prisoner, there by General Sullivan, and delivered to this Board; was examined, and confessed himself a subject of the King of Great Britain, & acknowledged that he had gone to the Enemy last January. Ordered That the said Ezekiel Beech, be committed to the Common Gaol of the County of Morris for High Treason on his own Confession."

12. James Craig

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered to withdraw
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
found innocent, charges were dismissed

"James Craig was among the group of men from Hunterdon and Sussex counties taken to the Burlington jail. He had been arrested earlier but discharged by the Council of Safety on September 26, 1777, after taking the oaths of allegiance. Following the testimony of Jonathan Palmer, Craig on October 19 was charged again by the council; he was tried at Morristown in November, and found innocent (Council of Safety, 134-36, 152)." See WL, "Deposition of Jonathan Palmer", p. 79

13. Joseph Cox

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

14. John Little

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

15. George Myers

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
found innocent, charges were dismissed

16. William Craig

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

17. Lewis Kinney

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
found innocent, charges were dismissed

18. Peter Killer

AKA : Peter Hiller, Peter Hillier
of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
found innocent, charges were dismissed

19. Ziby Osman

AKA : Ziba Osmun
of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/26/1777 - Burlington : took required oaths and was released
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

20. Nicholas Pickel

10/1/1777 - Princeton : Jonathan Palmer testified against him; arrest order issued
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

[Editor's Note] "Nicholas Pickle, confined at the Trenton jail, escaped sometime in October. The Council of Safety issued a warrant for his arrest on October 20, and on November 15 ordered Palmer to apprehend him. Pickle was not caught. He joined the New Jersey Volunteers and settled in New Brunswick, Canada, after the war (Council of Safety, 152-54, 160)." ([WL], 82)

21. Joseph Smith

of Hunterdon County, New Jersey
9/25/1777 - Burlington : examined and ordered back to jail
9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

22. Jacob Klyne

23. Thomas Rees

AKA : Thomas Reese
age 36, native of Wales
of Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
10/5/1777 - Princeton : described as taken "in arms" on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/5/1777 - ordered to be moved from Princeton to Morristown jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Thomas Reese and William Brady were pardoned from the death sentence in return for enlisting in the Continental army. Brady deserted to the New jersey Volunteers and moved to Canada after the war."

24. John Parks

age 22, shoemaker and weaver
of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hugh Brown took his gun and was apprehended and while carrying it
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

25. John Kitchen

9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

26. Lot Freeman

AKA : Lott Freeman
age 16, no family, no trade
of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Lott Freeman was sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Freeman petitioned WL for mercy on November 25 and was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. He was reported dead in May 1778 (Lott Freeman to WL and the Legislative Council, November 25, 1777 [Nj] )."

27. Thomas Miles

age above 40, no family, no trade, native of Wales
of Plumsted, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
formerly deserted from British service
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Thomas Miles, Hugh McDonald, and Daniel McMullen, scheduled to be executed on December 2, were pardoned in return for service in the Continental army. Miles had deserted the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade by March 1778."

28. John Shannon

age 16 or 17, lives with parents
of Oxford, Sussex County, New Jersey
brother of Daniel Shannon
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"By October 23 the two Shannon brothers had been indicted. Both found guilty, they had been sentenced on November 11 to be hanged on December 2. The petition referred to was from residents of Oxford to WL, claiming that Daniel had served in the Continental army for thirteen months and that John had served in the militia. Robert Hoops also wrote to WL on November 16 for mercy on their behalf. John and Daniel Shannon were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. On January 1, 1778, John deserted from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade and returned home. Daniel Shannon deserted his regiment in 1778, became an ensign in the New Jersey Volunteers, and moved to Canada after the war. Refer to Robert Hoops et al. to WL, November 1777, and Robert Hoops to WL, November 16, 1777 (Nj)."

29. Samuel Brewer

30. John Ellis

31. John Eagle

32. Daniel McMullen

age 24, no trade, native of Ireland
of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Thomas Miles, Hugh McDonald, and Daniel McMullen, scheduled to be executed on December 2, were pardoned in return for service in the Continental army. Miles had deserted the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade by March 1778."

33. William Ballum

34. Henry Dunfield

35. Thomas White

36. William Shurley

AKA : William Schooly
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"James Kelly, William Schooly, and John Rayley were sentenced to be hanged on December 2. They were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. James Kelly was serving with the New jersey Volunteers in 1781. William Schooly's property had been confiscated and sold by 1779."

37. Daniel Shannon

age 22, wife, no trade
of Oxford, Sussex County, New Jersey
brother of John Shannon
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"By October 23 the two Shannon brothers had been indicted. Both found guilty, they had been sentenced on November 11 to be hanged on December 2. The petition referred to was from residents of Oxford to WL, claiming that Daniel had served in the Continental army for thirteen months and that John had served in the militia. Robert Hoops also wrote to WL on November 16 for mercy on their behalf. John and Daniel Shannon were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. On January 1, 1778, John deserted from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade and returned home. Daniel Shannon deserted his regiment in 1778, became an ensign in the New Jersey Volunteers, and moved to Canada after the war. Refer to Robert Hoops et al. to WL, November 1777, and Robert Hoops to WL, November 16, 1777 (Nj)."

38. Philip Klyne

AKA : Philip Kline
age 19, no family, no trade
of Greenwich, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Philip Kline, sentenced to be hanged on December 2, was pardoned in return for service in the Continental army. He apparently deserted, and by 1779 his property had been confiscated."

39. James Freeman

9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

40. William Rice

41. William Brady

age 20, no family, no trade
of Kingwood, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
appeared little affected at sentencing

"Thomas Reese and William Brady were pardoned from the death sentence in return for enlisting in the Continental army. Brady deserted to the New jersey Volunteers and moved to Canada after the war."

42. James Kelly

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"James Kelly, William Schooly, and John Rayley were sentenced to be hanged on December 2. They were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. James Kelly was serving with the New jersey Volunteers in 1781. William Schooly's property had been confiscated and sold by 1779."

43. Frederick Pickels

44. William Shepherd

45. Thomas Pollock

AKA : Thomas Pollick, Thomas Polack
age 22, tailor, native of Ireland
of Oxford, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
appeared little affected at sentencing

"Thomas Polack had been apprehended early in 1777 and jailed in Philadelphia. On April 8, 1777, Polack had taken the oath of allegiance and been discharged. He had been sentenced to be hanged for high treason on December 2. Polack wrote to WL that he was a native of Ireland with no plans to join the enemy. He pleaded for clemency and claimed he was trying to return to Ireland when he was apprehended. He was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service (Thomas Polack to WL and the Legislative Council, November 1777 [Nj])."

46. Peter Snider

Peter Snyder (1758-1830)
age 18, no family, no trade
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
brother of Elias Snider, Christian Snider, and Martin Snider
10/2/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
10/2/1777 - Princeton : examined and confessed to firing at Militia before he was taken
10/2/1777 - Princeton : ordered back to the guardroom
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Martin, Peter, Christian, and Elias Snyder had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Friends petitioned WL for their pardons, citing the Snyders's aged parents and Elias's wife and child as objects of pity. All of the brothers were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. On August 3, 1778, Cornelius Bogart testified to the Council of Safety that Martin and Christian had deserted the Continental army and were at their home. A muster roll of the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Line records their desertions as early as May 1778. Christian, Peter, and Elias Snyder became privates in the New Jersey Volunteers and went to New Brunswick, Canada, after the war (List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj]; Patrick Campbell et al. to WL and the Legislative Council on Behalf of the Snyder brothers, November 1777 [Nj])."

47. John Long

age 21, works with his father
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Long had been sentenced to be hanged for high treason on December 2. His neighbors petitioned WL for mercy. They insisted that he had been led astray by "Wicked Men" (Patrick Campbell et al. to WL and the Legislative Council on behalf of John Long, November 1777 [Nj]; List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj] ). Long was pardoned in return for enlisting in Continental service. In May 1779 he was listed as absent from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade."

48. Elias Snider

Elias Snyder (1753-1811)
age 24, wife and one child, no trade
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
brother of Martin Snider, Christian Snider, and Peter Snider
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Martin, Peter, Christian, and Elias Snyder had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Friends petitioned WL for their pardons, citing the Snyders's aged parents and Elias's wife and child as objects of pity. All of the brothers were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. On August 3, 1778, Cornelius Bogart testified to the Council of Safety that Martin and Christian had deserted the Continental army and were at their home. A muster roll of the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Line records their desertions as early as May 1778. Christian, Peter, and Elias Snyder became privates in the New Jersey Volunteers and went to New Brunswick, Canada, after the war (List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj]; Patrick Campbell et al. to WL and the Legislative Council on Behalf of the Snyder brothers, November 1777 [Nj])."

49. Christian Snider

Christian Snider (abt.1756-)
age 20, no family, shoemaker
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
brother of Elias Snider, Martin Snider, and Peter Snider
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Martin, Peter, Christian, and Elias Snyder had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Friends petitioned WL for their pardons, citing the Snyders's aged parents and Elias's wife and child as objects of pity. All of the brothers were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. On August 3, 1778, Cornelius Bogart testified to the Council of Safety that Martin and Christian had deserted the Continental army and were at their home. A muster roll of the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Line records their desertions as early as May 1778. Christian, Peter, and Elias Snyder became privates in the New Jersey Volunteers and went to New Brunswick, Canada, after the war (List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj]; Patrick Campbell et al. to WL and the Legislative Council on Behalf of the Snyder brothers, November 1777 [Nj])."

50. Cornelius Bogart

Cornelius Bogart (abt.1754-)
age 23, wife and one child, no trade
of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Cornelius Bogart's wife and mother petitioned WL for a pardon on November 17. Though they had "nothing to offer in Mitigation of his offence," they stressed their own sorrow and the uncertain future of Bogart's child. Bogart was pardoned in return for Continental service. He subsequently deserted and was recaptured. Examined by the Council of Safety on August 3, 1778, he testified against other deserters (Catren Bogart et al. to WL and the Legislative Council, November 17, 1777 [Nj] ; List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj])."

51. George Labour

AKA : George Labarr
age 22, no family, no trade
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"George Labour was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Labour's neighbors petitioned on his behalf (Jacob Stroud et al. to WL and the Legislative Council, November 1777 [Nj]). Labour was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. He was listed as absent from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade in May 1779.

52. Lawrence Flemming

AKA : Lawrence Fleming
age 40, wife and five children, no trade
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Lawrence Fleming was pardoned from the death sentence to serve in the Continental army. He had deserted from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade by May 1, 1778."

53. Benjamin Hull

54. Elias Teelte

55. James High

AKA : James Neigh
age 25, wife and three children, blacksmith
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

" James Neigh was sentenced to be hanged for high treason on December 2. His neighbors petitioned WL, and his death sentence was commuted in return for Continental service (Robert Levers et al. to WL and the Legislative Council, November 1777 [Nj]). On August 3, 1778, Cornelius Bogart testified that Neigh had deserted and gone home."

56. David Young

age 18, works with his father
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"David Young and Peter George were both pardoned from their December 2 execution in return for enlisting in the Continental service. Young apparently deserted, and by 1779 his property had been confiscated."

57. Martin Snider

Martin Snider UE (1748-1828)
age 23, no family, no trade
of Mount Bethel, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
brother of Elias Snider, Christian Snider, and Peter Snider
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Martin, Peter, Christian, and Elias Snyder had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Friends petitioned WL for their pardons, citing the Snyders's aged parents and Elias's wife and child as objects of pity. All of the brothers were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. On August 3, 1778, Cornelius Bogart testified to the Council of Safety that Martin and Christian had deserted the Continental army and were at their home. A muster roll of the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Line records their desertions as early as May 1778. Christian, Peter, and Elias Snyder became privates in the New Jersey Volunteers and went to New Brunswick, Canada, after the war (List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj]; Patrick Campbell et al. to WL and the Legislative Council on Behalf of the Snyder brothers, November 1777 [Nj])."

58. John Ryely

AKA : John Rayley
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"James Kelly, William Schooly, and John Rayley were sentenced to be hanged on December 2. They were pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. James Kelly was serving with the New jersey Volunteers in 1781. William Schooly's property had been confiscated and sold by 1779."

59. Burnet Banghart

Barney Banghart (abt.1746-1822)
age 25, no family, no trade
of Oxford, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Barnet Banghart was sentenced to be executed on December 2. Banghart's friends petitioned WL, attesting to Banghart's service in the Continental army. He was subsequently pardoned in order to return to Continental service. He reenlisted on December 1, 1777, and served until the end of the war (John McMurtrie et al. to WL, November 1777 [Nj] )."

60. Peter George

age 20, lives with his mother
of Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"David Young and Peter George were both pardoned from their December 2 execution in return for enlisting in the Continental service. Young apparently deserted, and by 1779 his property had been confiscated."

61. John Smith

of Mansfield, Sussex County, New Jersey
9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"John Smith of Mansfield, Sussex County, had been examined by the Council of Safety on September 30 and remanded to prison. He had been moved from Easton, Pennsylvania, to jail in Sussex County on October 18 and charged with treason on October 19. Smith was tried in Morristown, and the charge was dismissed. Refer to List of Prisoners from Easton, undated (Nj); Council of Safety, 138, 169."

62. Henry Hart

63. Matthew Camp

9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

64. Edward Butler

Edward Butler (abt.1752-)
age 25, wife and two children, no trade
of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey
brother of Eleanor Butler (abt.1745-), wife of William Hutchison
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Edward Butler, recruited by Daniel Shannon, had been jailed in Sussex on October 18 and indicted on October 22. He had been found guilty of high treason, and on November 11 he had been sentenced to be hanged on December 2. On November 15 his mother, Ellennor Mordon, and his brother, John Butler, petitioned for his pardon from the death sentence. They stated that Butler had served in a Virginia battalion of the Continental army. Other residents of Knowlton also vouched for Butler's patriotism (Ellennor Mordon et al. to WL and the Legislative Council, November 15, 1777, and List of Prisoners from Easton, undated [Nj] ). Butler was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental army. He deserted from the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade on January 23, 1778."

65. Joseph Britton

Joseph Brittain (1759-1830)
age 16, living with his father
of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey
brother of Elizabeth (Brittain) Moody (1748-1782), wife of James Moody
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
appeared penitent at sentencing

"Joseph Brittain's father and neighbors of the family petitioned WL to spare Brittain's life, stressing his "tender years" and pleading for commutation of the death sentence (William Brittain et al. to WL and the Legislative Council [Nj] ). Cornelius Bogart testified on August 3, 1778, that Brittain, who had been pardoned in return for Continental service, had deserted. A muster roll of the First Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade confirms that Brittain had deserted by May 1, 1778. Brittain enlisted in the New Jersey Volunteers and moved to Canada after the war."

66. William Moore

AKA : William Moor
age 17, lives with his mother
of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"William Moor was sentenced to be hanged on December 2. Elizabeth Moor, his mother, petitioned WL on November 17, 1777, claiming her son as her only means of support. She added that he had served in the "Cause of America" from time to time. A number of neighbors signed the petition, attesting to the truth of the mother's statements. Moor received a pardon in return for enlisting in the Continental service (Elizabeth Moor to WL and the Legislative Council, November 17, 1777 [Nj])."

67. Nathaniel Parker

age 17, lives with his father
of Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County
appeared penitent at sentencing

"Nathaniel Parker had been convicted on November 11 and sentenced to die on December 2. He was pardoned in return for enlisting in the Continental service. He enlisted in the Third Regiment of the New jersey Brigade on December 1, 1777, and had deserted by May 8, 1778. His property had been confiscated and sold by 1780."

68. Christian Ruth

69. Thomas Shoemaker

9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

70. Herbert Hendry

71. Hugh McDaniel

AKA : Hugh McDonald
age 18, works about
of Alexandria, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

"Thomas Miles, Hugh McDonald, and Daniel McMullen, scheduled to be executed on December 2, were pardoned in return for service in the Continental army. Miles had deserted the Third Regiment of the New Jersey Brigade by March 1778."

72. Jonathan Robins

73. John Park

74. George Augustus

75. William Paul

AKA : William Paulson
9/30/1777 - Princeton : described as insurgent on way to join enemy on Staten Island
9/30/1777 - Princeton : examined and ordered back to jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

76. Northup Marpoll

AKA : Northrop Marpoll, Northrop Marpole
9/23/1777 - Haddonfield : ordered taken under guard to Burlington jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

77. Phillip Fooes

AKA : Philip Force
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

78. John McCowen

10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

79. Phillip Shultz

AKA : Philip Shults
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

80. William McCord

10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

81. Aaron Smith

10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

82. Joseph Pegg

10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

83. John Klyne

10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

84. Jacob Shultz

AKA : Jacob Shults
10/18/1777 - ordered to be moved from Easton to Sussex jail
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

85. Jacob Bogert

8/18/1777 - Morristown jail - arrested for being among the Regulars
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

86. John Sears

8/18/1777 - Morristown jail - taken under arms with the King's troop
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

87. Joseph Pierce

8/18/1777 - Morristown jail - taken under arms with the King's troop
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

88. Stout Havens

8/18/1777 - Morristown jail - taken under arms with the King's troop
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

89. William Newman

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

90. Richard Margeson

8/18/1777 - Morristown jail - taken under arms with the King's troop
10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

91. Cornelius Clawson

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

92. James Worth

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

93. Benjamin Worth

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

94. Jonathan Clawson

10/19/1777 - listed among 94 to be tried in Morris County

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