Revolutionary Incidents of Suffolk and Kings Counties

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REVOLUTIONARY

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SPIRIT.

MILITIA. 1st Lt,

Albert StoohofF, Flatlands.— Jeremiah Vanderbilt, Capt. Thos. Elsworth, 2d Lt. Peter Vanderbilt, Ensign. Samuel Hubbard, Gravesend. Rem Williamson, Capt. ;

;

;

John Lane, Ensign.

Half of Brooklyn.— Bar eut Johnson, Capt. Jost Debevoice, 2d Lt.

Flatbush.

Half

Wm.

Lt.

of Brooklyn.

Bushwyck. Colyer, 2d Lt.

1st Lt,

Vandeveer, Capt.

;

Peter LefFerts, 1st Lt.

John Benham, Ensign.

;

— Fer'd Suydam, Capt.

Brower, 2d Lt.

Barent LefTerts,

;

Martin Schenck, Ensign.

;

— Cornelius

John Vanduyn, 2d

Lt.

1st

;

Garret Williamson, 2d Lt.

;

Simon Bergen,

Lt.

1st

Jacob Stellenwert, Ensign.

;

— John

Titus, Capt.

;

Abm. Van

Ranst, 1st Lt.

;

Peter

John Skillman, Ensign.

;

N. Utrecht. Adrian Van Brunt, Capt. Adrian Hegeman, Harmanus Barkulo, 2d Lt. Wm. Barre, Ensign. ;

1st Lt.

;

March

783.

Rutgert

Van

11, '76.

Kings Co. Committee appointed Nich. Cowenhoven, Lt. Col.

Brunt, Col.

;

:

;

Johan-

nes Titus, 1st Major; John Vanderbilt, 2d Major; Geo. Carpenter, Adj.

;

Nich. Cowenhoven, Q.

M.

of their

Regiment of

militia.

Jour. 351.

Feb. 18, '76.

784.

Congress requests the attendance of the

absent members from Kings Co. Vanderbilt,

Vanbrunt and

Accordingly Messrs. Cowenhoven,

LefFerts, take their seats.

[Their previous attendance had been quite irregular.

Ed.]

Ap. 16, '76. John LefFerts, Nich. Cowenhoven, Jeremiah Remsen, Theodorus Polhemus, Leffert LefFerts, Rutgert Vanbrunt, Jeremiah Vanderbilt and John Vanderbilt, were chosen to make a representation out of their body for the Provincial Congress, and that any four, three,

two, or one, LefFerts,

may

be

a quorum, as appears by the certificate of John

Chairman, and Abm. Van Ranst, Clerk of the Committee of

Kings Co. 785.

June

21, '76.

the bay S. and S. sails

W.

Convention recommend that

of Kings Co., be

all

boats in

drawn up, and the oars and

secured, so as to prevent the communication of the disaffected

with the enemy.

June

21.

fore Congress.

Col. G. Brewerton, at Flatlands,

Mayor Matthews was

seized

was summoned at

Flatbush.

be-

His


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