American Revolutionary Figure. Served in the Eastern Battalion of the Morris County (NJ) militia. The Guerin farm was located in an area known as Jockey Hollow - the same area that General George Washington chose as his winter encampment for the hard winter of 1779-1780. Guerin was suddenly visited with over 12,000 neighbors in the form of the Continental Army. He allowed the army to pasture some horses on his land, but wrote complaints to the Quartermaster Corps that soldiers had stolen both livestock and laundry from his property. The army withdrew from the Hollow in June of 1780.

Guerin and his wife Susanna had eight children: Nancy, Abraham, Penina, Phebe, Thomas, Aram, Parnel, and Susanna.

Sources

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Volume: 68, Page Number: 484
• Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2; Page: ; Serial: 9661; Volume: 7.
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Volume: 139; SAR Membership Number: 27777.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 11512617

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GUERIN, JOSHUA

Ancestor #: A048079 Service: NEW JERSEY Rank: ENSIGN Birth: 1737 Death: 4-4-1808 MORRISTOWN NEW JERSEY Service Description: 1) ALSO SGT,COL SILVANUS SEELEY, 2) EASTERN BATT,MORRIS CO,MILITIA