A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW JERSEY with the rank of MAJOR. DAR Ancestor #: A208205

During the Revolutionary War, he served in the First Somerset Regiment of New Jersey. Served at Bound Brook, Battle of Springfield, Battle of Monmounth. Was a close friend of Col. Frederick Frelinghuysen.

Ref: Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army, by Francis Bernard Heitman, Washington DC 1914.