Third Company: Captain, John Holly; lieutenant, Michael Dunning;
ensign, Sol. Carpenter, Jr. Three sergeants, three corporals,
one drummer, one hundred and eleven private men. In all, 121.
Fourth Company: Captain, Jacobus Swartwout; lieutenant, Johannes
Westbrook; ensign, Johannes Westbrook, Jr. Three sergeants,
three corporals, one drummer, fifty-five private men. In all, 65.
Fifth Company: Captain, Nathaniel Du Bois: lieutenant, David
Southerland; ensign, Isaac Hennion. Three sergeants, three corporals,
one drummer, sixty-three private men. In all, 73.
Sixth Company: Captain, Abraham Haring, Jr.; lieutenant, Garret
Beanvelt; ensign, John Haring. Three sergeants, three corporals, one
drummer, sixty-two private men. In all, 72.
Seventh Company: Captain, Jacob Vanderbilt; lieutenant, Andrew
Onderdonk; ensign, Aaron Smith. Three sergeants, three corporals, one
drummer, fifty private men. In all, 60.
Troop of Horse: Captain, Henry Youngs; lieutenant, William Mapes;
cornet, Michael Jackson. Two sergeants, two corporals, one trumpeter,
fifty-two private men. In all, 60.
Total officers and soldiers, 595; sub-officers, 56 foot.
In 1756 the Ulster regiment was divided into two regiments. Kingston
was included in the northern one, and the southern was embraced in
the precincts of Highlands, Wallkill and Shawangunk. These regiments
took part in the French and Indian War.
In September, 1773, the officers of the Southern Regiment were:
Colonel, Thomas Ellison; lieutenant-colonel, Charles Clinton; major,
Cadwallader Colden, Jr.; adjutant, Johannes Jansen.
In 1775 the New York Provincial Congress passed a law for organizing
militia which provided that counties, cities and precincts should be
divided, so that a company might be formed in each district to
consist of about 85 men, including officers, between the ages of 16
and 50 years; that these should be formed into regiments of from five
to ten companies each; that the regiments should be classed in six
brigades, under a brigadier-general and brigade major, and the
entire force should be commanded by a major-general.
The Fourth Brigade when formed consisted of five Orange County
regiments, the colonels of which were William Allison of Goshen,
Jesse Woodhull of Cornwall, John Hathorn of Warwick, A. Hawkes Hay of
Orangetown, and Abraham Lent of Haverstraw. The four Ulster County
regiments were commanded by Johannes Hardenberg of Kingston, James
Clinton of New Windsor, Lee Pawling of Marbletown, and Jonathan
Hasbrouck of Newburgh.
Colonel Allison's regimental district consisted of Goshen and the
western part of Orange County. Colonel Hathorn's of Warwick and the
southern section, Colonel Woodhulls of Cornwall (then including
Monroe and Blooming Grove), Colonel Hasbrouck's of Newburgh,
Marlborough and Shawangunk, and Colonel Clinton's of Windsor,
Montgomery, Crawford and Wallkill. The other four regiments belonged
to territory now outside of the county.
Colonel Allison's Regiment.
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