Category: Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment, Continental Army, American Revolution

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Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment or 5th New Jersey Regiment was an American infantry unit that served for four years in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress authorized the unit in January 1777 and it assembled at Monmouth Court House, New Jersey in the spring. Commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer, the regiment consisted of one Pennsylvania and seven New Jersey companies. It transferred into the 3rd Pennsylvania Brigade in May 1777 and fought at Brandywine and Germantown in the late summer and fall of 1777. The unit went through the winter at Valley Forge and was present at the Battle of Monmouth in June 1778. The regiment absorbed Forman's Additional Continental Regiment and part of Malcolm's Additional Continental Regiment in April 1779. Spencer's Regiment went on the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of 1779 where it fought with the New Jersey Brigade. The unit was transferred to the Highland Department in September 1780 and disbanded in January 1781. (Wikipedia:Spencer's_Additional_Continental_Regiment)

Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment

Active: 1777–1781

Allegiance: United States Continental Congress

Type: Infantry

Size: 8 to 9 companies

Part of: Continental Army

Engagements:

Battle of Brandywine (1777)

Battle of Germantown (1777)

Battle of Monmouth (1778)

Sullivan Expedition (1779)

Commanders:

Colonel Oliver Spencer

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A

Benjamin Applegate 1763 Northampton, Northampton, Pennsylvania - 04 Apr 1832

B

David Baker 30 Nov 1751 New Jersey - 06 Mar 1833

Asa Bates 10 Jan 1758 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island - 09 Mar 1841

James Bunnell abt 1754 Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey - 1808

D

John Davis abt 1756 New Jersey - 12 Feb 1842

Nathaniel Dunton 09 Nov 1747 Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 03 Jan 1836

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Joseph Edwards 07 Mar 1742 Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut - 29 Feb 1776

G

Jeremiah Garthwaite abt 1765 Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey - abt 29 Jul 1822

H

John Hammett abt 1737 Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia - aft 20 Jan 1820

L

Eleazer Lindsley 07 Dec 1737 Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey - 01 Jun 1794

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Benjamin Lyon 23 May 1754 Morristown, Essex, New Jersey - 31 Dec 1835

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John Meeker 1759 Essex, New Jersey - 07 Sep 1835

Uzal Meeker 15 Aug 1757 New Jersey - 03 Sep 1829

O

Moses Ogden 25 Aug 1760 New Jersey - 07 Jun 1780

Nathaniel Ogden abt 1750 Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey - 18 Nov 1826

William Ogden 02 Aug 1759 Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey - abt 15 Mar 1815

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Mathias Pearson 1761 Province of New Jersey - 15 Aug 1833

Mathias Pierson 25 Apr 1758 New Jersey - 02 May 1838

Samuel Pierson 1762 Morris County, New Jersey - 06 Nov 1839

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Oliver Spencer 06 Oct 1736 East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony - 11 Jan 1811

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Holmes Throckmorton 22 Apr 1759 Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey - 04 Oct 1821

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Peter Van Clief 1763 Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey - 05 Mar 1816

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Benjamin Weatherby abt 1758 Billingsport, Gloucester, New Jersey - abt 20 Apr 1818

Henry Weaver Apr 1761 New York - 17 Aug 1829

John Wilkins 01 Jun 1733 Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 11 Dec 1809

Jeremiah Willison 01 Feb 1731 Lancaster, Colony of Virginia - 01 Jan 1812

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