Craft Masonry in Albany County, New York - Onondaga and Oswego ...

128 Maj. Rian: Michael Ryan. 2d Lieutenant 4th Pennsylvania Battalion 5th January. 1776; Regimental Adjutant 15th March. 1776;
Brigade Major St. Clair's Brigade 17th September, 1776; to General Wayne 21st May, 1777. to 13th June. 1779.
129 Col. Long: Peirce Long. Colonel New Hampshire Militia 1776 to 1778.
130 Col. Mooney: Hercules Mooney. Lieut . Colonel and Colonel New Hampshire Militia 1776 and 1777.
131 Capt. Nichols: Francis Nichols. 2d Lieutenant of Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion 25th June. 1775; taken prisoner at
Quebec 31st December. 1775. exchanged 10th October. 1776; Captain 9th Pennsylvania 16th December, 1776. to rank from
January 1. 1776.
132 Col. Basset: Barakiah Bassett. Lieut. Colonel 14th Massachusetts 19th November, 1776.
133 Willsboro: On the west shore of Lake Champlain.
134 Col. Marshall: Thomas Marshall. Major 3rd Virginia 13th February. 1776; Lieut . Colonel 13th August. 1776; Colonel 21st
February, 1777; resigned December 4th. 1777.
135 Col. Francis: Ebenezer Francis. Captain of Mansfield's Massachusetts Regiment May to December, 1775; Colonel 11th
Massachusetts Regiment 6th November, 1776.
136 Capt. Levensworth: Eli Levensworth. Captain 7th Connecticut 6th July to 10th December, 1775; Captain 19th Continental
Infantry 1st January to 31st December, 1776; Captain 6th Connecticut 1st January, 1777.
MAY, 1777.
137 Col. Van Dyck: Captain 2d New York 28th June, 1775; Lieut. Colonel 1st New York 21st November, 1776.
138 Rogers Rock: On west side Lake George at the north end of Lake.
139 Col. Kosiosko: Tadeusz Kosciusko (Kosiosko), a Polish patriot. born in Lithuania in 1746; came to this country with the French
fleet in 1777, and fought for the colonies, becoming a Major General. He died October 15, 1817.
140 Col. Wilkison: James Wilkison, served as volunteer in Thompson's Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion 9th September. 1775. to March.
1776; Captain 2d Continental Infantry March, 1776. to rank from 9th September. 1775; served on staff of General Greene
November, 1775, to April, 1776; Aide-de-Camp to Genl. Arnold 2d June to 17th July, 1776; Brigade Major 20th July, 1776, and on
the staff of General Gates from December 13 th , 1776; Lieut. Colonel Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment 12th January, 1777.
141 Maj. Hull: William Hull, Captain 3rd Massachusetts 6th July to December, 1775; Captain 19th Continental Infantry 1st January
to 31st December, 1776; Major 8th Massachusetts 1st January, 1777.
142 Capt. Wilcott: Jarius Wilcox, was 1st Lieutenant Baldwin's Regiment 1st January, 1777.
143 Lt. Liford: Thomas Liford, 2d Lieutenant 2d New Hampshire 27th May to December, 1775; 1st Lieutenant 8th Continental
Infantry 1st January. 1776; 1st Lieutenant Whitcomb's New Hampshire Rangers 4th November. 1776. to December. 1779.
JUNE, 1777.
144 Maj. Armstrong: John Armstrong. served as volunteer in the Canada expedition to Quebec, 1775; Major and Aide-de-Camp to
General Mercer to 3rd January. 1777.
JULY, 1777.
145 Col. Bellows: Benjamin Bellows, Colonel New Hampshire Militia in 1777 and 1778.
146 Castleton: In western part of Vermont.
147 Genl. Nixon: John Nixon, Captain of Company Minute Men at Lexington; Colonel of Massachusetts Regiment 19 May to
December, 1775; Colonel 4th Continental Infantry 1st January. 1776; Brigadier General Continental Army 9th August, 1776.
148 Lieut. Hitchings: William Hutchings. Ensign 4th Continental Infantry 1st January to 31st December, 1776; 2nd Lieutenant 1st
New Hampshire 8th November. 1776; 1st Lieutenant 5th March, 1778; resigned 2nd June, 1779.
149 Genl. Fellows: John Fellows. Colonel Massachusetts Regiment May to December, 1775; Brigadier General Massachusetts
Militia 1776 to 1780.
AUGUST, 1777.
150 Fort Stanwix: Albany [Rome], New York.
151 Col. Wiglesworth: Edward Wigglesworth, Colonel Massachusetts Militia 1776; Colonel 13th Massachusetts 1st January, 1777.
152 Genl. Lincoln: Benjamin Lincoln, Major General Continental Army 19th February, 1777; wounded at Saratoga 7th October,
1777. Resolutions of thanks passed by Congress to Major General Gates and Major Generals Lincoln and Arnold.
153 Gov. Clinton: Sir Henry Clinton, born about the year 1738; he came to America in 1775 and fought at Bunker Hill; was knighted
for his services under General Howe. After Burgoyne's surrender in 1778. Clinton succeeded Howe as Commander-in-Chief. He
resigned his commission and returned to England in 1781 and died at Gibraltar in 1795.
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