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1778 List of Men From Pennsylvania who joined the British Army
The following individuals are reported in the June 17, 1778 edition of the
Pennsylvania Packet as having joined the British Army and were therefore
proclaimed traitors to the United States . Some, but not all, had Quaker
ancestry or were Quakers themselves.
All now or late of the County of Philadelphia
all now or late of the Northern Liberties township
James Inglis, trader;
Robert Coupar, trader;
Carpenter Wharton, late Commissary;
John Chevalier, merchant;
James Club, mariner;
Benjamin Towne, printer;
James Smither, engraver,
Joel Evans, merchant;
Anthony Yeldall, surgeon;
William Morris, mariner, late constable;
John Cunningham, innkeeper;
William Taylor, silversmith;
Frederick Verner, yeoman;
Arthur Thomas, junior, hatter;
Samuel Garrigues, junior, trader;
Joseph Stansbury, dealer in earthen ware;
John Bray, school master, late constable;
Ross Curry, gentleman, late Lieutenant in the service of the American States;
John Johnston, coach maker;
John Airey, late of the post office;
John Hales, stable keeper;
Dunnin Irwin, trader;
John Pike, dancing master;
John Palmer, mason;
James Craig, rope maker and merchant;
John Henderson, mariner;
James Fisher, trader;
Hugh Henry, peruke maker;
Jacob Mayer, peruke maker;
Isaac Wharton, merchant;
Benjamin Gibbs, merchant;
James Gregson,
Thomas Bramball, button makers;
Samuel Jeffreys, watch maker;
Michael Conner, merchant;
Robert Loosley, shoemaker;
Henry Jouken, trader;
Henry Welsling, shoemaker;
Robert Dove, leather cutter;
all now or late of the city of Philadelphia:
William Williams, ship wright;
Lawrence Fagan, tavern keeper;
John Brown, distiller;
William Taylor, ship wright;
all now or late of the district of Southwark
David Gregory, mariner;
John Tolly, mariner;
David Thompson,
Charles Moran, shipwrights;
now or late of the township of Passyunk
John Buckingham, labourer;
both now or late of the township of Blockley
Joseph Bolton, joiner;
John Butcher, husbandman;
now or late of Germantown township
Peter Saur, printer;
now or late of the township of Whitpain
Stephen Styer, yeoman;
All now or late of the County of Bucks
now or late of the township of Haycock
Joel Bryan, husbandman;
all now or late of the township of Plumstead
George Burns, weaver;
Joseph Dean, labourer;
Isaac Mitchener, labourer;
John Rodgers, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Buckingham
Hugh Linden, school master;
Robert Coley, junior, saddler;
William Fell, weaver;
Jon Hill, limeburner;
Dennis Easton, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Solebury
Henry Dennis, shipwright;
John Dennis, wheelwright;
John Howell, labourer;
Mordecai Balderstone, weaver;
Uriah Lindy, labourer;
William Brown, cooper;
Jeremiah Hendrickson, labourer;
James McMullen, labourer;
Thomas Featherby, miller;
William Skelton, labourer;
Levy Kennett, labourer;
John Cable labourer;
Ephraim Williams,labourer;
all now or late of the township of Upper Makefield
Joseph Canby, labourer;
Thomas Canby, blacksmith;
Samuel Burrowes, labourer;
John Harvey, labourer;
George Boatman, labourer;
now or late of the township of Middletown
Peter Price, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Falls
Thomas Martin, cooper;
John Stackhouse,
Benjamin Brown,
Joseph Doble,
James Gilmore,
Henry Hill, husbandmen;
now or late of the township of Lower Makefield
Alexander Rickey, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Bristol
Andrew DeNormandie, practitioner in medicine;
Benjamin Brown, carpenter;
William DeNormandie, labourer;
John Gosling, shoemaker;
Arthur Campbell, labourer;
John Stackhouse, husbandman;
John Poor,
John Elwood,
William Davis, watermen;
now or late of the township of Bensalem
Joseph Swift, gentleman, lieutenant in the King's army;
all now or late of the township of Wrightstown
Samuel Chapman,
Amos Chapman, husbandmen;
Abraham Chapman, cooper;
David Chapman, miller;
Abraham Clark, taylor;
All now or late of the County of Chester
now or late of the township of Willistown
John Briggs, husbandman,
now or late of the township of Springfield
George Davis, husbandman,
all now or late of the township of Chichester
John Taylor, tavern keeper;
John Moulder, waterman;
John Talbot, wheelwright;
Thomas Bartow, sawyer;
all now or late of the township of Goshen
Jesse Bean, joiner;
Jacob Tregoe, blacksmith;
Caleb Haines, weaver;
Joshua Thomson, taylor;
both now or late of the township of West Bradford
Jacob Buffington, carpenter;
William Stroud, saddler;
both now or late of the township of East Whiteland
Joseph Malin, wheelwright,
Elisha Malin, joiner,
both now or late of the township of Thornbury
Edward Griffel, labourer,
John Willson, taylor,
all now or late of the township of Concord
William Millson, taylor;
Isaac Bullock, labourer;
Benjamin James, cooper;
John Burnet, junior, labourer;
both now or late of the township of East Bradford
Samuel Hart, labourer,
Abiah Park, mason;
now or late of the township of Tredyffrin
Jacob Cypher, miller,
now or late of the township of Easttown
Samuel Bell, carpenter,
all now or late of the township of Providence
William Maddock, tavern keeper;
William Dunn, labourer;
Joseph Edwards, mason;
George Dunn, taylor;
Malin Dunn, taylor;
James Malin, labourer;
Gideon Vernon, husbandman;
both now or late of the township of Ridley
Christopher Wilson, husbandman,
John Taylor, glasier,
now or late of the township of East Caln
Benjamin Miller, saddler,
now or late of the township of Newtown
Joshua Proctor, labourer,
all now late of the township of Chester
Aaron Ashbridge, waterman;
Joseph Gill, maltster;
Elias Vernon, taylor;
now or late of the township of Edgemont
Daniel Register, carpenter,
all now or late of the township of Darby
John Suplee,
William Caldwell,
James Hartner, husbandman;
John Musgrove, trader,
William Andrews, fuller;
both now or late of the township of Ridley
William Smith, of Tinicum Island,
William Anderson, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Springfield
Henry Essinger, junior,
Hugh O'Cain,
William Kennedy,
Darby O'Cain,
James McClarin, labourers;
Isaiah Worrell, miller;
all now or late of the township of Providence
Isaac Burk,
Abraham Falkenton,
Thomas Burns,
William Clark,
George Good, labourers;
William Henry, taylor;
all now or late of the township of Newtown
George Dunn,
David Maris, taylors;
William Bell, labourer;
all now or late of the township of Haverford
Robert Kissack, weaver;
James Brown, wheelwright;
James Gorman,
Enoch Gorman, cordwainers;
Michael Crickley, labourer;
All now or late of the County of Northampton
now or late of the township of Eastman
John Spering, shoemaker,
all now or late of the township of Mount Bethel
John Stackhouse,
Moses Morgan,
Moses Wood,
Abraham Long,
Robert Stackhouse,
Peter Snyder,
John Rymel,
John Ink,
David Young,
John Vaughan,
Laurence Marr,
Peter Hardy, husbandman;
both now or late of the township of Lower Smithfield
James Lawson,
Edward McMichael, husbandman;
now or late of Northampton village
James Allen, Esquire,
Both now or late of the County of York
William Willis, miller,
Richard Willis, gunsmith;
All now or late of the County of Cumberland
both now or late of the township of Allen
John Wilson, wheelwright and husbandman,
Andrew Fursuer, labourer;
all now or late of the township of East Pennsborough
Lawrence Kilby, cooper;
William Curlan, labourer;
John McCart, distiller and labourer;
Francis Irwin, carter;
All now or late of the County of Westmoreland
George Croghan,
Alexander McKee, formerly Indian traders;
Simon Girty, Indian interpreter;
James Girty, labourer;
Matthew Elliott, Indian trader;
[George Groghan and the Girtys were with George Washington in December 1754
at Fort Necessity.]
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