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M ARY N. ROBINSON .

ENEALOGY

F

TH E H D FAMILY

1 .

n was 1 1 . . at Cl E w so , . O S . d ard Hand , of John and Dorothy Hand born December 3 , 744 y

ruff o f r . a and on d , in Kings County , Province Leinste Irel nd . died at his farm , Rockford , the

n Pa . on F 1 80 2 . Conestoga , ear Lancaster , , riday , September 3,

a a w n was r a M Katharine Ewing . daughter of John and S r h E i g . bo n in Phil delphia on arch

2 1 1 a r w a M 1 1 n 2 1 5 , 75 ; m r ied to Ed ard H nd . at Lancaster , arch 3, 775 ; died at Rockford Ju e , w “ 1 80 5 . Their children ere

I I .

1 a o f E wa an d a a e was b ( ) Sar h Hand, daughter d rd K th rin Hand . orn at Lancaster . De

mber 8 1 a to r 1 1 80 . ha ce d . , 775 ; m rried Samuel Bethel , at Rockfo d , June 5 , 3 They no issue

2 a of E w a a r n a was b a ( ) Dorothy Hand , d ughter d ard and K th i e H nd , orn at L ncaster . 2 6 1 E w o f M i \Vork s 1 1 80 November , 777 ; married to d ard Brien, art c Iron . September 7, 5

2 1 1 862 . died August ,

' E w Ka a a was ( 3) Katharine Hand , daughter of d ar d and th rine H nd , born in Lancaster , 1 1 1 1 1 December 4, 779 ; died April 4, 79 , at Lan caster

son E w and a was r ( 4) John , Of d ard Katharine H nd , born on Spruce St eet , Philadelphia ,

M 2 1 82 1 1 80 . arch , 7 ; died suddenly at Rockford Nov ember 3, 7

Of E w K a n an . was . 2 0 . ( 5 ) Jasper , son d ard and ath ri e H d born at Lancaster February

1 8 s an n O . a 1 . 1 82 8 . H e 7 4 ; died uddenly at Hillsboro , Highl d Cou ty , hio Febru ry 9 ! left six w M M ar n : . E . childre Dr d ard , John , Katharine Sarah , argaret and y

- 6 M a Oi E w n at t M a 1 86 ( ) ry , daughter d ard and Katharine Hand . bor Lancas er y 4 . 7 ; N ew 1 880 . died unmarried at Haven . Connecticut , in ,

M a o f E w a was M a 1 ( 7) argaret , d ughter d ard and K tharine Hand , born at Lancaster . y 4 .

1 8 O 2 1 80 0 . 7 9 ; died at Rockford , ctober 7,

8 E w . Edwa K r n . was r 1 . ( ) d ard son of rd and atha i ne Ha d born at Lancaster , Janua y 9

1 2 at w r was . 79 ; died Havana , he e he super cargo

- III A .

f s who was Dorothy ( second child o the Hands ) married E dward Brien . E !. . the third son r r di n n f I re an of Henry and Rebecca B ien . Of Ca ga s. in the County o f Ty ro e . and Ki gdom o l d .

r 1 1 s w Ma t tie r on a . 6 . e wa a nd o f born Februa y , 7 9 Bri n the O ner operator Fo ge , the Peque

8 1 6. a rr a was 1 1 80 . n 2 . 1 , The date Of their m i ge September 7, 5 He died Ju e 7 Their children r e we : all born at M a rtic Fo g . re

- w 6 1 80 6 d 2 1 8 . III AI . Ed ard Hand . born November , die June 9 , 37

- - an 1 1 80 8. III A 2 . Harriet Colem . November 4 .

- - 8 1 0 . A . 2 0 1 III 3 Sarah Bethel , September ,

- - W M 1 1 8 1 . A . III 4 Henry illiam , arch 5 , 3

- - 1 u 0 1 82 . A . Ew n 1 1 1 8 , III 5 Catharine i g , April , 5 , died Aug st 3 4

-A I V .

n was M r r 2 0 . 1 81 0 . Sarah Bethel . daughter of the Brie s , married at a tic Fo ge on September

to M . R and to Henry Roge rs . o f Lancaster Count y . an d brother olton C ogers , Secretary of State

r r w : Attorney General of Pennsylvania . Thei child en ere

- - rn M w A r. at a a 1 1 2 w I V Anna Russum , bo L ncaster , rch 3. 8 9. wido Of Ed ard Reilly ,

E s . a a now o f n . . !, dece sed , ( member of the Lancaster bar ) resident Tre ton , N J

-A -2 . r M a 1 1 8 0 2 8 I V Sarah Hand , bo n at Lancaster, y 9 , 3 ; died at Lancaster , November ,

- — A . ar r n . O 2 1 1 8 1 w o f . I V 3 Kath ine B ie born in Lancaster , ctober , 3 ; ife John L Atlee ,

r n 1 1 0 2 . J . , died in V irgi ia July 7, 9

- — r y 8 I 1 8 . A . M a 2 2 1 I V 4 ary Hand , bo n at Lancaster , J nuar . 34 ; died here , November , 49

' - - 8 w f n A . c 1 1 8 o H o . W . W . I V 5 Harriet Dorothea . born at Lan aster , June 9 , 3 ; ife Hop

O 2 1 88 . kins ; died in Lancaster , ctober 9 , 3

“ - - r M a 1 1 8 8 . A 6. I V Edmund Brien , bo n in Lancaster , y , 4 ; died a school boy , in Lancaster

1 8 6. Aug . 4, 5

- V A .

f w w s w : - A — I o . V The children Ed ard Reilly and his ife Anna Ru sum Brien , ere ( ) Edith , — - - - A z M V A E w . V , ( 3) d ard ( ) ! ary

l two . E . now The atter are deceased dith married Dr John Stockton Hough , deceased .

w R . a . S . H . Their children are Ed ard , Henry Dougl s R , John , Robert , Arthur S .

Wa \V. . who was r shington Hopkins married to Har iet Dorothea Rogers , December 1 7, ! 1 86 was M . . n w w 3, the son of James Hopkins ironmaster Of Co o ingo Furnace . Drumore to n

o f . u w O f a ship , and grandson James Hopkins the most disting ished la yer the L ncaster bar in his

was . wh . w W . \V. . 1 8 8 day . Hopkins . ose mother Harriet L ebb as born June 5 , 3 ; member of 1 61 - m the Lancaster bar ; served in the Union Army , 8 4 ; pro oted by General Sherman to first a n f of r now r f lieutenant . c ptai . adjutant . signal O ficer and inspector signal co ps . He is t easurer o h \ I ar a w t e Tome Institute . at Port Deposit yl nd The children of himself and first ife , all born w : in Lancaster , ere

- - W 1 0 1 86 at r V b I . 1 6 1 8 . Louisa ebb Hopkins , July , 5 ; died Lancaster ; Feb uary , 73

- - M 2 6 1 V b 2 . E w . a 86 a 1 1 0 . d ard Rogers Hopkins y , 9 ; died in Philadelphi , January 9 , 9 3

- — h 1 V b . M , 1 8 1 M O 3 Herbert Ralston Hopkins , arc 7 ; died at Port Deposit , aryland , ctober

1 1 8 . 6, 77

“ w t . who a Pa . O 2 These hree children together ith their mother died at L ncaster , , ctober 9

1 88 the a e . 3. all lie buried in s me lot in Lancaster C metery . Lancaster , Pa

w r n ar e a w w and E war R r ns ( Ed ard Roge s Hopki s m ri d and left ido one son , d d oge s Hopki ,

a a a de ce a o f E w a who resides in Phil delphi . This youth is the line l s nd nt both d ard H nd . Lan ' s s n e 1 6 an d r Ro a caster most di ti guish d soldier of 77 , Geo ge ss . its most notable civili n , as

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n n n m w n . Washi gt o Hopki s grand other as Geo . Ross gra ddaughter

- \ a n re a M M a r M n 1 886. V shingto Hopkins m rried to iss y i ster Long , February . Of their

an n son e r children . i fant di d and two daughte s survive . )

- V C.

M r . 2 d who a f M r. s. Dr John Light Atlee . . married the third d ughter and child O and ( Brien ) wa s - n n f M a a H r a o . a en y Rogers , a great gr dso ajor John Light, Of Revolution ry f me His f ther ,

. w an John L , uncle , and brother , ere all distinguished physici s and sur

a was a geons . and he himself stood high in the local medic l faculty . He born in L ncaster . June

r 1 8 1 88 . was Of ro and died he e July , 5 His mother the Franklin family , eminent in p

ssional a m fe and soci l life here ever since Colonial ti es .

- K w L . r. w w : The children Of atharine Brien , intermarried ith John Atlee , J , ere as follo s

V - c- I M V- c- z ay V - c- a V-c- V- c- ( ) ary Rogers . ( ) John S re , ( 3) Sar h , ( 4) Amy, ( 5 ) Harriet .

— — - — — - - Vec 6 a V c E w V c 8 Ka a V c . ( ) Dorothe , ( 7) d ard Brien , ( ) th rine Brien , ( 9 ) Annie Pleasant

- - I - — M a V- c— 1 2 V c o E c 1 1 . ( ) thel , ) ir Lloyd , ( ) George F

-A V I .

M ha w ary Rogers married James Rogers , and d t elve children :

I -a- I a - a-z -a- -a- ( V ) Kath rine Brien , ( V I ) Amy Ralston , ( V I 3 ) Helen , ( V I 4 ) Atlee . —a— I - a-6 E - a- M a - a-8 - a- ( V I 5 ) Dorothy , ( V ) dith , ( V I 7) y, ( V I ) Holcomb , ( V I g) James Booth .

- - - - — — a I O E a E wa a I z . ( V I ) leanor Russum , ( V I I I ) d rd Brien , ( V I ) Anna Cochran

-A VI I .

- - Helen ( V I a 3) ( daughter of James and M ary Rogers Atlee Roge rs ) married Gillies P .

- - — - r : a I a z M . Rodge s , and their children are ( V II ) Amy Ralston , ( V II ) ilton Henry

i e n r E wa n ( These ch ldren , be it not d, are of the seventh ge e ation ; and General d rd Ha d

r a - r a - r - a - a n was their g e t g e t g eat gre t gr ndfather . They are desce ded in the Hand line from Helen R M h — ogers Rodgers . mother ; ary Atlee Rogers , grandmot er ; Katharine Brien Atlee , great grand

r a - - mother ; Sarah Bethel B ien Rogers , gre t great grandmother ; Dorothy Hand Brien , great

- — — - - — wa a . great great grandmother Ed rd Hand , great gre t great great grandfather)

C H RON

Lanc aster County in the Re vol ution with Spec ial Referen c e to the Servic es Of General dw d d M E ar H an , . D .

1 — r r n A 1 , . E w a , Cl d rufi K n . 744 Dec 3 d a d H nd born at y , ings County Lei ster P ovi ce , Ireland p r R r 1 pointed su geon of the I st oyal Irish Regiment o f Foot by Geo ge III . 767 sailed from M a 2 0 a 1 n n 1 2 Cork y . arrived in Philadelphi . July 1 . Commissio ed e sign , 77 , and sent to Fort

“ a a 1 r n B an Pitt ; returned to Phil delphi , 774 ; esig ed from ritish service , Came to L caster to 4 practice med icine and surge ry ; the re met a nd married Catharine E wing ( 1 75 1 1 80 5 ) daughter Of Captain John Ewing ( 1 72 7- 1 7 whose wife was Sarah Yeates ( 1 73 1 f a a n . a sister o Judge J sper Ye tes . She died in La caster

1 r F . 1 754, July 4 British command su renders Fort Necessity to the rench 775 , ’ — ct - July 9 Braddock s defeat at Laurel Hill a nd English retreat to Fort Cumberland . O 4

Col . o f an d F a James Burd , at Shippensburg . hears Indian rench trocities and massacre at Fort ' 1 8— n 1 — wa . . a a 0 1 . . 2 E Cumberland Oct Indi mass cre John Penn s creek Oct 9 d rd Shippen , ’ a a a a o f - a n at L nc ster . dvised by John H rris , from Harris s Ferry , French Indi n exterminatio 2 — M a r of Susquehanna settlements Nov . ass cre of settle s and burnings by Indians at . Great Cove ; ( 1 6th) Tul pehocken m assacres ; ( 2 1 st ) Moravians massa cred at Gnadenhuet n ten o the Lehigh .

1 — n y a 756 Lt . Col . John Armstrong marches eight compa ies Of Third Penns lvania Batt lion from

— f a . 1 F t . Shirley to the destruction o the Indi n rendezvous at Kittanning 757 Indian

‘ n 1 8 — and A bercrombie an n F rench dissensions ; Indian foray s co tinue . 75 Forbes pl t the E “ n and glish standard over the ashes Of Ft . Duques e ; henceforth it shall be called Pitts

burgh .

— f a wa 1 61 . 1 a O 7 , Jan 5 The late French g rrison Detroit stopped at Lanc ster on their y to Phila

— a f . 1 6 . n a delphi ; also a number o prisoners 7 3, Aug 4 La c ster furnished relief to the dis

tresed who w r r out of by . 8 refugees e e d iven their homes about Carlisle the Indians , Sept A party o f 1 1 0 overl anders went from Lancaster to the great island on the west branch of I 6 — r a the Susquehanna ; battled with the Indians . 7 3 Pontiac wa ; Forbes routes sav ges at ' 1 — w Bushy Run . 764 Bouquet s expedition to Ohio ; subdues and makes truce ith Dela w h n se ares and S aw e .

LANCASTER COUNTY OFFICERS I N FRENCH -I NDIAN WARS

m r R ev. C ar s a i a es u co one . e e c a a n J B d , l l h l B tty , h pl - - ose i en ieu enan co one a nd ri a e ma or. Rev. o n ee J ph Sh pp , l t t l l b g d j J h St l R v H Asher Clayton , ma j or. e . ect or Alli son

n i D H a s ma or . i i m R o i e a a e no s h eutenant . J h Ph ll p , j W ll y ld ,

amue ru ca am . e an er M cKee S l G bb , pt Al x d , amue ee Henr Ha er S l Atl , y ll , ohn Ham ri m o J b ght , Ada B yd , Ri c ar a r ner mu h d G d , a e co S l S tt , i i a m o ns on o n os er W ll J h t J h F t , o n ers i iam M cCl a J h By , W ll y, omas ri ce ames B a rnb rid e Th P , J g . u wi c one o n Conra uc er L d k St , J h d B h ,

ohn i n et on Ro er owr ensi n . J S gl , b t L y. g Cal e ra ou o n ri s ane b G d , J h B b , Hun er nsi a mue or Du fii el d e n. S l t , Blatc hf d , g Ro er Bo Hu son b t yd , Ri cha rd d . am i n sa s S uel L d y , M emucan Hugh e ,

i ia m E wi n i eu ena n and a u an . W ll g , l t t dj t t James Dorough . ames E wi n M a r i n Hei er J g , t dl ,

H nr ei er i eu enan . e y G g . l t t E van Shelb y .

i M cc a m Youn a m as er. Dav d l y . Ja es g . p y t

an Ham a c i eu ena n . a r eommi sa r of s ores . Frederi ck V b h , l t t Peter B d . y t in ma a r on c a a . m R a u e a oca e. R v. o s , a es e e Th B t h pl J d , j dg dv t Do wel l Rev. Alexander M c ,

-M ss n a n n n s o f . 2 a o f th n at . R a 1 763 Dec 7 a cre e Conestoga I di s . oo by Paxto nger in the yard

r n o f a . w d the Lancaster County j ail near the p ese t site Fulton H ll Ed ar Shippen , chief

n a . burgess , and other leadi g citizens in church at deferred Christm s services “ ” 1 6 - u a was o ff y of n 7 5 , Aug Account reached Lancaster that Lie t Fr zier cut by a bod I dians 6— act f e a a under the comm and o f Pontiac . Nov . Stamp in e f ct L nc ster County ignored it a and o as s a w h and held its Courts of !u rter Sessions public Operati ns u u l , ithout purc as

ing stamps .

— m M 1 66 F eb . 6 a a o f a . 1 68 . a 7 , L ncaster County Courts again held in defi nce the St p Act 7 y 5

“ ’ ‘ I O — m o f Lancaster citizens eulogize The Farmers Letters . 7 9 Lancaster embers the a M a committee of grievances , consisted of Ross , J cobs Jacob Carpenter . Thos . insh ll , f ai r a was of George Ross , member O the Assembly defends ag nst the repo t th t he in favor a t xing stills out of existence . His brother members of the Assembly defend his record in

a signed publication .

! ’ 1 0 1 - n n a ro 77 , June 9 Lancaster Cou ty s meeting on grievances agai st Gre t Britain and their p

nunciamento S n a . o f n . SS . . a , ig ed by committee by order the inhabita ts RO Boyd Yates L uman

. a a o f a a 2 1 Henry This is ddressed to committee Phil delphi merchants , dated July , sug - gests methods o f making non importation e ffectual .

1 2 — E n 77 ma uel Carpenter begs to be relieved from serving in Assembly , as he has done for a a several ye rs p st . but the people ignored his request and continued to elect him .

' — t . a an Sep 9 Address by the Burgesses and their ssistants of the Borough of L caster . compli

mentary to Carpenter and Ross , for their patriotic services during many past years .

1 — on a of w o f 773, June Eulogistic press notices the de th Anne Ross , ife George Ross .

“ ” 1 M — am a 1 — M a 774 , arch Parli ent p sses Boston Port Act June 5 eeting in L ncaster Court m l l i a House to express popular indignation ; call pro ulgated by “ i am Atlee . P triotic re so lves unanimously adopted and forwarded to Philadelphia committee Of correspondence ; a h mse particip nts pledge t e h es to abstain from use or sale of taxed tea .

2 8— n — r June Lancaster committee called to Philadelphia confere ce . July 9 Geo ge ROSS pre w w Pa r sides over Court House meeting , hich declares loyalty to the Cro n , but resistance to l iamentar B m 2 ra and y Oppression and sympathy with oston ovement . About $ 0 0 ised for w w arded to Boston by committee , E d ard Shippen chairman .

1 — \Vebb M E a r W July 5 George Ross , James , atthias Slough , Joseph Feree , m nuel Carpente , ill m n ia . w and M w n y a Penns l Atlee , Alex Lo ery oses Ir i , Lancaster Cou t deputies , ttend y C n a vania o vention in Phil delphia and join in call for a Colon ial Congress .

— 1 . 1 1 . of r ar 774, Aug Call for punishment Josiah and Robe t Lockh t , Lancaster dealers , for

— was l ot z and . selling tax paid tea satisfactorily explained , it a sei ed sold as smuggled imports

— . 2 . n n . O a . Sept 4 . ct 5 Conti e t l Congress , Carpenter Hall , Philadelphia

. 1 .— f Dec 5 Lancaster County Committee O Observation elected . From within present borders w : of County , those elected ere — a nca s er orou . E wa r i W en eor Ross m A K r Yea es . i l L b gh d d h , G ge , a es ebb dam . uhn a sp e S pp J , S J t W , t l i am ee A am R ei a rt i i m m H l , d g , ll a aus an , Ch ri s t ian Voght E berhard Mi chael Cha rles a ll , At W B , t , r Casper Sha ffne . Con w i — M ar i n r estoga t o nsh p t B a e. M anor t owns i — o n Kil l hafer aco Wi st l er h p J h , J b , James Ja cks . — H em fi w i Va l . ren m p el d to nsh p B e an. Man m owns i — a mue ea r e a s i an Gra ei ft. h t h p S l B , S b t - Moun J o owns i . ames Cunnin am ra a m r t y t h p J gh , Ab h F ederi ck . B a w — aco E ri sm a n a ri c H a pho to nshi p J b . P t k y . — ‘ Done a owns i ar ram a ra i e a n er owr re eri c M umma rt . g l t h p B t G lb th , Al x d L y , F d k — a rwi c owns i aco E rb e er ru . W k t h p J b , P t G bb — an ran E li z abeth townshi p H s F tz . — n er M r i n E ma i i am mi t Za ccheus E arl ownshi lexa d a t . nuel Ca r en er n ony E llma er, ll h , t p A p t , A th k W S

Davi r Rei n ohn ru a er. s , Geo ge , J B b k C — oca li co townshi p John Jones . reck n — en ami n s B ock towns hi p B j Le sl ey . Caerna — D i en i n rvon townshi p av d J k s . a is ur owns i — a mes C ems on o n it e S l b y t h p J l , J h Wh hi ll . — ea coc wns i . Davi (1 a son N a ani e i L k to h p W t , th l L ghtner. r — r a r r W as ur t owns i . E e u er M i c ae i t r St b g h p b h t G b , h l e . a m — i mer J r L peter townshi p Joh n W t . — S adsb ury t ownshi p R obert Bail ey . — i e ri ai wns i o n on om i esi es . L ttl B t n to h p J h Allt , Th a s Wh t d Drum — o r r or w a e nti re. e t o nshi p Th om s P t . Willi am M cE — a r ow re Hi e ron m H an . B t t nship Ja cob Ba . y us i ckm Co r — rs le ain townshi p Joshua An de on. Ma rt — r ss l c township John Snodg a .

— 4 - 1 . met s untv w a . 775, Jan 4 Committee at Lanca ter Co Court House . Ed ard Shippen , chairm n Deputie s chosen to General Proviucal Convention :

B ff Adam Simon Kuhn . James urd , James Clemson , Peter Grubb , Sebastian Gra , David

Jenkins , Bartram Galbraith .

‘ — M ar. o a c a a tea a 3 Charles H milton . shopkeeper , ompl ined ag inst for Selling contr ry to the ” ’ o f in a n r f a association the Cont ent l Co g ess . He disapproved O his clerk s mistake in his bsence was and exculpated .

, April 2 5— News of the Lexington fight reached Lancaster ; committee meeting April 2 7 at ’

a R ei art s E w n a n M a I . Ad m g , and d ard Shippe , ch irma , issued call for County meeting y

’ M ay I — County freemeii held th ree days sess i on ; pledged their lives and fortunes to the al l r n nd cause of the Colonies ; me ch a ts and shopkeepers offered stores of lead a powder .

’ Associators companies o rganized throughout the County by Captains Ja cob Cook ( Don a S toever o n a f W l egal ) , George Hudson . C sper ( Cocalic ) , George Null . He ry Sh e fer . il iam Paine ,

W r . M m a n houffler Ol denbruck . Philip eise , ichael Holderbaum , Leonard I mel , V le tine S , Daniel

l ‘ ’ a Co . Ph Gre aw l a . Nine companies org nize . en a t s b ttalion

M na N ew of ajor John Light , tive of York , but later long time resident Lancaster . and

a . . I st a on a a to grandf ther Of Dr John L Atlee , . served as minute man Long Isl nd ; m rched Cana

. wa s w W da returned to Ticonderoga , ith ashington through the Jersey campaigns , and at the w Yorkto n surrender .

— rifl men l dw. July I I Lancaster County raised two companies o f expert e . Lt . Co . E Hand

. a Z and . of a ( commissioned June Lt D vid iegler , Adjutant . Fr Hubley , Lancaster , ssociated ’ ri in command of Col . Thompson s battalion of fl emen

an M i . . Capts . James Ross d atthew Smith recruited Lancaster County compan es Lieut of \Vil kinson a Archibald Steele , Drumore ; James ( l ter Brig . Gen ) ; John Joseph Henry (later an rifi m n historian of the !uebec expedition d Judge ) , join the e e .

’ ! ’ — M r an July Thacher s ilitary Jou nal described H d s Lancaster County soldiers , moving

to . as r a w l S from the Hudson Boston rema kable marksm n , dressed in hite frocks , rif e hirts and

round hats and doing deadly execution to the British .

’ d e y rifl e- w Ju g Henry s narrative sa s they carried barreled guns , tomaha ks , scalping

— w u S . knives and ore ash colored h nting hirts , leggings and moccasins

’ — . 2 \Vm . a w Aug . 7 Simpson . of Captain Smith s Lanc ster company died from ounds , the first , wh war Pennsylvania soldier o fell in the Revolutionary .

’ — I o w to . w Sept . Captain Smith s company marched ith Arnold !uebec Henry follo ed them , ” — w a . ithout leave , yielding to his rambling desire s ys Hand

— ‘ M c 1 8 . Sept . Archibald Steele , John J Henry , Thomas Boyd , John Tidd , John c onkey , all

a wa to . Lancaster countians , especially detailed to scertain Indian trails and pilot the y !uebec

O . F n w ctober irst British prisoners brought to La caster , follo ed in December by others “ t for a taken by Montgomery in Canada ( among them John Andre , kep time at the Cope house ’ N M subse no w M rs. . E . a . . rebuilt , as J B ker s Grant and orth Lime Streets ) any of them

a . quently t ken to Lebanon , York and Carlisle

— l a a m . ffi rs f F . Co Oct . 2 7 O ce o irst Pennsylvani B ttalion commissioned A ong them John DeH aas o f r now n r Philip , Lancaste ( Lebano ) County ; Su geon Robert Boyd and Lieut Adam

Hubley, Jr .

’ ’ — A h e . 6 Of Nov. m old s fo rces reac ed Levis , opposite !ueb c 5 Smith s Lancaster Com ’

a . l o rf own a . pany reached Plains o f Abrah am . and C pt Smith s reports g y his chievements John ’ ' Joseph Henry discred it s -Smith s cl aims to valor and critici ses him as a bombastic skulker and

braggart .

’ v N — s fun c M s i off ov. 9 Hand regiment had at Prospe t Hill , as ; they drove the Br tish in ' ’

~ und ed w Wm . son mo rt al l wo a . their boats. Alex . Creighton y by a s ivel b ll Hamilton s distin g uished himself by cool ness and resolution ; -Bill y Burd had his eyes clo sed by the dirt knocked ” ’ n s o m e Off by a cannon ball . Later Ross s La ca ter C pany becam insubordinate and mutinous ; ' - w n Wa s a at . many court martialed and fi ed. hington irrit ted Ross s absence ithout leave

' — n n a a . B a a Dec . 9 Second Pe nsylva ia Battalion includes comp ny of C pt John risb n . of Le cock - w a . S a N ew ( who had seen service in the French Indian wa rs ) George Ross . adjut nt service in r o n a a n n n a u t at e rs Canada n 8 1 6 r Yo k . Lake Ch mpl i . i Ca ad ; fo gh Thr e Rive . . Ju e , 77 ; left Fo t a a r 2 1 and a re- in r a a B a M Ticonderog Janu y 4 . 777, m ny enlisted Thi d Pennsylv ni ; risb n died arch - - 1 1 82 2 1 a r in ol d n . 3, , aged 9 ; founded and n med Bi d Hand , from the taver near Valley Forge

— 1 6 I s M a . 77 , Jan . Continentals tormed !uebec ; ontgomery killed ; Arnold lost leg ; Lt ’

. n a s Arch Steele lost three fi gers ; Sgt . Robert Dixon . of Smith s company . killed ; also Priv te ' a M and son J mes Angelo , Alex . Elliott , Henry iller John Harris , Of Harrisburg s founder ; sur ' iv rs - r n s v o . r w \Va e surrendered . held captives until Aug 7 ; e entered se vice ith y Pennsylvania

a on n Ga . . Line ; took part in the night ttack Sharo , Hand made Lieutenant Col I st Continental

Infantry .

’ — . 1 D z a ih 9 eH aas s First B attalion rende voused at Philadelphi ; ordered to join Gates , ( Jan vadi ng Canada ; two companies met Arnold at Trois Rivieres ; entire regiment retiring assembled a at Ticonderog .

— F eb . 2 an M M aw a a a n Col . Thompson d ajor ag return to L nc ster , leaving H nd in comma d of the F i m n a ifth Pennsylvania B attalion of R fie e . They adopted their colors a deep green stand rd ’ “ ” w w N Ol O. ith a tiger in toils , stopped by an armed hunter s spear , ith the legend Domari

' ’ M — i n w 1 m N w wt h . . o arch 3 Hand s com a nd ordered to e York Sullivan s April 5 Hand ,

, . . U . colonel ordered to L I by Putnam , and remained at trecht until July

— a June I I Third Pennsylvania Battalion commanded by Col . John Shee . of Lancaster ; lso

M itfiin . and W . . to . Joseph Hubley , a captain ; Jacob eaver , ensign , ordered to N Y Gen Captured at Ft Vashin r I gt on and held as prisoners of war by the British for two yea s .

’ July I — Hand s riflemen re- enlisted and became F irst Pennsylvania Regiment of Contineu tal Line .

— D ' M a ay . a f July 4 Independence Flying C mp o militia , ordered from iddle St tes b r - f a cr an e . o y Congress to inforce N Y . Delegates officers and men from 53 b ttalions me in L to r an caster select Brigadie s General . The delegates present representing the L caster County Battalions were

l - Co , . . a R ei art . . VVirtz F a . , George Ross Lieut Col Ad m g Christ , rancis B ily

Z e . . M a . M a w Col Curtis Grubb . j Philip rstaller , James Sullivan , Lod ick i ring - E w . . M a . a . a Lieut Col Robert Thompson , j Thom s Smith . John Smith Isa c r in '

. e M W . . a , Capt Joseph Sher r Capt . James urr y , Abraham Darr illiam Leard '

. W . Col . w . a . M James Cra ford C pt James ercer , Henry Slaymaker . John hitehill - LAl exander w . CO M a . a n Lieut . Lo ry , j J mes Cunni gham . John Bealy , John Jameson - l . M . C . R u . o a dfan . a . Col . Slough Lieut Leonard g Christi n Bough Simon Snider ‘

1 . a . . C0 Peter Grubb . C pt Henry William Smith . George Ury ' — l a W Di enbau h Co M a . M M ff Lieut , Christi n egman , ichael Till ichael g . Anthony Deb j ,

- — 1 0 . Col . F . H eddricks I Vil l iam a . John erree , Lieut Col Peter , B rnet , George Little

was Col . George Ross chosen president of the meeting , and Col . David Clymer , secre

. M . and a y w tary Col . ark Bird . Col George ROSS . Capt . Sh rp Dulane ere appointed judges Of the and w . election . Daniel Roberdeau James E ing were elected brigadiers

— 8 . n o f July Dr Samuel Kuh . army surgeon , ( son of Dr . Adam Simon Kuhn .) Lancaster , ro appointed by the Council Of S a fety to be Director General Of the hospital for the N . J . p vincial troops .

y N ew . a . Pa . troops of the Fl ing Camp ordered into Upper and Eastern Jersey C pt ’ Matthia s Slough s Lancaster Battalion among the first to respo nd ; engaged in battle of Long Is u in a land ; later g arded British prisoners L ncaster and Lebanon .

“ nd . z . o f o f n . H oo fna l e a Capt . Jac Klot Lancaster , also the Flyi g Camp ! Capts Peter g ' '

w Grafi Col . n a Andre in Ross s Lancaster Cou ty B ttal ion .

' a Other Lancaster County commanders of l ocal battal ions were Cols . Bartram Galbr ith

a w u a . J mes Cra ford , Thomas Porter . John Feree , Peter Gr bb . J mes Burd . Timothy Green ; Capts ' ' Z an a l riflemen tz in r Co . Paul ge . Joshua Ev ns . Atlee s musketr battalion and Col Samuel M iles y .

M . . k a . joined the command of Gen Hugh ercer , ( illed at Princeton Jan . C pt Thos Her ’ ' ’ t was r D uff s r a ber s company aised in Leacock and Salisbury, and C apt . Abram eH in othe p rts or a s s f the county . These comm nd u ered severely in the battle Of Long I sland and had to be ” a n f consolid ted . The soldiers complai ed bitterly o f b ad usage. by the M ilita ry Department o the Colonial Cause .

1 6 s a Ma a a o f r a 77 ( At mi cellaneous d tes ) . tthi s Slough pp inted general agent o Pennsylvani c in a nd n fo r e r0 s in o n r n to secure loth g equipme t Stat t 0 p the Revo luti a y a rmy . Leadi g hotel r and a r s rom in s a s a proprieto ; public spirited citizen p t iotic o ldi er ; p inent oci l circle . His f ther ’ w as f n n built the old S an Hotel . southe t angle o Ce tre Square . Joh Grae ff built the old Sho

\Vm . n ff n . be Hotel ; and Bausma the Je ries House o E . King Street . east of the County House

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Of Arthur Patterson s four sons in the Donegal region , three served in the Revolution war and Wi on war- ary , lliam died a prison ship .

’ a r w r o f o f Gener l And e Po ter . the Drumore Porters . was one of the valiant sons Lan a on n w r n c ster County the Colo ial side in the a for I dependence .

A Lanca ster County company in the German Regiment was comm anded successively r y M n b . . at r n B an w o y Capts Geo ge and Bernard Hubley It fought T e ton . Princeton , r d ine and

mouth , and took part in the Sullivan expedition .

' n a a a ua Capt . Jac . E . Weaver raised an indepen de t comp ny in L nc ster County to g rd British prisoners ; and afterwa rds joined the Tenth Penns y lvania o f the Continental Lin e — in w w a a t ~ Col . c. S e . r an as w t . . hich ere C pts J ap , Thos Herbe t d John Steele ell as L Adam Hubley ,

r. o f n . w at r n w J , all Lancaster Cou ty They ere engaged P inceto , Bound Brook , Brandy ine , Ger mantown w , Paoli and else here .

h o f a r a w Stephen C ambers . L ncaste . comm nded a company in the T elfth Pennsylvania w r and w Continental ; and Lt . Ste art Herbe t recruited a Company for it in Salisbury to nships near

. a who was to a n n n 1 8 was w by ( Ch mbers . a delegate the Feder l Co ve tio of 7 7, ounded in a duel

i ar M a 1 1 1 8 nd . w . ae. R e a ith Dr J g . y , 7 9 . died therefrom five days later , at his home in Lancaster )

Rev of . Jas . Latta . Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church . advocated Independence from the pul pit ; accompanied the soldiers o f that communitv to camp with kn apsack and blanket and h ‘ ‘ preac ed to the troo ps .

. o f n Gen John Gibson ( father of Chief Justice John B . Gibson ) . Lancaster . e tered Colonial army war y a r e N ew w was in the and sta ed east until fte the retr at through Jersey . hen he detailed

on w w w had m . H e e a the estern frontier . ith hich he beco e familia r in the Indian wars b c me and a M a M a Judge in Allegheny County jor General of ilitia .

’ — M w w w w . 1 6 . 2 E . . 77 , Aug 5 ajor James ing stricken ith fever on L I ( Nephe of Hand s ife)

' — 1 2 . M n a f . . 776. Aug . 7 Capt iller s Lancaster Compa y eng ged in battle o Long Island Capt Steele u l M a to disting ished himself . Co . Atlee and ajor Burd captured . H nd detailed cover the

retreat .

' ’ — . aw a . y Sept . 4 Col James Cr ford s and C pt Robert Bu er s command , the Fifth Battalion of Lan Ber entown a caster County , ( Pequea Valley) at g c mp .

! 1 6 . 2 a a n M . 77 , Sept 5 James Ross promoted from C pt i to ajor

— s f f u 1 N v 1 6 . . . . o 776. o . Rev Thos Barton ( P E ) clo es his churches because the ury o the p p ” a w for n : son W a y l ce ill not tolerate his prayers the ki g His . illi m . ardentl espoused the ' Colonial cause ; Washington appointed him Territorial Judge ; the local bar wanted him for - Law Judge here ; prothonotary 1 80 3 9 .

“ — f a t N w a w r - 1 . DeH aa s o o e . e 776. Dec 8 and remnant b ttalion Germ nto n , N enlist as . return J n a i w M of Second Pennsylvania of the Contine t l L ne . together ith ajor Jas . Hamilton , Lan

caster , later resident of Charleston , S . C .

’ — l c of 1 776. Dec . 9 Cornwallis threatened descent on Philadelphia impe s Coun ils Safety to order an r Treasury and books removed to Lancaster . d powde and milita ry stores toward the s ame ' ' m M a a . direction . Capts Slough s and ercer s co p nies c lled to Philadelphia

— f a 2 . 1 1 . o Dec . 6 to Jan 3 , 777 After battles of Trenton and Princeton thousands Hessi n prisoners ‘

b a n . 1 1 at , rought to Lancaster and Leb no Jan . John Hubley authorized to employ them m a r - shoe aking . July 8. Council of S fety authorizes Lancaster County i on masters making cannon or shot fo r public purposes to be themselves exempt from military services and to ' s f w r 1 . n r o employ a prisoners . Oct . 3 After Burgoyne s urre der inc eased number prisoners — s d ea e an an r . sent to Lanca ster ar times mutinou thr t ning . d g uards inc eased

' — fl ta in t e w s h k n e r 1 . 2 s S abba o . 777, Jan Hand s ri e corp made s nd h ood at g cr ek nea Princeton , . ' two ea d asl un ton s w w N . J . , and in hours gr tly aide g successful ithdra al . by deadly fire . B s from ambush against the riti h .

M — n a n arch 7 Ha d m de a Brigadier Ge eral .

M a I z — a r . n M rch C pt He y iller promoted to be M ajor .

' M a 2 — i m M t y 5 , . . Hand s reg ent moved to . Prospect N J

Ma 2 6— a y Hessi n prisoners being hired out in Lancaster for ha rvest hands . The committee in ' wa at one er da authority limited their ges shilling p y. to prevent people outbidding each ”

. w r and w to w other They ere recommended to plough , th esh make fence as ell as ork at

the hay and grain .

June — Howe s movement upon Phil adelphia excited alarm and Lancaster notified to move relief t roops on short notice .

' un I I — was one t e r w . . J Hand s command d ove the enemy from Bruns ick , N J ; he of the firs f f w M on w . a a o o ficers to enter the to n L ter his regiment engaged in the b ttles Brandy ine , o w was . mouth , Germanto n , Paoli and others . Among its captains Thos Doude a pr minent

- - b o f a an y an 1 6 , 1 80 1 . lum er dealer Columbi ; Assembl m , 794 , and Congressman 3

u — \Vil l iam P a J ly 4 , and n o f Henry gunsmith iro monger , member the ennsylv nia Committee of Safety and efficient supporter of the Coloni al cause— given milit a ry exemption for himself — was a n was a and employees ppoi ted a Justice of the Peace . He p tron and host of Ben “ a a a and a o f jamin D vid Rittenhouse , Thom s P ine other celebrities ; De th ” ' “ w w . . . a N o . Socrates painted and P ine s tract 5 , The Crisis ritten in his house hich stood - w No 8 n 1 8 6. at here East King Street now is ; member o f the Contine tal Congress , 7 4

! ' M c a y o f n ajor John S ott . of Scott s manor recruited a comp n Little Britain yeoma ry ; m ' ' f o ed Col . Wa w and j James tson s battalion . Capt . Whiteside a lo er end o ficer ; also Cl nd nnin Color Bearer e e .

’ 1 u — w w a 777, Aug st Ho e s naval advance up the Del aware hurried Lancaster troops to ard Phil B r n me . . r w n a a d delphia Cols G eena alt . Lowery a d m rch thither ; engaged at and m w w a n a w 1 0 . Ger anto n ; hundreds of ounded survivors t ke to Ephrat , here 5 died

— . 2 w th on 2 th Sept 7 Ho e occupied Philadelphia . Congress quit there s . and 7 arrived in Lan

caster .

— . 2 one e . Sept 7 Congress held session in Lancast r , and moved on to York

1 — Oct . Council of Safety met in Lancaster and held its sessions here for nine months ; during . . w i i . \Vha rton and was a h ch t me Pres Thomas . Jr died buried in Trinity Luther n grave “ at r an yard , the polite request of the elde s d vestry.

— . I o . w t to r re Dec Gen John Gibson rote from Ft , Pit Hand that Simon Gi ty the renegade “ ports all the ) Yestern Indians taking up the tomahawk against the Americans excepting Wh f w ite Eyes and a ew Dela ares :

a f \Vhi r n Henry Slaym ker . o Paradise a vigorous g magist ate duri g the Revolution , sup i n a pressed Tory insubordination ; pres ded o e ye r as principal justice of the County Courts . n a a was His brother , John , comma ded comp ny in the field . and his son , Amos , an ensign ; — r 1 8 1 . later an Assemblyman , Senator and Cong essman , 4 5

1 — r r a w w now w 777 Henry Deering . emoved from C ooked Hill ne r Pottsto n , to hat is the est ’ i ol d VV tmer s . end of Bridge ; there kept the stone tavern , destroyed by fire some years ago Over ’ a t o a r Deering s ford and ferry passed troops . c t le . f r ge and a my supplies continuously through

ar a a a . a r f the w . Tavern was a hospit l fter P oli Here Captain V nho n . of V irginia . su fering a a ru ffians a a w w from a sh ttered limb . ttacked by marauding , sought escape by le ping from indo wa and s killed by the fall .

O . M E r a s b arracks ld Buck house at iddle and ast King Streets , erected in 75 9 ’ for F o Ft . r o f war orbes troops returning fr m . Pitt used to confine B itish prisoners during the n w h w h ' h e e sout w st f . Revolutio n . The C olonial governme t po d r ouse stores ere at t e corner o N w h a t e w \Val nut . Duke and E . James Sts . The barr cks ere at north est corner of Duke and Sts M w and ta w ro on ( site of . E . Church no ) ; the government s bles ere the brick w the opposite

side of Duke Street .

2 0 — a s son o f Ga i a a s Sept . J mes Hou ton. of John Houston . p . killed n the P oli m s acre ; his brothers , th war Daniel . John . and Thomas . fought for e Colonies throughout the .

- 1 8 I a at . w 77 . June General Hand . famed for his splendid horsemanship rrived Ft Pitt , ith

o f a o r . had xe a s n o f ars n n n and a . escort militi light h se He a mi d g rri o regul , i depe de ts militi n e an w o u He pla n d expedition against the hostile I ndians of the North est . Failure of p p r y n lar support and the controve sy o f Penns lvania and Virgi i a over their boundary line , led n him to reli quish his project .

1 — a F n l w a w r and aw t. a d June 7 Hand ddresses the Indians at . Pitt tel s the ise Del a es Sh . “ anese that before the waters are frozen there will not be an English soldier at N i agara or i Detro t , unless as prisoners .

0 — wr 1 \ il l iam r w a o f June 3 Hand ites from Ft . Pitt to C0 . V C a ford th t the elopement the rene tw F gade , Simon Girty , o negroes and others compels abandonment of the rench Creek ex edi i n p t o .

— — 2 0 2 6 o f a n a . June Council S fety returns from La c ster and Congress from York , to Philadelphia

— — — . a a a r n in July 4 Dr D vid Rams y n tive of Drumo e tow ship . Lancaster County made to the a f n r o . n Da ; habit nts Charlesto S , C the first I dependence y o ation ever delivered surgeon in

m b n . u n the army ; me ber of the S . C . legislature ; a ished by the British to St Aug sti e ; member o f the Continental Congress and president pro tem ; historian of the Revolution and biograph W ' f er of ashington ; his books inspired Lincoln s first stu dy o f history and o public men .

1 8— a w f w 77 Henry Deering takes to n house . Paroled British o ficers and their ives lodged there ; ma elaborate dra tic representations given in his brew house .

' “ — 1 8 . 1 6 VVashin ton a w f . 77 , Nov g ckno ledged Hand s disagreeable account o the attack upon Col ’ ! ’ at r r Alden s regiment Cherry Valley , and o de ed Clinton s regiments to Albany

Nov 2 0 — \Vashington directed Clinton to consul t Hand on his contemplated plans agai nst the

Indians and to protect the frontiers .

' 1 — a M a 1 b rdt s 0 . CO . Z 779 , April 5 H nd sent jor Daniel Bure a German regiment , 55 men to ebulon ’ Butler s relief at \Vyoming ; warns them to cautiously examine every thicket and hollow they

approach ; and notifies Butler .

5 ——~ . 2 n M . . w . Nov 5 Hand at Hanover , N J , movi g to orristo n

’ 1 — a W u 779 , June Sullivan s expedition rendezvoused at Sunbury to venge the yoming massacre p N ’ ew . a r w on the hostile Indians of York H nd s Light B igade , ith the third company of the new 1 h n n 1 t regime t from Lancaster . constituted t he van gu a rd o f the moveme t ; ma rched by ' W of w yoming to Tioga Point , thence to the destruction the Seneca to ns , the desolation of nd a a r a a their fields a orch rds and the mass c e of the s v ges .

1 I fi — eor e n and now the of y suddenl v 779 , July f g Ross . Sig er Judge of Court Admiralt . died of

at hl S nc . a w now gout , home in La aster He lived in a house loc ted here the Court House

‘

and was now . stands , his country home in Rossmere . its site marked by a memorial pillar

Th w a o f a c h - M e windo and door fr mes the origin l ity house are in t e Lightner iller mansion .

wa s n southeast o f North Du ke and Lemon Streets . He the foremost civil person age in La f . S on o . . . caster during the Revolutionary period Rev Dr George Ross ( P . E ) and younger

of a u a aw 1 1 brother John Ross , disting ished Philadelphi l yer ; he settled in Lancaster in 75 , ' - w . n a a 1 68 a and married Ann La lor He became ki g s prosecutor , ssemblym n , 7 74 dr fted the w n as . 1 Pe nsylvania reply to the V irginia resolutions in the Continental Congress , Sept 774 1 o f constitu Jan . , 777 ; signed the Declaration ; declined a tender money and plate from his

n m a e ents a d was a foremost member of the Co mittee of Public S f ty during the war. His

a n a and . 1 2 1 80 was . . ; son , J mes , Lt Col in the Conti ent l army died Aug . 9 , a Territorial

ui nn o f 2 . 1 . . m w Judge in Lo sa a . In a letter July 5 779 to Col Ja es Burd . from E d ard Burd , “ w s : a . was r the riter say Geo . Ross , your friend is de d He very chee ful on his death bed ; he

' e was o off a was ol w said h alm st tired before he set , but the pl ce co and that there ould be most ' del iciousl v— t a M rs s excellent wines t here and he should fare h t . Ross did not expect to ee ” . h a r on M a . was im so soon fte her . ( She died y 3 His son , George Ross , a staunch

- Ex ecutive Co uncil for . patriot and vice president o f the Supreme some time Anne , daughter d w k ns: o aw/ of da of George Ross . 3 , became the ife of James Hop i the f remost l yer his y in w c a M r . a as a . s Lancaster and preceptor of James Bu h n n D . G Eshlem n descended from ,

z Geo . d . Eli a Julianna, daughter of Ross 3

’ 2 iflemen r 1 . Y. an r a ewto wn . 779 , Aug 9 ( Sunday ) . Decisive b ttle of N . N . fought ; H d s suppo t

r a o f I n a e a mo s a nn a e . B r e ed by his b ig de . in the front the fight . di n forc s l t ihil t d ant , th ir ” n a ! R m a a wa s great captai . br vely bearing his pa rt . e ember m ss cre the cry that ' m r y ven eance on w in sti ulated the Pennsylvania t oops to blood g their eak foes , much inferior ' number . No Revolutionary event so signali z ed bv monuments and memorials as Sullivan s '

. n n expedition It retur ed to Wyomi g. Oct .

1 — N . 2 a . 779 , Dec e rly £5 0 0 0 paid to Francis Bailey . for printing for the Council of Pennsylvania u 1 Aug st 8 he had received an order fo r £5 0 0 0 drawn for arniy flou r and about Sept . 2 1 80 fo r had ob f in a n , 7 , purchases made by him . He a j printing o fice stone buildi g on the M w a m a wn a o f Ga and n o f the ax ell f r . S dsbury to ship e st p, pri ted much Continental cur ’

. renc r n . y . He published the Pennsylvania State laws down to Gove nor S yder s administration

1 80 M I — n w M w 7 , arch 3 Ha d rites Pres . Reed . from orristo n , that the army is deficient in the ” ’ “ ” — Article of Thred to mend the men s Cloths .

D — - ec Lancaster County directed to furnish 384 troo ps out of able bodied men to be raised . T i a n n s n f r was i t too h s m de ecessary because the policy of e li ti g o short terms changed , as

“ a often necessit ated calling out of the undisciplined and incompetent militi .

— m - 1 80 Col . a . of who w s F 7 S uel J Atlee , Pequea ( had been a la yer and oldier in the rench Indian w r a n n n on a was ma ars ) , after b illi nt service in the field a d lo g confi ement prison ship , de o f a y in 1 8 in 1 86 a Lieutenant L ncaster Count ; 7 3, Councillor ; 7 , Pennsylvani Commissioner - - s to a 1 82 6. . \Vil l iam t . wa ratify the Indian tre ty ; 7 5 Assemblyman His brother , A ig Atlee a 1 - 1 chairman of the Lancaster Committee of S fety ; Judge of the Supreme Court , 777 9 ; and

d o f a a nd , , subsequently Ju ge the Chester . Lanc ster . D uphin a York district . until his death

1 o f in in l aw . September 9 , 793 ; ancestor the family dist guished and medicine

— a r M f Sept H nd se ved as ember o the Court which condemned John Andre to death as a spy .

1 80 — a a r s m m 7 , July 7 H nd rrests Commissa y Aaron Norcros , at Camp Preakness , for issuing

from the public stores .

1 — and I nf n r Sept . 7 Hand his Light a t v ordered to be rear guard of a concerted movement near

Tappan , N . Y .

’ — 1 8 1 . 8 dc \Vashin on s a 7 , Jan Gen . Han alled to gt immediate aid and m de Adjutant General of

the American army .

M — r r w w w wa y e . M arch 3 P isoners of graduall mov d est ard to York and else here John iller , o f c appointed Continental Commissioner Pur hases for Lancaster County , vice Christian r m f r W z for . a o irt , suspended graft and t oubleso eness Loc l disquietude some months over

f and a n a . daring plots o prisoners to escape prev lent Southern fever among ew arrivals . C pt w u and a w h Andre Lee , disg ised as a spy , disclosed escape plot obt ined information upon hic w o f c l c four La ncaster Countians ere convicted omp i ity .

1 81 M a 2 — who 1 8 7 , y 3 Notice to those joined the troop of Light Horse to meet June , at Cross r r Keys Tavern , Lancaster . to t ansact such business as should come befo e them .

1 8 1 2 — an o f w o f 7 , June 9 Hand makes for pl revie Connecticut division and sham o f M to on n . fight at Peekskill , N . J ., test the practicability an attack a hattan Island

— M June 30 Han d angrily resents interference by !. . G . Pickering With the n ecessary pasture

of his horses .

1 8 1 1 — r o f xe u 7 , July 5 Bo ough corporation and citizens Lancaster memorialize the Supreme E c tive Council as to the perils and oppres sion o f h aving p risone rs of war and conven 60 0 w and r w n a tion troops in town . exclusive of omen child en . ith co t gious disorders raging . the markets drained of food supplies and the popula r feeling o f insecurity and danger from

insurrection and escapes .

’ 1 — t e Wa - w -s r d w Oct . 9 Hand , Adjuta n G neral to shington . at Corn allis su ren er , Yorkto n ; . i returned with army to Philadelph a .

M - n o a i f ar 1 1 82 a 2 w , 7 , y 4 Ha d ith army in S uth entered S vannah July ; Ch leston December 4,

a . o n a to P a e i 1 8 and returned from James Isl nd . S C tr nsports hil d lph a . July , 7 3.

' 1 82 — n M s a nd a se a s on a 7 , June Joh us er s house merch ndi in L nca ter seized ch rge of clandestine

traffic with British pri soners .

’ — - 1 82 e Gen . 0 0 n a t F a 7 . Jun Hazen s tr ps ordered from La c ster o ort Pitt , to operate ag inst hostile India ns ; th en returned and received the thanks of a town meeting for their good beha v i or effic1 ent i in and publ c protection while Lancaster .

— 1 82 . a n n 7 , Aug 7 H nd busily e gaged at West Poi t .

’ 1 783— Hand prepa red elaborate plan for the establishment of the office of Inspector General

U . . . 1 8 w in a a fo r S A Later in 7 5 , hen Congres s , he prep red schedule garrisoning the w r a n North estern frontier , sur endered by the British . He also pl n ed the establishment of ' n r n the Adjuta t General s depa tme t fo r \Vas hington .

1 82 N — T t o . 0 w a a f 2 0 1 8 . e 7 , v 3 Peace ith Gre t Britain concluded to t ke ef ect January , 7 3 roops 1 a to a fused pay , became mutinous . and June 8 about four score marched from L ncaster Phil a s n a delphi to obtain ju tice ; joined by insurgents there ; Congress defiant , Council co cili tory ;

mutineers marched back again .

1 8 — M a war 7 3 any Hessian prisoners rele sed after the , found employment in Lancaster County n and settled perma ently here .

1 8 M a 1 0 — a f f W 7 3, y Heredit ry order of Cincinnati est ablished by commissioned o ficers o ashing ’

. on ton s army Hand the committee to institute it .

— - 1 783,Sept . 3 H and m ade M ajor General o f Pennsylvania State troops ; 1 784 5 a Federalist M ember o f Continental Congress ; 1 785 elected to the House in the General Assembly of a Pennsylvani .

— y n Hand , a Lancaster Count delegate to the first convention to ame d the Pennsylvania Con i sti tut on. r w W n s . 1 1 Presidential electo in college hich elected ashington u animou ly 79 , M 2 1 — n f a arch Appointed by \ Vashi gton Inspetor o f Revenue or Pennsylv nia .

1 l fa — n a i t a hm n of a e on to be 794, y Pe nsylv n a mili ia det c e t c ll d ready to aid suppressing ’ w M two bri adesm the hiskey rebellion . ajor General Hand s division comprised g second

o f 82 2 f 6. made up men from the County of York . County o Lancaster , 75 These troops w w ere to be raised to help quell the hiskey insurrection .

— w n n of Sept M r. Ross as o e of the Commissio ers to restore peace at the conclusion and quelling

the whiskey insurrection .

— 1 . 2 Miffiin ntendin 794, Sept 7 The Governor . Thomas , g to go to Carlisle next day , expressed a w r n -of a his satisf ction ith the ma k and appeara ce the detachments of cavalry , rtillery and

infantry . which had reached the Borough o f Lancaster . The Governor continuing says “ ” To the militia of Lancaster County in particular returns his best wishes for the spirit and “ n alacrity with which they are preparing to en gage for a . purpose so interesti g and so ” honest to freemen .

“ — . 8 in . 9 Hand appointed Major General the U S Provisional Army .

1 8 — war w o E x- 79 , July 3 Anticipating ith France , President John Adams app inted President “ ” a f m W Washington Lieutenant General and Comm nder in Chief o al l ar ies to be raised . ash a w wa s ingt on proposed an army organiz tion in hich Hand his choice for Adjutant General .

— 1 80 2 . n a a and , Sept 3 Hand died at Rockford ( See Ha d gene logy . p ge 3) buried in the grave f had n o w a . yard of St . James P . E . church hich longtime he bee a member and vestrym n

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CHORUS Star Spangled Bann er SCHOOL CHI LDREN

s rea min ra i an i Forever m ay thy t g d t l ght , AM E RICA . ’ O er al l the ea rth i n s plen dor glea m ; ’ r d an d w i e M coun ry ti s of th ee. A nd si de by si de hy s ri es of e h t , y t , t t p of i er i mi n e ra s i n ea u y stream : Sweet l and l b ty , W th gl d y b t t o e Of thee I si ng ; The red that s pea ks of courage d fy

a ers i e , n r ome and uni ; Lan d where my f th d d All foes of cou t y , h ty ’ e i i lgri ms ri d , h w i e for uri a nd aim so , Land of the p p T e h t p ty , h gh ’ in si e . From ev ry mount a d The blue fideli ty

C orus . L et freedom ri ng ! h

n r ee M y native cou t y th , ree Lan d of the noble f , hy name I l o e ; T v TH E AM E RICAN HYM N . d ri s I love thy rock an ll , and t em e i s ; R u i c 0 a er on i ! Thy wood s pl d h ll Speed our ep bl , F th h gh re ri s i and ri M y heart wi th rapt u th ll Lea d us i n pa thway s of j us t ce ght ; “ ” o e . h ru e One and a l l . i ke ha ab Rulers as well a s t e l d , L t t v . ar mor of mi t ! G irdl e wi th vi rtue t. h e gh - ' th e ree e , oun r an d fl ag L et musi c swell b z Hai l !th ree times hai l to our c t y “ l the t rees , One a nd al l d ri ng from al R l rs a s well a s the ruled . , An u e , ’ m s son ; f mi ! Sweet f reedo g Gi rdle wi th vi rtue the armor o ght n ues a wa ke ; un r and fl a g ! L et morta l to g Hai l th ree ti mes to our co t y , r a e a rt ake ; L et al l tha t b e th p a i r si ence b re k , t roc s e om t o s an , L e k th l Foremost i n b attle for freed t d soun rolong . ' i ts ca The d p W e rush t o arms wh en a roused by ll ; n l ed re w en eor e Washi ngt o , S i ll as of yo , h G g ’ t to ee , fa hers God , h n uer or a ! Our t t Thunders our wa r cry : W e co ! f ll i er fl a ! Auth or of l b ty , ai t o our coun r and g H ail l . th ree ti mes h l t y we si n d T o th ee g eor e ashi n gt on l e . of ore w en W Sti ll a s y , h G g n b e ri Long may our l a d b ght con uer or a ! Thunders our war cry : W e ! f ll ’ o i t ; i h freedom s h ly l gh ur coun r and fl ag ! W t Hai l th ree times hai l to o t y mi t , P rotect u s b y thy gh . God our Ki n ! Great , g

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M a i H n r t f i roun on e d a i ll , a lo g s t e ch o h gh g d the sout an of the Cones o a e ween E n e h b k t g , b t gl ’ si e and th ol d R ei a rt s an i n a es i ts name d e g L d g , t k from a rare and beautiful pla nt of the pri mrose r The fl ora f L ancas fami ly tha t i s found he e. o ter county i s ri ch and va ri ed and the banks of the in th Cones oga a e s ce e days of Muhlenberg, t h v , “ had ei r c a rm for the o ani s . The M eadi a th h b t t , w i i m the name by hich t s com only known here,

m un i n enn ani a r i s seldo fo d P sylv . The e seems to b e not more than two or th ree loca li ti es of sma en i n anca s er coun w r i t r ws ll ext t L t ty he e g o . The name of the genus to whi ch the plant belongs i s Do eca eon we e o s a anci u name d th ( t lv g d ) , f f l r from the Greek s , a s G a y sa ys of i t . There i s b ut one eci es w i c i t name i n onor of M ea e sp , h h d h d , and i s a s a a in a ec i ve ecomes a wor th , L t dj t , b d f our s a es ou i n E n i s we ma i t o f yll bl , th gh gl h ke

“ but ree usi n the a ecti e as a noun . O er th , g dj v th am s for it ar the meri can Cows i th n e e A l p , e Shoot i n a r and the ri e of O io. g St , P d h

F or the Wi ld Columbi ne ( A!uilegi a Cana den si s of the crow oo ami ere wa s no a ce ) f t f ly , th pl wi thi n many mi les t o b e compared wi th I ndi a n c I w a w - nown Ro k . t as the wonder plant of th t ell k loca li ty i n the la e s ri ng and ea rly summer wit h t p , i t s a r n i fl w r i n a rr~ l ge odd ng o e s k se ls , i nk , s u , p p p p

ed e a s of unusua orm and ea r of o . p t l l f , h t g ld It r w i s mo e sh o y and more b ea uti ful than th e M ea di a . One of my most delightful schoolboy recollecti ons ‘of s ixt y and m ore y ears ago i s cl a mberi ng a bou t o er i s rea roc on ea r une morni n s to v th g t k ly J g , a er rom i t s c e s wet wi d ew the fines g th f l ft , th , t oom and t he res est for the es of a rare bl f h , d k th t eac r of o an one of the mos i ns i ri n t he b t y , t p g o ers of na ure I a e e er nown wh o au l v t h v v k , t ght on the Du ree i i n ose fa r-off a s ke St t h ll th d y , r Howard Worcest er Gi lbe t . — D r P M a . j . . cC skey .

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R w er enera H an i e d urin hi ci i his ro essiona an h oc ford, e G l d l d s l , f l d is military career and where he k h v g v p , died is an es a e oca ed in es Lam e er owns i near the sou eas ern wa rd s of ancas er e ow w a ha , t t l t W t p t T h p, th t L t . b l h t s been

w h l c or firs i en woo en and a er cor on the e and w no n as t e O d Fa t y t s l , th l l t ) , l ft lo er ban o f the Cone sto a ri er k ( k k k g v , ! and on a bl ufi o e r oo in the wa er reac e b a narrow and ictures ue u ic roa . i iamson Par a rac v l k g t , h d y p ! p bl d W ll k, t t

a v r th munificent i of He nr S . i iamson to the i of a of ne rly se enty ac es, e ft y ll C ty nc aster ad oins it and includ es g W L , j “ R w c the an a e has een as ene — its er e ua ro ec io n ndian oc on i H d t bl t b f t d t l t t bein thus se cured . I k, h h p p p g ' H n i rac b a d ee a e u 1 4 1 8 1 0 recor e Fe ruar an s eirs co e e s . 6 18 1 3 Boo No . 4 a e d h v y d th t t, y dd t d J ly , d d b y , ( k , p g ! ' for to i iam Mon omer . ere is no recor ed con e ance out rom him no s eriffs dee or es a W ll tg y Th d v y f , h d t t

r ms from the reci a s of a er d e — mentary disposition of the p ope rty. It see t l lat ed to Christian Kieffer one time Mayor

of anc as er a Mon omer ie in es ate and his o er c i d re n a ree to es the i e in ar in eir niece L t th t tg y d d t t th h l g d v t t tl p t th .

d R w O anie R . H as oc . St e rans erre r Fi elia . VanD ke then ife f D l l t f d , il I . 1 846, b her trustee, ohn L. tlee. y , k Ap y J A

K e ffer for the rac e n co n ainin ac res. H e i n urn con e e t M . D. to H on. C ris ian i o , h t , t t th t g . t . v y d

Mes ac Rockafiel d who conve e to ames E ans. H is wi c arrie it to his ne ew Rober A and his e ec u or h h , y d J v ll d ph , t x t

Kindi . The area of the e a h r so d it to the resen owner eor e F . s e as c on in ued at ab ou H O ac es a nd ro u l p t , G g g t t t t , th gh ra e a t r im w v e has ee n , a o a e al l these changes of o nership its alu b t d pp x t ly . ' H an s si na ure c ear cut on the window ane wi a ia mond ri n se in is l ainl v isib e and the ee d g t , l ly p th d g tt g , p v l ; d p ' i d ea h ave een oin e V c rimson stainsof young John H and s trag c th b p t d out for y ears to c uri ous isi to rs.

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