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A Muster Roll of Capt Jas . Stewarts Company in the Fifth New York Regiment of Foot in the Service of the United States Commanded by Coll Lewis Dubois

November 21 st 1776	Capt Ja s Stewart
November 21 st 1776	1 st Lieut J no Burnett
November 21 st 1776	2 Lieut Alex r McArthur
November 21 st 1776	Ensign John McClaughrey

No	Sergeants	Appointed	Three Years	During War	Remarks
1	Will m Beard	Dec r 15 1776		War
2	Tho s Kendrick	Jan y 1 1777	3 years
	John Tryon	Jan y 1	Do
	Corporals
1	John Lovett	Jan y 2` 1777		War
2	John West	Do 21		Do
3	James Mitchall	Do 25		Do
4	Robt Patrick	May 10 th		Do
	Drum & Fife
1	John Mackee	Jan y 1 1777
2	Isaac Sampson	May 24		Do
No	Privates	Inlisted	Three years	During War	Remarks
1	James Amerman	Dec r 1 st 1776	3 years		On duty
2	Will m Bentley	Do 26		War	Sick
3	Ja s Keeler	Do 20		Do	On Duty
4	John Young	Jan y 1, 1777		Do	Sick in Qr
5	Lewis Frazer	Do 1 st		Do
6	Frs Cutting	Do 1 st		Do	On Com d
7	John Conklin	Do 1 st		Do	On Duty
8	John Read	Do 1 st		Do	On Com d
9	Abra m Kipp	Do 1 st		Do	On Duty
10	Rob t Marshall	Do 1 st		Do	D D
11	Jam s Muntieth	Do 1 st		Do
12	Jer Ricker	Do 1 st		Do
13	Jacob Lawrence	Do 1 st		Do
14	Walter Brooker	Do 1 st		Do
15	Josh h Smith	Do 1 st		Do	On Duty
16	Michal Prime	Do 1 st		Do
17	Ja s Fitzgibbons	Do 1 st		Do
18	Dan l Egbert	Do 1 st		Do
19	Peter Christian	Do 1 st		Do
20	Will m Carigan	Jan y 1 st		War	On Com d
21	Will m Metcalf	Do 1 st		Do
22	Dan l Orr	Do 1 st		Do
23	Arch l Thomson	Do 1 st		Do	Sick in
24	Ja s McDonnel	Do 1 st		Do
25	John McKee	Do 1 st		Do	On Com d
26	John Stanly	Do 17 th		3 yr	D D
27	Patrick Morrow	Do 23		3 yrs	D D
28	Benj n Tomlison	Do 24		Do
29	Love Olive	Feb y 2		Do	Sick on Zr
30	Sam l Hopper	Do 5 th	3 yrs
31	Tho s Crawford	Do 6		Do
32	Rob t Robinson	Do 11		Do
33	Denis Kennedy	Do 13			On Com d
34	Joseph McKee	Do 16		Do	D D
35	George Hasbrook	Do 21		Do
36	Will m Ivory	March 8 th		Do
37	Jam s Umphrey	March 10 th		Do
38	Joseph Reeder	Do 10		Do
39	George Springsted	March 18 th		War
40	Thomas Russell	Do 22		Do
41	John Hunt	Do 24		Do
42	Edward Tellent	Do 25		Do
43	Conrad Connight	Do 25		Do	On Com d
44	John Brown	Do 26		Do
45	Dan l Carigan	Ap l 1 st		Do
46	Fulker Dow	Do 10		Do
47	James Gillaspy	Do 24		Do
48	Jno Albright	May 7 th		Do
49	Benj n Rea	Do 13	3 yrs
50	John Ivory	Do 14	Do
51	John Stump	Do 15		Do
	Deserted
52	Benj n Thorn	Feb y 7 th			March 1
53	Will m Goldin	Jan y 1 st			Do
54	J no Elicer	Do 4 th			Jan y 4
55	Nath l Howell	Do 1			Do 6
56	Lem Mosier Smith	Jan y 24			Do 26
57	Will m Douglas	Do 1 st			Do 28
58	J no Mungomery	July 27			July 27
	Deceased
59	Thos Ingram	Dec r 1			Feb y 18, 1777
60	Moses McClure	Do Do			March
61	Michael McKeny	Do			Feb y
62	J no Cosgrove	Do Do			March

July 1 st 1777 Mustered then Capt n Jas s Stewarts Company as specified in the above Roll

Henry Rutgers Junr, D M.Master

	Capt n	Lieut	Ensign	Serjts	Corp l s	Drum	Fifer	Privates
Present	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	30
Absent					1	1	1	20
Total	1	2	1	3	4	1	1	50

We do swear that the Within Roll is a true state of the Company Without Fraud to these United States or to any Individual According to our Best Knowledge.

Sworn Before Me this 11 th Day of July 1777.

Geo.Clinton Brig r Gen l James Stewart Capt, Alex McArthur Lieut.

Source: Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783, Series M 246, Roll 72, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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