Patriot Stories

An extraordinary personality in Morris County during the Revolution was Reverend Jacob Green, Pastor of the East Hanover Presbyterian Church from 1746 to 1790. Besides managing his church and its…

In his pension testimony (number S18661), Isaac Wilson (DAR ancestor A127360), told a grueling tale of being taken prisoner for years, but his story has a happy ending in that…

In this Soldiers’ Story, we honor the families who served together in the Revolution. Often brothers or cousins of the same generation served at the same time. Sometimes fathers and…

This story of Revolutionary War soldier Timothy Meeker and his family from Essex and Morris Counties is so incredible that it was picked up by none other than Ripley’s Believe…

 Dragoons were an important Revolutionary War military role that has long since disappeared. These were hybrid soldiers, trained to fight on foot as infantry, and also on horseback as…

Holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day are a great time to think about America’s first veterans, the soldiers of the American Revolution. For them, the struggle was not…

Cudjo Banquante was from a royal family in Ghana (Gold Coast, Africa), who was captured and forced into slavery in the Colonies. Cudjo was bought by Benjamin Coe (ca. 1702-1788)…

Not all casualties of war are inflicted by the enemy. This is a story of how our own Continental soldiers attacked and killed one of their own officers. It happened…

This is a sampling of houses in Morris County that were occupied by Revolutionary War soldiers and remain standing today, as well as a few other houses of the area…

The story of William Mead, as told in his pension testimony (S31860), is a swashbuckling story of a man with major wanderlust and an incredible survival instinct. Mead was born…

If you like James Bond, then you’ll love this story about Lebbeus Dod (DAR Ancestor A032744), Morris County’s own Revolutionary War–era “Q” character. Besides having an awesomely cool name, Lebbeus…