. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. e his allegiance tothe Whigs, although he escaped capture. Of thechaplains Rev. Thomas Bartow had held a likeposition during the French and Indian War,while Rev. Charles Inglis, rector of TrinityChurch, New York, and later Bishop of NovaScotia, became first colonial bishop of the Churchof England. Captains Peter Campbell and Charles Harison were Trentonians, Captain Richard Cray-ford was probably from the County of Cumber-land, while Captain William Chandler was theson of the Episcopal rector of Elizabethtown,Rev. Thomas B
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. e his allegiance tothe Whigs, although he escaped capture. Of thechaplains Rev. Thomas Bartow had held a likeposition during the French and Indian War,while Rev. Charles Inglis, rector of TrinityChurch, New York, and later Bishop of NovaScotia, became first colonial bishop of the Churchof England. Captains Peter Campbell and Charles Harison were Trentonians, Captain Richard Cray-ford was probably from the County of Cumber-land, while Captain William Chandler was theson of the Episcopal rector of Elizabethtown,Rev. Thomas B. Chandler, From Middle-town, Monmouth County, came Captain JosephCrowell, while the notorious Captain CorneliusHatfield, Jr., of Elizabethtown, only escapedpunishment for murder by reason of the terms [Vol. 2] ChsTiefi Inglit, 6. in Ireiand iu 1734; licensed to praao)i1758; missionary at Dover, Del., 1759 to 1765; assiatantrector of Trinity Church, New York, 1765 to 177(5; rector ofthat church 1777: first Bishop of Xora Scotia 1787: »Halifax. Feb. ^4. 98 NEW JERSEY AS A OOL of the treaty of peace of 1783. As early as July2, 1776, Captain Joseph Lee, after capture, wasordered to be confined in the common jail atTrenton, as were Captains John Longstreet andBartholemew Thatcher. Captain Samuel Ryer-son, of Pompton Plains, Captain John Taylor, ofAmboy, and Captain Jacob Van Buskirk, son ofLieutenant-Colonel Abraham Van Buskirk, ofBergen County, were among the New Jerseymenholding that office. Among the names of lieutenants appears thatof the brave but vengeful James Brittain. Evena more conspicuous oflflcer was James Moody,who, previous to the declaration of war, was afarmer. A man of decided views, he early es-poused the loyalist cause, which led him into con-stant conflict with his Whig-sympathizing neigh-bors. Joining the provincial regiment, he be-came a lieutenant in 1781, possibly as a tardyreward for his military services, which were ofthe most unsavory char
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