Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  Jan 1776   Ensign   5th Pennsylvania Battalion         McGaw's Company
 
  27 Aug 1776   Ensign   5th Pennsylvania Battalion   Long Island     McGaw's Company
 
  12 Oct 1776   Second Lieutenant   5th Pennsylvania Battalion         McGaw's Company
 
  16 Nov 1776   Second Lieutenant   5th Pennsylvania Battalion   Fort Washington     McGaw's Company; POW
 
  May 1778   Second Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment         Exchanged; Deranged
 
  Apr - Oct 1779   First Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Campaign, 1779    
 
  10 Apr 1779   First Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment         To Rank From 15 Feb 1777
 
  1 Oct 1779   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander, 10th Company  
 
  Dec 1779 - Jun 1780   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1779   Commander, 10th Company  
 
  Apr - Oct 1780   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Jersey Summer Campaign   Commander, 10th Company  
 
  16 Apr 1780   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   New Bridge / Paramus, NJ   Commander, 10th Company  
 
  21 Jul 1780   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Blockhouse - Bergen Heights   Commander, 10th Company  
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Captain Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780    
 
  Dec 1780 - Jun 1781   Captain Lieutenant   6th Pennsylvania Regiment   Morristown Encampment, 1780   Commander, 10th Company  
 
  17 Jan 1781   Captain Lieutenant   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment       Adjutant  
 
  15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Southern Campaign    
 
  10 Jun 1781   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment       Company Commander  
 
  6-17 Oct 1781   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Yorktown   Company Commander  
 
  Nov 1781 - Nov 1783   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment   Philadelphia, PA Area, Garrison Duty    
 
  1 Jan 1783   Captain   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment         Retired
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  1784   1786   Justice of the Peace, Philadelphia, PA  
 
  1786   1791   Coroner, Bucks County, PA  
 
  10 October 1796   4 December 1797   Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Bucks County, PA  
 
  January 1800   February 1800   Elector, Philadelphia, PA  
 
  7 December 1801   3 March 1805   Congressman, Washington, D.C.   United States Congress, Seventh & Eighth Sessions; Bucks, Montgomery, Wayne, & Northampton Counties
 

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