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	American Revolution Battle of Bound Brook
		The three-day event will celebrate the events of April 13, 1777, in particular the Battle of Bound Brook, in a manner that will educate and entertain the general public to give them a better understanding of life in Somerset County, the Crossroads of the Revolution.
		Crafts and antiques for shoppers, and food will be available in Bound Brook proper, as well as quilting, demonstrations of colonial crafts and domestic skills, and Native American living history.
		The premier event takes place on Saturday, April 13th at locations in and around Bound Brook: the neighborhood of the Van Horne House on Main Street (at Commerce Bank Ballpark) in Bridgewater, including Tea Street in Bound Brook; downtown Bound Brook; and the Abraham Staats House in South Bound Brook.
	www.njskylands.com /somerset225.htm (1407 words)

	American Revolution Battle of Bound Brook
		Among the battles and skirmishes to take place in New Jersey during the War of Independence, the Battle of Bound Brook was an early, though not crushing, defeat on the record of the Continental Army in New Jersey.
		Under attack by three columns, with the fourth arriving late, the American rebel garrison at Bound Brook was routed by the attack of Cornwallis' troops and Scottish highlander and Hessian mercenaries.
		From the heights above the flats of Bound Brook, and along the Watchung ridge, commanding views east and southeast to old Elizabethtown and the Amboys, were available; similarly to the south and southwest to New Brunswick and Princeton.
	www.njskylands.com /hsBoundBrook.htm (1182 words)

	Courier News Battle of Bound Brook
		The day-long event Saturday in Bridgewater, Bound Brook and South Bound Brook commemorates the 225th anniversary of the Battle of Bound Brook.
		Three cannons on the front lawn were captured by British troops during the Battle of Bound Brook.
		The event was organized by the Heritage Trail Association in cooperation with the Friends of the Abraham Staats House, the Bound Brook Community Development Association, Emil Skocypec of the Hendrick Fisher House and the Business Partnership of Somerset County.
	www.injersey.com /c-n/battle (776 words)

	American Revolution Battle of Bound Brook
		The British never consolidated their gains after the Battle of Bound Brook, preferring to withdraw to New Brunswick after their avenging strike.
		Under attack by three columns, with the fourth arriving late, the American rebel garrison at Bound Brook was routed by the attack of Cornwallis' troops and Scottish highlander and Hessian mercenaries.
		From the heights above the flats of Bound Brook, and along the Watchung ridge, commanding views east and southeast to old Elizabethtown and the Amboys, were available; similarly to the south and southwest to New Brunswick and Princeton.
	www.njskylands.com /hsBoundBrook.htm (776 words)

	American Revolution Battle of Bound Brook
		Among the battles and skirmishes to take place in New Jersey during the War of Independence, the Battle of Bound Brook was an early, though not crushing, defeat on the record of the Continental Army in New Jersey.
		Much of what is known of the Battle of Bound Brook comes to us from the diary of Johann Ewald, a Hessian in the service of the British.
		The British never consolidated their gains after the Battle of Bound Brook, preferring to withdraw to New Brunswick after their avenging strike.
	www.njskylands.com /hsBoundBrook.htm (1182 words)

	THE CONTINENTAL LINE, MILITIA, AND STATE TROOPS
		Placed in the division of the American army under the command of Major-General Adam Stephen, of Virginia, the brigade in May was encamped at Elizabethtown, Bound Brook, and Rahway, a portion of the brigade taking part in the battle of the Brandywine, finally encamping at Germantown after desultory fighting in the Schuylkill Valley.
		During the battle of Germantown the New Jersey brigade, with a brigade from North Carolina, formed the corps de reserve and left wing of the American army, commanded by Major-General William Alexander.
		For the purpose of effectively supporting the military establishment a sum of œ10,000 was directed to be raised at once by the several counties of the colony.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/nj/state1/continental_line.htm (3419 words)

	Historical Background
		Williams led the unit in patrol actions in New Jersey during the spring and summer, including an engagement at Bound Brook on April 11 or 12 and a skirmish at Amboy on April 25 in which one officer was killed.
		At the Battle of Brandywine on Sept. 11, 1777, the regiment was part of the force guarding Chadds Ford until the British diversionary force stormed across the creek and compelled Wayne's Division to withdraw.
		It sustained casualties at Paoli on Sept. 21, including one officer killed, and at the Battle of Germantown it was the left flank of the American troops attacking the British center that was mistakenly fired on by other American troops.
	www.2ndpa-43rdfoot.com /history.html (1919 words)

	battles
		April 14, 1777: The Battle of Bound Brook
		January 2, 1777: The Second Battle of Trenton
		June 6, 1780: The Battle of Connecticut Farms
	www.dtsk8.org /faculty/faculty_in_news/Mrs.Roksvaag/battles.html (74 words)

	George Rogers Clark - siblings
		As soon as his health permitted, he returned to the army under Washington, then at Bound Brook encampment, and with the Eighth Virginia Regiment, in the brigade of General Charles Scott, participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and aided in breaking the British right wing in the latter battle.
		He was also in the battle of Monmouth in 1778, and in 1779 served with great distinction in the surprise of the enemy at Paulus Hook, on which important occasion he was second in command, having been previously promoted to be a major by congress.
		One hundred and fifty-nine of the enemy were captured in this affair, with a loss to the Americans of only two killed and three wounded.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/resources/brossisters.html (74 words)

	2d Pennsylvania Regiment
		Williams led the unit in patrol actions in New Jersey during the spring and summer, including an engagement at Bound Brook on April 11 or 12 and a skirmish at Amboy on April 25 in which one officer was killed.
		At the Battle of Brandywine on Sept. 11, 1777, the regiment was part of the force guarding Chadds Ford until the British diversionary force stormed across the creek and compelled Wayne's Division to withdraw.
		Essentially, the old Second Pennsylvania ceased to exist before the final campaign in Virginia and South Carolina, although former members of the regiment were battle casualties at Green Springs on July 6 and Yorktown in October.
	www.myrevolutionarywar.com /states/pa/pa-02.htm (1570 words)

	ClickTown Bridgewater, New Jersey
		It was the site of numerous important events during the Revolutionary War including a portion of the fighting during the Battle of Bound Brook.
		Produces the "Jazz in Bridgewater" Concert Series and Jazz Weekend and hosts concert performances by The Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra (classical and pops music) and the WDVR Radio-sponsored "Heartlands Hayride" concert series (country, folk and gospel music), in cooperation with the Vo-Tech Schools Foundation.
		Library on New Jersey & Somerset County operated by Somerset County Historical Society.
	www.clicktown.com /town/NJ/Bridgewater/arts (272 words)

	Ancestry of Nancy Ann Norman - aqwg21
		Some member of the family was given the Mamor of Leeds, probably as a reward for service rendered William I in Battle.
		Caulkins, p335, p336: "John Leeds of Staplehowe, in Kent, Old England, was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Cary Latham, June 25th, 1678." "John Leeds is first introduced to use in 1674, as a mariner, commander of the Success, bound for Nevis.
		both sides of the river or creek which Stoney Brook runs into, with house and
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~nanc/nanorman/aqwg21.htm (272 words)

	Thomas Tingey Craven, Rear Admiral, United States Navy
		Henry Smith, another son of Thomas Tingey, civil engineer, born in Bound Brook, New Jersey, 14 October 1845, studied in St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, and later in the scientific department of Hobart, but was not graduated, as he entered the army shortly before the close of the civil war.
		His brother was Commander Tunius Augustus Macdonough Craven, killed commanding the USS Tecumseh at the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
		Thomas Tingey Craven was born at Washington, D.C., 20 December 1808, the son of Tunis and Hannah (Tingey) Craven.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /ttcraven.htm (272 words)

	Isaac Baldwin - Early Chemung County, Pioneer
		They served all through the Revolutionary war; were in the battle of Bound Brook, at Milestone, in the Hartley campaign in 1778, the Sullivan campaign in 1779, and in several other important actions, and ended active service at Yorktown in 1781, assisting at the capture of Cornwallis and his army."
		Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania Massacre, scene of one of the great tragedies during the Revolution, a British sponsored Indian massacre of civilians, is near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, about 80 miles south of Chemung, New York, where the family migrated after the war.
		"The Elmira Advertiser says she was taken prisoner by the Indians at the Massacre of Wyoming, in 1778, at the age of sixteen, shaved, painted, and sent on foot, over the mountains and through the swamps, to the Delaware, at Easton.
	members.aol.com /ntgen/baldwin/isaac_blwn.html (272 words)

	Upton Sinclair
		Sinclair died on Nov. 25, 1968 in Bound Brook, N.J., and is buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Sinclair’s memory is kept alive in Southern California through an annual Upton Sinclair Award dinner honoring social activists.
		His grandfather and great-grandfather had distinguished naval careers (great-grandfather Commodore Arthur Sinclair fought in the first American naval battle of the Revolution).
		George Creel, who opposed Sinclair in the Democratic primary, said of him: "Starry-eyed and ecstatic, he believed as implicitly in his nostrums as Peter the Hermit in the validity of the Children’s Crusade." In the end, not even President Roosevelt, the nation’s No. 1 Democrat, endorsed Sinclair.
	www.socalhistory.org /Biographies/upton_sinclair.htm (272 words)

	Piano Performances By Amber Green - Piano - Basking Ridge, NJ - Somerset County, New Jersey
		Please note, in addition to Basking Ridge, Piano Performances By Amber Green also serves the surrounding towns of Millington, Bernardsville, Stirling, Bedminster, Gillette, Warren, Far Hills, Martinsville, New Vernon, Berkeley Heights, Gladstone, Plainfield, Watchung, Bound Brook, Bridgewater, Dunellen, Green Village, Greendell, Johnsonburg, Mendham and many other locations in and around the Basking Ridge area.
		She is currently performing as a private pianist as the proprietor of Piano Performances by Amber Green which is licensed by the State of NJ.
		Please remember, if you do not own a Gigmasters Professional Membership and you book Gigmasters entertainment for your event, you will be charged a nominal 5% ($20 minimum) finder's fee.
	www.gigmasters.com /classical/PianoAG (1008 words)

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