5th Regiment - Captured at Ft Washington

The following list of the names of Chester County officers and men in the 5th Regiment of the PA line, commanded by Colonel Robert Magaw, and captured at Ft. Washington, 11-16-1776, is copied from a communication in the Evening Bulletin, of Philadelphia, of Sept 30, 1873.

• Lieutenant
  • John Richardson

  • John Rudolph

  • Robert Wilkins - from Chester County

• Sergeants
  • Thomas Fields

  • Samuel Shaw

  • James Wilson

• Privates from Chester
  • Robert Glass

  • John McGilton

  • Charles Magee

  • Timothy Moriarty

  • Joseph Wallker

  • Arthur White

• Privates from Darby
  • Arthur Cook

  • Jonathan Earle

  • Dennis Kelley

  • Michael Ligan

  • John Moore

  • John Poplin

  • John Robinson

• Rank not Specified
  • John Porter

  • Ezekiel Poplin

• Died in Prison
  • Thomas Pendergrass

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This page updated on February 15, 2009