Citizens who joined the British Army in 1778

The following individuals are reported in the June 17, 1778 edition of the Pennsylvania Packet as having joined the British Army and were therefore proclaimed traitors to the United States. Some, but not all, had Quaker ancestry or were Quakers themselves.

• Now or Late from the City of Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)
  • James Inglis, trader

  • Robert Coupar, trader

  • Carpenter Wharton, late Commissary

  • John Chevalier, merchant

  • James Club, mariner

  • Benjamin Towne, printer

  • James Smither, engraver

  • Joel Evans, merchant

  • Anthony Yeldall, surgeon

  • William Morris, mariner, late constable

  • John Cunningham, innkeeper

  • William Taylor, silversmith

  • Frederick Verner, yeoman

  • Arthur Thomas, junior, hatter

  • Samuel Garrigues, junior, trader

  • Joseph Stansbury, dealer in earthen ware

  • John Bray, school master, late constable

  • Ross Curry, gentleman, late Lieutenant in the service of the American States

  • John Johnston, coach maker

  • John Airey, late of the post office

  • John Hales, stable keeper

  • Dunnin Irwin, trader

  • John Pike, dancing master

  • John Palmer, mason

  • James Craig, rope maker and merchant

  • John Henderson, mariner

  • James Fisher, trader

  • Hugh Henry, peruke maker

  • Jacob Mayer, peruke maker

  • Isaac Wharton, merchant

  • Benjamin Gibbs, merchant

  • James Gregson, button maker

  • Thomas Bramball, button maker

  • Samuel Jeffreys, watch maker

  • Michael Conner, merchant

  • Robert Loosley, shoemaker

  • Henry Jouken, trader

  • Henry Welsling, shoemaker

  • Robert Dove, leather cutter

• Now or late of the Northern Liberties Township (Philadelphia County)
  • William Williams, ship wright

  • Lawrence Fagan, tavern keeper

  • John Brown, distiller

  • William Taylor, ship wright

• Now or Late of the District of Southwark (Philadelphia County)
  • David Gregory, mariner

  • John Tolly, mariner

  • David Thompson, shipwright

  • Charles Moran, shipwright

• Now or Late of the Township of Passyunk (Philadelphia County)

  • John Buckingham, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Blockley (Philadelphia County)

  • Joseph Bolton, joiner

  • John Butcher, husbandman

• Now or Late of Germantown Township (Philadelphia County)

  • Peter Saur, printer

• Now or Late of the Township of Whitpain (Philadelphia County)

  • Stephen Styer, yeoman

• Now or Late of the Township of Haycock (Bucks County)
  • Joel Bryan, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Township of Plumstead (Bucks County)
  • George Burns, weaver

  • Joseph Dean, labourer

  • Isaac Mitchener, labourer

  • John Rodgers, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Buckingham (Bucks County)
  • Hugh Linden, school master

  • Robert Coley, junior, saddler

  • William Fell, weaver

  • Jon Hill, limeburner

  • Dennis Easton, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Solebury (Bucks County)

  • Henry Dennis, shipwright

  • John Dennis, wheelwright

  • John Howell, labourer

  • Mordecai Balderstone, weaver

  • Uriah Lindy, labourer

  • William Brown, cooper

  • Jeremiah Hendrickson, labourer

  • James McMullen, labourer

  • Thomas Featherby, miller

  • William Skelton, labourer

  • Levy Kennett, labourer

  • John Cable labourer

  • Ephraim Williams, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Upper Makefield (Bucks County)
  • Joseph Canby, labourer

  • Thomas Canby, blacksmith

  • Samuel Burrowes, labourer

  • John Harvey, labourer

  • George Boatman, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Middletown (Bucks County)

  • Peter Price, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Falls (Bucks County)

  • Thomas Martin, cooper

  • John Stackhouse, husbandman

  • Benjamin Brown, husbandman

  • Joseph Doble, husbandman

  • James Gilmore, husbandman

  • Henry Hill, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Townshyip of Lower Makefield (Bucks County)

  • Alexander Rickey, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Bristol (Bucks County)

  • Andrew DeNormandie, practitioner in medicine

  • Benjamin Brown, carpenter

  • William DeNormandie, labourer

  • John Gosling, shoemaker

  • Arthur Campbell, labourer

  • John Stackhouse, husbandman

  • John Poor, waterman

  • John Elwood, waterman

  • William Davis, waterman

• Now or Late of the Township of Bensalem (Bucks county)

  • Joseph Swift, gentleman, lieutenant in the King's army

• Now or Late of the Township of Wrightstown (Bucks county)
  • Samuel Chapman, husbandman

  • Amos Chapman, husbandman

  • Abraham Chapman, cooper

  • David Chapman, miller

  • Abraham Clark, taylor

• Now or Late of the Township of Willistown (Chester County)

  • John Briggs, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Township of Springfield (Chester County)

  • George Davis, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Township of Chichester (Chester County)

  • John Taylor, tavern keeper

  • John Moulder, waterman

  • John Talbot, wheelwright

  • Thomas Bartow, sawyer

• Now or Late of the Township of Goshen (Chester County)

  • Jesse Bean, joiner

  • Jacob Tregoe, blacksmith

  • Caleb Haines, weaver

  • Joshua Thomson, taylor

• Now or Late of the Township of West Bradford (Chester County)

  • Jacob Buffington, carpenter

  • William Stroud, saddler

• Now or Late of the Township of East Whiteland (Chester County)

  • Joseph Malin, wheelwright

  • Elisha Malin, joiner

• Now or Late of the Township of Thornbury (Chester County)

  • Edward Griffel, labourer

  • John Willson, taylor

• Now or Late of the Township of Concord (Chester County)

  • William Millson, taylor

  • Isaac Bullock, labourer

  • Benjamin James, cooper

  • John Burnet, junior, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of East Bradford (Chester County)

  • Samuel Hart, labourer

  • Abiah Park, mason

• Now or Late of the Township of Tredyffrin (Chester County)

  • Jacob Cypher, miller

• Now or Late of the Township of Easttown (Chester County)

  • Samuel Bell, carpenter

• Now or Late of the Township of Providence (Chester County)

  • William Maddock, tavern keeper

  • William Dunn, labourer

  • Joseph Edwards, mason

  • George Dunn, taylor

  • Malin Dunn, taylor

  • James Malin, labourer

  • Gideon Vernon, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Township of Ridley (Chester County)

  • Christopher Wilson, husbandman

  • John Taylor, glasier

• Now or Late of the Township of East Caln (Chester County)

  • Benjamin Miller, saddler

• Now or Late of the Township of Newtown (Chester County)

  • Joshua Proctor, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Chester (Chester County)

  • Aaron Ashbridge, waterman

  • Joseph Gill, maltster

  • Elias Vernon, taylor

• Now or Late of the Township of Edgemont (Chester County)

  Daniel Register, carpenter

• Now or Late of the Township of Darby (Chester County)

  • John Suplee

  • William Caldwell

  • James Hartner, husbandman

  • John Musgrove, trader

  • William Andrews, fuller

• Now or Late of the Township of Ridley (Chester County)

  • William Smith, of Tinicum Island

  • William Anderson, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Springfield (Chester County)

  • Henry Essinger, junior

  • Hugh O'Cain, labourer

  • William Kennedy, labourer

  • Darby O'Cain, labourer

  • James McClarin, labourer

  • Isaiah Worrell, miller

• Now or Late of the Township of Providence (Chester County)

  • Isaac Burk, labourer

  • Abraham Falkenton, labourer

  • Thomas Burns, labourer

  • William Clark, labourer

  • George Good, labourer

  • William Henry, taylor

• Now or Late of the Township of Newtown (Chester County)

  • George Dunn, taylor

  • David Maris, taylor

  • William Bell, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Haverford (Chester County)

  • Robert Kissack, weaver

  • James Brown, wheelwright

  • James Gorman, cordwainer

  • Enoch Gorman, cordwainer

  • Michael Crickley, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of Eastman (Northampton County)

  • John Spering, shoemaker

• Now or Late of the Township of Mount Bethel (Northampton County)

  • John Stackhouse

  • Moses Morgan

  • Moses Wood

  • Abraham Long

  • Robert Stackhouse

  • Peter Snyder

  • John Rymel

  • John Ink

  • David Young

  • John Vaughan

  • Laurence Marr

  • Peter Hardy, husbandman

• Now or Late of the Township of Lower Smithfield (Northampton County)

  • James Lawson

  • Edward McMichael, husbandman

• Now of Late of Northampton Village (Northampton County)

  • James Allen, Esquire

• Now or Late of the County of York

  • William Willis, miller

  • Richard Willis, gunsmith

• Now or Late of the Township of Allen (Cumberland County)

  • John Wilson, wheelwright and husbandman

  • Andrew Fursuer, labourer

• Now or Late of the Township of East Pennsborough (Cumberland County)

  • Lawrence Kilby, cooper

  • William Curlan, labourer

  • John McCart, distiller and labourer

  • Francis Irwin, carter

• Now or Late of the County of Westmoreland

  • George Croghan, formerly Indian trader

  • Alexander McKee, formerly Indian trader

  • Simon Girty, Indian interpreter

  • James Girty, labourer

  • Matthew Elliott, Indian trader

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This page updated on February 17, 2009