Joseph Howell, born about 1750, was the son of Joseph and Hannah (Hudson) Howell of Philadelphia ; the captain often appears in the records as “Jr.”. If there was a relationship with Ezekiel Howell [an Original Member of the Society] it was a remote one and has not been pursued here. On 15 March 1776 … Read more
Harmar was born in Philadelphia 10 November 1753. His background lay, like that of a good many other officers from eastern Pennsylvania, in the Society of Friends, but his actual parentage is obscure. He was educated in the Friends Public School in Philadelphia, conducted by Robert Proud, the historian. Very little more is known of … Read more
Hand was born in Clyduff, Kings County, Province of Leinster, Ireland, on 31 December 1744, the son of John and Dorothy Hand. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, became a Surgeon’s Mate in the Eighteenth Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, and accompanied this regiment to America in 1767. Soon afterwards the regiment was ordered … Read more
Hamilton, one of the true Pennsylvania heroes of the Revolutionary War, was born in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, on 16 September 1750, the fourth son in the family of eight children of William and Jane Hamilton. In 1773 the father paid tax on 1400 acres in the township ; the family were associated with the … Read more
No biography available. This officer did not join the Society in his lifetime, but his descendents are eligible through the Rule of 1854. To help us create a biography of this officer, contact society@pasocietyofthecincinnati.org.
Benjamin Flower died in service in 1781, possibly of a lung ailment he contracted at Valley Forge. A hatter by trade, Flower had been asked by General George Washington to assemble a company of Artillery Artificers whose job it was to build cannons. Flower and his family have a close connection to two of the … Read more
Colonel Febiger, the son of Jørgen Mathias Fibiger and Sophie Dorothea Pedersdatter Østrup, was born 19 October 1749 in Hillerslev, Denmark, where his father was church organist. He came to America as clerk to his uncle who was a planter and customs inspector on the island of St. Croix. The extensive trade between the West … Read more
It is believed that Samuel Doty was originally from New York State. One Samuel Doty was a signer of a “Declaration…by Sundry inhabitants of Queen’s County, New-York” 19 January 1776, and it is possible that this was the same man. He first appears in the Continental service as a Second Lieutenant in the Second Continental … Read more
No biography available. This officer did not join the Society in his lifetime, but his descendents are eligible through the Rule of 1854. To help us create a biography of this officer, contact society@pasocietyofthecincinnati.org.
Ebenezer Denny was born in Carlisle on 11 March 1761, the oldest child of William and Agnes (Parker) Denny, who had come to Cumberland County, then Lancaster County, from Chester County about 1745. William Denny was the first Coroner of Cumberland County, the contractor for the building of the first courthouse in Carlisle, and became … Read more
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