CHRONOLOGY

1774

December
22 Greenwich

 

1775

October
16 Brigantine Beach
19 Naval
25 Brigantine Beach

1776

January
19 Long Island
23 Sandy Hook

February
19 Staten Island

April
13 Naval
19 Sandy Hook

May
5 Naval
6 Bacon's Neck, Delaware River
8 Delaware River
9 Delaware River

June
Amboy, Egg Harbor
21 Sandy Hook
24 Sidney
28 Naval
29 Cape May
30 Naval

July
3 Sandy Hook
4 Elizabethtown Point, Staten Island
5 Egg Harbor
10 Elizabethtown
12 Paulus Hook
15 Naval
18 Bergen Area
21 Bergen Area, Paulus Hook

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24 Elizabethtown, Staten Island
25 Amboy

August
Naval
25 Elizabethtown
26 Bergen Area
27 Long Island

September
7 Paulus Hook
12 New York-British occupation-Beginning
15 PaulusHoook
16 Paulus Hook
17 Paulus Hook
18 Bergen Area
20 Paulus Hook
21 Paulus Hook
23 Paulus Hook

October
5 Bergen Area
9 Fort Lee
13 Staten Island
15 Staten Island
19 English Neighborhood
27 Fort Lee

November
6 Dobb's Ferry
9 English Neighborhood
16 Fort Washington
17 New Bridge
20 Fort Lee
21 Acquackanonk
28 Newark

December
1 New Brunswick
3 New Brunswick
8 Trenton, Two Bridges
9 Coryel's Ferry
11 Burlington, Woodbridge
13 Basking Ridge
14 Hackensack, Ringoes
16 Paramus, Pluckimin, Trenton
17 New Brunswick, Pennington, Springfield, Trenton

126

18 Trenton
19 Bergen Area
20 Howell's Ferry, Trenton
22 Petticoat Bridge
23 Mt. Holly
25 Trenton
26 Trenton
27 Hopperstown, Paramus
30 Princeton

 

1777

January
New Brunswick
2 Assunpink Creek, Freehold, Little Shabakunk Creek,
Maidenhead, Shabbaconk Creek, Stockton Hollow
3 Princeton
5 Elizabethtown, Newark, Spanktown, Springfield
6 Bound Brook, Morristown (Beginning of Winter Camp)
8 Elizabethtown, Spanktown
15 Shrewsbury
16 Quibbletown
17 New Brunswick
19 Springfield
20 Somerset Court House, Van Nests Mill
23 Bonhamtown, Woodbridge
27 Second River

February
1 Metuchen, Piscataway, Quibbletown, Springfield
6 Bound Brook
S Quibbletown
12 Shrewsbury
13 Middletown, Navesink, Sandy Hook
15 New Brunswick
18 Bennett's Island
20 Quibbletown
23 Ash Swamp, Morristown, Spnktown
24 Elizabethtown
26 New Brunswick
27 Elizabethtown

March
1 Naval, New Brunswick, Sandy Hook
5 New Brunswick

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6 Elizabethtown
8 Amboy, Bonhamtown, Metuchen, Piscataway,
Quibbletown, Spanktown, Woodbridge
9 New Brunswick, Samptown
10 Quibbletown
12 Cranberry
14 Blazing Star Landing, Staten Island
16 Spanktown
18 New Brunswick
20 English Neighborhood
21 New Brunswick
22 Woodbridge
24 Quibbletown

April
Bennett's Island
1 Naval
2 Secaucus
4 Quibbletown
12-17 Newark
13 Bound Brook, Landing
14 Bonhamtown
17 Bergen Area
19 Amboy, Woodbridge
20 Bonhamtown, Hackensack
21 Bonhamtown, Closter
22 Morristown, New Brunswick, Paramus
23 Amboy
24 Amboy
25 Amboy
26 Egg Harbor, Hopperstown

May
10 Bonhamtown, Landing, Piscataway
12 Paramus, Slotterdam
17 Dismal Swamp, Piscataway
26 Bound Brook, Middletown
28 Morristown (End of Winter Camp)

June
Bonhamtown
1 Monmouth County
7 Middlebrook
10 Hackensack
12 Egg Harbor

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13 Elizabethtown Point, Paramus
14 Somerset Court House
15 Englewood
17 Somerset Court House
18 Middlebush
19 English Neighborhood, Somerset Court House
20 English Neighborhood, New Brunswick
21 New Brunswick
22 New Brunswick, Piscataway
24 Freehold
25 Oak Tree
26 Samptown, Scotch Plains, Short Hills, Westfield,
Woodbridge
27 Hoebuck, Spanktown
29 Woodbridge
30 Bayard's Mills

July
7 Quibbletown
17 English Neighborhood
23 Naval

August
9 Naval
14 Elizabethtown Point, Naval
19 Staten Island
21 Staten Island
22 Staten Island
27 Staten Island

September
10 Bergen Area
11 Elizabethtown Point, Fort Lee, Hackensack, New Bridge,
Newark, Schuyler's Ferry, Tappen
12 Elizabethtown Point, Newark
Schuyler's Ferry
13 Piscataway, Schuyler's Ferry
Watsessing
14 Elizabethtown, New Bridge
15 Elizabethtown, Potterstown
26 Delaware River
29 Delaware River, Naval

October
1 Billingsport
129
2 Billingsport, Mantua, Mickleton
3 Shrewsbury
5 Delaware River
7 Delaware River
8 Delaware River
9 Delaware River
10 Fort Mifflin
11 Delaware River
12 Delaware River, Elizabethtown
15 Fort Mifflin
16 Fort Mifflin
21 Cooper's Ferry, Haddonfield
22 Fort Mercer
23 Fort Mifflin, Naval
27 Newark
31 Three Pidgeons

November
Mantua, Naval
5 Mantua Creek, Shrewsbury
10 Fort Mifflin
11 Fort Mifflin
12 Fort Mifflin
13 Fort Mifflin
14 Fort Mifflin
15 Fort Mifflin, Mantua Creek
16 Fort Mifflin
18 Staten Island
19 Fort Mercer, Staten Island
20 Mantua Creek, Staten Island, Timber Creek
21 Bergen Area, Delaware River, Staten Island
24 Haddonfield
25 Gloucester
27 Gloucester, Staten Island

December
1 Thompson's Point
5 Bergen Area
10 Naval
15 Cooper's Ferry
19 Maidenhead
23 Naval
25 Toms River
26 Staten Island
31 Delaware River (3), Naval

130

 

1778

January
1 Delaware River
5 Delaware River
12 Naval
29 Three Pidgeons

February
2 Mantua
5 New Bridge
26 Salem
28 Coryel's Ferry, Haddonfield (2)

March
Naval
2 Cooper's Ferry
6 Penns Neck
12 Delaware River, Mantua
16 Mantua Creek
17 Alloway's Bridge, Salem, Salem Creek
18 Quinton's Bridge
20 Lower Penns Neck
21 Alloway, Hancock's Bridge
22 Prior's Mill, Swedesboro
24 Elsinboro
27 English Neighborhood, Swedesboro
31 Woodbury

April
Bergen Area, Egg Harbor
1 Naval
4 Coryel's Ferry, Gloucester
Spicer's Ferry Bridge, Swedesboro
5 Haddonfield
6 Manasquan
7 Shark River
15 Toms River

May
7 Biles Island, Bordentown
8 Burlington
9 Naval
10 Bristol, Prior's Mill
16 Prior's Mill
18 Trenton
22 Naval
27 Burrow's Mills

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June
Bordentown
2 Egg Harbor
9 Staten Island
12 Amboy, Oldman's Creek
13 Brooklyn
14 Brooklyn
15 Cranberry Inlet
18 Evesham, Haddonfield, Gloucester
20 Mt. Holly
22 Blackhorse
23 Crosswicks
24 Allentown, Staten Island
27 Freehold
28 Monmouth, Pleasant Valley, Tennant Meetinghouse,
Vanderberg

July
Naval
1-31 Naval
18 Naval
28 Bergen Area, Hoebuck
29 Hoebuck
31 Naval

August
1 Naval (2)
6 Naval
7 Naval
12 Long Branch
15 Hoebuck
20 Naval
21 Cape May
22 Naval (2)
24 Egg Harbor
28 Naval

September
Naval, Sandy Hook
4 Naval
5 Naval, Hoebuck
19 Cranberry Inlet, Toms River
20 Cranberry Inlet
22 Englewood, Polifly
28 Elizabethtown, Old Tappan

 

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29 Egg Harbor, Morristown, New York
30 Hackensack

October
Naval
1 Hackensack
6 Chestnut Neck
13 English Neighborhood
15 Naval, Osborne Island
16 Naval
19 Naval

November
1 Bergen Area
3 Long Island, Staten Island
25 Naval
28 Bergen Area, Staten Island

December
1 Naval
9 Barnegat Beach

 

1779

Wantage

January
4 Naval
7 Sandy Hook
13 Bergen Area
26 Shrewsbury

February
Long Beach Island
Monmouth County
2 Woodbridge
8 Middle Brook (Beginning of Winter Camp)
8 Staten Island
9 Woodbridge
10 Naval
25 Elizabethtown, New Brunswick
27 Elizabethtown

March
Naval
1 Naval
3 Naval
14 Bergen Area

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18 Naval, Staten Island
22 Barnegat Beach
24 Barnegat Beach
27 Hoebuck
28 Closter, Little Ferry
31 Ogdens

April
2 Bergen Area
12 Little Ferry
17 Hoebuck, Weehawken
21 Hopperstown
22 Bergen Area
26 Middletown, Red Bank, Sandy Hook
Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls
27 Charlotteburg, Hibernia
28 Closter
29 Naval

May
Little Ferry, Naval
7 Naval
10 Closter
15 Middletown, Naval
17 Bergen Area
18 New Bridge, Paramus
21 Naval

June
Egg Harbor, Naval
1 Middletown, Second River
4 English Neighborhood, Middle Brook (End of
Winter Camp)
5 Naval
7 Naval
9 Tinton Falls
10 Shrewsbury
11 Jumping Point, Naval
12 Elizabethtown, New Brunswick
13 Naval
15 Naval
17 Prior's Mills
18 Elizabethtown
22 Parsippany
23 Naval (2)

134

26 Nazareth
29 Blazing Star Landing, Woodbridge
30 Staten Island

July
Montague, Naval
9 Staten Island
10 Closter
16 Shrewsbury
22 Minisink
23 Bergen Area
28 Naval

August
6 Naval, Staten Island
10 Naval
14 Naval
16 Blazing Star Landing, Woodbridge
18 Naval
19 Englewood, Paulus Hook
21 Naval
24 Sussex County
27 Manasquan

September
Naval
3 Sussex County
10 Egg Harbor
11 Naval, Sandy Hook
20 Naval
27 Naval
29 Naval

October
Abse con
1 Naval
10 Amboy
13 Delaware Bay, Naval
14 Elizabethtown, Maidenhead, Naval
26 New Brunswick
28 Bonhamtown, Bound Brook, Elizabethtown
Somerset Court House, Van Veghten's Bridge

November
Naval
1 Naval

135

2 Bergen Area
27 Naval

December
1 Jockey Hollow (Beginning of Winter Camp)
4 Delaware Bay (2)
18 Paulus Hook
28 Naval

 

1780

January
Naval (2)
12 Naval, Sandy Hook
14 Staten Island
15 Sandy Hook
25 Elizabethtown, Newark
30 Elizabethtown, Spanktown

February
Monmouth County, Naval
10 Elizabethtown
12 Staten Island
19 Newark

March
9 Naval
18 Naval
22 Delaware Bay, Maurice River, Paramus
23 English Neighborhood, Hackensack, Hopperstown
24 Elizabethtown
30 Middletown, Shrewsbury, Tinton Falls

April
3 Chatham
15 Deal Beach, New Bridge, Sandy Hook
16 Bergen Area, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hopperstown,
Saddle Creek
19 Minnisink
20 Naval (2)
22 Manasquan
23 Elizabethtown
24 Shrewsbury Township

May
4 Naval
7 Naval

136

11 Woodbridge
14 Toms River
20 Naval
25 Closter
26 Newark
28 Bergen Area
30 Zabriskies

June
1 Woodbridge
4 Sussex Court House
6 Elizabethtown Point
7 Connecticut Farms, Springfield
8 Closter, Elizabethtown
9 Red Bank, Monmouth County
10 Naval
12 Middletown
14 Elizabethtown, Scotch Plains
15 Naval
17 Closter
21 Conascung Point, Sussex Court House
22 Jockey Hollow (End of Winter Camp)
23 Elizabethtown, Newark, Springfield
30 Naval

July
Naval
2 Naval
8 Naval
17 Newark
21 Bulls Ferry, Closter, Fort Lee
28 Shrewsbury
30 Woodbridge

August
Burlington County, Colt's Neck, English Neighborhood
12 Naval
13 Naval
16 Naval
25 Prior's Mills, Staten Island
26 Bayard's Mills
30 Nantuxet Creek

September
Naval (2)
1 Black Point

137

3 Staten Island
7 Egg Harbor
9 Naval
17 Elizabethtown, Secaucus, Woodbridge
19 Staten Island

October
Naval
7 Bergen Area
8-14 Naval
18 Hoebuck

November
4 Connecticut Farms, Elizabethtown
21 Newark
26 Elizabethtown

December
Toms River
1 Naval
7 Naval
8 Hackensack
14 Elizabethtown

 

1781

January
10 Ainboy, Naval
16 South Amboy
17 Naval
25 Bergen Area

February
1 Elizabethtown
20 Naval
23 Elizabethtown

March
1 Spanktown
11 Sussex Court House
12 Bound Brook, Closter
13 Closter
21 Spanktown
26 Staten Island
27 Elizabethtown
29 Newark
30 Bergen Area

138

April
9 Staten Island
10 Moonachie Point
16 Staten Island, Sussex County
21 Elizabethtown

May
4 Elizabethtown
8 Staten Island
15 Fort Lee
18 Fort Lee
21 Elizabethtown
24 Shrewsbury Township

June
2 Elizabethtown
14 Pleasant Valley
29 Elizabethtown

July
12 Naval
22 Elizabethtown
25 Shrewsbury Township
26 Naval, Rocky Point

August
5 New York
12 Naval
16 Naval
20 Maurice River
21 Newark
22 Naval
23 Staten Island
29 Hackensack

September
1 Pompton
12 Closter
25 Spanktown
October
5 Sandy Hook
10 Naval
12 Naval
13 Sandy Hook
15 Colt's Neck
16 Black Point

139

18 Naval
24 Sandy Hook

November
8 Staten Island
10 Naval
24 Elizabethtown
29 Newark Bay

December
1 Elizabethtown
6 Bergen Area, Fort Delancy
13 Bergen Area
15 Naval
23 Bergen Area
28 Naval
31 Manahawkin

 

1782

January
3 Naval
9 New Brunswick
19 Naval
20 Cranberry Inlet

February
1 Elizabethtown
7 Fort Delancy
8 Pleasant Valley

March
Colt's Neck, Shrewsbury Township
10 Naval
14 Spanktown
15 Staten Island
24 Toms River
29 Bergen Area

April
8 Naval
10 Naval
12 Gravelly Point
19 Naval

May
5 Naval
18 Naval

140

22 Naval
25 Rocky Point, Sandy Hook
29 Newark

June
Sandy Hook
1 Barnegat, Forked River
2 Newark
6 Bergen Area
13 Bergen Area
20 Staten Island

July
2 Sandy Hook

August
7 Allentown
23 Toms River

September
1 Fort Delancy, Egg Harbor
12 Bottle Hill
22 New Mills

October
26 Barnegat Beach

December
15 Naval
27 Cedar Creek Bridge

 

1783

March
3 Naval

April
3 Tuckerton

November
25 British evacuate New York

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