His American Revolutionary War Service:
He was in the Third Regiment, Army, and registered in Massachusetts. Stephen Hunt
entered the army as Captain of Artillery and became Colonel of the First Battalion on
February 3, 1776. In 1776 he commanded a battalion in the New York campaign. On 14
June 1776, during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, the Provincial
Congress directed the troops in the New Jersey colony to be divided into 5 battalions,
each consisting of 8 companies made up of 78 privates per company. Colonel Hunt was
made command of one of the 5 New Jersey battalions, consisting of 3 companies from
Somerset County and 5 companies from Hunterdon County, a total of 624 troops.
Colonel Hunt resigned 12 July 1776 from a disability.
When the spirit of resistance to British oppression had formed itself into a resolution to
contend, preparations were made to organize, and to call out the military of the country. The first public act looking to the "plan for regulating the militia of the colony,'' was
passed in the Provincial Congress, at Trenton, June 3d, 1775. Under this act two
Regiments were raised in Somerset County; August 16. 1775, five companies from
Somerset were added to the former enrollment.
He was in the Third Regiment, Army, and registered in Massachusetts. Stephen Hunt
entered the army as Captain of Artillery and became Colonel of the First Battalion on
February 3, 1776. In 1776 he commanded a battalion in the New York campaign. On 14
June 1776, during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, the Provincial
Congress directed the troops in the New Jersey colony to be divided into 5 battalions,
each consisting of 8 companies made up of 78 privates per company. Colonel Hunt was
made command of one of the 5 New Jersey battalions, consisting of 3 companies from
Somerset County and 5 companies from Hunterdon County, a total of 624 troops.
Colonel Hunt resigned 12 July 1776 from a disability.
When the spirit of resistance to British oppression had formed itself into a resolution to
contend, preparations were made to organize, and to call out the military of the country. The first public act looking to the "plan for regulating the militia of the colony,'' was
passed in the Provincial Congress, at Trenton, June 3d, 1775. Under this act two
Regiments were raised in Somerset County; August 16. 1775, five companies from
Somerset were added to the former enrollment.
His American Revolutionary War Service:
He was in the Third Regiment, Army, and registered in Massachusetts. Stephen Hunt
entered the army as Captain of Artillery and became Colonel of the First Battalion on
February 3, 1776. In 1776 he commanded a battalion in the New York campaign. On 14
June 1776, during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, the Provincial
Congress directed the troops in the New Jersey colony to be divided into 5 battalions,
each consisting of 8 companies made up of 78 privates per company. Colonel Hunt was
made command of one of the 5 New Jersey battalions, consisting of 3 companies from
Somerset County and 5 companies from Hunterdon County, a total of 624 troops.
Colonel Hunt resigned 12 July 1776 from a disability.
When the spirit of resistance to British oppression had formed itself into a resolution to
contend, preparations were made to organize, and to call out the military of the country. The first public act looking to the "plan for regulating the militia of the colony,'' was
passed in the Provincial Congress, at Trenton, June 3d, 1775. Under this act two
Regiments were raised in Somerset County; August 16. 1775, five companies from
Somerset were added to the former enrollment.
He was in the Third Regiment, Army, and registered in Massachusetts. Stephen Hunt
entered the army as Captain of Artillery and became Colonel of the First Battalion on
February 3, 1776. In 1776 he commanded a battalion in the New York campaign. On 14
June 1776, during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, the Provincial
Congress directed the troops in the New Jersey colony to be divided into 5 battalions,
each consisting of 8 companies made up of 78 privates per company. Colonel Hunt was
made command of one of the 5 New Jersey battalions, consisting of 3 companies from
Somerset County and 5 companies from Hunterdon County, a total of 624 troops.
Colonel Hunt resigned 12 July 1776 from a disability.
When the spirit of resistance to British oppression had formed itself into a resolution to
contend, preparations were made to organize, and to call out the military of the country. The first public act looking to the "plan for regulating the militia of the colony,'' was
passed in the Provincial Congress, at Trenton, June 3d, 1775. Under this act two
Regiments were raised in Somerset County; August 16. 1775, five companies from
Somerset were added to the former enrollment.
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