Brandywine Soldiers » 3rd New Jersey Regiment http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com Compiling a list of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Brandywine Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:53:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Opdike, William http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/soldiers/continental/opdike-william http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/soldiers/continental/opdike-william#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:59:55 +0000 admin http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/?p=274 William Opdike (1755-1822) (alternate spelling Updike/ Opdyke / Obdyke) of Hunterdon County, N.J. was a Private in the New Jersey Continental Line. Private 3rd Battalion, 1st Establishment. Private, Captain Patterson’s company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Establishment. Fought at Monmouth and Brandywine. Brother Robert wounded at Brandywine. Great-great grandsons of Louris Jansen Opdyck of Holland who arrived in Gravesend, Long Isaland, NY prior to 1653.

]]> http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/soldiers/continental/opdike-william/feed 0 Drake, Cornelius http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/battles/brandywine/drake-cornelius http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/battles/brandywine/drake-cornelius#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:57:32 +0000 admin http://www.brandywinesoldiers.com/?p=117 Cornelius Drake was born 20 Oct 1754, New Jersey, and died in 1839, Webster, Monroe County, New York. He is buried in West Webster Cemetery, Webster, Monroe County, New York.

Military record: enlisted 1776, Private, Continental Regular Army, Gen. Maxwell’s Jersey Brigade, 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Capt. Dickerson’s Co., Capt. Ballard’s Co., discharged 1783, Sergeant. Pension application papers list Brandywine as one of the many battles he was in. He is on the Valley Forge Roster.

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