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Isaac Shimer survived the Battle of Long Island but was captured at
Fort Washington. It is said he was confined on an island but escaped by
swimming although he was shot at while in the water. He died at the age
of 88 and is buried at the Old Williams Church in Northampton County,
Pennsylvania. Isaac was married to a Miss Gettart who died without
issue and then to Elizabeth Kichline. Isaac's brothers: Abraham,
the oldest, was a Captain in the 3rd Battalion New Jersey Militia in the
Army of the Revolution; Anthony, second son, was a Captain of the 6th
Battalion under Col. Jacob Stroud, 1777; Jacob Shimer, enlisted as a
soldier under Captain Jacob Arndt, receiving as pay for his services 13
pounds, 6 shillings during the Indian Massacre of 1755-56; and Edward
was a member of the "Committee on Safety" of Northampton County, and
Captain in the first Battalion from Northampton County under Col. Geo.
Hubner. He was crippled from vigorously ice skating as a young man and
walked with a cane all his life. Information from a
great+ niece.
John Bush Sr. was captured at
the Battle of Fort Washington, released and died the following year of
wounds sustained from terrible prison conditions. His son,
Henry Bush Sr., was
captured at the Battle of Long Island and held on the British
warships Rockford and Snow Mentor in the New York harbor for 5 months.
Henry's son, John C. Bush, married
Jacob Arndt's daughter, Hannah, in 1813. Their
great+ granddaughter
would like to hear from anyone else researching these men.
Corporal Elijah Crawford survived the war in "Captain John Arndt's
Company of Colonel Baxter's Battalion of Northampton County in the State
of Pennsylvania Flying Camp'. He was named executor to his parents'
wills when both died in May 1778 at Bethel Township, Northampton County.
Eventually Elijah moved to western Pennsylvania and raised a family many
of whom migrated westward to Illinois, etc. His
descendant would like to hear from anyone interested in this
Northampton County Crawford family. |
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Information from History
of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.,
Allentown PA, 1914.
* Killed or taken prisoner at Fort Washington
** Killed or taken prisoner at Long Island
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