1Will of Deacon John Adams, with Comments by His Son John, 8 January 1760; 10 July 1761; 29 April 1774 (Adams Papers)
...served in the siege of Boston, and became Quincy’s first representative in the General Court, 1792, 1794. But he emerged from obscurity only occasionally, for example in his disagreement with his brother the ex-President over the War of 1812, Peter being an uncompromising New England Federalist. See references to him in
2General Orders, 3 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Jan. 1781 was commended by GW in general orders eight days later. Hull served to the end of the war and remained on duty for several months more with the 1st American Regiment on the western frontier. During the War of 1812 Hull served as a brigadier general and was cashiered after he surrendered to the enemy at Detroit.
3To George Washington from Major General Horatio Gates, 16 July 1776 (Washington Papers)
...remained deputy quartermaster of the northern department until the end of the war, when he resumed the legal studies that he had suspended in 1775. Lewis served as governor of New York from 1804 to 1807, and in the War of 1812 he was a major general.
4To Benjamin Franklin from Anthony Wayne, 31 July 1776 (Franklin Papers)
The Rev. David Jones (died 1820), a chaplain of Pa. troops, was in action throughout the war and in many battles with Wayne; he later served in the War of 1812. Heitman,
5General Orders, 13 September 1776 (Washington Papers)
...Gen. John Glover. After Learned’s military service ended in June 1783, he settled in Pittsfield, Mass., as a merchant. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1804 to 1805, and during the War of 1812 he was colonel of the 9th Infantry Regiment.
6From George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Gunning Bedford, 9 January 1777 (Washington Papers)
, 1:85). Thomas Macdonough (Mc Donough; 1747–1795) of Trap (now Macdonough), Del., was the father of Thomas Macdonough (1783–1825), the famous naval officer of the War of 1812. The elder Macdonough, who was elected major of the Delaware Regiment on 22 Mar. 1776 (see ibid., 32), refused GW’s offer of a promotion in order to resume his medical practice in New Castle....
7From George Washington to Joshua Loring, 1 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
...the district in the U.S. Congress. Dearborn was Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of war from 1801 to 1809, collector of the port of Boston from 1809 to 1812, major general of the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, and minister plenipotentiary to Portugal from 1822 to 1824.
8To George Washington from Brigadier General John Armstrong, 22 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
...Armstrong served as an aide-de-camp to Major General Gates. In March 1783 Armstrong became involved in the so-called Newburgh Conspiracy and composed the famous letters that incited unrest among officers of the Continental army. During the War of 1812 Armstrong served as a brigadier general and as secretary of war.
9To George Washington from John McKinly, 28 February 1777 (Washington Papers)
..., Virginia. In 1783 he was elected to the Continental Congress, and he later served in the Delaware house of representatives. Tilton served as physician and surgeon general of the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Thomas Collins (1732–1789), who was born in England, was the high sheriff of Kent County in the 1760s. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Delaware militia in May 1775...
10From George Washington to Captain Allen McLane, 28 March 1777 (Washington Papers)
...army and fleet. After the war McLane entered a trading venture with Robert Morris. He became marshal of Delaware in 1789 and collector of the port of Wilmington in 1797, and he commanded the defenses of Wilmington during the War of 1812.