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Long Island (New York, United States) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
Rockaway (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
Morris (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
Canada (Canada) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
Amboy (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
William Franklin (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
William Winds (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
1775 AD (search for this): entry winds-william
ry officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jerses county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
November 7th, 1775 AD (search for this): entry winds-william
Winds, William 1727-1789 Military officer; born in Southhold, Long Island, N. Y., in 1727; settled in Morris county, N. J., early in life; was captain of a New Jersey company recruited in 1758 to take part in the conquest of Canada; member of the New Jersey Assembly in 1772 and 1775; appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 1st New Jersey Battalion Nov. 7, 1775; promoted colonel March 7, 1776; and later was commissioned brigadier-general. In 1775 he served at Perth Amboy, N. J., and there held the last royal governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, a prisoner. He died in Rockaway, N. J., Oct. 12, 1789.
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