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Conflict & War, People, The War Years (1775-1783) April 30, 2019 April 30, 2019

Delaware’s Colonel John Haslet (1727–1777)

by Kim Burdick

Born in Straw Dungiven, County Londonderry, Ireland,[1] thirty-year-old John Haslet was the young, widowed minister of Ballykelly Presbyterian Church. Arriving in America in 1757, he…

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