Marinus Willett Archives - Journal of the American Revolution

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Two Encounters: Captain Abraham Van Dyck, the “Negro Man,” and Prince Pitkin

Captain Abraham Van Dyck of New York faced military justice twice during the Revolutionary War: first by the British for burning his hometown, and then by his fellow Continental Army officers for killing a Black soldier in camp. In each case, imperfect evidence presents historians with a puzzle. Notably, African American men were central to […]

by Benjamin L. Carp

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022

Marinus Willett: The Exploits of an Unheralded War Hero

Marinus Willett was born the son of a Quaker, Edward Willett, on July 31, 1740, in Jamaica, Long Island (now part of Queens). After spending his early years on a farm in Jamaica, he relocated to a place known then as Cedar Grove, along the East River and now part of New York City. This […]

by Richard J. Werther

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on August 25, 2022August 24, 2022

Walter Butler—The Dastardly Loyalist

During the American Revolution, some of the hardest-fought and most bitter battles occurred in the land of the Six Nations, the Iroquois lands stretching from the Hudson River on the east to Lake Erie in the west of what is now upstate, central and western New York State. Both the Americans and British were campaigning […]

by Richard J. Werther

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Two Encounters: Captain Abraham Van Dyck, the “Negro Man,” and Prince Pitkin

Marinus Willett: The Exploits of an Unheralded War Hero

Walter Butler—The Dastardly Loyalist