New York State Military Service
in the French and Indian Wars
"The men whose unrecorded deeds
Have stamped this nation´s destiny."
By Wilford Whitaker
[The numbers in curly brackets are www´s PAF database RIN numbers for identification]
MILITARY STRUGGLES
| Pequot War |
1636-1637 |
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War with Tripoli |
1805 |
| Long Island Indian Wars |
1641-1658 |
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| King Philip´s War |
1675-1678 |
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Shawnee War |
1811 |
| Bacon´s Rebellion |
1676 |
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War of 1812 |
1812-1814 |
| King William´s War |
1689-1697
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First Seminole War |
1817-1818 |
| Queen Anne´s War |
1702-1713 |
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Black Hawk War |
1832 |
| King George´s War |
1743-1748 |
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2nd Seminole War |
1835-1842 |
| French and Indian War |
1754-1763 |
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Patriot War |
1837-1838 |
| The Revolution |
1775-1783 |
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The Mexican War |
1846-1848 |
| Shay´s Rebellion |
1786 |
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The Civil War |
1861-1865 |
| The Miami War |
1790-1793 |
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Modoc War |
1872-1873 |
| Whiskey Rebellion |
1794 |
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Sioux War |
1876 |
| John Adams´ War |
1798 |
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Spanish War |
1898 |
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Utah [Black Hawk] |
1863-1872 |
1653
George "Joris" Woolsey {1493} was a member of
the Second Company of Militia
of Nieu Amsterdam
1693
George Woolsey, Jr., {8677} of Jamaica, Long Island
was called
"Captin Wollsey" in 1693
1715
Captain [George] Wolsey´s Company
Jamaica, Long Island, New York
| Long Island |
1715 |
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Hendrick Bras was a soldier in CAPT. [George] {8773} WOLSEY´S Co. in 1715. |
| Long Island |
1715 |
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A possible member of this company was Lt. Joseph Woolsey (1692-1750), brother of above, who has "Lt." carved in his gravestone at Dosoris (Glen Cove) |
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