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The Ontario Register
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Loyalists of Sussex County, New Jersey
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into recogmzanch~sl:uretv being Jno. Green. The nature of his
the next term, I J t · d forfeited in Sussex County. John Hutchison was taxed as a hcuse
. t . d' ated in the Minutes. The case was rie at
offense 1S no m tc · d ('10 holder in Knowlton in 1774 although his name does not appear on
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the No vern b er e1 rn at wh 1 · ch time William was fme .1;. and the list for 1773. On 27th April 1774 John Hutchison and Jane
· d to g 1 ·ve security for his good behavwr for two years.
was requtre . . Moore were Married by Nicholas Albertson, J. P. of Knowlton.
·f th 1 ·s refers to the same Wllltam Green who
rt is no t kn own 1 [2 NE 435; 3 NE 46; GMNJ 24:1, 40:134] On 12th October 1773
served in the New Jersey Volunteers. . . . . Rachel Hutcheson and John Whitenack were also married by the
Thomas Green, whohas not otherwise been Idenüfled, enhsted said Nicholas Albertson. John Whitenack, a Loyalist, was taxed

in Capt. James Shaw's Company of the New Jersey Volunteers in Knowlton in 1774 although not in 1773, and he also served in
on 23 June 1780. the New Jersey Volunteers, a portion of his service being in
Brigadier General Skinner's Company. His name is easily traced

RIBLER in the printed records except possiblyfor one entry which refers

Four men of this name served in the New Jersey Volunteers, to him as John White Smock.
all presuma hl y from Sussex County. Cpl. Christopher Ribler, Private John Hutchinson enlisted in Major John Colden's Comp-
Cpl. Samuel Ribler and Pvt. Cornelius Ribler were in Captain any on 3 October 1777, and he served in that company un til 1 ï82

John Cougle 's Company in November 17 77. John Ribler was pro- and thereafter in Captain Patrick Haggerty's Company. Another
moted from corporal to sergeant in Capt James Shaw's Company Private John Hutchinson enlisted in Brigadier General Skinner's
on 24 August 1780. Company on 12 January 1781 and served in that company until
the peace in 1783.
At 1\Iay Term 1777 William Ribler of Newtown Township in

Sussex County "a disaffected man" was hailed before the Sussex
sessions of the New Jersey Supreme Court. It was charged that
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
on 5 March 1777 at Newtown in the presence of many he said:
Inquisition was found against William Hutchison of Knowlton
"I do not value Congress money. I would rather have 18 pence
on 20 June 1778, and his first and second defaults were recorded
of old money than a great deal of Congress money. I think it will
in the Minutes of the Sussex County Court at the August and Nov-
be of no value in afew days. I can go to the King's proclamation
ember Terms, 1778. His name appears on the list drawn up on
(meaning Howe's proclamation) before sun dawn. The King's
10 December of that year of those whose estates had been for-
Standard ~ill be erected at the Court House in a few days, and
feited in Sussex County. William Hutchison was taxed in Knowlton
we (mean~ng other tories and himself) can raise as many men
in1773and1774. [2NE435; 3NE46; GMNJ40:133. SeealsoJones
as the Whtgs ." Charged with uttering seditious words he plead
not guilty. [NJSC 36086] , pp. 101, 251] William Hutchinson served as a lieutenant in Capt.
James Shaw's Company of the New Jersey Volunteers from 1 ïï7

JOHN HUTCHINSON to 1780. In thatyearhe transferred to Brigadier Gener:.J l Skinner's
Company in which he served until1782 when he was commissioned
He i.s ~ot named in Jones al though a different man of the same
name ts mcluded in that k h a captain. He was wounded in July 1779. Jones records that.he
h d . . . wor · T e records regarding the man was at St. John, New Brunswick after the peace but that he dted
ere un et constderat n ela
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Hutch. b se Y parallel those regarding Wm at Walsingham in Upper Canada in March 1836.
mson (see elow) r · T
inson of Knowlton on ' ~~~~s~ ;~~ wa.s f~und against John Hutch-
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were recorded in the Minutes of . His flrst and second defaults
August and November Terms 177~he Suss.ex County Court at the GEORGE KEEFER

list drawn up 10 December 1778 , and hts name appears on the His first and second defaults were recorded in the Minutes of
of those whose estates had been the Sussex County Court at the February and .l\Iay Terms. 1779.