William DeHart

Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography, Vol. II, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1887

DeHart, William, lawyer, b. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 7 Dec., 1746; d. in Morristown, N.J., 16 June, 1801. He practised law before the Revolution. He was appointed major of the 1t New Jersey battalion, 7 Nov., 1775, and lieutenant-colonel in 1776. Before the close of the war he resigned his commission and resumed law-practice at Morristown. One of his two brothers was also engaged in the service as aide to Gen. Wayne, and fell at Fort Lee in 1780. Colonel DeHart was eminent as a lawyer, and possessed much with and humor. He was president of the St. Tammany society in 1789.

• His son William Chetwood, soldier, b. in New York state in 1800; d. in Elizabethtown, N.J., 2 April 1848,..."

Recollections of Alexander Thompson

Dear Sir,—In explanation of the nature of the Tammany Society, of which there is a Diploma in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society,* I am informed that there is a reference to it in Isaac Collins’ N.J. State Gazette, of May 15th and 22nd, Sept. 4th and 18th, 1786. The Society appears to have been formed during, or at the close of the Revolution.
The names of the persons inscribed on the Diploma have appeared in various publications of your Society, within a few years past, and two of them will be found in the list of officers of the N.J. Regiments, which I have sent you.
Col. William DeHart, the President, was Lt. Col. Of the 2d N.J. Reg’t.
The Secretary Eben Elmer, was Surgeon of the same Regiment.
Mr. Jesse Baldwin was a Lieutenant and Quartermaster in the Army.

Of Col. DeHart, I have heard much in connection with Revolutionary matters, at Morristown, where he resided, and it will give me pleasure, to present at some future time, some of my recollections of conversations with one who was nearly related to him, and to myself in a more extended and valuable communication.
I am, sir, Very Respectfully, Your Obd. Servant,
Alex. R. Thompson.

William Whitehead, Esq. Corresponding Secr’y of N.J. Historical Society.

Tim Abbott, Greenmantim, March 10, 2010

"Sorting out the Revolutionary War Service Record of Jacob Maurice DeHart William De Hart served as an officer in the New Jersey Continental Line from the end of 1775 to the last months of 1781. He also had two brothers who were officers in the patriot forces, one of whom was killed in action, and two sisters who married revolutionary officers - Margaretta, wife of Lt. Jesse Baldwin of the 1st New Jersey, and Amelia, wife of Artillery Captain Alex Thompson of N.Y."