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- Zeboeth Brittain was born January 9, 1746 in Amwell Township, New Jersey to William and Mary (Collins) Brittain. He marrried Elizabeth Marr in about 1767. They were the parents of Mary, William, Joseph, David, Elizabeth, Rachel, John, James, Ellen and Sarah.
Zeboeth's mother Mary was of French descent and strongly suppored the colonies during the revolution. William however, was a devoted King's man. This division in the family influenced their children. The three youngest sons, William, James and Joseph were Tories and went to New Brunswick, Canada to fight for the crown. Nathaniel, Zeboeth and Samuel fought for the Colonies in the New Jersey forces.
Zeb died on July 11, 1790.
From Sally Britton Shreeve:
"Zeboeth served for two seasons with Washington's Army. He fought at Fort Washington and at Strandsburg - was a summer at each place (Miller and Pursel). He was a Revolutionary Soldier from Northampton Co., PA (Oregon State Libary; 929.1/F53le by Charles A. Fisher pub. 1948 (A to Eppler (p. 67-70)From 1779, Pvt. in Co. of Capt. John Nelson 1779
To 1782, Co. of Capt. Hugh Gaston, 1st Class, 3rd Co., 5th Bat. Northampton County Militia.
Zebeoth may be found in U. S. Serial Set 12172 - 4. Easton is between the Lehigh and Deleware Rivers in Northampton Co.
MIL: "Zeboeth Brittain" (so spelled in the record) was still on the pay-roll of Capt. John Nelson's Company of Northampton County Militia in June 1779 (Pennsyvlania Archives, 5th Series, VIII, p. 659). He was 33 years old.
His brother Nathaniel was in this company at one time, but does not appear upon this pay roll. Zeboath (sic) also appears as a private in the Chester County Militia (Pennsylvania Archives, 4th Series, p. 271) He is said to have been in the battles of Stroudsburg and Fort Washington. Fort Washington is north of New York and was taken by the British in November 1776. Fort Penn was located at Stroudsburg in eastern Pennsylvania. Joseph and Elam (Alem) Marr were also in this captain John Nilson's Company. They were probably the brothers of Elizabeth Marr whom Zeboeth married." Source: "Brittain Genealogy" p. 5 by James E. Brittain.
"The Revolution almost collapsed during the winter of 1777-1778. Newport, New York, and Philadelphia were all held by the British, and Re-enforcements and supplies came to them steadily from over the sea, while Washington's Army at Volley forge was living miserably in a camp village of log huts." (Alber Bushnell Hart). It would be interesting to learn where old ZEB was at this time. Washington and Marshall over at Valley Forge, were asking where Thomas Jefferson was... Cornwallis did not surrender until October 19, 1781, so there was some activity during all the time of his service." "Brittain Genealogy" by James E. Brittain, (1936) p. 11
On the same day, he and his brothers Nathaniel and Samuel signed up with the Colonial militia and their younger brothers James, William, and Joseph signed with the Loyalist brigades. He was still on militia rolls in 1785." [1]
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