Revolutionary War Patriot

Revolutionary War Patriot. . , Benjamin Woodruff was born on November 26, 1744, in Hanover Township, Morris County, New Jersey. He enlisted at age 32 and first served in 1776 as a drummer. He later served as a Sergeant in the Morris County, New Jersey Militia where he fought in the battles of Elizabethtown and Springfield and in a skirmish at Acquackanonk. Sergeant Woodruff served honorably for more than two years. He lived in Pittsfield Township and died shortly before his 93rd birthday on October 18, 1837., (back) , Josiah Cutler was born on September 1, 1761, in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. At age 17 he began his service, enlisting four times, beginning in January 1778. He was a private in the 2nd, 12th, and the 14th Massachusetts Regiments. He fought in the Battle of Kings Bridge and was at Yorktown, Virginia, under the command of General Lafayette at the storming of Redoubt 10 which led to the British surrender. Corporal Josiah Cutler was honorably discharged from the Second Massachusetts Regiment on January 4, 1784. He moved from Vermont to Michigan in April 1840 where he lived with his daughter in Washtenaw County. He died at age 78 on June 24, 1840.