A distinguished soldier of the Revolution; born at Somersworth, N. H.,
1740; a son of Irish parents; member of the Continental Congress;
was made a brigadier-general, and participated in the siege of
Boston; became a major-general; took part in the battles of Long
Island, Trenton, and Princeton; commanded the American right wing at
the battle of Brandywine; rendered valiant service at the battle of
Germantown; repulsed the British at the battle of Rhode Island;
attorney-general of New Hampshire; president of the Commonwealth;
appointed U. S. Judge of New Hampshire by Washington; died in 1795.
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