Pennsylvania army officer and public official.

Captain (1776), major (1777) in the Continental Army. Twice captured by the British (1776, 1778-80) and released. Lieutenant of Bucks County (1783).

First letter in correspondence: March 10, 1788; Heitman, Register of Officers, p. 305; Minutes of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania (16 vols., Harrisburg, 1852-53), xiii, 746.