List of New Jersey military officers in the American Revolution Simon Addis ( 1745 - 1834 ) . Captain Simon Addis ( 1745 - 1834 ) Revolutionary War Veteran ( b . December 30 , 1745 , Northhampton , Bucks County , Pennsylvania - d . June 23 , 1834 , Six Mile Run , New Jersey ) Simon was the son of Richard Addis and Maria Wyckoff . He was married to Mariah Hollingshead ( c1745 - 1766 ) ; and after her death , on December 15 , 1766 , he married Eleanor Vliet ( 1744 - 1792 ) . After her death he married Maria Van Cleef ( 1756 - 1796 ) aka Mary Van Cleef ; and after her death he married Nellie Voorhees ( c1760 - 1832 ) aka Nelly Voorhees . Eleanor and Simon had a son : Daniel Addis ( 1768 - 1832 ) . Simon and Mariah were buried in Elm Ridge Cemetery , North Brunswick and a new marker was placed on their graves by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1932 . He is listed in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots , Volume 1 , Serial Number 9787 ; Volume 5 . Simon Addis received his Revolutionary War pension on March 4 , 1831 at a rate of $ 369 . 97 per year . Andrew Drake ( 1684 - 1743 ) . Captain Andrew Drake ( 1684 - 1743 ) was the son of Captain George Drake ( 1651 - 1709 ) aka George Drake I and Mary Oliver ( 1657 - c1709 ) . He married Hannah FitzRandolph ( 1689 - 1742 ) and their children include : Johanna Drake ( 1705 - ? ) who married Tristum Manning ; Jeremiah Drake ( 1707 - c1759 ) who married Martha Dunn ; George Drake II ( 1709 - 1776 ) who married Elizabeth Stelle ( 1711 - 1768 ) ; Mary Drake ( 1710 - ? ) who married Gershom B . Lee ; Edward Drake ( 1713 - ? ) who married Mary Vail ; David Drake ( 1715 - 1747 ) who married Sarah ; and FitzRandolph ( Randolph ) Drake ( 1717 - 1791 ) who married Rachel Drake who was his cousin . His will was recorded on September 16 , 1742 in Piscataway , New Jersey . He was buried in the Stelton Baptist Church Cemetery , Edison . John Outwater ( 1746 - 1823 ) . John Outwater ( 1746 - 1823 ) aka Jan Outwater ; Captain in Revolutionary War of Outwater ' s Bergen County Company ( b . September 17 , 1746 , Moonachie , Bergen County , New Jersey , USA - d . May 18 , 1823 , Moonachie , Bergen County , New Jersey , USA ) Son of Jacob Franszen Oudewater ( c1660 - ? ) aka Jacob Outwater and Martyntje Berthoff ( 1666 - ? ) . He was baptised on December 26 , 1746 at the Hackensack Dutch Reformed Church . He married Hendrikie Lozier ( 1745 - 1828 ) on October 4 , 1768 and had the following children : Jacob Outwater ( c1769 - ? ) ; Niclaus Outwater ( 1770 - ? ) ; Pieter ( Peter ) Outwater ( 1773 - ? ) ; Elizabeth Outwater ( 1775 - ? ) ; Richard Outwater ( 1777 - after1850 ) ; John J . Outwater ( 1781 - ? ) ; and Abraham Outwater ( c1783 - ? ) . Melody of outwatersmilitia . com writes : Captain John Outwater ' s Company of the Bergen County Militia Regiment was one of twenty - five companies of Militia raised by Act of the New Jersey Assembly in 1776 . However , due to the demoralizing retreat of the Continental Army across New Jersey after the Fall of New York and the surrounding American positions , the Company did not actually form until early 1777 . When the Company was assembled in Hackensack , the Company elected its Company Commanders : John Outwater as Captain ; Adam Boyd , Lieutenant , and Abraham Allen , Ensign . Outwater ' s Company one of several companies in the Bergen County Militia Regiment , commanded by Colonel Theunis Dey . The Company was composed of Jersey Dutch farmers and tradesmen who attempted to protect their property from British foraging parties . Because of the proximity to the British in New York City and the large Tory or Loyalist population , Bergen County was dangerous for those in rebellion . Unlike other militia , it was often unsafe for these men to return to their homes and because of this , the men of the Outwater ' s Militia Company were often on constant duty , much different from the men of New England . When not actively moving against raiding British parties , the group of approximately twenty some men concentrated on interdicting Loyalist trade with the British in New York . Goods were often sent down the Hackensack River and the goods and prisoners would be seized by Outwater ' s men . The Justice of the Peace would then award the goods to the captors . In December 1780 , the State legislature commissioned the company Outwater ' s Company , New Jersey State Troops . State Troops were considered a cut above militia ; the comparative stability of their long - term enlistment allowed them to be assigned more important and intensive duties . Peter Pumyea ( 1739 - 1802 ) . Peter Pumyea ( March 27 , 1739 – September 21 , 1802 ) was a captain in the New Jersey militia during the American Revolutionary War . He was born in Six Mile Run , Franklin Township , Somerset County , New Jersey . He married Ida Rycken Suydam ( 1744 - 1824 ) on June 10 , 1762 . Ida was the daughter of Ryck Suydam . Ryck ' s father , Hendrick Rychen was from Suydam , Holland . Peter and Ida had a child : Peter Pumyea III ( 1768 - 1826 ) who married Sarah Addis . Sarah was the daughter of Simon Addis . In the Census of 1765 - 1772 , Peter is recorded as " Peter Pommieeje " with his wife and children and two slaves : Caesar and Sam . As " Peter Pommieeje " , he served in the Revolutionary War as captain of the 2nd Battalion , Somerset County , New Jersey militia . Both he and his wife lived and died at Six Mile Run in Somerset County , New Jersey . He was buried in Elm Ridge Cemetery , North Brunswick . The inscription reads : " Peter Pumyea , Died September 21 , 1802 , aged 63 years , 5 months and 25 days " and " Ida Pumyea buried November 20 , 1824 " . John Mott ( 1734 - 1804 ) . John Mott ( June 18 , 1734 - January 31 , 1804 ) was a Captain in the 1st Hunterdon Regiment of the New Jersey Militia and served as a guide to General George Washington and the Revolutionary War army on the march down along the Delaware River prior to the Battle of Trenton . Capt Mott lead the division under General Sullivan down the River Road passing his own farm and grist mill . He was the one who discovered that their powder was wet , which he reported to General Sullivan and General Washington . Captain Mott was in the 1st Hunterdon County Militia throughout the Revolutionary War under Col . Isaac Smith ( June 1776 - Feb 1777 ) and Col . Joseph Phillips ( Feb 1777 - Nov 1781 ) .