Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I a ia e tamariki ana, ko ia te kaikawe i nga karere i waenga i te tari matua o te ope Revolutionary Army i raro i te rangatira a George Washington i Valley Forge me te
Ka hui te Kaunihera, kātahi ka hui ki York, Pennsylvania. E toru nga wa i mahi ai ia i te Pakanga Whanaketanga o Amerika i mua i te tekau ma waru o ona tau, i taua wa ka noho ia hei ensign i te Tuarima o nga Tiamana o Chester County Militia. I tukuna ia i te 24 o Mei 1779, hei rangatira tuatahi, Tuarima o te Battalion, Ono Company. I mahi ia hei kaiwhakawa mo te rangimarie i Charlestown Township mo etahi tau, a he mema ia o te Pennsylvania House of Representatives i te tau 1801.