was a member of the artillery corps of Newport, R. I., in 1790.
Philip Moses Russel
was born 1745, and resided in Germantown, Pa. When the war broke out in the Spring of 1775 he enlisted as surgeon's mate under the command of General Lee, serving about ten months. After the British occupation of Philadelphia, in September, 1777, he became surgeon's mate to Surgeon Norman, of the Second Virginia Regiment.
Russell went into winter quarters with the army at Valley Forge, 1777-1778. An attack of sickness, which impaired both his sight and hearing, forced him to resign in August, 1780. He received a letter of commendation from General Washington, "for his assiduous and faithful attentions to the sick and wounded."
Ezekiel Sampson,
Lieutenant of Baldwin's Artillery, Artificer Regiment, May to December, 1775.
Joseph Sampson,
2nd Lieutenant of Cotton's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775.
Abraham Seixes, was a lieutenant in the Georgia Brigade of the Continental Army.
Mordecai Sheftall. See biographical sketch, p. 40.