I represent John Peter DeLancey. I was a major of the Provincial Corps of Pennsylvania Loyalists. I was from a New York family of Huguenot descent. I entered the army as an ensign in the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot and was stationed with them in New York when the American rebellion began. I spent some time in England recruiting for my understrength unit but came back to America ready to see more action. I had fallen in with Capt. Patrick Ferguson, who had invented a breech-loading rifle and had gotten permission to arm and train some recruits in America. I was made a lieutenant in this unit, the British Corps of Riflemen. I was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine, my arm shattered by a musket ball. This took me out of action for almost. a year. The Riflemen were sent to the Light Infantry, so I was free to be recruited for the Pennsylvania Loyalists. The corps arrived in Pensacola at the very end of 1778 and remained until the surrender of Pensacola to the Spanish on May 10, 1781. I was serving a dual commission – I was also a lieutenant in His Majesty’s 18th Regiment of Foot. I left Pensacola in July 1780 when I was promoted to Captain in that regiment and had to make a choice.
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