HISTORY OF ORANGE
esty's Colony of Connecticut, to Isaac Treat, informing him that he had been chosen to serve as a Cornet* of the Troop of Horse in the 2nd Regiment in this Colony.
''Given under my hand and the Seal of this Colony, in Hartford, the 18th day of January in the 14th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, King of Great Britain, Etc. Annoque Domini 177/1.''
Later Mr. Treat was promoted to Lieutenant, commanding a company of Light Horse, and did service around Milford during the Revolution.
The men from Orange who served in the Revolution and are buried in the Orange Cemetery were:
John Bryan
Aaron Clark
Benjamin Clark
Isaac Clark
Robert Treat
William Fowler
John Hine
Miles Mallett
John Pardy
Samuel Treat
Stephen Russell
Joseph Stone
Samuel Stone
Joseph Treat
In 1739, it was ordered that the military companies of New Haven, Milford, Branford, and Derby be made into one entire regiment, the 2nd. Roger Newton was the Colonel of this regiment for many years.
Samuel Treat was appointed Ensign of the 2nd Company, 2nd Regiment, by the Assembly in October, 1768. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1772, Captain in 1775, and advanced to Major of the 2nd Regiment in 1778. He resigned in 1779. He represented the Town as a member of the Legislature, 1783-84.
When the coast was threatened by the British fleet in 1776, Joseph Treat was especially valiant. On January 1, 1777, two hundred American soldiers were brought from British ships in New York harbor and suddenly landed from a cartel ship in Milford. Some of these soldiers were sick with small-pox; and Joseph Treat assisted in caring for them, having had the disease previously. Forty-six of these soldiers died.
In the War of 1812 were the following:
Enoch Clark
Nathan Merwin
Samuel Potter
Joseph Prudden
Benjamin Riggs
Jonathan Rogers
*A Cornet was the lowest commissioned officer in the English Cavalry Troops.
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