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Jane McCrea, the Glossary

Jane McCrea (c. 1752 – July 27, 1777) was an American woman who was killed by a Native American warrior serving alongside a British Army expedition under the command of John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War.^[1]

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American Revolutionary War deaths
Deaths by firearm in New York (state)
People of New York (state) in the American Revolution
Saratoga campaign

Albany County militia

The Albany County militia was the colonial militia of Albany County, New York.

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Ambush

An ambush is a surprise attack carried out by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Battle of Bennington

The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, on a farm in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont.

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Battles of Saratoga

The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.

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Bedminster, New Jersey

Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Black hair

Black hair is the darkest and most common of all human hair colors globally, due to large populations with this trait.

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Blond

Blond or blonde, also referred to as fair hair, is a human hair color characterized by low levels of eumelanin, the dark pigment.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British North America

British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Colony of Virginia

The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.

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Confederation period

The Confederation period was the era of the United States' history in the 1780s after the American Revolution and prior to the ratification of the United States Constitution.

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Continental Army

The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.

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Folklore of the United States

American folklore encompasses the folklore that has evolved in the present-day United States mostly since the European colonization of the Americas.

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Fort Edward (village), New York

Fort Edward is a village in Washington County, New York, United States.

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Fort Edward, New York

Fort Edward is a town and the county seat of Washington County, New York, United States.

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Fort Ticonderoga

Fort Ticonderoga, formerly Fort Carillon, is a large 18th-century star fort built by the French at a narrows near the south end of Lake Champlain, in northern New York, in the United States.

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Grave robbery

Grave robbery, tomb robbing, or tomb raiding is the act of uncovering a grave, tomb or crypt to steal commodities.

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Horatio Gates

Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727April 10, 1806) was a British-born American army officer who served as a general in the Continental Army during the early years of the Revolutionary War.

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Hudson River

The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.

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James Phinney Baxter

James Phinney Baxter (March 23, 1831 – May 8, 1921) was an American politician, businessperson, historian, civic leader, and benefactor of Portland, Maine.

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James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson (March 24, 1757 – December 28, 1825) was an American soldier, politician, and Spanish secret agent #13, who was associated with several scandals and controversies.

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John Bill Ricketts

John Bill Ricketts (1769–1802) was an English equestrian who brought the first modern circus to the United States.

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John Burgoyne

General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792.

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John Durang

John Durang (January 6, 1768 – March 31, 1822) was the first native-born American to become known as a dancer.

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John Vanderlyn

John Vanderlyn (October 18, 1775September 23, 1852) was an American neoclassicist painter.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.

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Loyalist (American Revolution)

Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men at the time.

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Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution

Colonists who supported the British cause in the American Revolution were Loyalists, often called Tories, or, occasionally, Royalists or King's Men.

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Luc de la Corne

Luc de la Corne (– October 1, 1784) was a Canadian-born military officer, merchant, interpreter and politician.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Patriot (American Revolution)

Patriots, also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or Whigs, were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control and governance during the colonial era, and supported and helped launch the American Revolution that ultimately established American independence.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.

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Province of New Jersey

The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681.

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Province of Quebec (1763–1791)

The Province of Quebec (Province de Québec) was a colony in British North America which comprised the former French colony of Canada.

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Red hair

Red hair, also known as orange hair or ginger hair, is a human hair color found in 2–6% of people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations.

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Saratoga campaign

The Saratoga campaign in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War.

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Saratoga, New York

Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States.

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Scalping

Scalping is the act of cutting or tearing a part of the human scalp, with hair attached, from the head, and generally occurred in warfare with the scalp being a trophy.

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Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777)

The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga of 1777 occurred between 2 July and 6 July 1777 at Fort Ticonderoga, near the southern end of Lake Champlain in the state of New York.

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Simon Fraser of Balnain

Simon Fraser (1729 – 7 October 1777) was a British general during the American War of Independence. Jane McCrea and Simon Fraser of Balnain are 1777 deaths.

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Sullivan Expedition

The 1779 Sullivan Expedition (also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, the Sullivan Campaign, and the Sullivan-Clinton Genocide) was a United States military campaign during the American Revolutionary War, lasting from June to October 1779, against the four British-allied nations of the Iroquois (also known as the Haudenosaunee).

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Thirteen Colonies

The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Thomas Anburey

Thomas Anburey (1759 - 1840) was a British explorer and writer who wrote a disputed narrative of his travels in North America in the 1770s-1780s. Jane McCrea and Thomas Anburey are 1750s births.

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United Empire Loyalist

United Empire Loyalist (UEL; or simply Loyalist) is an honorific title which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec and Governor General of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or after the American Revolution.

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Wyandot people

The Wyandot people (also Wyandotte, Wendat, Waⁿdát, or Huron) are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America, and speakers of an Iroquoian language, Wyandot.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McCrea

Also known as Jane M'Crea, Jane McCrae.

Jane McCrea, the Glossary

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See also

American Revolutionary War deaths

Deaths by firearm in New York (state)

People of New York (state) in the American Revolution

Saratoga campaign

References