Rash's Surname Index
Notes for John LACEY
LACEY, John, soldier, was born in Bucks county, Pa., Feb. 4, 1755. He was captain in Col. Anthony Wayne's 4th Pennsylvania battalion and went with the battalion to Long Island, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1776, and on the Canada expedition. In 1777 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and on Jan. 9, 1778, brigadier-general of Pennsylvania militia, serving in the efforts to prevent the occupation of Philadelphia by the British. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature, 1778, and a member of the council, 1779-81. He commanded a brigade of state militia from August, 1780, to October, 1781, and after the war removed to New Mills, N.J., [p.297] where he engaged in manufacturing iron. He represented his assembly district in the New Jersey legislature and was county judge. He died at New Mills, N.J., Feb. 17, 1814.
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