Isaac Hopewell Budd Dunn, b. ca 1749, probably Sussex County, NJ.
--Served in Revolutionary War: commissioned 2nd Lt. on 5 Jan 1776 in Captain Stephen Bayard's Co. of 2nd PA Battalion, mstered in Westmoreland County. (Source: Westmoreland County in the American Revolution, by Paul W. Myers, 1988)
--Commissioned 1st Lt. on 4 Jul 1776; promoted to Capt. on 1 Jan 1777 in 3rd PA Battalion. Four years later appointed aide-de-camp to General St. Clair, served to end of war, awarded brefet of major on 30 Sep 1783. (Original Source: Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution., Francis B. Heitman, with addenda by Robert H. Kelby. 1967 Reprint of 1914 edition.)
--After the war studied medicine under Dr. Richards at Philadelphia where he courted doctor's grandaughter Abigail Tweedy. Lived for a time at Trenton Landing, New Jersey. Died June 1789 at Lexington, KY.
Sources: White, Virgil D. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, and Francis Bernard Heitman. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783
[Note: "Dr." Richards was an apothecary, but primarily a merchant; he was probably not the grandfather of Abigail Tweedy; and Trenton Landing was probably another name for the settlement of Lamberton, which served as the Port for Trenton until about 1840.]
