BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
History of Berks County, Pennsylvania
 in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783,
by Morton L. Montgomery,
Vols. I & II,
publ. Reading, PA: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court Streets,
1894

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	PETER DECKER was a retired gentleman at Reading in 1768, and at the beginning of the Revolution raised a company which was to have been a part of the regiment from Berks County in the "Flying Camp," commanded by Lt. Col. Nicholas Lotz, but the county quota was made up without his company and it became connected with the regiment commanded by Col. Robert Magaw, of the 5th Pennsylvania Battalion.  He participated in the Long Island Campaign.  In 1779, he was a resident of Cumru township, where he carried on a tavern until he died in 1784. Source:  History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783, by Morton L. Montgomery, Vols. I & II, publ. Reading, PA: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court Streets, 1894 - Page 220
Geo. Douglass	GEORGE DOUGLASS, son of Andrew Douglass, and Jane Ross, (a daughter of the Earl of Ross,) was born at Pequea, in Lancaster County, Pa., on Feb. 25, 1726.  He removed to Berks County when a young man.  He was located in Brecknock township in 1757, and by 1760 came to own a large grist mill and plantation of 247 acres which he carried on for some time.  About 1761 he settled in Amity township, and there he remained until his decease.  He served as a Justice of the Peace of the township named for several years before 1770, and he officiated as one of the Judges of the county courts from 1772 to 1784.      In the organization of Lotz's Battalion for the "Flying Camp," a company was included that was commanded by one Douglass whose first name is not given in the returns.  It is believed that George Douglass was captain, for there was no other George Douglass in the county in 1776, excepting his son George, and he was only nine years old.  The men in his company resided in Amity township and vicinity.      His wife was Mary Piersol.  He died Mar. 10, 1799, and left six children - Richard, Andrew, George, Elizabeth (married to John Jenkins), Rebecca (married to Mordecai Piersol), and Bridget (married to James May.)  Andrew, the second son, was married to Rachel Morgan, a daughter of Col. Jacob Morgan, Jr. Source:  History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783, by Morton L. Montgomery, Vols. I & II, publ. Reading, PA: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court Streets, 1894 - Page 220
	THOMAS DUNDAS was a prominent merchant at Reading for many years.  He was the third son of the Earl of Dundas.  When the feelings of the inhabitants were being excited in behalf of the Revolution, he was found among the number that favored the cause of freedom.  He took an active part at the first public meeting which was held at Reading, on July 2, 1774, and was appointed on the committee to carry on correspondence with the similar committees fro the other counties of the Province.  During the year 1776, he officiated as Prothonotary of the county.  He died at Reading on Apr. 25, 1805, and left a son William, and a daughter Jane, who was married to Marks John Biddle, a lawyer at Reading.      The Weekly Advertiser, a newspaper published at Reading, made the following mention of his decease in the issue of April 27th:      "Thomas Dundas was a very respectable inhabitant of this borough, where he had resided nearly forty years.  As a man of business, and as a gentleman of sound understanding and liberal manners, his death may be regarded as a public loss; but by a numerous circle of private friends, his memory will be long and affectionately cherished for his urbanity and social virtues."      He was a particular friend of Dr. Jonathan Potts - the doctor having appreciated his kindness so highly that upon his death in 1781, he bequeathed to him 100 guineas in money, and his Revolutionary sword and pistols. Source:  History of Berks County, Pennsylvania in the Revolution from 1774 to 1783, by Morton L. Montgomery, Vols. I & II, publ. Reading, PA: Chas. F. Haage, Printer, Seventh and Court Streets, 1894 - Page 221