1 The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution 231-32 (1896)
| dc.coverage.spatial | New York [Colony] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-05T19:33:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1691 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Lowered the minimum militia age, so that "noe person whatsoever from fiftieen to Sixty years of Age remaine unlisted." For every foot soldier, "a well fixed muskett or fuzee" for officers, "a good pike or Sword or lance and pistoll." At home, every foot soldier was to have "one pound of good powder and three pound of Sizeable bulletts," and every Trooper (horseman) had to "have at his usuall place of abode a well fixed Carabine with belt and Swivell and two pounds of fine powder with Six pounds of Sizeable bulletts." | |
| dc.description.lawtext | Whereas the present State and Condition of this Province Doth of necessity require That the Inhabitants thereof Should be well armed and Trained up in Art military as well for the honour and service of Their Most Excellent Majestyes as the preservation of their own lives and fortunes BEE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED By the Governour and Council and Representatives Convened in Generall Assembly, and It is hereby ENACTED and Ordained By the authority of the Same That noe person whatsoever from fifteen to Sixty years of Age remaine unlisted by themselves or masters mistresses or imployers under the Captains in the respective places of their abode in foot or horse the space of one Calendar month after their arrivall or Coming to reside or sojourne in any place within this Province, on penalty of twenty Shillings and soe for every month Such person Shall remaine unlisted and that every foot Soldier be provided with a well fixed musket or fuzee (or if the Officer Soe appoint with a good pike or Sword or Lance and pistol Each musketteer Six charges of powder and one Cartouch box and so shall appeare when and where appointed upon penalty of five shillings for his Default in not appearing and three shillings for want of each Charge of powder gunn pike Sword pistoll or Cartouch box so as the whole penalty for any person at one time exceed not tenn shillings and That every Soldier belonging To the horse Shall when and where Commanded appear and be provided with a good Serviceable horse of his Own Covered with a good Saddle with holsters breast plate and crupper and a Case of good pistols hanger Sword or rapier and halfe pound of powder with twelve Serviceable bulletts on penalty of Tenn Shillings for each times absence and five Shillings for default of each of the particulers abovementioned soe as the whole penalty for one time Exceed not fifteen Shillings And that every foot Souldier Shall have att his habitation and abode one pound of good powder and three pound of Sizeable bulletts and every Tropper have at his usuall place of abode a well fixed Carabine with belt and Swivell and two pounds of fine powder with Six pounds of Sizeable bulletts on penalty of Tenn Shillings for each default and that each of them Shall bring the same into field when Commanded upon penalty of answering the same at a Court Martiall And for the Supply of the Troops of horse in the Cittyes of New Yorke and Albany and the County of Ulster It shall be in the power of the Collonell or Cheife Officer of the Militia of the Citty of New Yorke County of Albany County of Ulster for the time being whensoever any of the said Troops shall not Compleate the number of fifty to present double the number instead of such as are dead removed or wanting out of the principall Inhabitants and Gentlemen of the Respective Cittyes or Countyes aforesaid unto the Governour for the time being who from time to time may list and order so many of them to be of the said Respective Troops as may Compleate the number of fifty for their Majestyes service and the security of this Province And every person soe Presented to the Governour for the time being and by him listed and Ordered to be of the said respective Troops Shall be and are hereby obliged to serve in the said Respective Troops upon the penalty of five pounds. | |
| dc.description.summary | All residents aged fifteen to sixty must enroll in a local foot or horse militia unit within one month of arrival under a penalty of twenty shillings per month of non-compliance. Foot soldiers are required to supply a musket, pike, or sword along with ammunition and a cartouche box, while maintaining one pound of powder and three pounds of bullets at home. Cavalry members must provide a horse, saddle, sidearms, and carbine along with extra ammunition, facing fines for missing gear or absences. Additionally, militia colonels in New York City, Albany, and Ulster County are empowered to draft prominent local citizens to keep cavalry troop numbers at fifty, subject to a five-pound fine for refusing to serve. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/5968 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedby | http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/index.php/document/csr23-0016 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyHathi | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002158537d&seq=261 | |
| dc.subject | MILITIAS | |
| dc.title | 1 The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution 231-32 (1896) |