Biography
Thomas Redman was a Quaker jailed at Gloucester Town in 1777 for refusing support for the Revolution and a pledge of loyalty to New Jersey. The Gloucester City Historical Society reports eight weeks in jail. This was religious and political nonconformity involving allegiance, not a verified conviction for refusing a military draft.
Calculated release date for the stay beginning January 21, 1777: March 18, 1777, adding the recorded 56-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning January 21, 1777: March 18, 1777, adding the recorded 56-day equivalent of the reported completed weeks in custody with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Custody date source
John Pemberton’s diary explicitly records the commitment of both Mark Miller and Thomas Redman to Gloucester jail on January 21, 1777. This independently verifies the start date already entered.
