SOURCE: The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy v. 1 1968, seebio. for John Vredenburgh Van Pelt II. DAR entry for Mrs. ClareSmith Bliss .# 53551 BIOGRAPHY: Known as the fighting parson, ofthe Revolutionary War. James Caldwell (1734-81) served as chaplain ofmilitia, and in 1780, in the successful defense of Springfield, whengun wadding gave out he supplied hymn books, saying, Now give themWatts boys. He was shot by a sentry and his wife was shot while inher room. In 1846 a monument was erected to their memory atElizabethtown. He was born in Charlotte, Va.; died in Elizabethtown,N. J.