• Authorized on January 10, 1776 in the Continental Army as the 3rd New Jersey Regiment and assigned to the New York (later Middle) Department.
• Organized between February 7 - May 18, 1776 at Elizabethtown to consist of 8 companies.
• Relieved on March 14, 1776 from the Middle Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
• Assigned on April 24, 1776 to Stirling's Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army.
• Relieved on April 27, 1776 from Stirling's Brigade and assigned to the Northern Department.
• Relieved on March 1, 1777 from the Northern Department and assigned to the Main Continental Army.
• Assigned on May 22, 1777 to the New Jersey Brigade, an element of the Main Continental Army.
• Reorganized on February 7, 1779 to consist of 9 companies.
• Disbanded on January 1, 1781 at Pompton, Men merged into the 1st and 2nd New Jersey Regiments.

Lineage taken from "The Continental Army" by Robert K Wright

• Lake Champlain
• Northern New Jersey
• New York 1777
• Defense of Philadelphia
• Philadelphia - Monmouth
• Iroquis 1779
• New Jersey 1780

The 3rd New Jersey Regiment was raised, on January 1, 1776, at Elizabethtown, New Jersey for service with the Continental Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Valcour Island, New York Campaign, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth, Sullivan Expedition, and the Battle of Springfield. The regiment was disbanded, on January 1, 1781, at Pompton, New Jersey.