• Authorized 8 January 1776 in the Continental Army as a regiment to be raised from the troops in service in Canada and assigned to the Canadian Department.
• Organized 15 April 1776 at Quebec Canada, as Nicholson's Regiment, to consist of 8 companies from New York
• Relived 2 July 1776 from the Canadian Department and assigned to the Northern Department.
• Disbanded 31 December 1776 at Albany.

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

• Defense of Canada