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Descendants of Henry Adams of Braintree in the Revolutionary War John7 (1761), Col. Andrew6, Dea. John5, Edward4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - A John was Corporal from Milton in Capt. Joseph Vose's company, Col. William Heath's Suffolk regiment, Oct., 1775, and Sergeant in Capt. William Badcock's company, Col. Pierce's regiment; enlisted March 1, 1778; discharged April 3, served at Castle Island. He d. in Worcester, Mass., 23 Sept., 1843, age 82. Ebenezer5 (1746), Ebenezer4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a corporal in Capt. William Watkins' Company, Col. Benjamin Simon's Berkshire regiment; enlisted Dec. 16, 1776; served 2 months 9 days; was at Ticonderoga sick in camp, Feb. 25, 1777; he was allowed a bounty of œ2 in May, 1782, for killing a "woolf." Barnabas5 (1749), Ebenezer4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was constable in Becket, March, 1776; was a private in Capt. Peter Porter's company, Col Benjamin Simon's Berkshire regiment, April 26, 1777, to May 20, 25 days; marched to Saratoga, N. Y. Capt. Simon5 (1746) Joseph4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was Sergeant from Sandisfield and New Marlboro, Mass., in Capt. Moses Soul's company, Col. John Fellows' regiment, and served 17 days, going to Lexington in April, 1775; he was a Captain in Col. John Collar's regiment, and served under Arnold in the expedition against Quebec. Corp. Moses5 (1748) Joseph4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He enlisted from Lenox, Mass.; was Corporal in Capt. Soul's company, April 19, 1775; served for 17 days; enlisted May 8, 1775, and served one month and one day; was in Capt. Noah Allen's company, Col. Edw. Wigglesworth's regiment, and was reported dead Aug., 1777. Sergt. Zebediah5 (1753) Joseph4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private from Sandisfield and New Marlboro, in Capt. Moses Pond's company, Col. John Fellows' Berkshire regiment, April, 1775; served 21 days; enlisted May 8, 1775, and served three months and a day; he enlisted again July 8, 1777, and was discharged Aug. 15. He enlisted as sergeant, Oct. 13, 1781, in Capt. Simon Adams' company, Col. John Collar's regiment, and served 12 days. Aaron5 (1761) Joseph4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He enlisted at Lenox, Mass., July 18, 1779, in Capt. Samuel Goodrich's company, Col. Miles Powell's regiment; discharged Aug. 22; service, 1 month, 10 days. Obed5 (1745), Thomas4, Edward3, Jr., Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a private in Capt. Ebenezer Jenkins' company, Col. Freeman's regiment; enlisted Sept. 6, 1778; discharged Sept. 14; allowed 8 days' service at Falmouth and Dartmouth. Micah6 (1762), Jonathan5, Jonathan4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a private in Capt. John Ellis?? company, Col. Seth Bullard's regiment; he enlisted July 29, 1780, served in Rhode Island till Aug. 7; had credit for 12 days. He d. in Medway, Mass., 1 April, 1842, age 80. Heman6 (1761), Thomas4, Edward3, Jr., Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He enlisted as a private from Sandwich, June 9, 1779, for 9 months; is described as 17 years of age, 5 feet and 4 inches high, and light complexion. He enlisted again Aug. 17, 1779, and was discharged May 17, 1780; Ansel6 (1761-2), Edward5, Thomas4, Edward3, Jr., Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private in Capt. Matthew Toby's company, Col. Jacob Gerrish; enlisted Aug. 22, 1778; discharged Dec. 14; served 3 months, 27 days at Winter Hill; served again Sept. 6 to 16, 1779, Capt. Simeon Fish, Col. Freeman; enlisted again July, 1780; discharged Jan. 22, 1781; served in war of 1812-14; Newton6 (1764), Thomas5, Thomas4, Henry3, Lieut. Henry2, Henry1 - A Newton enlisted July 14, 1780, in Capt. Nathan Thayer's Co., Col. Ebenezer Thayer's Suffolk Reg., served 3 mos. and 6 days; was at West Point; discharged Oct. 9, 1780. Also in Capt. Amos Ellis' Co., Col. Dean's 4th Suffolk Reg., March 3, 1781, 15 days, to March 17. Capt. Timothy6 (1757), John5, Timothy4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - Was a private from Chelmsford, in Capt. John Ford's Co., May, 1775, Col. Bridges' Reg., enlisted April 29, 1775, and again, Sept., 1777, Capt. John Ford. Col. Jonas Reed. Joseph6 (1758), Capt. Samuel5, Capt. Joseph4, Samuel3, Lieut.
Thomas2, Henry1 - He entered Yale College in 1773, but left to join the army; enlisted May 11, 1775, and was in Gen.
Israel Putnam's Reg He served till 1780; Davenport6
(1751), Charles5, Thomas4, Samuel3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He enlisted in Co. of Capt. Zenas Wheeler, Col. John
Ashley, July 8, 1777; discharged July 27, 1777; enlisted again for service in the Highlands in Aug., 1777; Obediah5, Jr. (1721), Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He
was in Capt. Jesse Holbrook's Co., Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk Reg., from Dec. 8, 1776, to Dec. 19, 11 days. Jemima5 (1737), Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Her husband,
Lieut. William Fisk of Upton, Mass., son of Daniel, b. April 14, 1733, d. 9 March, 1848; was Lieut. of the Upton Co. in the
Revolution. Abner5 (1733), Thomas4, John3, Ens.
Edward2, Henry1 - An Abner Adams was private in Capt. Noah Dickinson's Hampshire Co., Col. Elisha Porter's
Reg.; enlisted Aug. 18, 1777; marched to New Providence. Stephen5
(1715), Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut, Thomas2, Henry1 - The historian of New Ipswich says he was a soldier in the Revolution
and furnished three sons for the war. Levi5 (1728),
David4, Jonathan3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - Levi and his four sons were carpenters by trade; with three of them,
viz.: Levi Jr., David, and John, he was a soldier in the Revolution. He was at New London, Conn., at the time of the capture
of Fort Griswold, Sept. 7, 1781. Kesia5 (1747),
Henry4, Esq., Henry3, Lieut. Henry2, Henry1 - Her husband, Dr. Josiah Holt, son of Paul and Melatiah (Chandler) Holt,
b. Feb. 28, 1754; was a surgeon in the revolution; purchased a cargo of medical supplies on which he realized a large sum;
Hepzibah6 (1761), Moses5, James4, Moses3, Lieut.
Henry2, Henry1 - Her husband, Asa Fairbanks, son of Dea. Ebenezer Fairbanks; b. March 4, 1762; was a soldier of the
Revolution; Sergt. Levi6, Jonathan5, David4, Jonathan2, Lieut. Thomas2,
Henry1 - He was a carpenter by trade, and a soldier in the Revolution, 1776-8; removed to Pawlet, Vt., 1780; became
a Serg. in Capt. Samuel Willard's Co., Col. Ira Allen's Reg., and served 5 days, Oct. 23, 1781. He removed to Milford,
Otsego Co., NY, 1799, and thence in 1826 to Ripley, Chautauqua Co., NY He was enrolled as a pensioner, May 11, 1833. Capt. David6 (1756), Jonathan5, David4, Jonathan2, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1
- He served as a soldier in Connecticut; removed to Pawlet, Vt., and was with his brother in Capt. Willard's Co., Col.
Ira Allen's Reg., in Oct., 1781. He was enrolled as a pensioner in Otsego Co. for services in the Conn. line, July 31,
1818. John6 (1762), Jonathan5, David4, Jonathan2,
Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He, like his other brothers, was a carpenter by trade, removed to Vermont, and served as
a soldier in the Revolution. He is said to have been on guard at the execution of Maj. Andre, Oct. 2, 1780. He received a
pension from March 4, 1831; Jacob6 (1739), Ephraim5,
Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in Capt. Taylor's Co., Dec., 1775, and served in
Capt. William Walker's Co., Col. James Read's Reg., from Dec. 7, 1776, to March, 1777. Henry6 (1742), Ephraim5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1
- Fox, in the history of old Dunstable, says that Jacob and Henry were soldiers of the Revolution from Dunstable. Lydia6 (1749), Ephraim5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1
- Her husband, Samuel Holt, son of John and his 2nd wife Deborah (Stevens) Holt; b. in Andover, Mass., May 1, 1749 was was
a soldier, was at NY in Sept., 1776, in Capt. Abijah Smith's Co., Col. Baldwin's Reg. Stephen6, Jr., (1738), Stephen5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1
- He enlisted, April 23, 1775, from New Ipswich in Capt. Ezra Town's Co., Col. James Reed's Reg.; was described as
36 years of age, b. in Dunstable, Mass., 5 feet, 7 inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes; Silas6 (1745), Stephen5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He appears
to have been a soldier in the Revolution; Phinehas6
(1759), Stephen5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was a private in Capt. Town's Co., Col. Reed's
Reg., and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. Corp. Jonas6 (1758), Stephen5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in the
Revolution; was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and became a waiter to Col. Cilley. He drew a pension
under the law of April 27, 1810, from Feb. 6, 1809, to the time of his death. Isaac6 (1761), Thomas5, Thomas4, Timothy3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was a soldier of the Revolution.
Roswell6 (1753), Elihu5, (1731) [38] (Capt. Joseph4,
Samuel3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was a private in Capt. Obadiah Johnson's Co., Col. Israel Putnam's Reg.,
May 16 to Dec. 15, 1775. David6 (1754-5), Elihu5,
(1731) [38] (Capt. Joseph4, Samuel3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - He was probably a soldier in the same Co. and Reg,
as Roswell, May 19 to Dec. 16, 1775; Maj. Reuben6
(1761), Capt. Thomas5, Capt. Joseph4, Samuel3, Lieut. Thomas2, Henry1 - Received a pension Dec. 3, 1832, for services
in the Revolution; Sybil6
(1761), Oliver5, Benjamin4, Capt. Joseph3, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - Her husband, Moses Hale, son of Moses Hale; was
a soldier with Gen Stark in 1777, when 17 years of age. Col.
Benjamin6 (1771), Oliver5, Benjamin4, Capt. Joseph3, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - He was a soldier at the time of Shay's
rebellion; Benjamin5 (1744), John4, Benjamin3,
Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - He was a soldier and officer in the Revolution, gave his sword and a book to his nephew,
now (1897) in the possession of Nancy7, Mrs. Atwell C. Ellis of Keene N. H.; Dea, Ephraim5 (1750-1), John4, Benjamin3, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in the Revolution;
Solomon6 (1758), William5, Benjamin4, Capt. Joseph3, Capt. Samuel2,
Henry1 - He was a soldier of the Revolution, a private in Capt. James Varnum's Co., Col. Michael Jackson's
Reg., May 15, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779, and from Jan. 1, 1780, to May 15, 1780. William6 (1762), William5, Benjamin4, Capt. Joseph3, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - He enlisted as a soldier
when 18 years of age, serving in Capt. Phinehas Parker's Co., from July 2, 1780, to Dec. 6, 5 months and 17 days. He was
present at West Point at the execution of Maj. John Andre, Oct. 2, 1780. Capt.
Jesse5 (1743-4), Dea. Jonas4, Capt. Joseph2, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - He was a private from Dracut, in Capt. Stephen
Russell's Co., Col. Green's Reg., April 19, 1775; served 4 days. Capt.
Abel5 (1746), Dea. Jonas4, Capt. Joseph2, Capt. Samuel2, Henry1 - An Abel Adams was picket-guard in Maj. Laomi Baldwin's
(afterwards wards Colonel) Middlesex Reg., May 23, 1775. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Benjamin Fletcher's
Co. of the 7th Middlesex Reg., July 6, 1780. He served also in R. I. in Capt. Asa Drury's Co., Col. Francis' Reg.,
Aug 1, to Dec. 1, 1781. Capt. Abel held a commission as captain of a company in the 7th Reg., 3d Div. of the militia of Middlesex
Co., dated June 8, 1787. Nathan5 (1742), Ezekiel4, Jonathan3,
Dea. Jonathan2, Henry1 - He was a private in Capt. Adam Peter's Co., Maj. Seth Bullard's 4th Suffolk Reg.,
from Aug. 3, 1780, to Aug. 10, serving in R. I. 7 days. Gershom5
(1745), Ezekiel4, Jonathan3, Dea. Jonathan2, Henry1 - He was undoubtedly a soldier of the Revolution, a private in
Capt. Ephraim Cheney's Co., Col. J. Smith's Reg.; turned out April 19, 1775, and served 11 days; was drafted July
19, 1776, and paid a bounty; enlisted again Dec. 8, 1776, and was discharged Dec. 30th, also served 30 days in R. I., Oct.
1, 1777. He enlisted also. Aug. 3, 1780, in the 4th Suffolk Reg., and was dischaged Aug. 7. Capt. John5 (1744-5), Capt. John4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - Capt. John was a Lieutenant
in Capt. Cleveland's Co. at Lexington, April 19, 1775, and was in the battle of Bunker Hill in June. He served in Capt.
Cady's Co. of militia in Aug., 1778, and probably became Captain in 1789. Samuel5 (1753), Capt. John4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - He served in the army of the Revolution seven
years; was one of the body guard of Gen. Washington. Jeremiah5 (1732-3), Isaac4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - In March, 1780, he served 4 days in Capt.
Zebediah Dewey's Co., and in Oct., 1780, he served 8 days in the same company, and was allowed for 16 miles of travel.
On the alarm of Oct., 1781, he served 9 days at Castleton, Vt., in the Company of Capt. Abraham Moseley, by order of Lieut.
Col. Clark. Joseph5 (1751), Capt.
Michael4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - A Joseph of Killingly, enlisted May 11, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Elliott's 8th Co. and served till Sept 28. A Joseph of Killingly bought 94 acres of land in Lanesboro, Mass., April 23, 1777, and he was
a soldier in the Revolution, enlisting from Lanesboro. Samuel5
(1744), Joseph4, Jr., Joseph3, Peter2, Henry1 - The four brothers, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and Abner, were soldiers
in the Revolution. They enlisted from the town of Gageboro, now Windsor, Berkshire Co., Mass., in Capt. Wm. Clarke's Co.,
Col. Benjamin Simonds' Reg., Oct. 13, 1780, and marched from Windsor to Shaftsbury, serving 6 days. Joseph5 & Benjamin5 (1760), Joseph4, Jr., Joseph3, Peter2, Henry1 -
Benjamin marched from Gageboro, July 9, 1777, by order of Gen. Schuyler, and served 22 days. Joseph and Benjamin served in
Capt. Zebediah Dewey's Co., by order of Lieut. Col. Clark, 10 days, on alarm at Castleton, Oct. 21, 1781. Isaac6 (1763), Jeremiah5, Isaac4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - Was a private
and musician in Capt. Parmalee Allen's Co. of Rangers, Maj. Ebenezer Allen's detachment of the Vermont line, Feb.
1 to Dec. 1, 1780. He served 2 days on alarm at Castleton, June 10, 1781. Col.
Pliny6 (1767), Jeremiah5, Isaac4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - Isaac and Pliny each served 5 days on an expedition to
the northward, 1782. Roll of Capt. Israel Hurlburt, Col. Thomas Lee. Lieut.
Daniel6 (1770), Jeremiah5, Isaac4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - Soldier; d. at Montreal, P. Q., 1815. Joshua6 (1760), Phineas5, Isaac4, John3, Peter2, Henry1 - A Joshua Adams
enlisted for the war Jan. 1, 1777, in Col. Seth Warner's Reg.; was taken prisoner July 7, 1777, and afterward exchanged.
A Joshua marched to Bennington in Capt. Enoch Noble's Co., Col. John Ashley's Berkshire Reg.; enlisted Aug. 1, 1777;
discharged Aug. 20; service 20 days; also served Sept. 19 to Oct. 19, 1777, in Capt. Roswell Downing's Co., Col. Ashley's
Reg. Joshua Adams enlisted from Sheffield, Mass., for 3 years in Capt. Bartlett's Co., Col. Weston's Reg.; served
March 18, 1778, to Dec. 31, 1779. Joshua6 (1757), Joshua5, Isaac4,
John3, Peter2, Henry1 - Joshua Adams, recorded as b. in Egremont, age 22 years; a farmer; 5 feet, 9 inches high,
dark hair and complexion; was enlisted Nov., 1779, in Capt. Carr's Co., at West Point, 8th Massachusetts Reg. A Joshua
Adams, probably same as above, was a private from Egremont, in Capt. Ingersoll's Co., Col. David Brewster's Berk shire
Reg.; was enlisted May 22, 1775, and served 2 months and 2 weeks. "Joshua of Alford," Mass., was awarded a bounty
of 200 acres of land, or $20.00, under resolve of March 1, 1801, for services in the 8th Massachusetts Reg. Capt. Joseph6 (1751), Dr.
Joseph5, Rev. Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1 - He was a soldier at Crown Point and Ticonderoga in Capt. Abraham
Perham's Co., Col. Pierce Long, Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7, 1777; Ebenezer6
(1753), Dr. Joseph5, Rev. Joseph4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Henry1 - He was a soldier at Crown Point and Ticonderoga, Aug.,
1776, in Capt. Caleb Hodgdon's Co., and in Capt. Abraham Perham's Co., Col. Pierce Long, Dec. 7, 1776, to Jan. 7,
1777; Dudley Gilman6 (1756), Dr. Joseph5, Rev. Joseph4, Joseph3,
Joseph2, Henry1 - He enlisted in the army at 20 years of age, was in Capt. Caleb Hodgdon's Co., Aug. 7, to Sept.
19, 1776, and in Capt. Abraham Perham's Co., Dec. 7, 1776, Col. Pierce Long; served in Rhode Island and at Ft. Ann and
Saratoga; Obadiah5 (1751-4), Abraham4, John3, Ens. Edward2,
Henry1 - He was in Capt. Peter Harwood's Co., Col. Ebenezer Larned, Worcester Co. Reg.; served 3 months and a
day from May 2, 1775; killed in the Revolutionary war at Dorchester, 1776. Jesse5
(1755), Abraham4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a patriot and soldier of the Revolution; received a pension;
John5 (1724), Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1
- He settled in Brookfield, Mass.; was a soldier in the Revolution; returned to Medway; either he or John5, son of Jeremiah4,
was a soldier in the Colonial War in 1756 from Brookfield. Dr. David5 (1731), David4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was appointed Surgeon in Col. John
Durkee's 4th Connecticut regiment from Preston (now Pascoag), March 25, 1778, and was with the soldiers at Valley Forge
during the winter; Hannah6 (1745),
Isaac6, Jonathan4, Capt. Jonathan3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Her husband, Capt. James Chamberlain, a soldier of the
Revolution; Lydia6 (1749), Isaac6, Jonathan4, Capt. Jonathan3,
Ens. Edward2, Henry1 – Her husband Abijah Twitchell, b. Aug. 3, 1750, was a soldier of the Revolution. Col. Andrew6 (1735), Dea. John5, Edward4, John3,
Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He held a commission under King George III, in 1761, as Coroner for the County of Suffolk;
also a Lieutenant's commission in a company of cavalry, and was a man of prominence and influence. He espoused the patriot
cause, and enlisted as a sergeant from Milton, in Capt. Joseph Vose's Co., Col. Robertson's Reg., afterward Col. Abijah
Pierce's 3d Suffolk Reg., April 19, 1775, and served 15 days. March 23, 1776, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in
Capt. Wm. Badcock's Co.--same Reg. He marched to Bennington, and probably also to Rhode Island. Edward6 (1733-9), Dea. John5, Edward4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private
from Milton in Capt. Josiah Vose's Co.; enlisted April 13, 1776; discharged April 26; served 12 days on the coast defense.
Ann6 (1744-5), Dea. John5, Edward4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1
- Her husband, Capt. Joseph Baxter, son of John and Mehitable (Willard) Baxter, b. 1740 was a Captain in the Revolution, and
served in Rhode Island. Dea. Lemuel6 (1748), Dea. John5, Edward4,
John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was probably a soldier of the Revolution, being awarded a U. S. pension, Aug. 27,
1833, beginning from March 4, 1831. Dea.
Daniel6 (1750), Ensign Thomas5, Daniel4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a soldier in the Revolution from Rutland;
enlisted as a private from Barre or Rutland, Aug. 21, 1777; discharged; served 10 days in Capt. Benjamin Ayers' Co., Col.
Nathan Sparhawk; also Sept. 26, 1777, marched to Bennington; served 29 days. Capt. Thomas (1754), Ensign Thomas5, Daniel4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private in
Capt. Moses Adams' Co., Col. Seth Bullard's 4th Suffolk Reg., July 28, 1780, to Aug. 7--13 days; marched to Tiverton.
Previously 3 days at Lexington. April 30, 1775, in Capt. Adams' Co., Col. Fuller's Reg. Asa6 (1757), Ensign Thomas5, Daniel4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier
in the Revolution from Rutland, Mass. Ithamer6 (17??), Eleazer5,
Jr., Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private from Holliston in Capt. Staples Chamberlain's company,
Col. Samuel Bullen's regiment, April 19, 1775; also in Capt. Joseph Miller's company, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's
regiment, July 15, 1775; served 17 days at Winter Hill; was reported dead Sept. 3, 1775. Gen. Eliakim6 (1756), Eleazer5, Jr., Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He enlisted
as a private in Capt. Moses Adams' company, Col. John Smith's regiment, April 19, 1775, and served to April 30, 11
days; enlisted May 8, 1776; turned out on alarm April 18, 1777, again Aug. 17, 1777, and served 27 days; became Sergeant in
Capt. Adam Peters' company, Col. Howe's regiment; also served July 18, 1780, to Aug. 2; was representative in the
General Court, 1795 and '96; and probably General of the Militia; Titus6
(1758), Eleazer5, Jr., Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a private in Capt. Moses Adams' company, Col.
Fuller's regiment, April 19, 1775, served 3 days; d. in Medfield 8 Aug., 1808. Philemon6 (1760), Eleazer5, Jr., Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier of the
Revolution, probably in Col. Samuel Denny's Worcester County regiment, Capt. Asa Cranston's company, and credited
to Framingham for 3 months' service at Claverack, N. Y.--Oct., Nov. and Dec., 1778. He was in the Medway company of Capt.
Josiah Fuller, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Suffolk regiment, Dec. 8, 1776, to Jan. 1, 1777. He settled in Hubbardston, Mass.,
and was prominent in the State militia; removed to Shrewsbury, Vt., in Feb., 1794, and was a Representative of that town in
the Legislature; he received a pension March, 1831; John6 (1746),
John5, Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private in Captain Nathan Hamilton's company, Col. Samuel
Brewer's regiment, from the 3d precinct of Brookfield, June 30, 1778, and served 2 1/2 months; he was ordered to widow
Jones' in Worcester, with provisions for 3 days, and then to Tiverton, R. I., before Aug. 6, 1778; he was enrolled for
a pension July 9, 1833, to begin March 4, 1831; age 87. Joel6
(1751), John5, Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was probably a private from Medway in Capt. Moses Adams'
company. Col. Fuller's regiment, April 19 to 30, 1775, and from the 3d precinct of Brookfield in Capt. John Brewster's
company, Col. Job Cushing's regiment, Sept. 7, 1777, and June 30, 1778; He was a private from Medway in the company of
Capt. S. Mann, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's regiment; enlisted April 22, 1777, discharged May 10, service 20 days, and again
for two months in Capt. Eben Battles' company, Col. Jonathan Titcomb's Suffolk regiment. He served in Capt. Moses
Adams' company, Col. Benjamin Hawes' 4th Suffolk regiment, at Fishkill, N. Y., June 13, 1778, and marched to Tiverton,
R. I., with Maj. Seth Bullard, July 28, 1780, to Aug 7, 12 days. Patty6
(1775), John5, Eleazer4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Her husband, Uriah Harrington was a soldier of the Revolution,
and his widow received a pension. Silas6 (1748), Obadiah5, Jr.,
Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in Capt. Jesse Holbrook's company, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's
Suffolk regiment, at Lexington, April, 1775. Samuel6 (1755),
Obadiah5, Jr., Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in Capt. Holbrook's company, Col. Wheelock's
regiment, at Lexington, April, 1775; he d. in North Bellingham, 11 July, 1840, age 84. Issachar6 (1754), Nathan5, Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was probably a soldier in
the company of Capt. Samuel Cobb, Col. Joseph Read, and served 3 months and a day, from May 5, 1775; Obadiah6 (1758), Nathan5, Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was enlisted from
Medway for 9 months in Capt. Moses Adams' company, Col. Hawes' regiment, April 20, 1778; was at Dorchester June 29,
1778, and was at Fishkill, N. Y. He was awarded a pension June 14, 1819; Reuben6
(1760), Nathan5, Obadiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a private in Capt. Sabin Mann's company, Col.
Ephraim Wheelock's regiment, April 21, 1777, to May 10, 20 days; Thomas6 (1758), Abner5, Thomas4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Thomas was a soldier
of the Revolution; David6 (17??),
Abner5, Thomas4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in
the Revolution, and d. in the service at Ticonderoga, N. Y. A David was drummer from Northampton; enlisted May 1, 1775, and
served 3 months and 8 days; he was in Capt. Webster's Co., Col. John Fellows' regiment at Dorchester, Oct. 8, 1775,
and was in Capt. John Farr's Co., at Ticonderoga, Aug. 28, 1776. John6
(1755), John5, Jeremiah4, John3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - A soldier in the Revolution called "John Jeremy."
Dr. Elijah6 (1754), Eliashib5, Eliashib4, Eliashib3, Ens. Edward2,
Henry1 - He was a surgeon in the Revolution at Bunker Hill; Mary6
(1757), Eliashib5, Eliashib4, Eliashib3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Her husband, Dea. Rufus Marsh, who was a Revolutionary
soldier; Ebenezer6 (1751), Ebenezer5,
James4, Lieut. James3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in the Revolution; enlisted from Rhinebeck, N. Y.,
Aug. 8, 1775, in Capt. Henry B. Livingstone's company of the 4th New York Regiment; is said to have been at Valley Forge,
and to have received a pension. Lodema6
(1757), Ebenezer5, James4, Lieut. James3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Her husband, Thomas Pierpont, was an officer in
the Revolution; a lame man; drew a pension of $96 per annum. John6
(1760-1), Ebenezer5, James4, Lieut. James3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - John was a soldier; served 5 days in Capt. Elijah
Galusha's company to assist the Sheriff of Windham Co., in Sept., 1781; was credited 3 days' service in the same company
in May, 1782. Samuel Calvin6 (1765), Lieut. Samuel5, David4,
Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was a soldier in the Revolution at 16; enlisted from Canterbury in Capt. James
Dana's company, Gen. Waterbury's brigade, March, 1781; David6 (1757), Jonathan5, Daniel4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - Was a soldier in
the Revolution; mustered at Camb., May 26, 1775, Capt. Watson, Col. Isaac Wyman; enlisted May 15, 1775, in Capt. Jeremiah
Stiles' company, Col. Sargent's regiment; served 2 months and 22 days; enlisted July 2, 1776; joined the Northern.
Army at Mt. Independence, Nov., 1776, marched to Ticonderoga with Capt. Josiah Brown, Col. Enoch Hale, May 6, 1777; in service
for 49 days; enlisted for 3 years in Petersham company, 1st New Hampshire regiment, Col. Joseph Colby; mustered Dec. 17, 1777;
discharged Dec. 31, 1780; was Corporal and Sergeant, 1781 and 1782. Dea Jedediah6 (1762), Solomon5, Solomon4, Henry3, Ens. Edward2, Henry1 - He was water-carrier
in the army at 14 years of age; served as soldier through the war of the Revolution, and in the war of 1812; |
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