The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: 2nd Sergeant
Birth: 1757 Barnstable / Barnstable / MA Death: 27 Jan 1840 Gorham / Cumberland / ME
Qualifying Service Description:
Corporal in Captain A. Williams's company, Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from 20 April 1777 to 31 December 1779; residence, Gorham; credited to town of Newbury; enlistment, 3 years
Captain Nathan Watkins's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment; muster return made by order of Council of 20 December 1777; residence, Scarborough; enlisted for town of Newbury; list of men returned by committee for settling disputes between towns as to soldiers credited to them; said Blake claimed by Scarborough; credited to Newbury
Sergeant (also given Corporal), Captain Williams's company, Colonel Sprout's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from 1 January 1780 to 20 April 1780
Additional References:
Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Rev War, Maine, compiled by Carleton E. Fisher, Sue G. Fisher, pg 62
Pension Number *SR912
Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, Vol 2, pg 133
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