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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 20 May 1761 Haverhill / / MA Death: 20 Sep 1854 Haverhill / / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in Captain Jonathan Ayer's company, Colonel Nathaniel Wade s (Essex County) regiment; enlisted 15 July 1780 and discharged 10 October 1780; service of 3 months and 7 days; enlistment, 3 months; company raised to reinforce Continental Army. Roll dated Haverhill
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, Vol 2, pg 412
Obituary published in the Haverhill Gazette, Sept 23, 1854
Gravestone photograph available in FInd-a-Grave record
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