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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Lieutenant William Brown was born December 15, 1761 at Warwick, Rhode Island, and died in 1847 at Schnectady, New York.
He was part of an independent company of volunteers called to duty from an “alarm list” of New Providence, commanded by Colonel Joab Stafford, who marched August 14 to and in a battle fought near Bennington, Vermont, August 16, 1777. He also served under his uncle, Captain Daniel Brown, at Berkshire County, in the Massachusetts Militia, at the “alarm” in 1780.
The Battle of Bennington was a major strategic success for the American cause. It reduced Burgoyne’s army in size by almost 1000 men, led his Indian support to largely abandon him, and deprived him of much-needed supplies contributing to his eventual defeat at the battle of Saratoga.
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