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Author: James Rubin May
Nathaniel Bullard was born in Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on March 11, 1759. He died on the 27th of November, 1816 In Needham. He married Sarah Sanders on June 21, 1782 in Needham, MA.
Nathaniel Bullard served as a drummer in Capt. Aaron Smith's Company and Col. William McIntosh's regiment, 1776 at the taking of Dorchester Heights. The fortification of Dorchester Heights was an important action very early in the Revolutionary conflict. The city of Boston was taken under siege on April 19, 1775, after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Dorchester Heights was an area of Boston on a series of low hills that gave a commanding view of Boston and its harbor. On March 4, 1776 General George Washington led troops to occupy the Heights, and they mounted powerful cannons that had been brought from Ticonderoga in one of the most difficult logistic accomplishments of the war. General Howe withdrew and control of Boston. Boston remained under American control for the duration of the war and the fortifications on Dorchester Heights were again used in the War of 1812.
My lineage+ from Nathaniel Bullard is:
Parents Nellie Eva Bullard and William Henry May Grandparents James Francis Bullard and Mary Lodnsky Pirkle G Grandparents Frederick Henry Bullard and Janet Waldrop GG Grandparents Moses Henry Bullard and Ursula Marie Hope GGG Grandparents Nathaniel Bullard, Jr. and Maria Mills GGGG Grandparents NathanielBullard, Sr. and Sarah Saunders
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