Display Patriot - P-130662 - Comfort CHAFFEE

Comfort CHAFFEE

SAR Patriot #: P-130662

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A026516

Birth: 09 Mar 1756 Rehoboth / Bristol / MA
Death: 23 Feb 1828 Berkshire / Franklin / VT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. CAPT James Warriner's Co., MA Militia, Alarm of 19 Apr 1775, svc 10 days
  2. CAPT John Pain's Co., MA Militia at Winter Hill, Dorchester to 01 Apr 1776, svc 2 mos
  3. CAPT Nathaniel Carpenter; COL Simeon Cary's Reg't, MA Militia, at New York, White Plains to 01 Dec 1776, svc 5 mos
  4. CAPT James Hill; COL John Dagget's Reg't, MA Militia, enlstd 28 Dec 1776, stat at Bristol, svc 3 mos
  5. CAPT William North; COL Henry Jackson's 16th Reg't, MA Line, 19 May 1777 - 20 May 1780, Battle of Monmouth
  6. LT Samuel Brown; COL Thomas Carpenter's Reg't, MA Militia, Alarm to Tiverton, RI, 01 Aug 1780, svc 9 days

Additional References:
  1. Pensions: S.39304 and W.17609
  2. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol 3, pg 241, 244, Vol 8, pg 667
  3. The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol I, pg 880

Spouse: Lucy Stow/Hoyt/Hoit
Children: Lucy; Jasper; Reuben; Aaron; Warren; John; Elijah;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2006-08-21 CA 26201 Richard Springer Hawley USA (Ret.) (148552) Lucy   
2011-08-11 MT 43414 William Richmond Fox Jr. (180397) Lucy   
2013-02-26 RI 51960 Dennis John Lurgio (186448) Jasper   
2018-02-02 VT 76783 Daniel Roy Martin (206247) Reuben   
2020-10-23 CA 94383 Caleb Irving Cockroft (217265) Elijah   
Burial:
West Berkshire Cemetery (C-0089150)
Location:
West Berkshire / Franklin / VT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2219280
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19732340
Marker Type:
vertical stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Headstone photos for Comfort and wife Lucy by permission: Descendant Daniel Roy Martin, Vermont Society SAR. Stone appears to be contemporary with the Patriot's death



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located on the south side of the Village of West Berkshire on VT-108 (West Berkshire Road) on the east side of the road



Author: Daniel Roy Martin

He was born 09 Mar 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA to Nathaniel & Ruth (Mansfield) Chaffee. He fought as a soldier in the Revolutionary War beginning in 1776. He was assigned to General George Washington's staff, carrying his tent and baggage. Later he was a private in Capt. North's Company, Colonel Jackson's Regiment, Massachusetts line about May 1777. He was discharged May 1780. He married widow Lucy (Stow) Hoyt in Grafton, Worcester, MA on 25 Sep 1781. She was the daughter of David & Lucy (Goodnow) Stow. They bought land in Clarendon, Rutland, VT in Oct 1783, where most of their children were born. About 19 yrs later they moved north to Berkshire, VT where he was the first tavern-keeper in town, and "drove the first pair of horses and first double wagon ever used in town."


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