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John FERNALD

SAR Patriot #: P-157592

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State of Service: NH Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

Birth: 1742
Death: 23 Nov 1792 Portsmouth / Rockingham / NH

Qualifying Service Description:

1776-1781, he served in the Matross Artilleryman Company of Captain Eliphalet Daniels’s Company at Fort Sullivan.
1775, he was a selectman in Portsmouth
1776, he signed the Association Test

Additional References:

Wilderson, P W, The Raids on Fort William and Mary: Some New Evidence, Historical New Hampshire, Volume 30, Issue 3, Fall 1975, pg 192
Hammond, Isaac W, New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 14, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775, to May 1777, Concord, NH: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1885, pg 119, 259, 663–664
Batchellor, Albert Stillman, NH State Papers, Volume 30, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of NH Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke Co, 1910, pg 113, 121
Hammond, Isaac W., NH State Papers
- Volume 15, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Rev War, May 1777, to 1780, Concord, NH: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1886, pg 431, 692
- Volume 16, Rolls and Documents Relating to Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1887, pg 234

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Burial:

North (aka North Burying Ground, Old North) Cemetery_(C-0063796)

Location:

Portsmouth / Rockingham / NH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

103000

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

43.078330 / -70.763060

Find A Grave Memorial #:

55383776

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Comments:

Photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR
Coordinates obtained using a GPS receiver at the grave site

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Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Dr. Barry Paul Lewis Jr

John Fernald/Furnald was born about 1742.

During the raid on Fort William and Mary in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he was among those who captured powder from the fort on 14 December 1774. He was a selectman in Portsmouth during 1775. He signed the Association Test there on 14 August 1776.

During the Revolutionary War, he was a matross artilleryman who served in the coastal defenses of Piscataqua Harbor at Fort Sullivan and Fort Washington. He was listed in Captain Eliphalet Daniels’s Company at Fort Sullivan on 18 March 1776. He was among those who petitioned the General Assembly on 4 June 1777 and the Council and House of Representatives on 23 September 1777 for an increase in wages. He was later among those at Fort Washington who petitioned the Council and House of Representatives on 14 June 1779 to be paid wages. On 10 April 1781, he enlisted as a private in Captain Ebenezer Dearing’s Company, which was stationed at Fort Washington and engaged in the defense of Piscataqua Harbor. He appeared on a muster roll dated 25 June 1781.

The Patriot died on 23 November 1792, aged 50 years. He was buried in North Cemetery in Portsmouth.

Sources:

Wilderson, Paul W., The Raids on Fort William and Mary: Some New Evidence, Historical New Hampshire, Volume 30, Issue 3, Fall 1975, 192.
Hammond, Isaac W., New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 14, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775, to May 1777, Concord, NH: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1885, pages 119, 259, 663–664.
Batchellor, Albert Stillman, New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 30, Miscellaneous Revolutionary Documents of New Hampshire Including the Association Test, the Pension Rolls, and Other Important Papers, Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke Co., 1910, pages 113, 121.
Hammond, Isaac W., New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 15, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, May 1777, to 1780, Concord, NH: Parsons B. Cogswell, 1886, pages 431, 692.
Hammond, Isaac W., New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 16, Rolls and Documents Relating to Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1887, 234.
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