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French, Joseph (also given Jr.), Attleborough. Private, Capt James Keith's co., Colonel Paul Dudley Sargent's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 16, 1775; enlisted July 8, 1775; service to Aug. 1, 1775, 24 days; also,
company return [probably Oct. 1775]; reported deceased; also,
certificate dated Attleborough, Jan. 1, 1776, given by the Selectmen, stating that said French enlisted in Capt Keith's co., Colonel Sargent's regt., and died In the hospital at Cambridge Sept. 20, 1775, and also
stating that Joseph French, father of said Joseph French, Jr., is entitled to draw the wages and bounty due his son; also, copy of a company order on Ephraim Newell, Town Treasurer of Attleborough, dated July 5, 1776, for money due for service on the alarm caused by the battle of Bunker Hill (MA Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. VI, p. 79)
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56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC
MA Soldiers and Sailors, Volume VI, pg 79
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Previous PRS data showed burial at 2nd Cong Ch, Bristol County, MA. This cemetery is referred to as the Old Kirk Yard, also known as Old Second Parish Church Cemetery on Find-a-Grave. There is no memorial for Joseph French, Jr. in this cemetery on Find-a-Grave. Given death in Cambridge, there is a possibility that he was buried somewhere there
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