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State of Service: NY
Qualifying Service: Soldier
Birth: 19 Jan 1767 Preston / New London / CT Death: 05 Feb 1836 Orwell / Addison / VT
Qualifying Service Description:
Soldier in the NY Line 1782 enlisted
Served under Colonel Willett's Regt, under officers Capt Joseph Harrison, Lt Ehraim Eaton, F Buchanan, Maj, Bent
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
SAR RC# 142376
Rev War Pension File #R4379
"The Guiles of Preston in the American Revolution" by Richard Y Giles (manuscript) pg 20-21
"genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files" Vol II, by Virgil D White, pg 1456
"The Guile-Gile-Guiles Genealogy" John Charles Gile, 1997, pg 94- 822-823
Author: Dan Gwin
Joseph GUILE was born 19 January 1770 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, the son of John GUILE and Freelove Aseneth ELIOT. Joseph died 5 February 1836 in Orwell, Addison County, Vermont. His first spouse has not been identified.
A biographical sketch of Joseph’s grandson, Jacob Guile, published in 1887 reports that, “Grandfather Guile was a soldier in the War of 1776, and after the Battle of Lundy’s Lane was never heard of.” Eleven years later, this family tradition was embellished. Jacob’s obituary from 1898 states that, “His grand father was a soldier in the war of 1776 being killed at the battle of Lundy’s Lane.” (The Battle of Lundy’s Lane occurred during the War of 1812 near Niagara Falls, New York, 25 July 1814. The five-hour battle ended in a draw; the Americans suffered eight hundred fifty-three casualties and the British lost eight hundred seventy-eight soldiers.)
Joseph applied for a Revolutionary War pension 3 October 1832 while a resident of Orwell, Vermont. Joseph Guile signed a deposition with additional information about his Revolutionary War service 5 September 1834.
I Joseph Guile of Orwell County of Rutland and State of Vermont of lawful age do depose testify and say -- that I the deponent enlisted under Lieut. Ephraim Eaton in Col. Willets Regiment in the army of the Revolution some of the first days of February in the year 1782 and that I was very soon after (the precise numbers of day I cannot say) mustered and commenced service as a private soldier in which capacity I served as much as six weeks or more after which I was detached by Lieut. Eaton and Captain Joseph Harrison as a waiter for Lieut. Eaton and I served as waiter to said Lieut Eaton untill the war closed which was about eleven months after my enlistment. After that time I was absent on Furlough untill I was discharged in the month of May 1783 haveing been attachd to the army fifteen months.
I further say that I have made diligent search and can find no person alive who can substantiate my testimony to the facts above stated. And further I say not. Joseph Guile
Joseph’s application for a Revolutionary War pension was rejected. Joseph Guile married (2) Polly HAMMOND 8 August 1813 in Otego, Otsego County, New York. Joseph was issued a bounty land warrant by the U.S. government for his service during the War of 1812 as a private in the detachment commanded by Lieutenant O. Marsh of the 1st Regiment, U.S. Infantry. The bounty land warrant was issued 6 May 1816.
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