Display Patriot - P-173781

Jesse HAMILTON

SAR Patriot #: P-173781

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A050177

Birth: 19 Jul 1754 Brookfield / Worcester / MA
Death: 30 Dec 1814 Oxford / Chenango / NY

Qualifying Service Description:

He served as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia under Colonel Learned

Additional References:

Temple, J.H.History of North Brookfield, MA, MA. Boston: The Town of North Brookfield, 1887, pg 231, 236
Tiffany, Nelson B.Rev War Veterans, Chenango County, New York, Volume II, C-H: Chenango County Historical Society, 1998, pg 488-489

Spouse: Sarah Stevens
Children: Squire; John; Fannie; James; Joel; Lydia; Henry; Sarah;

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Burial:

Riverview Cemetery_(C-0373957)

Location:

Oxford / Chenango / NY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2156204

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

138349883

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Large upright family monument, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
Image taken and provided with permission of compatriot George T. Unsinger, member 218174.

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the center of Oxford, NY at the park go SE on Main Street about 0.2 miles to Albany Street. Go left on Albany Street about 0.3 miles to Cemetery on left.

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Author: George Timothy Unsinger

Jesse Hamilton was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, on 19 July 1754, the son of Ezra and Lydia (Barnes) Hamilton. This particular Hamilton line traces back to a John Hamilton, who was brought to the colonies as a British Prisoner of War from the Battle of Dunbar, which denotes an ironic twist of fate.

In the source documents listed below, it is a consistent record that Jesse Hamilton was a Private in the Company of Captain Asa Danforth and Regimental commander Colonel Leanietf. In addition, he and his company marched to join the command of General Gates at the Battle of Saratoga.

He married the former Sarah Stevens on 26 August 1781 in Brookfield, and they had five of their eight known children while there. Census records denote that they were still living in Brookfield in 1790. In 1791, the family moved to the Town of Oxford, Chenango County, New York, where they had three more children, and is recorded on census records for the area in 1800 and 1810. Sometime in 1793 or 1794, they moved to a farm a couple of miles south of the town, where he remained until his death.

Besides being chronicled in Revolutionary War history books from Massachusetts and New York, his name is listed on a Revolutionary War plaque in Oxford, New York.

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