Display Patriot - P-173850

Rufus HAMILTON

SAR Patriot #: P-173850

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A050266

Birth: 29 Apr 1757 Brookfield / Worcestor / MA
Death: 07 Nov 1817 Brookfield / Worcestor / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

1777, served as a Private in the company of Captain Thomas French, commanded by Colonel David Wells of the Massachusetts Militia

Additional References:

Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, Vol VII, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 160
Temple, Josiah Howard, History of North Brookfield, MA, MA. Boston: The Town of North Brookfield, 1887, pg 236

Spouse: Mary Kingsbury
Children: Isaac; Abigail; Samuel; Mary; Ezra; Nancy; Lydia; Rufus; John; Henry; Edward; Hiram; Otis;

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Burial:

Brookfield Cemetery_(C-0052616)

Location:

Brookfield / Worcester / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

90818

Grave Plot #:

Plot M-295

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

64489331

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Upright stone that is contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot George T Unsinger (SC), member 218174

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: George Timothy Unsinger

Rufus Hamilton was born on 29 April 1757 in the town of Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, to Ezra and Lydia (Barnes) Hamilton. Although his service was only for 20 days, it was with his older brother Jesse, under the Company Command of Captain Asa Danforth, and the march to join General Gates at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.

On 18 June 1781, he married Mary Kingsbury in Brookfield, Massachusetts, and remained in the area working their farm until his death on 7 November 1817. They had a total of fourteen known children, ten sons, and four daughters, during their marriage. Rufus and Mary are recorded on census records for Brookfield in the years 1790, 1800, and 1810.

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