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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 25 May 1760 Lancaster / Worcester / MA Death: 1819 / Washinton / OH
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in Capt. Moor's Company, Col. Whitney's Massachusetts Regiment
Private in Capt. Thomas Fish's Company, Col. Nathan Tyler's Massachusetts Regiment
Additional References:
1835 Roster of Pensioners for Washington County, Ohio, Massachusetts Continental Line
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Moses Haskell was born May 25, 1760 at Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts Line and on a list of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master of Worcester County, to serve at Rhode Island until Jan. 1, 1780; Captain Moor's Company, Colonel Whitney's Regiment engaged for town of Bolton; mustered July 21, 1779; also, Private, Captain Thomas Fish's Company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's Regiment; enlisted July 23, 1779; discharged December 17, 1779; service, 4 months 29 days, at Rhode Island; roll sworn to at Newport; also, same company and regiment; pay roll for December, 1779, sworn to at Newport, allowing 1 month 4 days service at Rhode Island, travel (80 miles) included; also, descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brigadier General John Glover, at Springfield, July 22, 1780; age, 20 years; stature, 5 feet 7 inches; complexion, light; engaged for town of Bolton; marched to camp July 22, 1780, under command of Captain William Scott; also, list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brigadier General Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, Private, Captain Job Whipple's Company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5th Regiment; muster roll for January 1781, dated West Point; enlisted July 11, 1780; enlistment, 6 months; reported discharged Jan. 11, 1781; also, certificate dated Bolton, June 23, 1781, signed by Oliver Whitney, certifying that the class of which he was chairman had paid said Haskell £3 hard money, £750 paper money, and an obligation for 18 three-year-old cattle, as a bounty to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list of men raised in Worcester County to serve in the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of December 2, 1780, as returned by Seth Washburn, Superintendent; Captain Moor's Company, Colonel Whitney's Regiment; age, 21 years; stature, 5 feet 6 inches; complexion, light; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Bolton; engaged March 16, 1781; term, 3 years. He Went to Marietta, Ohio in 1800 with his sister Mary, but likely didn't stay there. He appears in the 1809 tax list for Marietta Township, Washington County, Ohio. He appears in the 1810 census index there, but in no later census records. He applied for a pension and received an annual allowance of $96.00. He died at 59 years of age and was buried in Washington County, Ohio. His final resting place is unknown, however; he has a marker in Mound Cemetery at 5th and Scrammel Streets, Marietta, Ohio, in the DAR Plot. References: Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 7 (Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company, 1896), pg. 441. Pension Roll of 1835, Volume IV, Mid -Western States, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1994, pg. 223. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pg. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Company: Buffalo, New York. 1798 and 1835 Roster of Pensioners for Washington County, Ohio. Massachusetts Continental Line.
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