Display Patriot - P-178724 - John Thompson HEADLEY

John Thompson HEADLEY

SAR Patriot #: P-178724

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State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A053715

Birth: abt 1751 Connecticut Farms / Union / NH
Death: 04 Feb 1828 / Essex / NJ

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Served for a total of nine months between the spring of 1776 and the fall of 1781
  2. Private - NJ troops under Captains Matthew Porter, Thomas Milford, Benjamin Laing, John Craig, Morse, Eliakim Littell, under Colonels Thomas, Samuel Porter and Thomas Jaquish
  3. stationed at Elizabeth Town Point, Rahway and Woodbridge
  4. served in the battles of Connecticut Farms on 07 Jun 1780 and of Springfield, N J, 23 Jun 1780

Additional References:
  1. NARA Pension File W 427
  2. "Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War", Stryker, pg 210
  3. "Geneological Recordof Decendants of Leonard Headley", Abraham James Fretz, Milton, New Jersey, 1905, pg 24

Spouse: Catherine Smith
Children: Jabez Thompson;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1962-02-28 NJ Unassigned Carol Van Ness Casey (88114) Jabez   
2016-04-12 VA 68839 William John Denk Jr. (198300) John   
2019-02-08 MN 84957 Mark David Nelson (210588) Stephen   
Burial:
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church Cemetery (C-0373127)
Location:
Union / Union / NJ / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1676272
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
38964343
Marker Type:

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