The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Birth: 18 May 1733 Waterbury / / CT Death: 1817 Charlotte / / VT
Qualifying Service Description:
LColonel in the Dutchess County, NY Militia during the Burgoyne Campaign
Commissioned LColonel in the 6th Dutchess County Regiment, 17 Oct 1775
LColonel in Colonel Morris Graham's 2nd Dutchess County Regiment, GEN George Clinton's Brigade, which was in active service from 2 Apr to 3 Aug 1777, and was engaged at Fort Independence, where he was complimented for bravery in general orders
Became Colonel upon resignation of Colonel Southerland, 20 Mar 1778, and served from 10 Oct to 22 Nov 1779
Served as justice of the peace for Dutchess County
Additional References:
DAR Patriot Index, pg 342; elaborate gravestone telling of his accomplishments
NY Archives, pg 134, 282, 283, 285, 541
SAR RC 115734 cites
"John Hopkins and Some of His Descendants" by Timothy Hopkins, 1932, pg 49, 50, 121, 122
New York State Archives, Vol 1: pg 134, 282, 283, 285, 541
NSDAR Patriot's Index, pg 342
NSDAR Lineage Book 23199, Book 24, pg 69-70
NSDAR Lineage Book 11895, Book 12, pg 335
record of MAJ James Reed in NSDAR Lineage Book 41802, Book 42, pg 299-300
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