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.
State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Birth: 26 Dec 1743 Yarmouth / Barnstable / MA Death: 17 Nov 1824 Dennis / Barnstable / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Ensign, Capt Micah Chapman's co, Colonel Joseph Otis regt of Mass. Militia, list of officers dated Sept. 29, 1775
2nd Lieutenant, Capt Micah Chapman's co., list of officers chosen April 10, 1776
Lieutenant, Capt Abijah Bangs's co., Colonel Nicholas Dike's regt., Dec. 1, 1776 to March 1, 1777
Lieutenant, Capt Joseph Palmer's co., Colonel Josiah Whitney's regt., May 11, 1777, discharged July 11, 1777, service at Kingston, RI
Lieutenant, Capt Micah Chapman's co., Colonel Nathaniel Freeman's regt., service 13 days, on an alarm at Dartmouth and Falmouth, Sept. 1778
also same co. and regt., service, 2 days, guarding prisoners belonging to the British Ship "Somerset" cast ashore at Truro, MA, Nov. 1778
Additional References:
Yarmouth Town Records, Volume 3, pg 151
Yarmouth Vital Records, Book 4, pg 15
MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 8, pg 396-397
Muster/Payrolls of the Rev War (MA & RI)
Volume 3; pg 84
Volume 26, pg 81
Volume 35, pg 237
Volume 43, pg 234
Volume 55, pg N.92
Volume 69, pg 13
Spouse: (1) Priscilla Hall; (2) Tempy/Tempe Thacher Hedge Children: Sylva; Jabez; Rebecca; Prince; Priscilla; Martha;
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