Display Patriot - P-235107 - Joel LEGG

Joel LEGG

SAR Patriot #: P-235107

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State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A069060

Birth: 28 May 1758 Mendon / Worcester / MA
Death: 08 May 1845 Speedsville / Tompkins / NY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Private in the 2nd, 6th and 20th Massachusetts Regiments of the Continential Line
  2. Attained rank of Corporal, MA; 6th MA, Regiment 7, June 1778 - 3 Mar 1779; 2 MA, Regt, 6 Aug - May 1780
  3. Served under Captain Warren; Colonels Seth Read and Bayley

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Pension # S28787

Spouse: Sarah Holbrook
Children: Laten; Jacob; Judson; Leonard; Peter; Sarah; Almina; Abigail; Stephen; Margery;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1974-03-05 AL Unassigned Kenneth Wayne Turney (104848) Latin/Laten   
1976-03-24 GA Unassigned James C. Parker Ph.D. (110559) Laten   
2007-11-05 GA 29969 Terry Emerson Legg (170409) Laten   
Burial:
Speedsville Cemetery (C-0070306)
Location:
Speedsville / Tompkins / NY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
168221
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
18807765
Marker Type:
Tombstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo by permission: Dr. James Parker, Georgia Society SAR



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Author: Dr. James C. Parker PhD
Joel Legg was born 28 May 1758 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts, and died 08 Apr 1845 in Speedsville, Tompkins Co., New York. He married Sarah Holbrook (1763-1844) on 06 Aug 1781 in Mendon, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. They had 13 known children: Jacob (1) Legg (1781-1800); Judson (1) Legg (1783-?); Stephen (1) Legg (1785-1786); Leonard Legg (1789-1887); Peter Legg (1791-1869); Laten Legg (1794-1861), Sarah Legg (1796-?); Almina Legg (1799-?); Jacob (2) Legg (1801-1830); Abigail Legg (1803-1839); Judson (2) Legg (1806-1828); Stephen (2) Legg (1807-?); and Margery Ann Legg (1809-1828). Sometime after the 1820 Census, Joel removed from Mendon, MA and settled in Tompkins County, New York.
As listed in the "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution," (Vol. 9, p. 657), Joel Legg served in numerous Massachusetts and Rhode Island units during the Revolutionary War between 1775 and 1781. His cumulative tours of duty amounted to nearly 38 months over a six-year span. His first service was as Private in Capt. Samuel Warren's Company, Col. Joseph Read's 20th Massachusetts Regiment. He served as Private in all of these tours except for the last one where he served as Corporal in Capt. Phillip Ammidon's Company, Col. Dean's Regiment, in Rhode Island. He was described as 5 ft. 10 in. tall, with dark complexion and light brown hair, gray eyes, and residence of Mendon, MA.

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