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: Sergeant / Patriotic Service
Birth: 15 Jul 1749 Yarmouth / Barnstable / MA Death: 23 Dec 1826 Whitehall / Washington / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
Private, Capt Joshua Gray's co. which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775 towards Marshfield, service, 2 days
3rd Corporal, Capt Joshua Gray's co, enlisted July 8, 1775, discharged Dec. 31, 1775, service in defense of seacoast
Sergeant, Capt Nathaniel Winslow's co., Colonel Josiah Whitney's regt., sevice at Point Shirley, MA, May 1, 1776 to Nov. 1, 1776
Prisoner, June 28, 1777, to be exchanged for British Prisoners; having been taken on a trading vessel
Private, Capt Ebenezer Baker's Co, Colonel Freeman's regt., marched Oct 4, 1777, service, 28 days on a a Secret Expedition to Tiverton, Rhode Island
Private, Capt Elisha Hedge's co., Colonel Freeman's regt., service, 3 days on an alarm at Dartmouth in Sept. 1778
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Yarmouth, MA, Births, Book 18, pg 50 & 120
MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 10, pg 346, 347, 355 & 356
Muster/Payrolls of the Rev War (MA & RI)
Volume 1, pg 66
Volume 9, pg 42a
Volume 24, pg 11, 35, 37 & 40
Volume 36, pg 16 & 63
Vol 55, pg 59 file A
Spouse: Desire Rider Children: Solomon; Barnabas; Isaac; Elisha; Desire; Susanna; Ruthy;
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