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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Civil Service
Birth: 04 Jun 1751 Death: 07 Feb 1814
Qualifying Service Description:
Clerk in Colonel Ephraim Leonard's Regiment in the Fort William Henry Expedition in 1757
Captain Keith’s Company of Colonel John Daggett’s 4th Bristol County Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia
Captain Hodges' Company of the same Regiment
Served on the Easton Committee on Correspondence and Safety in 1775 and was a Representative in the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, known as the General Court, in 1775 and 1776
Additional References:
Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Spouse: (1) Mary XX; (2) Judith XX; Children: Philena;
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Author: David Adriance Foster
Benjamin Pettingell (Pettengell) was born in Abington, MA in 1719, son of Daniel Pettingell, a cooper, and Esther French. Benjamin’s first wife, Mary Kingman, died in 1751. He and Judith Caswell (Castle) were married in 1753. He had nine children from the two marriages. His occupation was probably farmer since he was described as a large landowner.
In the French and Indian War, according to John Pettengell’s Pettengel Genealogy he served as Clerk in Colonel Ephraim Leonard's Regiment in the Fort William Henry Expedition in 1757. After a march of 40 miles, they learned the French had already captured the Fort. The Society of Colonial Wars recognizes his service.
Pettengell lived in Easton, MA at the time of the Revolution and his Patriot service was both civilian and military. He was a Private in Captain Keith’s Company of Colonel John Daggett’s 4th Bristol County Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia. He was also in Captain Hodges Company of the same Regiment. They left Easton on 28 December 1776 to oppose the British who had captured Newport, RI.
He served on the Easton Committee on Correspondence and Safety in 1775 and was a Representative in the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, known as the General Court, in 1775 and 1776.
He moved to Maine in 1779, where he died in Hallowell 1795.
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