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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: Death:
Qualifying Service Description:
Served in the Massachusetts Line, Dartmouth (also given Freetown)
Private, Major's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 10th Regiment
Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 10, 1777, to May 10, 1780; residence, Dartmouth (also given Freetown); credited to town of Dartmouth
Capt Amasa Soper's 4th Company, Colonel Marshall's I0th Regiment; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. I 5, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc
same company and regiment; muster roll for January, 1779, dated West Point; enlisted May 10, 1777; enlistment, 3 years
Additional References:
DAR, Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, pg 2523
Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers & Sailors in War of the Revolution Volume 13, (Boston: wright and Potter Printing Co, 1896), pg 613
Spouse: Children: Members Who Share This Ancestor
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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
He is listed with the Revolutionary War Patriots on a plaque in Mound Cemetery, 5th & Scammel Streets, Marietta, Washington County, OH
Record showed cemetery as "Round Bottom Muskingu" in Marietta, Washington Co, OH
No Find-a-Grave record found - Jan 2022
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Born on May 3, 1843 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to parents John Rouse and Sarah Sampson. He served in the Massachusetts Line, Dartmouth (also given Freetown). Private, Major's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 10th Regiment.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 10, 1777, to May 10, 1780; residence, Dartmouth (also given Freetown); credited to town of Dartmouth; also, Capt Amasa Soper's 4th Company, Colonel Marshall's I0th Regiment; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. I 5, 1777, and who bad not been absent subsequently except on furlough, etc.; also, same company and regiment; muster roll for January, 1779, dated West Point; enlisted May 10, 1777; enlistment, 3 years. He married Rebecca Barker (1751-_) on March 12, 1766 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts; children: Cynthia b Decenber 4, 1776;
Elizabeth (Betsey) b. 1773; Bathsheba b. 1779; Michael b. 1779; Catherine b. 1772;
Stephen b. 1774; Ruth b. 1780; Robert b. 1784 and Barker b. 1784. He died at 75 years af age on July 1, 1818 in Belpre, Washington County, OH and buried at unknown cemetery, Washington County, OH. DAR, Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, p. 2523. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in War of the Revolution Vol. 13, (Boston: wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896), p. 613. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993. Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY, 1998.He is listed with the Revolutionary War Patriots on a plaque in Mound Cemetery, 5th & Scammel Streets, Marietta, Washington County, OH.
SAR Ancestor # P-282212. Gravesite unknown.
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