Display Patriot - P-284976 - Benjamin SAWYER

Benjamin SAWYER

SAR Patriot #: P-284976

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State of Service: NH Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A100213

Birth: 19 Jun 1757 Monson / Hillsborough / NH
Death: 18 Mar 1846 Nelson / Cheshire / NM

Qualifying Service Description:

Captains Wilkinson, Bradford,, Timothy Bedel's 1st Company of Rangers, Colonels Reed, Nichols, Battle of Bennington

Additional References:

Pension File # S15634
Rev War soldiers’graves in New Hampshire. Harold Trombley, compiler. American Legion. Reprinted DAR Magazine. NSDAR
NH State Papers, Vol 15, Vol 2, pg 75, 214
NH State Papers, Vol 30, pg 316, 413
Daniel F Secomb, History of Amherst, pg 386, 387, 405

Spouse: Tabitha Kittredge
Children: Ingalls Kittredge; Tabitha; Sally; Jesse; Asa; Fanny/Fannie;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1974-07-18	NY	Unassigned	Clifford Joseph Stevens (107043)	Fanny
2014-07-31	OR	59785	Ivon Ralph Young Sr, USN (Ret) (191810)	Ingalls

Burial:

Nelson Cemetery_(C-0371819)

Location:

Nelson / Cheshire / NH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

641066

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

66522005

Marker Type:

Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Patriot contemporary stone, upright, partially legible
Images 1, 2, & 3, provided with permission from Brentman, Find-A-Grave contributor # 47993612

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Author: Ivon Ralph Young, Sr.
Benjamin Sawyer was born on July 19, 1757 in Monson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. His second great grandmother was Rebecca Towne Nurse, and his second great grandfather was John Proctor. Both were hanged during the Salem Witch Hysteria.

Benjamin Sawyer served in several engagements and was a pensioner, claim S15634. While a resident of Amherst, New Hampshire, he enlisted December 25, 1775 and served in Captain Wilkinson’s Company, Colonel James Reed’s New Hampshire Regiment, and went to Canada and to Mount Independence, and served one year. He is listed as a private on the rolls of “The Cedars” (Canada) of Captain James Osgood’s Company.

He enlisted in the summer of 1777 and served two months in Captain Bradford’s company, Colonel Nichol’s Regiment, and was in the battle of Bennington under General John Stark. On August 16, 1777, the militia won a resounding victory near Bennington, Vermont, against combined German, British and Loyalist forces. This laid the foundation for the American victory at Saratoga two months later.

In 1778, he married Tabitha Kittredge. She was born July 24, 1759 and was a daughter of Solomon and Tabitha (Ingalls) Kittredge.

He died March 18, 1846, and is buried on the Nelson Town Common, Cheshire, New Hampshire.

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