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.
Birth: 1745 Montague / / MA Death: 09 Jun 1834 Buckland / / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Capt Robert Oliver's co. of Minute-men, Colonel Samuel Williams's regt. which marched April 22, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 11 days.
Also, Capt Oliver's co., Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's 24th regt.; enlisted May 1, 1775; service, 3 months, 8 days
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Vital Records of Ashfield, MA to the Year 1850, pg 101-106
Vital Records of Montague, MA to the Year 1850, pg 43
Vital Records of Otis, MA, to the Year 1850, pg 54-56
SAR RC 103622 cites:
MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 14, pg 387. (item 3)
Pension # S.30709 - Elijah Smith
Buckland, Mass. History from 1775, by F.S. Kendrick and L.C. Kellogg, 1937, pg 617
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