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: 08 Mar 1740 Suffield / / MA Death: 04 Oct 1777 Germantown / / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private - Capt Jos Allyn Wright, Colonel Philip Burr Bradley 5th Regt, CT Line
Killed in action at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
" The Doolittle family in America Part III" , pg 231-233,
NSDAR RC # 136058
" Record of Connecticut men in Military and Naval service in the War of the Revolution: 1775 - 1783", pg 41, 201;
Jonathan Smith Jr. was the son of Jonathan Smith Sr., and Esther Pearse.
In 1775, he joined the 1st Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers in response to the Alarm at Lexington and Concord. His regiment then marched through northern New York to attack Montreal.
He was discharged at Montreal in the winter of 1776 with sickness. He returned to his loving wife, Bethia Doolittle Smith and his children. In May 1777, he reenlisted for the duration of the war in Colonel Bradley's 5th Regiment of the Continental Line. He was killed in action at the Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, serving with General Washington's troops. His final resting is unknown.
In April, 2003, Compatriot Robert Fickies had a memorial headstone placed for Jonathan Smith, Jr., at Saratoga National Veteran's Cemetery, Schuylerville, New York at Section M-1, Grave 62.
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