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Birth: 22 Apr 1745 Brimfield / Hampshire / MA Death: 21 Jun 1825 / Oneida / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
1775, he served as a Corporal in the company of Captain Joseph Thompson, commanded by Colonel Timothy Danielson.
1776, he served as a Private in the company of Captain Rueben Mumm, commanded by Colonel Nicholas Dike.
1777, same company, now commanded by Colonel Elisha Porter.
1782, served as a Private in the company of Captain Joseph Hoar, commanded by Colonel Gideon Burt.
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901-1906:
This burial ground is located in Clinton, Town of Kirkland. The first burial was in 1788, and the last was in 1920. There are 48 Revolutionary Soldiers buried here, as well as the families of many early settlers to the area. The cemetery is excellently maintained, although many of the stones are badly worn due to age. In the center of the cemetery is a map of the grounds, a listing of those buried there, and the location of the grave
Author: Christopher Michael Stebbins
Judah Stebbins Sr. was born on April 22, 1745, in Brimfield, Massachusetts, a town originally founded by his grandfather, Rowland Stebbins. Rowland Stebbins, heir to the baronetcy first granted to his father by King James I, had converted to Puritanism and immigrated to America in 1630. Judah Stebbins was reared by an extensive and fiercely patriotic family. On June 12, 1766, Judah married Ruth Cutler Dady. Over the next few years, he became aligned with the “Sons of Liberty,” a collective group which exemplified growing pre-war tensions in all thirteen colonies. On December 12, 1774, the town of Brimfield voted that Judah be one of five men appointed to act as a Committee of Inspection, “for the purposes mentioned in the 10th and 11th Articles of the Continental Congress . . . to inspect Tea Drinkers” (those who continued to show support for the English government by purchasing East India tea) and to post their names in a public place so that those persons would be shunned. On January 18, 1775, Judah served as Corporal in a Minute Company of fifty men under Captain Joseph Thompson. Judah marched with this company on the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. The company was reorganized at Cambridge. Judah then served as private in Captain Reuben Munn’s company in Colonel David Leonard’s regiment which was detached to reinforce the army at Fort Ticonderoga.
After the Revolution, during Shay’s Rebellion, Judah served as a drummer in Captain Joseph Hoar’s Company in Colonel Gideon Burt’s regiment, summoning troops to support the government, in 1787. The following year, Judah moved to Clinton, New York, where he built a home on an estate he had purchased from General George Washington. Judah Stebbins died on June 21, 1825, and is buried in the Kirkland Avenue Cemetery in Clinton, New York.
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