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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 10 Apr 1742 Framingham / / MA Death: abt 1824 Pension Payment Roll of Veterans of the Revolutionary War and the Regular Army and Navy, 3/1801 - 9/1815. Microfilm publication M1786, 1 Roll. NAID: 2600769. Records of the Department of Veterans Affa
Qualifying Service Description:
Pvt, Capt Samuel Thatcher, Colonel Thomas Gardner, 1775
Additional References:
Pension Payment Roll of Veterans of the Rev War and the Regular Army and Navy, 3/1801 - 9/1815. NARA M1786, RG 15, 1 Roll. NAID: 2600769
Biography by Thomas A Lesser
MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, Vol 15, pg 478
Coburn, The Battle of April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, MA, MA. Lexington: self-published, 1912, pg 41
Galvin, The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Rev, pg 185
Spouse: Elizabeth Pitts/Potts Children: Josiah
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Josiah Temple, (1772-1800)
Memorial 140438760
Eldest son of Mr. Josiah & Mrs. Elizabeth Temple who died Nov. 17, 1800
Buried Church Hill Cemetery
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Author: Thomas A. Lesser
Josiah Temple was probably born about 1742 and married on 22 April 1772 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Pitts or Potts.
He was a Private1in the company under the command of Captain Samuel Thatcher in Colonel Thomas Gardner’s Regiment of Massachusetts Militia. He was one of the militias who marched to the alarm of 19 April 17752 for the Battle of Lexington and Concord, at the start of the American Revolutionary War. The company had at least 75 men. The company entered the battle at Lincoln and continued fighting at least until Fiske Hill,3 where they engaged the British under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith around 2:30 p.m. He was credited with one day of service.4
Sources:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901, Vol. XV, page, 478
Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle of April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville, and Charlestown, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. Lexington: self-published, 1912, page 41.
Galvin, John R., The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution, Virginia. Sterling: Potomac Books, 2006, page 185.
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901, Vol. XV, page, 478.
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