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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Brigadier General
Birth: 12 Sep 1727 Newbury / Essex / MA Death: 10 Mar 1817 Newburyport / Essex / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
1776, he was commissioned as a Colonel of the 2nd Essex County, Massachusetts Regiment.
1777, appointed Brigadier-General
1778, appointed Major-General
Served as a Town Moderator and Selectman.
1774-1775, served as a member of the Provincial Congress.
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume XV, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 788
NSSAR Graves Registry form furnished 28 Nov 1958 by Duncan C Walker, NSSAR No. 57487
Hurd, Duane Hamilton, History of Essex County, Massachusetts, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co, 1888, Volume 2, pg 1739-1740
Spouse: (1) Mary Dole; (2) Sarah Stedman Children: Sarah; Beniah;
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