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Birth: 27 Feb 1750 Ipswich / Essex / MA Death: 26 Oct 1826 Ipswich / Essex / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
ALSO LColonel, MAJ, Colonel DANFORTH KEYES; ALSO CAPT, Colonel MOSES LITTLE,12TH, 17TH REGTS
ALSO MUSTER MASTER FOR ESSEX CO, 1780
Captain in Lexington Alarm, Apr 1775; Captain of Little's Mass. Regiment May to Dec 1775; Captain 12th Continental Infantry, 1st Jan to 31 Dec 1776; Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Massachusetts Militia
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Rev War Pension File *S33234
MA SOLS & SAILS, Volume 16, pg 373-74
NSDAR #988704
Vital Records of Ipswich, MA, pg 375-377
Historical Register of Officers in the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution, pg 562
Spouse: Mary Foster Children: Nathaniel; William Foster; Mary;
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