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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Get on I-293 N/NH-101 W in Manchester from Brown Ave (2.2 mi)
Continue to Milford (20.1 mi)
Continue on NH-101 W. Drive to Nelson Rd in Nelson (29.2 mi)
Author: David Alan Alls
John White was born 18 Sep 1757, in Mansfield, MA.
He was a Minute Man from Mansfield and was called out at the Battle of Lexington. He enlisted in Col Joseph Reed's regt of the MA Continental Line as a private. His unit remained in Boston and was stationed on Brookline Heights during the Battle of Bunker Hill. He served in engagements at Long Island, Harlem Heights, White Plains, and Rhode Island. He was reportedly among the last to escape during the retreat from Long Island.
He was honorably discharged on account of poor health on 26 Dec 1776.
He married Lucy Tucker and moved to Packersfield (later Nelson), NH about 1781. He died in Nelson on 21 Dec 1846, and is buried in the cemetery on the Town Commons.
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