The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Birth: 01 Oct 1706 Braintree / Norfolk / MA Death: 28 Jan 1795 Braintree / Norfolk / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
White, Joseph, Brauitree (also given Boston). Matross, Capt Samuel Gridley's Co, Colonel Richard Gridley's (Artillery) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775
enlisted June 15, 1775; service, 1 mo. 19 days
Bombardier, same co. and regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed by said White and others, dated Cambridge, Aug. 5, 1775
Matross, same co. and regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775]
Order for bounty coat dated Fort No. 2, Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1775 (Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1908, p. 100)
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Secretary of the Commonwealth. (1908). MA Soldiers and Sailors in the Rev War (Volume XVII). Boston: Secretary of the Commonwealth
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