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State of Service: MA
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: 19 May 1762 Sudbury / Middlesex / MA Death: 10 Jan 1833 Rutland / Worcester / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
Massachusetts Troops
Additional References:
biography submitted by Jerry Powell Brigham, 194048, GA, William Few Chapter - 7 May 2017
Author: Jerry Powell Brigham
John Brigham, son of Lt. Abijah and Eunice Brigham, was born in Sudbury, MA, 19 May 1762 died in Rutland, MA, 10 Jan (or June), 1833.
Married, 20 May 1786, Ann Eunice Moore, of Sudbury, born 10 April 1768, died in Watertown, MA, 10 May 1862, age 94.
John resided in Sudbury and Rutland, and was a member of the militia of Sudbury; was in the Revolutionary War in 1776 and in 1779. When as a lad of 13, he served with his Dad, Sargent Abijah Brigham, guarding the Colony’s stores at Concord in May and June 1775 with Captain Jabez Puffer Company, by order of Col. James Barritt _______(Brickett?).
John also served with Captain Daniel Bowkers Company with he joined Col. Webb at Highlands on November 20, 1781 according to the Sudbury archives.
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