Lineage Book, Volume 22

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Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
 

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Page 130 - NJ records seem to show that he continued with the 1st regiment till the close of the War. He was an original member of the Cincinnati and attended its meetings in 1785, 6, 7, 9 and 98.
Page 258 - ... inlisted for the War only, is hereby Discharged from the American Army — Given at Head-Quarters the 30 June, 1783.
Page 151 - ... descendant in the fifth generation, on his father's side, from George Burroughs of Hudson, Mass., who served in Capt. John Hinkley's company, under Major General Heath at Boston; while on the maternal side he is a direct descendant of Capt. Joseph Baker of Pembroke, who served in the colonial wars, was a member of the Committee of Safety and of the Provincial Congress, and whose wife was Hannah, daughter of the famous Indian fighter, Capt. John Lovewell, from whom he is therefore also directly...
Page 267 - Yorktown and the end of the war. He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and at the close of the war settled at Williamstown, Mass., where my father was born, April 30, 1793.
Page 108 - Raw," so completely that they finally dismissed him ; thinking him more fool than spy. As he was leaving one of the officers remarked;. — "I believe the little devil will betray us.
Page 336 - Charleston, and, when exchanged in 1781, was appointed quartermaster, and served to the close of the war. He was born in Virginia, and died in Sumpter County, SC War record Nos.
Page 34 - Reed's regiment at the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was wounded. He was born in Windham ; died in Bedford, NH Samuel Campbell, (1722-97), served as town clerk for twelve years.
Page 352 - Pleaain 1775. He served as colonel in the army under Washington in 1776, was appointed adjutant-general the next year, and quartermaster-general in 1780. He participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He was a member of the Federal party, was appointed PostmasterGeneral in 1791, .Secretary of State in 1795, and was elected to the United States Senate from Massachusetts in 1803. He subsequently served in Congress as a meniber of the House of Representatives.
Page 191 - Continental artillery, 1781, and served to the close of the war. He was born and died in Poughkeepsie, NY MRS.

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