Graves marked by the Nihanawate Chapter of the DAR in 2017.
Henry Burt
Henry (1)/Henery (2) Burt (1, 2), a Revolutionary War Patriot of Lake George, Warren County, NY, served as a Private for NY. He enlisted in May 1779 for 10 months, with the Continental Troops under Lieutenant Danning, and Col. Seth Warner (1, 2). He was born in 1760 and died on 25 February 1829 at Louisville, Saint Lawrence County, NY (1). He married Susannah Brown on 4/6 September 1780 at Little White Creek, Washington County, formerly Albany County, NY (1). She was born on 28 February 1761, the daughter of William Brown (1). At the time the 1800 U.S. Federal Census was enumerated at Clarendon, Rutland County, VT, Henry Burt was a resident, with 5 members in his household (4). According to the 1820 U.S. Federal Census for Louisville, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Henry Burt was a resident on 7 August 1820, engaged in agriculture, and the household consisted of 2 members (5).
Submitted by Elaine LaPage, of the Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations., 2010
(2) Ancestry.com. U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007
(3) The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
(4) Year: 1800; Census Place: Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll 52; Page: 39; Image: 41; Family History Library Film: 218689
(5) 1820 U.S. Census; Census Place: Louisville, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 100; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 241
Lebeus Johnson
Lebeus (1,2,8)/Libeus (1,4,7,)/Libbeus (5)/Libbous (6) Johnson , Revolutionary War Patriot of Suffield, Hartford County, CT, enlisted at Suffield, Hartford County, CT , 1 year in 1776, MA, Private, under Captain Nathan Peters, Col. William Shepherd (1). He was engaged in the Battles of Frogs Point, and the Battle of Trenton (1). He was born ca. 1758 at Colchester, New London County, CT (1), and was baptized there at the Colchester First Congregational Church on 11 April 1762 by Rev. Ephraim Little (2). The last date recorded for a pension payment was September 1822, year range, 1818-1832 (4). He was the son of Elisha and Elizabeth Hopson Johnson (3). The name of his wife is unknown. At the time the 1790 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Rutland, Rutland County, VT, Libbeus Johnson was a resident with 7 members in his household (5). According to the 1800 U. S. Federal Census, Rutland , Rutland County, VT, Libbous Johnson was a resident with 7 males and 4 female residents in his household (6). A son Lebeus Johnson was born on 12 April 1783 at Rutland, Rutland County, VT, to Lebeus Johnson (7). On 9 January 1821 he was a resident of Russell, Saint Lawrence County, NY, age 61 years , "I have no family residing with me" (1). The 1835 Pension Roll , Saint Lawrence County, NY recorded Libeus Johnson as a Private, age at time of enrollment in 1818, 63 years, born ca. 1755, pension enrollment date, 13 April 1818, residence, Saint Lawrence County, service description, Massachusetts line (8).
It is not known where Lebeus and his wife are buried and no stones or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Lynda Wells Andrews, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Connecticut Church Records, State Library Index, Colchester First Congregational, 1732-1936, Connecticut State Library, 1940, pp. 159,160
(3) Ibid, p. 150,159
(4) The National Archives, Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
(5) Year: 1790; Census Place: Rutland, Vermont; Series: M637; Roll: 12; Page: 239; Image: 177; Family History Library Film: 0568152
(6) Year: 1800; Census Place: Rutland, Rutland , Vermont; M32; Roll: 52; Page: 215; Image: 217; Family History Library Film: 218689
(7) Ancestry. com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2013
(8) Ancestry. com. U. S., The Pension Roll of 1835, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com
John Gilmore
John Gilmore(1,2,3)/Gillmore (4,5), Revolutionary War Patriot, of Glasglow, now Blanford, Hampden County, MA. engaged for the town of Blanford to serve in the Continental Army , as returned by Noah Goodmar, Superintendent, 16 May 1781, age, 16, Occupation, farmer, receipt dated 30 May 1781, for bounty paid William Crooks, guardian, term, 3 years, Private, under Captain Benjamin Heywood, Lieutenant Col. Calvin Smith, 6th. regiment, also, Captain Heywood, 4th company, Col. Tupper, 6th. regiment; muster rolls for December 1782, January, March and April 1783; balance of term of enlistment unexpired, 12 months 19 days; also order dated Garrison at West Point, 8 December 1783, for wages for the year 1782 for service in the 4th. company, 6th. Massachusetts Regiment (1,2). He was born 10 April 1759 at Norwich, Hampshire County, MA (2) , the last pension payment was made in March 1847 (3). He was the the son of John Gilmore "who bound him out at an early age to William Mitchell, a farmer residing in the town of Glasglow in the said state of Massachusetts" (2). John was married (2), the name of wife is unknown. John Gillmore was a resident of Russell, Saint Lawrence County, NY, at the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated there, age, 87 years, Pensioner (4,5).
It is not known where John and his wife are buried and no stones or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Lynda Wells Andrews, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1899, Vol. 6, p. 464
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(3) The National Archives; Washington D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 10
(4) Year: 1840; Census Place: Russell, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 262; Image: 1280; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(5) 1840 Census of Pensioners, Revolutionary OR Military Services, with Names, Ages and Place of Residence, Washington, Reprinted , 2001
Abner Rice
Abner Rice, Revolutionary War Patriot of Bennington, Bennington County, VT, Private, VT, enlisted for 1 year on 1 January 1776, under Captain Farnum (1). He was born on 18 November 1754 Brookfield, Worcester County, MA (2), and baptized on 19 January 1755 at Spencer, Worcester County, MA (3). He died in 1837 in Saint Lawrence County, NY (4), the son of Abner (2, 3) and Martha Daniel (3) Rice (2, 3, 5). At the time the 1800 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Reading, Windsor County, VT, Abner Rice was a resident with 6 members in his household (6). According to the 1810 U. S. Federal Census, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Abner Rice was a resident with 3 members in his household (7). The U. S. Pension Roll of 1835, listed Abner Rice with the Rank of Private, Age, 78, Born, ca 1763, Pension Enrollment Date, 4 March 1831, Residence, Saint Lawrence County, New York, Service Description, and Vermont Militia (8). On 5 September 1832, Abner Rice stated that he was a resident of Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY (1).
It is not known where Abner is buried and no stone or photos have been found for him.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com . U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Worcester, Massachusetts, Franklin P. Rice, 1909, p. 94
(3) Andrew Henshaw Ward, A Genealogical History of The Rice Family, Boston, 1858, pp. 61,112
(4) The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Throught 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, Record group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 7
(5) Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 199
(6) Year: 1800; Census Place: Reading, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 321; Image: 314; Family History Library Film: 218689
(7) Year: 1810; Census Place: Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 36; Page: 345; Image: 00019; Family History Library Film: 0181390
(8) Ancestry. com. U. S., the Pension roll of 1835, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2014
Nathan Parmeter
Nathan Parmeter (1,2)/Pamiter (3)/Parmenter (3), Revolutionary War Patriot of Sterling, Worcester County, MA, Private, MA , 17 December 1776 , served 16 months, under Captain Samuel Sawyer, Col. Smith, also, Captain Fortunatus Eager, Col. Josiah Whitney, also, 22 September 1777 , Captain Elisha Jackson, Major Bridge (1,2). Nathan was born 1 March 1758 in Spencer, Worcester County, MA, and was baptized there on 14 June 1761 (3). He died 19 February 1855 at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY (4, 5), age 98 years (4), the son of Nathaniel and Susanna Permiter (sic) (3). He married Darcas (6)/Dorcas (7) Aikens (6, 7) on 19 July 1781 at Barnard, Windsor County, VT (6). Dorcus was born 3 March 1763 at Harwick, Worcester County, MA (7), and died before 23 February 1836 (5), the daughter of Solomon and Dorcas Whitcomb Aikens (7). The 1800 U. S. Federal Census, Barnard, Windsor County, VT, listed Nathan Parmeter as a resident with 11 household members (8). At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Nathan Parmeter, was a resident, age 81 years, born ca. 1759, with 5 residents in the home (9), Veteran (10). According to the 1850 U. S. Federal Census, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Nathan Parmeter was residing in his home at Dwelling #208, Family #228, age 91 years, Farmer, born in MA, Value of real estate owned $1200.00, Nancy Parmeter, age 52 years, born in VT, Norman Murray, age 21, Farmer, born in NY.
It is not known where Nathan and his wife were buried and no stones or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations Inc., 2010
(2) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, Vol., 11, p. 944
(3) Vital records of Spencer, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1909, p. 84
(4) Ancestry. com. New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890, Barbour Collection, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations Inc., 2005
(5) Probate Records, 1830-1919; Indexes, 1830-1955, St. Lawrence County, New York; Author: New York, Surrogate's Court, St. Lawrence County; Probate Place: St. Lawrence County, New York
(6) Ancestry. com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2013
(7) Ancestry. com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2011
(8) Year: 1800; Census Place: Barnard, Windsor County, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 52; Page: 470; Image: 460; Family History Library Film: 218689
(9) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 200; Image: 1156; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(10) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 200; Image 1157; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(11) Year: 1850; Census Place, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M432_590; Page: 15B; Image: 301
William Burrows
William/ Wm (5) Burrows (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10)/Burroughs (2)/ Burows (7), a Revolutionary War Patriot of Guilford, Windham County, VT, served as a Private for VT and CT. He enlisted in 1780 for 9 months under Captain William Hutchins, and also in 1781 for 9 months under Captain Blakely, Col. Fletcher. In 1782, he volunteered at the close of the war, under Captain Packard (1, 2). He was born ca. 1759 (9, 10), and his last pension payment was made in March 1851 (3, 4). The name of his wife is unknown. Wm. Burrows was a resident of Crown Point, Essex County, NY in 1810 with 12 household members (5). At the time the 1820 and 1830 U. S. Federal Censuses were enumerated at Crown Point, Essex County, NY, William Burrows (6) /Burows (7) was a resident with 5 members in his household (6,7). According to the 1840 U. S. Federal Census for Stockholm, Saint Lawrence County, NY, William Burrows was a resident, born ca. 1753, age 87 (8) and William Burrows born ca. 1759, age 81 years, military service, Veteran (9). William Burrows, age 81, resident of Stockholm, Saint Lawrence County, NY, is listed in the Census of Pensioners on 1 June 1840 (10).
Submitted by Elaine LaPage, of the Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry.com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files; 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) The State of Vermont, Rolls of Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783, Rutland, VT., 1904, pp. 388, 559,560
(3) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718, Roll Number: 5
(4) Ibid, Roll Number: 9
(5) Year: 1810; Census Place, Crown Point, Essex, New York; Roll: 27; Page: 49; Image 00034; Family History Library Film: 0181381
(6) 1820: U. S. Census: Census Place, Crown Point, Essex, New York; Page: 399; NARA Roll: M33_69; Image: 15
(7) 1830: Census Place: Crown Point, Essex, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 114; Page: 269; Family History Library Film: 0017174
(8) Year: 1840; Census Place: Stockholm, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 295; Image: 1345; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(9) Ibid: Image: 1346
(10) A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services; with their Names, Ages, And Places of Residence, Washington, 1841, p. 97
Esek Whipple
Esek Whipple, Revolutionary War Patriot of Glocester, formerly Gloucester, Providence County, RI, Mariner, Navy, 3 Years, enlisted at Bedford, Middlesex County, MA, 1777, aboard the sloop Providence, under Captain John Peck Rathbone, also enlisted March 1778, RI, on board the Providence frigate under Commander Abraham Whipple, "where I continued in the said Service on board the said ship and other ships under various commanders in the naval service of the United States, until I was taken prisoner by the British at Charleston, South Carolina from on board the ship called the Queen of France commanded by John Peck Rathburn (1,2)." Esek was born 3 June 1761 in RI, and died 21 December 1833 at Dekalb, Saint Lawrence County, NY (2), the son of Benajah (6) and Tabitha, maiden name unknown, Whipple (3,4,6). He married Maribe (3)/Maribah (4) Sprague (3,4) on 3 January 1788 at Glocester, Providence County, RI, the daughter of Jeremiah Sprague (3). According to the U. S. Revolutionary War Pension Record, Esek Whipple, Mariner, last pension payment September 1832 (5). The 1820 and 1830 U. S. Federal Census enumerated at De Kalb, sic, Saint Lawrence County, NY, listed Esek Whipple as a resident, with 2 residents in his household (7,8)
It is not known where Esek and his wife are buried and no stones or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Lynda Wells Andrews, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1908, Vol. 17, p. 10
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(3) James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Volume 2, Gloucester, Part I, Providence, R.I., 1892, pp. 35,40
(4) Byron Thompson, Town Historian, New York State Legislators From The Town of DeKalb, Historian's Office, Town of DeKalb, NY
(5) The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
(6) DAR Patriot Index Number A124142
(7) 1820 U.S. Census; Census Place: De Kalb, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 49; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 189
(8) 1830; Census Place: De Kalb, Saint Lawrence, New York; Series: M10; Roll: 107; Page: 177; Family History Library Film: 0017167
Oliver Bowers
Oliver Bowers, Revolutionary War Patriot of Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA, Private, MA, 1 March 1776, Enlisted 1 year, under Captain John Nutting, Col. William Prescott, and was discharged in January 1777 (1). He was engaged in the Battle of Harlem Heights (1). Oliver was born 25 November 1754 at Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA (2), and died 7 January 1835 in Saint Lawrence County, NY (3), the son of Oliver and Esther Bowers (2). He married Hannah, maiden name unknown, who was born in 1761(1). At the time the 1800 and 1810 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Danville, Caledonia County, VT, Oliver Bowers was a resident with 4 members in his household (4,5). According to the 1820 U. S. Federal Census, Danville, Caledonia County, VT, Oliver Bowers was a resident, 8 household members, with 3 persons engaged in Agriculture (6). At the time his deposition was taken for pension purposes on 29 December 1827, Oliver Bowers statement read in part, " my name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Vermont from whence he had lately removed, and that he was now residing in the Town of Parishville in the aforesaid County of Saint Lawrence and State of New York where he intends to remain, and that he and his wife being old and infirm wish to reside near their son" (1). The 1835 Pension Roll listed Oliver Bowers as a Private, age 79, pension enrollment date, 24 September 1819, residence place, Lawrence , NY, service description, CT line (sic) (7).
It is not known where Oliver and his wife are buried, and there has been no stone or photos found of them.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Salem, Mass., 1914, p.30
(3) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
(4) Year: 1800; Census Place: Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Series: M32; Roll: 51; Page: 243; Image: 141; Family History Library Film: 218688
(5) Year: 1810; Census Place: Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: 64; Page: 340; Image: 00280; Family History Library Film: 0218668
(6) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place: Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Page: 336; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 33
(7) Ancestry. com. U. S., The Pension Roll, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2014
Nathan Eastabrook
Nathan Estabrook (1)/Esterbrook (2), Revolutionary War Patriot, of Lancaster, Worcester County, MA, Private, MA, under Captain Benjamin Houghton's Company of Minute-Men, Col. John Whetcomb's regiment; which marched on the Lexington Alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge; service, 14.5 days; also, Captain Zebedee Redding, Col. Gamaliel Bradford; mustered 10 April 1777; term 3 years; reported also mustered by Continental Muster Master. Nathan was born ca.1760, and died 23 November (3) 1840 (3, 5) in Saint Lawrence County, NY (3). He married Jemima (1, 3)/Polly (4), maiden name unknown, who was born ca. 1766 (1). At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated in the town of Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Nathan Estabrook was a resident born ca. 1760, age 80, Veteran (6) and was residing in the home of his son-in-law Joel Higley (3,7).
It is not known where Nathan or his wife are buried and there is no stone or photo.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry .com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1899, Vol. 5, p. 390
(3) Probate Records, 1820-1919; Indexes; 1830-1955, St. Lawrence County, New York; Author: New York, Surrogate's Court, St. Lawrence County; Probate Place: St. Lawrence, New York
(4) Ancestry. com. Vermont Vital Records; 1720-1908, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013
(5) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
(6) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 200; Image: 1157; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(7) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 200, Image: 1156; Family History Library Film: 0017204
John Moor
John Moor (1,2)/Moore (1,3,4,5,6,7), Revolutionary War Patriot of Bow, Rockingham , now Merrimack County, NH, Private, NH, enlisted April 1778, under, Captain Charles Nelson, Col. Timothy Bedell, also, in 1779 Captain McConnell and Major Dearborn. In 1780, Lieutenant Heath, Captain McConnell, and Captain Ephraim Stone (1). He was born 3 June 1763 in Bow, Rockingham, now Merrimack, County, NH, and died 28 November 1845 (1, 3)) at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY (1), the son of John and Marian Moor (2). He married Lucy Cross in 1780 at Northfield, Merrimack County, NH, she was born ca. 1761 (1). The final pension payment to Lucy Moore was made in March 1848 (3). The 1830 U. S. Federal Census, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, listed John Moore as a resident with 4 members in his household (4). According to the 1835 Pension Roll, John Moore, age 69, born: ca. 1762, Pension Enrollment Date: 4 March 1831, Service Description: New Hampshire Continental, Residence Place: St. Lawrence, New York (5). At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, John Moore was a resident, Birth Year ca. 1758, Age: 82, Military Service: Veteran (6), and was residing with his son (1) Truman Moore (1,7 ).
It is not known where John or his wife are buried and no stone or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter, DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Ancestry. Com . New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2013
(3) The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number T718; Roll Number: 16
(4) 1830; Census Place: Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 147; Family History Library Film: 0017167
(5) Ancestry. com. U. S., The Pension Roll of 1835, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2014
(6) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page:206; Image: 1169; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(7) A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service; with names, Ages, and Places of Residence, Washington, 1841, p. 97
David Bradley
David Bradley (1,3)/Bradlee (2), Revolutionary War Patriot, enlisted at Penobscot, Hancock County, ME, summer of 1777 (1),16 July 1777, 3 years, Private, MA ,16 July 1777 to 31 December 1779, under Captain Abraham Hunt, and Col. Joseph Vose. Muster roll for December 1777, dated Camp near Valley Forge (2). He also, enlisted VT, 14 April 1781, and February 1782, under Lieutenant Ward Bayley (1, 3). He engaged in the Battles at Stillwater, Monmouth and Newport (1). He was born ca. 1759 (4), NH (9), and died in 1851 at Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY, executor John Cartwright (5). In the application for a pension dated 7 April 1818, David Bradley states " my family consists of my wife Diana aged forty five years and two children belonging to my wife, Waitstele Stanton aged thirteen years and Lewis Stanton aged eleven neither of whom are able to support themselves" (1). A claim by Bathsheba Bradley as the wife of David Bradley was rejected (6). In 1830 David Bradley was residing in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY (1,7), 2 residents in the household, 1 male 70 thru 79, 1 female 50 thru 59, 1830 U. S. Federal Census (1,7). The 1835 Pension Roll, Clinton County, NY, listed David Bradley, Private, Massachusetts Line, Age 72 (8). At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated in Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY, David Bradley was a resident, birth year ca. 1759, age, 81, Veteran (9). According to the 1850 U. S Federal Census, Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Dwelling #39, Family #39, David Bradley, a resident, age 90, born NH, and residing with the family of John and Elizabeth Cartwright (10). The 1840 Census of Pensioners listed David Bradley, age 81, resident of Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY, and head of his household (11).
It is not known where David Bradley or his wife are buried and no stone or photos have been found for them .
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter, DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1896, Vol. 2, p. 411
(3) John E. Goodrich, The State of Vermont, Rolls of the Soldiers in The Revolutionary War 1775 TO 1783, Rutland, VT., 1904, pp. 521,589
(4) Year: 1840; Census Place: Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 252; Image: 1261; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(5) Probate Records, 1830-1919; Indexes, 1830-1955, St. Lawrence County, New York; Author: New York, Surrogate's Court, St. Lawrence County; Probate Place: St. Lawrence, New York
(6) Ancestry. com. American Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions, Provo, UY, USA: Ancestry . com Operations Inc., 2000
(7) 1830; Census Place: Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 85; Page: 277; Family History Library Film: 0017145
(8) The Pension Roll of 1835, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1968 Vol. I, p. 220
(9) Year: 1840; Census Place: Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll:252; Image: 1261; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(10) Year: 1850; Census Place: Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M432_590; Page: 383B; Image: 192
(11) A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services,; with Names, Ages, and Places of Residence Washington, 1841, p. 97
Dyer Williams
Dyer Williams, Revolutionary War Patriot of Newport, RI, (1) Mariner (1,3), RI , enlisted in the autumn of 1776, and served on board the Frigate Providence for the term of one year and 25 days, under Captain Silas Duval, and Commander Abraham Whipple (1). He also served Army Artillery , under Captain Thomas Carlisle, Col. Robert Elliott (2) of the RI forces for the term of two years 1778 and 1779 (1). He also served under Crary’s Regiment. He was born ca. 1759, and died in 1843 in Saint Lawrence County, NY, his last pension payment was September 1843 (3, 4). The name of his wife is unknown, she was born ca. 1780 (1). At the time the 1820 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Louisville, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Dyer Williams was a resident with 8 household members (5). According to the 1830 U. S. Federal Census, Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Dyer Williams had 9 persons in his household (6). The 1835 Pension Roll for Saint Lawrence County, NY, listed Dyer Williams, Rank: Mariner, Description of Service: Frigate Providence, Placed on Pension Roll: 3 January 1821, Age: 74 (7). At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Potsdam, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Dyer Williams was a resident, born ca. 1759, age, 81, with 2 household members , 1 male 80 thru 89, 1 female 50 thru 59 (8) , Military Service: Veteran (9).
It is not known where Dyer Williams and wife are buried and no stone or photos have been found for them.
Submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter, DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com., U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry .com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry . com Operations, Inc., 2007
(3) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
(4) Ibid, Roll Number: 4
(5) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place,: Louisville, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 99; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 240
(6) 1830; Census Place: Potsdam Saint Lawrence, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 134; Family History Library Film: 0017167
(7) The Pension Roll of 1835, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1968, Vol. I, p. 319
(8) Year: 1840; Census Place: Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 203; Image: 1162; Family History Library Film 0017204
(9) Ibid, Image 1163
Stephen Prouty
Stephen Prouty was a Revolutionary War Patriot of Spencer, Worcester County, MA (1, 2), serving as a Private for Massachusetts. He enlisted in February or March 1782 (2), for 3 years (1, 2,) under Captain John Mills, and Col Joseph Vose (2). A receipt dated Worcester, 25 June 1782, for bounty paid said Prouty by Captain Joseph White, Chairman of Class No. 5 of the town of Spencer, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years (1). He was born ca. 1767 and died on 17 September 1830 in Saint Lawrence County, NY (2). On his pension application 20 June 1820, he listed his family residing with him as: my wife aged 48 years, Liberty Prouty my oldest son, Caleb aged 10, William aged 7 (2). The application for pension transfer from VT to NY was made on 5 September 1828, and at that time he gave the reason for removing to NY was to live with his two sons (2). He married Judith Divol(3)/Divoll (4) on 1 March 1792 at Swanzey, Cheshire County, NH (3). Judith was born 22 November 1770 at Leominster, Worcester County, MA (4), and died on 14 (6)/16 (5) December 1856 (5, 6) at Lafayette, Medina County, OH, and was buried there in Spitzer Cemetery (5), the daughter of William and Mary Divoll (4). According to the pension records, Judith Prouty, widow of Stephen Prouty, was receiving pension payments at Pittsburgh, PA, and in September 1851 the payments were forwarded to Cleveland, OH. The date of her death is recorded on the pension record there as died 14 December 1856 (6). According to the U. S. Federal Census, Stephen Prouty was a resident of Newfane, Windham County, VT on 7 August 1820, with 5 members in his household, 2 members engaged in Agriculture (7). At the time the 1830 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Louisville, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Stephen Prouty had 6 household members: 3 members under 20 years, 1 member 15 thru 19, 1 female 50 thru 59, 1 male 60 thru 69 (8). Judith Prouty was residing in the home of her son William D. Prouty (2) at the time the 1850 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Lafayette, Medina County, OH, Dwelling #432, Family #443, William D. Prouty (2), 35, Farmer, born VT, Lydia D. Prouty, 34, born VT, Chester Prouty, 13, born VT, Latha C. Prouty, 12, born VT, Judith Prouty, 77, born MA (9).
Submitted by Elaine LaPage, of the Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1904, Vol. 12, p. 827
(2) Ancestry.com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010
(3) Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947, database on-line, Provo, UT, UDA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011
(4) Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011
(5) Spitzer Cemetery, Lafayette, Medina County, Ohio
(6) The National Archives; Washington, D. C. Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 20
(7) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place: Newfane, Windham, Vermont; Page: 161; NARA Roll: M33_128; Image: 97
(8) 1830; Census Place: Louisville, Saint Lawrence, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 70; Family history Library Film: 0017167
(9) Year: 1850; Census Place: Lafayette, Medina, Ohio; Roll: M432_709; Page: 253B; Image: 204
John Trask
John Trask was a Revolutionary War Patriot of Woburn, Middlesex County, MA, (1, 3, 4). He served as a Private for Massachusetts, 2nd. Worcester Company, under Captain Allen, and Col. Edward Wigglesworth, and also under Captain Noah Allen and Col. Calvin Smith. Continental Army pay accounts was provided for service from 5 March 1777 to 1 April 1778, residence Woburn. He was reported discharged 1 April 1778, and his place was taken by Michael Owen to whom bounty was paid. John Trask also served in Captain Noah Allen company, Col. Edward Wigglesworth regiment; return, year not given; mustered by Col. Barrett. Also, with the same company and regiment; a muster roll for March 1778, dated Valley Forge; reported on furlough. He was also among those named from Woburn on a descriptive list of men raised from 3rd. Middlesex County regiment to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve 20 April 1778, as returned by E. Brooks, Superintendent. He served under Captain Walker and Col. Fox. His description was: age, 28 years; stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; residence Woburn; engaged for town of Woburn; arrived at Fishkill 27 July 1778 (1, 3). He was engaged in the Battles of Bemis Heights and the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga (3). John Trask stated in his pension application "my brother Jonathan Trask who was a waiter to General Gates, and now resides in Boston (2, 3, 4)." John Trask was born ca. 1750 (1)/1752 (6)/1755 (3), and died in Saint Lawrence County, NY. The final pension payment to John Trask was recorded in September 1822 (5). On the 10th day of October 1821, John Trask was a resident of Massena, Saint Lawrence County, NY, and his statement read in part, he has neither wife or children living with him, that his wife died about eleven years ago, and he has four children now living according to the best information he can get, one in Quebec, two in the State of Vermont, and one in the State of New York, all of whom are daughters (3). According to the Pension Roll of 1835, John Trask, Rank, Private, Description of Service: Massachusetts Line, placed on pension roll, 8 October 1819, commencement of pension, 1 September 1819, Age, 67 (6).
Submitted by Elaine LaPage, of the Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1907, Vol. 16, pp. 23, 24
(2) Ibid, p. 25
(3) Ancestry.com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010
(4) Samuel Sewall, The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., Boston, 1868, p. 576
(5) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718, Roll Number: 1
(6) Ancestry. com. U. S, The Pension Roll of 1835, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014
Joseph Dimick
Joseph (1, 2)/Jos. (2) Dimick (1, 2/Demick (2))/Dimmick (6)/Dimock (5), Revolutionary War Patriot of Mansfield, Tolland County, CT. Private, CT, 3 years, 1777, in Gen. Huntington's Guard, under Captain Jonathan Parker and Col. Charles Webb. February 10, 1779, Joseph Demick was on duty, under Captain Roger Alden and Col. Zebulon Butle. He was also enlisted 1 February 1781 for 3 years. Recruited in Sheldon's Dragoons, Artillery, 1777-1783, under Captain Ayer, Col. Sheldon (1, 2). Engaged in Battle of Monmouth (1). Joseph was born in ca. 1767 (7, 10, 12) in Wilington, Windham County, CT (1), and died on 24 (1, 5) December 1845 (1, 5, 7) at Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY (1) Aged 78 yrs (7). He was known as a farmer at 5’ 6’’ with dark hair, eyes and complexion. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannawa Falls, Saint Lawrence County, NY (7). He married Fanny Mathews in the spring of 1792 at Woodstock, Windsor County, VT (1). She was born 13 (1)/19 (3) March 1772 at Hartland, Windsor County, VT (3), and died 3 February 1852 (4,6,7) at Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence County, NY (4) in her 80 yr. (7) , The daughter of Joel and Abigail Mathews (3). Fanny was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Hannawa Falls, Saint Lawrence County, NY (7). According to the History of St. Lawrence Co., New York, "Joseph Dimick, a soldier of the Revolution, came to reside with his son about 1820, and died there, aged about seventy-six (9) ." At the time the 1820 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Barnard, Windsor County, VT, Joseph Dimick was a resident with 8 members in his household (8). According to the 1830 U. S. Federal Census, Pierpont, sic, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Joseph Dimick was listed as a male, age 60 thru 69, with 4 residents in his home (10). On 31 August 1832, Joseph Dimick was appointed Postmaster at East Pierrepont, sic, Saint Lawrence County, NY, and served there until 15 October 1842 (11). The 1840 U. S. Federal Census, listed Joseph Dimick , Birth Year: ca. 1767, Age: 73, Veteran , Home: Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence Co., NY (12); with 4 members in his household 1 male, 70 thru 79, 1 female, 60 thru 69, 1 female 30 thru 39, 1 male, 20 thru 29, 1 resident employed in Agriculture (13). Joseph Dimick is listed on the DAR Patriot Index as A032216. A notation suggests that documents on him no longer meet today's genealogical standards and that further research is necessary. The sources cited above should satisfy that requirement.
Other photos appear on Anne Cady and Find a Grave # 137524687 and 137524685.
Grave site marked by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter DAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. Com. U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2007
(3) Ancestry. com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2013 (4) Probate Records, 1830-1919; Indexes, 1830-1955, St. Lawrence County, New York; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court, St. Lawrence County; Probate Place: St. Lawrence, New York
(5) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 17
(6) Ibid, Roll Number: 20
(7) Riverside Cemetery, Hannawa Falls, Saint Lawrence County, New York
(8) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place: Barnard, Windsor, Vermont; Page: 342; NARA Roll: M33_128; Image: 209
(9) L. H. Everts and J. M. Holcomb, History of St. Lawrence Co., New York, Philadelphia, 1878, p. 306
(10) 1830; Census Place: Pierpont, Saint Lawrence; New York; Series: M19; Roll: 107; Page: 4; Family History Library Film: 0017167
(11) Ancestry. com . U. S. Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(12) Year: 1840; Census Place: Pierrepont, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 251; Image: 1259; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(13) Ibid, Image 1258
Elijah Allen
Elijah Allen, Revolutionary War Patriot of Brookfield, Worcester County, MA. Private MA and VT. Enlisted 17 May 1775, Private, MA, under Captain John Packard and Col. David Brewer. Muster roll dated 1 August 1775; service, 2 months, 2 weeks, 5 days. Served under Captain John Packard and Col. Rufus Putnam; return dated Roxbury, 7 October 1775. Order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Roxbury, 27 December 1775 (1, 2, 3). Also, 1780, VT, under Captain Safford, enlisted for a two month term in the VT Militia (2, 4). Elijah was born 12 (5) May 1758 (2, 5) at Bridgewater, Plymouth County, MA (2, 5), and died on 26 July 1845 in Saint Lawrence County, NY, aged 87 yrs. (7). The son of William (5, 6, 12) and Susanna Packard (6, 13) Allen (5, 6). He was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Parishville, Saint Lawrence County, NY (7). According to the pension records, the final pension payment to Elijah Allen was recorded in March 1845 (8). He married Hannah Hamilton on 8 January 1784 at Brookfield, Worcester County, MA (10). She was born 30 May 1760 at Brookfield, Worcester County, MA (9), and died 28 February 1840 in Saint Lawrence County, NY aged 80 yrs. (7), the daughter of Reuben and Lucretia Hubbard Hamilton (10, 11). At the time the 1820 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Craftsbury, Orleans County, VT on 7 August 1820, Elijah Allen was a resident with 3 members in his household (1,4 ). According to the 1830 U. S. Federal Census, Craftsbury, Orleans County, VT, Elijah Allen , was a resident, age 70 thru 79, 1 female age 70 thru 79, with 4 residents in the household (15). The 1835 Pension Roll listed Elijah Allen; Rank: Private, Age: 76, Birth Year, ca. 1755, Pension Enrollment Date: 4 March 1831, Residence Place: Orleans, Vermont, Service Description: Mass. Continental Line (15).The application to transfer the pension of Elijah Allen was made on 21 March 1838; " his name had been placed on the pension roll State of Vermont from whence he had lately removed and he now resides in Parishville, New York (2)." At the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated at Parishville, Saint Lawrence County, NY, Elijah Allen was a resident, Age: 82, Birth Year: ca. 1758 (16), Veteran (17); and was residing in the the home of his son-in-law Samuel (16) and daughter Maria (7)/Mariah (18) Allen (7,18) Hoit (7,16).
Gravesite of Elijah and his wife was submitted by Jo Mittelstaedt-Richards, Nihanawate Chapter DAR.
References:
(1) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Boston, 1896, Vol. I, pp. 133,147
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc. 2010
(3) J. H. Temple, History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, the Town of North Brookfield, 1887, p. 231
(4) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1883, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc. 2007
(5) Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. I, Births, Boston, Mass., 1916, p. 27
(6) Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. II, Marriages and Deaths, Boston, Mass., 1916, p. 29
(7) Hillcrest Cemetery, Parishville, Saint Lawrence County, New York
(8) The National Archives; Washington, D. C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number 217; Series Number T718; Roll Number: 10
(9) Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Worcester, Mass., 1909, p. 113
(10) Ibid, 330, 331
(11) New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry, com Operations Inc., 1999
(12) Charles Thompson, A Genealogy of Descendants of John Thompson of Plymouth, Mass., and Records of Families of Allen, Cooke and Hutchinson, Lansing, Mich., 1890, p. 237
(13) Ancestry. com . Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. I and 2, Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2013
(14) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place: Craftsbury, Orleans, Vermont; Page: 352; NARA Roll: M33_127; Image: 341
(15) Ancestry.com . U. S., the Pension Roll of 1835, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2014
(16) Year: 1840; Census Place: Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 335; Page: 278; Image: 1312; Family History Library Film: 0017204
(17) Ibid: Page: 279
(18) Ancestry. com. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2013
William Lee
William Lee, Revolutionary War Patriot of Lyndeborough, Hillsborough County NH , enlisted in the fall of 1776, Fifer, NH Militia, 1st. Regiment, served under Captain Amos Emerson, Col. Joseph Cilley, and was at the capture of Burgoyne (1). He was discharged in the spring of 1777 at the time his father William Lee, a Lieutenant in Captain Amos Emerson's Company, also resigned his commission and returned home (2). Also, in 1778 served under Captain Bell , Col. Joseph Cilley (1,2). William was born ca. 1765 in Milton, Norfolk County MA (2), and died 6 September 1843 in Saint Lawrence County NY (3), the son of William (2,4) and Hannah (4) Lee (2,4). He married Lucy who was born ca. 1769, maiden name not known (2). According to the 1820 U. S. Federal Census in Hague (later known as Morristown), Saint Lawrence County NY, William Lee was a resident on 7 August 1820 with 7 members in his home (5). William was age 74, (6.7) Pensioner (7), and head of his household of 3 residents at the time the 1840 U. S. Federal Census was enumerated in Morristown, Saint Lawrence County NY (6,7).
The exact location of William Lee’s grave is not known although some family members believe it is on a nearby farm. This monument was erected by a descendant on the property of the Macomb Town Hall and Museum. The Town of Macomb was created in 1841 from parts of the Towns of Gouverneur and Morristown.
In a ceremony on 22 April 2017 this memorial monument was marked by Lynda Wells Andrews, Nihanawate Chapter NSDAR.
References:
(1) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2007
(2) Ancestry. com. U. S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry. com Operations, Inc., 2010
(3) The National Archives; Washington, DC; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U. S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1881 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number 7
(4) Dennis Donovan, Jacob Andrews, The History of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, Vol. II, 1906, p. 488
(5) 1820 U. S. Census; Census Place: Hague, Saint Lawrence, New York; Page: 15; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image 153
(6) Year: 1840; Census Place: Morristown, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: 334; Page:74; Image: 904; Family History Library Film
(7) A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, Washington, 1841, p. 97
Linda Westcott, Nihanawate Chapter DAR; Murray Andrews (husband of Lynda Andrews); Mary Matice, Macomb Town Historian; Lynda Andrews, Nihanawate Chapter DAR; Sandy Wyman, Decendant of William Lee and Gouverneur Tribune Press employee; George Blatchley, Macomb Town Supervisor; Jennifer Bixby, Swe-kat-si Chapter DAR; and Joel Bixby, Thousand Islands Chapter SAR.
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