Military Service

Date from 1778 to 1779
Description served in the Revolutionary War as a matross, Sergeant

Notes

Note: 1

Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 8, P 405
Service Description: 1) ALSO MATROSS & GUARD DETACHMENT 2) CAPT MICAH HAMLEN, COL NATHANIEL FREEMAN

Note: 2

Qualifying Service Description:

1778, he served as a Private - the company of Captain Micah Hamlen, commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Freeman
1779, served as a Sergeant in the same company and regiment

 

Additional References:

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume VIII, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 405
Massachusetts Secretary of State, Muster/Payrolls, and Various Papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War [Massachusetts and Rhode Island], Micropublication FHC: Washington: National Archives.
Volume 36, pg 31-32, 34 & 216 (images 50-53 & 277)
Volume 55, File N, pg 95 (image 56)
Barnstable, Transcript of Records, 1713-1781, pg 398
Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, by Amos Otis, Volume 2, pg 53
Mayflower Families, Fifth Generation, John Howland, pg 91-96