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| Served from VA. Soldier was a Private.
Soldier was b. 8-7-1757 VA and applied for pension on 4-18-1836 Garrard Co., KY. His wife was Louisianna
(?????). |
| Served from NY. Soldier was a Private.
Soldier was b.9-15-1758 RI and d.3-25-1813 NY. His 1st wife was Rebecca Palmer , his 2nd
wife was Hannah Bishop Carpenter. |
| Served from MA.
Private. Capt. Timothy Heald's Co., Col. Samuel McCobb's Regiment.
Enlisted July 25th 1779, discharged Sept. 25th, 1779. Service 3 months 1
day. On Penobscot expedition. |
| Source: Massachusetts
Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolution War |
| Served from CT. Soldier was a Capt..
Soldier was b.1730 CT and d. 1803 CT. His wife was Rebecca Wadsworth |
| Served from MA. Soldier was a Private.
Soldier was b.6-25-1752 and d.3-10-1830 ME. His wife was Abigail Penny. |
| Private. Capt. John
Kettell's Co., Maj. Nathaniel Heath's detachment of guards. Enlisted
Aug. 23rd, 1779 and discharged Sept. 30th, 1779. Service 1 month, also
given 1 month, 9 days. Company detached from Militia for 3 months
service at and about Boston, MA. Term expire Oct. 1st, 1779. |
| Source: MA Soldiers &
Sailors of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Private. Capt. Eliakiam Howard's Co.,
Maj. Eliphalet Cary's regiment. July 30th, 1780 marched. Aug. 9th, 1780
discharged. 11 days service at RI on alarm. Roll dated Bridgewater, MA |
| Source: MA Soldiers &
Sailors of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Served from CT. Soldier
was a Private. Solider was b.5-13-1760 Windham Co., CT. His wife was
Sarah Birchard. |
| Served from NY & CT. Soldier was a
Private. Soldier was b. 1757 NH and d.1-19-1819 Berkshire, Franklin Co., VT.
His wives name was Hannah __________. In 1820 she resided at Champlain,
Clinton Co., NY |
| Served from MA. Soldier was b.1763 MA
and d. 2-28-1853 Johnson, VT. His wife was Sarah Wilkins. |
| Served from CT. Soldier was born
1760. He lived at Windham, Windham Co., CT at the time of enlistment in
1777. In 1832 he applied from Chelsea, Orange Co., VT. He served in
Capt. Clark's company, commanded by Col. Spencer of the Connecticut
Militia. In Dec. 1777, he was ordered to the state of Rhode Island to
join a regiment stationed at Providence, RI for 3 months under the
command of Col. Spencer & that he was verbally discharged the 4th or 5th
of April, 1778. On July 1st, 1778 he enlisted or volunteered again in
the Connecticut Militia in the company commanded by Simon Smith & Col.
George Willy's for the term of 3 months. On the last day of July 1778 he
joined the company at Buitanmark, CT about 10 miles from Norwich, CT
making Fascines & Gabions for fortifications. He also guarded the
Continental stores or stoves >? . He believes he stayed two months. In
1779, he again joined the Continental Militia as a substitute for his
father Jacob Perkins in the company commanded by Capt. Tinkers, Leiut.
Young & Engign Roberts and in the regiment commanded by Col. Stoans of
Mansfield, CT. He was ordered to Grafton, CT for three months. He was
engaged at Grafton and Fort Griswold when he was discharged at Fort
Griswold in Nov. 1779. He enlisted again in 1780 for 9 months. In 1781
as a guard to guard the jails at Windham, CT which contained about 200
British prisoners. He also was a guard at New London, CT. After
fulfilling his time in New London, CT he then volunteered with Alfred
Bingham for two months boating back and forth across the River, he
served under Capt. Robinson\Robertson, Col. Ledyard regiment. His
believes his service consisted of about 18 months & 8 or 10 days total
the War Dept. found he served 16 months.. In 1832 he made an affidavit
for pension for a man named Lyman Back who served with him under Simon
Smith & Col. George Willy. |
| Private. (late) Capt. Samuel Sayer's Co.
commanded by Lt. Samuel Young subsequent to Aug. 3rd, 1779 (late) Maj.
Littlefield's detachment of York Co., militia. July 7th, 1779 entered
service. Sept. 6th, 1779. 2 months service. Penobscot expedition.
|
| Source: MA Soldiers &
Sailors of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Served from MA. Solider was a
2nd.Liet. Soldier was b.12-26-1725 MA and d.4-30-1803 MA. His wife was Mercy Fisk. |
| Served from MA. Soldier
was a Private. Soldier was b. 3-3-1739 MA and received pension 4-30-1801 MA. His wife was Fear Canedy. |
| Sergeant. Capt.
Benjamin Gould's Co., Col. Wade's Regiment. Entered service July 6th,
1780 and discharged Oct. 10th, 1780. Service 3 months, 17 days
including 12 days of travel home. Regiment raised in Essex Co. to
reinforce the Continental Army for 3 months. Topsfield roll.
|
| Source: MA Soldiers & Sailors of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Private. Topsfield, MA. Capt. Robert
Dodge's Co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's regiment. Nov. 20th, 1776 pay abstract
for travel allowance to camp and home. Perkins credited 2 days allowance (40
miles) for travel. Company drafted from Amesbury, Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich,
Topsfield, Wenham & Lynn, MA. |
| Source: MA Soldiers & Sailors of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Served from NC. Soldier was b.
11-26-1733 NC and d. 4-17-1797 NC. His wife was Elizabeth (????). |
| Served from NH. Soldier was a Private.
Soldier was b. 2-11-1739 NH and d. 8-28-1825 NH. His wife was Mehitable Swett. |
| Served from NH. Soldier was
b.1-15-1739 NH and d. 3-14-1805 MA. His wife was Elizabeth Brown. |
| Served from NH. Soldier was a Private.
Soldier was b. 11-3-1740 and d.8-15-1816 NH. His wife was Abigail Griffith. |
| Served from SC. Soldier was a Ensg.
Soldier was b. 1729 SC and d. 1782 SC. His 1st wife was Miss Evans, his 2nd wife was
Bilzie Stringer. |
| Served from SC. Soldier
was a Private. Soldier was b. 1760 SC and received pension 1800 SC. His wife was Margaret Williams. |
| Served from MA. Soldier applied from
Topsfield, MA. Soldier d.7-27-1827 Topsfield, MA. His wife was Nabby Conant. Elijah Perkins
made a statement on wives behalf from Topsfield, MA age 73 in 1839. |
| Served from MA. Soldier was b. 1765 at
Freetown, MA. In 1803 he lived in New Marlboro, VT. Then he moved to Chenango Point, NY until
1813. He removed then to Gorham, Ontario Co., NY until 1815 and then moved to Cuyahoga
Co., OH. |
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