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Benjamin West's Death of General Wolfe (Plains of Abraham 1759)
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French and Indian War Soldiers (1754 - 1763):
Oliver Bailey (private) (6th great grandfather)
Born 25 Jun 1738 in Haddam, Middletown, Connecticut
Served iin Colonel Fitch's 3rd Connecticut Regiment in 1758; was a drummer in Colonel Whiting's 5th Connecticut Regiment in 1759; and was a private in Colonel Lyman's 1st Connecticut Regiment in 1759.
Died 14 Oct 1822 in Granville Township, Pennsylvania
Job Plimpton (Captain) (6th great grandfather)
Born 1 May 1718 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Served with Captain Whitting (From EARLY MEDWAY SETTLERS & LAND RECORDS)
Died 18 Mar 1797 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Ichabod Hawes (Unknown) (6th great grandfather)
Born 18 Sep 1720 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Served with captain Whitting
He served in the French and Indian War, and he and his three sons served in the Revolution (From The military history of Medway, Mass. 1745-1885 By Ephraim Orcutt Jameson)
Died 18 Dec 1778 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Samuel Fisher (Ensign) (7th great grandfather)
Born 29 Dec 1685 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Served with captain Whitting
He served in the French and Indian War, and he served in the Revolution (From The military history of Medway, Mass. 1745-1885 By Ephraim Orcutt Jameson)
Died 19 Jan 1769 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
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Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1776)
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Revolutionary War Soldiers (1775 - 1783)
Oliver Bailey (private) (6th great grandfather)
Born Born 25 Jun 1738 in Haddam, Middletown, Connecticut
Served in captain Cornelius Higgins' 8th Company, 5th Battalion, General Wadsworth's brigade in 1776.
Died 14 Oct 1822 in Granville Township, Pennsylvania
Zepheniah Rogers (private) (5th great grandfather)
Born 7 Mar 1747 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts
Served in the regiment commanded by Colonel Elmore of the Connecticut line.
Died 7 Oct 1823 in Franklin County, Ohio
Solomon Brown (unknown) (4th great grandfather)
Born about 1765 in New York
Service unknown, but he appears in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol.1
Died 16 Sep 1839 in Galway, Saratoga, New York
Ichabod Hawes (private) (6th great grandfather)
Born 18 Sep 1720 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts
He served in the French and Indian War, and he and his three sons served in the Revolution (From The military history of Medway, Mass. 1745-1885 By Ephraim Orcutt Jameson)
Died 18 Dec 1778 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Job Plimpton (Captain) (6th great grandfather)
Born 1 May 1718 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Served in Josiah Fuller's company; Colonel Wheelook's regt.; company marched from Medway to Warwick, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776.
Died 18 Mar 1797 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Job Jr, Plimpton (Corporal) (5th great grandfather)
Born 12 Aug 1746 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
On Medway list of men returned by a committee of the town of Medway April 13, 1778, as having rendered service at various times subsequent to April 19, 1775; also served with Captain Moses Adams's company, 4th Suffolk County. regiment commanded by Major Seth Bullard; marched to Tiverton, R. I., on the alarm of July 28, 1780.
Died 1814 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Elijah Townsend (Captain) (5th great grandfather)
Born 24 Nov 1745 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Served as Adjutant of Col. Ludington's Duchess county 7th militia in the Revolutionary War.
Died 1821 in Yates County, New York
Addenda 4 July 2016:
William Braman (private) (5th great grandfather)
Born 1 Feb 1753 • Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
enlisted as a private for the State of Rhode Island, 1776-1777
Died 9 Apr 1804 • Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island
James Boyd (private) (5th great grandfather)
Born 1757 in Bedford County, Virginia
Served as a private for the State of Virginia, 1775-1777
Died 1791 in Floyd, Kentucky
Addenda 4 July 2016:
William Braman (private) (5th great grandfather)
Born 1 Feb 1753 • Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island
enlisted as a private for the State of Rhode Island, 1776-1777
Died 9 Apr 1804 • Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island
James Boyd (private) (5th great grandfather)
Born 1757 in Bedford County, Virginia
Served as a private for the State of Virginia, 1775-1777
Died 1791 in Floyd, Kentucky
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Battle of New Orleans Print (1815)
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War of 1812 Soldiers (1811 - 1815):
James Boyd (3rd Lieutenant) (4th great grandfather)
Born 10 Aug 1783 in Tennessee (1850 census says Virginia)
served in the 5th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia commanded by Colonel Edwin Booth
Enlistment from 13 November 1814 to 5 June 1815
Died 20 Nov 1854 Mahaska County, Iowa.
Samuel R Brown (Private) (3rd great grandfather)
Born 7 Aug 1798 in Philadelphia, Jefferson, New York
Served in Lieutenant Colonel Ball's Squadron, New York Light Dragoons, US Volunteers
Died 12 Dec 1879 in Philadelphia, Jefferson, New York
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The battle of Gettysburg by Currier and Ives (1863)
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American Civil War Soldiers (Union) (1861 - 1865):
David Solomon Bailey (Private) (2nd great grandfather)
Born 8 Dec 1837 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
Enlisted 18 February 1864 in Company G, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iowa (Union).
He was discharged for wounds on 11 Sep 1865.
He lost his leg--hit by a shell--in the battle of Brice's Crossroads 10 Jun 1864.
Died 19 Jul 1915 in Spring Grove, Douglas Co., Nebraska
Rifford Randolph Hallowell (2nd Lieutenant) (3rd great grandfather)
Born 17 Dec 1816 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enlisted 20 Jul 1861 in Company K, 28th Regiment Pennsylvania Vol. (Union).
He fought at Gettysburg in July 1863. He must have been sick, wounded or captured because he resigned 13 Sep 1863, and died a few months later on 10 Jan 1864 in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Marcus Morton Pierce (Private) (2nd great grandfather)
Born 19 Sep 1842 in Woonsocket, Providence Co., Rhode Island
Enlisted 09 Aug 1862 in Company E, New York 109th Infantry Regiment (Union).
He fought at Gettysburg, in the battle of the Wilderness, the assault on
Petersburg, and at Cold Harbor Virginia.
He mustered out on 04 Jun 1865 at Delaney House, Washington, DC.
Died 6 Dec 1882 in Woods Park, Valley, Nebraska
Charles Henry Plympton (Private) (2nd great grandfather)
Born 18 Nov 1845 in Seneca, Ontario, New York
He enlisted 12 August 1862 in Company K, 97th Infantry Regiment Ohio (Union).
He fought in battles at Perryville, Missionary ridge, and the Atlanta campaign.
He mustered out on 10 Jun 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.
Died 23 Sep 1925 in Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
Hi there. I am a distant grandson of Elijah Townsend also. Thanks for posting information about his service in the Revolutionary war.
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Elijah is a relative, my greatgrandfather was Luther Burton Townsend and my grandfather was Luther Townsend Brown
ReplyDeleteThen we are distant cousins. My lineage is as follows:
ReplyDeleteCapt. Elijah Townsend (1745 - 1821) my 5th great grandfather
Sarah Townsend (1783 - ) daughter of Capt. Elijah Townsend
Calvin Plimpton (1815 - 1874) son of Sarah Townsend
Charles Henry Plympton (1845 - 1925) son of Calvin Plimpton
Geneva "Neva" Plympton (1870 - 1939) daughter of Charles Henry Plympton
Lydia Corinna Brown (1891 - 1971) daughter of Geneva "Neva" Plympton
Velma Veda Bailey (1914 - 2004) daughter of Lydia Corinna Brown
Hi cousin, how far back have you traced the Townsend line?
DeleteHenry Townsend (my 10th great grandfather)
ReplyDeleteBirth 31 May 1568 in Bracon-Ash, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Death 22 Aug 1625 in Norwich, Norfolk, England
If Elijah was your 5th great grandfather, How was Henry Townsend, your 10th great grandfather related to John, Henry & Richard Townsend of Oyster bay, NY? Was he their grandfather? If so, who was John, Henry & Richard's father and mother?
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