REGISTER OF THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY
OF THE
SONS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
ROLL OF MEMBERS
321 EDWIN RUSHMORE JACKSON 11696
Oakland.
Chemist. Born in New York City, N. Y., May 29, 1872.
Son of Peter Hugh Jackson and Mary (Cooke).
Grandson of James Cooke and Caroline (Coulter).
Great-grandson of Samuel Coulter and Mary (Bremner).
Great 2 grandson of JOHN BREMNER and Barbara (Nesbit).
JOHN BREMNER was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, April 2, 1737, and died at Jamaica, L. I., N. Y., January 31, 1807. He was a member of a Congress held on December 13, 1775, and was associated therewith as a Minute-man for the defense of American liberty. Later he enlisted as a Private in the 6th Albany Regiment of the New York State Militia under Col. Henry Van Rensselaer, Capt. Samuel Shaw's Company, in which he served from 1781 to 1789.
(N. Y. in the Rev., p. 331 and Munsell and Co.'s History of Queen's County, N. Y.)
236 SEYMOUR HATHWAY JACKSON 9639 .
Oakland.
Sexton. Born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., August 3, 1834.
Son of William Jackson and Irene ( ).
Grandson of JAMES JACKSON and Sarah ( ).
JAMES JACKSON was born in Claverick, N. Y., on April 1, 1758, and died in Fairfield, N. Y., March 26, 1816. He was Adjutant of the 9th Regiment of New York Levies, 2d Claverick Battalion, Col. Peter Van Ness commanding.
(Archives of N. Y., Vol. I, p. 269.)
277 WILLIAM FRANCIS JAMES 10802
San Jose.
Attorney-at-law. Born in San Jose, Santa Clara County, Cal., October 16, 1873.
Son of William Walter James and. Alice Peoria (Cox).
Grandson of Francis Wyatt James and Lucy Margaret (Browning).
Great-grandson of Walter Taylor James and Sarah (Wyatt).
Great 2 grandson of JOHN WYATT, SR., and Polly (Pearl).
JOHN WYATT, SR., was born in North Carolina, July 10, 1759, and died in Warren Co., Mo., December 27, 1855. He enlisted as a Private in Halifax County, N. C., and served for two years in the North Carolina troops, part of the time under Capt. Gholsen.
(U. S. Census Pensioners, 1840, p, 191.)
106 PAUL R. JARBOE 3506
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., December 22, 1867.
Son of John Rodolph Jarboe and Mary Halsey (Thomas).
Grandson of Eleazor Cady Thomas and Cordelia (Brainerd).
Great-grandson of William Thomas and Emma (Halsey).
Great 2 grandson of MALACHI THOMAS and. Mary (McCord).
MALACHI THOMAS died in 1794. He was a Sergeant from the town of Lebanon, and was also one of the Minute-men in the Lexington Alarm List of 1775.
375 LIVINGSTON JENKS 12950
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Chicago, Cook Co., Ill., November 22, 1868.
Son of Chancellor L. Jenks and Pamella Maria (Hoisington).
Grandson of Jasper A. Hoisington and Pamella M. (Manning).
Great-grandson of Ozias Hoisington and Wealthy (Burtch).
Great 2 grandson of JOAB HOISINGTON and Mary (Boardman).
Great 3 grandson of John
Hoisington and Sarah (Templer).
Great 4 grandson of John Hoisington and -----.
JOAB HOISINGTON was born in Farmington, Conn., September 19, 1736, and died in Newbury, Vt., February 1, 1777. On October 19, 1774, he was appointed on a Committee of Correspondence at a convention held in Westminster, Vt. He served successively as Captain in the Upper Regiment, Colonel in the Regiment of Minute-men, and Major in the Rangers. He was commissioned to the latter office July 24, 1776, by the New York Provincial Congress then assembled at White Plains, N. Y., and died while in service.
(Hall's Hist. of Eastern Vermont, pp. 200, 246, 266, 267, and 282. N. Y. in the Rev., Vol. 1, p. 278. Journal of N. Y., Provincial Congress, Vol. 1, pp. 95, 540, 753, 770, and 771; Vol. 2, p. 379.)
123 JOHN WALTER JONES 3523
Honolulu.
Stenographer. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., September 1, 1866.
Son of Harrison Jones and Isabella Murray (DaVies).
Grandson of Harrison Jones and Elizabeth (Vaughan).
Great-grandson of John
Claiborne Vaughan and Mary (Clack).
Great 2 grandson of CLAIBORNE VAUGHAN and
CLAIBORNE VAUGHAN was born in Dinwiddie Co., Va., on February 1, 1776. He was a Surgeon's Mate in the 6th Virginia, he was transferred to the 1st Continental Dragoons in 1779, and on November 9, 1782, he was retained in Baylor's Regiment of Dragoons, in which he served until the close of the war. (Heitman's Cont. Reg., p. 411.)
124 HARRISON ALEXANDER JONES 3524
San Francisco.
Shorthand Reporter. Born in Louisville, Ky., November 8, 1852.
Son of Harrison Jones and Isabella Murray (Davies).
Grandson of Harrison Jones and Elizabeth (Vaughan).
Great-grandson of John Claiborne Vaughan and Mary (Clack).
Great 2 grandson of CLAIBORNE VAUGHAN and -----.
(See John Walter Jones, No. 123.)
299 WILLIAM HENRY JORDAN 10824
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 3, 1849.
Son of Robert K. Jordan and. Annie Maria (Stearns).
Grandson of Robert Jordan and Hannah (Keating).
Great-grandson of Israel Jordan and Susanna (Jordan).
Great 2 grandson of NATHANIEL JORDAN. and Hannah (Woodbury).
NATHANIEL JORDAN was born in Spurwink, now Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine, December 24, 1718. On January 23, 1776, the House of Representatives of Massachusetts chose him as Major of a Regiment to be raised from Bristol and Cumberland Counties to serve before Boston until April 1, 1776. In this appointment the Council concurred January 23, 1776. He next appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts Militia, with the rank of Major in Col. Jacob French's Regiment, raised in Bristol and Cumberland Counties, and stationed at Winter Hill February 27, 1776, and again among a list of officers of the Massachusetts Militia, chosen by the Legislature December 2, 1776, and commissioned by the Council as a Lieutenant-Colonel in Peter Noyes' 1st Cumberland County Regiment. He again appears among a list of officers of the Massachusetts Militia, chosen by his Company and accepted by the Council February 1, 1777, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Cumberland County Regiment. He next appears with the rank of Colonel on the Muster and Pay Roll of the Field and Staff Officers of the Cumberland County Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Jonathan Mitchel, which was engaged for service against the enemy at Penobscot, July 6, 1779, and discharged September 25, 1779. He again enlisted September, 1779, as Lieutenant-Colonel in a Regiment raised for the defense of the seacoast and was discharged October 23, 1779.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 146, p. 361; Vol. 43, pp. 40, 52, 160, 193; Vol. 211, p. 275; Vol. 37, p. 103.)
102 BURR BRADLEY KEELER 3502
San Francisco.
Real Estate Owner. Born in Rochester, Monroe Co., N. Y., August 1, 1844.
Son of Rufus Keeler and Phoebe (Valeau).
Grandson of Josiah Keeler and Betsey (Bradley).
Great-grandson of PHILIP BURR BRADLEY and Ruth (Smith).
Great-grandson of JOSIAH KEELER and Elizabeth (Stebbins).
Great 2 grandson of ISAAC REELER and Hannah (Stebbins).
PHILIP BURR BRADLEY was born March 26, 1738, and died. January 24, 1821. He graduated from Yale College in 1758. He was Colonel of the 5th Connecticut Regiment of the American Army.
JOSIAH KEELER was born January 22, 1741, and died in 1777. He was a Private in the 5th Connecticut Regiment.
ISAAC REELER was born in 1715. He was a Lieutenant in the 5th Connecticut Regiment.
(Conn. Men in the War of the Am. Rev. Heitman's Reg. Cont. Army, p. 96.)
167 SHELDON INGALLS KELLOGG, JR. 3567
East Oakland.
Salesman. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, September 27, 1847.
Son of Sheldon Ingalls Kellogg and Catherine Rayner (Edmands).
Grandson of Charles Fraser Kellogg and Almira Kilbourne (Harris).
Great-grandson of PHINEAS KELLOGG and Olive (Fraser).
Great 2 grandson of Abraham Kellogg and Sarah (Marsh).
Great 3 grandson of Isaac Kellogg and Mary (Webster).
Great 4 grandson of Samuel Kellogg and Sarah (Merrill).
Great 5 grandson of Joseph Kellogg and Joannah (-).
Great 6 grandson of Martyn. Kellogg and Prudence (Bird).
PHINEAS KELLOGG was born in New Hartford, Conn., June 7, 1758, and died at New Hartford, N. Y., December 1, 1835. He was a member of Capt. John Chester's Company of Wethersfield Minute-men in the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. Enlisted November, 1775, in Capt. Ebenezer F. Bissell's Company, Col.
Huntington's Regiment. Engaged at siege of Boston and. Battle of Long Island. Huntington's Regiment of 1775 (17th Continental) as reorganized for service in the Continental Army for the year 1776. After siege of Boston it marched, under Washington, to New York (by way of New London and the Sound in schooners), and remained in that vicinity from April till the close of the year; assisted in fortifying the city; ordered August 24 to the Brooklyn front; engaged in Battle of Long Island August 27 in and near Greenwood Cemetery; was surrounded by the enemy and lost heavily in prisoners; moved with the main army until after Battle of White Plains; disbanded under General Heath near Peekskill, December 31, 1776. Phineas Kellogg was discharged from hospital at Newark, N. J., where he had been confined sick. Is believed to have seen subsequent service and to have been at West Point in 1780. Applied for a pension in 1818.
(Rec. of Coma. Men in the Rev., pp. 25 and 623.)
361 WILLIAM CHARLES KENNEDY 12936
San Jose.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pa., February 25, 1847.
Son of James Ferris Kennedy and Serena (Salter).
Grandson of William Kennedy and Louisa (Ferris).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM KENNEDY and -----.
WILLIAM KENNEDY was born in Bucks Co., Pa., in 1735. He was a Major in the 3d Battalion, Bucks County Militia.
(Cert. of State Librarian of Pa.)
195 CHARLES BRADBURY KIMBALL 3595
Oakland.
Born in Howland, Penobscot Co., Me., March 31, 1831, died July 3, 1896.
Son of Abraham L. Kimball and Mary (Bradbury).
Grandson of Joshua Kimball and Abigail (Earl).
Great-grandson of JOHN KIMBALL and Sarah (Burnham).
Great 2 grandson of Joshua.
Kimball and Deborah (Andrews).
Great 3 grandson of Joseph Kimball and Sarah ( ).
Great 4 grandson of John Kimball and Mary (Bradstreet).
JOHN KIMBALL was born in Marblehead, Mass., and died in Buxton, Me. He was a Private in Capt. John Elden's Company of Col. Samuel Robinson's Regiment, in which he enlisted April 24, 1775, and marched to Biddeford on the approach of British armed vessels, December 14, 1775.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 12, p. 80.)
241 ROY THURSTON KIMBALL 9641
San Francisco.
President of Norton Tanning Company. Born in Northfield, N. H., August 2, 1849.
Son of Joseph Kimball and Harriet S. (Rogers).
Grandson of DAVID KIMBALL and Hannah (Abbot).
Great-grandson of REUBEN KIMBALL and. Mariam (Collins).
Great 2 grandson of David Kimball and Mary (Wilson).
DAVID KIMBALL was a Private in Capt. Taylor's Company of the New Hampshire Militia.
REUBEN KIMBALL was a Captain in the New Hampshire Militia.
(Rev. Records of New Hampshire, Vol. 1, pp. 94, 244 and 261 ; Vol. 2, p. 120.)
247 WILLIAM NEIL KING 9647
San Diego.
Banker. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, April 1, 1849.
Son of Thomas Worthington King and. Elizabeth Jane (Neil).
Grandson of Edward King and Sarah Anne (Worthington).
Great-grandson of RUFUS KING and Mary (Alsop).
RUFUS KING was born in Scarborough, Maine, March 24, 1755, and died in Jamaica, N. Y., April 29, 1827. He left his law studies at Newburyport, Mass., to join a detachment under Gen. Glover of that town, to assist in the attempt to retake Rhode Island that Gen. Sullivan was about to make. He was appointed Major and Aide-de-camp to Gen. Glover, and was honorably discharged on September 5, 1778.
(U. S. War Rec. and Rec. of Mass. Heitman's Hist. Reg. of Officers of the Cont. Army, p. 251. Gen. Orders of Generals Sullivan and Glover. Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, by Chas. R. King, Vol. 1.)
5 CHARLES JAMES KING 3405
San Francisco.
Merchant and Secretary. .Born in Georgetown, D. C., March 8, 1844.
Son of James King of William and Charlotte M. ( ).
Grandson of Joseph Libbey and Louisa ( ).
Great-grandson of JOHN LIBBEY and Sarah ( ).
Great 2 grandson of Ephraim Libbey and Sarah ( ).
Great 3 grandson of Ephraim Libbey and Mary ( ).
Great 4 grandson of David Libbey and Eleanor ( ).
JOHN LIBBEY was born in Kittery, Maine, Jan. 29, 1760. He served as a Private in Joshua Wingate's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, in 1776.
(Records of N. H., Adjutant Gen.'s Office.)
271 RALPH BELL KITTREDGE 10096
San Francisco.
Salesman. Born in Oakland, Alameda Co., Cal., February 20, 1859.
Son of Charles Worcester Kittredge and Isabella Holmes (Bigelow).
Grandson of Asohel Bigelow and Dorcas (Freeman).
Great-grandson of ANDREW BIGELOW and Lydia (Whitney).
Great 2 grandson of Joseph Bigelow and -----.
ANDREW BIGELOW was born April 29, 1764, and died September 11, 1839. He was a Private in Capt. Rice's Company, Col. Cushing's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, in which he enlisted March 29, 1781, for three years.
(Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Rev., Vol. 2, p. 28.)
201 ALLEN KNIGHT 9101
San Francisco.
Secretary Sather Banking Company. Born at Stockton, San Joaquin Co., Cal., June 19, 1854.
Son of William Hancock Knight and Emma Jane (Kroh).
Grandson of Elisha Knight and Elizabeth Davis (Hancock).
Great-grandson of ALLEN HANCOCK and Lucy (Lained).
ALLEN HANCOCK was born April 5, 1754, and died in Dudley, Mass., October 11, 1848. He appears with the rank of Private on the Lexington Alarm Roll of Capt. John Town's Company, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, from Oxford to Roxbury. (Vol. 13, p. 130, Rec. of Mass.) Afterward he appears with the rank of Corporal in Capt. Jeremiah Kingsbury Holmon's Regiment, which marched to the North to reinforce Gen. Gates. He enlisted September 27, 1777, and served for thirty days.
(Vol 20, p. 170, Rec. of Mass.)
239 CHARLES GARDNER LATHROP 9639
Palo Alto.
Agent for Jane L. Stanford and Treasurer Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Born in Albany, Albany Co., N. Y., May 11, 1849.
Son of Dyer Lathrop and Jane Ann (Shields).
Grandson of JEDEDIAH LATHROP, JR., and Amy (Gardner).
Great-grandson of Jedediah Lathrop and Abagail (Hyde).
Great 2 grandson of Israel Lathrop, Jr., and Mary (Fellows).
Great 3 grandson of Israel Lathrop and Rebecca (Bliss).
Great 4 grandson of Samuel Lathrop and -----.
(See Leland Stanford Lathrop, No. 290.)
290 LELAND STANFORD LATHROP 10815
San Francisco.
Clerk in the Freight Dept., S. P. Railroad. Born in Albany, Erie Co., N. Y., December 4, 1870.
Son of Charles Gardner Lathrop and Libbie (Griswold).
Grandson of Dyer Lathrop and Jane Ann (Shields).
Great-grandson of JEDEDIAH LATHROP, JR., and Amy (Gardner).
Great-grandson of DANIEL SHIELDS and Elizabeth (------).
JEDEDIAH LATHROP, JR., was born in Bozrah, Conn., February 9, 1747. He served as a Private in Huntington's Company of Selden's Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, of the Connecticut State Troops.
(Conn. Men in the War of the Am. Rev., p. 405.)
DANIEL SHIELDS was born in 1766 and. died in 1805. He was a Private of the 4th Company, 3d Regiment, of the line of the New York State Troops.
(Colonial Hist. of N. Y., Vol. 15. N. Y. in the Rev., Vol. 1, p. 202.)
56 GEORGE LAUMAN 3456
Spokane.
Capitalist. Born in Borough of York, York Co., Pa., February 6, 1842.
Son of Edward C. Lauman and Leah (Weest).
Grandson of George Lauman and Margaret (Mim).
Great-grandson of CHRISTOPHER LAUMAN and Elizabeth, (Mim).
Great 2 grandson of George Lauman and -----.
CHRISTOPHER LAUMAN was born in Nuremberg, Germany, and died in New York. He was 1st Lieutenant in the 3d Battalion of Association of York County in December, 1776, and was at Trenton and Princeton. He commanded the 4th Company of the 3d Battalion, Col. David Jameson's Regiment, in 1778.
(Cert. of Pa. State Librarian of October, 1890.)
238 WILLIAM FRISBIE LEWIS 9638
Oakland.
Physician. Born in Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y., October 3, 1829.
Son of John Lewis and Eliza Ann (Frisbie).
Grandson of WILLIAM FRISBIE and Elizabeth (Davidson).
Great-grandson of William Frisbie and Sarah (Cambell).
Great 2 grandson of John Frisbie and Anna (Barker).
Great 3 grandson of John Frisbie and Susanna (Herbery).
Great 4 grandson of John Frisbie and (Ruth Bowers).
Great 5 grandson of Edward Frisbie and Abagail ( ).
WILLIAM FRISBIE was born in Northford, or Branford, New Haven Co., Conn., February 14, 1737, and died in Middletown, Rutland Co., Vt., March 1, 1813. During the Revolution he served at Stillwater, N. Y. He was a Private in the 2d Company, 13th Regiment New York Troops, of Saratoga District, Capt. John Thompson, Col. Cornelius Van Vechters.
(Rev. Soldiers of N. Y., pp. 271 and 376.)
352 JOSEPH MILLER LITCHFIELD 12927
San Francisco.
Merchant. Born in Lewiston, Androscoggin Co., Maine, February 19, 1843 .
Son of Samuel Litchfield and. Mary (Stanford).
Grandson of NOAH LITCHFIELD and -----.
NOAH LITCHFIELD was born in Sictuate, Mass., and died in Lewiston, Maine. He was a Private in Ensign Otis' Company, and marched on the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 13, p. 18; Vol. 16, p. 18; Vol. 56, p. 235; Vol. 57, p. 24.)
220 HORATIO SEYMOUR MANNING 9120
Oakland.
Real Estate and General Broker. Born in Middleburg, Schoharie Co., N. Y., May 15, 1864.
Son of Nathaniel Manning and Mary Ariminta (Chase).
Grandson of Hezekiah Manning and Mary (Briggs).
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL MANNING and. Matilda (Morgan).
Great 2 grandson of Hezekiah Manning and Mary (Webb).
Great 3 grandson of Samuel Manning and Irene (Ripley)
Great 4 grandson of Joshua Ripley and Hannah (Bradford).
NATHANIEL MANNING served in Capt. Wales' Company, of Col. Latimer's Regiment, of Connecticut, from August 24, 1776, to November 5, 1776, and in Capt. Rudd's Company, of Col. Chapman's Regiment, from August 2, 1777, to December 12, 1777. He saw service in Gen. Gates' Army at Saratoga in the summer of 1777. The Regiment to which he belonged lost more than any two other Regiments in the field in the first day's fighting.
(Conn. Records of the Revolutionary War, pp. 196, 508, and 530.)
6 HENRY MACLEAN MARTIN 3406
San Francisco.
Born in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, died 1891.
Son of Henry Austin Martin and Frances Coffin (Crosby).
Grandson of Nathan Crosby and Rebecca M. (Moody).
Great-grandson of Asa Crosby and Betsey ( ).
Great 2 grandson of JOSIAH CROSBY and Sarah (Fitch).
JOSIAH CROSBY was a Captain in Col. Reed's Regiment of New Hampshire Troops in the Continental Army.
411 HARVEY LE FEVRE MARVIN
San Francisco.
Salesman. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., December 20, 1877.
Son of Frank William Marvin and Sarah Anne (Caldwell).
Grandson of William Waldo Marvin and Amelia Louisa Augusta (Le Fevre).
Great-grandson of Daniel Le Fevre and Henrietta Louisa (Von Kolsen).
Great 2 grandson of GEORGE LE FEVRE and Anna Barbara (Slaymaker).
Great 3 grandson of Philip Le Fevre and Marie (-----).
Great 4 grandson of Isaac Le Fevre and Katherine (De La Ferre).
GEORGE LE FEVRE was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., August 20, 1820. He served as an Ensign in the 3d Battalion of the First Company of the Pennsylvania Militia from York County. He participated in the Battles of Princeton, Trenton, Bunker Hill, and Cowpens.
(Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 14, pp. 491-492.)
265 DAVID BAILEY MARWICK 10090
Grass Valley.
Merchant. Born in Pittston, Kennebec County, Maine, September 19, 1853.
Son of Albert Marwick and Caroline L. (Bailey).
Grandson of Atwood Marwick and Hannah (Pray).
Great 2 grandson of JAMES PRAY and Patience (Hannewell).
JAMES PRAY was born in Scotland in 1745 and. died in Portland, Maine, January 25, 1818. He was a Volunteer soldier in Capt. William Knight's Company, of the Massachusetts Militia, and marched to protect Falmouth Neck (now Portland, Maine) against an attack from the British warship " Cerebus."
(Mass. Archives, Vol. 36, p. 115.)
I63 SEABURY CONE MASTICK 3567
New York.
Attorney-at-law. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., July 19, 1871.
Son of William Henry Cone and Laura Jeanette (Mastick). Adopted by Seabury L. Mastick, whose name he took.
Grandson of Benjamin Mastick and Eliza (Tomlinson).
Great-grandson of BENJAMIN MASTICK and Cynthia (Wood).
BENJAMIN MASTICK died in Geanga Co., Ohio, June 6, 1830. He appears with the rank of Private on the Muster Roll of Capt. Mellen's Company, Col. Ward's Regiment, in which he enlisted April 26, 1775. He served for three months and thirteen days. In 1776 he enlisted as a Private in Capt. Gardner's Company, Col. Brook's Regiment, and soon after his enlistment was wounded. He was encamped at Cambridge, Mass., June 18, 1775, and was present at the Battle of Bennington, and there received a wound for which he afterward received a pension.
(Mass. Rev, Rolls, Vol. 15, p. 71; Vol. 56, p. 219; Vol. 73, p. 14; Vol. 19, p. 118. Pension Roll of the Rev. Army.)
30 HENRY EDWARD MATHEWS 3430
San Francisco.
Secretary of the James Lick Trust. Born in Tazewell Co., Ill., February 26, 1840.
Son of Edwin Goodrich Mathews and Marcia Lavinia (Kellogg).
Grandson of Asahel Mathews and Hope (Hollister).
Great-grandson of DAVID HOLLISTER and Hope (Clark).
Great 2 grandson of Nathaniel Hollister and Mehitable (Mattison).
Great 3 grandson of Gideon Hollister and Rachael (Talcott).
Grandson of Price French Kellogg and Lucretia (Rockwell).
Great-grandson of JASON KELLOGG and Miriam (Dewey), Martha Benedeck (Sackett), Lucretia Dart (Rockwell).
DAVID HOLLISTER was born in Glastonbury, Conn., October 9, 1758, and died in New York, July 20, 1836. As a drummer in a volunteer Militia, he marched from Glastonbury in response to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
(Conn. Men in the War of the Rev. and Chapin's Glastonbury Two Hundred Years, p. 101 .)
JASON KELLOGG was born February 11, 1754, in Sheffield, Mass. Lived in Hampton, N. Y., and died while visiting his son in Chilicothe, Ohio, September 5, 1821. He enlisted for service under Capt. William Bowers, Col. John Fellows' Regiment, in April, 1775, and marched to the siege of Boston. From this service he was discharged late in the same year. About January 1, 1776, he reenlisted for one year with Capt. Samuel Bartlett, in Col. Ward's Regiment, and on the 16th of September, 1776, he was severely wounded in the right shoulder in the Battle of Harlem Heights. He was discharged January, 1777. In February, 1781, he again joined the service for three years, enlisting in Silas Pierce's Company, of the 8th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Michael Jackson, and continued in service with this Regiment until his discharge at the close of the war. On April 1, 1782, he was appointed Sergeant. He also served nine years in the New York Legislature.
(Cert. of U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, Wash., D. C.)
140 BYRON MAUZY 3540
San Francisco.
Piano Merchant. Born in Rushville, Rush County, Ind., March 31, 1860.
Son of Reuben D. Mauzy and Rachel (Caldwell).
Grandson of Peter Mauzy and Sally (Gooding).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM MAUZY and Ursula (Arnold).
Grandson of William Caldwell and Rebecca Hevener.
Great-grandson of ROBERT CALDWELL and -----.
ROBERT CALDWELL was born in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1757, and died in Indiana, July 31, 1846. He served three years with the Pennsylvania Troops in the Saratoga Campaign and in the capture of Burgoyne's Army.
WILLIAM MAUZY was born in Virginia, December 27, 1755, and died in Indiana in 1837. He served three months in 1779, in Stafford County, Virginia, in Capt. Brown's Company of Militia, which was commanded by Col. Gerrary. During the fall of 1779, he was stationed at Marbarro Neck on the Potomac River, at which time the British came up the river and an engagement took place in which he participated. He remained at the Neck until his discharge in October. In September, 1780, he volunteered for three months under the same officer, who marched him to the Stafford Old Guard House, where he was stationed until he was discharged. He participated in the Battle of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.
(Cert. of the Com. of Pensions at Wash., and Reminiscences of Fifty Years Ago by Elijah Hackelman.)
395 ELMER RUSS MAUZY 13520
San Francisco.
Merchant. Born in Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, July 6, 1864.
Son of Silas H. Mauzy and Lida I. (Russ).
Grandson of Peter Mauzy and. Sally (Gooding).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM MAUZY and Ursula (Arnold).
(See Byron Mauzy, No. 140.)
401 THOMAS McCALEB 14126
San Francisco
Born in New Orleans, La., December 31, 1870.
Son of Edwin Howard McCaleb and Marie Idealie Wharton (Collens).
Grandson of Edwin Harred McCaleb and Frances Lucitia (Pulliam).
Great-grandson of David McCaleb and Matilda (Farrar).
Great 2 grandson of WILLIAM McCALEB and Anne (McKey).
WILLIAM McCALEB was a Captain attached to General Marion's Militia. He served in the Battles of Cowpens, Kings Mountain, Charleston, Camden, and Guilford Court House, and remained in active service during the war. He was also a member of the South Carolina Convention called to ratify the Federal Constitution.
(Heitman's Register, p. 172; Elliot's Debates on the Federal Constitution, Vol. 4, p. 339; Lawry & McCardle's History of Mississippi, p. 458.)
303 WILLIAM LATHROP McCLURE 11678
San Francisco.
Journalist. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., July 26, 1870.
Son of Penuel McClure and Hannah (Whartenby).
Grandson of Penuel McClure and Fanny (Lathrop).
Great-grandson of DAVID McCLURE and Lucy (Kibbee).
DAVID McCLURE was born in Brookfield, Mass., January 1, 1733, and died in Roxbury, Vt., May 6, 1813. He served as 1st Lieutenant in Capt. Elijah Robinson's Company, Cot Samuel Mott's Regiment, for five months. This regiment was stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and vicinity in 1776. He acted when occasion demanded it in the capacity of surgeon for his company. He also served as surgeon in Col. Samuel Wylly's Regiment during the campaign of 1777, being present at Burgoyne's Surrender of October of that year.
(Rec. of the State of Conn., p. 389., U. S. Bureau of Pensions.)
315 DAVID McCLURE 11690
Oakland.
Clergyman. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pa., August 1, 1824.
Son of David McClure and Ann (Russell).
Grandson of SAMUEL McCLURE and Janet (Graham).
SAMUEL McCLURE was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1736, and died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 7, 1790. He was a soldier in the Pennsylvania Line. (Cert. of the State Librarian of Pennsylvania, February 14, 1898.)
9 JOHN McHENRY 3409
San Francisco.
Architect and Teacher.
Son of John McHenry and Ellen J. (Metcalf).
Grandson of JESSE McHENRY and Elizabeth Ridley (Winze).
Great-grandson of JOHN McHENRY and Mary (Clark).
Grandson of Aza Baldwin Metcalfe and Barbara Allen (Harris).
Great-grandson of Thomas Metcalfe and Sibyl (Chapin).
Great grandson of NATHANIEL CHAPIN and Sibyl (Terry).
JESSE McHENRY served in the Revolutionary Army in the South Carolina Company.
JOHN McHENRY served in the Revolutionary Army in the South Carolina Company. (Killed by Tories.)
NATHANIEL CHAPIN served in Connecticut State (Wadsworth's) Brigade, 3d Battalion, Col. Sage's Regiment, as Ensign 2d Company.
164 JAMES ROBERT McKEE 3564
Ventura County.
Land Agent and Supt. of Irrigation at Barsdale. Born near Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, June 21, 1854.
Son of William McKee and Louisa (Stipp).
Grandson of George Stipp and Sidney (Mills).
Great-grandson of JOHN MILLS and ---- (Ewing).
Grandson of John McKee and Elizabeth (McClintock).
Great-grandson of WM. McCLINTOCK and Elizabeth (McClintock)
Great 2 grandson of JOHN McKEE and Polly (McCoy).
JOHN MILLS served in the 9th Virginia Regiment as Ensign, in 1779, Lieutenant in 1781, and subsequently as a Captain.
(Heitman's Hist. Reg., p. 295.)
WILLIAM McCLINTOCK was born in Ireland in 1743, and died in Kentucky. He was a Private in Capt. Andrew Wallace's Company, 8th Virginia Regiment, Col. James Wood, from 1778- 1779.
(Records U. S. Pension Office).
JOHN McKEE was born in County Monahan, Ireland, in 1750, and was killed in a skirmish at Canes River in the King's Mountain Campaign, in North Carolina, September 12, 1780. He was a Private in Capt. Van Swearingen's Company, in the detached rifle regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan (Continental Troops), from July, 1777, to March, 1778.
(Records U. S. Pension Offices.)
52 ELISHA WILLIAMS McKINSTRY 3452
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law and ex-Supreme Justice of San Francisco, Cal. Born in Detroit; Wayne County, Mich., April 10, 1824.
Son of David Charles McKinstry and Nancy Whiting (Backus).
Grandson of CHARLES McKINSTRY and Tabitha (Patterson).
Great-grandson of John McKinstry and Jane (Dechie).
Grandson of John Bachus and Sarah (Whiting).
Great-grandson of GEMALIEL WHITING and Anna (Gillett).
CHARLES McKINSTRY was born in Blanford; N. H., in 1755, and died December 31, 1819. He was a 2d Lieutenant of the 9th Albany Battalion, of the New York Militia, which was also known as the 2d Claverack Battalion, commanded by Col. P. Van Ness.
GEMALIEL WHITING was born in Great Barrington, September 17, 1727, and died there November 27, 1790. He served as 2d Lieutenant in Col. Thomas Fellows' Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, from May to December, 1775.
(Heitman's Hist. Register, p. 432. Archives of N. Y. in the Rev., Vol. 1, p. 269.)
168 J. C. McKINSTRY 7313
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1868.
Son of Elisha Williams McKinstry and Annie Livingston (Hedges).
Grandson of David Charles McKinstry and Nancy (Whiting).
Great-grandson of CHARLES McKINSTRY and Tabitha (Patterson).
Great 2 grandson of John McKinstry and Jane (Dechie).
Grandson of Charles Henry Hedges and Annie Bay (Livingston).
Great-grandson of William Hedges and Phoebe (Mulford).
Great 2 grandson of Matthew
Mulford and Mary (Hutchinson).
Great 3 grandson of DAVID MULFORD and Phoebe (Hunding)
(See Elisha Williams McKinstry, No. 52.)
66 WILLIAM H. MEAD 3466
San Francisco.
Secretary of the Contra Costa Water Company. Born in New York City, N. Y., April 1, 1834.
Son of Bradley Mead and Sarah ( ).
Grandson of Nathan Dusenberry and Nancy ( ).
Great-grandson of JOHN PAULDING and -----.
JOHN PAULDING was one of the captors of Major Andre.
369 EDWARD ADAMS MILLS 12944
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in the village of Akron, Erie County, N. Y., June 6, 1851.
Son of Elisha Mills Adams and Laura (Knight).
Grandson of Elijah Knight and Electa (Johnson).
Great-grandson of Charles Knight and Mary (Beckwith).
Great 2 grandson of ELISHA BECKWITH and Adelaide (Carpenter).
ELISHA BECKWITH was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1718, and died in White Plains, N. Y., October 28, 1776. He was a Private Soldier in the 6th Battalion of Gen. Wadsworth's Connecticut State Brigade, commanded by Col. Chester, in which he enlisted in June, 1776. He participated in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains.
(Conn. Men in the Rev., p. 413.)
359 WILLIAM I. MITCHELL 12934
Reno, Nevada.
Manufacturer's Agent. Born in Maysville, Mason Co., Ky., November 21, 1847.
Son of Stanislaus Mitchell and. America (Bayless).
Grandson of Stephen Bayless and. Polly (Hart).
Great-grandson of Nathaniel Hart and Elizabeth (Stout).
Great 2 grandson of JOHN HART and -----.
JOHN HART was born in 1708 and died in 1780. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey.
(See Signers of the Declaration of Independence.)
294 HENRY BRADFORD MONTAGUE 10819
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Sacramento, Sacramento Co., Cal., January 12, 1869.
Son of Samuel Skerry and Louisa Adams (Redington).
Grandson of Richard Montague and Content Ward (Skerry).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM MONTAGUE and Persis (Russell).
Great 2 grandson of DANIEL MONTAGUE and Lydia (Smith).
DANIEL MONTAGUE was a Soldier in the Revolution and a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.
(Montague Genealogy, p. 310.)
WILLIAM MONTAGUE was born in Sunderland, Mass., January 1, 1760, and died in Hadley, Mass., August 4, 1839. He served in the War of the Revolution, was doing service at West Point at the time of Arnold's treachery, and was on guard duty at the time Arnold made his escape (though the soldiers knew nothing of it).
(Montague Genealogy, p. 325.)
72 FREDERICK SCHANDER MOODY 3472
Burlingame.
Merchant. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., November 15, 1864.
Son of Joseph Ledlie Moody and Ida (Schander).
Grandson of John Frederick Schander and Rachel (Handlin).
Great-grandson of Charles Handlin and Hannah (De Boce).
Great 2 grandson of Garret De Boce and Hannah (Van Ness).
Great 3 grandson of SIMON VAN NESS and -----.
SIMON VAN NESS died in New Jersey. He served for several months as a Lieutenant in the Eastern Battalion of Morris County, New Jersey. In 1794 he was an officer in Shay's Rebellion.
33 JOHN W. MOORE 3433
Mare Island.
Commodore U. S. N. Born in Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y., May 24, 1832.
Son of Amasa Corbin Moore and Charlotte Elizabeth (Mooers).
Grandson of PLINY MOORE and. Martha (Corbin).
Great-grandson of Nodiah Moore and Anna Loomis.
Great 2 grandson of Benjamin Moore and Eunice Owen.
Great 3 grandson of Andrew Moore and -----.
Great-grandson of John Corbin and Abigal Cabot.
Great 2 grandson of John Corbin and Martha Hosmer.
Great 3 grandson of Jabez Corbin and Mary Morse.
Great 4 grandson of Clement Corbin and Dorcas Buckminister.
Grandson of BENJAMIN MOOERS and Hannah Platt.
Great-grandson of Benjamin Mooers and Abigal Hazen.
Great 2 grandson of Jonathan Mooers and Mary Poor.
Great 3 grandson of Jonathan Mooers and Catharine Langhorne.
Great 4 grandson of Edmond Mooers.
Great-grandson of NATHANIEL PLATT and Phoebe Smith.
Great 2 grandson of ZEPHANIAH PLATT and Hannah Saxton.
Great 3 grandson of Jonas Platt.
Great 4 grandson of Epinetus Platt and Phebe Wood.
Great 5 grandson of Richard Platt and Mary ( ).
Great 6 grandson of Joseph Platt.
Great 2 grandson of Rev. Marston Cabot and. Mary Dwight.
Great 3 grandson of George Cabot and Abigal Marston.
Great 4 grandson of Francois Cabot and Susanne Granchy.
Great 2 grandson of Moses Hazen and Abigal White.
Great 3 grandson of Richard Hazen and Mary Peabody.
Great 4 grandson of Edward Hazen and Hannah Grant
Great 3 grandson of James Hosmer and Elizabeth ( ).
Great 4 grandson of James Hosmer and Sarah White.
Great 5 grandson of James Hosmer and. Anna ( ).
Great 5 grandson of John White and
PLINY MOORE was born in Sheffield, Mass., April 14, 1759. In 1775, at the outbreak of the Revolution, he enlisted in the 1st Regiment, New York Line, and was in the expedition to Canada, under Benedict Arnold, which captured the fort at St. John's, and the city of Montreal, and ended in the death of General Montgomery and disaster at Quebec. He was a Lieutenant in Capt. Job Wright's Company of Colonel Marinus Willett's Regiment of Levies, was made Adjutant of the Regiment, and served as such during the remainder of the war. He was at the battles of Saratoga and the surrender of Burgoyne, October 17, 1777. After the close of the war he, with seventeen others, obtained a grant for 11,600 acres of land on the west shore of Lake Champlain, known as the Moorfield Grant, which he occupied in 1787, and settled the village of Champlain, where he remained during the remainder of his life. In 1774 the British occupied Point-au-Fer, on Lake Champlain, as a military post; and by order of General Sullivan a strong garrison was erected of stone, surrounded by a strong stockade, and called "The White House." On the 1st of each month following the settlement of Champlain by Lieutenant Moore, he was visited by a Corporal and file of men sent from Pointau-Fer to notify him that his title to his grant from the State of New York would not be recognized, and warning him " off the soil." No attention was paid to these repeated warnings, which continued until the English formally gave up possession of the post, in 1796.
Lieutenant Moore was made the first Justice of the Peace in 1788, and the following year was chosen County Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. For seventeen years he was the first Judge on the bench. He was the first postmaster and the first merchant in Champlain, and erected the first saw, grist, carding, and fulling mills in the section. In politics he was a Federalist of the Washington school, and in all public matters was an extremely popular leader. He died August 18, 1822, leaving a large estate, and having filled some of the first and highest offices in his town, county, and State.
(N. Y. State Archives, N. Y. in the Rev., pp. 266, 269, and 539)
BENJAMIN MOOERS was born in Haverhill, Mass., April 1, 1758, and died in Plattsburgh, N. Y., February 20, 1838. In 1776 he enlisted for five months in Capt. Eaton's Company, of Col. Higglesworth's Regiment, Massachusetts Militia, which joined Gen. Gates at Ticonderoga in June. He was discharged about the 1st of October of that year. In the autumn of 1777 he again volunteered in Capt. Bricket's Company from Haverhill, and marched to Saratoga to join the army under Gen. Gates. He was present at Burgoyne's Surrender, and was one of the guard having charge of those prisoners taken to the barracks near Boston. On the 20th of March, 1778, he was appointed Ensign in a Regiment of Canadian Refugees, which was organized under an Act of Congress, and commanded by Col. Hazen, and known as " Congress' Own." In 1779 he was promoted to Lieutenant, and appointed Adjutant of this Regiment, which position he retained until the close of the war. In August, 1779, he was selected by Col. Hazen to take a small party into Canada, with written orders to take a prisoner and bring him out, but with verbal orders to obtain information from the inhabitants regarding the enemy. In this he was entirely successful. Later in 1779 the Regiment rejoined the main army near Morristown, N. J., and during the winter it joined a detachment under Gen. Stirling, and, crossing on the ice to Staten Island, repulsed an attack of the enemy, who had crossed on the ice, from Brooklyn, L. I., bringing cannon with them. During the winters of 1779 and 1780 Mooers was one of the Life Guards of Gen. Washington. In the spring of 1780 he was ordered to superintend hospitals in New Jersey. During the following summer he rejoined his Regiment at King's Ferry. He witnessed the execution of Major Andre. In 1781 he took part in an expedition to Morrisiana, N. Y., and burned the enemies' barracks, capturing fifty-two prisoners and taking large supplies of ammunition and forage. He also took part in the Siege of Yorktown, and was present at Cornwallis' Surrender. After the surrender the Regiment moved to Lancaster, Penn., and spent about ten months in guarding prisoners. He was an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
(Recollections of Benjamin Mooers, compiled in 1822. Adjutant's Daily Rec. Books in Possession of T. W. Moore, Plainfield, N. J.)
NATHANIEL PLATT was born on September 30, 1741, and died in Plattsburg, N. Y., May 11, 1816. At the breaking out of the Revolution he raised the first company of troops on Long Island, and was chosen its Captain. He participated in the Battle of Long Island in Gen. Woodhull's Brigade. He was also a Captain in Col. Josiah Smith's Regiment, 2d Battalion of the Suffolk Co., N. Y., Militia. As a partisan officer he was very active in preventing Tory uprisings in Suffolk County until the arrival of the British fleet in Lloyd's Harbor obliged him and many others to cross the Sound into Connecticut. He was afterwards transferred to the Commissary Department, and was quite efficient in securing both supplies and recruits for Washington's Army on the line of the Hudson River.
(N. Y. State Archives N. Y. in the Rev., p. 268.)
ZEPHANIAH PLATT was born in Huntington, L. I., in 1703, and died at Sunk Meadow, L. I. He was a member of the Provisional Congress of New York in 1775, and a Colonel of the Associated Exempts. When 74 years of age, with fifty of his neighbors, he was taken prisoner and chained to the Platt Tree on Long Island until he could be taken to New York, where he was confined in the old prison ship. During this confinement most of his companions died. His daughter, Dorothea Brush, hearing that he was ill with smallpox, drove with a colored woman into the city and secured his release from Sir Henry Clinton. He lived only four days after his release, and is now buried near the tree to which he was chained by the British.
(N. Y. State Archives N. Y. in the Rev., pp. 151, 285, and 368.)
296 ARTHUR WELD MOORE 10821
San Francisco.
Stock-broker. Born at Roxbury, Norfolk Co., Mass., November 24, 1848.
Son of Page Moore and Emily Ann (Burnham)
Grandson of Enoch Burnham and Judith (Virgin).
Great-grandson of Daniel Virgin and Mary (Wheeler).
Great 2 grandson of EBENEZER VIRGIN, JR., and Dorcas (Lovejoy).
Great grandson of Ebenezer Virgin, Sr., and Hannah (-).
EBENEZER VIRGIN, JR., was born May 25, 1735. He was commissioned February 26, 1774, as a Lieutenant in the 2d Company of the 6th Regiment of New Hampshire Militia.
(Banton's Hist. of Concord. Application of Robt. Allen, Mass., S. A. R. National No. 3673, Wis. State No. 73.)
138 EDWARD CURRIER MORGAN 3538
San Diego.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Lynn, Essex Co., Mass., October 1869.
Son of Moses C. Morgan and Mary A. (Smith).
Grandson of Benjamin H. Smith and. Sally (Sargent).
Great-grandson of WINTHROP SARGENT and Sally (Morgan).
Great 2 grandson of Winthrop Sargent and ----- (Lane).
WINTHROP SARGENT was born in Gloucester, Mass., in 1755, and died there in 1830. He served as a Private in Capt. John Dodge's Company, Col. Jacob Gerrishe's Regiment of Guards, from April 1, 1778, to July 2, 1778. He next appears as a Private in Capt. Samuel Heese's Company, same Regiment, from July 20, 1778, to December 14, 1778, and again as Private in Capt. Andrew Woodberry's Company, Lieut. Col. Hallett's Regiment in Rhode Island from August 1, 1780, to October 1, 1780.
(Cert. of Sec. of State, Mass., Sept. 18, 1894.)
20 WILLIAM SCHUYLER MOSES 3420
San Francisco.
Son of Schuyler Moses and Elsie (Carpenter).
Grandson of BENJAMIN CARPENTER and -----.
BENJAMIN CARPENTER was a Private who served at the Battle of Bennington under Gen. Stark, at the Battle of Stony Point under Wayne, and was at Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga.
302 ANDREW SIMPSON MOSELEY 11677
Oakland.
Merchant. Born in Stockton, San Joaquin Co., Cal., February 9, 1861.
Son of Thomas R. Moseley and Bina (Stockwell).
Grandson of Nathaniel Buckland Moseley and Mary (Richards).
Great-grandson of Nathaniel Moseley and Electa (Buckland).
Great 2 grandson of Alexander Buckland and Sarah (Smith).
Great 3 grandson of JONATHAN BUCKLAND and Sybil (Burnham).
JONATHAN BUCKLAND was born in 1716. He served as a Private in the Connecticut troops during the Revolutionary War, enlisting at Ellington, Conn., and serving part of the time in Capt. Allen's Company of Col. Canfield's Regiment. He also served as a Private in Capt. Elsworth's Company of Col. Huntington's Regiment.
(Conn. Men in the Rev., p. 87, and Pension Rec. of the U. S. War Dept. of Wash.)
257 IRVING FARRAR MOULTON 10082
San Francisco.
Banker. Born in Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass., February 12, 1857.
Son of Jotham Tilden Moulton and Charlotte Harding (Fenno).
Grandson of Jotham Moulton and Mary (Farrar).
Great-grandson of JOTHAM MOULTON and Eunice (Tilden).
Great 2 grandson of Jeremiah Moulton and Hannah Sayward.
Great 3 grandson of Jeremiah Moulton and -----.
JOTHAM MOULTON was born February 12, 1743, and died in Yorke, Maine, May 12, 1777. He was a Colonel and Brigadier-General of the York County Militia of the 2d York County Regiment, commissioned August 30, 1775, as Colonel, and December 10, 1776, as Brigadier-General. He was drafted into the Continental Army for service in New York and. the South under General Lincoln, December 10. While in service in Virginia he obtained leave of absence, took cold, and died at New York of putrid fever.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 28, pp. 87, 120, 129. Sons of the Rev. N. Y. Society, p. 300. Year Book, 1893, Mass. Society, S. A. R.,p. 39.)
117 ARTHUR GRAHAM NASON 3517
San Diego, Cal.
Real Estate and Insurance. Born in New York City, Kings Co., N. Y., July 7, 1856.
Son of Henry Nason and Anna (Gates).
Grandson of Isaac Gates and Anna (Bullen).
Great-grandson of ISAAC GATES and. Submit (Lawrence).
ISAAC GATES was born in Harvard, Mass., and died in Boston, Mass. He was a Captain in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, which marched on the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775, from Harvard to Cambridge, Mass. His length of service was 16 1/2 days.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 12, p. 99.)
LORING GALE NESMITH
Los Angeles, Cal.
Banker. Born on Staten Island, Richmond Co., N. Y.
Son of Thomas Nesmith and Maria Antoinette (Gale).
Grandson of Anthony Rutgers Gale and Maria Dobbs (Helme).
Great-grandson of Obediah Helme and Ann (Helme).
Great 2 grandson of Phineas Helme and Mary (Wisner).
Great 3 grandson of HENRY WISNER and Sarah (Norton).
Great-grandson of Dr. Henry Arnold Gale and Cornelia (Rutgers).
Great 2 grandson of ANTHONY RUTGERS and Gertrude (Gouvenuer).
HENRY WISNER was born in the Colony of New York in 1720, and died in the State of New York September 4, 1790. He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776; a member of the Provincial Convention April 20, 1775; a member of the New York Provincial Congress from 1775 to 1777; a member of the New York Senate from 1777 to 1782. The Provincial Congress chose him a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, in which he took his seat May 15, 1775. He cast the only vote given by any New York delegate for the Declaration of Independence. His failure to sign this Declaration was due to being recalled to the New York Provincial Congress. During the Revolutionary War he erected two large gunpowder mills, which were used in making powder for the Revolutionary forces. Also, at his own expense, he placed guns on the banks of the Hudson River, which did effective service.
(Works of John Adams, Vol. 5, p. 10; Sanderson's Biography of Signers Declaration of Independence.)
ANTHONY RUTGERS was born in the Colony of New York, in 1742, and died in the State of New York in 1784. He was a member of the New York Provincial Congress November 17, 1775; member of the second Provincial Congress, 1775; member of the third Provincial Congress, 1775 to 1776; member General Convention, which framed the Constitution of the State of New York, and served as Captain of Artillery formed by the Marine Society of New York. (New York Collection Historical Manuscripts Revolutionary Papers, Vol. 1, pp. 168-180.)
385 GARRETT NEWKIRK 8133
Los Angeles.
Physician and Dentist. Born in Le Roy Township, Calhoun Co., Mich, May 3, 1847.
Son of Cornelius L. Newkirk and Anna (Hammond).
Grandson of George Hammond and Sarah P. (White).
Great-grandson of George Hammond and Lucy (Southworth).
Great 2 grandson of GEORGE HAMMOND and. Lucy (Sturtivant).
GEORGE HAMMOND was born in Rochester, Mass., in June, 1734, and died in Plympton, Mass., January 14, 1782. He was a Captain in the 13th Company of the 1st Plymouth County Regiment, commanded by Col. Theopholis Cotton. He was commissioned on June 6, 1776, and on October 28, 1778.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 42, p. 258; Vol. 28, p. 57.)
214 Hart Hyatt North 9114
Oakland.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Marysville, Yuba Co., Cal., July 12, 1871.
Son of George North and Jennie E. E. (Hyatt).
Grandson of Robert North, Jr., and Mary (Pine).
Great-grandson of ROBERT NORTH., SR., and Elizabeth (Carter).
Great 2 grandson of BENJAMIN NORTH and Margaret (Furman).
BENJAMIN NORTH was born in Newtown, Long Island, November, 1721, and died in service at Fishkill, New York, in 1777. He served in the Revolutionary War first as an Ensign and later as a Lieutenant.
ROBERT NORTH, SR., was born in Newtown, Long Island, N. Y., in 1759, and died at Walton, N. Y., in 1837. In 1776 he was a Private in the Militia of Queens County, N. Y., in Capt. Benjamin Coe's Company, Col. Smith's Regiment; later in Col. Lasker's Regiment of City Uniform Troops. Then in Dutchess County Militia, Capt. Billingsen's Company of Col. Frear's Regiment. Next with a division from New England, commanded by Gen. Heath. In the spring of 1777 he entered the Continental service at Continental Village, near Peekskill, as an artificer, first under Capt. Kinnecut and later under Capt. Steele, serving until July, 1779. (Archives of N. Y., Vol. 1, pp. 286 and 542. Also Men of Connecticut in the War of the Rev., pp. 371, 391, 458-485)
234 FRANK BUTLER NORTON 9634
San Francisco.
Merchant. Born in Edgartown, Dukes Co., Mass., May 21, 1848.
Son of Ichabod Norton and. Sarah (Mayhew).
Grandson of James Norton and Mary (Riddell).
Great-grandson of PETER NORTON and Elizabeth (Athern).
PETER NORTON was born in Tisbury, Mass., March 25, 1756, and died in the same town July 18, 1837. He served as a Private in Capt. Benjamin Smith's Company, stationed on Martha's Vineyard Island.
(Mass. Rev. Archives of Boston, Vol. 37, p. 22.)
319 FRANK HAMILTON NOWELL 11694
San Francisco.
Mining Agent. Born in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., N. H, February 19, 1864.
Son of Thomas Shepard Nowell and Lydia Ann ( )
Grandson of Henry Nowell and -----.
Great-grandson of JONATHAN NOWELL and -----.
JONATHAN NOWELL appears with the rank of Captain in Col. Scammon's Regiment of the Massachusetts Militia, in which he enlisted May 2, 1775, and served three months and seven days. On June 12, 1778, he was commissioned Brigadier-Major of the York County Regiment.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 15, p. 83; Vol. 146, p. 259; Vol. 56, p. 202; Vol. 71, p. 11; Vol. 68, p. 98, and Vol. 28, p. 49)
211 EDWARD OLNEY 9111
Oakland.
Draftsman. Born in Oakland, Alameda County, Cal., August 3, 1870.
Son of Charles Congdon Olney and Caroline (Dayton).
Grandson of James Nathaniel Olney and Frances Maria (Stilwell).
Great-grandson of Nathaniel Green Olney and. Rebecca Frances (Snow).
Great 2 grandson of SAMUEL SNOW and Frances (Wanton).
SAMUEL SNOW was born in Providence, R. I., August 10, 1758, and died there May 13, 1838. He served during the Revolution in Col. Christopher Green's Rhode Island Regiment, in which he was appointed Captain of Artillery in July, 1780. In 1798 he was appointed by Congress, Consul to China. In 1804 was admitted to membership in the Society of Cincinnati, his certificate of membership being signed by George Washington. In 1833 he was allowed a Captain's pension of $480 a year from the 4th day of March, 1831, during the remainder of his life.
(Heitman's Register, Continental Army, pp. 313 and 315.)
272 WARREN OLNEY 10097
Oakland.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Davis County, Iowa, March 11, 1841.
Son of William. Olney and Eliza (Green).
Grandson of William Olney and Charlotte (Tanner).
Great-grandson of STEPHEN OLNEY and Martha (Aldrich).
STEPHEN OLNEY was born in Rhode Island, Dec. 22, 1752, and died in Pennsylvania, December 12, 1841. He served as Captain in the 2d Rhode Island Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Israel Angell. He was appointed January 1, 1777, and was discharged March 19, 1782.
(Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Olney. Military Rec. of R. I. Record of the Pension Office, War Dept. of June 30, 1897. Act of Congress 6 Statutes at large 433, granting pension.)
81 JAMES LYCURGUS ORD 3481
Monterey.
Physician. Born in Washington, D. C., May 18, 1823.
Son of James Ord and Rebecca Ruth (Cresap).
Grandson of DANIEL CRESAP and. Elizabeth (Van Swearingen).
DANIEL CRESAP was born near Cumberland, Md., in 1753. He was a Lieutenant in a Company of Riflemen, organized at Old Town, Md., and commanded by his uncle, Michael Cresap. He took part during the entire war under Gen. Washington.
(McSherry's Hist. of Md., and Jacob's Life of Capt. Michael Cresap.)
387 DANIEL AUGUSTUS OSTROM, JR.
San Francisco.
Dentist. Born near Wheatland, Yuba Co., Cal., June 10, 1870.
Son of Daniel Augustus Ostrom and Polly Ann (Kirkpatrick).
Grandson of Daniel Yelverton Ostrom and Mary (Davison).
Great-grandson of HENRY ANTHONY YELVERTON OSTROM and Sarah (Hogaman).
Great grandson of JOSEPH HOGAMAN and Elizabeth (Van Wagenen).
Great 3 grandson of Hendrick Hogaman and Gentje (Barendje).
Great 4 grandson of Joseph Hogaman and Sarah (Van der Vliet).
HENRY ANTHONY YELVERTON OSTROM was born in New York, March 12, 1755, and died in Hogaman's Mills, N. Y., May 18, 1837. He was appointed June 22, 1778, a Captain of a Company in the 3d Albany County Regiment of the New York State Militia, Col. Schuyler. He was also Captain in 1780.
JOSEPH HOGAMAN was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N. Y., in 1740, and died in 1817. He was a Captain in the Dutchess County Militia of Associated Exempts of New York.
(N. Y. in the Rev., Vol. 1, pp. 283 and 181. Rec. in the Office of the Adjutant-Gen. of Trenton, N. J.)
205 JOHN W. PACK 9105
Berkeley.
Assayer. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, March 8, 1849.
Son of Armelder F. Pack and Caroline L. (Todd).
Grandson of William Pack and
Dorcas (Pope).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM PACK and -----.
WILLIAM PACK served in the Continental Army as a Private Soldier in Capt. Richard McDonald's Company, Lord Sterling's Regiment of the New Jersey Line. (N. J. Rec. of Rev. Soldiers, pp. 262 and 709.)
113 N. VALENTINE PADDOCK 3513
San Diego.
Bookkeeper. Born in Dubuque County, Iowa, October 14, 1853.
Son of Zechariah Paddock and Synthia (Skelton).
Grandson of William D. Paddock and Mary (Lusk).
Great-grandson of DAVID PADDOCK and -----.
DAVID PADDOCK was a Private Soldier in Capt. David Waterbury's Company of Col. Henry Ludington's Regiment of the New York Militia.
(Archives of the State of N. Y., Vol. 1, p. 441.)
280 JOHN WALTER PARKHURST 10805
San Francisco.
Bookkeeper. Born in Providence, Providence Co., R. I., November 6, 1847.
Son of Jonathan Gough Parkhurst and Clarissa Crocker (Thomas).
Grandson of David Parkhurst and Sybit (Sprague).
Great-grandson of JONATHAN PARKHURST and Judith (Wilson).
Great 2 grandson of Timothy Parkhurst and Elizabeth (Kady).
Great 3 grandson of Joseph Parkhurst, Jr., and -----.
Great 4 grandson of Joseph Parkhurst, Sr., and -----.
Great 5 grandson of George Parkhurst and -----.
Grandson of Walter Thomas and Fanny (Clark).
Great-grandson of NOAH THOMAS and Sarah ( ).
JONATHAN PARKHURST was born in Plainfield, Conn., July 25, 1725, and died August 22, 1787. He was a Private in Capt. David Kady's Company of Col. Samuel Chapman's Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and served under Gen. Sullivan in the attempt to dislodge the British at Newport. Was also present at the Battle of Rhode Island, August 29, 1778. He served in this Regiment from August 2 to September 12, 1778.
(Conn. Men in the Rev., pp. 530 and 533.)
NOAH THOMAS enlisted as a Private in Captain Joshua Benson's Company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment, on May 5, 1775, in which he served three months and four days. In this same regiment he served eight months in Lieutenant William Tomson's Company. He next served eleven days in Lieutenant Jonah Washburn's Company of Col. Ebenezer Sprout's Regiment, marching on the Alarm of December 8, 1776. He next served nine days in Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Company of the same regiment, marching on two alarms, one in May, 1778, and the other in September of the same year. He next served in Capt. Amos Washburn's Company, Col. Wade's Regiment, for twenty-five days, being discharged July 17, 1778.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 14, p. 31; Vol. 56, p. 80; Vol. 57, file 8; Vol. 3, p. 241; Vol. 24, p. 57; Vol. 13, p. 247.)
132 ALMARIN BROOKS PAUL 3532
San Francisco.
Mining Engineer. Born in Bridgetown, N. J., September 13, 1823.
Son of Hiram Paul and Phoebe (Brooks).
Grandson of ALMARIN BROOKS and Sarah (Champnys).
ALMARIN BROOKS was born February 7, 1756, and died January 25, 1824. He enlisted as a Private in the Continental Army with Capt. R. Howell, formerly Governor of New Jersey, in the summer of 1775, and marched with Col. Maxwell's N. J. Regulars to Canada. In July, 178o, he was presented with an Ensign's commission for bravery in Capt. Wagoner's Company of the 2d N. J. Regulars, and continued as an officer in the service until after the close of the war and the disbanding of the Army at Newburgh, in New York. In 1793 he commanded the Battalion in the Western Expedition and. was one of those selected to remain six months in that country to enforce the laws. In 1798 he was appointed Captain in the additional regiments raised under apprehension of a war with France. He engaged in the Battle of Abrams Plains in Canada in 1776; at Brandywine and at Germantown in 1777; at Monmouth in 1778, and at the Siege of Yorktown and the Surrender of Cornwallis in 1781, and in many skirmishes during the war. Was wounded at Germantown and Short Hills. The greater part of his life was devoted to the military service of his country.
(Heitman's Reg.. of the Cont. Army, p. 100.)
166 ALBERT HENRY PAYSON 3566
San Mateo.
Civil Engineer. Born in Salem, Essex Co., Mass., December 1, 1847.
Son of Edward Holden Payson and Amelia (Mellus).
Grandson of Lemuel Payson and. Joanna (Newhall)
Great-grandson of EZRA NEWHALL and. Alice Breed (Gray).
EZRA NEWHALL was born in Malden, Mass., May 1, 1733. and died in Salem, Mass., April 5, 1798. He was Senior Captain in Col. Mansfield's Regiment during the Siege of Boston. From May 17, 1777, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 5th Massachusetts Continental Regiment.
(Heitman's Cont. Reg., 308. Newhall Family, by H. F. Water, p. 68.)
146 GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS 3546
Oakland.
Merchant and U. S. Senator from California. Born in Kinnebunkport, York Co., Maine, August 23, 1839.
Son of Clement Perkins and Lucinda (Fairfield).
Grandson of WILLIAM FAIRFIELD and Mary (King).
WILLIAM FAIRFIELD was born at Kennebunkport, Me., December 26, 1752, and died at the same place March 16, 1827. He was a Private in the Massachusetts lines.
(See U. S. Pension Rolls, Vol. 12, p. 77.)
217 THOMAS ALLEN PERKINS 9117
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Wells, York Co., Me.
Son of Samuel H. Perkins and Sarah (Allen).
Grandson of Thomas J. Allen and Aphia (Allen).
Great-grandson of JACOB ALLEN and Dorcas (Allen).
Great 2 grandson of Elijah Allen and Elizabeth (Reed).
Great 3 grandson of Francis Allen and Hannah (Roberts or Pettigrew).
JACOB ALLEN was born in Kittery, Me., June 1, 1758, and died in North Berwick, Maine, February 28, 1844. He was born and bred in the Society of Friends, but left it and served as a Private for one year and eight months in the New Hampshire Troops, part of the time under Capt. Frederick Bell, in Col. Enoch Poor's Regiment. During his service he was severely wounded in the thigh. In 1784 he married a prominent member of the Society of Friends, of which his children became members.
(Certificate U. S. Pension Commissioners. Census U. S. Pensioners 1840, p. 3; N. H. Rev. War Records.)
281 EDWARD EVERETT PERLEY 10806
San Francisco.
Real Estate. Born in New York City, N. Y., March 10, 1836.
Son of Humphrey Clark Perley, Jr., and Hester Malvinia (Wilcox).
Grandson of Humphrey Clark Perley, Sr., and Elizabeth (Mighill).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM PERLEY and Sarah (Clark).
Great 2 grandson of Francis Perley and Hulda (Putnam)
Great 3 grandson of Jacob Perley and Lydia (Peabody).
WILLIAM PERLEY was born in Boxford, Mass., February 11, 1735, and died at the same place on March 12, 1812. In February, 1775, he was chosen Captain of the Boxford Minute-men, and, with his Company, fifty-two in number, marched at the call of the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, June, 1775, he was under Prescott in Col. James Frye's Regiment, and was in the redoubt during the assault of Gen. Pigot's troops, who were storming the breast-works. He was afterwards engaged at Cambridge Castle in 1775, and as a Militia-man from Ipswich at Castle Island, October, 1779. Prior to the breaking out of the Revolution, he was an active member of the Sons of Liberty, who met on the 24th of May, 1770, to protest against the injustice of quartering troops on the colonists, and the Stamp Act, and was one of those who adopted the resolution "to defend those rights not only with their estates but with their lives."
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, 67, 92, 146; Vol. 25, p. 25, and the Lexington Alarm Rolls, Vol. 13, p. 44.)
202 ENBANK PELHAM 9102
San Francisco.
Physician. Born in Winchester, Clark Co., Ky., February 5, 1815.
Son of Charles Hollis Pelham and Sarah Lewis (Eubank).
Grandson of CHARLES PELHAM and Isabella (Atkinson).
Great-grandson of Peter Pelham and Anne (Creese).
Great 2 grandson of Peter Pelham and Martha ( ).
Great 3 grandson of ---- Pelham, of Chichester, England, and -----.
CHARLES PELHAM was born in Virginia, July 22, 1748, and died in Maysville, Ky., August 29, 1829. He was commissioned Lieutenant in Capt. Edmond B. Dickinson's Company of Col. Isaac Read's 1st Virginia Regiment, November 1, 1776, and July, 1777, he appears with the rank of Captain. In May, 1779, the 1st and l0th Virginia Regiments were consolidated and designated " the 1st and 10th Virginia Regiment." Charles Pelham appears on the roll of this organization and is reported to have been promoted June 25, 1779, to the 2d Virginia Regiment and given the rank of Major.
(Rolls of U. S. Pension Office of 1st Virginia Regiment for May, 1777, July, 1777, November, 1779, and General Abstract Roll of 2d Virginia Regiment.)
225 ALANSON HOSIER PHELPS 9125
San Francisco.
Pacific Coast Agent for Hazard Powder Company. Born in the City and County of New York, N. Y., February 10, 1832.
Son of Asa Hosmer Phelps and Margery (McCoun).
Grandson of Eliphalet Phelps and Mehitable (Dodge).
Great-grandson of ELIPHALET PHELPS and Mehitable (Hyde).
Great 2 grandson of SILAS PHELPS and Hannah (Dewey).
(See William Sydney Phelps, No. 222.)
46 THOMAS STOWELL PHELPS, JR. 3446
Mare Island.
Commander U. S. Navy. Born in Portsmouth, Va., November 7, 1848.
Son of Thomas S. Phelps and Margaret (Riche-Levy).
Grandson of Stephen Phelps and Elizabeth (Stowell).
Great-grandson of William Stowell and Catherine (Nixon).
Great 2 grandson of THOMAS NIXON and Berthia (Stearns).
THOMAS NIXON was born in Framingham, Mass., May 17, 1736. He served in the French and Indian Wars, was an Ensign in the War of 1756, and was commissioned a Lieutenant in Capt. John Hoar's Company in the Crown Point Expedition. In 1774 he was a Captain of a company of men organized in Framingham, Mass., and early in 1775 was made a Lieutenant-Colonel of a Regiment of Minute-men. He was at the Battle of North Bridge, Concord, Mass., April 19, 1775, and pursued the British to Charlestown. Shortly afterward he was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment and was in command of that Regiment at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. This Regiment, with Brewster's, filled the gap between the redoubt and the stone wall on the northern slope of Breed's Hill, and was conspicuous for its firmness and gallantry, and was the last to leave the field of battle. On August 9, 1776, he was promoted to the Colonelcy of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment, vice Colonel John Nixon (his brother), who was commissioned a Brigadier-General. It took an active part in the campaign against Burgoyne in 1777, and was at the Battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and after Burgoyne's Surrender was with his Regiment, stationed at various points along the Hudson River from 1777 until the close of the war.
(Family Rec. and Archives of the State of Mass.)
222 WILLIAM SYDNEY PHELPS 9122
San Francisco.
Shipsmith and Railroad Car Work Manufacturer. Born in Norwich, Queens Co., N. Y., April 17, 1820.
Son of Asa Hosmer Phelps and Margery (McConn).
Grandson of Eliphalet Phelps and Mehitable (Dodge).
Great-grandson of ELIPHALET PHELPS and. Mehitable (Dodge).
ELIPHALET PHELPS was born in Lebanon, Conn., November 5, 1743. He served in the 18th Regiment, Connecticut Militia, Captain Forward's Company. This Regiment was detailed for service in New York state from August 24, 1776, to September 24, 1776.
(Conn. Men in the War of the Rev., p. 470.)
SILAS PHELPS was born in Lebanon, Conn., January 27, 1720. He served in the War of the Revolution, enlisting in 3d Connecticut Regiment, Col. Samuel R. Webb, in Capt. Willis' Company.
407 JOSEPH WILLIAM PINDER
San Francisco.
Mining Engineer. Born in Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga., January 26, 1854.
Son of Norris Tebeau Pinder and Atossa Emma (Faries).
Grandson of Joseph William Pinder and Anne Margaret (Tebeau).
Great-grandson of John Tebeau and Margaret (Truitlen).
Great 2 grandson of FREDERICK TRUITLEN and. Margaret (Schad).
Grandson of George Greaves Faries and Sarah Anne (Aldrich).
Great-grandson of Charles Parks and Mary (Greaves).
Great 2 grandson of Charles Faries and Mary (Walton).
Great 2 grandson of GEORGE WALTON and -----.
Great 3 grandson of JOHN WALTON and -----.
FREDERICK TRUITLEN was born in The Hague, Holland, and died in Chatham County, Ga. During the year 1776-1777 he acted as Aide-de-camp and Secretary to his brother, John Adam Truitlen, who was the first Governor of the colonies of Georgia.
JOHN WALTON was born in Chatham. County, Ga., and died there. He assisted in establishing American independence during the War of the Revolution, and served as a member, from Georgia, of the first Congress of the United States, and also as a signer of the Articles of Federation of the United States.
GEORGE WALTON was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
(History of the United States; History of Georgia.)
346 HORACE GARVIN PLATT 11896
San Francisco.
Attorney-at-law. Born in Selma, Ala., August 26, 1852.
Son of William Henry Platt and Cornelia Margaret (Cuthbert).
Grandson of John A. Cuthbert and Louisa Eugenia (Croft).
Great-grandson of Seth John Cuthbert and Mary (Clay).
Great 2 grandson of JOSEPH CLAY and Ann (Legardere).
Great 3 grandson of Ralph Clay and Elizabeth (Habersham).
JOSEPH CLAY was born in Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng., October 16, 1741, and died. in Savannah, Ga., November 15, 1804. He was Deputy Paymaster-General in the Georgia Militia, and a member of the Continental Congress from Georgia.
(Journals of Congress and Congressional Directory, by Benj. P. Poore. White's Hist. Collections of Georgia.)
79 FREDERIC SANFORD PLIMPTON 3479
San Diego.
General Manager Russ Lumber and Mill Co. Born in Foxboro, Norfolk Co., Mass., February 22, 1834.
Son of Willard Plimpton and Eunice (Pratt).
Grandson of ELIJAH PLIMPTON and Mary (Pond).
Great-grandson of James Plimpton and Huldah (Lovell).
Great 2 grandson of John Plimpton and Susannah (Draper).
Great 3 grandson of John Plimpton and Elizabeth (Fisher).
Great 4 grandson of John Plympton and Jane (Dammin).
Grandson of Isaac Pratt and Rachel (Carpenter.)
Great-grandson of JOSIAH PRATT and Abagail (Williams.)
ELIJAH PLIMPTON was born in Stoughton, Mass., September 12, 1750. He was a Corporal in Capt. Jeremiah Smith's Company, of Col. John Smith's Regiment, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, from Walpole. Length of service eight days. He next enlisted as a Private in Samuel Fisher's Company, Jonathan Titcomb's Regiment, for service in Rhode Island. His time of service was two months and four days.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 13, p. 93; Vol. 19, p. 44.)
JOSIAH PRATT was born in Stoughton, Mass., February 14, 1719. Appears with rank of Captain on Lexington Alarm, Col. Lemuel Robinson's Regiment, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, from Stoughton. Served five days. Appears with rank of Captain on Muster and Pay Roll of Capt. Josiah Pratt's Company, Col. Gills' Regiment. Marched on Alarm to Roxbury. Enlisted March 4, 1776. Discharged. March 1776.
(Mass. Rev. Rolls, Vol. 13, p. 64; Vol. 21, p. 188.)
105 CHARLES MORTIMER PLUM, JR. 3505
San Francisco.
Secretary. Born in the City and County of San Francisco, Cal., July 31, 1866.
Son of Charles Mortimer Plum and Catherine (McDougall).
Grandson of Elijah W. Plum and Elizabeth (Hotchkiss).
Great-grandson of JOHN PLUM and Tryphena (Hunt).
Great 2 grandson of John Plum and Dorothy ( ).
JOHN PLUM was born near Albany, N. Y., January 26, 1765, and died in Windom, Bradford Co., Pa., September, 1832. He was a Private in Capt. Silas Gray's Company, of Lieut.-Col. Marinus Willet's Regiment of the New York Militia. He enlisted at the age of 17, from Canaan, Columbus Co., N. Y., in April, 1781, and served nine months. He was again drafted at Lebanon, Albany Co., N. Y.
(Archives of the State of N. Y., Vol. 1, p. 258. Census of Pensions 1841, p. 126.)
235 EDWARD POLHEMUS 9635
San Francisco.
Merchant. Born in Lima, Peru, S. A., September 17, 1839.
Son of John Hart Polhemus and Marianna (Dean).
Grandson of Montgomery Polhemus and Anne (Van Landt).
Great-grandson of JOHN POLHEMUS and Susanna (Hart).
Great 2 grandson of Henrick Polhemus and -----.
Great 3 grandson of Daniel Polhemus and -----.
Great 4 grandson of Johannes Theodorus Polhemus and -----.
JOHN POLHEMUS was born May 23, 1738, and died May 23, 1832. He was commissioned as Captain by the order of Congress, November 22, 1775, and promoted to the rank of Major at Valley Forge in the "Jersey Blue," a Company organized by his father-in-law, John Hart, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. (Heitman's Con. Reg., p. 331.)
90 ADDISON C. POSEY 3490
[not given]
Born in Henderson County, Ky., May 29, 1849.
Son of William Thornton Posey and Eliza (Dion).
Grandson of John Posey and Lucy Frances (Thornton).
Great-grandson of THOMAS POSEY and Mary (Thornton).
Great 2 grandson of John Posey and -----.
THOMAS POSEY was born in Virginia, in 1750, and died in Shawnee Town, Ill., in 1818. He was a Captain in the 7th Virginia Regiment from the l0th of March, 1776, and a Major in the 2d Virginia from the 30th of April, 1778. He was transferred to the 7th Virginia Regiment on the 14th of September, 1778, and on the 11th of September, 1782, was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel.
He was the second man over the walls at the storming of Stony Point, and gave the word, "The fort is ours." Gen. Wayne fell into his arms when he was cut down by the sword of a British officer, at that fight, and it was Thomas Posey to whom the British officer surrendered their arms. On March 10, 1783, he retired, having been promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General. He was the second Governor of Indiana, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, and U. S. Senator from Louisiana. (Heitman's Hist. Reg., pp. 333 and 334.)
208 GEORGE R. PRESSON 9108
San Francisco.
Warehouseman. Born in Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass., August 6, 1845.
Son of Leonard J. Presson and. Caroline (Winchester).
Grandson of John Winchester and. Betsey (Hammond).
Great-grandson of WILLIAM WINCHESTER and Hannah (Parker).
Great 2 grandson of John Winchester and Elizabeth (Green).
Great 3 grandson of John Winchester and Sarah (White).
Great 4 grandson of John Winchester and Joanna (Stephens).
Grandson of William Presson and Sarah E. (Parran).
Great-grandson of ALEXANDER PARRAN and Elizabeth (Eveleth).
WILLIAM WINCHESTER was born in Brookline, Mass., April 23, 1733, and died in Southborough, Mass., July 19, 1807. He was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant, January 1, 1777, in Capt. Haines' Company, 15th Massachusetts Regiment, Col. Edward Wigglesworth. He served through the whole war.
(Heitman's Hist. Reg., p. 441; U. S. Pension Office Records.)
ALEXANDER PARRAN was born in Calvert Co., Md., and was a Sergeant in a Company of Minute-men under Capt. Nathaniel Warner (of Gloucester, Mass.) at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. He was wounded in the shoulder and lost the entire use of his left arm (see Mass. State Records). With patriotism still undaunted he afterwards shipped as privateers-man on the brig Fair Play. The vessel was chased and sunk by a British cruiser off Guadaloupe, West Indies, and Parran was drowned.
(See Babson's History of Gloucester, Mass., 1860.)
322 EDWARD MEYERS PRESTON 11697
Nevada City.
Banker. Born in Freedom Township, Washtenaw Co., Mich., May 4, 1841.
Son of Jacob Preston and Lucy Witter (Killam).