Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 110

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 710

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He married, October 17, 1894, at Christ Church Chapel, Philadelphia, May Breck Montgomery, of Philadelphia. Their children, born at Leicester, Massachusetts, are: Channing, born June 15, 1895; Alberta Kathryn, July 28, 1896; Reading Montgom- ery, October 9, 1897.

The Montgomery family, to which Mrs. Chan- ning Smith belongs, has a lineage extending back over a thousand years, Perhaps no family in America has been more carefully traced and none can boast of a more distinguished group of early ancestors. The Montgomery history begins in Normandy before 900. Following is an abstract of the line of descent from the first known to Mrs. Channing Smith, of Worcester, Massachusetts.

(I) Roger de Montgomerie, Count of Mont- gomerie in Normandy before 900.

(II) Roger de Montgomery, Count of Mont- gomery (or Montgomerie), son of Roger (1).

(III) Roger de Montgomerie, Count de Mont- gomerie. Sons : William de Montgomery, Count de Montgomerie ; Hugh.

(IV) William de Montgomerie, Count de Mont- gomerie, son of Roger (3), had son: Hugh de Montgomerie, Count de Montgomerie.

(V) Hugh Montgomerie, son of William (4), was Count of Montgomerie. He married Joseline, daughter of Tourode, sire of Pere Audemer by his wife Weva, sister of Gummor, wife of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. His sons were: Roger, Count de Montgomerie; Robert, William, Gilbert.

(VI) Roger, Count de Montgomerie, and Count of Exmes, came to England with William the Con- queror in 1066 and was in command of the van- guard of the Norman army at the Battle of Hast- ings. For his services in the Conquest he was made Earl of Shrewsbury, Arundel and Chichester. He died and was buried at Shrewsbury in England. Had son Robert de Belesme, Count de Montgomerie, Exmes and Alencon, and on the death of his brother, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel. (On the death of William Rufus, he supported Robert's claim to the throne in England, and in 1102 was attainted by Henry I and banished. He died a prisoner in III4.) Hugh, Earl of Shrewsbury and Arundel, slain at Anglesey, 1098; Roger, Earl of Lancaster

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and in the right of his wife Count of Marche, at- tainted in 1102, died 1123. Philip, who died at the siege of Antioch in the first crusade about 1098. Everard, chaplain to Henry I. Arnulph, Earl of Pembroke, attainted and banished from the king- dom 1102, married Lafracotti, daughter of the King of Munster, died III9.

(VII) Arnulph, Earl of Pembroke, attainted and banished from the kingdom in 1102, married Lafra- cotti, daughter of the King of Munster, died 1119. He had a son Philip.

(VIII) Philip, born at Pembroke Castle, about IIOI, and called "the Welshman." He left Nor- mandy about 1113 and came to Scotland with David I and obtained a fair inheritance in Renfrewshire. He married Margaret, daughter of Cospatric, sec- ond Earl of Dunbar and March. He had a son Rob- ert, and Hugh, of Bondjecworth.

(IX) Robert, of Eaglesham and Thorntown, was called Cymbric or Son of the Welshman, died 1180. He had a son John.

(X) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Thorntown, knight. Had sons: Sir Alan, Robert, William.

(XI) Sir Alan, of Eaglesham, son of Sir John (10), knight, had sons: Sir John, Sir Robert, of Eaglesham, knight, died 1259-60; Henry.

(XII) Sir John, son of Sir Alan (II), was of Eaglesham and Eastwood, knight, died about 1285. He had sons : Sir John, of Eaglesham; Murthaw, of Thorntown; Alan, of Stair and Cassilis; Thomas, of the county of Sterling.

(XIII) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Eastwood, knight, son of Sir John (12), died in 1316. His sons were: Alexander, of Eaglesham, etc .; William.

(XIV) Sir Alexander, of Eaglesham and East- wood, knighted by Robert Bruce, was son of Sir John (13). He died before 1388. He had a son, Sir John, of Eaglesham.

(XV) Sir John, of Eaglesham and Eastwood, knight, son of Alexander (14), married Elizabeth, owner of Eglinton and Androssen, as she was the daughter and heiress of Sir Hugh Eglinton. He died about 1398. His sons were: Sir John, etc .; Sir Hugh, killed in youth in the battle of Otter- bourne and his death is referred to in the poem "Chevy Chase"; Alexander, of Bannington; Hugh. (XVI) Sir Jorn, of Androssen, knight, son of Sir John (15), died before 1429. His sons were: Alexander, etc .; Sir Robert, of Giffen, knight; Hugh.

(XVII) Alexander, first Lord of Montgomery, so created by James Il in 1448-9, was son of Sir John (16). He died between 1461 and 1465. His sons were: Alexander, of Montgomery, etc .; George, of Skelmorlie, died in 1505; John, of Giffen; Thomas, parson of Eaglesham.

(XVIII) Alexander, of Montgomerie, died be- fore his father, Alexander (17), in 1452. His sons were: Alexander, second Lord of Montgomery, etc. ; Robert, of Braidstone, died before 1468; Hugh, of Hesselheid.

(XIX) Alexander, second Lord of Montgomerie, son of Alexander (18), died before 1484. His sons were: Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton, etc .; James, of Smistwon; John, of Bowhouse.

(XX) Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton, so created by James IV, 1507-8, died 1545, was the son of Alexander (19). His sons were: Sir Neil, etc. ; Alexander, master of Montgomerie, died in 1498; Jolın, Lord Montgomerie, killed in Edinburgh, 1520; William, of Greenfield, died before 1546; Hugh,

killed in battle of Pinkie, 1547; Robert, bishop of Argyle.

(XXI) Sir Neil, of Lamshaw, was killed at Ivrine, 1547, the son of Sir Hugh (20). His sons were: Sir Neil, etc .; John, of Lamshaw.

(XXII) Sir Neil, of Lamshaw, married the heiress of Lord Lyle. They had a son, Sir Neil.

(XXIII) Sir Neil, of Lamshaw, son of Sir Neil (22), had sons : William, of Brigend; Neil, of Lamshaw, died before 1635; James, minister of Duntop, died 1613; John, of Cockelbred, died 1638.

(XXIV) William, of Brigend, son of Sir Neil (23), died about 1652. His sons were: John, of Brigend; William, of Belliskeoch; James, of Clon- nayes.

(XXV) John, of Brigend, son of William (24), had sons : Hugh, etc., James.

(XXVI) Hugh, of Brigend, died 1710. His sons were: William, of Brigend; James; resided in Glasgow.

(XXVII) William Montgomery, of Brigend, Scotland, removed with his family to the eastern part of New Jersey and settled at Eglinton, Mon- mouth county. He was the son of Hugh Montgom- ery, of Brigend. His children were: Robert, born 1687, died 1766; William, born 1693, died 1771; James, Alexander.

(XXVIII) Robert Montgomery, son of the emi- grant, William Montgomery, of Brigend, Scotland, and Monmouth county, New Jersey, (27), was born in 1687. He died in 1766. His children were : James, born 1720, died 1759; William, born 1714, died young; William, born 1717, died young ; John, born 1726, died young. All were born in New Jersey.

(XXIX) James Montgomery, son of Robert Montgomery (28), was born in New Jersey, 1720. He died in 1759-60. He was only son who lived to maturity. His sons were: Robert, born in Eglinton, 1743, died 1828; John, born 1750, removed to Phila- delphia, died 1794; William, born 1752, also removed to Philadelphia, died 1831; Joseph, born 1758, died 1776; James, born 1755, died 1832.

(XXX) James Montgomery, son of James Mont- gomery (29), was born in New Jersey, 1755, and died in 1832. He was a revolutionary soldier and was in the battle of Trenton. His sons were: Will- iam Reading, born July 10, 1801, in Monmouth county, New Jersey ; John.

(XXXI) General William Reading Montgomery, son of James Montgomery (30), was born in Mon- mouth county, New Jersey, where his father, grand- father, great-grandfather and great-great-grand- father had lived, as above stated. On the maternal side he was grandson of John Reading, Colonial gov- ernor of the province of New Jersey. He was named for him. He took part in the Mexican war and was promoted for gallant service in 1852 to the rank of major. When the war broke out in 1861 he was commissioned as a brigadier-general, and was subse- quently appointed military governor of Alexandria, Virginia. He died May 31, 1871, at Bristol, Penn- sylvania, where he resided most of his life. He mar- ried Hannah Bullock Wood. Their sons were : William, born 1839. died 1844; Henry, born 1843, married Katherine Israel Breck; William W., born. 1845.

(XXXII) Henry Montgomery, son of General William Reading Montgomery (31), was born in. Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1843. He married Katherine- Israel Breck, daughter of George and Emily Mc-

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Ewen (Hale) Breck and granddaughter of George and Catherine (Israel) Breck. (See sketch of Breck family.) His children were: Henry William, born March 18, 1871; May Breck, and Anna Ren- wick, born December 12, 1875; George Breck, born April 6, 1880.

May Breck Montgomery, daughter of Henry Montgomery (32), born November 24, 1873, married, October 17, 1894, Channing Smith. ( See sketch of Albert E. Smith and Channing Smith in this work.)

KENNEY FAMILY. Daniel Kenney (1) was the first ancestor of the Kenney family of New England, to which Mrs. Anjeanette Kenney Smith, wife of Albert E. Smith, of Worcester, belongs. Daniel Kenney came to America with the first of the Scotch-Irish emigration, with two brothers, Jonathan and Theophilus Kenney, from his home in Ulster province, Ireland, landing on or about August 4, 1718. New England owes much to the sturdy Scotch-Irish settlers that flocked here from 1718 to 1750. The largest settlement was made in Nutfield, later Londonderry, New Hampshire, in the spring of 1719, but the Londonderry settlers came in I718, and most of them spent the winter in Maine. They were not welcomed by the Puritans of New England. They were Scotch Presbyterians ans, Covenanters of stern religious faith. Many set- tled in Massachusetts, however, and soon assimilated with the Puritan-Congregationalists. Daniel Kenney probably spent his first year in this country at Danvers, and Salem, from whence he came with others of the family to Sutton, Massachusetts, his farm being in that part of the town known as the "Eight Lot District," adjoining the Davidson farm. In the fall of 1720 Daniel Kenney found the Con- gregational, church with a Scotch minister, Rev. Jolin Mckinstry, acceptable to him and joined the church. In fact, it is believed that the Kenneys came from Ireland with Mr. Mckinstry. He mar- ried a Sutton girl, Elizabeth Stockwell, August 28, 1727; she also was of Scotch descent. In 1747, he with others was honorably dismissed from the First church of Sutton to organize the Second church in Sutton, in what was called the north parish. This Second church of Sutton became the First church of Millbury, when the north parish was in- corporated as the town of Millbury in 1813. The children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Stockwell) Kenney were : Daniel, born July 15, 1728; William, July 16, 1730; Archelaus, May 25, 1732; Elizabeth, January 9, 1734; Jethro, January 10, 1736; Israel, October 23, 1739; Lois, November 16, 1741; Asa, October 14, 1743; Eunice, August 3, 1745; Hannah, February 8, 1748; Reuben, January 9, 1750.

(II) Asa Kenney, son of Daniel Kenney (I), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, October 1.4, 1743. He married Mehitable Stockwell, July 24, 1762. He was a clockmaker by trade, and had a reputation for great skill as a craftsman. There are fine specimens of his handiwork in the tall antique patterns of one hundred and fifty years ago to be found in Worcester and elsewhere. The children of Asa and Mehitable (Stockwell) Kenney were : John, born June 12, 1763; MIehitable, April 13, 1766; Asa, November 7, 1768; Lucy, born September 23, 1771, married John Hutchinson; Simeon, born May 17, 1774, died October 21, 1777; Simeon, born April 17, 1779; Jesse, December 31, 1783.

(III) John Kenney, son of Asa Kenney (2), was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, June 12, 1763.

He was a farmer. He married Mary Marsh, July 27, 1786. She was a descendant of Rev. Samuel Skelton, who became minister to the English Es- tablished church in Lincolnshire in 1608, and who, at the solicitation of John Endicott, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, accepted the position of minister to the colony. He organized the first church of the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay colony, July 30, 1629. The father of Mary Marsh was Ebenezer Marsh, who was a revolutionary soldier. The children of John and Mary ( Marsh) Kenney were: Joel, born at Sutton, November 9, 1786, died young ; John, born August 29, 1788; Polly, August 27, 1790; Sally, February 15, 1793; Polly, born July 20, 1795, died August 27, 1796; Rev. Silas, born at Sutton, June 12, 1797; he preached as the pastor of the Baptist church at Royalston, Massachusetts, and in his history of that town the late Alexander H. Bullock speaks well of his ability and faithfulness; Cyrus, born at Sutton, April 26, 1799, founded a great business at Troy, New York, where astronomi- cal instruments were made, and his descendants in- herited and still operate the works there; Nancy, born June 19, 1801; Lucy, September 8, 1803; Mary, September 8, 1805; Joel, December 22, 1807; he was a Baptist minister, settled at Springfield, Massa- chusetts.

(IV) John Kenney, son of John Kenney (3), grandfather of Mrs. Albert E. Smith, of Worcester, was born at Sutton, August 29, 1788. He was a fine iron and steel worker by trade, and owned and operated a scythe shop at Oxford, in 1815, on the site .of the upper mill privilege, then known as Sacarappa. He married, December 1, 181.4, Phebe E. Hunt. He died October 5, 1819, leaving a wife and two daughters, and eleven days after his death his wife gave birth to a son, whom she named John in memory of the devoted husband lost so early in life. The widow was a brave woman, and faced the world with unwavering courage. Gifted happily with a large fund of native wit, she won the love and admiration of her neighbors. After remaining a widow nine years she married Peter Boyden, who died in about three years, leaving her another daughter. Phebe Hunt's ancestry was of the best. She was a daughter of Daniel Hunt and Martha Wallis. Daniel Hunt was the son of John Hunt and Kezia Darling of Gloucester, Rhode Island. Daniel Hunt's will was probated December 3, 1810, at Worcester, and the bequests therein shows that he was a man of enterprise and prop- erty. On the maternal side, Martha Wallis (spelled Wallace in colonial times), her mother, was the daughter of Benjamin Wallace and his wife Lydia Dudley. Lydia was the daughter of Samuel Dudley, of Sutton, granddaughter of Francis Dudley and Sarah (Wheeler ) Dudley, of Concord, Massachu- setts. Benjamin Wallis, first of the name in the town of Douglas, was of Scotch descent, probably among the first Scotch-Irish in that section. He "served in the colonial wars and marched with his- company April 19, 1775, to Lexington. Phebe Hunt Kenney Boyden remained on the farm left her by Peter Boyden, her second husband, at West Douglas.

(V) John Kenney, son of John Kenney (4), was born at Oxford, Massachusetts, October 16, 1819. He was a farmer. He married, October 31, 18.43, Irene Adeline Smith, and they settled at West Douglas, near the Wallis and Dudley homesteads. At the end of the ten years he went to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and learned the railroad business. He remained there two years, and then became a

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locomotive engineer on the old Norfolk County Railroad, running the mail train for over thirty years from Blackstone to Boston. He gave up this business in 1883 and lived quietly on a small com- petence that he had accumulated. IIis inheritance from the father who never saw his son was the unbroken, unblemished record of his ancestors, which he, too, kept faithfully unsullied to the day of his death. He died May 17, '1894, at Cherry Valley, Leicester, Massachusetts. In politics he was an old fashioned Whlg until Lincoln's time, when he joined the Republican party and remained a Re- publican the remainder of his life. In religious be- lief he was a Baptist. Had his father lived, his lot would undoubtedly have been different, and much easier in early life, but he never repined. With an undefined hint of melancholy in his nature, he lived modestly and manfully. He is buried at the Oak Hill cemetery, Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Ilis wife, Irene Adeline Smith, born May IO, 1823. was the daughter of John Smith and Celinda Round, of North Scituate, Rhode Island. She ob- tained what advantages of education she could from the public schools. She married at the age of twenty. She was a handsome woman, with high principles and ability. She died at Cherry Valley, Leicester, Massachusetts, April 1, 1897. She was of Rhode Island ancestry, being descended from John Smith, "the Miller" and John Smith, "the Mason," as they were known in colonial days. Her father was the son of Captain Jonathan and Free- love (Boss) Smith, of North Scituate, Rhode Island, and he was a farmer. Her grandfather, Captain Jonathan Smith, served over two years in the war of the revolution as lieutenant and captain. His company, called the Scituate Hunters, did picket duty at the battle of Bunker Hill.

On the paternal and maternal sides Irene A. Smith was descended through three lines of the Hopkins family, of whom Stephen Ilopkins and Esek Hopkins, first commodore of the American navy, were the most noted members. On the paternal side

she descended from Ed-

ward Boss, (merchant of Newport, made free- man in 1713), who married Susannah Wilk- inson, of South Kingston,

Rhode Island, whose first son, Edward Boss, married Phillipe Greene Carr, whose mother was Phillipe Greene, of Rhode Island. Their son Benjamin married Katherine Hopkins, mother of Freelove Boss, wife of Captain Jonathan Smith, who was the grand- mother of Mrs. Irene Adeline Smith Kenney. The name Phillipe descended for three generations in the family, the last to bear it being Phillipe Boss, born at North Scituate, Rhode Island, March 12, 1755, great-aunt of Irene, and sister of Freelove Boss. She was connected by descent with other Rhode Island families, Harris, Weaver, Hazard, Gardener, Angell.

The children of John and Irene Adeline (Smith ) Kenney were : Anjeanette, born at Douglas, Feb- . ruary 17, 1845: and Adelaide, who died when but five years of age.

(VI) Anjeanette Kenney, daughter of John Kenney (5), was born at Douglas, Massachusetts, February 17, 1845. She received her education in the public schools in Fitchburg, and Blackstone, Massachusetts, and for three years and a half at the Woonsocket, Rhode Island, high school, of which Mr. Henry Peirce was the principal, a most thorough scholar and teacher. After his enlistment and departure for the civil war she went to a pri-

vate school at Blackstone kept by Gustavus Williams, and from there entered the private school of Pro- fessor Bushee, and graduated in 1863. She taught in the public schools of Blackstone, Massachusetts, for four years, and then married Albert Edward Smith, September 10, 1867. She is a member of the Patriotic Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, and is eligible to that of the Colonial Dames through eight ancestors who served in the colonial wars.

FRANK HARVEY MOORE. James Moore (I), the immigrant ancestor of Frank Harvey Moore, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, came to this country from the north of Ireland in 1718 with the first Scotch-Irish emigrants from Londonderry and vicinity. Whether his progenitors in Ireland were of Scotch or English origin it is impossible to de- termine. The history of Union, Connecticut, where he finally settled, says that James and Robert Moore were among the early Scotch-Irish emigrants of Union. "They were probably relatives." James Moore appears on Robert Moore's bond when Robert was appointed guardian of his brother-in-law, John McNall. Robert Moore married Elizabeth McNall. daughter of William McNall. Alexander McNall married Ann Moore, daughter of James Moore. If Robert Moore was not son of James Moore, he was probably a nephew. A family historian says that all of the families of Moore in Union and vicinity were descended from James. That statement would include Robert. James Moore settled first in Graf- ton, Massachusetts, for a few years, but finally set- tled in Union, Connecticut, wher he bought his land December 19, 1739. This land was in the west part of the town, known as "Content" and his descendants have been numerous there. The old homestead is still known as the Dexter Moore place.

James Moore was born in Ireland in 1688, but the place and the names of his parents are unknown. The Moore family of England and Scotland are equally ancient. In Scotland the Mure or Moore family was established in the counties of Lanark- shire, Ayrshire and Renfrewshire before 1263. When the Scotch-Irish settlements began in Ireland in 1610 several Moores were among the grantees. Sir Gerald Moore, Knight, Mellifont, a Privy Coun- cillor. had a thousand acres in county Armagh, parish Orier. In July, 1611, the government re- ports show that he was providing timber for the building. Archibald and Brent Moore, gentlemen, of Kent. England, received fifteen hundred acres in county Cavan, had taken possession in 1611, but had done nothing else. They were probably Eng- lishmen. Brent Moore granted his land in parish of Tullaghgarvy, county Cavan, to Archibald Moore, and Captain Hugh Culme. Archibald had also a thousand acres in the same county, parish of Clon- mahone. We find also in 1619 William Moore and Hugh Moore among the tenants of freeholders of James Cunningham in parish Portlough, county Donegal. Such names as James Gilmore, John Alexander. John Smith and Thomas Scott were in the same list.

Edward and Thomas Moore were the other two grantees of land in Ireland. They were freeholders in 1619 under John Archdale in parish Lurg and Coolemakerman, county Fermanagh. There is good reason to believe that some of these Moores who received grants of land from the English Crown in Ireland were the ancestors of James and Robert Moore, of Union, Connecticut. In any case the

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family was Protestant and remained in Ireland not more than three generations. Most of the Scotch- Irish were Presbyterians, though doubtless some were of the Church of England and others Non- conformists or Puritans.

James Moore died at Union, Connecticut, October 20, 1770, in the eighty-third year of his age; his widow died there January 22, 1785, at the advanced age of ninety-eight years. Their children were: I. John, born 1717-18, ancestor of many Connecticut families; bought land of his father at Dorchester, Massachusetts, December 10, 1744; died May 22, 1787; married Sarah Bliss, of Brimfield, Massachu- setts. 2. William, married (first), September 30, 1762, Saralı Rosebrooks, of Brimfield, who died Sep- tember 27, 1771; married (second), March 16, 1773, Hannah Morse, of Woodstock. 3. Robert, see for- ward. 4. Thomas, married (first) Mehitable Bliss, of Brimfield. 5. Anna, married James McNall. 6. Jane, married Dr. McClure.

(II) Robert Moore, probably son of James Moore (1), was born probably in Massachusetts, 1723, and died February 29, 1784, aged sixty-one years. He came to Union, Connecticut, with the family of McNall and Moore, about 1739. He mar- ried, about 1745, Elizabeth McNall, daughter of William McNall. It is known that William, born April 6, 1749, was his son, and it is pretty certain that those given below, according to the Union his- tory, were his daughters, viz: Children of Robert and Elizabeth Moore: I. William, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, married October 29, 1766, Samuel Abbott, of Ashford, Connecticut. 3. Jane, married James King, of Palmer, January 24, 1771. 4. Hannah, mar- ried (second) William Moore, Sr., who joined the church May 25, 1777. (If Robert and William, Sr., were both sons of James Moore, Hannah was not the daughter of Robert.)

(III) William Moore, son of Robert Moore (2), was born in Union, Connecticut, April 6, 1749, and died in the Continental army, killed according to official records, November, 1781, aged thirty-two years. He was called William Moore, "Jr." on the town records to distinguish him from William Moore, son of James, probably his uncle, who was older. This was a common practice until recent years. Junior did not signify that a man's father's name was the same as his, but rather that some older man in the town had the same name. He married, February 13, 1772, Margaret Crawford, daughter of James Crawford, Sr. A "Widow Mary Moore" died at Royalston, May 5, 1743, aged eighty-six years, thought to be William's widow, as the Moores of Royalston were descendants of William. William was a soldier in the revolution and fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, in the com- pany of Captain Knowlton, of Ashford, Connecti- cut. (See p. 55 Connecticut Revolutionary Records). He enlisted in the Third Regiment, "Connecticut Line," May 21, 1777, for three years, in the com- pany of Captain Abbe. He was discharged May 5, 1780. This regiment was recruited in the eastern part of Connecticut with headquarters at Middle- town. Alexander McNall of Union was in the same company. The regiment assisted in repelling the British at Danbury, April 26-7, 1777, and went into camp at Peekskill, New York, May, 1777, serving in Parson's Light Brigade under General Putnam along the Hudson until January, 1778, when the brigade took its post at West Point and began the construction of permanent works there. In the summer of 1778 the regiment camped at White

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Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Worcester county, Massachusetts, with a history of Worcester society of antiquity, Vol. IV, Part 110

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed Publication date: 1907 Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 710

Author: Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925, ed
Publication date: 1907
Publisher: New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 710