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Joseph Chaddock was a prominent citizen. He served the town nine times as Moderator, eleven times as Assessor, was
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for six years member of the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, was seven times Selectman, and repre- sented the town in the General Court in 1790. His son, Calvin, born in Brookfield, September 4, 1765, was graduated at Dart- mouth College in 1791, and became a well-known minister in the Congregational Church.
M. S. R., iii, 232 (10). Brookfield V. R., 58. Records, Worc. Co. Court of Sessions, 1777-1796. Spy, Dec. 26, 1798, June 20, 1790. Barre Gazette, Apr. 17, 1874. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, Ixxvi, 312, 313. General Cata- logue of Dartmouth College (1910-II), 198.
Thomas Chaddock.
Born November 12, 1760, in Brookfield, son of Joseph and Sarah Chaddock.
He went with the Oakham company when it responded (I) to the alarm from Rhode Island, July 23, 1777, and (2) to the alarm from Bennington, August 20, 1777.
He served as Chorister in the Sunday services of the Con- gregational Church in Oakham, beginning in 1782.
In 1779 he married Parcis Smith of Paxton.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 188. M. S. R., iii, 232 (12). Oakham V. R., 63. Brookfield V. R., 58. Oakham Church Records, i, 6.
Caleb Church.
In his application for a pension, dated April 8, 1818, Caleb Church stated that he enlisted as a "Militia Man" in April, 1775 (probably in one of the eight months' regiments that served in the siege of Boston), and again in the spring of 1776 · for a term of five months in Capt. John Wilcot's Co., Col. Hol- man's Regt. On May 19, 1778, he enlisted for the town of Oakham for a term of nine months in the Continental Army ; age 32, stature 5 feet 10, complexion light. He arrived at Fishkill June 7, 1778, and was assigned to Capt. Blake's Co., Col. R. Putnam's Regt.
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In 1777 he bought thirty acres of Alexander Bothwell, near Thomas Darling's land.
Mr. Church died at Ashfield, Mass., in 1827, at the age of eighty-two years.
Oakham T. R., i, 180. M. S. R., iii, 439 (6). Pension Application, Apr. 8, 1818. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxix, 155.
James Conant.
Born in Bridgewater, September 3, 1755, eldest son of Timothy and Hannah (Blackman) Conant. He came with his parents to Oakham in May, 177I.
James Conant enlisted May 2, 1775, and served eight months in Capt. Hazeltine's Co., Col. Fellows' Regt., at Roxbury. In January, 1776, he reënlisted for one year, in Capt. Moses Soul's Co., Col. Whitcomb's Regt. He marched in Capt. John Craw- ford's company in the campaign of August 20, 1777, to reinforce General Stark at Bennington. September 1, 1777, he enlisted in the Continental Army for three years, and was discharged Sep- tember 1, 1780. He served for the first two years mostly in Penn- sylvania and New Jersey, in Capt. Lyman's Co., Col. Lee's Regt., and was in the battles of Springfield and Monmouth. In 1779 he was transferred to Col. Henry Jackson's 16th Mass. Regt., and was promoted to First Sergeant in Capt. Scott's light infantry company of this regiment, which was stationed in Rhode Island, and was engaged in the battle of Rhode Island, on August 29.
After his return from the army, he built the large two-story house on the county road from Rutland to Hardwick, which he occupied as merchant and innkeeper for many years. He was licensed innholder from 1796 to 1810. He was Captain of the Oakham company in the Massachusetts militia, Constable in 1794, Assessor in 1796, and Selectman of Oakham in 1788, 1796 and 1799.
January 7, 1779, he was married to Dorothy, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Foster) Bullard. Children, all born in Oakham: Luther, July 20, 1779; Deborah, June 23, 1781 ; Elijah, March 12, 1783; Lot, May 8, 1785; Lucy, May 7, 1786;
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Betsy, March 6, 1789; Abigail, November 16, 1791 ; James, Jr., December 5, 1793; Lydia, August 1, 1796; Charles, December 4, 1798; John, May 8, 1801.
Capt. James Conant died September 12, 1842, aged eighty- seven. His wife, Dorothy Bullard Conant, died November 25, 1839, aged eighty-four years.
Oakham T. R., i, 99, 165, 168. M. S. R., iii, 875 (9), 889 (1) [Conent]. Oakham V. R., 17, 18 [July 20, 1778, should be 1779], 65, 115. Family Bible of James Conant in possession of Mr. Frank S. Conant of Oakham. Conant Family, 206, 259. Mitchell, Hist. of Bridgewater, 140. Pension Application, Apr. 15, 1818. Records, Worc. Co. Court of Sessions, 1796- 1810.
Luther Conant.
Born in Bridgewater, January 7, 1758, second son of Timothy and Hannah (Blackman) Conant. He came with his parents to Oakham in May, 1771.
Luther Conant enlisted May 2, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine's com- pany for eight months' service at Roxbury; also, March 5, 1776, for a term of one year in Capt. Soul's Co., Col. Whitcomb's Regt. March II, 1777, he joined the Continental Army for a term of three years. He was Sergeant in Capt. Reed's Co., Col. Alden's (later Col. John Brooks's) Regt. He was discharged March II, 1780. In July, 1780, he was engaged by the town of Hardwick for six months' service in the Continental Army ; age 22, stature 5 feet 7, complexion light. His discharge was dated December 5, 1780.
He lived in the West School Plot, and was Selectman of Oakham in 1797 and 1800. In 1818 he was living in Shutes- bury, Franklin Co., Mass. He was married to Mary White, daughter of Thomas White, December 4, 1783, and had one child, Justus. After his wife's death, he married, May 4, 1787, Susanna, daughter of Capt. Nehemiah Allen. Children: Sullivan, born February 26, 1801; Nathan; Abiah; Louisa; Susan; Hannah, married Luther Spear; Lois, married John Conant.
His widow, Susanna Conant, died August 15, 1840, aged seventy-three years.
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Oakham T. R., i, 99, 165, 171. M. S. R., iii, 878 (7), (8), (9), 889 (2) [Conent], 897 (7) [Connant]. Oakham V. R., 51, 65, 115, 116. Family Bible (see above). Conant Family, 206, 259, 260. Mitchell, Hist. of Bridgewater, 140. Pension Application, Apr. 21, 1818. Note of Mrs. William Spear.
Timothy Conant.
Born November 21, 1732, in Bridgewater, son of Lot and Deborah (Lovell) Conant, and a descendant in the fifth generation of Roger Conant, who came to New England in 1623 and was living in Salem in 1626. He removed from Bridgewater to Oakham in May, 1771.
Timothy Conant served at Roxbury as Corporal in Capt. Dex- ter's Co., Col. Learned's Regt., in 1775, and receipted for ammu- nition to Capt. Barnabas Sears, February 15, 1776. March II, 1777, he enlisted in Capt. Holden's Co., Col. Nixon's Regt., for a term of three years in the Continental Army, but died in the service April 15, 1777.
In 1754 he married Hannah Blackman. Children: James, born September 3, 1755; Susanna, born August 5, 1756, died April 16, 1758; Luther, born January 7, 1758; Susanna, born August 5, 1760; Lucy, born 1762; Deborah, born August 6, 1764; Tim- othy, born February 20, 1770; Sylvanus, born April 23, 1773; Abigail and Sarah, born October 26, 1774; Hannah, born March 4, 1777.
Oakham T. R., i, 99, 168. M. S. R., iii, 882 (12), 907 (7) [Conot]. Conant Family, 100, 104, 173, 205, 206. Mitchell, Hist. of Bridgewater, 138 [Lovell = Goodspeed], 140.
Aaron Crawford.
Born in Rutland, probably in 1743, fourth son of Alexander and Elizabeth Crawford.
Aaron Crawford was Drummer in the company of minutemen that marched on April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm. He also served as Sergeant in the Oakham company when it responded to the alarm from Rhode Island, July 23, 1777,
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and was a member of Capt. Cutler's company from Western (now Warren) and Oakham which marched September 24, 1777, to join the army under General Gates.
In 1765 he bought, for £150, one hundred and fifteen acres in the northerly part of Lot No. 21 (the William Preshoe place ), and also forty-six acres in Lot BB. The Preshoe farm he sold in 1778 to James Dunbar. He lived in Oakham till about 1790, when he removed to St. Albans, Canada.
He was married in 1768 to Jeales Gill, and had ten children, all born in Oakham: William, October 22, 1769; Elisabeth, January 18, 1771; Luther, April 27, 1773; Chloe, April 2, 1775; Alexander, February 28, 1777; Aaron, Jr., March 3, 1779; Jeales, December 15, 1780, died August 3, 1785; Robert, March 26, 1783; Rachel, August 6, 1785; Spencer, November 14, 1788.
Spencer Crawford was in the service of Great Britain in the War of 1812, and received wounds that made him a cripple for life. He died in Canada in 1857.
M. S. R., iv, 94 (6), (7), (8). Oakham V. R., 18, 19, 20, 65, 116. Crawford Family of Oakham, 14 [Nov. 14, 1778, should be 1788]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, liv, 299, lxxxi, 476.
Alexander Crawford.
Born in Ireland in 1710, son of Aaron and Agnes (Wilson) Crawford. His father, Aaron Crawford, was born in 1677 in the Parish of Cappy, County of Tyrone, Ireland. He came to America with his wife and four children, Samuel, John, Alexander, and Martha, in 1713, and settled in Rutland in 1719, where he died August 6, 1754. Agnes Wilson was born in Ireland in 1677, and died in Rutland, December 10, 1760. Both are buried in the old cemetery in Rutland.
Alexander Crawford, at the age of seventy, enlisted as a guard at Rutland, and served from February 27, 1780, to April 23, 1780.
He removed to Rutland West Wing (now Oakham) in 1750. He was the leading man in the new settlement; was Moderator of the precinct and town meetings seven years, Town Clerk two
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years, Selectman eight years, Assessor five years, Collector in 1759, when the precinct was formed, and Treasurer in 1766. He was also an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Oakham.
February 5, 1736, he married Elizabeth Crawford, a distant relative, and had five sons, born in Rutland: John, January 7, 1739; Aaron, probably in 1743; William, October 23, 1745, and two who died young.
He died October II, 1793, aged eighty-five years.
Oakham T. R., i, 95, 255. M. S. R., iv, 94 (12). Crawford Family of Oakham, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15.
Alexander Crawford, 2d.
Born February 12, 1765, second son of Capt. John and Rachel (Henderson) Crawford.
He enlisted October 3, 1779, and served till November 10, 1779, in Capt. William Henry's company of guards at Castle and Governor's Island. When he enlisted, he gave his age as eighteen years, but he was less than fifteen. He was the youngest of the three generations of Crawfords that served in the war for independence.
Alexander Crawford lived at the Thresher place, and was a gunsmith by trade. When David Ames, of the firm of Ames and Fobes, merchants in Oakham, was appointed by President Washington the first superintendent of the Springfield armory, he took with him Alexander Crawford, who made the first gun- lock and shared with Richard Beebe the honor of stocking the first gun made by the United States.
He married, (1) June 26, 1788, Bethiah Willis, daughter of Jonathan Willis and granddaughter of Dr. Stoughton Willis; (2) September 6, 1813, his cousin, Mary Henderson of Oakham, granddaughter of Lieut. James Henderson of Rutland. Children, all born in Oakham: Salmon, July 23, 1789; Lucinda, March 12, 1791; Susan, March 2, 1793, grandmother of the five Macombers (John, George, Henry, William, and James) who served in the Civil War; Ruth, March 31, 1796; Vashti, August
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8, 1798; Benjamin Franklin, August 10, 1800; Hosea Willis, August 25, 1802, father of the three Crawfords (Henry, John G., and Charles S.) who served in the Civil War; Galen Allen, November 17, 1804, father of Alfred Galen, who served in the Civil War; Mary Packard, November 5, 1807; Emeline Maria, September 30, 1814, mother of Gardner M. Dean, who served in the Civil War; Anson Alexander, January 17, 1817; William Amory, October 7, 1820.
Oakham T. R., i, 255. M. S. R., iv, 94 (10). Oakham V. R., 18, 19, 20, 21, 65. Rev. D. Tomlinson's Notes [June 26 or 20]. Crawford Family (MS.) by Hon. John G. Crawford of Manchester, N. H. Crawford Family of Oakham, 11, 12. Wright, The Fobes Memorial Library, 30 n.21.
John Crawford.
Born January 7, 1739, in Rutland, second son of Alexander and Elizabeth Crawford. He came to Oakham with his father in 1750.
John Crawford was Captain of the Oakham company of minutemen which marched from Oakham April 19, 1775, in response to the Lexington alarm. At the organization of the 4th Worcester County Regiment at Brookfield, May 14, 1776, he was chosen Captain of the 8th (Oakham) Company, and received his commission May 31, 1776. As Captain of the Oakham company, he had general charge of the military affairs of the town, and enlisted or selected by lot the men to go on the several campaigns. He marched at the head of detachments of his company on July 23, 1777, when he was ordered to Providence on an alarm; and on August 20, 1777, when ordered to reinforce General Stark at Bennington. From September 7, 1777, till the end of November, he was in command of a com- pany of forty men raised in Hardwick, Oakham and New Braintree to reinforce the army of General Gates, and had an active part in the engagements that resulted in the capture of General Burgoyne. October 15, 1779, Capt. Crawford and Lieuts. Bothwell and French, who had been in office more than three years and had each been engaged in several campaigns, asked
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the town to be relieved from further service. This request the town at first granted, but at a meeting held October 25, they were persuaded to continue in office, and they all served till the close of the war.
Capt. Crawford was a farmer, and spent all his active life on the farm owned by the late Deacon Horace W. Lincoln. He purchased this farm from his father, Alexander Crawford, in 1759, for £100. It was the southerly part of Lot No. 21 and contained two hundred and four acres. Capt. Crawford was Warden of the district of Oakham in 1767, Selectman of the town in 1775 and 1781, and a member of the Committee of Correspond- ence, Inspection and Safety in 1777.
He was three times married :
(1) February 9, 1759, to Rachel Henderson, daughter of Lieut. James Henderson, who held a commission in the colonial militia and had served in the French and Indian wars. Rachel Henderson was born July 1, 1739; died April 24, 1773.
(2) In 1773, to Phebe Green, born March 28, 1744, daughter of John and Dorothy Green of Brookfield.
(3) To Mary (Ford) Perkins, widow of Zephanialı Perkins, who was killed in battle, September 15, 1777. She died April 2, 1829, aged eighty-four years.
Children, all born in Oakham: Elizabeth, March 14, 1760; John, Jr., May 2, 1762; Alexander, 2d, February 12, 1765; Sarah, July 14, 1767; Samuel, August 9, 1768; Calvin, October 18, 1770; Rachel, April 2, 1773; Josiah, April 25, 1774; Polly and Patty, December 31, 1778; Lucy, December 30, 1780; Han- nah, August 16, 1782, grandmother of Henry P. Wright who served in the Civil War; Eliakim, August 16, 1784; Nancy, March 10, 1786.
Capt. John Crawford died October 16, 1824, in the eighty-sixth year of his age.
Eleven of his descendants who were born or brought up in Oakham served in the Civil War: Henry W. Crawford, John G. Crawford, Charles S. Crawford, Alfred G. Crawford, John Macomber, George B. Macomber, Henry I. Macomber, William Macomber, James Macomber, Gardner M. Dean, Henry P. Wright.
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Oakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 228, 229. M. S. R., iv, 95 (12). Oakham V. R., 18, 19, 20 [Samuel, July 16, 1767, should be Sarah], 116. Brookfield V. R., 108. Rutland V. R., 127. Crawford Family of Oakham, 7, 11, 12 [Aug. 9, 1768, should be 1769], 13. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, x1, 554. Crawford Family (MS.) (see above). See Daniel Henderson, p. 98; Zephaniah Perkins, p. 132. John Crawford, A Record of the Childrens Ages (MS.).
John Crawford, Jr.
Born May 2, 1762, eldest son of Capt. John and Rachel (Henderson) Crawford.
He enlisted March 30, 1778, when under sixteen years of age, in Capt. Thomas Whipple's company for guarding General Burgoyne's troops at Rutland, and served till July 2. He was one of the men detached from General Warner's brigade, November 3, 1778, to guard troops of the Saratoga Convention from Rutland to Enfield, Conn. October 3, 1779, he enlisted in Capt. William Henry's company, raised in Worcester County, for service at Castle and Governor's Island, from which he was discharged November 10, 1779. From December 6, 1779, till April 22, 1780, he served in Capt. Ephraim Hartwell's company of guards at Rutland. July 7, 1780, he enlisted for a term of three months at West Point; age 18, stature 5 feet 10, complexion light.
John Crawford, Jr., was a school-teacher. Before 1790 he went to New York State, where he continued in his profession till his death in 1797.
Oakham T. R., i, 214, 252, 255. M. S. R., iv, 96 (2), (7), (9), 131 (10), (II) [Crofford]. Crawford Family of Oakham, II.
William Crawford.
Born in Rutland, October 23, 1745, fifth son of Alexander and Elizabeth Crawford.
William Crawford marched as Sergeant of the Oakham com- pany when it responded to the alarm of July 23, 1777, from Rhode Island, and also as Sergeant on the alarm of August 20,
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1777, from Bennington. He has also credit on the town records for a campaign to Boston, beginning April 1, 1778.
He was a clockmaker by trade. A large number of clocks of his manufacture are still preserved in different parts of New England, and the most of these will be good time keepers a hundred years hence. He was Town Clerk of Oakham for twenty-one years, and Selectman fourteen years. He was the father of General William Crawford of the Massachusetts militia, who served as Captain in the War of 1812, and of Alexander Crawford, Chairman of the Selectmen of Oakham during the period of the Civil War.
In 1773 he married Mary Henderson, second daughter of Lieut. James Henderson and sister of the first wife of Capt. John Crawford. Children, all born in Oakham: Elizabeth, Feb- ruary 10, 1774; James, August II, 1775; Lucy, February 7, 1778; William, February 25, 1780, died March 30, 1781; Sarah, January 30, 1782, died February I, 1798; William, Jr., October 5, 1783; Rufus, November 13, 1785; Molly, October 6, 1787; Isabel, February 24, 1790; Alexander, April 16, 1792; Harriot, March 10, 1795, died March 19, 1795.
William Crawford died June 30, 1833, aged eighty-seven years.
Oakham T. R., i, 187, 188, 189. M. S. R., iv, 97 (12). Oakham V. R., 19, 20, 21, 116, 117. Crawford Family of Oakham, 15.
Jonathan Cunningham.
Has credit on the town records for three months' service in New York in 1776.
In 1773 he was living in Lot No. 24. In 1785 he purchased, for £335 14s. 5d., eighty-nine acres with the buildings thereon in the same lot, late the property of John Murray, conspirator. This he sold the following year to Jonathan Willis, of Bridge- water, who sold the same in 1795 to Nathaniel Willis, of Bridge- water.
Mr. Cunningham was married September 3, 1771, to Bethiah Thresher, of New Braintree.
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Oakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 66. New Braintree V. R., 77 [Sept. 3, 1771=Sept. 13]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, 1xx, 617, xcix, 580, c, 376, cxxiii, 560.
Thomas Darling.
Began his service of nine months in the Continental Army on his arrival at Fishkill, June 7, 1778; age 46, stature 5 feet 8, complexion light, residence Oakham. He may have come from Mendon.
In 1777 he was living near Caleb Church. In 1778 he bought, for £61 4s., fifty acres in Lot Y, west of the county road from Rutland to Brookfield, and south of Daniel Bolton's land. His estate was settled in 1788, and Zenas Darling was administrator. He had fifty-one acres of land with a small dwelling house, valued at £90.
Oakham T. R., i, 180. M. S. R., iv, 442 (5), v, 83 (3) [Durbing]. Worc. Co. Prob. Records, Sept., 1788. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, cxiv, 29.
Samuel Davis.
Born in Rutland, January 15, 1751, son of Simon and Hannah (Snow) Davis, and grandson of Lieut. Simon Davis, who with his wife, Dorothy (Heath), came from Concord to Rutland about 1720. Samuel Davis was uncle to John Davis, who was four times elected Governor of Massachusetts, and three times elected United States Senator.
He has credit on the town records for three months' service in New York in 1776.
Samuel Davis removed to Oakham from Paxton about 1773. He was one of the signers of the petition for a church in Con- gregational form, and was chosen Deacon in 1793 to succeed Deacon Fitts, who died December 9, 1792. He was chosen Selectman of Oakham in 1783, and was on the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety in 1778.
His first wife's name was Katherine. Children: Ezra, born in Paxton, September 5, 1773; Lucretia, born April 2, 1778; Barak, born June 13, 1780; Nancy, born June 24, 1782; Adin, born March 25, 1784; Caty, born February 25, 1786; Polly,
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born August II, 1788. His wife Katherine died December I, 1794, and he was again married in the early part of 1796 to Mary, daughter of Joseph Osborn, who died May 19, 1834, aged eighty years.
Deacon Davis died July 12, 1817, at the age of sixty-six.
Oakham T. R., i, 168. Oakham V. R., 21, 67, 117, 119 [Fitts]. Rutland V. R., 34. Oakham Church Records, i, 3. Reed, Hist. of Rutland, 132, 133 [Jan. 15, 1751 = June, 1751], 134.
Daniel Deland.
Born May 10, 1736, son of Paul Deland, who removed from Newbury to Brookfield between 1725 and 1740.
Daniel Deland was one of the minutemen who marched with Capt. Crawford on the alarm of April 19, 1775. On May 22, 1775, he reënlisted in Capt. Hazeltine's company for a term of eight months at Roxbury and was enrolled as Fifer. In 1776 he served at Ticonderoga in Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt. He enlisted in March, 1777, for a term of three years in the Con- tinental Army, and was in Capt. Holden's Co., Col. Nixon's Regt. Reported invalided March 7, 1778, and transferred to Lieut. Osgood Carleton's company of invalids stationed at Boston. Beginning January 10, 1781, he served one year as guard at Rutland.
He was twice married: (1) in 1757 to Elisabeth Hatfield; (2) in 1780 to Elizabeth Anderson of Rutland.
Oakham T. R., i, 165, 199, 243. M. S. R., iv, 594 (9) [Dealing], 640 (7), (8), (9). Brookfield V. R., 74, 300, 301. Temple, Hist. of No. Brookfield, 567.
Daniel Deland, Jr.
Son of the above, was hired by Capt. John Crawford for the term of eight months at Roxbury, beginning May 22, 1775, in Capt. Hazeltine's company, and was enrolled as Fifer under the name of Daniel Crawford Deland.
Oakham T. R., i, 165. M. S. R., iv, 594 (10) [Dealing], 640 (10).
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Moses Doty.
Enlisted for the town of Oakham at Brookfield, September 15, 1777, for three years in the Continental Army; residence, Oak- ham. He was in Capt. Daniel Shay's Co., Col. Rufus Putnam's Regt., and was Fife Major. He was also claimed by the town of Hardwick, and it is uncertain to which town he was credited.
M. S. R., iv, 894 (6).
Benjamin Dunbar.
Born in 1749 in Bridgewater, son of James and Hannah (Benson) Dunbar.
He was engaged by Capt. Crawford for the town of Oakham, June 28, 1779, for a term of six months in Rhode Island, in Capt. Thomas Fisher's Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt .; discharged December 17, 1779.
Benjamin Dunbar purchased on May 8, 1778, from James Dunbar, fifty-seven acres in Lot No. 21. In 1773, he was mar- ried to Wealthy Washburn, of Middleboro.
Oakham T. R., i, 215. M. S. R., v, 25 (4). Mitchell, Hist. of Bridge- water, 148. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxxi, 474.
Benson Dunbar.
Born in Bridgewater in 1757. He was son of James Dunbar, who was born in 1721, and married, January 22, 1745, Hannah, daughter of John Benson. After her death he was again married in 1757 to Martha Packard. Mr. James Dunbar died in 1778.
Benson Dunbar was Drummer in the New Braintree company which served for a term of eight months at Roxbury, with Capt. John Grainger, beginning May I, 1775. He failed to return a gun received by him at this time, which belonged to the town of New Braintree, and his wages were withheld till July 1, when Capt. Grainger gave him a certificate that the gun had been returned. He was one of the eleven men in the Oakham company detailed by
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Capt. Crawford in 1778 for fifteen days' service in the regiment which guarded Burgoyne's captured troops on the march from Rutland to Enfield, Conn.
Benson Dunbar purchased of James Dunbar, May 29, 1779, a house and sixty acres of land in Lot No. 21. He married Rebecka Darling in 1781. Children, born in Oakham: Ruth, July 27, 1782; Marcy, October 9, 1785; Benson, Jr., November 26, 1787; Benjamin, March 1, 1790; Orpah, October 26, 1793; Roxie, February 14, 1799.
Oakham T. R., i, 214. M. S. R., iv, 864 (15) [Donbor], v, 25 (6), 33 (II) [Dunber]. Oakham V. R., 23, 69. Mitchell, Hist. of Bridgewater, 147, 148 [1746 should be Jan. 22, 1745]. Worc. Co. Reg. of Deeds, lxxxi, 475. Bailey, Early Mass. Marriages, ii, 119. Plymouth Co. Marriages, 48.
James Dunbar.
Marched in Capt. Crawford's company on the Rhode Island alarm, July 23, 1777. He also enlisted June 28, 1779, for six months in Rhode Island, and joined Capt. Fisher's Co., Col. Tyler's Regt .; discharged December 17, 1779.
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