cnistonca uomina - Old Fulton History

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A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (contj
Capto Stone of Lennox, In Col„ Samuel Brewer's Regiment, Gen. Paterson's
brigade, and served until May 1781, when he was discharged
in New Windsor, N, Y0 The deponent also stated that he was made an
Ensign while in the service of Colc Ebenezer Sprout's regiment, on
April 26, 1779o In 178l,he was made a Lieutenant in the First Massachusetts
Regiment but his commission was not received before his
discharge c
On June 22, 1851+, Noah C0 Howe, his son and only child of Noah
and Louise Church Howe, then sixty years old, made application for
an increase in pension, to which he claimed his deceased father was
entitled but never received in his life timec
This document states
that Lt0 Howe's total service as a Commissary was six years and as a
Lieutenant, one year; that his pension was $21+0 per annum; and his
children were awarded bounty land around I83J4., The son's 1851+ affidavit
was taken before Charles B0 Benedict, Attica justice of the
peace and was witnessed by Moulton Farnham and R0 H. Farnham.
In the Orangeville Center Cemetery there remains a stone to
Mary Babbett, who died May 12, l8£2, age 91 years. She was given a
pension as early as I8I4.O, and is said to have been the wife of Samuel
Babbett0 Nothing is known of his Revolutionary career.
Aaron Post, Castile
Our January issue carried a brief account of Aaron Post, born
in Hebron„ Connecticut, Oct. 9, 1760, a son of Lieut. Eldad and Hannah
(Case) Post. From a descendant, Donald E. Poste, we have
learned that the father was also a soldier of the Revolution, a
large landowner and miller in the neighborhood of Thetford, Vt.
Aaron Post first appears in Revolutionary records in the New Hampshire
company of Capt. Davenport Phelps, under Col. Bedel. Mr. Post
was then but 17 years old, 5' £>' 1 In height,and a resident of Orford,
No H. He also served in the same company on an "Expedition into
Canada' 11 and in April 1778 was appointed Corporal-for one year in
Capt0 Charles Nelson's company. Upon his family's removal to Thetford,
Vto, he joined the Vermont Militia, serving from Aug. I78O to
April 1781, and the last year of this service was marked by the
granting of land in Vershire for his war service. Apparently he resided
only periodically in Vershire as he maintained his large mills
at Post Mills, until March 1803, when he removed to Vershire. As
stated in an earlier issue, he left for western New York, Oct. 20,
1813, and settled in Castile where he died. Both he and his wife are
buried in Hope Cemetery, Castilec It is of interest to note that two
communities were named after this immediate family (1) Post Mills,
Vt0, after Aaron's father; (2) Postville, Iowa, after Aaron's son,
Joel, who was the first settlere
William Belden
In our first installment, brief mention was made of William
Belden, Sr0, who died at Castile, Feb0 1821+, and is interred in
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