cnistonca uomina - Old Fulton History
cnistonca uomina - Old Fulton History
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Par-e llj. October 1957<br />
A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.)<br />
Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls although even this is uncertain<br />
since his name suffered much by errors in spelling. Nevertheless<br />
# his service was sufficient to entitle him to a pension under<br />
brie Act of Congress 18 May l8l8,the record showing that he was given<br />
an annual allowance of $96 for service as private in the Massachusetts<br />
Line, being pensioned Oct* 12, l8l8 with pension commencing<br />
May 2, l8l8„ that he died aged 72 on May 8, 1823, having received<br />
$l|8lo80 total pension* He married Rachel Tolles, daughter of Amos<br />
and Elizabeth (Cummins) Tolles, born July ll}., 1768,died in Bennington,.<br />
N:/0 1, l825»Children were: Sally, Zeruiah, Chloe,, Clarissa, Hiram,<br />
Rachel, Eliza,and Amanda0They arrived in Genesee County (now Warning)<br />
before 1810 as in that year they appear in the Sheldon census0<br />
Jonathan Hadley9 Arcade<br />
Mrs» Elwood Wagner, Arcade, has kindly supplied further details<br />
and the war record for Jonathan Hadley,buried in Punkshire Cemetery,<br />
Java* He was born at Hampstead, New Hampshire, Aug. 20, 175l» an< i<br />
while resident of Newbury,Orange County, Vermont, he enlisted in the<br />
spring or summer of 1775 or 1776, served in Capt» Thomas Johnson's<br />
company;also under Capt» John Barnes and in the Vermont Rangers company<br />
under Capt.Joseph Hatch and commanded by Major Joab Hoisington.<br />
He helped build a fort at Barnetjwent on an expedition to Memphremagog<br />
Lake; served from April 16, 1778 as Private in Capt.. Simeon Steven's<br />
company, Col. Timothy Bedel's New Hampshire regiment and was<br />
discharged March 31, 1779o<br />
During 1777 or 1778, he moved from Newbury, Vermont to Corinth,<br />
Orange County, where he lived about forty years until he moved to<br />
Holland, New York* A pension was allowed on his application executed<br />
October 25, 1823 at Holland. A part of his last five years he spent<br />
in BuffalOo He died August 23, 1838 in China (Arcade). He married<br />
Febo 27, 1772 in Piermont, New Hampshire, Resign Tyler, a daughter<br />
of David Tyler,but the name of the mother Is not known. She was then<br />
1:1. . ing at Piermont and he at Newbury, Vt
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