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this deponent the day following. In the campaign of 1778 the only year that he was ordered to be with the Grand Army under the immediate command of General Washington. He was in the Battle of Monmouth in the state of New Jersey on the 28th of June 1778, and that he was cooped up at and in Fort Schuyler now called Rome for upwards of two years where sundry skirmishes had taken place. During that period, in the campaign of eighty one, he was in the Battle of Johnstown near Johnson’s Hall against Major Ross of the British Army. We took there 37 or 39 British read [red] coated Soldier prisoners. In pursuing of him through the wilderness for five days successfully up the West Canada Creek when Captain Walter Butler of the British Army was Slain and at least 10, 12 or 15 of his soldiers. After their crossing the West Canada Creek 20, 30 or perhaps 40 miles from the German Flatts in the then County of Tryon but now Herkimer, and he this deponent on his oath farther says he is in the decline of his life half blind and in reduced circumstances at present and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services but the old revolutionary soldiers and other Citizens on the Mohawk River who many be in the land of the living and the commission hereunto annexed. (Signed) Andrew Finck Commission hereunto annexed. Sworn and declared to before me the day and year aforesaid. Daniel Walker, one of the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas for Montgomery County aforesaid. ----- Flower, Samuel, Union, 1; Major, Mass. Militia. http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/msc.asp?f=F:%5CINETPUB%5CWWWROOT%5CNEHGS%5CRESEARCH %5CDATABASE%5CMSC%5CCONTENT%5Csamuel_flower.html&anchor= Samuel Flower was born at Wethersfield, CT, 17 Jan 1741/2; died at West Springfield, MA 28 Oct 1815, age 73 yrs; bur. South Westfield Street Cemetery, Feeding Hills, Hampden County, MA. He filed his marriage intention at Springfield, MA. 2 Jun 1770, and was married there 21 Jun 1770 to Sarah MacIntire. She was born at Springfield, MA, 10 Sep 1746; died at West Springfield, MA, 2 Jun 1808, daughter of William, Jr. and Sarah (Leonard) MacIntire. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (5:808-9): Samuel Flowers, West Springfield, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Enoch Chapin’s (West Springfield) co. of Minutemen, which marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service 8 days; also, Capt. Enoch Chapin's co., Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 28, 1775; service, 3 mos. 10 days; also, Captain, in command of a detachment, Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt.; pay abstract for mileage, etc., from Bennington to Ticonderoga and thence home, sworn to March 20, 1777; 290 miles travel reported allowed said Flower; also, Captain, Col. John Greaton's (2d) Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Captain, Col. John Greaton's (2d) Regt.; muster roll dated Van Schaick's Island, Sept.-, 1777, and sworn to in Camp at Stillwater; appointed Jan. 1, 1777; also, muster rolls dated Albany, Nov. 10, 1777, Jan. 10, 1778, and Feb. 4, 1778; reported on furlough by leave of Col. Greaton from Jan. 14, 1778, to March 1, 1778; also, muster rolls dated Albany, March 9, 1778, April 16, 1778, and May 13, 1778; also, muster roll dated Fort Constitution, June 15, 1778; also, muster rolls dated White Plains, July 20, 1778, and Aug. 5, 1778; reported on command at West Point; also, muster roll for Aug., 1778, dated White Plains; also, muster roll for Sept., 1778, dated Fredericksburgh; also, muster roll for Oct., 1778, dated Camp Roxbury; also, order on Board of War dated Camp Peekskill, Nov. 29, 1778, signed by Col. J. Greaton, for clothing for officers in his regiment; also, muster rolls for Nov., 1778-Jan., 1779, dated Camp Continental Village; also, muster roll for Feb., 1779, dated Quarters near Croten river; reported on command at Mouth Croten, Feb. 15, 1779; also, muster roll for March, 1779, dated Croten Bridge; reported on command at New Bridge; also, muster roll for April, 1779, dated Crompond; also, muster roll for May, 1779, dated Camp Highlands; also, muster roll for June, 1779, dated Constitution Island; also, muster rolls for July and Aug., 1779, dated Camp Highlands; reported furloughed July 12, 1779, for 5 weeks; also, Captain, 3d Mass. Regt.; list of settlements of rank of Continental officers, dated West Point, made by a board held for the purpose and confirmed by Congress Sept. 6, 1779; commissioned May 8, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Greaton's (3d) Regt.; muster roll for Sept., 1779, sworn to at Camp Bedford; also, muster roll for Oct., 1779, dated Camp near Peekskill; also, muster roll for Nov. and Dec., 1779, dated Continental Village; reported on furlough from Dec. 1, 1779, to Jan. 1, 1780. Samuel resigned his office in the 3rd Massachusetts Continental Line on 9 Feb. He is mentioned in Heitman’s as serving as a Major in the Massachusetts Militia in 1782. He wrote his will 9 Jan 1813 in which he mentions “my military implements of war” which were valued at $26.00. His sons Alfred and Henry were assigned as dual executors of his estate. His real estate holdings included 134 acres in West Springfield, and 7½ acres in Southwick, MA. His entire estate was valued at over $6,500. Samuel and Sarah are buried at the Feeding Hills Cemetery, Springfield, MA. Children born at West Springfield, MA (unless otherwise noted): i. Francis, b. 28 Oct 1770 at Springfield, MA. 56
ii. Sarah, b. 31 Jan 1773 at Springfield, MA. m. in 1790 to Ebenezer Ripley of Westfield. iii. Samuel, b. 09 May 1775. iv. Henry, b. 23 April 1777. v. Alfred, b. 06 Jun 1780. m. Harriet Leonard. vi. Lucy, b. 05 Aug 1783. m. in 1808 to John G. Norton. vii. Elisha, b. 08 Apr 1786. viii. Nancy, b. 15 Oct 1790. ----- http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/f/frfoll.html Francis Follett was born in March 1768. He was the first-born son of Charles and Mary Bloodgood Folliot/Follet. He grew up with only one brother in a merchant's home on Mark Lane near the Albany waterfront where "Bloodgood & Follet" kept a store at least into the early 1790s. Francis was named for his mother's father - the Bloodgood family patriarch. During the 1780s and early 1790s, he witnessed the filing of administrative papers on behalf of a number of residents from around greater Albany County. This probably meant that he had a connection to the Albany courthouse and to courthouses in elsewhere in New York State. He was the 287th person to sign in at the Albany Masonic lodge - probably after the war. In 1792, Charles Folliot granted a power of attorney to his son, Francis. Perhaps, that was because the elder Follet had relocated to eastern New York (Schaghticoke). In March 1795, Francis Folliot had commissioned a miniature from Ezra Ames. In June 1797, he married Jane Watson in New York City. In January 1797, he was among the petitioners for the incorporation of an Albany library. In May, letters of administration on the estate of deceased merchant Matthew Watson were granted to his son William and to "Francis Follet," a friend. Later that year, he was identified as a merchant and as a freeholder living in the first ward. In March 1799, Follet and his wife sold land in Onondaga County to Saratoga County farmer Robert Mc Knight. A few years earlier, he was involved in a real estate transaction involving property in New York City. In 1799, his house, store, and lots in the first ward were valued substantially on the city assessment roll. In 1800, his first ward home was configured on the census with a boy under ten, a man 26-45, two women of that age, another free person, and a slave as members of his household. After that, the name of Francis Follet dropped from city rolls. ----- http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/f/wmfowler.html William Fowler was born about 1774. He is said to have been born in February in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York. Thus, he would have worked in the manufacture of morocco (generally, fine leather tanned with sumac) in New York City. He is said to have come to Albany in 1793 but lost his resources in a fire during the 1790s. He is said to have be re-capitalized by John Jacob Astor and to have been in the wool and fur business with Benjamin Knower for many years. Again, according to the most traditional of sources, he prospered and was able to retire in 1824. He is said to have married Margaret Stevenson in 1796. Their son, "Samuel Stevenson Fowler," was christened in Albany in 1799. Another son became a prominent cleric. In August 1818, their daughter became the first wife of jurist Samuel A. Foote. Another son (William) died in 1823. In 1799, his house and lot were accorded modest assessments. In that year, the newspaper advertized that "William Fowler informed his friends and the public that he had for sale at his shop, No. 9 Court street, the following articles, viz: Leather Breeches, warranted to be good; buck and sheep skins, dressed; gloves, mittens, mocasins; and every other article in his line, either ready made or furnished on the shortest notice, on reasonable terms. A consignment of 400 Racoon skins; a variety of Paper Hangings kept constantly on hand at the New York prices." This merchant also was known as a "skinner" and "glover." In 1800, his third ward household included six members. Subsequent censuses detailed the changing demographics of his family. During the 1800s, these Fowlers bought and sold a number of parcels of land - mostly in the first ward. During the early 1800s, he was a member of the Albany Mechanics Society and of the Albany Masonic Lodge. Beginning with the first edition in 1813, city directories identified him as a merchant at 33 Court (later 409 South Market) Street. He also was listed as the owner of a "moro factory" on/at Ferry Street. In 1811, he was elected one of the first directors of the Mechanics & Farmers Bank and served for a number of years. Over the remainder of his long life, Fowler was a director and trustee of a number of Albany-based civic organizations. Margaret Fowler died in January 1852. She had lived 76 years. On October 1, 1861, the Albany newspaper noted that William Fowler had died at the age of eighty-seven. His will was probated in Albany County. ----- http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/f/jafurn.html James Furnival (Furnwall) lived in Albany during the late 1770s. Perhaps he was the James Furnival who was an officer in the Continental artillery from Massachusetts who was sent to General Schuyler in 1777 under guard. He is said to have served at the Battle of Saratoga. Probably during the 1770s, he signed in at the Albany Masonic Lodge. His wife was named Mary. Perhaps their marriage was childless as no children appear to have been christened in early Albany churches. In August 1778, James and Mary bought or leased five or six lots along King Street (Lion Street) from the city of Albany. 57
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