Ulsterman Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Ask Rick:He'll show up in the states Adj Generals' Report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 (edited) Hello,This is a Massachusetts-Bay military commisssion to Edmund Little dated Feb 25, 1762.thanks,barry Edited August 10, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Rick Research Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Well well. Excellent genetic material there. Distant cousin to both Texas cattle baron Abel Head "Shanghai" (NOT "Hawkeye" ) Pierce and Mister Orson Welles, no less-- both of them from the same ordained Hahvuhd side of these Littles.Edmund Little was born in West Newbury (then Essex) 5 September 1715. Yes, 1715. He died there 29 August 1803 a week from his 88th birthday. He was an Ensign in the Newbury militia in 1757, but served as Chaplain (! NOT officially ordained !) in Colonel Jedidiah Prebble's Regiment on the Expedition to Canada, serving there 13 March to 11 June 1758.He married 18 March 1735 OS/1736 NS Judith Adams (b. Newbury 3 April 1716), daughter of Dr. Mathew Adams (1686-1755) and Sarah Knight. I've overwritten my own scrawlings and lost the thread on both their death dates. ;( Chaplain/Captain Edmund Little was the son of Enoch Little (1685-1766) and Elizabeth Worth (1688-1766). His Little line goes back Joseph Little (1653-1740) & Mary Coffin (1657-1725), George Little (-1694) and Alice Poor. His Coffins were strays to Newbury and not the legendary family of Nantucket, though blood kin. Mary's parents were Tristram Coffin Jr and Judith Greenleaf, which is the closest I can find any connection with, though even I get lost trying to follow her connection to my connection with John Greenleaf Whittier.My bunch had bugged out of nearby Salem and Beverly following the Unpleasantness of 1692 for the less lethally litigious pastures of Connecticut, thus evading any connection with these families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 Thanks Rick.FRANCIS BERNARD, Esq:Captain General and Governor in Chief, in andover His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, and Vice Admiral of the FamerWhat does Vice Admiral of the Famer mean?thanks,barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 No, that's "Vice Admiral of the same" with an ending flourish. Must have been a legal oddment allowing him to sit over courts of Admiralty in merchant shipping cases,since there was no military fleet here then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted April 5, 2007 Author Share Posted April 5, 2007 Thanks Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 (edited) Hello,I've found some more info on Col. Proctor.Proctor was a Freemason and a very good friend of Paul Revere. They both did alot of their revolutionary mischief together. Proctor was also present during the events that led to the Boston Massacre.A note on the Seal. "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty"Here is a website for Mass Sealshttp://www.sec.state.ma.us:80/pre/presea/sealhis.htmthanks,barry Edited June 25, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 The majority of these men were free Masons- and members of the same lodge to boot! Shhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Hello,I'm trying to find out where Samuel White was killed. Hopefully the date of his death will place him at a certain battle.thanks,barryThis may certify that Samuel White served in the 6th Connecticut Regiment in the Continental Army before the first day of January last.28 December 1780Col. Jonathon Meigs6th Conn. Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Pay-Table-Committee signed by Samuel White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Sixth Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 Samuel White - Killed in action July 6, 1781Any battle that might fit in with this date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 The 6th consolidated with part of the 4th Regiment in 1781. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 16, 2007 Author Share Posted July 16, 2007 (edited) The Battle of Green Spring (July 6, 1781)4th Connecticut was under the command of the Marquis de Lafayette.".... when one is twenty-three, has an arny to command and Lord Cornwallis to oppose, the time that is left is none too long for sleep."-Marquis de Lafayette 1781http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_...h/14/hh14a1.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uELMnVoTwlA Edited July 16, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 Amazing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) Hello,I just got in this document from the American Revolution. Garrett Cavenear served throughout the war.9th Virginia RegimentBattle of BrandywineBattle of Germantown1st Virginia RegimentBattle of Stony PointThe 1st Regiment was captured during the Siege of Charlestown on May 12, 1780.thanks,barry Edited September 18, 2007 by Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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