THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
We conclude our series in this issue, showing
the military records of Capt. Jabez’s grandchildren (and great grandchildren?)
in the Revolutionary War.
As was stated in the last issue, you must be
aware that these records have been the cause of some of the confusion and
errors in the GOFA. There is no way to distinguish the records of people with
the same name. This is particularly true for the name of “Jabez”, as there were
at least four descendants of Capt. Jabez with that name at that time, and
another from the James Olmstead line, who was living in New Canaan, NY.
Soldiers and sailors in the
Revolutionary War were not issued serial numbers.
Another Jabez has turned up, probable the son
of Moses, as he served in New Hampshire. See also the articles on page 3.
A new subscriber, Natalie N. Baer, has also
sent the service records of Israel Olmsted and of his son, Timothy, to me.
I will show the records of Joel Marsh,
Jonathan Marsh (seven records), Judah Marsh, Thomas Marsh (three records), and
John McMitchell (McMitchel).
Lynne (Mrs. Thomas) Keasling, one of our
subscribers, a Hamilton descendant, sent me the Revolutionary War records of
Capt. Jabez’s son-in-law, Nathan Hamilton, husband of his daughter, Abigail.
Nathan and his brothers also saw service in the last French & Indian War
(1754-1763). I will include those records in an article about service in those
wars.
ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 TO 1783
A pay Roll of Capt. Gideon BROWNSON'S Company for
the defense of the frontiers of the New Hampshire Grants.
Listed as Private:
AC
Jabish OLMSTEAD, 22 Days, 0.1.4 Per Day, 30 Miles, 4
Per Mile, 2.04.6 Total
Pay Table Office, April 18, 1782. The within pay
roll examined and approved and the Treasurer is directed to pay the same, being
one hundred and eight pounds, nine shillings and three pence to Capt. Gideon
BROWNSON or order. 108.09.3
Timo. BROWNSON}
Nathl. BRUSH
} Committee
Treasurer's Office, Sunderland, Feb. 10, 1783. Recd
of Ira ALLEN Esq., Treasurer, the contents of the above order, being one
hundred and eight pounds nine shillings three pence, lawful money.
Reference:
http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/V/VERMONT+2000+33645379427+MESSAGE-BODY
HAMILTON, Nathan, Brookfield. 2d Lieutenant., Capt.
Ithamar Wright's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; returned
home May 1, 1775; service, 15 days, travel included; mileage out and home (126
miles) also allowed; also, Lieutenant; company receipt, given to Capt. Barnabas
Sears, for ammunition, dated Dorchester Camp., Feb. 15, 1776; also, 1st
Lieutenant., Capt. Barnabas Sear's co., Col. Whitney's regt.; list of officers
dated 1776; also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Jonathan King's 1st (Brookfield) co.,
Col. James Converse's (4th Worcester Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of
officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment) dated Brookfield.,
May 14, 1776; ordered in Council May 31, 1776, that said officers be
commissioned; reported commissioned May 31, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Samuel
Brewer's regt.; service from August 3, 1776, to Sept. 30, 1776 1 mo. 29 (also
given 2 mos 2) days; also, captain, same regt.; pay abstract for travel
allowance, etc., from Fort Edward home, dated Brookfield, Feb. 6, 1777; said
Hamilton credited with allowance for 8 1/2 days (170 miles); also, same regt.;
pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., dated Brookfield, Feb. 17, 1777; 160
miles travel allowed said Hamilton; also, Captain 1st co., Col. James
Converse's (4th Worcester co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen
in said company, dated Brookfield, July 23, 1777; ordered in Council July 29,
1777, that said officers be a commissioned; reported commissioned July 29,
1777. (1)
MARSH, Joel, Private, Capt. William Brakenridge's
co., Col. Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; enlisted July 9, 1777; discharged
July 29, 1777; service, 26 days, under Col. Seth Warner at Manchester,
including 6 days (120 miles) travel home. (Volume 10, page 244).(1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Danford's (Danforth's) Co., Col.
Nixon's regt.; term to expire in 1780; also, list of men mustered by Thomas
Newhall, muster Master for Worcester Co.; Capt. Foster's Co., Col. Nixon's
regt.; mustered May 21,1777; term, during war; also, list of men returned by a
committee for settling disputes between towns as to soldiers credited to them,
dated Barre, June 25, 17??; said Marsh claimed by Douglas and Oxford; allowed
to Oxford; also, Private, 7th Co., Col. Nixon's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from May 19, 1777, to Feb. 0, 1779; reported discharged Feb.? (also
given March ?), 1779. (1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Ware. Private, Capt. Joseph
Foster's co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt., which marched in response to the
alarm of April 19, 1775; said Marsh marched April 20, 1775; left place of
rendezvous May 15, 1775. (Volume 10, page 246). (1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Private, Capt. Oliver Shattuck's
co., in a regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Barnabas Sears; enlisted Aug. 12,
1781; discharged Nov. 8, 1781; service, 3 mos. 2 days, including 5 days (100
miles) travel home; regiment raised from Hampshire Co. militia to serve for 3
months. Roll dated Deerfield. (Volume
10, page 246) (1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Corporal, Capt. Samuel Low's so.,
Col. Benjamin Simonds's (Berkshire Co.) rent ; entered service June 30, 1777;
discharged July 29, 1777; service, 30 days, at 11 St. Coyx " (Croix).(1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Private, Capt. Samuel Merriman's
(2d) co., Col. Israel Chapen's (3d) regt.; enlisted Oct. 15, 1779; discharged
Nov. 21, 1779; service, 1 mo. 14 days, at Claverack, including 6 days (120
miles) travel home. Roll dated Middleton.
(Volume 10, page 246) (1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Private, Capt. Oliver Shattuck's
co., in a regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Barnabas Sears; enlisted Aug. 12,
1781; discharged Nov. 8, 1781; service, 3 mos. 2 days, including 5 days (100
miles) travel home; regiment raised from Hampshire Co. militia to serve for 3
months. Roll dated Deerfield. (Volume
10, page 246) (1)
MARSH, Jonathan, Private, Capt. William Campbell,
Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2,
1775; service, 3 mos. 1 day; also, company ret. dated Roxbury Camp, Oct. 7,
1776; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Roxbury Camp, Oct.
26, 1775. (1)
MARSH, Judah, Ware. Private, Capt. Joseph Foster's
co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of
April 19, 1775; said Marsh marched April 20, 1775; left place of rendezvous May
15, 1775; also, Corporal, Capt. Elijah
Dwight's co., Col. Elisha Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; engaged July 21,
1779; discharged Aug. 25, 1779; service, 1 mo. 9 days, at New London, Conn.,
including 4 days (73 miles) travel home; roll dated Belchertown. (Volume 10, page 248.) (1)
MARSH, Thomas, Brookfield. Private, Capt. Sylvanus
Walker's co., Col. Timothy Danielson's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775;
enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 weeks, 6 days; also, company return
[probably Oct., 1775]; also, Capt. Asa
Danforth's co. of volunteers, Col. Convers's regt.; service, 13 days; company
marched from Brookfield Sept. 23, 1777, to join army under Gen. Gates at the
Northward. (Volume 10, page 252).(1).
MARSH, Thomas, Sergeant, Capt. William Brakenridge's
co., Col. Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; entered service July 9, 1777;
discharged July 29, 1777; service, 26 days, under Col. Seth Warner at
Manchester, including 6 days (120 miles) travel home. (Volume 10, page 252.) (1)
McMITCHEL, John, Palmer. List
of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Col. Pyuchon's regt., as
returned by Capt. David Spear and Capt. Aaron Graves, dated Feb. 9, 1778;
residence, Palmer; enlisted for town of Palmer; joined Capt. Seward's co., Col.
Crane's regt.; enlistment, 3 years; said McMitchel reported as having enlisted
from Capt. David Spear's co. (Volume 10, page 556.) (1)
McMITCHELL, John, Bombardier, Capt. Thomas Seward's
co., Col. John Crane's (Artillery) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from March 10, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to town of Palmer;
also, Matross, same co. and regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before
Aug. 1, 1777, and who had not been absent subsequently except on furlough,
etc.; also, Corporal, same co. and regt.; muster rolls for Sept., Nov. and
Dec., 1777; also, same co. and regt.;
muster roll for May, 1778, dated Camp Valley Forge; term, during war; also, Matross, same co. and regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780.
(Volume 10, page 556.) (1)
OLMSTEAD, Israel, (Vol. I) appears on the payroll of
Col. Timothy Bedell’s Co. in his Reg. of Rangers raised by the colony of N. H. 1775, time of service 6 mos. 13
days. (Vol. I, p. 288.) He was engaged in Capt. Esterbrook’s Co. in Canada June
24, 1776; Col. Moses Hagin’s regt. from 1777, 1778, and 1779.
Vol. III, p. 45, Return of non commissioned
officer and private of Col. Hazen’s Reg. Date of enlistment Dec. 25, 1776.
Time, 3 years 5 days.; Capt. Nemehiah Lovewell’s Co.
Vol.
V, p. 116. Payroll of Capt. Lovewell’s Co. in Reg. of volunteers. Page 254,
payroll of Capt. Ezekiel Lann’s Co., Col. Bedell’s regt. Page 307, payroll,
Capt. Wm. Satterle’s Co. (2)
OLMSTEAD, Timothy, appears on a payroll of Capt.
Nemehiah Lovewell’s Co. in a Reg. of volunteers raised by order of Congress for
an expedition against Canada where Timothy Bedel is Colonel. Tank Corporal Feb.
2, 1778, Time of service, 2 months 8 days.
(Vol. 4, p. 116)
He
appears on a muster roll of Capt. Timothy Barion’s Co. in a reg. Raised for the
defense of frontiers on or adjacent to the Connecticut River by Col. Timothy
Bedell, April 15, 1779 commanded by Col. Timothy Bedell .(Vol. II, p. 593.)
He
appears on a payroll of Capt. Nemehiah Lovewell’s Co. in Col. Timothy Bedell’
Reg. Raised for an expsdition into Canada until the last of March 1778. Rank
Cororal (Vol. 3, 9. 313) (2)
References:
(1)
“Massachusetts
Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War; A Compilation from the
Archives”; Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in
Accordance with Chapter 100, Resolves of 1891. Boston, Wright & Potter
Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square, 1896.
(2)
Daughters
of American Revolution, unpublished membership paper, 180685.