Patriot Ancestor: Zachariah Bicknell, Jr.


Patriot Ancestor

Zachariah Bicknell, Jr. was born in Weymouth, (then) Suffolk County, MA, on 21 October 1756, to father Zachariah Bicknell, Sr. and mother, Patience Tower. Both Zachariahs – father and son – served on the side of the patriots during the Revolutionary War. Zachariah Jr. was a Private in Samuel Ward’s company, Colonel Solomon Lovell’s regiment.  […]

December 11, 2017

Patriot Ancestor: William Weston


Patriot Ancestor

William Weston was born in on May 14, 1732 in Duxbury, MA. Before entering service, he was a Patriot as a Member of the Committee of Communication & Correspondence from June 5, 1777 – March 1776. He was also a “Member of the Committee to Petition the General Court to Construct a Fort for the […]

March 4, 2015

Patriot Ancestor: Hilary Brinson


Patriot Ancestor

Hilary Brinson                    SAR Patriot # P-121315 Hilary Brinson was living in Onslow County, North Carolina at the beginning of the Revolution.  Early in the war, about 1777, he first volunteered in the militia in that County under the command of Capt. John Boston and Lt. Solomon Ward.  In his first period of service the militia […]

August 8, 2013

Patriot Ancestor: Elijah Hungerford


Patriot Ancestor

Elijah Hungerford                      SAR Patriot # P-188035 Elijah Hungerford was born on November 10, 1756, in East Haddam, Connecticut, to Grace Holmes, age 39, and Robert Hungerford, age 41, the youngest of four brothers, all of whom served in the Continental Army. The Hungerfords were a […]

August 8, 2013

Patriot Ancestor: Ebenezer Witter


Patriot Ancestor

Ebenezer Witter          P-323130                     DAR #: A127255 Birth:   11 Sep 1732 Preston / New London / CTDeath: 22 Aug 1817 Westfield / Hampden / MA Ebenezer Witter was Captain of the Muskets out of Preston, CT, and his eldest son, also named Ebenezer, was a Musketeer in that Company.  As Captain of the Town of Preston Co. […]

August 6, 2013

Patriot Ancestor: John Curd, Jr.


Patriot Ancestor

John Curd, Jr. (1726-1802), SAR Patriot Number P-142344, DAR Ancestor # A028691 John Curd, Jr., was born on 14 April 1726 to John Curd (1706-1752) and Elizabeth Ann Price Curd (1707-1774)  in Henrico County, Virginia.  This part of Henrico County, above the fall line of the James River at Richmond, became Goochland County in 1728.  […]

August 5, 2013