Son of EBENEZER BRITTON & SARAH H. BULLOCK
Military: Revolutionary War (Private), Col. James Reed's reg.; wounded at Bunker Hill (Pension claim # W17338)
"Job served in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at Bunker Hill. After his recovery, he then marched to Canada and was ill with small pox during Col. Bedel's affair at the Cedars. He later went on to substituted for his brother Samuel who was ill, and later for his brother-in-law Ephraim Stone (married to wife's sister, Lucinda "Lucy" Chamberlain) in Capt. Ellis' company for 6 months."
(contributed by Jean)
Married: Feb 3, 1774, ABIGAIL CHAMBERLAIN, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Eight sons:
1. Otis BRITTON
1775 - 1815
2. Ebenezer BRITTON
1776 - 1870
3. Stillman BRITTON
1777 - 1862
4. Jonah BRITTON
1778 - 1863
5. Joshua BRITTON
1779 - 1864
6. Alanson BRITTON
1780 - unk
7. William BRITTON
1780 - 1865
8. Job/Jacob "Joab" BRITTON, Jr.
1781 - 1867
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June 3, 1838: Hinds Chamberlain of LeRoy, New York, aged 73 or 74 years, testified to acquaintance with Job Britton from childhood, that when he was about ten years old his sister, Abigail Chamberlain, was married to Job Britton, both of whom lived in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, at the time; that the next year Britton enlisted, went to Cambridge under Captain Jacob Hinds, and came home wounded; and he and others said the wound was received at the Battle of Bunker Hill; that Britton was out in the service a number of times after that; and in March 1783, when deponent was serving as a substitute for a man who was on furlough, he saw Britton at Washington's winter quarters near Newburgh, New York, and they were discharged at the same time, after peace was declared, and came home together.
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Source: LEGENDS: Mark's Complete Ancestry On The Web - Chamberlain, c. 1592-1844
Military: Revolutionary War (Private), Col. James Reed's reg.; wounded at Bunker Hill (Pension claim # W17338)
"Job served in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at Bunker Hill. After his recovery, he then marched to Canada and was ill with small pox during Col. Bedel's affair at the Cedars. He later went on to substituted for his brother Samuel who was ill, and later for his brother-in-law Ephraim Stone (married to wife's sister, Lucinda "Lucy" Chamberlain) in Capt. Ellis' company for 6 months."
(contributed by Jean)
Married: Feb 3, 1774, ABIGAIL CHAMBERLAIN, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Eight sons:
1. Otis BRITTON
1775 - 1815
2. Ebenezer BRITTON
1776 - 1870
3. Stillman BRITTON
1777 - 1862
4. Jonah BRITTON
1778 - 1863
5. Joshua BRITTON
1779 - 1864
6. Alanson BRITTON
1780 - unk
7. William BRITTON
1780 - 1865
8. Job/Jacob "Joab" BRITTON, Jr.
1781 - 1867
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June 3, 1838: Hinds Chamberlain of LeRoy, New York, aged 73 or 74 years, testified to acquaintance with Job Britton from childhood, that when he was about ten years old his sister, Abigail Chamberlain, was married to Job Britton, both of whom lived in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, at the time; that the next year Britton enlisted, went to Cambridge under Captain Jacob Hinds, and came home wounded; and he and others said the wound was received at the Battle of Bunker Hill; that Britton was out in the service a number of times after that; and in March 1783, when deponent was serving as a substitute for a man who was on furlough, he saw Britton at Washington's winter quarters near Newburgh, New York, and they were discharged at the same time, after peace was declared, and came home together.
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Source: LEGENDS: Mark's Complete Ancestry On The Web - Chamberlain, c. 1592-1844
Son of EBENEZER BRITTON & SARAH H. BULLOCK
Military: Revolutionary War (Private), Col. James Reed's reg.; wounded at Bunker Hill (Pension claim # W17338)
"Job served in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at Bunker Hill. After his recovery, he then marched to Canada and was ill with small pox during Col. Bedel's affair at the Cedars. He later went on to substituted for his brother Samuel who was ill, and later for his brother-in-law Ephraim Stone (married to wife's sister, Lucinda "Lucy" Chamberlain) in Capt. Ellis' company for 6 months."
(contributed by Jean)
Married: Feb 3, 1774, ABIGAIL CHAMBERLAIN, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Eight sons:
1. Otis BRITTON
1775 - 1815
2. Ebenezer BRITTON
1776 - 1870
3. Stillman BRITTON
1777 - 1862
4. Jonah BRITTON
1778 - 1863
5. Joshua BRITTON
1779 - 1864
6. Alanson BRITTON
1780 - unk
7. William BRITTON
1780 - 1865
8. Job/Jacob "Joab" BRITTON, Jr.
1781 - 1867
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June 3, 1838: Hinds Chamberlain of LeRoy, New York, aged 73 or 74 years, testified to acquaintance with Job Britton from childhood, that when he was about ten years old his sister, Abigail Chamberlain, was married to Job Britton, both of whom lived in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, at the time; that the next year Britton enlisted, went to Cambridge under Captain Jacob Hinds, and came home wounded; and he and others said the wound was received at the Battle of Bunker Hill; that Britton was out in the service a number of times after that; and in March 1783, when deponent was serving as a substitute for a man who was on furlough, he saw Britton at Washington's winter quarters near Newburgh, New York, and they were discharged at the same time, after peace was declared, and came home together.
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Source: LEGENDS: Mark's Complete Ancestry On The Web - Chamberlain, c. 1592-1844
Military: Revolutionary War (Private), Col. James Reed's reg.; wounded at Bunker Hill (Pension claim # W17338)
"Job served in the Revolutionary War and was wounded at Bunker Hill. After his recovery, he then marched to Canada and was ill with small pox during Col. Bedel's affair at the Cedars. He later went on to substituted for his brother Samuel who was ill, and later for his brother-in-law Ephraim Stone (married to wife's sister, Lucinda "Lucy" Chamberlain) in Capt. Ellis' company for 6 months."
(contributed by Jean)
Married: Feb 3, 1774, ABIGAIL CHAMBERLAIN, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire
Eight sons:
1. Otis BRITTON
1775 - 1815
2. Ebenezer BRITTON
1776 - 1870
3. Stillman BRITTON
1777 - 1862
4. Jonah BRITTON
1778 - 1863
5. Joshua BRITTON
1779 - 1864
6. Alanson BRITTON
1780 - unk
7. William BRITTON
1780 - 1865
8. Job/Jacob "Joab" BRITTON, Jr.
1781 - 1867
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June 3, 1838: Hinds Chamberlain of LeRoy, New York, aged 73 or 74 years, testified to acquaintance with Job Britton from childhood, that when he was about ten years old his sister, Abigail Chamberlain, was married to Job Britton, both of whom lived in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, at the time; that the next year Britton enlisted, went to Cambridge under Captain Jacob Hinds, and came home wounded; and he and others said the wound was received at the Battle of Bunker Hill; that Britton was out in the service a number of times after that; and in March 1783, when deponent was serving as a substitute for a man who was on furlough, he saw Britton at Washington's winter quarters near Newburgh, New York, and they were discharged at the same time, after peace was declared, and came home together.
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Source: LEGENDS: Mark's Complete Ancestry On The Web - Chamberlain, c. 1592-1844
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