A Revolutionary Soldier
Job Allen, b. 1763, enlisted Feb. 20, 1781, at New Gloucester, Maine., in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment (5th), Patterson's brigade, Massachusetts line, for three years. After about two years service he was transferred to Capt. Joshua B 's Co., Col. Vose's reg't, 1st Massachusetts line; discharged Dec. 24, 1783, at West Point, New York by Major Gen. Knox. He was at Peekskill, Varplank's Point and West Point, New York, at Philadelphia and battle of King's Bridge, New York He moved to Pownal, Maine, in 1792, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Poland, Maine., where he died in 1859, aged 95. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hayford visited him while he was living at Poland,Maine, having with them their oldest son, H. F. Hayford, at which time there were present five generations of this family.
From:
History of the Hayford family, 1100-1900: with biographical sketches and ...
By Otis Hayford
Job Allen, b. 1763, enlisted Feb. 20, 1781, at New Gloucester, Maine., in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment (5th), Patterson's brigade, Massachusetts line, for three years. After about two years service he was transferred to Capt. Joshua B 's Co., Col. Vose's reg't, 1st Massachusetts line; discharged Dec. 24, 1783, at West Point, New York by Major Gen. Knox. He was at Peekskill, Varplank's Point and West Point, New York, at Philadelphia and battle of King's Bridge, New York He moved to Pownal, Maine, in 1792, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Poland, Maine., where he died in 1859, aged 95. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hayford visited him while he was living at Poland,Maine, having with them their oldest son, H. F. Hayford, at which time there were present five generations of this family.
From:
History of the Hayford family, 1100-1900: with biographical sketches and ...
By Otis Hayford
A Revolutionary Soldier
Job Allen, b. 1763, enlisted Feb. 20, 1781, at New Gloucester, Maine., in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment (5th), Patterson's brigade, Massachusetts line, for three years. After about two years service he was transferred to Capt. Joshua B 's Co., Col. Vose's reg't, 1st Massachusetts line; discharged Dec. 24, 1783, at West Point, New York by Major Gen. Knox. He was at Peekskill, Varplank's Point and West Point, New York, at Philadelphia and battle of King's Bridge, New York He moved to Pownal, Maine, in 1792, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Poland, Maine., where he died in 1859, aged 95. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hayford visited him while he was living at Poland,Maine, having with them their oldest son, H. F. Hayford, at which time there were present five generations of this family.
From:
History of the Hayford family, 1100-1900: with biographical sketches and ...
By Otis Hayford
Job Allen, b. 1763, enlisted Feb. 20, 1781, at New Gloucester, Maine., in Capt. Sylvanus Smith's company, Col. Rufus Putnam's regiment (5th), Patterson's brigade, Massachusetts line, for three years. After about two years service he was transferred to Capt. Joshua B 's Co., Col. Vose's reg't, 1st Massachusetts line; discharged Dec. 24, 1783, at West Point, New York by Major Gen. Knox. He was at Peekskill, Varplank's Point and West Point, New York, at Philadelphia and battle of King's Bridge, New York He moved to Pownal, Maine, in 1792, where he lived until 1852, then moved to Poland, Maine., where he died in 1859, aged 95. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Hayford visited him while he was living at Poland,Maine, having with them their oldest son, H. F. Hayford, at which time there were present five generations of this family.
From:
History of the Hayford family, 1100-1900: with biographical sketches and ...
By Otis Hayford
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