LITCHFIELD, Daniel Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's Co, Col. John Cushing's (2nd Plymouth Co) regt; service, 15 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, RI on an alarm in DEC 1776; roll dated Scituate; also, Capt. Ichabod Bonney's Co, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regt; marched Oct 5, 1778; service, 1 mo 15 days at Castle Island; travel home (4 days) allowed; company discharged Dec. 11, 1778.
NEHGS Register (The Diary of Israel Litchfield, notes)
"A large, imposing man with a "deep, gruff voice," he "lived in that part of Scituate facetiously...called 'Sodom,' of which he was wont to say jocosely that he was king." Daniel was a natural leader who filled important public offices including one year as representative to the General Court (1785); he also served as a private in Capt. Pierce's company of minutemen."
NEHGS Register (The Diary of Israel Litchfield, notes)
"A large, imposing man with a "deep, gruff voice," he "lived in that part of Scituate facetiously...called 'Sodom,' of which he was wont to say jocosely that he was king." Daniel was a natural leader who filled important public offices including one year as representative to the General Court (1785); he also served as a private in Capt. Pierce's company of minutemen."
LITCHFIELD, Daniel Private, Capt. Hayward Pierce's Co, Col. John Cushing's (2nd Plymouth Co) regt; service, 15 days; company ordered to march to Bristol, RI on an alarm in DEC 1776; roll dated Scituate; also, Capt. Ichabod Bonney's Co, Col. Nathan Sparhawk's regt; marched Oct 5, 1778; service, 1 mo 15 days at Castle Island; travel home (4 days) allowed; company discharged Dec. 11, 1778.
NEHGS Register (The Diary of Israel Litchfield, notes)
"A large, imposing man with a "deep, gruff voice," he "lived in that part of Scituate facetiously...called 'Sodom,' of which he was wont to say jocosely that he was king." Daniel was a natural leader who filled important public offices including one year as representative to the General Court (1785); he also served as a private in Capt. Pierce's company of minutemen."
NEHGS Register (The Diary of Israel Litchfield, notes)
"A large, imposing man with a "deep, gruff voice," he "lived in that part of Scituate facetiously...called 'Sodom,' of which he was wont to say jocosely that he was king." Daniel was a natural leader who filled important public offices including one year as representative to the General Court (1785); he also served as a private in Capt. Pierce's company of minutemen."
