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Pvt Josiah Thayer

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Pvt Josiah Thayer

Birth
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
9 Feb 1814 (aged 61)
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Josiah Thayer & Mary Veasey
Wife: Lois Hayward

Revolutionary War Veteran; War Record:

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. John Porter's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 7, 1775; enlisted July 3, 1775; service, 1 mo. 3 days; also, company return dated Camp before Boston, Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1775.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's (Independent) co.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; service, 2 mos. 29 days; company stationed at Braintree from Jan. 1, 1776, to May 22, 1776.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said Thayer and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thayer's (Seacoast) co.; account of ordnance stores received Oct. 2, 1776, for troops at Hull; also, Capt. Isaac Thayer's [Independent] co. under command of Col. Thomas Marshall; engaged June 1, 1776; service to Jan. 1, 1777, 7 mos. 1 day.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's co., Col. Benjamin Lincoln's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from South Precinct in Braintree; service, 4 days.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Eliphalet Sawen's co. of Minutemen, Col. Benjamin Lincoln's (Lincoln's) regt., which assembled April 19, 1775; service, 8 days.
Parents: Josiah Thayer & Mary Veasey
Wife: Lois Hayward

Revolutionary War Veteran; War Record:

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. John Porter's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 7, 1775; enlisted July 3, 1775; service, 1 mo. 3 days; also, company return dated Camp before Boston, Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1775.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's (Independent) co.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; service, 2 mos. 29 days; company stationed at Braintree from Jan. 1, 1776, to May 22, 1776.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said Thayer and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thayer's (Seacoast) co.; account of ordnance stores received Oct. 2, 1776, for troops at Hull; also, Capt. Isaac Thayer's [Independent] co. under command of Col. Thomas Marshall; engaged June 1, 1776; service to Jan. 1, 1777, 7 mos. 1 day.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's co., Col. Benjamin Lincoln's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from South Precinct in Braintree; service, 4 days.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Eliphalet Sawen's co. of Minutemen, Col. Benjamin Lincoln's (Lincoln's) regt., which assembled April 19, 1775; service, 8 days.

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  • Created by: the moo
  • Added: Jul 27, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20666777/josiah-thayer: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Josiah Thayer (28 Jul 1752–9 Feb 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20666777, citing West Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101).