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SGT Silas Welch

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SGT Silas Welch

Birth
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Sep 1775 (aged 30)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Vital Records of Bolton, pg. 86:
WELCH Silas, s. Paul and Betty, Nov. 24, 1744.

Vital Records of Bolton, pg. 179:
WELCH Silas and Mary Miriam, Feb. 20, 1766. *

Parents: Paul Welch and Betty (Houghton) Welch.

MILITARY:
Welch, Silas, Bolton.3d Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, Sergeant, same co. and regt.; company return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775; reported died Sept. 8, 1775. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols)

Silas Welch as a corporal marched on Cambridge at the Lexington Alarm with Hasting's Co. in Whitcomb's Regiment along with 2 other companies (127 men total) from Bolton (including the Berlin district). (Source: The military annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1740-1865 : including lists of soldiers serving in the colonial and revolution).
Vital Records of Bolton, pg. 86:
WELCH Silas, s. Paul and Betty, Nov. 24, 1744.

Vital Records of Bolton, pg. 179:
WELCH Silas and Mary Miriam, Feb. 20, 1766. *

Parents: Paul Welch and Betty (Houghton) Welch.

MILITARY:
Welch, Silas, Bolton.3d Sergeant, Capt. Benjamin Hastings's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, Sergeant, same co. and regt.; company return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775; reported died Sept. 8, 1775. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols)

Silas Welch as a corporal marched on Cambridge at the Lexington Alarm with Hasting's Co. in Whitcomb's Regiment along with 2 other companies (127 men total) from Bolton (including the Berlin district). (Source: The military annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1740-1865 : including lists of soldiers serving in the colonial and revolution).


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  • Maintained by: Mildred Clough
  • Originally Created by: Diane D
  • Added: Feb 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33643383/silas-welch: accessed ), memorial page for SGT Silas Welch (24 Nov 1744–8 Sep 1775), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33643383, citing Old South Burying Ground, Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mildred Clough (contributor 47316667).