NOTE: his grandson James Le Broke b. 1825, son of James Jr, Should have gotten Con. Medal of Honor
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DAR Patriot Index, Volume II, page 1612
Thanks to Carol Cecil for: James Lebroke died from falling off rooftop of his home
James Le Broke a skilled tailor and variously referred to as Le Brook, Le Brock, La Broque, Brock, Brook, and Brooks, came to America from France as a young man with General Lafayette on the French fleet that assisted the colonists in their struggle for independence. James was born in Paris, France, but there is contradictory data on his Parisian birth date. In 1781 James enlisted and served for one year in the Sixth-Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, later settling in Pembroke, Mass. His record appears on pg. 622, Vol. 9," Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution". In 1784 he moved to Hebron, Maine and from there to Paris, Maine; and was among the pioneer settlers of " Old Shepardsfield" in the district of Maine. That same year he married Sarah Garnett (Gardner) in Shepardsfield, Maine, (marriage certificate is under the name of James Brock), they had three sons and a daughter. His wife stated in 1838 that James wrote his name as Brock and Broke indifferently and during the later part of his life he was called Le Broke, and so wrote his name. He spent the last years of his life in Paris, Maine, falling to his death from a house-top roof in 1812. Many of the history books of Paris, Maine and his obituary, record his death as 1812. His obituary in the "Eastern Argus Newspaper" in Portland, Maine states he was 50 years old at his death in Paris on 13 April 1812 and left a wife and four children. When Sarah applied for his pension in the state of Maine, County of Oxford, on October 16, 1838, she stated his death as 1813. He is buried in the Upper Swallow Cemetery, Paris, Maine
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DAR Patriot Index, Volume II, page 1612
Thanks to Carol Cecil for: James Lebroke died from falling off rooftop of his home
James Le Broke a skilled tailor and variously referred to as Le Brook, Le Brock, La Broque, Brock, Brook, and Brooks, came to America from France as a young man with General Lafayette on the French fleet that assisted the colonists in their struggle for independence. James was born in Paris, France, but there is contradictory data on his Parisian birth date. In 1781 James enlisted and served for one year in the Sixth-Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, later settling in Pembroke, Mass. His record appears on pg. 622, Vol. 9," Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution". In 1784 he moved to Hebron, Maine and from there to Paris, Maine; and was among the pioneer settlers of " Old Shepardsfield" in the district of Maine. That same year he married Sarah Garnett (Gardner) in Shepardsfield, Maine, (marriage certificate is under the name of James Brock), they had three sons and a daughter. His wife stated in 1838 that James wrote his name as Brock and Broke indifferently and during the later part of his life he was called Le Broke, and so wrote his name. He spent the last years of his life in Paris, Maine, falling to his death from a house-top roof in 1812. Many of the history books of Paris, Maine and his obituary, record his death as 1812. His obituary in the "Eastern Argus Newspaper" in Portland, Maine states he was 50 years old at his death in Paris on 13 April 1812 and left a wife and four children. When Sarah applied for his pension in the state of Maine, County of Oxford, on October 16, 1838, she stated his death as 1813. He is buried in the Upper Swallow Cemetery, Paris, Maine
NOTE: his grandson James Le Broke b. 1825, son of James Jr, Should have gotten Con. Medal of Honor
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DAR Patriot Index, Volume II, page 1612
Thanks to Carol Cecil for: James Lebroke died from falling off rooftop of his home
James Le Broke a skilled tailor and variously referred to as Le Brook, Le Brock, La Broque, Brock, Brook, and Brooks, came to America from France as a young man with General Lafayette on the French fleet that assisted the colonists in their struggle for independence. James was born in Paris, France, but there is contradictory data on his Parisian birth date. In 1781 James enlisted and served for one year in the Sixth-Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, later settling in Pembroke, Mass. His record appears on pg. 622, Vol. 9," Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution". In 1784 he moved to Hebron, Maine and from there to Paris, Maine; and was among the pioneer settlers of " Old Shepardsfield" in the district of Maine. That same year he married Sarah Garnett (Gardner) in Shepardsfield, Maine, (marriage certificate is under the name of James Brock), they had three sons and a daughter. His wife stated in 1838 that James wrote his name as Brock and Broke indifferently and during the later part of his life he was called Le Broke, and so wrote his name. He spent the last years of his life in Paris, Maine, falling to his death from a house-top roof in 1812. Many of the history books of Paris, Maine and his obituary, record his death as 1812. His obituary in the "Eastern Argus Newspaper" in Portland, Maine states he was 50 years old at his death in Paris on 13 April 1812 and left a wife and four children. When Sarah applied for his pension in the state of Maine, County of Oxford, on October 16, 1838, she stated his death as 1813. He is buried in the Upper Swallow Cemetery, Paris, Maine
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DAR Patriot Index, Volume II, page 1612
Thanks to Carol Cecil for: James Lebroke died from falling off rooftop of his home
James Le Broke a skilled tailor and variously referred to as Le Brook, Le Brock, La Broque, Brock, Brook, and Brooks, came to America from France as a young man with General Lafayette on the French fleet that assisted the colonists in their struggle for independence. James was born in Paris, France, but there is contradictory data on his Parisian birth date. In 1781 James enlisted and served for one year in the Sixth-Massachusetts Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, later settling in Pembroke, Mass. His record appears on pg. 622, Vol. 9," Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution". In 1784 he moved to Hebron, Maine and from there to Paris, Maine; and was among the pioneer settlers of " Old Shepardsfield" in the district of Maine. That same year he married Sarah Garnett (Gardner) in Shepardsfield, Maine, (marriage certificate is under the name of James Brock), they had three sons and a daughter. His wife stated in 1838 that James wrote his name as Brock and Broke indifferently and during the later part of his life he was called Le Broke, and so wrote his name. He spent the last years of his life in Paris, Maine, falling to his death from a house-top roof in 1812. Many of the history books of Paris, Maine and his obituary, record his death as 1812. His obituary in the "Eastern Argus Newspaper" in Portland, Maine states he was 50 years old at his death in Paris on 13 April 1812 and left a wife and four children. When Sarah applied for his pension in the state of Maine, County of Oxford, on October 16, 1838, she stated his death as 1813. He is buried in the Upper Swallow Cemetery, Paris, Maine
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