After the wedding of Jacob and Anna George they rode on one horse from Haverhill to his sisters home (Mrs William Stevenson) on Sugar Hill in Hopkinton. From there they walked two miles along a narrow path to there new home, driving a little spotted pig ahead of them. Ann's "fitting out" consisted of three white cups, three saucers, three knives, three forks, one coverlet made of hair and tow, and one of wool. In 1774 they took a trip, on horseback, to Haverhill and Stratham, and back. The mother sat behind the father, who carried his only child, Nancy, in his arms. In 1776 Jacob in military service in Portsmouth and worked on the Fort's Construction. While there, his wife, besides attending to her domestic duties and taking care of her two children. Hoed three acres of corn on burned land. This was a few months before the birth of her third child.
DAR Ancestor #: A103454
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SOLDIER
Service Source: SIBLEY, HIST OF THE TOWN OF UNION, 1851, P 503;
BOUTON, DOCS & RECS RELATING TO THE STATE OF NH, 1776-1783, STATE PAPERS, VOL 8, PP 241-242
Service Description: 1) NH MILITIA; SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1776
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DAR Ancestor #: A103454
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SOLDIER
Service Source: SIBLEY, HIST OF THE TOWN OF UNION, 1851, P 503;
BOUTON, DOCS & RECS RELATING TO THE STATE OF NH, 1776-1783, STATE PAPERS, VOL 8, PP 241-242
Service Description: 1) NH MILITIA; SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1776
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After the wedding of Jacob and Anna George they rode on one horse from Haverhill to his sisters home (Mrs William Stevenson) on Sugar Hill in Hopkinton. From there they walked two miles along a narrow path to there new home, driving a little spotted pig ahead of them. Ann's "fitting out" consisted of three white cups, three saucers, three knives, three forks, one coverlet made of hair and tow, and one of wool. In 1774 they took a trip, on horseback, to Haverhill and Stratham, and back. The mother sat behind the father, who carried his only child, Nancy, in his arms. In 1776 Jacob in military service in Portsmouth and worked on the Fort's Construction. While there, his wife, besides attending to her domestic duties and taking care of her two children. Hoed three acres of corn on burned land. This was a few months before the birth of her third child.
DAR Ancestor #: A103454
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SOLDIER
Service Source: SIBLEY, HIST OF THE TOWN OF UNION, 1851, P 503;
BOUTON, DOCS & RECS RELATING TO THE STATE OF NH, 1776-1783, STATE PAPERS, VOL 8, PP 241-242
Service Description: 1) NH MILITIA; SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1776
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DAR Ancestor #: A103454
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, SOLDIER
Service Source: SIBLEY, HIST OF THE TOWN OF UNION, 1851, P 503;
BOUTON, DOCS & RECS RELATING TO THE STATE OF NH, 1776-1783, STATE PAPERS, VOL 8, PP 241-242
Service Description: 1) NH MILITIA; SIGNED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1776
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