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Posted - October 13 2021 : 4:42:44 PM
https://fortat4.org/blog2/militia-under-stevens-1747-1748/
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While digging into a box of records from the 1820’s and 1830’s, there came to light a historical treasure. An 18th century pay record directly connected to Plantation Number 4 during the time of King George’s War.
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The longest length of service recorded on the pay record is one year and the pay is shown as 2/13/4 (£2, 13s, 4d). Nine months service pay is shown as 2/0/0. Three months service pay as 0/13/4. There appears to be no pay differential for officers. Everyone’s’ pay appears to be based solely upon time in service.
A few of the men who received pay as part of the militia under Stevens during 1747 and 1748:
Phineas Stevens. Militia Captain at Number 4. For one year of service he received £2/13/4.
John Burk (Burke/Bark). For one year of service he received £2/13/4. Burk was the nephew of John Hastings (often referred to as Dr. Hastings). Burk was part of a group of settlers who established Falls Fight Township now known as Barnardston, MA.
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Caleb Howe of Dummerston, now Vernon, VT. For one year of service he received £2/13/4.
Joseph Parker; most likely a nephew of Isaac Parker, the son of Joseph and Abigail (Sawtell) Parker, b. 1721. For three months service he received £0/13/4.
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Moses Willard of Plantation Number 4 received £2/0/0 for nine months of militia duties.
Ebenezer Putnam received £2/13/4 for one year of service under Stevens. Putnam was one of the several of the children of Seth, Sr. and Ruth Putnam to establish homesteads at Number 4.
David Farnsworth of Plantation Number 4 received £0/13/4 for three months service.
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Isaac Parker [Sr.] of Plantation Number 4 received £2/0/0 for nine months of militia duties. When Stevens joined the 1757 Expedition to Louisbourg, Parker took over as captain of the town militia.
AuthorPhineas Stevens
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| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - October 14 2021 : 07:45:19 AM
I saw something the other day about George Washington. When the Ohio Company (of which GW was a member) wanted to secure the lands at the forks of the Ohio, the Virginia Legislature refused to give appropriate the money to raise the regiment. So Gov. Dinwiddie enlisted the troupes by promising them land in the Ohio Valley once it had been secured. Of course that didn't go as planned and it remained for the Crown to defeat the French. A few years later GW had his portrait painted. In it he wore the red britches of the 1754 campaign rather than the blue britches of the 1755 and later campaigns. The theory is that he wanted to remind everyone that he had served with the original regiment and was entitled to land in the Ohio Valley. |
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