REVOLUTIONARY WAR
John Barr
Revolutionary War. His widow, Hannah, applied for pension on March 16, 1838, in Broome County, NY. John enlisted at Armenia, Dutchess County, NY.
Additions to Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files:
W17258 & BLW #167-150-5 Jul 1792 assignee John Gansey, NY Line
John Barr kept a diary during the Revolutionary War. Check out the following
site:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/diary_of_john_barr.htm
Thomas Stockett Brewer
Military Records: Revolutionary Patriots MD & DE, 1775-1783
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
BREWER, Thomas Stockett (February 6, 1753-April 1, 1823). Married Susanna Lampley on August 22, 1780 or 1782 in Annapolis and they had 8 children: Sarah Stockett Brewer, Ennas Brewer, John Mercer Brewer, Mary Ann Brewer, Brice Beal Brewer, Allen Thomas Brewer, Eliza Brewer, and Susanna Brewer. Thomas Brewer's widow received pension W9369. The Treasurer was directed in
November, 1812, to "pay to Thomas S. Brewer, of Annapolis, late Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, so long as he may live, half pay of a Sergeant". On February 24, 1824, the Treasurer was directed to "pay to Susanna Brewer, of Annapolis, during her life, quarterly, half pay of a Sergeant, as further remuneration for her husband Thomas' services in the Revolutionary War."
Anthony Ethell
Ethell, Anthony, S6825, VA line, appl 29 Aug 1832 Fauquier Cty VA aged 75, sol was b. in Feb 1757 in Loudoun Cty VA & sol lived there at enl in the part that was added to Fairfax Cty VA & about 1802 sol moved to Fauquier Cty VA.
"Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files" p 1129
21 Aug 1832. Fauquier County, VA. Anthony ETHELL, aged 75, declares he served in the Virginia militia in 1775 and 1776 in the company of Capt. Simon TRIPLETT called minute men. Robert COMBS, now aged about 79 (b ca 1753), joined the company before harvest in 1776 and was stationed at Alexandria (D.C.) and continued in service until cold weather. Virginia Rev. Pension Applications, Vol 21, John F. Dorman, Wash DC 1975
Stephen Threlkeld
DAR Patriot Index - Centennial Edition
Sol PS VA
David Sprouse
VA Line, S3958, sol was b 11 Apr 1760 in Louisa Co VA & he lived there until the fall of 1785 then moved to Albemarle Co VA & in the fall of 1790 he moved to Henry Co VA & in 1811 he moved to Gallia Co OH where he appl 27 Sep 1832. (Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, p 3281)
Asa Gleason
Private, Capt. Lawrence Kemp's co., Col. David Wells's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; enlisted May 10, 1777; discharged July 17, 1777; service, 2 mos. 9 days, in Northern department; roll dated Shelburne; also, Private, in a detachment from Myrifield co. commanded by Sergt. Nathaniel Corbet; enlisted Aug. 15, 1777; service, 7 days; detachment marched to Bennington by order of Gen. Stark of Aug. 14, 1777; also, Capt. Seth Howard's co., Col. David Wells's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; enlisted Sept. 22, 1777; discharged Oct. 18, 1777; service, 1 mo. 2 days, travel included, in Northern department; roll dated Myrifield (Rowe). (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, p 488, 489)
George Osbourne
George and his sons, George, Jr. and Thomas served as "minute men", in a company commanded by Captain Cushing, that marched from the West Parish of Pembroke on the alarm of the 19th of April 1775. George, Sr. also served with Captain Hamlen's Company, Col. Thomas' Regiment, for service at Roxbury, from May 1 to August 1, 1775. He was also on the roll of Capt. Hatch's Company for service at Weymouth and Braintree Farms on the alarm of March
1776; on the roll of Capt. Stetson's Company, Col. Dyke's Regiment, at Dorchester Heights in November, 1776, and on the roll of Capt. Hatch's Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, on the alarm of December 8, 1776.
Military
Service of the Osbournes
Hugh Osbourne
Excerpt from "Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files":
OSBOURNE, Hugh or Hugh Osburne, Zuba or Zaba, Navy Srv (MA?) W6889, vet enlisted at Boston, MA, Dec 1781, as a Marine under Capt. Parks. He served on the Frigate Alliance. He applied for pension on May 25, 1818 at Zanesville in Muskingum Co., OH. His residence was Lansville. In 1820 he moved to Morgan Co., OH. After his death in 1847 his widow applied for widow's pension June 7, 1849, at the age of 89.
She is listed as a resident of Bristol Twp., Morgan Co., OH and is 83. On Oct. 8, 1850, Ezra, son of Zuba & Hugh testifies for his mother. Pittsburgh. He was in an engagement between the "Alliance" and three British ships on the way home from the West Indies. In records of "Revolutionary War Service of the State of Massachusetts" are references showing that he was in the battle at Dorchester Heights in 1776, marched to Bristol, RI Dec. 8, 1776; he served at Triverton, RI from April until June, 1777, later at Fishkill from June 10, 1778. Aged 16 years, enlisted into "Wagon Service." He was discharged at Providence, RI.
Enlisted at Boston, MA Dec 1781; pensioned 9-10-1819 Zanesville, Ohio. Widow Pension 6-21-1849; pension # 13698. Transfered to Main 1822; Back to Ohio 1837; born 1763, Bridgewater Mass; married Azuba Wade 1-13-1786. Ref Navy Mass W 6889 and (Cop by State DAR) and #121644 DAR Lineage V 122.
"Ohio DAR Rev. Soldiers Rosters Vol. I & II, 1929-1938"
Peleg Osbourn
At 14 years of age in 1777, April to June, Peleg served on the "forty days'
expedition" to Rhode Island. From July 1777 to January 1778, he was under enlistment for service in Col. Robinson's Regiment. For 15 days, March, 1781, he again served in Rhode Island, and then enlisted as a marine on the frigate "Deane" in Dec. 1781. He then transferred to the famous frigate "Alliance", under Capt. John Barry, and served until June 1782.
William Osbourne
He enlisted with his brothers, Thomas, Hugh, John and Peleg, on the frigate "Deane"
in Dec., 1781. He was afterwards transferred to the frigate "Alliance," on which he died in 1782.
George Osbourne, Jr.
Served with his father on the alarm of Lexington. He was with Capt. Hatch at Weymouth, March, 1776. He served in the campaign
against Burgoyne, under Gates, in 1777, while in Capt. Nelson's Company, Col. Willard's Regiment. He again entered the army in Jan., 1780, service with Capt. Bailey's company under 2 enlistments until the end of the war. He was 21 years of age at his first enlistment.
note on death: "taken up dead in the highway...whose death was supposed to be occasioned by a fall from his horse," taken from "Pembroke Deaths", p 435.
John Osbourne
Served in Revolutionary War, Navy Srv, S35022. Served as a marine on the Frigate Dean, Capt. Nicholson, Commander. Applied for pension Apr 1, 1818 at Pembroke, MA, aged 50, however on 17 Jul 1820 he gave his age as 55 with a wife aged 57 & 3 children of which 2 were Abigail & John. He is listed as lame, caused by a wound he received in the war. On Jan 9, 1841 he moved to Lenawee Co., MI to live with his son, John W. Osbourne.
He enlisted as a "Boy," and served 3 times in the navy: once on the brigantine "Tyrannicide" in 1779; in 1779 on the ship "General Putnam," and in 1782 on the frigate
"Deane."
Thomas Osbourne
He entered the army at the age of seventeen. He marched with his father and brother George on the alarm of Lexington. A few days after his return, he joined Capt. Hamlen's Co., and marched to the siege of Boston and was present during the entire siege. After the evacuation of Boston he marched with Washington's army to New York city, and was in the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 2776; Harlem Heights, Sept. 16, 1776; White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776; Trenton, N. J., Dec. 26, 1776, and
Princeton, N. J., Jan. 3, 1777. He was discharged Jan. 15, 1777, after going with Washington's army to Morristown Heights. In Apr., 1777, he enlisted in Col. Staunton's Regiment to serve in Rhode Island. After his return, he again enlisted in June 1778 with Capt. Hatch's Company for 9 months and went to West Point. After completion of that service, he entered the Pennsylvania Line for one year. He returned home in the spring of 1780, but again entered the service on the Massachusetts armed vessel, the
"Protector". He was severely wounded and captured with his vessel and her officers and crew, carried to Halifax, Nova Scotia, a prisoner of war, where he was detained six months. After his release he then enlisted on the frigate "Deane" in Dec., 1781, then was transferred to the "Alliance". He sailed on Dec. 25, 1781, for L'Orient, France, having on board as passengers the Marquis de la Fayette and the Count de Noalles. The "Alliance" was thought to be the finest ship in America's navy. After leaving her passengers, the ship continued, claiming the last battle of the war for American independence. Thomas served until the ship went out of commission in March, 1783. He served a total of 7 years and about 9 months.
Michael Osbourne
Served in the Revolutionary war with Cont & MA line, Navy Service, W24375. He applied for pension April 7, 1818, Lincoln Co., MA (ME). His residence is listed as Alma. His occupation is a Caulker, and his wife Judith is 57. After his death in 1834, his wife applied for widow's pension on August 25, 1838, at August, ME, ae 69.
He served in Capt. Sparrow's Company, Col. Nathan Tyler's Regiment, 4 months and 20 days in Rhode Island, between July & Dec. 1779. He served in the same company one month in 1780, and later in the same year he served with a group of six months' men, raised by the town of Pembroke, serving under this enlistment in Washington's army at Totawa & Preakness, New Jersey, until Jan., 1781. He served in Col. Cotton's Regiment on the "forty days' expedition" to Rhode Island, and on the frigate "Deane" between Dec. 1781 and May, 1782.
Listed in Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - Maine, p 590