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Birth 19 JUL 1758 – Death 1794 German Twp / Fayette / PA John Catt was a private in Captain James Sullivan’s Company of the 13th Virginia Regiment, commanded by […]

Thomas Phillips was born in Easton, Massachusetts on January 25, 1712. He was the eighth of nine children, all boys except for his sister, Jane. His father, Captain John Phillips,

Jonathan Carriel was born in Sutton, MA on May 28, 1734. The Carriel family was originally from Salem, MA. Jonathan’s father, Samuel, was born in Salem in 1693, just after

On 30 September 1729, Johannes William Youngblood became the firstborn child of German immigrants Johannes Jungblut and Anna Maria Kaffenut. His birthplace is unknown. It may have been Germany or

George Yeakle was born in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1738. His father, Benedict Yeakle, came to America from Switzerland in 1736 on the ship Princess Augusta. Benedict died at

Col. Nicholas Worthington was born on 29 Mar 1734, in St. Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland and he died 1 Nov 1793 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was

American Revolutionary soldier, Ensign Lemuel Wood, a commissioned officer, fought with Captain Theophilus Cotton’s Massachusetts Regiment, Third Company of Minute Men. (History of the town of Middleboro 1775). The Cotton’s

Ezra Whittlesey was born in Newington, Connecticut, February 11, 1738. He married Ann Pixley. He was admitted, by profession of faith, to the church in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and served in

Andrew Wayt was born about 1738 in England. He came to live near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, about 1765 by crossing the Allegheny mountains. He eventually settled in West Pike Run District,

Gideon Warren was born on 12 Dec 1730, at Brimfield, Massachusetts, the son of Jabez Warren and his wife Mary.  It was at the beginning of The Great Awakening, an