• Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A080960
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): STAFF OFFICER, CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 7-2-1738 BRIMFIELD HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: 8-12-1802 BRIMFIELD HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
• Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 10, P 864; HIST CELEBRATION OF THE TOWN OF BRIMFIELD, PP 355,357
• Service Description: 1) DOCTOR IN COL GIDEON BURT'S REGT
• 2) TOWN CLERK; REPRESENTATIVE TO THE GENERAL COURT

Dr Joseph Moffatt practiced in Brimfield for more than forty years. He served as Town Clerk from 1779 to 1784, and as a Representative to the General Court in 1782. Dr Moffatt served as a Surgeon in the Revolution. He signed the Covenant and also served on important War Committees Numerous descendants have joined the DAR on his name. His first wife was Margaret Bliss whom he married on 3 June 1762. She was born in 1740. They had four children...

Margaret Bliss died 4 Nov 1771, aged 31 years. He married second Lois Haynes, daughter of Peter Haynes, on 10 Dec 1772. They had four children...

Source: The Brown Family History II, page 325. By Janice Young.