Matthew Benedict

BENEDICT, MATTHEW, Stockbridge. List of men mustered in Berkshire Co. by Trueman Wheeler, Muster Master, between Jan. 20, 1777, and June 1, 1778; enlistment, 3 years or during war; also, Private, Capt. Moses Ashley's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's (14th) rent.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to town of West Stockbridge; also, return of men in service on or before Aug. 16, 1777; marched to Peekshill; also, muster roll dated Camp near Valley Forge, Jan. 6, 1778; reported sick at Stockbridge; also, muster rolls for Jan., March and April, 1779, dated Providence; reported on cattle guard in march and April 1779; also, Capt. Hancock's co., Col. Vose's (1st) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to July 15, 1780; reported deserted July 15, 1780; also, Capt. Ashley's co., Col. Vose's regt.; muster roll for July 1780, dated Camp Tenith.

Source: Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war. A compilation from the archives prepared and published by the secretary of the commonwealth in accordance with chapter 100, resolves of 1891. Published 1896 by Wright and Potter Printing Co., State Printers in Boston . Page 935.