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Jeremy Lister

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Halifax, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: April 03, 1836 (83)
Yorkshire, England UK
Place of Burial: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, England UK
Immediate Family:

Son of Jeremiah Lister and Anne Lister
Husband of Rebecca Lister
Father of John Lister; Anne Lister; Samuel Lister; Marian Lister; Jeremy Lister and 1 other
Brother of John Lister; Mary Lister; James Lister; Joseph Lister; Elizabeth Lister and 3 others

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About Jeremy Lister

WIKI

Ensign Jeremy Lister (1752–1836)

British officer in the 10th Regiment of Foot during the early days of the American Revolution. His journal published as Concord fight: Being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th Regiment of Foot as pertains to his services on 19 April 1775.

  • Born at Shibden Hall, England in 1752.
  • 1770 commissioned as ensign with the 10th Regiment of Foot in England and sailed for Canada.
  • Stationed at Fort Niagara in America - saw action at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
  • Wounded in the elbow on the return leg of the expedition to Concord and North Bridge.
  • 17 February 1781 Lister promoted to Captain.
  • With the 10th until 1783.
  • Sold his commission and settled in Market Weighton and later at Halifax in Western Yorkshire.
  • Ded at the family estate Shibden Hall in 1836.

The daughter of Jeremy and his wife, Rebecca Battle (d.1817), Anne Lister (1791-1840), wrote an extensive diary, preserved in 26 volumes of her daily life, travels and lesbian loves at West Yorkshire Archives in Halifax.


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Jeremy Lister's Timeline

1752
September 28, 1752
Halifax, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
September 28, 1752
Halifax, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1789
1789
Horbury, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1791
April 3, 1791
Welton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1793
June 26, 1793
Halifax, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1795
February 20, 1795
Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1797
October 16, 1797
Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1801
September 27, 1801
1836
April 3, 1836
Age 83
Yorkshire, England UK
April 11, 1836
Age 83
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, England UK