Major Amos Whittemore

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW HAMPSHIRE with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A125426

Major Amos Whittemore as a child went with his father to Hudson, where he lived until after he was married. In 1769 he was living in Monson, afterward incorporated into the towns of Hollis and Amherst. He removed in 1771 to what was then a part of the Lyndeborough Gore, which became a part of Greenfield in 1790. He was one of the first settlers there and bought the farm where he lived the remainder of his life, now or lately owned by his grandson, A. Marshall Whitemore . He was a major in the revolution and answered the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, returning with Lieutenant Barron. He was at Ticonderoga in 1776, and enlisted in the Continental army and went to New York, September 26, 1776. He was at Rennington under General stark in 1777. In 1807 he returned to Greenfield and afterwards held various town offices.

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