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The Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777

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  • Ensign Josiah Hastings (1724 - 1810)
    Ancestor #: A052653 Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): ENSIGN GEDCOM Source @R500872326@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitt...
  • Josiah Hastings (1776 - 1821)
  • Theodorus Bingham (1753 - 1808)
    Veteran, Battle of Bennington Submit to DAR One of the regiments in General Stark's brigade was commanded by Colonel Moses Nichols. The Eighth COmpany of this regiment was under the command of Captai...

One of the regiments in General Stark's brigade was commanded by Colonel Moses Nichols. The Eighth COmpany of this regiment was under the command of Captain Kimball Carlton of Chesterfield. The record says that this company "marched from Chesterfield and towns adjacent, July 22, 1777." It took part in the battle of Bennington, on the 16th day of August following. The following are the names of men in this company who have been identified with certainty as belonging to this town: Josiah Hastings (ensign), Daniel Farr (sergeant), Noah Emmons (corporal), Amos Partridge (or Pattridge), Benjamin Streeter, Thomas Metcalf, Daniel Baldwin, Joseph Metcalf, Jacob Farr Jr., Charles Farr, Jonathan Cobleigh, William Farr, Samuel Peacock, Lemuel Stoddard, Amos Hobart (probably Hubbard), Jonathan Farr, Jonathan Hildreth Jr., Aaron Fisk, Theodorus Bingham, and Samuel D. Converse.

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