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Silas Angier (b. October 20, 1737, d. October 06, 1808)

Silas Angier Tombstone, Fitzwilliam, N.H.

Silas Angier (son of Benjamin Angier and Sarah)¹ was born October 20, 1737 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and died October 06, 1808 in Fitzwilliam, N.H.. He married Elizabeth Drury on March 20, 1761 in Framingham, Massachusetts, daughter of Caleb Drury and Mehitable Maynard.

Notes for Silas Angier:
Description in History of Langdon, N.H.
"He was a large muscular man with blue eyes and brown hair; resided
in Framingham, Mass.; moved to Temple, N.H., where he signed the
Association Test, 1776; was a private in Capt. Josiah Brown's company,
Col Enoch Hale's regiment, May 8, 1777, which marched from Temple to
Ticonderoga "on an alarm ye 13th of May 1777"; travel, 300 miles;
received #2;10;0; time 43 days; was private again, June 29th to July
8, 1777 in Capt. Gershom Drury's company, under command of Lt. Col.
Thomas Heald. He was on the pay roll of Capt. Gershom Drury's
company, Col. Daniel Moore's regiment, Sept. 29, 1777, and marched to
join the northern army at Saratoga; discharged, October 26; travel
home from Saratoga, 156 miles, received #6,18,3. According to family
tradition he served about seven years in all in that war. The
following war record was made by the family about 1880:
"Silas Angier acting as leader of a scouting party of eight or nine
men, was overtaken by a party of Indians near the Canadian border, and
for nine days endured starvation and fatigue. They did not dare to
light a fire or shoot a gun; living on berries and one squirrel which
was killed with a club. They left one man to die by the bank of a
brook, and then came across a wood-choppers cabin, occupied by a
French woman, who claimed she had no food. The party, however, took
what they needed and fled, picking up the sick man on the way, and all
finally reached home. From this time on, Mr. Angier was never the same
man -- moody and silent."

More About Silas Angier and Elizabeth Drury:
Marriage: March 20, 1761, Framingham, Massachusetts.

Children of Silas Angier and Elizabeth Drury are:

Sibyl Angier, b. April, d. date unknown.
Silas Angier, b. April, d. date unknown.
+Nieadom Angier, b. April, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, d. December 20, 1827, Langdon, New Hampshire.
Sally Angier, b. August, d. date unknown.
Abel Angier, b. August, d. date unknown.
Benjamin Angier, b. May 27, 1762, d. date unknown.
Betsey Angier, b. September 11, 1768, d. date unknown.
Joel Angier, b. September 04, 1770, d. date unknown.
Ruth Angier, b. March 05, 1777, d. date unknown.
Reuben Angier, b. March 02, 1779, d. date unknown.
John Angier, b. December 20, 1784, d. date unknown.