Notes for Benjamin Spaulding: According to the Revolutionary Rolls of Massachusetts: Benjamin Spaulding had the rank of Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. He answered the call for the Alarm on Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Served 18 days and then marched home. He served the rest of the war with the Minute Men of Capt James Hastings, Colonel William Prescott's Regiment.
According to Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, XIV: Benjamin Spaulding of Townsend was a Sgt. in Capt. James Hosley's Company of Minutemen, Col. William Prescotts Regiment, which marched on the Alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge. He served 18 days.
He was referred to in later life as Lt. Benjamin Spaulding.
More About Benjamin Spaulding: Burial: Old Cemetary on Highland St, Townsend, MA. Fact: He marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, served 18 days and marched home. Fact 1: Had the rank of Lieutenant. Fact 2: Served in the War of the Revolution, in Capt James Hastings Minute Men Company.
More About Benjamin Spaulding and Mary Heald: Marriage: 05 December 1765
Children of Benjamin Spaulding and Mary Heald are:
+Peter Spaulding, b. 10 June 1769, Townsend, MA, d. 29 January 1847, Montague, MA.
Benjamin Spaulding (b. 14 August 1743, d. 17 May 1832)
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