AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
NameDorothea Hoyt Carter
Birth21 Jun 1765
DeathAug 1850
Spouses
Birth9 May 1760, East Kingston, Rockingham, NH498
Death4 Feb 1835, East Kingston, Rockingham, NH162
Marriage9 Mar 1781, Kingston, Rockingham, NH
Military notes for John (Spouse 1)
Served in the Revolutionary War.
499 Enlisted as a Private. Later enlisted as Cpl. and was with Washington in Battle of Long Island, NY, Trenton and at Valley Forge serving until the close of war. Served with Gen. Stark, promotion to Cpl. 15 Dec 1779.
Entered the Continental Army at the age of sixteen, believed to have been in the Battle of Bunker Hill, was honorably discharged at the end of the war, was granted a homestead in his native town, and died there in 1835.
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