Category Archives: Veteran
Battle of Quebec 1690 & Quebec Expedition 1711
At the turn of the 18th Century, our ancestors took part in two unsuccessful naval expeditions to Canada. Battle of Quebec – 1690 The Battle of Québec was fought in October 1690 between the colonies of New France and Massachusetts. … Continue reading
Minutemen – April 19, 1775
Today is Patriots’ Day. Wesley Korir wins Boston Marathon in heat-slowed time of 2:12.40 Shields Goes 8 1-3 Innings, Rays Top Red Sox 1-0 . . I was surprised to find the phrase “marched on the alarm April 19, 1775″ in so many of … Continue reading
Col. Edmund Reade
Col. Edmund READE (1563 – 1623) was Alex’s 12th Great Grandfather, He is one of 4,096 in this generation of the Shaw line and one of 4,096 in the Miller line. (See his 2nd great grandson Thomas BROWNE for details of … Continue reading
Siege of Brookfield – Aug 1675
The Siege of Brookfield was a battle between Nipmuc Indians under Muttawmp, and the English of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under the command of Thomas Wheeler and Cpt. Edward Hutchinson, in August 1675 during King Phillip’s War The battle consisted of an initial ambush, called Wheeler’s Surprise by the Nipmucs on Wheeler’s unsuspecting … Continue reading
Turner’s Falls Fight
The Battle of Turner’s Falls, also known as the Peskeompscut massacre, was fought on May 19, 1676, during King Philip’s War, in present-day Gill, Massachusetts near a falls on the Connecticut River. The site is across the river from the village of Turners Falls. A band … Continue reading
Invasion of Canada – 1775
The Invasion of Canada in 1775 was the first major military initiative by the newly-formed Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The objective of the campaign was to gain military control of the British Province of Quebec, and convince the French-speaking Canadiens to join the … Continue reading
William Bassett
William BASSETT Sr. (c. 1600 – 1667) was Alex’s 10th Great Grandfather; one of 2,056 in this generation of the Shaw line. William Bassett was born before 1600 in Sandwich, Kent, England. His parents may have been William BASSETT Sr. and … Continue reading
Johann Conrad Weiser
Johann Conrad WEISER Sr. (1662 – 1746) (Wikipedia) was a German soldier, baker, and farmer who fled his homeland with thousands of other German Palatines and settled in New York. Weiser became a leader in the Palatine community and was founder of their … Continue reading
Battle of Havana – 1762
The Battle of Havana had by far the most America deaths of any battle up until that time, especially for Connecticut, but until I found family casualties in this genealogy project, I had never heard of it. The Battle of Havana … Continue reading
Sir Richard Forester of Flanders
28th Gen. – Sir Richard FORESTER (1) (wiki) of Flanders, (1050 – ) was knighted after the battle of Hastings. He was sixteen years old in 1066 when he joined William the Conqueror, passing from Flanders to England after the decisive Battle … Continue reading
