A true patriot, who responded to the alarm sent out on April 19, 1775, being among the first to join the colonies' fight for independence - the American Revolution.
John
Bacheller
Captain
Reading
Militia
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John Bacheller was Captain of his Company of Minutemen, Col. Ebenezer Bridge's Regiment, in Reading, Massachusetts.
This company entered the conflict at Concord. Name spelled Bachellor or Batcheller on the roster but there were no Bachellors or Batchellers in Reading at the time. There were several Batchelders including three named John who participated in the Revolution. (Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass., by Eaton, 1874, p. 693. See also The Minute Men, by J. Galvin, p. 171.
Sources
Muster rolls of the participating companies of American militia and minute-men in the Battle of April 19, 1775, by F. W. Coburn, p. 21-22
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
1
Page:
400
MM60-READING-01-01
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