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.
Benjamin
Francis
Private
Medford
Militia
Tags & Keywords:
Benjamin Francis, John, Jonathan, Francis, Frances, Private, Medford, Massachusetts, Capt. Isaac Hall's Company, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, Minutemen, Soldiers, Battle of Lexington and Concord, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, 1775, 1776, New England
Benjamin Francis was in Capt. Isaac Hall's Company of Minutemen, Col. Thomas Gardner's Regiment, in Medford, Massachusetts.
Entered the conflict at Arlington. Coburn gives his name as __hn Francis Jr., but in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 6, p. 6, the only Francis in Medford was Benjamin Francis - not a Jr.
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. 49-50
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
6
Page:
6
MM52-MEDFORD-01-34
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