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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.
Samuel
Lauchlin
Private
Roxbury
Militia
Tags & Keywords:
Samuel Lauchlin, Jr., Vam, Van, Sam, Samuel, Lauchlin, Laughlin, Private, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Capt. William Draper's Company, Col. William Heath's Regiment, Militia, Soldiers, Battle of Lexington and Concord, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, 1775, 1776, New England
Samuel Lauchlin, Jr. was in Capt. William Draper's Company of Militia, Col. William Heath's Regiment, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Entered the conflict at Arlington. Coburn transcribed the name as Vam Lauchlin, but in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol, 9, p. 545, his name is given as Samuel Lauchlin, 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. 52
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
9
Page:
545
MM66-ROXBURY-03-32
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