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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.
Archelaus
R___
Private
Danvers
Militia
Tags & Keywords:
Archelaus R___, Archibald, Archie, Archalaus, Archibeld, Archelaus, R, Private, Danvers, Massachusetts, Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company, Danvers Alarm Co., Minutemen, Soldiers, Battle of Lexington and Concord, American Revolution, Revolutionary War, 1775, 1776, New England
Archelaus R___ was in Capt. Edmund Putnam's Company, in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Coburn gives his name as Archelaus R___. He may be Archelaus Rea (Mass. Soldiers & Sailors, Vol. 12, p. 1), but it states he was in Capt. Jeremiah Page's Company. Perhaps he was in both?
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. 74
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
12
Page:
MM25-DANVERS-03-15
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