Fairview Cemetery

Eleazer Hamlin

(also given Ennuaznn), Barnstable. Private, 6th co., Col. Gamaliel

Bradford’s regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 22, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. John Russell’s co., Col. Bradford’s regt.; return of men in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777; enlisted May 22, 1777; joined June 26, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll for Dec., 1777; enlistment, 3 years;
reported sick in general hospital at Albany; also, same co. and regt.; return [year not given] ; residence, Barnstable; enlisted for town of Barnstable; mus­tered by County and Continental Muster Masters; reported on furlough; also, Fifer, Co1onel’sco., Col. Bradford’s regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, Private, Colone1’s co., Col. Brad­ ford’s (14th) regt.; muster roll for Oct.—Dec., 1780,dated I-Iutts near West Point; reported sick and absent; also, Capt. Zebulon King's co., Lieut. Col. John
Brooks‘s (7th) regt.; muster rolls for Jan. and May, 1781, dated West Point; reported on extra duty in Jan., 1781,on extra duty as bargeman in May, 1781; also, muster roll for June, 1781; reported on command as boatman; also, muster rolls for July—Sept., 1781; reported on command with Maj. Derby (also given
Darby) in July and Aug, 1781; also, muster roll for Oct. and Nov., 1781,dated York Hutts; reported on command cutting wood; also, descriptive list dated Feb. 20, 1782; Capt. Zebulon King’s co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks’s (7th) regt.; age, 21 (also given 19) yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 5 (also given 5 ft. 6) in.; complexion, light (also given dark); hair, light (also given dark); birthplace, Barnstable; resi­dence, Barnstable; enlisted June ~, 1779,by Lieut. Bramhall; enlistment, during war; also, Capt. King’s co., Lieut. Col. John Brooks’s (7th) regt.; register of fur­loughs granted subsequent to Jan. 1, 1781; leave given said Hamblen by Col.Brooks March 5, 1782,to go from West Point to Barnstable for 30 days; also,descriptive list of deserters, dated West Point, Aug. 18, 1782; Capt. King’s co.,
Lieut. Col. Brooks‘s 1'egt.; age, 21 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; hair, brown; residence, Barnstable; enlisted for town of Barnstable; deserted April 5 (also given April 10), 1782,from furlough. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War)

Westlawn Cemetery

 

Nathan Davis (1744-1817)

Ashby, Private Capt Samuel Stone’s Co of Minutemen, Col William Prescott’s regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, service 10.5 days.

Isaac Preston Durant (1747-1848)

Littleton, Drummer, Capt. Samuel Gilbert’s Co., Col. William Prescott’s regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service, 91 days; also, company return dated Cambridge, Sept. 28, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct. 30,

1775; also, Drummer, Capt. Samuel Farrar’s Co, Col. Reed’s regt.; enlisted Sept.
29, 1777; discharged Nov. 7, 1777; service, 1 mo. 10 days; company drafted from
Col. Eleazer Brooks’ regt. to reinforce Northern army under Gen. Gates; also,
Drummer, Capt. Calvin Curtiss’s co., Col. John Jacobs’s regt. ; enlisted June 25,
1778; service to Jan. 1, 1779,6 mos. 10‘days, at Rhode Island; also, descriptive
list of men raised in Middlesex CO.to serve in the Continental Army for the term
of 9 months, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Capt. James
Cooper, at Springfield, July 19, 1779; Capt. Bridge’s[?] co, Col. Faulkner’s
regt.; age, 22 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; engaged for town of Lexington; reported
delivered to Capt. J. Cooper; also, Drummer, 7th co.; order dated Oct. 16, 1783,
for wages for May—Aug.[year not given], appearing in a register of orders

ac­cepted on account of wages; also, Drummer, 7th co.; Order dated Dec. 31, 1783,
for wages for Oct.—Dec.[year not given], appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages; also, Col. Michael Jackson’s (8th) regt. ; statement
of Continental balances certified April 10, 1786; term, 9 months.  

David Prescott (1751-1813)

Groton. Private, Capt. Asa Lawrence’s co. of Minute-men,

which marched on the alarm of April 19,1775,to headquarters at Cambridge;
service, 6 days; reported enlisted into the army; also, Capt. Asa Lawrence’s
co., Col. William Prescott’s regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted
April 25, 1775; service, 3 mos. S days; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775;
also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Oct.
30, 1775; also, account showing sums of money to be paid from the public
treasury to sundry persons for losses sustained at battles of Lexington and
Bunker Hill ; amounts allowed in Council June 13,1776; also, Private, Capt.
Joshua Parker’s co., Col. Robinson’s regt.; enlisted Aug. 2, 1777; Service to
Jan. 1, 1778,at Rhode Island.

Stephen Wright (1764-1857)

Littleton. No entry in MSSRW but his pension submitted in 1855 states he enlisted in the Continental Army in July 1780 for 3 months and served in Col. Cyprian How's Company. 

More Westford Soldiers of the Revolutionary War

Not all the soldiers buried in Westford burial grounds lived in Westford at the time of their service in the Revolutionary War, some are out of towners.  Those who were "townies" are documented on www.westford1775.org where you can find their entries in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (MSSRW). As we put together the biographies for the soldiers at Westlawn Cemetery we realized there was no easy way to link to their service records in MSSRW so this site was started to fill the gap. Hopefully, it will also be a place to document research findings on other soldiers and civilians as work continues on our tour of the burial places for Revolutionary War Soldiers and Civilians https://museum.westford.org/revolutionary-war-veterans-and-civilian-casualties/