tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post6438402751064014831..comments2024-03-12T04:00:04.167-07:00Comments on Nutfield Genealogy: Christmas Dinner for some Revolutionary War VeteransHeather Wilkinson Rojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704949156266722016noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-62977083934425433442016-06-14T20:42:18.143-07:002016-06-14T20:42:18.143-07:00We purchased the property that includes the cemete...We purchased the property that includes the cemetery where Phineas Johnson is buried. I am interested in learning everything that I can about the history here. If you have any information that you can share, please let me know how to contact you. LisaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10949868858835217355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-88775949555902482013-12-19T09:51:04.375-08:002013-12-19T09:51:04.375-08:00Heather-- WHAT a cool "find".
Here are...Heather-- WHAT a cool "find". <br />Here are two of mine- Samuel Johnson and son Phineas. who didn't get to have dinner that day!<br />"Samuel Johnson, (1713-96), was colonel of the Fourth Es sex county Regiment at Bunker Hill, and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was a member of the General Court from Andover, where he was born and died. His sons Samuel, Joshua and Phineas, also served in the Revolution. Also Nos. 5922, 15928, 16789. Phineas Johnson, (1747-1844), was a minute man from And over at the Lexington Alarm. He was at the battle of Bun ker Hill and was one of the survivors at the dedication of that monument in 1843. He died in Brookfield, N. H." <br />source: Lineage Book, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol XX, 1897, p.89<br />In the Brookfield history book, Our Yesterdays, they talk about how Phineas was the oldest survivor at the dedication, and he was so infirm that people carried him down from Brookfield on a litter.Judy Grangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610431691858232116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-44305435892231413002013-12-19T07:33:31.988-08:002013-12-19T07:33:31.988-08:00What an interesting article! I recognize a few na...What an interesting article! I recognize a few names, and am writing a note to myself to look for a possible connection between my Josiah Pierce, b. 1761, and died in Ringe, NH in 1834.L Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997595978878695934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533717770805440813.post-27337384740207176462013-12-19T06:18:28.881-08:002013-12-19T06:18:28.881-08:00You just never know what treasures will turn up - ...You just never know what treasures will turn up - and this is one of the most fabulous! The other day on the Civil War Rx FB page there was a link that led to a photo of Maine soldier, Rufus Sinclair, who was being treated for a shoulder injury, which he survived, thankfully. I fired off an email to the Sinclair clan and it turned out to be their relative, whose face they had never seen before!Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.com