by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Chaplain John Mason, Chaplain to West Point John Mason was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, in 1734. He trained in Scotland for the Presbyterian ministry, and was ordained in 1761 and was sent to New York as minister of the Cedar Street Presbyterian Church, a...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Captain Thomas Hartshorn, Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Continental line. Original Member. Son of Thomas and Abiah Hartshorn, he was born in Reading, Massachusetts, November 3, 1742, died in Salem, Massachusetts, May 6, 1819; served as a private soldier in the French...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Lt. William Cushing – 14th Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line Lt. William Cushing was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts on October 2, 1751. He was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Humphrey) Cushing. He married his first wife Abigail (Turner) Cushing (1755-1781) of...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Captain Ephraim Cleaveland (1737-1822), 8th Regiment Massachusetts Continental Line Ephraim Cleaveland was born in Dedham, Massachusetts on 13 September 1737 to Ephraim Cleaveland Sr. (1712-1781) and Abigail Curtis Cleaveland (1716-1738). During the French and Indian...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
First Lieutenant Thomas Humphrey Cushing, 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Continental Line, Original Member He was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, December 1755 (baptized there February 1, 1756), son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Humphrey) Cushing. He died at New London,...
by nhsotc | May 27, 2021 | Propositi
Captain Benjamin Burton, Sherburne’s Additional Continental Regiment Benjamin Burton was born December 9, 1749 near Fort St. Georges, Massachusetts (present-day Thomaston, Maine). He married Hannah Church of Bristol, Rhode Island. On November 6, 1776, Benjamin Burton...
