Person:Benjamin Birdsall (2)

Another researcher, David A. Lower has that Benjamin was born in Matinecock, Long Island, NY and also says that Benjamin's rank was Col. in the Rev. War.

Quote from The Jones Family of L.I., pg 124: "Lieut. Col. Benj. Birdsall was of an old Queens Co. Family, and of a branch that intermarried with the Seamans and Jacksons of the north side of Long Island. He was called a 'drover farmer', one who raised cattle on the Hempstead Plains, and fed them in winter on the wild meadow grass. He lived on the south side of L.I. a short distance west of his father-in-law, William Jones. He took an active part in the Rev. War. His colonel was John Sands, an active supporter of Congress. In 1777-1783 was Member of Assembly. In 1776 he mustered 60 volunteers and aided Gen. Putnam in erecting intrenchments on Brooklyn Heights. He was captured by the British and imprisoned in the 'Provost', at which time Genl. Washington had his wife and children conveyed to Dover, in Dutchess Co., where they remained during the war. In 1794 he disposed of his property and settled in Jerusalem, where he died."

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3.   Jones, John Henry. The Jones family of Long Island: descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665-1726) and allied families. (Tobias A. Wright, 1907)
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