Person:Jason Russell (1)

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Jason Russell
b.25 Jan 1716/17 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.19 Apr 1775 Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 May 1710
  1. Jason Russell1711 - Bef 1717
  2. Mary Russell1712 -
  3. Margery Russell1715 -
  4. Jason Russell1716/17 - 1775
  5. Hobart Russell1726 - Bef 1739
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Jan 1740/41
  1. Jason Russell1741/42 - 1825
  2. Elizabeth Russell1743 - 1751
  3. John Russell1746 -
  4. Hubbard Russell1748/49 -
  5. Thomas Russell1751 -
  6. Noah Russell1753 - 1754
  7. Elizabeth Russell1756 -
  8. Noah Russell1763 -
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Jason Russell
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 Jan 1716/17 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Christening[4] 4 Apr 1717 Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 28 Jan 1740/41 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Winship
Death[2] 19 Apr 1775 Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
    Vol. 1, p. 613.

    RUSSEL, Jason, s. of Hubbard and Eliz[abeth], [born] Jan. 25, 1716-7.

  2. ↑ Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Arlington, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904)
    p. 149.

    RUSSELL, Jason, "barbarously murdered in his own House by Gages' bloody Troops", Apr. 19, 1775, a. 59. GR

  3. ↑ Cutter, Benjamin, and William Richard Cutter. History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts: formerly the second precinct in Cambridge or district of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge, 1635-1879, with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. (Boston)
    p. 297.

    Jason Russell, s/o Hubbard, bp. Medford 14 Apr 1717, d. 19 Apr 1775, m. 28 Jan 1740 Elizabeth Winship. "He was the famous Jason Russell, an invalid and noncombatant, who was barbarously butchered in his own house here by the British troops on their retreat from Lexington and Concord on the 19th of April, 1775. He had refused to flee, exclaiming, an 'Englishman's house is his castle'. He was shot with two bullets, and eleven bayonet stabs were found on his body."

  4. ↑ Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907)
    p. 121.

    RUSSEL, Jason, s. Hobart, bp. Apr. 14, 1717. CR1

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