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Noble Gunn
b.17 Jul 1760 Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
d.24 Nov 1830 Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
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m. Abt 1753
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m. 1786
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[edit] BiographyNamed for his mother's brother. Noble's first wife dies soon after the marriage; he then marries her sister, Lucy Gleason (1771-1843) in 1786. At the time they were residents of Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, but they went to New York State, just over the line from Connecticut, to have their marriage performed. Both parents of Lucy were living at the time of her marriage. Lucy was only 15 years old when daughter Lucy was born in December 1786. They had 10 children: Lucy, Charlotte, Abiatha, Esther, Olive, Noble King, Burrell, Westrall Willoughby, Martha Ann, and William Orrin. Noble was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and a report on his service appears in the Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, pages 952-953. [edit] Military Service:On April 21, 1775, (2 days after the event) Noble may have been among the Sheffield minutemen under the command of Col. John Fellows who were engaged in training exercises on the village green in front of the Sheffield meetinghouse before breakfast when news of the battles at Lexington and Concord arrived. By noon twenty of these men, led by Colonel Fellows, were on their way to join the army at Boston. We know he was a soldier in Capt. Enoch Noble’s Company (his mother’s cousin), Col. John Ashley’s Regiment, the 1st Berkshire County Militia Regiment. On January 5, 1777, with other members of his Regiment, Noble enlisted in the Continental Army, joining Capt. Jenkin’s Company of Col. Samuel Brewer’s 12th Massachusetts Regiment. Brewer’s 12th Massachusetts Regiment was assigned on August 13, 1777, to Brig. Gen. John Patterson’s 3rd Brigade at Saratoga. On August 19, General Gates took command of the 8000 American forces at Bemis Heights—pushing General Schuyler aside—and continued to fortify the area in preparation to meet the British forces coming south under the command of General Burgoyne. The first major battle occurred at Freeman’s Farm on September 19. Brewer’s Brigade, with 976 men, was located to the right wing of the American line. The battle was inconclusive, and Burgoyne launched a second attack on October 7 at Bemis Heights. The British were driven back, and on October 17 Burgoyne surrendered. On October 27 Noble’s brigade was reassigned to the Main Continental Army, located at that time in New Jersey fighting in defense of Philadelphia. The difficult long winter at the camp at Valley Forge was about to begin. After the conclusion of the Franco-American Alliance (6 February 1778) British forces in America had to give consideration to the new threat created by the powerful French fleet. General Clinton, who relieved Howe as British commander in America on 8 May 1778, decided to shift the main body of his troops from Philadelphia to a point nearer the coast where it would be easier to maintain close communications with the British Fleet. Consequently, he ordered evacuation of the 10,000-man garrison in Philadelphia on 18 June. As these troops set out through New Jersey toward New York, Washington broke camp at his winter headquarters in Valley Forge and began pursuit of Clinton with an army of about 13,500 men. They caught and attacked Clinton’s army on June 28. The Battle of Monmouth was inconclusive and the British slipped away during the night. The British reported losses of 65 killed, 155 wounded, and 64 missing; the Americans listed 69 killed, 161 wounded, and 130 missing. All during 1778 and 1779 there were skirmishes throughout New Jersey, southeastern New York, and western Connecticut; but much of the action had moved south. The war won’t be officially over until February of 1783, but Noble—sick and with an injury to his knee that left him disabled for the rest of his life—will muster out of the military on December 31, 1779, a full 3 years after his enlistment [edit] After the War:The family lived in Litchfield County, Connecticut, for a number of years, then moved to Onondaga County, New York. In 1820 they moved to the Western Reserve in Ashtabula County, Ohio. It appears that Noble's brothers (also veterans of the War) moved west with him. A letter dated 26 April, 1931, from E.W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner, to Dr. Norman N. Gunn, Palace Theater Building, Ashland, OH: Noble is listed as one of about 33 Revolutionary soldiers living in the Towns of Marcellus and Skaneateles who applied for pensions: He is listed in the 1820 census in Marcellus. Noble is listed in the Census of 1830 in Lenox, Ashtabula County. He died in November of that year. His nephew, Comfort (son of Hezekiah) is listed in the 1820 census as a resident of Lenox and in the 1830 census as a resident of Ashtabula. Comfort's brother, Hezekiah, is listed in the 1840 census in Lenox (just outside of Jefferson, OH), and in the 1850 census living in Wayne Township (as was "Westrall") (page 279, 281) Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, p. 950: About 1808 living in Poland, Herkimer County, NY. After living in Litchfield Co., CT for a number of years the family moved to Madison & then to Onondaga Co., NY. In 1820 the family moved again, this time to Ashtabula Co., OH. N.K Gunn [son of Noble] listed in 1830 Federal Census in Lenox, Astabula County When Noble GUNN returned to NY State from his family's new home in Lenox Twp., Ashtabula Co., OH, he stayed in Marcellus, NY. Marcellus is where Comfort GUNN and Sally WHEELER were married. Taken from the Revolutionary War Pension Application microfilm and transcribed by Matthew Lipsey, 10 May 1998: State of Ohio, Ashtabula County, Court of Common Pleas, June Term AD 1820 Schedule: Noble Gunn [signed] And the said Noble Gunn on his oath aforesaid further saith that he is by occupation a Miller that through the infirmities of age he is able to labor but little being still afflicted by wounds received in the revolutionary service- that his family consists of six persons including himself, to wit, Lucy my wife aged forty eight years, who is sick and unable to [Labour - crossed out] work being afflicted with a very large swelling on her side for five or six years-a boy named Burrill aged fifteen years, [???] bodied and at times unable to labour, Westrill aged 12 years, weakly although now enjoying tour able {sic] health-Martha aged ten years-healthy-Orin aged six years healthy-and the said Noble on his oath aforesaid further saith that he is indebted to- Sworn to and declared this 21st day of June AD 1820 before Timothy R. Hawley Clerk C P [signed] References
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