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Facts and Events
| Name |
Peter Raven |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism[1] |
7 Aug 1748 |
-All Saints Parish, Maldon, Essex, England |
| Marriage |
Bef 1775 |
to Unknown |
| Immigration[2][1][4] |
1777 |
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| Marriage |
1778 |
Halfmoon, Saratoga Co, New Yorkto Rachel Groom |
| Emigration? |
Jun 1810 |
Johnstown, Grenville, Upper Canada (now Ontario), Canada |
| Death[3] |
Abt 1835 |
Clifton Park, Saratoga Co, New York |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gordon L. Remington F.U.G.A. Raven Research Report, Record Type: Report, Subject: Peter Raven Ancestry. (14 Jun 1996).
- ↑ George F. Raven. Letter from George F. Raven to Kurt S. Laidlaw, dated 12 Dec 1990. Includes a photocopy of a statement by Pete. (12 Dec 1990).
- ↑ assumption. He could have died in Antwerp.
- ↑ ||when he was taken by the press gang, he left a wife and two sons, Peter and John. Family tradition says that Peter Raven fought at the Battle of Saratoga and deserted the British Army to remain in America. Given that a third of all persons listed as deserters from the British Army during the Revolutionary War were prisoners taken at the Battle of Saratoga, it is possible that Peter Raven was wounded and nursed back to health by the Groom family. A Peter Raven served in the 62nd Regt. which was at Saratoga. He transferred from the 62nd Regiment to the 44th Regiment in June 1791. He deserted the 44th Regiment on 3 November 1782 in Lake Champlain, Canada. In about 1780 he received a letter from his brother (probably William) in England that his wife had died soon after he was taken and thatPeter's two sons were living with him. Peter wrote his brother asking him to take care of his sons and his property; that he would never return to England.
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