Daniel Shedd Genealogy
Ancestry and Descendants of Daniel Shed of Braintree, Massachusetts
By Frank E. Shedd
Published for the Shedd Family Association
Boston, 1921 Page 206 - 207
Joel 5 Shed (49. Dea. Jacob 4, Dea. Nathan 3, Nathan 2, Daniel 1), born in Tewksbury, Mass., 16 Feb. 1760; when seventeen years of age joined the American army in the Revolution. His first recorded service was from 29 Sept. to 21 Oct. 1777 in Capt. Edward Farmer's company, Col. Jonathan Reed's regiment which marched to Saratoga to assist the Continental Army under Gen. Gates in capturing Gen. Burgoyne's army. He also enlisted 24 June 1778 Capt. Joseph Boynton's company, Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment, and served until 1 Jan. 1779 at East Greenwich, R. I., as appears by various rolls during that period, in one of which dated 17 Sept. 1778 he was reported sick in hospital. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, vol. 14, p. 91.) From the United States Pension Rolls it appears that Joel Shed of Middlesex County, Mass., aged seventy-four years, was granted a pension of $41.33 per year on 29 June 1833, retroactive from 4 Mar. 1831, for Revolutionary service in the Massachusetts Militia. He always resided in Tewksbury where he is enrolled in the United States Census in 1790 as head of a family of one male over sixteen years, two males under sixteen years, two males under sixteen years and three females. In the United States Pension Census of 1 June in 1840 he is listed as residing in Tewksbury, aged eighty-one years. He died there of old age in 1841.
