Person:Josiah Thayer (11)

Military Record (Sources needed)

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. John Porter's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 7, 1775; enlisted July 3, 1775; service, 1 mo. 3 days; also, company return dated Camp before Boston, Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Nov. 20, 1775.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's (Independent) co.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; service, 2 mos. 29 days; company stationed at Braintree from Jan. 1, 1776, to May 22, 1776.

Thayer, Josiah, Braintree.Petition dated Camp at Hull, Sept. 17, 1776, signed by said Thayer and others belonging to battalion stationed at Hull, asking for increase and payment of wages; also, Sergeant, Capt. Thayer's (Seacoast) co.; account of ordnance stores received Oct. 2, 1776, for troops at Hull; also, Capt. Isaac Thayer's [Independent] co. under command of Col. Thomas Marshall; engaged June 1, 1776; service to Jan. 1, 1777, 7 mos. 1 day.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Seth Turner's co., Col. Benjamin Lincoln's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, from South Precinct in Braintree; service, 4 days.

Thayer, Josiah, Jr., Braintree.Private, Capt. Eliphalet Sawen's co. of Minutemen, Col. Benjamin Lincoln's (Lincoln's) regt., which assembled April 19, 1775; service, 8 days.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

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