Person:Stephen White (27)

Stephen White was a Revolutionary War soldier. He and his wife are buried in Benson Burial Ground, North of Richmond, New Hampshire. (To get there from Fitzwilliam Depot, where Route 119 turns West , go about 6.8 miles West on 119 to Fish Hatchery Road. Turn North to Benson Road (gravel) . Then turn East to a fork in the road and take the left branch. Unless you have a four wheel drive vehicle, it is a about a 1 1/2 mile walk to the cemetery on the right.)

Stephen's name is on a plaque listing 88 Fitzwilliam men: "in memory of the men of Fitzwilliam who served in the American Revolution". The plaque is on the opposite side of a large stone having a plaque on it to Brig. Genl. James Reed. The stone is in the center of a small park (common) in front of the old town hall. Stephen served for five years during the revolution and was at the Battle of Bunker Hill and later at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis.

His service record from a Sons of the American Revolution application says: "Enlisted first time in New Hampshire Troops at age 16 (1777). Reenlistments were in 1780, as a Private in Captain Benjamin Spaulding's Company of Militia, Colonel Moses Nichol's Regiment, raised by the State of New Hampshire, joining the Continental Army at West Point 1780. Enlisted again in 1781, as a Private soldier in Seventh Company, First Continental Regiment commanded by Colonel Cilley. Enlisted again in 1782."

1. ↑ Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Douglas, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1906)
   p. 70.

   WHITE, Stephen, s. Ezekeil and Ruth, [born] Feb. 7, 1761.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Find A Grave: Benson Cemetery, Richmond, NH, in Find A Grave
   Stephen White.

   STEPHEN WHITE
   DIED
   June 12, 1841,
   AE. 80 Yrs.

3. ↑ Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   [1].