Burgess, Nathan Chandler Private (b. 23 SEP 1770, d. ?)

Note: Served in the revolutionary war

Note: South Pond Cemetery, Long Pond Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts 02360, is located in the South Plymouth section of the town.

The cemetery was established at least as early as 1793

ZERVIAH SAMPSON
Died
Oct 12, 1863
Aged 88 y'rs 9 mo's
20 da's
O rapturous thought; that rest sweet rest
How soon to us will be given,
Since every hour the child of God
Is drawing nearer to heaven.
footstone: Z.S.

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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: MILITARY: Burgess, David, Wareham. Return of men enlisted intoContinental Army form Capt John Gibb's co., dated May 8 1777; residence, Wareham; enlisted for town of Wareham; joined Capt Joshua Eddy's Co., col Bradford's regt; enlisted May 9 1777; age 16 years; enlistment 3 years

Note: BIOGRAPHY: This family and their descendants write the name with only one"s"

Note: Abigail and Sparrow were second cousins once removed.

Note: Name: Louise Kent
SSN: 080-26-7626
Last Residence: 14744 Houghton, Allegany, New York, United States of America
Born: 7 Dec 1908
Last Benefit: 14737 Franklinville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States of America
Died: 20 Nov 2002
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1951 )

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Data:
Text: 4 DEC 2002

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Olean Ward 7, Cattaraugus, New York

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Kane, Mckean County, Pennsylvania

Note: MILITARY: Revolutionary Soldier
was celebrated in the revolutionary war for his brave deeds
Burgess, Bangs, Rochester. Private, Capt. Isaac Pope's Co, Col William Shepard's (4th) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan 1, 1780 to Dec 31, 1780

Bangs enlisted in the Revolutionary War in March 1778, served as private in Captains Isaac Pope's and S. Learned's Companies, Colonel William Shepard's Fourth Massachusetts Regiment; was in the Battle of Monmouth, in the siege of Yorktown and capture of Cornwallis and discharged in June 1783. He served also as Washington's body guard. Bangs was cited in Revolutionary War for brave deeds.

"Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors":
Burges, Bangs, Rochester. Private, Capt. Joseph Parker's co., Col. John Cushing's regt.; enlisted Sept. 19, 1776; service, 2 mos. at Rhode Island; also, return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Capt. Joseph Parker's co., dated Apr 4 1778; residence, Rochester; enlisted for town of Rochester; joined Capt. Pope's co., Col. Shepard's regt; enlistment, 3 years; reported mustered by James Leonard, Muster Master; also, Private Capt. Isaac Pope's Co.. Col William Sheppard's 3(d) regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 24, 1778 to Dec. 31, 1779, also, muster rolls for July, Aug, Oct and Nov 1778 , March and April 1779, dated Camp at Providence; enlisted Feb 25, 1778; also descriptive list of men who re-enlisted subsequent to Sept. 30 1779, dated Bud's Highlands, Feb 23, 1780; Col. Shepard's regt.; age 30 yrs.; stature 6 ft. 1 in.; complexion, light; hair, light; residence Rochester; enlistment, during war; also, Capt. Pope's co., Col. Shepard's (4th regt.; muster rolls for May and July 1781, dated Phillipsburg; reported on command with Col. Scammel; also, muster roll for Aug 1781, sworn to in Camp near Peekskill; reported on command with Col. Scammel; also, muster roll for Sept. 1781, dated Camp at Peekskill; reported on command with Col. Scammel'; also muster rolls for Oct, 1781-Jan, 1782, dated York Hutts; reported sick in Jersey in Oct and Nov 1781, also muster roll for Feb 1782 dated Cantonment, 1st Brigade, West Point; also return of sick belonging to 1st Mass. brigade in hospital at New Windsor for Feb, 1783.

Bangs was in the 1800 census in Arlington, Bennington, VT with one child (Simeon) under 10 and his wife Phoebe. I don't know where his daughter, Polly, was. She would have been 7 years old. John Lillie lived next door. In the 1810 census, Bangs was in Pownal, Bennington, Vt. He had one son under 10 (probably Anson) and one daughter under 10, Deborah. I don't know where Simon or Simeon were. Possibly they were with their grandfather, John Lillie. By 1818 when he applied for Revolutionary War Pension, he was in Hoosick, Rensselaer, NY. The only child living with him in 1820 was Anson.

Application for Revolutionary War Pension:
Burgess, Bangs, Phebe, W20818, MA Line, soldier applied 6 Apr 1818 Rensselaer County, NY, aged 72, a resident of Hoosick NY, in 1820 soldier had a wife Phebe, aged 53, and 1 child Anson. Soldier married Phebe Lillie in 1780, Canterbury, CT and soldier died 29 or 30 Apr 1822 or 1823 at Livonia NY. Widow died 11 Mar 1845, aged about 78. Children shown were: Jeduthan, Reuben, Truston, Anson (aged 13 in 1820), Polly, Deborah, Simeon and Simon. In 1853, surviving children were: Polly Adams (aged 60), Simeon (aged 57), Simon or Symon (aged 51) and Deborah Powell (aged 49). In 1855, Polly and William Adams lived in Livonia, NY; in 1858, Simeon lived Erie County PA. In 1852, Josephine Adams was a witness for widow, in 1853, Robert and Dorothy Adams signed affidavit in Livingston county NY (no relationship stated), in Mar 1855 S. R. Powell lived in Livonia NY and in Mar 1856, he was a resident of Allegan County, MI. In 1855, T.B. Powell the father of S.R. Powell lived in Livonia but their relationship to soldier's daughter Deborah not stated. In Oct 1854, Joseph Lillie was aged 83 and Benjamin Lillie was aged 80 years 11 months and made affidavit in Ashtabula County, OH (they were brothers of widow). In 1855, a John Lilley was a physician aged 57 of Concord in Erie County, PA, but no relationship to family was stated. (From "Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files", Page 468).

In the affidavit made in Hoosick, Rensselaer County, Bangs states: "I am a labourer unable to support myself, on account of old age, the loss of the use of one arm by the injury of it. I have a wife named Phebe 53 years, and one child 12 years old named Anson, resident in my family."

Rensselaer County Pension Rolls of 1835
Burgess, Bangs, Private. Annual allowance: $96.00; Sums received: $390.39; Description of service: Massachusetts line; When placed on pension roll: January 19, 1819; Commencement of pension: April 6, 1818; Age: 75; Remarks: Died April 29, 1822

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Text: 4 DEC 2002

Note: MILITARY: Burgess, Ephraim, Harwich. Private, Capt Abijah Bangs's co.,Col. Dike's regt.; Service from Dec 13, 1776 to March 1, 1777