Reuben Howe: The Revolutionary War Soldier Who Guarded Burgoyne’s Captured Army

In This Article His Story From Ipswich to Rowley Drafted for the New York Campaign A Second Enlistment: White Plains and Bound Brook Guarding Burgoyne’s Captured Army The Old Soldier Seeks His Pension The Mystery of the Missing Certificate His Widow’s Years of Hardship From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & … Read more

Thomas Proctor: Revolutionary War Soldier and Bunker Hill Witness

In This Article His Story A Soldier of Essex County Serving Under Colonel Glover The Uncertain Connection to Bunker Hill Returning to Service in 1776 The Widow Who Remembered A Pension More Than Thirty Years After His Death From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants Original Sources & Historical Note … Read more

James Nourse: The Revolutionary War Soldier Who Lost His Health and His Home

In This Article His Story A Soldier from Lynn The Illness That Changed His Life Service in the Invalid Regiment Returning Home with a Disability The Long Fight for a Pension The Loss of His Home A Veteran’s Final Appeal From His Account Military Service Later Life & Burial Family & Descendants Original Sources & … Read more