1788 antique DEED biddeford me MORRILL sml house CUMMINGS signed REV WAR HEROES
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This listing is for the 8"x12" original laid paper legal document shown.  2 handwritten pages plus cover.  Includes handwritten signatures of Revolutionary War heroes.  See below.

Joseph Morrill of Biddeford in the County of York & commonwealth Massachusetts
paid by Donald Cumming of Biddeford Yeoman
small one story house standing near my dwelling house now in possession of Joseph Perkins with ground...  

Signed
Joseph Morrill
Joseph Leigh
Andrew Staples
Jeremiah Hill
William Frost

Research shows:  

"William Frost was born May 26, 1747, at Kittery, and was a brother to Col. John Frost, married, Nov. 16, 1775, at Somersworth, N. H., Elizabeth Randall, of Berwick, Me., daughter of Elipalet Randall, of Berwick, and lived in that part of Kittery now Eliot. Was living at York, in 1800, and was Register of Deeds for York County several years.

WILLIAM FROST, First Lieutenant. Enlisted May 3, 1775, and commissioned Ensign, June 2, of Capt. S. Leighton's company, in the Thirtieth Foot, and served until Dec. 31, 1775; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1776, of Captain S. Wild's company, in the Eighteenth Continental Infantry, and served through the year; re-engaged, Nov. 13, 1776, in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment of the line, and promoted to First Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1777, of Capt. S. Burbank's company in same regiment.

He took the oath of allegiance at Valley Forge, and commanded his company there, Jan. 23, 1778; and served until April 1, 1779, in same regiment; was left out then through a reorganization, and was appointed barrack master of West Point, and commissary of brigade, July 15, 1779, at special request of General Patterson, and was commissary of issues of General Patterson's brigade, during 1780, and until June, 1782, when he was appointed in the contractor service and remained until end of war..

Jeremiah Hill, (Jr.) born April 30, 1747; married Mary Emery (b. Mar.26, 1752) Sept. 6, 1772, daughter of Obed and Sarah (Dyer) Emery of Biddeford. He died June 11, 1820, aged 73 years.

He was a captain in James Scammon's York County 30th regiment at Cambridge in 1775. Scammon’s Regiment was raised in answer to act by Second Provincial Congress of Massachusetts on April 23, 1775, four days after the battles of Lexington and Concord. They marched to Cambridge on receipt of orders dated May 10th, 1775 and reported for duty on May 23, 1775.

During the battle of Bunker Hill, Scammon had marched from Cambridge to Lechmere’s Point (East Cambridge) around two to observe the movement of the British floating batteries. Here Scammon was ordered by Col. Whitcomb to march to the hill, which Scammon interpreted to mean Cobble Hill (McLean Asylum), whence Scammon sent messangers to General Putnam for clarification. Before their return, Scammon hurried his troops forward to the fight. The delay in orders had Scammon’s regiment reach no further than Bunker Hill, meet with retreating soldiers from Breed’s Hill and then immediately join the retreating troops. On July 13, a court martial was convened for disobedience of orders and for not showing proper spirit during the battle. He was acquitted of charges.

On January 1, 1776, was commissioned captain in Col. Edmund Phinney’s 18th Continental Regiment. Stationed at Fort Independence and Fort George through 1776. On January 1, 1777, commissioned Captain in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Massachusetts regiment, and resigned November 4, 1777. He joined the 1st Massachusetts regiment at West Point, and took part in the Saratoga campaign. He was commissary of prisoners in Rhode Island, in 1778, and was adjutant-general of the Bagaduce Expedition in 1779.

Capt. Hill was a representative to the General Court, a justice of peace, and was the first collector of Saco, 1789 to 1809. He had the small-pox at Boston in April, 1776, and died June 11, 1820, aged seventy-three years.

Jeremiah was tried for heresy in the Church of Christ, Biddeford, ME in 1793."

Excellent original early family and/or town genealogy, history, antique, collectible heirloom and/or ephemera.

CONDITION:  See listing description and photos; splits at folds and other antique wear. clear penmanship











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