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At the reorganization of themilitia in Feb. 1776. Acton was assigned to the 3rd Regiment, of which Francis Faulkner was LI. Col. The 5th company of this regiment belonged to Acton, with Captain Simon Hunt, 1st Lt. John Healdjr, and 2nd Lt. Benjamin Bra brook as itsofficers.On 20 March according to aletter addressed to his wife, we find John Heald at Ticonderoga with two other Acton men Samuel Piper and Daniel Barker who was killed thereOn June the 26, 1776 the Massachusetts Assembly “made choice by ballot of the following gentlemen as fieldofficers for the third battaliondestined to Canada, viz: Jona Reed, Col.; Benj Brown, Lieut col.; Daniel Fletcher, major.'’ The latter was an Acton man, and seven days later Acton Town Meeting votes to raise money to pay the men who would enlist in Col. Jonathan Reed’s regiment bound for Canada.Major Daniel Fletcher, who lived in a house (burnt c. 1900' that stood at 119 Parker Street was a veteran of the French and Indian Wars and had been wounded and taken prisoner in Canada in 1758 Perhaps it was his previous experience that prompted the Assembly to enlist his aid in the American attempt to win Canada Evidently some litigation arose as to his pay, for in October herequested thetownto either pay him the same as an ordinary soldier or to excuse him from further taxation to raise soldier’s pay.
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Acton Assabet Valley Beacon
Acton, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1973
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