Aaron (John,3 John,2 Philip1), b. June 9, 1758;
m. Jan. 11, 1781, Elizabeth Smith.
Colcord Patten, in his manuscript history of Kingston, N. H., says "He served in
the Revolutionary War from its beginning to its close. Often has he been listened to with
breathless attention while he related the story of his hardships and sufferings. This old
soldier did not shoulder his crutch and show how fields were won, for fortunately he was
never wounded in battle, al though some fell by his side. But he was at the capture of
Burgoyne’s army, when the British lion for the first time cow ered to the American
eagle, and said he, ‘I was the first soldier that stood at the gate when the British
army marched out.’ He used to relate that he had sometimes put on a new pair of shoes
in the morning and so poorly made were they that they fell to pieces before night, so that
he was forced to go barefooted, He was paid off in Continental money, so depreciated in
value that he had hardly enough to bring him home. He resided in Kingston several years
after the war, and then removed to Epping, where he died at an advanced age, a government
pensioner."
i Jacob.
ii Seth.
iii Nathaniel.
iv Polly.
