Reuben 39
Amos Tappan 40
Enoch 41
Levi Benjamin 42
George g/s

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Joseph (John,² Philip¹), b. 1731 (?) ; d. at Danville, Vt., 1812; m. Sarah Davis, bap. 1743, d. 1814.

He was a blacksmith by trade. In 1755 he was recommended to be an ensign in Colonel Poor’s regiment, and at the age of twenty he enlisted in the company of Captain Nathaniel Huntoon, and in 1777 was first lieutenant in Alexander Scammel’s regiment. In 1781 he received instructions to go after deserters, and the next year appears with his son Reuben on the pay-roll of Captain Dearing, which in October was reduced to

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quarter instead of half pay. He served as a lieutenant during the Revolutionary War, and was wounded in the left arm, at the battle of Stillwater, Sept. 19, 1777; at another time a British bullet cut the knot off his necktie.

Click here to go to full-size picture of  young son George's gravestone, East Unity Cemetery, Unity NH by Harry Huntoon.  Note that this places Joseph and Sarah at Unity NH in 1788.

39    i     Reuben.

40   ii     Amos Tappan.

      iii     Anna, m. Moses Stone, of Cabot, Vt.

      iv     Polly, m. Colonel Nathan Glidden.

v     Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1774; m. Esther Nichols; went to Illinois.

41  vi     Enoch.

     vii     Sally, m. William Morrill, of Danville, Vt.

 viii     Betsey, b. 1782; d. 1856; m. John Stone, of Cabot, Vt.

42  ix     Levi Benjamin.

        x     George, d. young.