(FamilySearch LBXQ-8GX and M6FV-HNP).
George grew up in New Canaan, CT. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a Sargent in the Massachusetts Infantry. During the War he was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. After the war, George settled in Castine, ME. There he married Abigail Littlefield in York, ME in 1787. She was a daughter of Peter Littlefield, Jr. (FamilySearch LZWQ-P5B). In those days, Maine was very rural. Local ministers were far apart and so when a couple married, they just started living together and they had a minister officiate whenever one passed by or they went to a large town. Thus two of her children were born before she was officially married.
As part of his compensation in the war, George was awarded land (Ohio perhaps?). In 1816, he decided to go look at it and possibly sell it. He never returned, no word of him ever reached his family.
Abigail, then 53 years old, was entitled to George’s pension for the war, but he never applied for it. So she started the process. Unfortunately, the government has lost all his later war records. George was in the army for 7 years but the records can only substantiate 8 Months.
Abigail has all her friends and George’s war buddies put together sworn testimony of who she is, who George is, and what his military record was.
These records endure and are available on Fold3. They are attested to by the local clerks of the court.
Abigail wa illiterate and signed her record with an "X". She recounts that she really doesn't know her age but she guesses she is 79 years of age in 1844 when she swore to her story. She should have been born in 1765 but she has miscalculated.
These recountings by others tell where George served during the war, his ranks and that Abigail was the daughter of Peter.
The government eventually gave Abigail a pension although it may not have been the full amount due a Captain. There are also no records of land being given to George.
When Abigail died, those creating her headstone search for her birth date and must have gotten the records from Wells, ME. But this was the birth date of her cousin Abigail Littlefield Eaton (FamilySearch LHQF-1VM). This cousin was the daughter of Benjamin Littlefield and Dorcas Black, and was married to Sgt. William Eaton. The cousin is a few years older but not enough to be obvious to the townspeople.
Abigail Littlefield Darrow’s dates of birth and death are 26 September 1763 – 9 February 1848
(Her date of birth is from “Maine Birth & Christenings" and the date of death off the final pension payment record where the government pension ended.)
There are few direct records of her children. But her children probably included Aaron, Palmer, Margaret (m. Whitney), Elizabeth (m. Noyes), and Harriet (m. Dolliff).
George grew up in New Canaan, CT. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a Sargent in the Massachusetts Infantry. During the War he was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. After the war, George settled in Castine, ME. There he married Abigail Littlefield in York, ME in 1787. She was a daughter of Peter Littlefield, Jr. (FamilySearch LZWQ-P5B). In those days, Maine was very rural. Local ministers were far apart and so when a couple married, they just started living together and they had a minister officiate whenever one passed by or they went to a large town. Thus two of her children were born before she was officially married.
As part of his compensation in the war, George was awarded land (Ohio perhaps?). In 1816, he decided to go look at it and possibly sell it. He never returned, no word of him ever reached his family.
Abigail, then 53 years old, was entitled to George’s pension for the war, but he never applied for it. So she started the process. Unfortunately, the government has lost all his later war records. George was in the army for 7 years but the records can only substantiate 8 Months.
Abigail has all her friends and George’s war buddies put together sworn testimony of who she is, who George is, and what his military record was.
These records endure and are available on Fold3. They are attested to by the local clerks of the court.
Abigail wa illiterate and signed her record with an "X". She recounts that she really doesn't know her age but she guesses she is 79 years of age in 1844 when she swore to her story. She should have been born in 1765 but she has miscalculated.
These recountings by others tell where George served during the war, his ranks and that Abigail was the daughter of Peter.
The government eventually gave Abigail a pension although it may not have been the full amount due a Captain. There are also no records of land being given to George.
When Abigail died, those creating her headstone search for her birth date and must have gotten the records from Wells, ME. But this was the birth date of her cousin Abigail Littlefield Eaton (FamilySearch LHQF-1VM). This cousin was the daughter of Benjamin Littlefield and Dorcas Black, and was married to Sgt. William Eaton. The cousin is a few years older but not enough to be obvious to the townspeople.
Abigail Littlefield Darrow’s dates of birth and death are 26 September 1763 – 9 February 1848
(Her date of birth is from “Maine Birth & Christenings" and the date of death off the final pension payment record where the government pension ended.)
There are few direct records of her children. But her children probably included Aaron, Palmer, Margaret (m. Whitney), Elizabeth (m. Noyes), and Harriet (m. Dolliff).
(FamilySearch LBXQ-8GX and M6FV-HNP).
George grew up in New Canaan, CT. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a Sargent in the Massachusetts Infantry. During the War he was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. After the war, George settled in Castine, ME. There he married Abigail Littlefield in York, ME in 1787. She was a daughter of Peter Littlefield, Jr. (FamilySearch LZWQ-P5B). In those days, Maine was very rural. Local ministers were far apart and so when a couple married, they just started living together and they had a minister officiate whenever one passed by or they went to a large town. Thus two of her children were born before she was officially married.
As part of his compensation in the war, George was awarded land (Ohio perhaps?). In 1816, he decided to go look at it and possibly sell it. He never returned, no word of him ever reached his family.
Abigail, then 53 years old, was entitled to George’s pension for the war, but he never applied for it. So she started the process. Unfortunately, the government has lost all his later war records. George was in the army for 7 years but the records can only substantiate 8 Months.
Abigail has all her friends and George’s war buddies put together sworn testimony of who she is, who George is, and what his military record was.
These records endure and are available on Fold3. They are attested to by the local clerks of the court.
Abigail wa illiterate and signed her record with an "X". She recounts that she really doesn't know her age but she guesses she is 79 years of age in 1844 when she swore to her story. She should have been born in 1765 but she has miscalculated.
These recountings by others tell where George served during the war, his ranks and that Abigail was the daughter of Peter.
The government eventually gave Abigail a pension although it may not have been the full amount due a Captain. There are also no records of land being given to George.
When Abigail died, those creating her headstone search for her birth date and must have gotten the records from Wells, ME. But this was the birth date of her cousin Abigail Littlefield Eaton (FamilySearch LHQF-1VM). This cousin was the daughter of Benjamin Littlefield and Dorcas Black, and was married to Sgt. William Eaton. The cousin is a few years older but not enough to be obvious to the townspeople.
Abigail Littlefield Darrow’s dates of birth and death are 26 September 1763 – 9 February 1848
(Her date of birth is from “Maine Birth & Christenings" and the date of death off the final pension payment record where the government pension ended.)
There are few direct records of her children. But her children probably included Aaron, Palmer, Margaret (m. Whitney), Elizabeth (m. Noyes), and Harriet (m. Dolliff).
George grew up in New Canaan, CT. During the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a Sargent in the Massachusetts Infantry. During the War he was promoted to Lieutenant and then to Captain. After the war, George settled in Castine, ME. There he married Abigail Littlefield in York, ME in 1787. She was a daughter of Peter Littlefield, Jr. (FamilySearch LZWQ-P5B). In those days, Maine was very rural. Local ministers were far apart and so when a couple married, they just started living together and they had a minister officiate whenever one passed by or they went to a large town. Thus two of her children were born before she was officially married.
As part of his compensation in the war, George was awarded land (Ohio perhaps?). In 1816, he decided to go look at it and possibly sell it. He never returned, no word of him ever reached his family.
Abigail, then 53 years old, was entitled to George’s pension for the war, but he never applied for it. So she started the process. Unfortunately, the government has lost all his later war records. George was in the army for 7 years but the records can only substantiate 8 Months.
Abigail has all her friends and George’s war buddies put together sworn testimony of who she is, who George is, and what his military record was.
These records endure and are available on Fold3. They are attested to by the local clerks of the court.
Abigail wa illiterate and signed her record with an "X". She recounts that she really doesn't know her age but she guesses she is 79 years of age in 1844 when she swore to her story. She should have been born in 1765 but she has miscalculated.
These recountings by others tell where George served during the war, his ranks and that Abigail was the daughter of Peter.
The government eventually gave Abigail a pension although it may not have been the full amount due a Captain. There are also no records of land being given to George.
When Abigail died, those creating her headstone search for her birth date and must have gotten the records from Wells, ME. But this was the birth date of her cousin Abigail Littlefield Eaton (FamilySearch LHQF-1VM). This cousin was the daughter of Benjamin Littlefield and Dorcas Black, and was married to Sgt. William Eaton. The cousin is a few years older but not enough to be obvious to the townspeople.
Abigail Littlefield Darrow’s dates of birth and death are 26 September 1763 – 9 February 1848
(Her date of birth is from “Maine Birth & Christenings" and the date of death off the final pension payment record where the government pension ended.)
There are few direct records of her children. But her children probably included Aaron, Palmer, Margaret (m. Whitney), Elizabeth (m. Noyes), and Harriet (m. Dolliff).
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87 yr; wife of Capt. George
Still lives the memory of departed worth.
The tear is holy that bedews the sod:
Although the failing form is hid in earth.
The living mind ascended to its God.
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