found in Bible.....

[mojjax]

I bought this Bible(1860) at a school rummage sale . This receipt was in it .

Did this Able Whitney guy get drafted....... or maybe sign-up on his own??
It appears to be from Standish , Maine .

I don't think there were any wars going on in 1829. I guess they always needed people to defend their local turf .

any info appreciated !

 

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[carpetbagger]

Very sweet indeed nice piece of history you have there

Jeff


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[jasonbo]

no known if same commanding officer but if he was alt capt then he would be more then likley a col or general in 1829 if still in the military

Lieutenant, Capt. William Marean's co. of
Minutemen, Col. Doolittle's regt., marched on the alarm of 19 Apr 1775; for 9
days; also, Captain, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt.; at Charlestown Camp,
13 Jul 1775; also, return of officers belonging to Col. Doolittle's regt. who
lost articles at the battle of Bunker Hill, dated 13 Jul 1775; also, at Camp
at Winter Hill, 6 Oct 1775; also, at Camp Mt. Washington, 27 Sep 1776, also,
Captain, 2d co., Lieut. Col. Thomas Nixon's (4th) regt.; at North Castle,
9 Nov 1776; also, Captain, Col. Thomas Nixon's 6th (or 5th) regt.; from 1 Jan
1777 to 15 Oct 1778; reported a supernumerary officer 15 Oct 1778; also,
Captain, 1st co., Col. Nixon's (4th) regt.; muster roll dated Van Schaick's
Island, 2 Sep 1777, and sworn to at Camp near Stillwater; also, Nov-Dec 1777,
at Albany; also, same regt.; on furlough from 1 Mar to 1 Apr 1778, also, at
White Plains, 7 Sep 1778. Ref. MA01

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That would make him like 80 so probably not

 

[Gypsy Heart]

It was probally one of this Abel's grandsons


Abel Whitney, son of Nathan, purchased in 1767 thirty acres
of common land, on which he made his home. This land, which is
situated about a half mile west of where the Methodist church is now
located on North St., he conveyed, April, 1791, to his son Nathaniel,
Jr. The following year Nathaniel, Jr., sold to John Akers this farm

[p. 831]

which he says, "I and my father now occupy." Abel Whitney ws
a Revolutionary soldier in Capt. Josiah Jenkins's company, Col.
Brewer's 12th Mass. He married Thankful, daughter of Capt. Bry-
ant and Thankful Morton. Children:

Joseph, b. May 1, 1760, d. in Alfred with the Shakers, Sept. 19, 1847.
Lydia, b. July 28, 1763, d. July, 1767.
Betty, b. July 22, 1765, m. a Mr. Boynton.
Sarah, } b. June 20, 1769, {m. Robert Higgins, p. Sept. 19, 1789.
Nathaniel,} {m. Zilpha Martin, Mar. 16, 1794; l'd in Standish.
Reuben, b. July 21, 1771, m. Mercy Baker; d. in Litchfield.
Simeon, b. Feb. 9, 1774, went to eastern Maine.
Susanna, b. Apr. 2, 1776, m. ----- Hale.
Levi, b. May 18, 1779, m. Happy Higgins, about 1800; l'd in Standish.
Lydia, b. Apr. 30, 1782, m. ----- Starbird; d. in Standish.

Abel Whitney died in Standish.

http://www.whitneygen.org/archives/extracts/mclellan.html

 

[Gypsy Heart]

The militia often assembled at the Plains Meeting House a Baptist church and town meeting hall that stood on the site of today's Soldier's Monument . A description of a South Berwick militia call-up there in 1829 was published in 1908 in Old Eliot , Book Three, Vol. VIII, p. 195:

Second Regiment first Brigade and first Division of Maine Militia -- South Berwick, September 24, 1829:

Pursuant to a Brigade order of September 21st, A.D. 1829, Capt. Samuel F. Staples will parade the company under his command on the plain near The Revd. Mr. Boyd's Meeting house in South Berwick, on Wednesday the fourteenth day of October next, at Seven o'clock in the forenoon, armed and equipped as the law directs for military duty, review and inspection: and there await the orders of the Adjutant of Said Regiment. Capt. Staples will make written application as by law directed to the Select Men of the town wherein his Company belongs for the rations to which they are entitled. The Regiment will be ready for the reviewing officer at nine o'clock in the forenoon.

-- By order of the Colonel, Isaac P. Yeaton, Adjutant

 

[wesfrye53]

Mojjax...that's a great find

Gypsy Elf MileLongLegs....your research 'bout knocked my socks off!