Ancestors & Cousins Serving Our Country

by Kate Montressor


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Jonathan and Samuel Bradley were attacked by about 100 Indians, and killed when they went to help their neighbors. Their families maintained a life-long fear of Indians.

Col David Folsom was a proud Choctaw Chief and served in the US Army.

Those who have served in other wars, the Militia, National Guard, or other service:

The American Revolution

Samuel Staples had been married twice and had 11 children and several grandchildren when the British soldiers arrived in Kittery, Maine. Samuel was in his 60s. The British grabbed him and forced him to serve on a war ship. He must have been more trouble than he was worth because he was shot and thrown overboard, never to see his family again.

This enraged the community, and many young men in the area joined General Washington's forces, including 2 of Samuel's sons.

Joshua Staples served 6 years 2 months in the Revolution as a private and a corporal,including the brutal winter at Valley Forge. He was well-thought of and served honorably. His discharge was personally signed by General Washington and he received the Badge of Merit.

Moses Staples was living in Deer Isle, Maine when he joined the 2nd Essex County Regiment on Feb 16, 1778. He was assigned to Capt Pillsbury's Company and served for 3 years.

Timothy Dam served the Revolution as a Colonel, returning home when the war ended in 1802. A year later he died when he fell off his horse.

Samuel Dam served as a private in Capt Caleb Hodgdon's company of Seavey's Island and as a private in Capt John Smith's company.

Paul Twombly served in Captain Henry Hunter's Company, Colonel Jones' regiment, on an alarm in defense of a ship loading with masts on the Sheepscot River.

George Dame was a Loyalist and fought on the British side during the Revolution as a Lieutenant of the 8th Regiment of Foot. He had joined before the war, but was not commissioned until 1775 with the Royal Highland Emigrants (later the 84th Foot). He was then commissioned Captain in Butler's Rangers on 11 November 1779. At wars end, he was granted 3,000 acres in Bertie Township, Niagara District (vicinity of St. Catherines, Ontario).

Theophilus Dame (George's father) also was a Loyalist, serving as an officer of the King's Regiment. He was a Lieutenant in the regiment from 1757 until promoted to Captain on 27 March 1770. He retired in 1771. He was probably the oldest captain in the regiment at the time, although not the longest serving.

Other who served during the Revolution:
In old age, the surviving Revolution soldiers received government assistance resulting from the "Statement Of Revolutionary Pensioners Under The Act Of The 7th Of June, 1832".

The Civil War

Harriet Patience Dame was a nurse during the Civil War, taking care of the sick and wounded on the field from 1861 to 1865, serving with the 2d Regt New Hampshire Volunteers. She also help found the Soldier's Home at Tilton, New Hampshire.

Dr Levi Woodbury Tuttle was a physician for the Confederate Army.

Waldron Moore Dame served in the closing years of the Civil War, enlisting in the 37th New Jersey Volunteers, 10th Army.

John D. Conary served with Co G, 11th Reg. Maine Volunteers.

Brothers Nathan Billings Conary, Cyrus M. Conary, and Jesse Lee Conary served with Co H, 26th Reg Maine Volunteers.

Asa Gurly Conary served with Co D, 2nd Regt. U.S. Sharpshooters.

Charles H. Conary served with Co M, 1st Maine Artillery Volunteers.

William Wallace Conary served aboard the blockade ship "Jamestown" off of Fort Fisher, during the Civil War. He went aboard on his first enlistment as an able seaman. He was a civilian volunteer.

Other who served during the War Between the States:



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