My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameLucy Spaulding
Birth Date1748
Birth PlaceTownsend, Middlesex Co., MA
Death Date21 Mar 1837 Age: 89
Death PlaceTemple, Hillsborough Co., NH
Spouses
Birth Date2 Jan 1746
Birth PlaceRowley, Essex Co., MA
Death Date6 Jan 1809 Age: 63
Death PlaceTemple, Hillsborough Co., NH
Memopossible death year = 1806
Misc. Notes
Revolutionary War service
All children born in Temple, NH.
Of Townsend, Mass.: settled in Temple, N. H. Eldad Spofford, the father, died Jan. 6, 1809; his wife, March 21, 1837, having married a second husband, Deacon Putnam, of Wilton, N. H.
Burial stone inscription, from Old Village Burial Ground, Temple, NH:
Mr. Eldad Spafford, January 6--1806, in sixty-second year. "Hero of 1776." [S. A. R. Marker.] "When I stood firm, robust and strong God called my soul away." -- changed death year from 1809 to 1806 on 7 Jan. 2010.
Sergeant in Enoch Hale’s Regiment of Militia in the State of New Hampshire, who marched from the Counties of Cheshire & Hillsborough at the requisition of Major General Gates to reinforce the Army at Ticonderoga. Engaged October 22nd. Returned Nov. 16th, 1776.
Marr Dateabt 1768
Marr PlaceTemple, Hillsborough Co., NH
ChildrenLydia (1769-1840)
Birth PlaceWilton, Hillsborough Co., NH