Jeremiah Haskell, Jr., of Lancaster, Mass., was a Corporal in Captain Benjamin Houghton's company of Lancaster Minute Men who marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge, enlisted in the army and fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill as third sergeant in his brother Andrew Haskells company.
Jeremiah, Jr. of Lancaster, was a private in Captain William Warner's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment; return for advance pay, mileage to camp, etc., dated Camp at Hull, June 8, 1776; also, same company and regiment; service from April 26, 1776, 4 days preceding march, to Nov. 1, 1776; also, same company and regiment; payroll for Nov., 1776, dated Boston.
Jeremiah, a Corporal in Captain Jonathan Carriel's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment; service from August 1, 1776, to November 1, 1776, 3 months. Roll dated Camp at Hull.
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1422. Capt. Andrew Caleb Haskell
Andrew, of Lancaster, served with Captain Whitcomb's Regiment. He is listed in the Regimental Returns for 19 September 1775 at Prospect Hill, Waltham near Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew was a Captain in Colonel Marshal's regiment; list of officers commissioned 5 July 1776.
Andrew, of Lancaster, a Lieutenant in Captain John White's company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment; entered service July 23, 1777, service 1month 8 days, on an alarm at Bennington, mileage (130 miles) allowed.
Andrew, of Lancaster, was on a descriptive list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, as retuned by Captain Daniel Goss to Colonel Josiah Whitney, dated Lancaster, May 19 1778; Captain White's company, Colonel Whitney's regiment; age, 30 years; stature,5 ft. 10 in; complexion dark; hair, dark; eyes, black; residence, Lancaster. Also, list of men mustered to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, Colonel Whitney's regt., engaged for town of Lancaster, mustered May 13 1778.
Andrew was on a list of men raised in Worcester County for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival in Fishkill 7 June 1778; agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778; return as mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., Deputy Muster Master, dated Fishkill, Aug. 1, 1778; engaged for town of Lancaster
Also, private, Capt. Samuel King's company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's (10th) regiment; muster roll for Jan. 1779, dated West Point; enlisted June 7, 1778, enlistment, 9 months; reported on leave for 6 days by order of General Paterson. Also, same company, and regiment, muster roll for March. 1779, dated West Point; reported discharged March 7, 1779. Andrew, of Lancaster, served with Captain Whitcomb's Regiment. He is listed in the Regimental Returns for 19 September 1775 at Prospect Hill, Waltham near Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew, Lieutenant, served with Captain L. Wilder's company of Colonel S. Denny's (3rd) regiment; engaged 27 October 1779, service to 1 December 1779, 1 month and 5 days at Claverack; travel home 9 days (180 miles) allowed; Roll dated at Albany.
Andrew is also found in descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for a term of 6 months, from 5 June 1780. He was described as: age, 33 years; stature, 5ft 11 inches; complexion, ruddy. He was engaged for the town of Lancaster, marched to camp 13 July 1780, under the command of Captain T. Pritchard.
Also, as a Sergeant in Colonel Gamaliel Bradford's (14th) regiment; muster roll for Oct.-Dec., 1780, dated Huts, near West Point; appointed July 12, 1780; enlistment, 6 months; reported discharged Dec. 20, 1780.
Andrew, of Lancaster, Sergeant, was on payroll for 4 months; men belonging to the town of Lancaster mustered for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched from home to West Point 12 July 1780; discharged 30 December 1780, service 5 months and 18 days, travel 10 days (200 miles) allowed.
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The following is a description of the campaign that resulted in the death of Andrew and his brother Abijah.St. Clair's Defeat also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, was fought on November 4, 1791 in the Northwest Territory between the United States and the Western Confederacy of American Indians, as part of the Northwest Indian War. It was a major American Indian victory and remains the greatest defeat of the United States Army by American Indians.
The American Indians were led by Little Turtle of the Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and Buckongahelas of the Delawares (Lenape). The war party numbered more than one thousand warriors, including a large number of Potawatomis from eastern Michigan and the Saint Joseph. The opposing force of about 1,000 Americans was led by General Arthur St. Clair, who had proved to be an able commander during the American Revolutionary War. The American Indian confederacy was overwhelmingly victorious. In proportional terms of losses to strength, it was the worst defeat that United States forces have ever suffered in battle of the 1,000 officers and men that St. Clair led into battle, only 48 escaped unharmed. As a result, President George Washington forced St. Clair to resign his post and Congress initiated its first investigation of the executive branch.
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Nath'n Haskill took an Oath of Allegiance before Robert Baldwin on June 29 1801 to qualify for a grant of land. He was described as 5' 7", light brown hair age 46.
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Manuscript of persons taking Oath of Allegiance before Robert Baldwin, 1800 - 1818
Baldwin Room, Toronto Public Library
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Nathaniel Haskell, Private, Captain Fortunatas Eager's company., Colonel Josiah Whitney's rediment, marched December 17, 1776; returned March 27, 1777; service 3 months 10 days, travel 14 days (280 miles) home also allowed. Company marched to reinforce army under General Washington in the Jerseys; roll dated Lancaster and endorsed "marched to New York."Also Captain William Greenleaf's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney regiment, enlisted September 5, 1777, discharged September 11, 1778, service 6 days, on an alarm at Dartmouth; roll sworn to in Plymouth County.
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Jonathan White was in the battles of Bunker Hill, White Plans and Saratoga
Mary Eveleth died in infancy.
Rizpah Eveleth was unmarried.
Henry served as a Lieutenant in the French and Indian war of 1760.
He was commissioned into Massachusetts Service as a Lieutenant Colonel and served with the 15th Massachusetts Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Tim Bigalow. Henry was at Van Schick's Island on 1 September 1777, and then moved to Albany on 11 September 1777. Here he may have been a Quartermaster because he ordered from a Mr. Coolridge on Hudson River 20 pairs of shoes and 65 pairs of hose at a total of £48-6s-8d.
After the Battle of Germantown on October 1777, Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge and Henry Haskell was there in February, March, April, and May of 1778, although he was granted some leave in March and April, he is then listed at Peekskill, Westchester, Southern New York State, on the 19 April 1779 No other information about Henry has been found on Henry after this date.
Henry, of Shirley, served as a Captain of a company of Minutemen in Colonel James Prescott's regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, returned home May 5, 1775, service 18 days. Also, found as a Captain, Colonel Prescott's regiment, pay abstract for mileage to and from headquarters dated Camp at Cambridge, January 13, 1776, mileage (74 miles) allowed said Haskell. Also, a certificate dated February 17, 1776, signed by Colonel William Prescott, stating that said Haskell, Captain, with the officers of his company "behaved themselves as good officers and appeared faithful in the Cause;" ordered in Council Feb. 23, 1776, that said officers be commissioned.
He was also shown as a Lieutenant Colonel in Nicholas Dikes' regiment, list of officers; ordered in Council February 1, 1777, that said officers be commissioned; commissions to him dated December 1, 1776. Also, as Lieutenant Colonel in Timothy Bigelow's regiment. Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777 to July 1, 1779; reported a Supernumerary. Also, Colonel Bigelow's 15th regiment; muster roll for January - August 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island, and sworn to at Camp near Half Moon; appointed January 1, 1777. Also, same regiment; pay abstracts for November and December, 1778, March and April 1779, dated Providence.
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John, of Shirley, served as a Drummer in Captain S. Smith's company of Colonel T. Bigelow's regiment; Continental Army pay accounts for service from 10 April 1777, to 3 December 1777; reported died 16 November 1777; listed in muster roll for January to August 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island and sworn to in camp at Stillwater; included on muster roll for November 1777, and sworn to in Camp near the Gulf. Enlisted for the town of Shirley and mustered by Colonel Barrett, County Muster Master, and by Colonel Varrick, Continental Muster Master.
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Prudence Haskell was unmarried.
Martha Little was previously married.
Abner, of Lancaster, was a private in Captain John Prescott's company, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge, service 9 days. Also, Captain Fortunatus Eager's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment; marched Dec. 17, 1776, returned March 27, 1777, service 3 months 10 days; travel home 14 days (280 miles). Also the company marched to reinforce army in the Jerseys under General Washington.Also with Captain William Greenleaf's company, Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment; enlisted Aug. 22, 1777, discharged Aug. 28, 1777, service 6 days, mileage home (80 miles) allowed. Company marched on an alarm at Bennington.
Abner was a private in Captain M. Sawyer's company of Colonel J. Whitney's regiment; served from 30 July until 13 September 1778, 1 month and 15 days at Rhode Island; Roll sworn to at Lancaster, Massachusetts.
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Probate File, Cheshire, New Hampshire, Abner Haskell, 1736-1809
Abner died intestate
Wife Mary
Sons Joseph and Levi
Daughters Molly and SallyCopy of probate file in Haskell Family Association digital library; code Probate0066
Abraham Haskell was a physician in Lunenburg and Leominster, Massachusetts.
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Chronicles of the Haskell Family
Ira J. Haskell
Ellis Printing Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1943
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Member and sometime Vice President, Massachusetts Medical Society
Sophia Haskell's death was due to cholera.