Re: Thomas and John Doyle of Lancaster, PA
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Re: Thomas and John Doyle of Lancaster, PA
geri brennan 6/25/01
The Lt. Thomas Doyle who was wounded in the Revolution and received a pension is NOT the Thomas Doyle III 1758-1805 of Lancaster, PA who served in the Revolution and in the 1790s served in the army on the Ohio/Illinois frontier.
According to the Revolutionary War Pension application files at the National Archives, there was another Thomas Doyle--this one from Doylestown, PA, who also fought in the Revolution. According to a 1934 letter from the Veterans Administration to a descendant of Thomas Doyle of Doylestown: he joined the army at age 16 and later "lost his leg while in service. The records of this office show that one Thomas Doyle served as Captain in the Revolutionary army and was pensioned at a rate of $240 per annum .....on account of disability in service.He died 2/6/1802."
Just to make things more confusing--Thomas Doyle III (aka. Thomas Doyle Jr.) of Lancaster had a father named Thomas Doyle II 1730-@1800(aka. Thomas Doyle Sr.) who may have also served in the local Lancaster militia during the conflict.
Let's keep digging.
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Re: Thomas and John Doyle of Lancaster, PA
geri brennan 6/25/01