Lemuel Coffin - Revolutionary War
I am looking for information on the life of Lemuel Coffin who marched on Lexington and Concord, fought at Bunker Hill and served as member of George Washington's Lifeguard at Valley Forge....I am trying to write a short story about Lem and would like to hear from anyone who has additional information. Thanks in advance
Coffin, Lemuel, Newburyport (also given Newbury and Gardnerstown). Private, Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; also, Capt. Benjamin Perkins's co., Col. Moses Little's (17th) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 9, 1775; service, 12 weeks; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775]; age, 21 yrs.; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Nov. 14, 1775; also, Capt. Benjamin Perkins's co.; company return for 1775 endorsed “Col. Garrish's regt.;” also, return of men enlisted into Continental Army from 2d Essex Co. regt., as made by Maj. Ralph Cross, sworn to in Essex Co., Feb. 16, 1778; residence, Gardnerstown; enlisted for town of Newburyport; enlistment, 3 years; reported in Gen. Washington's Life Guard; also, Lieut. Col. William Washington's (3d) regt. of light dragoons; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 13, 1779.
--Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.
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