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- From FindaGrave:
John was the son of John andTemperance (Crary) Dunbar (b. 1723).
John moved from Connecticut to Hertford on the New Hampshire Grants (now Hartland, Windsor County, Vermont) where he was the 1st recorded owner of Garvin Hill, the highest point in town, being about 1800 feet.
In the later part of 1776, John served as a Private in Captain John House's Company, Colonel Nahum Baldwin's New Hampshire Regiment. Captain House was from Hanover and Colonel Baldwin was from Concord, New Hampshire. Many of the men in Captain House's Company came from Towns on the New Hampshire Grants (now Vermont). The Regiment was raised in late September for the purpose of reinforcing General George Washington's Army in New York. The Regiment was in the Battle at White Plains, October 28, 1776. It was dismissed early in December of that year.
On September 23, 1777, John entered the service as a Private in Captain Joshua Hazen's Company, Colonel Peter Olcott's Vermont Militia Regiment. While engaged in this service he traveled 18 miles and served 34 days until the Company was discharge by the General commanding the Northern Department of the America Army following the Battle at Saratoga, New York and the surrender of General John Burgoyne and his British Army in October 1777.
In late 1780 and early 1781, John served as a Private for a total of 5 days in Captain Elias Weld's Hertford (Hartland) Militia Company called out to respond to 2 separate alarms. In October 1780, John marched north 25 miles under the immediate command of the Company's Captain to Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont. In March 1781, he marched 32 miles and crossed the Connecticut River under the immediate command of the Company's Lieutentant Daniel Spooner to Orford, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
John married, April 1783, Euncie Gallup (1759-1829) by whom he had at least 3 children (1 daughter and 2 sons): Eunice (b. 1784) and the 2nd son named Joseph.
References:
(1) "Elisha Dunbar Waldron", 1888, page 5
(2) "Ancestors and Descendants of Calvert Crary and his wife Eliza Hill, Liberty, N.Y." by Jerry Crary, 1917, page 25
(3) "Hartland In The Revolutionary War" by Dennis Flower, pages 17-18 & 39-40
(4) "The State of New Hampshire. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775, to May, 1777:" Vol. 1 - of War Rolls, by Isaac W. Hammond, 1885, pages 416 & 422-423
(5) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 55-56, 276-277, 347-348, & 663
(6) "The Gallup Family of Hartland" by May E. Rogers, 1963, page 8
Inscription
In
memory of
John Dunbar
Died June 12, 1827
AE 75 years
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1760 - 1827 (66 years)
