Christopher Walcott, Revolutionary War

Data submitted by Charles Waid on June 28, 2015:

Ens. Christopher Walcott Page 1

Born 1756 Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

Christened 18 Mar 1757 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Died 8 Jul 1777 Bennington, Bennington Co., Vermont

CHRISTOPHER enlisted in Capt. Amasa Soper's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Massachusetts Regiment, serving from 1 November 1776 to 1 December 1776. He was commissioned Ensign in his uncle, Col. Thomas Marshall's, Regiment.

He was killed Fort Ann during the Battle of Bennington, Vermont. A military pension was granted in 1798 to Benjamin and Thomas Walcott, and Lucy Strafford, coheirs of Christopher Walcott.

Christopher Wallcut, Boston. Sergeant, Capt. Soper's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt.; service from Aug. 1, 1776, to Nov. 1, 1776, 3 mos.; also Sergeant, Capt. Amasa Soper's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt.; service from Nov. 1, 1776, to Dec. 1, 1776, 1 mo. Roll sworn to at Boston; Ensign, Col. Thomas Marshall's (10th) Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to July 8, 1777; reported killed; also, Ensign, Capt. Winslow's co., Col. Marshall's Regt.; list of officers in the Continental Army; ordered in Council Jan. 30, 1777, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned Jan. 30, 1777; residence, Boston; also, Ensign, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., Col. Marshall?s Regt.; Subsistence allowed said Wallcut from date of engagement, Dec. 3, 1776, to April 4, 1777; credited with 122 days allowance, including allowance for 11 days travel on march to Bennington; also, Ensign, Capt.

Jacob Wales's (1st) Co., Col. Marshall's Regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, etc., approved April 8, 1779; reported killed July 8, 1777.

Christopher was a nephew of Col. Thomas and Captain Christopher Marshall, who were members of the

Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnatti. His Bounty Land Warrant was granted to his heirs Benjamin, Thomas Walcott and Lucy Strafford on 26 November 1798. Descendants of Christopher's family are eligible for membership in the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati under the Rule of 1854.

Capt. Benjamin Walcott, Revolutionary War

Data submitted by Charles Waid on June 28, 2015:

Family Group Record for Capt. Benjamin Walcott Page 1

Born 14 Aug 1754 Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts

Christened 10 Jul 1757 Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

Died 28 Jun 1829 Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts

Buried Old North Burial Ground, Nantucket, Nantucket Co., Massachusetts

General Notes: Husband - Capt. Benjamin Walcott

BENJAMIN was a baker at Boston. He was a Sgt. in Capt. Truscott's Co., Massachusetts militia, and then enlisted in the regiment of his uncle, Col. Thomas Marshall. On 6 November 1776 he was commissioned Capt. of the 7th Militia Co.

In 1776 he was elected Lt. of the Boston Continental Line and given 10L to be used to recruit a company to be part of Col. Marshall's Regt. which was part of the Northern Army. He was captured by the British at Fort Ann 8 July 1777, during the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, and was taken to Quebec. He was exchanged for British prisoners at Albany, New York, on 24 October 1777. His company was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. He received a warrant for 300 acres of land for his services and was in 1818 awarded a pension of $20 a month which was later dropped as he was not in need. In 1789 he moved from Boston to Nantuckett, where he continued working as a baker.

His name was sometimes spelled Walcutt and Wallcut.

He enlisted again Jan. 20, 1777 in Capt. Benj. Wolcott's Company, Col. Thomas Marshall's Regiment, and served until Dec. 31, 1779, and again served from Jan. 1, 1780, until the 30th of the same month.