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ecord: ‘With men who marched from the county of Cheshireat the requisition of Major General Gates to reinforce the armyat Ticonderoga from October 28 to November 18, 1776; onalarm with men from Cornish and adjacent towns to reinforcethe garrison at Ticonderoga, from June 27 to July 11, 1777.During this campaign he was appointed senior or color sergeant.He was also with men from Cornish who joined the Continentalarmy under General Gates, near Saratoga, from September 22 toOctober 23, 1777.” At a council holden at Concord, N. H., June14, 1786, he was nominated major for the Twenty-fourth Regi- ment, and received the appointment June 5, 1787.” He was married twice, first at Lebanon, 18 January, 1776,to Vinal Bliss, b Lebanon, 15 February, 1758; d Brookfield, 12February, 1811, and second at Brookfield, 12 November, 1812,to Betsey Bailey, b Brookfield, 11 October 1761; d 5 October,1827. He lived in Lebanon until 1791, when he moved toBrookfield, Vt., and purchased of Shubal Cross the farm sinceknown as ‘“‘Willow Grove.” It is located in the widest part ofthe valley of the East branch, or the headwaters of WhiteRiver. He resided there until his death, after suffering severalyears with kidney disease. Associated with his arrival in Brook-field is the purchase of a large silver spoon marked “N. W.,”which has descended through each generation as the propertyof the one named Nathaniel. He possessed all his faculties tothe last, and said, ‘He was prepared to die; he trusted his peacewas made with God through the Redeemer.’”’ He wasa consist-ent and persevering Christian, and possessed the respect andconfidence of his townsmen, which was manifested by the im- portant offices they were pleased to bestow upon him. His first wife was daughter of Azariah Bliss, one of thefirst settlers, and one of the most respected citizens of Lebanon, THE WHEATLEY GENEALOGY. 29
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