Nathaniel Fales (1727 - 1797)

Born 2 Jan 1727 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Badger — married 1749 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1797 at age 70 in Thomaston, Knox, Maine

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Biography

Nathaniel Fales is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A038362.

Nathaniel Fales is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 156268
Rank: Captain

Captain Nathaniel Fales served with Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel was born in 1727. He was the son of Nathaniel Fales and Elizabeth Atwood. He passed away in 1797.^[1]

According to one source, Nathaniel married Sarah Badger on 18 May 1749 in Norwich, Connecticut. The couple had at least seven children.^[2]

It is possible that it is this Nathaniel Fales who served as clerk for his Great Uncle Eliphalet Fales in the Crown Point Campaign in 1755. In those records he was noted to be from Littleton.^[3]

Captain Fales moved to Thomaston, ME from Bradford, MA in October of 1769.^[4] Capt. Fales assisted in protecting the coast and islands of Penobscot Bay from privateers in 1779 (the Penobscot Expedition).^[5] His tour of duty was 6 Jul to 26 Aug. ^[6] He assisted in 1784 with the establishment of a fishing treaty^[7] and other community issues. He became a carpenter and built houses in Thomaston, including one which was used for town meetings from 1787 to 1792.^[8]. The elder Fales' family is noted in the 1790 census of Thomaston Town to consist of two males over 16, one male under sixteen, and six females.^[9] Capt. Fales had a premonition of his death, reporting a dream in which his body had been laid in the grave, but not covered up until the pall bearers could bring another to the cemetery. In fact, he was buried the same day as another Maine pioneer, Judith Stackpole, under circumstances very similar to his dream. He was buried on the Lovett lot.^[10]

Captain Nathaniel was born in 1727. He passed away in 1797.

Sources

1. ↑ Fales, John Thomas, "The Fales Family: The First Ten Generations in America, James Fales and Anne Brock, Dedham, Massachusetts, 28 May 1655 - And Some of Their Descendants" (Geneaolgy Printing Co., Seattle, WA), 2005; pg 41.
2. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol II p 214.
3. ↑ “Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. American Ancestors, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.
4. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol II p 214.
5. ↑ "Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Maine" compiled by Carleton E. Fisher and Sue G. Fisher, 1982, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville KY.
6. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol I p 95 and 124.
7. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol 1 p 148.
8. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol I p 177 and 192
9. ↑ “1790 US Census,” Thurston Whiting’s District (Warren and Thomaston Maine), 20 Dec 1790.
10. ↑ Cyrus Eaton, The History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, ME., 2 volumes, Masters, Smith, and Company, Printers, Hallowell, 1865, reprinted by Courier-Gazette, Inc., 1972, Vol I p. 239.

• Payroll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 171-72 of 628.
• Muster roll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 118 of 628.

Marriage: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

• History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605 : with family genealogies; Vol. 02

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