William
Samuel
Files
Junior
Born in Gorham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Ancestors 
Son of William Samuel (Files) File
and Joanna (More) Files
Husband of
Hannah (Sturgis) Files
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jonathan Sturgis Files
Died
at age 72
in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
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Biography
William was born in 1761. He passed away in 1834.
- Fact: Residence (1761) Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
- Fact: Residence (1761) Maine, United States
- Fact: Other
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 September 2018, 05:38), entry for William Files Junior(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCR4-36F); contributed by various users.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCR4-36F
He served in Captain Alexander McLellan's Company and Captain Jonathan Andrew's Company during the Revolution; later received a pension for his service. (Certificate #S-29796, Rev. War Pension, National Archives). "William Files, Private, Captain Alexander McClellan's Company (should read "McLellan"), Colonel Jonathan Mitchel's Regiment; enlisted July 7, 1779; discharged September 25, 1779; service 2 months, 18 days on Penobscot expedition Roll dated Gorham." "William Files, Private, Captain Jonathan Andrew's Company, Colonel Joseph Prime's Regiment; enlisted May 8, 1780; discharged December 31,1780; service 7 months, 24 days, under Brig. General P. Wadsworth at the eastward. Roll certified at Thomaston." (Vol. 5, pp. 660, 661, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution.)
Source: Files Genealogy by Eleanor F. Patch of Quincy, Massachusetts, c.1982
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