Silas Angier (1737 - 1808)

Born 9 Oct 1737 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Died 6 Oct 1808 at age 70 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Private Silas Angier served with 9th Regiment, New Hampshire Militia during the American Revolution.

Silas Angier, the son of Benjamin and Sarah Angier, was born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, on 9 Oct 1737.^[1]

Elizabeth Drury and Silas Angier were married. They had at least the following children:

• Sally
• Benjamin, b. 27 May 1762 at Framingham^[2], or at Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire^[3]
• Sibbel, bpt. 15 May 1764 Framingham or 1768 Temple
• Betty or Betsey, b. 15 Sept 1768, Temple; bpt. 1 Oct 1769
• Joel, bpt. 4 Nov 1770 Framingham
• Silas, b. 19 April 1766 Temple
• Abel, b. ca. 1775
• Reuben, b. 21 March 1779 Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire; d. 11 Jan 1797
• Ruth, d. 24 July 1780
• Needham, b. 8 April 1781

Silas served from New Hampshire during the Revolutionary War.^[4]Silas served as a private in Col. Enoch Hales Regiment of Militia, which marched to Ticonderoga under the command of Captain Josiah Brown to reinforce the Continental Army there. He served May 8 until released 43 days later.^[5]

Silas Angier is listed on the payroll in Captain Gershom Drury's Company which marched from Temple, under the command of Lt. Col. THomas Heald, to reinforce the Continental Army at Ticonderoga in June 1777. He served for 10 days from June 29 until discharged on July 12.^[6]

He served again in Captain Gershom Drury's Company of Militia from Temple, which marched with Col. Daniel Moore's Regiment on 29 Sept 1777 and joined the northern Continental Army at Saratoga. He served for 28 days from September 29 until October 26.^[7]

Silas Angier died on 6 Oct 1808 and is buried at the Village Cemetery, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire.^[8] His military gravestone was erected in 1961.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Marlborough (Mass.) Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts F.P. Rice, trustee of the fund (Worcester, Mass. : 1908). Page 11. Accessed on 26 Feb 2017 at Archive.org. Page 11]
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GY-G8K : 18 October 2017), Benjamin Angier, 27 May 1762; citing Birth, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 872,797.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL21-M94 : 12 December 2014), Benjamin Angier, 27 May 1762; citing Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,481.
4. ↑ HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 15, PP 95, 96, 364. Private: 1) CAPT GERSHOM DRURY, COL THOMAS HEALD
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-NMYR : accessed 26 February 2017), Silas Angier, 06 May 1777; citing New Hampshire, United States, Archives and Records Management, Concord.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-NMGF : accessed 26 February 2017), Silas Angier, 29 Jun 1777; citing New Hampshire, United States, Archives and Records Management, Concord.
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Revolutionary War Records, 1675-1835," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q242-NQ8N : accessed 26 February 2017), Silas Angier, 29 Sep 1777; citing Temple, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Archives and Records Management, Concord.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave," database, Silas Angier, 1808; Burial, Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States of America, Fitzwilliam Village Cemetery; Maintained by: James Ahaesy; Originally Created by: Bev; Record added: Sep 24, 2006; Find A Grave: Memorial #15874534
9. ↑ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941. Microfilm publication M1916, 134 rolls. ARC ID: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. National Archives at Washington, D.C. Applications for Headstones, compiled 01/01/1925 - 06/30/1970, documenting the period ca. 1776 - 1970 ARC: 596118. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985, Record Group 92. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Feb. 26, 2017), "Record of Silas Angier", Ancestor # A002818.