Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Captain Israel Heald, One of the branches on the Putnam tree that leads to the American Revolution


Last post of the day is about Captain Israel Heald.  

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By Godefroy, François, 1743?-1819 - Scanned by me from an old German book: Welst-Geschichte Herausgegeben von Professor Dr J.v.Pflugk-Harttung Neuzeit seit 1815 Berlin Ullstein & Co (copyright 1910) Another copy of this image is in the New York Public Library Digital Collection. Image URL:http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=254155&imageID=478724&word=battle%20of%20lexington&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&k=0&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=46&num=0&imgs=20&pNum=&pos=7#_seemore Image Title: Journée de Lexington. Medium: Engravings Specific Material Type: Prints Standard Reference: EM2374 Catalog Call Number: MEZP Digital ID: 478724 Record ID: 254155, Public Domain, Link

He was born on August 16th, 1736 in Action, MA.  He died October 28th, 1815.  On the dame day that Timothy Wheeler was misdirecting the British about the flour, Captain Heald was mustering as part of the Action, MA minutemen to deal with the incursion.  He marched as an officer in Captain Jonas Robbins company.  His Daughter of the American Revolution number is A053764.

The table below shows how we are related.


Relationship
Name
Birth
Death
6th Great Grandfather
Captain Israel Heald
August 16th, 1736
Action, MA
October 28th, 1815
Action, MA
6th Great Grandmother
Susanna Robbins
5th Great Grandfather
Benjamin Heald
4th Great Grandmother
Susan Heald
3rd Great Grandfather
Benjamin Franklin Heald
1822
Dover, ME
2nd Great Grandfather
Frank H Washington Carpenter
Great Grandmother
Grandfather

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