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John Wadsworth
1735 - 1776 (40 years)
Generation: 1
1. John Wadsworth was born on 12 Dec 1735 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Mar 1776 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Canton Corner Cemetery, Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Notes:
John served as a private in Capt Peter Talbot's company, Col Lemuel Robinson's regiment, marching on the alarm of 19 April 1775, with six days service. He also served for two short periods in March 1776, being with the Stoughton unit that marched on Dorchester Heights and Braintree. Because of his 1776 military service, he could not have been the John Wadsworth who died in Milton, Mass. 11 Dec 1775. A published book about the Wadsworth family says that John died of disease during the Revolutionary War.