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Captain Jonathan Bardwell
1714 - 1781 (67 years)
Generation: 1
1. Captain Jonathan Bardwell was born in 1714 in Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 27 May 1781 in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in South Cemetery, Belchertown, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Notes:
Capt Jonathan Bardwell, son of Ebenezer Bardwell, Sr. and Mary Field was the husband of Violet Amsden and the father of 11 children. His eldest son, Corp. Simeon Bardwell, served with his father in the Revolutionary War.
"Jonathan Bardwell, a descendant of the pioneer Walker family, was a captain in the hardy little band of patriots who responded to the call to arms to defend Lexington, Massachusetts, April 19, 1775, and his name frequently occurs in the official reports of the war of the Revolution. "
Excerpt from 1901 Biographical Memoirs of Wabash County, Indiana.