OLIVER DRAKE, Stougtonham, Private, Capt. Samuel Payson's co., Col.
Joseph Read's (20th) regt.; Muster roll dated Aug 1, 1775; enlisted May 1, 1775; Service,
3 mos, 8days; also company return (probably Sept 1775); also, order for bounty coat or
its equivalent in money dated Dec 29, 1775; also Capt. Edward Bridge
Savell's (Stoughtonham) co., Col. Gill's regt. service 5days; company marched to
Dorchester Hills March 4, 1776 on an alarm; roll sworn to at Boston; also Capt. Robert Swan's
co., Col. Benjamin Gill's regt.; service 24 days; company marched to Bristol, RI, Apr.
18, 1777; Roll dated Stoughton.
Oliver Drake and wife Phebe were early settlers in Littleborough now Leeds, 1st child born here 1780. A - O Drakes' Service in Revolution - Taken from Micro-film on file. Cs
Perez Drake - Revolutionary War - Mass. S44795
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