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New Hampshire's Last Soldier Of The Revolution (Samuel Downing)
67 Main St, Antrim,
NH 03440-3906
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USA
Latitude & Longitude:
43° 1' 46.8156",
-71° 56' 17.0592"
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New Hampshire State
Historical Marker
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NEW HAMPSHIRE'S LAST SOLDIER OF The Revolution. Samuel Downing, born in Newburyport MA in 1764, was enticed to Antrim while still a boy to be an apprentice of Robert Aiken, a Scots-Irish spinning wheel maker. In 1780 Samuel ran away to Hopkinton NH to enlist in the Continental Army; refused, he went to Charlestown NH where he joined the 2nd NH Regiment. He served to the end of the war, returned to Antrim and became a respected citizen. In 1794 he emigrated to Edinburg NY where he settled permanently. At his death in 1867 he was the oldest recorded pensioner of the Revolution, although two others were enrolled later.
Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05 |
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