Levi Foss (abt. 1729 - 1779)

Born about 1729 in Saco, York, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 30 Apr 1779 at about age 50 in Albany, Albany, New York, United States

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Corporal Levi Foss served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Levi Foss is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A041400.

Levi Foss was born about 1729 in Saco, York, MA. Levi passed away 30 April 1779 Albany, Albany, New York. ^[1]

Of the named children of Walter, the second son, Levi was the father of the three pioneers of Leeds, to wit: Uriah,Phineas, and Hannah. Little is known regarding him except his Revolutionary War record. His name appears on the muster roll of Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Company in Col. Edmund Phinney's Battalion of Forces, raised in the State of Massachusetts Bay,dated in garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776. He enlisted Aug. 1, 1776. From Jan. 10, 1777, to Jan. 1, 1778, he was corporal in Capt. Hancock's Company, Col. Vose's Regiment. At the end of the record he was put down as dead.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Joe Fitzgerald, Mar 24, 2012

• Corp. Levi Foss + Find a Grave Memorial

• Joe Fitzgerald, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Joe and others. Also, Levi Foss was a brother of my direct ancestor, Joseph Foss, born 17 June 1735.

• "U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"

Levi Foss

Military Date 27 Sep 1775

Military Place Massachusetts, USA

State or Army Served Massachusetts

Regiment Seammon's Regiment

Military Date Feb 1778

Military Place Massachusetts, USA

State or Army Served Massachusetts

Regiment Vires Reg

Rank Corporal

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of FOSS, LEVI", Ancestor # A041400.