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Israel Angell served during the Revolutionary War; he was at the siege of Boston, the Battle of Brandywine, Red Bank, Monmouth, Springfield, in Valley Forge, and in various points in New Jersey, Rhode Island; at the Battle of Springfield, NJ at 23 June 1780 withheld the British advance at the bridge.[1]
Revolutionary War Service : Israel Angell is DAR Ancestor #A002792 He was Colonel of the 11st Regiment Rhode Island Militia. The DAR lists his birth: 8-13-1740 Providence County, Rhode Island and his death: 5-4-1832 Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. His Pension S38496. His residence was Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island. His spouses 1) Martha Angell 2) Susannah Luther Wright 3) Sarah Wood Angell. [2]
Angell's pension file contains 44 pages: (image of 2 att) At 31 March 1818 allowed $20/month. He was first a Major serving under Colonel Hitchcock and was appointed Colonel after Hitchcock's death in 1777. He served upwards of six years. He was a cooper by trade but now old (aged 80 years) and infirm and partially blind at March 1818. He resigned in 1780. His wife was 61 years; they had a twelve year old son at home. He states he fathered 17 children. He died in May 1832 aged 92 years so says his daughter Mehitable Wilkinson aged 56 as she is now applying for benefits. She states her father had only 15 children and she names them...Mary, Eliz, Sarah, Asa, Abner, Israel, Naomi, Ruth, Stephen, Oliver, Luther, Susan, herself, Henry and Isaac. She states her father served at May 1775 on the Comte of Observation under Brig Gen. Nat. Greene https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1995/32445_227746-00463?pid=2&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DRevWarPBountyLandGrants%26h%3D2%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D1116&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=32445_227746-00467
Colonel Israel Angell Burial Ground, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island
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