Joseph served as a private, as summarized below. The service description is based on Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, p 327-8.[3]
April 19, 1775: marched on Lexington Alarm to Cambridge. Served under Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, in the 4th company under Capt. Joseph Fairbanks. Served for 24 1/2 days.
September, 1776: marched to Dorchester Heights with Col. Dike's regiment. Returned to Harvard around November 30, 1776.
August 19, 1777: marched on alarm at Bennington with Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment in Capt, Samuel Hill's company. Served for 6 days.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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