Bezaleel Flagg (1732 - 1806)

Born 19 May 1732 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Headley) Flagg — married 23 May 1754 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Mary (Stratton) Flagg — married 18 Oct 1781 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Aug 1806 at age 74 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Private Bezaleel Flagg served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Bezaleel Flagg is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A040385.

Bezaleel Flagg of Waltham was a Private in Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) company called out by Col. Thomas Gardner on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to march to Concord and Lexington, and in Capt. Abraham Peirce's company Col. Samuel Thatcher's regiment in 1778. ^{[1] [2]}

Bezaleel was born in 1732 ^[3]. He is the son of Bezaleel Flagg and Susanna Warren.

Bezaleel married Mary Headley on 23 May 1754 in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[4]

Children

1. Mary Flagg (1755–1755)
2. Mary Flagg (1758–1853) m) Peter Warren
3. Elizabeth "BETSY" Flagg (1760–) m) Nathaniel Parkhurst
4. Bezaleel Flagg Jr (1762–1862) m1) Rhoda Bond, m2) Irene Hastings (widow Viles)
5. Susanna Flagg (1764–1842) m) Ephraim Adams
6. Rebecca Flagg (1766–1766)
7. Nabby Flagg (Bapt 1767–)

Bezaleel's wife Mary passed away on Nov. 23, 1780

Bezaleel married Mary Stratton widow of William Bond on Oct. 18, 1781 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts ^[5]She is the daughter of Jonathan Stratton Sr and Dinah Bemis

Children

1. Amos Flagg 1784-1866 m) Hannah Johnson

Bezaleel died at the age of 74 in Waltham ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Birth Record
4. ↑ Flagg Headley Marriage Record
5. ↑ Flagg Bond Marriage Recorded
6. ↑ Death Record

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-02-22), "Record of Bezaleel Flagg", Ancestor # A040385.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 5, p. 749
  • "Flagg, Bezelah, Waltham. Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co., called out by Col. Thomas Gardner on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to march to Concord and Lexington ; service, 3 days; company served as guards until Saturday, the 4th day after the fight at Concord ; also, Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's co., Col. Eleazer Brooks's regt. of guards; service from Feb. 3, 1778, to April 3, 1778, 2 mos. at Cambridge; also, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co., Col. Samuel Thatcher's regt. ; enlisted Sept. 2, 1778 ; discharged Sept. 6, 1778; service, 3 days ; company called to camp at Cambridge in expectation of the British troops landing at Boston."

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Eighteen, Part 2, The Descendants of Richard Warren Through His Children Mary, Anna, and Elizabeth, 2011 Edition, Published 2016, Page 316

• Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Watertown Births, Marriages and Death Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Lincoln Marriages Births Deaths, 1749-1811, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town., by Bond, Henry, 1790-1859; Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 (son of Bezaleel #2), Page 222

• Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town., by Bond, Henry, 1790-1859; Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893 (#2 William Bond)Page 51 Mary Stratton

• Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 Name Mrs. Mary Bond Gender Female Spouse Bezalel Flagg Marriage Date18 Oct 1781 City Waltham County Middlesex

• Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QV77-2FW : accessed 12 May 2021), entry for Bezaleel Flagg, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.