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Bethuel Lilly Sr. (1762 - 1840)

Capt. Bethuel Lilly Sr.
Born in Stafford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 25 Mar 1784 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Ashfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USAmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Private Bethuel Lilly Sr. served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bethuel Lilly Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A070360.

Military Service: Captain in the Revolutionary War

Parents:

  • Jonathan Lilly (1738 - 1828)
  • Sarah Foster Lilly (1741 - 1828)

Spouse:

  • Hannah Smith Lilly (1767 - 1839)*

Children:

  • Lucy Lilly Taylor (1790 - 1876)*
  • Alanson Lilly (1792 - 1814)*
  • Chipman Lilly (1793 - 1864)*
  • Albinus Lilly (1796 - 1839)*
  • Bethuel Lilly (1797 - 1880)*
  • Joel Lilly (1799 - 1864)*
  • Hannah Lilly Jenkins (1806 - 1837)*
  • Samuel Lilly (1807 - 1888)*

Title

Title: Captain

Note that, while he may have earned the title of Captain in service after the Revolutionary War, Bethuel Lilley testified in his pension application that he was a Private while in the Revolution.[1]

Military Pension

United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers - Name Bethuel Lilley Event Type Military Service Event Date 04 Mar 1831 Event Place Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original) Massachusetts, United States Page 129 Citing this Record - "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LQY1 : accessed 13 December 2016), Bethuel Lilley, 04 Mar 1831; citing Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 7; FHL microfilm 1,319,387.

Sources

  1. Pension Application S18946, shared by Fold3.com
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #13995537
  • Burial: Hill Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
  • Photo: Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite

Acknowledgements

  • Thank you to Andrea Pack for family research
  • WikiTree profile Lilly-167 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.




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