Private Bethuel Lilly Sr. served with Hampshire County, Massachusetts Militia during 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
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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.
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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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bethuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bethuel:
~0.78%Douglas Nelson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A822384[compare], yourDNAportal DOU7906059d, Ancestry member dnelson6126
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal DOU7906059d, Ancestry member dnelson6126, FTDNA kit #B22244
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MyHeritage DNA, yourDNAportal DOU7906059d