Joseph Negus (1742 - 1797)

Born 28 Nov 1742 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rosanna (Miller) Negus — married 14 Aug 1765 in Petersham, Worcester, MA

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1797 at age 54 in Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

NEGUS, JOSEPH, Petersham. Sergeant, Capt. W. Spooner's Co., Col. N. Sparhawk's regt.; enl. Aug. 1777; service 9 days; marched to Bennington. Buried in Village cemetery. - p 309. ^[1]

He is listed in Spooners Company, 3rd. Reg., 2nd. Brigade, 7th Div. of the Militia of the Comm. of MA. Buried in the Village Cemetery of Petersham MA. He is listed as Sargent Major. An application for a military headstone was made on 23 June 1927 by Mrs. Clarence R. Amidon of Petersham, MA. This application lists his death as 12 Oct 1797.^[2]

Burial: Petersham Center Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA.(https:// www.findagrave.com/memorial/131898326) Note that other sources say he was promoted to Major.

Major Joseph Negus, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, was at Bennington, Lake George, and was made Major by Gov. Samuel Adams. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The history of Petersham, Massachusetts, incorporated April 20, 1754 : Volunteerstown or Voluntown, 1730-1733, Nichewaug, 1733-1754 (1948), page 109. Author: Coolidge, Mabel Cook, 1873- Available at: http://www.archive.org/details/historyofpetersh00cool FROM: REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS OF PETERSHAM , page 309 As prepared for the Petersham Historical Society, from Volume I to XVII of "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War." By the Committee; Katherine T. Dexter, Carrie B. Belden, Corinne H. Babbitt.
2. ↑ United States Headstone Applications for U. S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949.
3. ↑ The history of Petersham, Massachusetts, incorporated April 20, 1754 : Volunteerstown or Voluntown, 1730-1733, Nichewaug, 1733-1754 (1948), page 325. Author: Coolidge, Mabel Cook, 1873- Available at: http://www.archive.org/details/historyofpetersh00cool

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGY-R9N2 : 13 December 2015), Joseph Negus, 1797; Burial, Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Petersham Center Cemetery; citing record ID 131898326, Find a Grave, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131898326)
• Birth: http://www.rays-place.com/town/ma/petersham/petersham-birth2.htm
• Death: See Headstone Application of 1927.