James T. Rounds (1758 - 1843)

Born 26 Jul 1758 in Buxton, York Co., Province of Massachusetts (now Maine)

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel B Clay — married 13 Dec 1781 in Gorham, District of Maine

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1843 at age 84 in Clark Township, Brown, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private James Rounds served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.

James Rounds is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A098809.

Name

Name: James /Rounds/^[1]

Married Rachel CLAY (1759-1815) on 08 September 1781 • Gorham, Cumberland Co., District of Maine, USA

James ROUNDS, Sr. wrote his Will on 21st December 1836 at Brown County, Ohio.

Probate - 21 Jan 1843 • Brown County, Ohio, USA.

Notes

ROUNDS, JAMES - PRIVATE IN THE MASS. CONT. ARMY...ENLISTED FOR 12 MOS. IN 1775...HONORABLY DISCHARGED 8 OR 9 MONTHS LATER...ENLISTED IN JAN. 1777, DISCHARGED IN 1780, SERVING 3 YEARS...WAS BORN IN 1766 (THIS DATE OF BIRTH CONFLICTS WITH OTHER DOCS I HAVE FOUND), MARRIED ELIZABETH WOODRUFF IN JAN, 1817...SOLDIER DIED JAN. 3, 1843 AND IS BURIED IN THE ROUNDS CEMETERY, SEC. A, LOT 1, GRAVE 8, 1 1/4 MILES WEST OF HAMERSVILLE, OHIO, ON ST. RTE. 125 IN CLARK TWP...PENSIONER IN 1840, AGED 82 LIVED IN CLARK TWP...HIS WIDOW LATER APPLIED FOR A PENSION IN PUTNAM CO., IND...REF.: MASS. W 7149

kittyacres originally shared this on 15 Oct 2009

[JMS- The 1766 birth date has to be wrong, because that would make James 9 years old at enlistment in 1775.]

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The Will of James ROUNDS dated 21 Dec 1836 mentioned beloved wife Elizabeth, and his heirs, namely Abigail BOOTHBY, Sarah LEONARD, James ROUNDS, Rachel LOVENGUIRE, Mary PALMER and the heirs of Eunice DAWSON, deceased.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S165 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17838154&pid=664467780

• Cyrus Woodman, Church of Christ, 16,59,63.

• Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Rounds, James, Elizabeth, MA Line, e. Cumberland Co. MA, applied 25 Mar 1824, Brown Co., Ohio, aged 64, had married Elizabeth "Betsey" Woodruff or Woodrough on 9 Jan 1817, Brown Co., OH.

• Gorham Historical Society - Gorham Vital Records, Vol.1, p. 33.

• Maine at Valley Forge, 46, James Rounds, Buxton, Private Capt. Jos McNall's co.

• Marquis F. King, Publishments, Marriages, Births and Deaths From the Earlier Records of Gorham, Maine, (Maine Genealogy Society, Portland, Maine, 1897), 22,68.

• G. T. Ridlon, Sr., Saco Valley Settlements and Families, (Charles E. Tuttle Company : Publishers Rutland, VT 1969), 577.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, v.13, p.606. ROUNDS, JAMES, Buxton (also given Gorham and Georgetown). Private, Capt.Hart Williams s co., Col. Edmund Phinney s regt. ; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Dec. 2, 1775; discharged Nov. 8, 1776; also, list of men who enlisted into the Continental Army, as returned by the Selectmen of Buxton to Col. Tristram Jordon ; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel Wells, Muster Master for York Co., dated Wells, Feb. 8, 1777 ; Capt. Matthew Fairfield s co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth's regt.; residence, Gorham; reported received State bounty; also, Private, (Light Infantry) co., (late) Col. Wigglesworth s regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 27, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, (late) Capt. Matthew Fairfield s co., Col. Edward Wigglesworth s regt. ; return of men who were in service on or before Aug. 15, 1777; also, Capt. Joseph McNall s co., Col. Wigglesworth s regt. ; residence, Buxton ; engaged for town of Buxton ; mustered by Esq. Wells; also, same co. and regt. ; muster roll for May, 1778, dated Camp Valley Forge; enlistment, during war; reported sick in camp; also, same co. and regt. ; pay roll for Oct., 1778 ; also, Capt. Peter Page s co., Col. Wigglesworth s regt. ; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence ; enlisted Jan. 27, 1777 ; enlistment, 3 years ; reported transferred to light infantry co. ; also, Capt. Daniel Pillsbury s (Light Infantry) co., Col. Wigglesworth s regt. ; muster roll for March and April, 1779, sworn to at Providence ; also, Capt. Pilsbury sco., Col. Calvin Smith s (late Wigglesworth s) regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 27, 1780; residence, Georgetown.

See also:

• Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGX-8WQV : 13 December 2015), James Rounds, 1843; Burial, Hamersville, Brown, Ohio, United States of America, Rounds Family Cemetery; citing record ID 119525701, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• WikiTree profile Rounds-133 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bryan and others.

• Source: S165 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;; NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

• Marriage

08 September 1781 • Gorham, Cumberland Co., District of Maine, USA

Cumberland County, Maine Town of Gorham MARRIAGES Clay, Rachel, with James Rounds, Sept. 8, 1781.

findagrave.com 119525701

• Will Records, 1817-1902; General Index, 1817-1974; Probate Place: Brown, Ohio

(General Index, Vol 1, 1817-1964; Will Records, Vol 1-2, 1817-1851 [Image 389 of 551 at Ancestry.com])