Adam Maynard (1744 - 1786)

Born 26 Apr 1744 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Captain Adam Maynard served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Adam Maynard is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 243627
Rank: Captain

Adam Maynard was born on April 26, 1744 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the son of Hezekiah and Tabitha (Howe) Maynard. ^[1]

Ensign Adam Maynard of Paxton served first as Sergeant in Captain Phineas Moore's Paxton Company in Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's Minute Men's Regiment, April 19, 1775. He was an Ensign in Captain Adam Wheeler's Company in Colonel Doolittle's Regiment, June 12, 1775. At Bennington in 1777 he was Second Lieutenant in Captain Loring Lincoln's Company under Lieut Colonel Flagg and April 28, 1778 was commissioned Captain in the 1st Regiment Worcester County Militia. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

He married Zeruiah Brigham. ^{[6] [7]}

He died on July 17, 1786.

Burial (1786) Paxton, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Marlborough Births
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
5. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
6. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 1, John of Sudbury and Marlborough, NEHGS; Boston;1929;), p25
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73793634/adam-maynard : accessed 27 September 2021), memorial page for Adam Maynard (26 Apr 1744–17 Jul 1786), Find A Grave: Memorial #73793634, citing Paxton Center Cemetery, Paxton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jerry Thayer (contributor 46862825) .

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 2, p. 28

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-6TQS : 19 February 2021), Adam Maynard, 29 Jun 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-TYKB : 17 March 2018), Adam Mainard Or Maynard, 28 Mar 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,397.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-5HXB : 17 March 2018), Adam Mainord Or Maynard, 05 Apr 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,397.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-Q1YD : 17 March 2018), Adam Maynard, 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,579.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-6TQ3 : 19 February 2021), Adam Maynard, 14 Feb 1778; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-3T1Q : 17 March 2018), Adam Maynard, 28 Apr 1778; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,579.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-6TQ9 : 19 February 2021), Adam Maynard, 26 May 1778; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-3TY8 : 17 March 2018), Adam Maynard, 01 Nov 1785; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,579.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RC-Q118 : 17 March 2018), Adam Maynard, 01 Nov 1785; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,030,579.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 10, p. 390

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-DKDS : 19 April 2021), Adam Maynerd and Zeruiah Brigham, 27 Aug 1764; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004269395.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QK1-31MM : 1 March 2021), Adam Maynard, Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFW-ZBV6 : 1 March 2021), Adam Maynard, Jun 1775; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-TPYS : 1 March 2021), Adam Mainord, 1776; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711087.