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Pvt Henry Lovelace Acton

Born about 11 Jan 1755 in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Maryland Colony

Ancestors

Son of Henry Acton and Hester (Smallwood) Acton

Brother of Osborn R. Acton, Smallwood Acton, Francis Acton, Nancy Smallwood Acton, Nancy Smallwood Acton, Elizabeth Acton and Mary Eleanor (Acton) Ogden

Husband of Lucy (Smallwood) Acton — married 1776 in Maryland, United States

Descendants

Father of John Acton, Allison Absalom Acton and William Riley Acton

Died 10 Jul 1842 at about age 87 in Hendrysburg, Belmont, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Private Henry Acton served with Flying Camp, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.

Henry Acton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000345.

Henry Lovelace Acton was born on 11 Jan 1755 in Piscataway, Prince George's County, Maryland Colony. He passed away on 10 Jul 1842 in in Hendrysburg, Belmont, Ohio, USA.^[1]

Henry Acton, a Revolutionary War soldier, is buried in the Acton Private cemetery Kirkwood twp, Belmont County Ohio. No birth or death dates listed

Henry was recruited in Maryland by Ensign Horatio Clagett to serve in the "Flying Camp" militia. He served honorably for 9 months, and drew a small pension ($30 per month) for his service for about 6 years before his death.

BURIAL
Acton Cemetery
Hendrysburg, Belmont County, Ohio, USA

Sources

↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 18, 2021), "Record of ACTON, HENRY", Ancestor # A000345.

Kinard, June, ed. Maryland, Colonial Census, 1776 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Taken from Maryland Colonial Census, 1776 held by the Maryland State Archives. 19:58, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Name: Henry Jr. Acton

Parish: Prince George Parish

County: Prince George

State: Maryland

Maryland Revolutionary War Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. 19:45, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Name: Henry Acton (the widow applied for pension)

Birth Date: 1755

Rank: Pvt.

Establishment: Flying Camp

Comment: Militia

Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 02 March 2020), memorial page for Henry Acton (11 Jan 1755–10 Jul 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #11411541, citing Acton Cemetery, Hendrysburg, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Pat Sproat (contributor 46785251).

Acknowledgements

Acton-701 was created by Davis Simpson through the import of Bill Baker.ged on Sep 15, 2016.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry 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 Henry: