Artemas Dryden (1757 - 1840)

Born 5 Feb 1757 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died 1840 at about age 82 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Drum Major Artemas Dryden served with 18th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Artemas Dryden is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 150550
Rank: Drum Major

Artemas Dryden was born in 1757 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay. His parents were Thomas Dryden and Lydia Ward. ^[1]

A Soldier in the Revolution, serving at first as a fifer in Capt. James Davis's co. of Minute Men in Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regt., then as a Private and later as a Drum Major. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

He married, in Holden, Susanna Perry on April 5, 1781. ^[1]

Children born in Holden:^[1]

1. Sally, b. 1783.
2. Artemas, b. 1785.
3. John, b. 1788.
4. Simeon, b. 1790.
5. Susanna, b. 1793.
6. Cyrus, b. 1795.
7. Silence, b. 1798.
8. Tabatha, b. 1800.
9. Harriot, b. 1803.

He died in 1840 in Holden. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
2. ↑ DAR
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
6. ↑ The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894
7. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-09-27), "Record of Artemas Dryden", Ancestor # A033890.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59076605/artemas-dryden : accessed 28 September 2021), memorial page for Artemas Dryden Sr. (4 Feb 1757–17 Aug 1840), Find A Grave: Memorial #59076605, citing Park Avenue Cemetery, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Michael A. Millett (contributor 47179094) .

• Estes, David Foster. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1684-1894 (C.F. Lawrence & Co., Worcester, Mass., 1894); p. 163

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-V21Q : 17 March 2018), Artimas Dryden, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-6QBV : 17 March 2018), Artemus Dryden, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-T3PF : 17 March 2018), Artemus Dryden, 06 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Holden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-78NV : 17 March 2018), Artemas Driden Or Dryden, 05 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2R4-GPMK : 17 March 2018), Artemas Driden Or Dryden, 05 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-T3RG : 17 March 2018), Artemus Dryden, 05 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-NF62 : 17 March 2018), Artemus Dryden, 31 Jul 1778; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-NFFS : 17 March 2018), Artemus Dryden, 02 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Holden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-D912 : 17 March 2018), Artemas Drydan, 10 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,778.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); 989, 990

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-H9S : accessed 28 September 2021), Artemas Drydin, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 267, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-719 : accessed 28 September 2021), Artimas Dryden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 513, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2D-VQQ : accessed 28 September 2021), Artemas Dryden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 790, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 205,630.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLD-RKR : accessed 28 September 2021), Artemas Dryden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 130, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 55; FHL microfilm 193,743.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH58-WZ7 : 20 February 2021), Artemas Dryden, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing 336, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 68; FHL microfilm 337,926.

• "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LWGP : accessed 28 September 2021), Artamas Dryden, 02 Sep 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.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-WKVM : 1 March 2021), Artemas Drydan, 10 Jul 1779; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711083.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7FN6-QGMM : 1 March 2021), Artemas Dryden, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 005732444.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-CNYC : 1 March 2021), Artemas Dryden, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 005732444.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRB-BH5Z : 1 March 2021), Artemas Dryden, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140737.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-6KC8 : 1 March 2021), Artemas Holden Dryden, 27 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711083.

• Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 34-5, p. 124, p. 208