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John Heald V (1720 - 1810)

John Heald V
Born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 18 Jul 1745 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Father of , , and
Died at age 90 in Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USAmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Lieutenant John Heald V served with 6th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
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John Heald V is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 178782
Rank: Lieutenant
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Heald V is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A053766.

John Heald was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on February 14, 1720, the son of John and Mary Heald. [1]

Lieutenant John served in Capt. John Hayward’s Co. of Minutemen, Col. Abijah Pierce’s Regt., which marched on the alarm on April 19, 1775; He was commissioned June 5, 1775. He's listed with the men returning from serving on picket guard under Maj. Baldwin, dated May 23, 1775; reported detailing under Capt. Jonas Hubbard: also Lieutenant, Capt. William Smith Co.; and is on the list of officers of Col. John Nixon’s Regt., resolved in the Committee of Safety in Cambridge, June 5, 1775, that said officers be approved and recommended to Congress for commissions. Engaged April 24, 1775, service 3 mos., 15 days; also, 2nd Lieutenant, Capt. Israel Heald’s Co., Col. Eleazer Brooks’s Regt. 1

John Heald was born in Concord, on February 14, 1720. [2]

Lieutenant John served in Capt. John Hayward’s Co. of Minutemen, Col. Abijah Pierce’s Regt., which marched on the alarm on April 19, 1775; [3] He was commissioned June 5, 1775. He's listed with the men returning from serving on picket guard under Maj. Baldwin, dated May 23, 1775; [3] reported detailing under Capt. Jonas Hubbard: also Lieutenant, Capt. William Smith Co.; and is on the list of officers of Col. John Nixon’s Regt., [3] resolved in the Committee of Safety in Cambridge, June 5, 1775, that said officers be approved and recommended to Congress for commissions. Engaged April 24, 1775, service 3 mos., 15 days; also, 2nd Lieutenant, Capt. Israel Heald’s Co., Col. Eleazer Brooks’s Regt. [4] He served as well in New York during the Revolution. He was Lieutenant in a company of 63 men from Concord and Acton commanded by John Buttrick. [4] They arrived in Saratoga and then went to Fort Edwards. They returned to Saratoga and according to Deacon White’s Journal they “had the pleasure to see the whole of Burgoyne’s Army parade their arms and march out of their lines; a wonderful sight indeed; it was the Lord’s doing, and it was marvelous in our eyes.“ [5] “He was an industrious farmer and when past middle life abandoned his plow to espouse the cause of American freedom. He had an eventful military life. He was one of the first Selectman of Carlisle.” [6]

On July 18, 1745, John married Elizabeth Barrett, (14 Feb 1726/27 Chelmsford - 31 Oct., 1823 Pepperell). [7]

They had 7 children who were all born in Acton.[8]

  1. John, 29 Apr 1746 - 31 Oct. 1816 Carlisle
  2. Lydia, 5 Dec 1748 - 15 Jan, 1830 Brentwood, NH
  3. Joseph, 27 Nov 1751 - 21 June 1831 Pepperell (g.s.)
  4. Ebenezer, 30 June 1754 - 23 Apr 1814 Hubbardston (g.s.)
  5. Jonathan, 28 Aug 1757 - 28 Dec 1816 Carlisle
  6. Jonas, 2 Apr 1760 -
  7. Abel, 13 Sept 1764 - 27 Aug 1771

John Heald died in Carlisle October 26, 1810.[8]

No headstone has been found for Lt. John, but reference to this cemetery appears in the Fifty-eigth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution April 1, 1954-April 1, 1955. page 176

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-5YV : 4 December 2014), John Heald, 14 Feb 1720; citing CONCORD,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0823762 IT 1.
  2. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850. (Boston: George Tolman, 1895). See also: Wikitree Source page
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 MA Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  5. ↑ History of Town of Concord: From its earliest Settlement to 1832
  6. ↑ #GleasonLibrary
  7. ↑ Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1914). See also: Wikitree Source page
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Henry Edwards Scott ed. Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923). See also: Wikitree Source page
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 April 2020), memorial page for Lieut John “Junior” Heald (14 Feb 1720–27 Oct 1810), Find A Grave: Memorial #144147086, ; Maintained by Linda L (contributor 48423540) Unknown.
  • Henry Edwards Scott ed. Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts to the year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1923). See also: Wikitree Source page
  • Vital Records of Chelmsford Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1914). See also: Wikitree Source page
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2020-12-16), "Record of John Heald", Ancestor # A053766.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 December 2020), memorial page for Lieut John “Junior” Heald (14 Feb 1720–27 Oct 1810), Find A Grave: Memorial #144147086, ; Maintained by Linda L (contributor 48423540) Unknown.
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3V-8ZB : 10 November 2020), John Heald, 18 Jul 1745; citing Marriage, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010698.
  • Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14462/11058-co1/263888294 case 11058] - father's probate case, 1776: mentions wife Elizabeth (2nd), son John, son Oliver...
  • Shattuck, Lemuel, History of Town of Concord: From its earliest Settlement to 1832, pg. 356
  • Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths 1635-1850. (Boston: George Tolman, 1895). See also: Wikitree Source page
  • 4 Vol. X, p. 14, Martha Wilkins, Gleason Library




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Heald-1170 and Heald-404 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate. wikitree search needs to be better.
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