William
Moody
Born in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Enoch Moody
and Ann (Weeks) Moody
Brother of
Lemuel Moody
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 65
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2019
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Biography
William Moody was born February 16, 1756, the son of Enoch Moody and Ann Weeks, in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Massachusetts (present-day Portland, Maine).[1][2][3]
Private William Moody served with Colonel Mitchell's Regiment, Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.
William served in several companies during the Revolutionary War. He kept a record while serving in Colonel Mitchell's regiment, which is transcribed at the source.[1]
- 1775: Colonel Edmund Phinney's 31st regiment in Cambridge[1]
- July 5, 1776-1778: drummer in Captain Abner Lowell's Matross company at Falmouth Neck[1][3]
- July 1779: Captain Peter Warren's company to Penobscot on sloop Centurion
- 1780: Captain Joseph Pride's company in Colonel Joseph Prime's regiment at Falmouth Neck[1]
- April 1781: on the privateer Fox[1]
- He also served as drummer in Captain Peter Warren's company.[1]
In 1783, William married Mary Young and had three children: Enoch, William, and Nancy. In 1804, he married Rachel Riggs, and they had a son, Edward.[1]
William died on February 16, 1821, and is buried at Eastern Cemetery in Portland, Maine.[1][2][3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Nathan Gould. History of Colonel Jonathan Mitchell's Cumberland County regiment, Bagaduce expedition, 1779. (Portland, Maine: Press of the Thurston Print, 1899).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 June 2019), memorial page for William Moody (16 Feb 1756–16 Feb 1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #101663839, citing Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Scott Leonard (contributor 47229103) .
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-3TW : 13 March 2018), William Moody, 16 Feb 1821; citing Death, Portland, Maine, United States, State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838.
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