Jonathan Wheelock, Revolutionary War Drummer Boy
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 18, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the obituary of Jonathan Wheelock, a 16-year-old drummer boy in the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Tag: American Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Hero: Col. Israel Hutchinson
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 16, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about Danvers, Massachusetts, erecting a monument in 1896 to honor Revolutionary War hero Col. Israel Hutchinson... (Read More)
He Fought at Bunker Hill: Joseph Barnes
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 10, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about discovering the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Barnes as described in his great-grandson’s obituary... (Read More)
Revolutionary War Patriot: The Honorable John Sparks
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 5, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding the obituary of a Revolutionary War patriot: the Honorable John Sparks (c. 1716-1802)... (Read More)
My Revolutionary War Cousin: Captain Stanton Prentiss
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 4, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about finding his Revolutionary War cousin Stanton Prentiss’ actual date of death in an old newspaper obituary... (Read More)
GenealogyBank: Revolutionary War Central
By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 2, 2018
An article about finding the stories of your American Revolutionary War ancestors in the pages of GenealogyBank’s Historical Newspaper Archives... (Read More)
A Look Back at What GenealogyBank Found about My Revolutionary War Ancestors
By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 25, 2018
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about using old newspapers to research his ancestors who fought during the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
My 5th-Great-Grandfather Lt. Nathaniel Haskell in the American Revolution
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 18, 2017
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his ancestor Nathaniel Haskell, who served in the American Revolutionary War... (Read More)
Researching My Revolutionary War Ancestor Noah Marsh
By Thomas Jay Kemp on December 4, 2017
An article by Thomas Jay Kemp about his fifth-great-grandfather Noah Marsh (1755-1830), who was a Revolutionary War soldier and the father of 13 children... (Read More)
