. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. STATE OF MALXE. 2159 (\T) Captain Phinehas, oldest son ofJonathan (2) and Sarah (Holt) Whitney,was born July 3, 1747, at Harvard, Alassa-chusetts, and died May 21, 1830, at Norway,Maine, to which place he removed after therevolutionary war, in which he served. Hisname is found in the Massachusetts Rolls, de-scribed as from Harvard, a farmer, with darkcomplexion, height five feet eleven inches,served first in Captain Joseph Aloores com-pany, from Groton, Colonel William Pres-cotts regiment, in the earlier part of the war;from February 5,
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. STATE OF MALXE. 2159 (\T) Captain Phinehas, oldest son ofJonathan (2) and Sarah (Holt) Whitney,was born July 3, 1747, at Harvard, Alassa-chusetts, and died May 21, 1830, at Norway,Maine, to which place he removed after therevolutionary war, in which he served. Hisname is found in the Massachusetts Rolls, de-scribed as from Harvard, a farmer, with darkcomplexion, height five feet eleven inches,served first in Captain Joseph Aloores com-pany, from Groton, Colonel William Pres-cotts regiment, in the earlier part of the war;from February 5, 1777, to January 28, 1780,he served as corporal in Captain BenjaminBrowns company. Colonel ]\Iichael Jacksonsregiment. In 1781 he re-enlisted for a termof three years. A story is related of him ofhis part in the battle of Bunker Hill, whichshows him to have been a brave man; he hadjust loaded his gun with his last cartridge,when an English officer rushed over thebreastworks, shouting Rush on, the fort isours, when he was immediately shot andkilled by C
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