. History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire. ortant conventions ofthe Revolution, in all these positions he provedhimself a man of sound judgment and culti-vated mind, and an able legislator. He held amilitary commission under George III., but be-came an ardent patriot, and one of the foremostopposers of the oppressive acts of Great in 1775 he was elected major of a regi-ment organized to oppose English invasion. Atsunrise of the ever memorable L9th of April,he marched with a considerable number ofmen to resist the British troops then on theirway to Concord. He par
. History of Cheshire and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire. ortant conventions ofthe Revolution, in all these positions he provedhimself a man of sound judgment and culti-vated mind, and an able legislator. He held amilitary commission under George III., but be-came an ardent patriot, and one of the foremostopposers of the oppressive acts of Great in 1775 he was elected major of a regi-ment organized to oppose English invasion. Atsunrise of the ever memorable L9th of April,he marched with a considerable number ofmen to resist the British troops then on theirway to Concord. He participated in thathistoric engagement, and the pursuit of theBritish to (lharleston. [See Shattucks Historyof Concord.] He was lieutenant-colonel ofthe Middlesex militia, which reinforced the Con-tinental army at i- occupation of DorchesterHeights, March, 1776, and commanded theregiment which guarded the prisoners of Bur-goynes surrender on the march to his second wife, Rebecca, daughter of Cap-tain Kies, of Brookfield, a participant in that. Eko* >-#* ($. cFu^^<2^c^ BENCH AND BAR. 13 bloody engagement known as Loveils fight,he had eleven children, the oldest of whomwas Francis, of Billerica, one of the pioneerwoolen manufacturers in New England. Hewas born January 31, 1760, died February 12,1843. He was twice married and had twelvechildren. By his first wife, Elizabeth Jones,were Charles, born September 6, 1785, died inCalcutta, August, 1809, and Francis, who wasborn at Watertown, Mass., February 29, 1788,came to Keene in 1809 or 1810. June 10,1818,he married Eliza, daughter of Eli Stearns, ofLancaster, Mass. He died November 29, wife died October 5, 1869. Their childrenwho lived to maturity were Charles S., bornMay 17, 1819, died July 28, 1879; ElizabethJ., born May 25, 1822; Francis A.; WilliamF., born July 7, 1831, died May 1, Faulkner was one of the early manu-facturers of New Hampshire, in which businesshe continued until
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