This is Chapter Five of seven, about our family line, the McClintocks. We have always been interested in genealogy, but we wonder about the current “epidemic” happening on websites like Ancestry and Family Search. Is this present situation a product of living in these times — due to the exponential growth of the internet, and the availability of genetic DNA testing? Our ancestors presumably framed their thoughts on ancestry a little bit differently…
A Certain Cultural Cachet…
“What is that wonderful cologne you’re wearing?” “Ohhh, do you like it? It’s Eau de Bunker Hill! Absolutely everybody’s wearing it!”
Sometimes we wonder why everybody who likes to look into their ancestry — or at least those who talk about aspects of it at a family reunion, always think they may have a famous relative. Why is there always someone who seems so invested in the idea of having an ancestor who fought at Bunker Hill? Is it something about the name? Is it a password for a certain level of American cultural cachet?
In this history, we encountered several stories where someone insisted their ancestors were directly connected to Bunker Hill, i.e., “I’m descended from ______ McClintock, who was a ______, and who fought at Bunker Hill.” Rest assured, this did not happen in our branch of the McClintock family line. If it had happened, we’d celebrate it, but we will never just make something up. (1)
John and Christen Raised Many Children
William and Agnes McClintock’s last child was John McClintock (Sr.), born about 1744 in Tyngstown, New Hampshire Province — died October 9, 1803, Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. He married Christen McNeil on December 29, 1768, in Derryfield, New Hampshire Province. She was born July 20, 1748, Derryfield, New Hampshire Province — died March 27, 1790, Hillsborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. They had at least eight children.
The first four children were born in: Derryfield, New Hampshire Province.
- Rachel (McClintock) Knox, born February 22, 1770 Derryfield, New Hampshire Province — died January 22, 1835, Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire
- Margaret McClintock, born September 14, 1771, Derryfield, New Hampshire Province — death date unknown
- Agnes McClintock, born August 2, 1773, Derryfield, New Hampshire Province — death date unknown
- William McClintock, born August 2, 1773, Derryfield, New Hampshire Province — death date unknown
The next four children were born in: Hillsborough* (town), New Hampshire Province. (*See notes on Revolutionary War payments.) - Daniel McClintock, born December 15, 1775, Hillsborough (town), New Hampshire Province — death date unknown
- James McClintock (Sr.), born January 3, 1778, Hillsborough (town), New Hampshire Province — died September 1845, Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio (We are descended from James). (James and John were twins).
- John McClintock (Jr.), born January 3, 1778, Hillsborough (town), New Hampshire Province — died January 13, 1808, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Province
- Samuel McClintock, born about 1788 — died after 1860, Bedford, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Comment: After the birth of the twins John and James McClintock, there was a fall off in the frequency of births (or at least reasonably believable birth records). Christen the mother, died in 1790 at 41 years old. She may have had more children between 1778 and 1788, but we just cannot verify that she did. With the exception of Samuel, who was born in 1788 — and we only knew about him due to tax records and a court case. (For more about Samuel, see The McClintock Line, A Narrative — Six, and Seven). (2)
The 1790 Census
In the 1790 census, we see that John is living near his brother Alexander. “The census began on Monday, August 2, 1790, and was finished within 9 months.” (The National Archives). The data collected was very simple with only these categories applied and no other details:
- Name of head of family
- Number of free white males age 16 years and upwards, including head of family
- Number of free white males under 16 years old
- Number of free white females, including head of family
In John’s home he is counted as the Head of Home (category: free white males 16 years and upwards, including head of family). There are 5 free white males under 16 years of age, and 5 (free white females, including head of family). When we compare the birth records of their children to the category ages in this census, the five boys under 16 line up, but the five females do not. We also know that John’s wife Christen died in March about 5 months before the census was conducted. This means that she was never counted in a census. We also know that there were three daughters at that time. The inclusion of the two additional females is unknown.
In the Derryfield town records, if within the community there was a child in need, either without a parent, or a parent unable to care for them… then that child would be sheltered at a home within the community. Such was the case with a woman named Elizabeth Massey and her unnamed child who was described as sickly. Perhaps the additional females were of this sort.
The 1790 census is the only census where we directly find John McClintock. He died in 1803. Near the end of his life, around the time of the 1800 census, he could have been living in the home of one of his children. If that happened, he would not have been listed as the Head of Household. (3)
The Beginning of the Revolutionary War
The Association Test
“In March 1776 the Continental Congress resolved that all persons who refused to sign the Association to defend the cause of the Colonies should be disarmed. To put this resolve into effect, the New Hampshire Committee of Safety directed the local authorities, usually the selectmen, to have all adult males sign the Association and to report the names of those who refused to sign. The end result amounted to a census of the adult male inhabitants of New Hampshire for 1776…” (Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776)
From this document we learned that the elder, Michael and William McClintock, signed the Association Test, and that they were both still living in Derryfield. William’s sons Alexander and John [our ancestor] also signed, but were then living in the nearby town of Hillsborough. (4)
The First New Hampshire Regiment
John McClintock joined the First New Hampshire Regiment On March 15, 1777 for an agreed three year term of service. However, he served less that the agreed three years. Records indicate that during this “appointed” period, he was a Private in this Regiment. This required him to travel where he was needed which seems to be tours in the Northern Territory, and then some of the battles listed in the text below.
“The 1st New Hampshire Regiment was authorized as New Hampshire State Troops on May 22, 1775, and was organized as 10 companies of 800 volunteers from Hillsborough and Rockingham counties… commanded by John Stark. The regiment was adopted into the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and assigned to General John Sullivan’s brigade on July 22, 1775. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Note: the battle was fought on June 15, 1775…John joined in 1777, that’s why our John McClintock was never there.
On January 1, 1777, the 5th Continental Regiment was re-organized to eight companies and re-designated as the 1st New Hampshire Regiment. With the resignation of John Stark, [Joseph] Cilley took command of the 1st New Hampshire and led them during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777, and the Battle of Monmouth, and the Battle of Stony Point in 1778. In 1779, Cilley and the 1st New Hampshire were with Gen. Sullivan in his campaign against the Iroquois and Loyalists in western New York.” (Wikipedia)
We discovered records from the town of Hillsborough which made us understand that John McClintock likely only participated in battles which occurred between March of 1777 and March of 1779.Why he left before the end of three years probably had to do with the fact that he was responsible for a wife and seven children at home. Additionally, he became the Constable of the town of Hillsborough in March 1779.
From the History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921, it states, “John McClintock was chosen Constable, the most important office in town. It was not only his duty to maintain peace, but he performed the functions of sheriff and collector of taxes. No town meeting could be called without his signature to the warrant, and altogether it was the most difficult office to fill. Not infrequently persons chosen to the positions refused to serve, and the Selectmen had to find some one willing to fill the vacancy. Sometimes the man elected was compelled to find a substitute. The reward for filling the round of arduous duties was slight.”
We also saw this curious passage in the book, “Another Scotch-Irish family, four strong, were the McClintocks, always eager for an argument, but never ready to give up. They were a stalwart race, though not as tall as the Monroes or as slim as the Andrews.” Collins Dictionary defines stalwart as: ” A stalwart supporter or worker is loyal, steady, and completely reliable.” (We guess that’s why the Hillsborough Town Council must have thought John would be a good town constable!)
Observation: We don’t know if during his tenure in the army he was ever allowed to see his wife and children. He had a big family, and it seems to us that his wife Christen became pregnant with twin sons during the days just before he left to serve in the war. (These children are their last two sons: John Jr., and James, our ancestor. There is an extensive history of some wives and families being Camp Followers during the war, but we see no record of this with our family).
Catch-As-Catch-Can*
When the Revolutionary War started, the American Patriot side of the conflict was not very well-organized initially. Who would expect them to be? The situation was more in the vein of a civil war when things started up. The history of how the troops were outfitted and supplied, was one of making do with what was at hand, until much later. (When France started supplying uniforms to the American Rebels, as payback against the British, who they were really angry with, about… many, many things…)
*From the Merriam Webster Dictionary, “using any available means or method: hit or miss”
The Uniforms of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment 1775-1784 A Historical Research Project, taught us that “The 1st NH began the war in civilian clothing, being composed of minute and militia companies responding to the “Lexington Alarm”. As the war progressed, the unit was issued several different uniforms, including two different sets of brown coats with red facings, brown coats with white facings and green coats with maroon facings From our recent research we can find no mention of the unit ever having been issued the traditional blue coats with white facings as prescribed for New England regiments by Washington in his 1779 uniform regulations.”
Revolutionary War Payments
Birth records for James and John (Jr.) McClintock indicate that they were born in Hillsborough, NH. Revolutionary War payment records for their father, John Sr., indicate that he was from Goffstown, which is the town adjacent to Derryfield. It seems strange to us that there is a notation about Goffstown, when all other records point first to Derryfield and then to Hillsborough.
Furthermore, the book History of Manchester, Formerly Derryfield, in New-Hampshire.., author Potter writes “It is interesting to note the readiness with which the towns, composing the ancient Amoskeag, contributed to the patriot cause. Their people were ever ready to respond to the call of country; thus Bedford, Chester, Derryfield, Goffstown, and Londonderry in 1777, 1778, and 1789, furnished the following regular soldiers, or “three years men;” [John McClintock Sr. is listed under Goffstown].
These Revolutionary War payment records list John McClintock Sr. as being 27 years old in 1777. He was actually closer to 33 years of age, and he either did not know his correct age, or someone wrote it down incorrectly. His gravestone very clearly records that he was 59 years old when he died in 1803, therefore, born in 1744.
In 1780, the residents of Hillsborough petitioned the government for funds to have a bridge built over the nearby Contoocook River “which we should have built four or five years ‘a goe had it not ben for this unhappy war.” We don’t know if the petition was honored or not, but this is the only place we have ever seen the actual quill pen signatures of John McClintock Sr. and his brother, Alexander.
In the years 1782-1784, John McClintock Sr. was paying “non resident taxes” on property that he continued to own in Derryfield. We wonder if this property was actually in Derryfield or the next door town of Goffstown? Just a few years later, his death and that of his wife Christen, are recorded as being in Hillsborough. (6)
Robert Finney and the Indian Corn Incident.
Parsing through legal documents written in a form of English which is 250 years old, can be somewhat puzzling. We found records of a court case brought by the Selectmen of the Town of Hillsborough against John McClintock Sr. which we now call Robert Finney and the Indian Corn Incident.
It seems that for some unknown reason two of these Selectmen, Samuel Bradford and John McColley, approached John McClintock Sr., and agreed to pay him money and Indian Corn, if he would arrange “for the hire of a Certain Robert Finney who the said McClintock had procured to enlist into the Continatal Army said year as a man for the said Town of Hillsborough.” [Then] “immediately after his Muster Diserted and Never Joined the Army at all and your petitioners vehemently Suspect that this Disertion was advised and Countinanced by the sd [said] McClintock.” It seems that John did arrange for the man to join, and then, Robert Finney disappeared.
Apparently, John was paid the money, but the men who were buying the service of Mr. Finney were understandably not happy that he had deserted. They wanted their money back. This went to trial in 1782, and “Judgement entered against the Persons who Signed the said note for the sum of 47 16 8d Damage and 3 13 8d Cost of Court as appears of Record.” This means that Bradford and McColley lost. No reasoning was provided for the decision, but it seems to us it could be like this: How could a veteran of the War, who is also the Town Constable, encourage someone to be a deserter? There was no proof of that belief. This bubbled up now and then and went on until 1786, when some amicable decision was finally reached by everyone involved. (7)
In the next chapter, we follow our 3x Great Grandfather James McClintock as his family leaves New Hampshire and eventually resettles in the Western Reserve of northeast Ohio.
Following are the footnotes for the Primary Source Materials,
Notes, and Observations
A Certain Cultural Cachet…
(1) — one record
Bunker Hill current and former clerk-treasurers must repay $6K, audit says
[sotto voce] > The town has faced scrutiny over the past decade
https://www.wrtv.com/news/wrtv-investigates/bunker-hill-current-and-former-clerk-treasurers-must-repay-6k-audit-says
Note: For the photo, and a bit of the scandal too…
John and Christen Raised Many Children
(2) — sixteen records
John McClintock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96906535/john-mcclintock?_gl=1*7cddiw*_gcl_au*MTk5MDU4MTkzOC4xNzIyODU4NDQ0*_ga*MTQ4NjkxODM4NC4xNzIyODU4NDQ0*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*OTM1MmQyNGYtOWRhYS00MzZiLTk3NDgtOTdhY2I2ZjAwZGUxLjQuMS4xNzIyODc2OTUzLjEwLjAuMA..*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*OTM1MmQyNGYtOWRhYS00MzZiLTk3NDgtOTdhY2I2ZjAwZGUxLjQuMS4xNzIyODc2OTUzLjAuMC4w
Note: Birth and death dates
Cristen Macniel
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1971
1700-1900 > McCh-McGo
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/90143222:61836
Digital page: 209/3386
Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, New Hampshire)
1954 > August > 25
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6931/images/NEWS-NH-NA_TE.1954_08_25-0015?ssrc=pt&treeid=75768616&personid=42330432825&usePUB=true&pId=500458511
Digital page: 15/22
Note: Newspaper article about old cemetery monuments which cites the Christen (Mc Neil) McClintock headstone.
Cristieu McNeill
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900
Melendy – Mooers
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/477356:4582?ssrc=pt&tid=18269704&pid=635945484
Digital page: 3779/5042
Note: For her birth date.
Christen McClintock
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/63229320:60525?ssrc=pt&tid=75768616&pid=42330432884
Note: For her birth and death dates.
and
Christen McNeil McClintock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96906517/christen-mcclintock
by George Waldo Browne, page 144.
The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo01brow/page/144/mode/2up?view=theater
Note: For the Bible Hill Burial Ground photo.
Rachel McClintock Knox
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150016663/rachel_knox
and
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/172507:4582?ssrc=pt&tid=18269704&pid=635978912
Note: For her birth and death dates.
History of Pembroke, N. H. 1730-1895
by Nathan Franklin Carter and Trueworthy Ladd Fowler
https://archive.org/details/cu31924028836471/page/186/mode/2up
Book page: 186, Digital page: 186/459
Note: For the marriage record of (18) Daniel Knox to Rachel McClintock.
Margaret McClintock
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900
Lewis – McDonald
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/172506:4582?ssrc=pt&tid=18269704&pid=635978916
Digital page: 3219/5039
Agnes MacClintock
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920
Lewis – McDonald
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/283652:61833
Digital page: 3221/5039
William Macclintok
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920
Birth Certificate> 1631-1900 > McCalley-Myc
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/283648:61833
Digital page: 1125/3740
Daniel McClintok
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920
Birth Certificate> 1631-1900 > McCalley-Myc
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/283647:61833?tid=&pid=&queryId=8392da29-618e-440e-85ba-9c629b4af1f0&_phsrc=Azi10&_phstart=successSource
Digital page: 1123/3740
James McClintock Sr
in the U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/58353478:60525?ssrc=pt&tid=75768616&pid=42330432184
Note: Birth and death dates
and here:
James McClintock Sr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95744747/james-mcclintock
John McClintock [II]
Lewis – McDonald
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/172528:4582
Digital page: 3241/5039
and
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-hampshire-births-deaths-and-marriages-1654-1969/RecordDisplay?volumeId=13805&pageName=11374&rId=246296673
Note: For his birth date.
John McClintock II
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96906548/john_mcclintock
Note: For his death date.
Samuel McClintock
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Ohio > Cuyahoga > Bedford
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/43833580:7667?tid=&pid=&queryid=c3f3887a-3273-44c0-8ee0-f2e68300c68f&_phsrc=mfA15&_phstart=successSource
Book page: 36, Digital page: 36/50
Notes: We were able to deduce that this is Samuel McClintock who is the brother related to James McClintock, the primary subject of the next chapter, The McClintock Line, A Narrative — Six.
It appears that he is a boarder in the Perkins home. Furthermore, the 1860 Ohio census is completely illegible. So we were able to manipulate the file in a photographic program to discern enough data to confirm that this is indeed our ancestor.
The 1790 Census
(3) — five records
The National Archives
1790 Census Records
https://www.archives.gov/research/census/1790
John McClintock
in the 1790 United States Federal Census
New Hampshire > Hillsborough > Hillsborough
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/215073:5058?ssrc=pt&tid=18269704&pid=635945483
Digital page: 3/3, Left columns, Entry 16 above Alexander McClintock.
and
The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo01brow/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
Book page: 172, Digital page: 172/567
Early Records of the Town of Derryfield: Now Manchester, N. H.
1751 — 1782, Volumes I and VIII
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordstow01nhgoog/page/n224/mode/2up?view=theater
Book page: 218, Digital page: 225/407,
Note: Representative notice of support for Elizabeth Massey and her child. These notices are numerous within these records.
Library of Congress
An accurate map of His Majesty’s Province of New-Hampshire in New England…
by Samuel Langdon, 1723-1797
https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3740.ar086900/?r=0.343,0.005,0.964,0.464,0
Note: The map is circa 1757, and is cropped to feature the town of Hillsborough.
The Beginning Of The Revolutionary War
(4) — five records
Inhabitants of New Hampshire, 1776
by Emily S. Wilson
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49199/images/FLHG_InhabitantsofNH-0071?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=52151
Book pages: 4 and 71, Digital pages: 4/170 and 71/130
Signers of the Association Test, and “credited as belonging to the training band of Hillsborough in 1776”
https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo01brow/page/108/mode/2up?view=theater
Book pages: 109-110, Digital pages: 108-110/567
Not pictured here in the footnotes, but in the preceding chapter —
U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for John McClintick
New Hampshire > 01st Regiment, 1777-1780 (Folders 6-12)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4282/images/miusa1775a_113592-00612?pId=1245062
Document name: miusa1775a_113592-00612 .jpeg
Digital page: 613/740
Shown above:
U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for John McClintick
New Hampshire > 01st Regiment, 1777-1780 (Folders 6-12)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4282/images/miusa1775a_113592-00693?pId=1247116
Document name: miusa1775a_113592-00693.jpg
Digital page: 694/740
Shown above:
U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for John McClintick
New Hampshire > 01st Regiment, 1777-1780 (Folders 6-12)
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4282/images/miusa1775a_113592-00656?pId=1246304
Document name: miusa1775a_113592-00656 .jpeg
Digital page: 657/740
The First New Hampshire Regiment
(5) — sixteen records
First New Hampshire Regiment Commander Gallery credits:
The Revolutionary War on Staten Island
Sullivan’s raid [in his own words] of Staten Island, August 22, 1777
https://revolutionarywarstatenisland.com/2017/06/
Note: For his portrait.
and
Frontier Partisans
Live Free Or Die: John Stark
https://frontierpartisans.com/31962/live-free-or-die-john-stark-all-american-badass/
Note: For his portrait.
and
The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
Colonel Joseph Cilley, 1st Regiment, N.H. Continental Line
https://www.socnh.org/joseph-cilley/
Note: For his portrait.
1st New Hampshire Regiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_New_Hampshire_Regiment
Washington Rallying the Troops at Monmouth
by Emanuel Leutz
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BattleofMonmouth.jpg
For: The battlefield image painting.
The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo01brow/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
Book page: 235, Digital page: 234/567,
Note: Hillsborough town notes re: John McClintock as Constable
Book page 232, Digital page: 232/567
Note: For the comment, “Another Scotch-Irish family…”
Collins Dictionary
Stalwart
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stalwart
American soldiers at the siege of Yorktown,
by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, watercolor, 1781
https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Soldiers_at_the_siege_of_Yorktown_(1781),_by_Jean-Baptiste-Antoine_DeVerger.png
Note: For the soldier uniform(s) image.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Catch-As-Catch-Can
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch-as-catch-can
Note: The meaning of Catch-As-Catch-Can is using any available means or method : hit-or-miss.
The Uniforms of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment 1775-1784
A Historical Research Project
https://www.continentalline.org/CL/article-000201/
Shown above:
John McClintock
in the U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
New Hampshire > 01st Regiment, 1777-1780 (Folders 6-12)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1246570:4282
Document name: miusa1775a_113592-00666 .jpeg
Digital page: 667/740
Note: This is a transcribed record.
Journal of the American Revolution
How was the Revolutionary War paid for?https://allthingsliberty.com/2015/02/how-was-the-revolutionary-war-paid-for/
History of Manchester, formerly Derryfield, in New-Hampshire : including that of ancient Amoskeag, or the middle Merrimack Valley, together with the address, poem, and other proceedings of the centennial celebration of the incorporation of Derryfield at Manchester, October 22, 1851
by C. E. Potter, (Chandler Eastman)
https://archive.org/details/historyofmanches00pott
Book page: 184, Digital page: 184/763
Early Records of the Town of Derryfield: Now Manchester, N. H.
1782 — 1800, Volumes II and IX
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordstow00nhgoog/page/n6/mode/2up
Notes: For John McClintock —
Book page: 21-22, Digital page: 29/425, Non resident taxes for 1782
Book page: 40-41, Digital page: 49/425, Non resident taxes for 1783
Book page: 59-60, Digital page: 67-69/425, Non resident taxes for 1784
The Indian Corn Incident
(6) — four records
Early Records of the Town of Derryfield: Now Manchester, N. H.
1751 — 1782, Volumes I and VIII
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordstow01nhgoog/page/n224/mode/2up?view=theater
Book page: 218, Digital page: 225/407,
Note: Representative notice of support for Elizabeth Massey and her child. These notices are numerous within these records.
Alexandrew McClintock
in the New Hampshire, U.S., Government Petitions, 1700-1826
Box 11-20 > Box 14: Oct 1779-Sept 1780 > May 1780
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/25354:62199?tid=&pid=&queryid=e7a12054-205b-44de-bf89-7aca26e34e48&_phsrc=mfA11&_phstart=successSource
Digital pages: 9-10/16
Notes: Their signatures are on page 10. His actual name is Alexander McClintock.
Forgotten Voices of the Revolutionary War
Deserter Ads, People of Color, and Racial Descriptions at the Redding Encampment
https://forgottenvoicesrevwar.org/deserter-ads-people-of-color-and-racial-descriptions-at-the-redding-encampment/
Note: For “Deserter Ad of William Berry and William Benson, both at Redding during the winter of 1778- 1779.”
The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1921
by George Waldo Browne
https://archive.org/details/historyofhillsbo01brow/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater
Book pages: 140-141, Digital pages: 140/567
Note: For Robert Finney and the Indian Corn Incident.
Our Ancestors, Our Narratives 
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