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168. Colonel Hugh Maxwell
(27) was born on 23 Apr 1733 in Minterburn,
County Tyrone, Ireland. He emigrated in Jun 1733 from Minterburn, County Tyrone,
Ireland to Bedford, MA, USA. He was elected as member of the First Provincial
Congress, which met in Salem, Mass. in Oct 1774 in Bedford, MA, USA. He was
buried in 1799 in Old South Burying Ground, Heath, MA, USA. He died on 14 Oct
1799 in aboard ship en route to the West Indes with a shipment of horses. He
served in the military 19 Apr 1775 to 3 Nov. 1783 in Boston area, Valley Forge.
Captain in Prescott's Regiment, wounded in the shoulder at Bunker Hill, in New
York
area August and September 1776, at Battles of Trenton and Princeton, fought at
Bennington, Stillwater and Saratoga, Valley Forge in winter 1777, June 1778 at
battle of Monmouth. He was elected as member of the First Provincial Congress
Salem, MA, USA in 7 Oct 1774. He was married to Bridget Monroe on 4 Nov 1760
in Lexington MA, USA. 1759, according to Biographical Notices of the Cincinnati
of Mass. 169. Bridget Monroe
was born on 27 Apr 1735 in Lexington, MA, USA. She died on 15 Jan 1816.
Children were:
i. Hannah
Maxwell was born on 22 Jun 1761 in Bedford, MA, USA. She died on 23 Feb
1849.
ii.
Lilly Maxwell was born on 7 Aug 1763 in Bedford, MA, USA. She died on 20
Jan 1830.
iii.
Dorcas Maxwell was born on 13 Apr 1765 in Bedford, MA, USA.
iv.
Priscilla Maxwell was born on 23 Oct 1767 in Bedford, MA, USA. She was author
of a memoir of her father entitled 'The Christian Patriot" in 1833. She
died on 7 Sep 1851 in Heath, MA, USA.
84 v.
Hugh Maxwell.
vi.
Chloe Maxwell was born on 23 Jun 1772. She died on 29 Mar 1851.
vii.
Sylvester Maxwell was born on 16 Apr 1775. He graduated in 1797 in Yale
University, New Haven, CT, USA. He died on 21 Dec 1858. |