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John Hathaway was born during the month of April 1758 in Suffield, Litchfield (now Hartford) County, Connecticut. In June 1775, John Hathaway, of Suffield, Connecticut, enlisted at Roxbury, Massachusetts in Captain Nathan Peter's Company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's Massachusetts Regiment. Danielson's Regiment was assigned to Brigadier General John Thomas' Brigade and formed part of the right wing of the army under Major General Artemas Ward during the siege of Boston. Captain Peter's Company was stationed on the hill at Roxbury, Massachusetts where they were engaged in making a Forts and Fortifications until discharged in late 1775. In the spring of 1776, John enlisted for six months at Suffield, Connecticut with the Connecticut troops under the immediate command of 2nd Lieutenant (later Captain) Nathaniel Pomeroy. These troops were technically in Captain John Harmon Jr.'s 2nd Company, Colonel Samuel Mott's Connecticut Battalion raised to reinforce the Continental Army in the Northern Department stationed at Fort Ticonderoga and it's vicinity. Lieutenant Pomery and the troops under his command, however, were "on other service." They were marched to Rhode Island and after the retreat from Newport to Providence where they were camped for the remainder of their service. On July 20, 1777, John enlisted at Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont as a Private in Captain John Warner's Company, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Herrick's Vermont Regiment of Green Mountain Rangers. At the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, John was wounded by a musket ball in the left arm. Hew was at the taking of British General John Burgoyne and his army at Saratoga in the fall of 1777. John was mustered out at Bennington, December 3, 1777. In 1780, John enlisted at Fort Ann, Charlotte (now Washington) County, New York, as an Orderly Sergeant in Captain Adiel Sherwood's Company, Colonel Henry Livingston's New York Regiment of Levies in Continental Service. During the British raid upon Fort Ann on October 10, 1780, John was taken prisoner by the Forces under the command of Major Christopher Carleton. John was marched to Montreal, Canada where he was kept in close confinement for more than one year. He then was conveyed to a prison island in the St. Lawrence River and there confined (a part of the time in irons) until the fall 1782 when he and his comrades were embarked on board a British Vessel, transported to Boston, and set at liberty. After the Revolutionary War, John moved to Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont were he resided 14 years. He then moved to Galaway, Saratoga County, New York for about 16 years and then to Thurman (Athol), Warren County, New York.
- Biographical information courtesy of Herman C. Brown
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