Corporal JOHN FELTON Sr was born 9 November 1741 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, the son of JACOB FELTON and his 1st wife, SARAH BARRETT. JOHN married on 23 January 1766 PERSIS ROGERS of Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts. The couple migrated in September 1766 to the town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. All of their nine children were born there.
JOHN FELTON enlisted first in Jun 1777 as a Private in the 9th New Hampshire Militia (Volunteers) under Col ENOCH HALE, in Capt JAMES LEWIS' Co. He enlisted for a 2nd tour of duty in September 1777 as a Corporal in Capt JAMES LEWIS' Co, Col DANIEL MOORE's Regiment. The 9th New Hampshire Militia served as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign, and joining forces with General HORATIO GATES to help defeat British General JOHN BURGOYNE in northern New York.
After the war, JOHN FELTON moved his family to Montgomery County, New York (1790), Otsego County, New York (1800), and finally by 1804 Newstead, Niagra County, New York (now in Erie County). JOHN FELTON was one of the original settlers at Newstead, which was part of the Holland Purchase in Western New York; his wife PERSIS became a founding member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newstead in 1807.
From there, the family moved to Clarence (Clarence Hollow), Niagra County New York. The area became part of Erie County in 1821.
According to a burial card, Corporal JOHN FELTON died in 1820 in Clarence, New York, likely during an epidemic, and is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery (now known as Schopf Cemetery). The cemetery apparently has been abandoned.
Corporal JOHN FELTON Sr is in the lineage of my maternal grandfather R B MARTINE.
Sources:
--DAR Patriot Index
--A Genealogical History of the Felton Family by Cyrus Felton
--History of the town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire by Charles Austin Bemis
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Betty
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