PULSIFER Rebecca

Notes:

Died:
age 68 yrs., 5 mos., 7 days

Family/Spouse: DAVIS Marshall A.. Marshall died on 26 Dec 1913 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married KENDALL Rebecca before 1815 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. Rebecca died on 02 Feb 1871 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rev. War. battle of Bunker Hill. He was one of the founders (1779) of
the first Baptist Church of Rockingham, Vt.

John married DUTTON Elizabeth in 1773 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. Elizabeth (daughter of DUTTON Thomas and HILL Mary) was born on 18 Dec 1751 in Lundenburg, Wocester Co., MA; died on 02 Dec 1838 in Far East, Caldwell Co., Mo.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Rockingham, windham, Vt. in 1766 with his wife and, Elizabeth
and 5 children (prob. dau. Mary was already married at the time. He
settled opposite South Charlestown, N.H.
Town abd church meetings were sometimes held in his home.
He, with Ebenezer Pulsipher, were among the first nineteen members of
the First Church of Rockingham organized 27 Oct. 1773, Rev. Samuel
Whiting, pastor.
On 21 Apr. 1775, David and his son John (bn 1749) joined a band of
Patriots gathering on both sides of the Connecticut River and were
assigned to Capt. John Marcy's Co. in Col. James Reed's reg't. which
took an active part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. "In the memorable
Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 Jun. 1775, there stood David and John side
by side and fought about 13 Americans against 3000 of the British for
about two hours. When the enemy, after firing Charleston and wending
around under the smoke, had nearly surrounded that wing of their own
army, when they say but a small gap to retreat through which was then
continually plowing the ground with balls from the shipping. But
while they were going out, David Pulsipher saw one of our men wounded
and crawling on his hands and knees. In the meantime a British
soldier ran him through with a bayonet, being filled with indignation
at such rank breach of the laws of all civilized nations he, (John)
immediately stopped, amid scenes of death and carnage, loaded his gun
and shot that man down before he left the ground and then obtained a
safe retrrreat. In a few weeks after this David died with cramp
rheumatism in his breast, (no doubt heart failure).

David married STOWELL Elizabeth on 02 Oct 1740 in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT. Elizabeth (daughter of STOWELL David and HERRINGTON Patience) was born on 21 Aug 1719 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 02 Jul 1786 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married HILL Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]