PULSIFER David

1706 - 1775  (68 years)

• Name	PULSIFER David
  Birth	07 May 1706	Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Apr 1775	Battle of Bunker Hill
  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).
  Person ID	I7029	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	PULSIFER David,   b. 25 Sep 1685, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. Abt Dec 1720, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna,,   b. Abt 1691
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1704
  Family ID	F7007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	STOWELL Elizabeth,   b. 21 Aug 1719, Newton, Middlesex Co., MA d. 02 Jul 1786, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	02 Oct 1740	Pomfret, Windham Co., CT
  Children	1. PULSIFER Ebenezer,   b. 1741, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT  [natural]   2. PULSIFER Mary,   b. Abt 29 Jan 1743, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT d. 1786, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT (Age ~ 42 years)  [natural]   3. PULSIFER Esther,   b. Abt 13 Mar 1746, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT  [natural]   4. PULSIFER John,   b. 19 Jul 1749, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT d. 04 Jul 1827, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT (Age 77 years)  [natural]   5. PULSIFER David,   b. 06 Oct 1751, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT d. 06 Nov 1754, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA (Age 3 years)  [natural]   6. PULSIFER Elizabeth,   b. 12 Jun 1754, Ware, Hampshire Co., MA  [natural]   7. PULSIFER David,   b. 29 Sep 1757, Pomfret, Windham Co., CT d. 14 Jan 1835, Rockingham, Windham Co., VT (Age 77 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F7029	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024