1776, Scarborough, Maine, James Tyler land sale, Patriot, Soldier, William Frost

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1776, Scarborough, Maine, James Tyler land sale, Patriot, Soldier, William Frost:
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This document dated 1776, Scarborough, Maine, is a land sale between James Tyler and John McKenney for a tract of land in Pepperellborough....signed at bottom by James Tyler, JohnFabyan and Joshua Fabyan...signed on back by Joshua Fabyan and William Frost. Document is 8x13, folds, else in overall good condition.

Joshua Fabyan, Esq., was a member of County Convention, September 21, 1774; Selectman of Scarborough, in 1775, 1779 and 1781; Receiver of Taxes, 1775; Representative to General Court in 1776, and a committee to raise Capt. Paul Ellis\' Co. for two months\' service at siege of Boston, in February, 1776; he was a Justice of Court of General Sessions, October 31, 1775, until April, 1797, and a Committee of Cor respondence and Safety at Scarborough in 1782.

WILLIAM FROST, First Lieutenant. Enlisted May 3, 1775, and commissioned Ensign, June 2, of Capt. S. Leighton\'s company, in the Thirtieth Foot, and served until Dec. 31, 1775; commissioned Second Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1776, of Captain S. Wild\'s company, in the Eighteenth Continental Infantry, and served through the year; re-engaged, Nov. 13, 1776, in the Twelfth Massachusetts Regiment of the line, and promoted to First Lieutenant, Jan. 1, 1777, of Capt. S. Burbank\'s company in same regiment.

He took the oath of allegiance at Valley Forge, and commanded his company there, Jan. 23, 1778; and served until April 1, 1779, in same regiment; was left out then through a reorganization, and was appointed barrack master of West Point, and commissary of brigade, July 15, 1779, at special request of General Patterson, and was commissary of issues of General Patterson\'s brigade, during 1780, and until June, 1782, when he was appointed in the contractor service and remained until end of war..

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