1788, Waterborough, Maine, William Ford, land sale, Patriot William Frost, sign

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1788, Waterborough, Maine, William Ford, land sale, Patriot William Frost, sign:
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This document dated 1788, Waterborough, Maine, William and Elizabeth Ford sell to Miles Ford, a plot of land in Berwick, Maine....signed on back by William and Elizabeth Ford,WilliamHouston, Joseph Milliken, Andrew Burley and William Frost. Document is 8x12, double sided, toned, else in overall good condition.

Andrew Burley (1744-1811) was a minister and married many couples. He removed to Waterboro(ugh), Maine c1773.

William Frost was born May 26, 1747, at Kittery, and was a brother to ÂCol. John Frost, Âmarried, Nov. 16, 1775, at Somersworth, N. H., Elizabeth Randall, of Berwick, Me., daughter of Elipalet Randall, of Berwick, and lived in that part of Kittery now Eliot. Was living at York, in 1800, and was Register of Deeds for York County several years.

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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