{"id":13467,"date":"2016-04-05T11:41:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2017-02-10T13:37:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:37:00","slug":"my-name-is-capt-samuel-payson-and-i-fought-at-the-battle-of-lexington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/my-name-is-capt-samuel-payson-and-i-fought-at-the-battle-of-lexington.html","title":{"rendered":"My Name Is Capt. Samuel Payson, and I Fought at the Battle of Lexington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably don\u2019t know me \u2013 but \u201con the memorable 19th April, 1775, [I] was at [my] plough, in Sharon [Massachusetts], when [I] received the intelligence of the slaughter at Lexington\u2026 [I] immediately took [my] horse from the plough and proceeded to muster the minute men [I] commanded, and marched to drive in the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My story is told in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13469\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:10C1C68CE4845F98@GB3NEWS-10C0A16A7B48D588@2385637-10C0A16B053AD630-10C0A16CA1F51D80\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13469\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hampden-federalist-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Samuel Payson, Hampden Federalist newspaper article 21 July 1819\" width=\"398\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hampden-federalist-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png 398w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hampden-federalist-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary-271x300.png 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hampden Federalist (Springfield, Massachusetts), 21 July 1819, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, as a young man, I fought in three campaigns in the French &amp; Indian War \u2013 and along with my two sons, fought in the American Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n<p>I was so dedicated to the Revolution that I \u201csold [my] farm [and] loaned the money to the town to pay her quota [to finance] soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are more details of my story in this article.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13473\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:11011943732C9DD0@GB3NEWS-110FC357AA21B0B8@2385638-110FC357E9909448@1-110FC359192E51D0\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13473\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/franklin-gazette-newspaper-0722-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Samuel Payson, Franklin Gazette newspaper article 22 July 1819\" width=\"482\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/franklin-gazette-newspaper-0722-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png 482w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/franklin-gazette-newspaper-0722-1819-samuel-payson-obituary-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 22 July 1819, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And in this article.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13475\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2:10F19D9F813DBBD8@GB3NEWS-10FA04E06BD603F0@2385637-10FA04E1E531F518@3-10FA04E4C692B570\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13475\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13475\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hallowell-gazette-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Samuel Payson, Hallowell Gazette newspaper article 21 July 1819\" width=\"456\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hallowell-gazette-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary.png 456w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/hallowell-gazette-newspaper-0721-1819-samuel-payson-obituary-300x163.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hallowell Gazette (Hallowell, Maine), 21 July 1819, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Later in life I lived in Hope, Maine, and died there in 1819, at age 85.<\/p>\n<p>Did your ancestors fight at the Battle of Lexington?<br \/>\nFind their stories in GenealogyBank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Revolutionary War Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/27-colonial-newspapers-to-trace-your-early-american-ancestry.html\">27 Colonial Newspapers to Trace Your Early American Ancestry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/tracing-your-colonial-revolutionary-ancestry-in-newspapers.html\">Tracing Your Colonial &amp; Revolutionary Ancestry in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/top-7-ancestry-websites-for-revolutionary-war-genealogy.html\">Top 7 Websites for Revolutionary War Genealogy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/revolutionary-war-ancestors-life-stories-are-in-old-newspapers.html\">Revolutionary War Ancestors\u2019 Life Stories Are in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article about Capt. 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