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Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 13: George, colonial and Revolutionary service claims. He had served in the colonial wars (1755 Crown Point, 1759, an ensign in 1762) and in the Revolution is named in a company of Rutland minute men at the Lexington alarm and in Capt. David Bent's company marching to Bennington.

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Oak-Oaks-Oakes Family Register (1906), p. 13: George, colonial and Revolutionary service claims. He had served in the colonial wars (1755 Crown Point, 1759, an ensign in 1762) and in the Revolution is named in a company of Rutland minute men at the Lexington alarm and in Capt. David Bent's company marching to Bennington.

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He had served in the colonial

wars, being mustered into service September 25, 1755, for the

Crown Point expedition; enlisting again April 2, 1759; and serv-

ing as ensign 1762 in Captain Jonathan Fay’s company...In the

Revolution he is named in a company of Rutland minute men at

the Lexington alarm, 1775; and he enlisted August 20, 1777, in the

company of Captain David Bent, marching to Bennington.

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Keep in mind: Family tradition, as the family compilation prints it. 'Marching to Bennington' is the book's wording; no personal battle credit is added. Label: Unconfirmed.

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