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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 9, p. 452: 'Lamson, James (also given William), Boothbay'. Private, Capt. James Bancroft's company, Col. Michael Jackson's regiment, Continental Army pay accounts for service from 1 May 1777 to 31 December 1779; residence Boothbay; term, 3 years; also Capt. Wade's company, Col. Jackson's regiment, from 1 January 1780 to 18 April 1780.

Image · dated 1777-1780 · source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 9 (1908); Internet Archive (public-domain scan)

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, vol. 9, p. 452: 'Lamson, James (also given William), Boothbay'. Private, Capt. James Bancroft's company, Col. Michael Jackson's regiment, Continental Army pay accounts for service from 1 May 1777 to 31 December 1779; residence Boothbay; term, 3 years; also Capt. Wade's company, Col. Jackson's regiment, from 1 January 1780 to 18 April 1780.
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Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: the entry is as in the caption; it is a compilation from the state's pay accounts and gives no age or family. A separate entry for a James Lamson of Roxbury, with a different unit, follows directly below and is not this man. The unit and the service dates match those cited on the Sons of the American Revolution page for patriot P-232624. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that this is the tree's James Lamson (died 18 March 1795 at Boothbay): the residence Boothbay agrees with his death place, but the tree gives his birth at Roxbury, which is also the town of the other James Lamson on this page, so the two entries cannot be separated by place alone.

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