Simeon Lord1
M, (December 1750 - )
| Father-Biological* | Captain Ebenezer Lord1 b. 1719, d. 19 Feb 1811 |
| Mother-Biological* | Martha Emery1 b. 6 Jul 1726, d. 5 May 1773 |
Last Edited=28 Feb 2024
Simeon Lord was born in December 1750 at Berwick, Maine.1 He was the son of Captain Ebenezer Lord and Martha Emery.1
Simeon Lord, age 23, married Mary Hersom on 15 August 1774 at Berwick, Maine. They had no children.1 On 8 May 1775, he elisted in Captian Philip Hubbard's comany, of Colonel James Scammon's Regiment which was made up of men from Maine. He was a sergeant, and was most likely at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775.1 Family tradition says that during his War service, he was in a scouting party that was surprised and surrounded by a large force of British. Sergeant Lord ordered his men to fire a volley. His brother, Nathan, a private, ran out in front of the ranks and yelled “A running fire or they will kill us all.” The men obeyed, and the party was saved.1
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Simeon Lord, age 23, married Mary Hersom on 15 August 1774 at Berwick, Maine. They had no children.1 On 8 May 1775, he elisted in Captian Philip Hubbard's comany, of Colonel James Scammon's Regiment which was made up of men from Maine. He was a sergeant, and was most likely at the Battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775.1 Family tradition says that during his War service, he was in a scouting party that was surprised and surrounded by a large force of British. Sergeant Lord ordered his men to fire a volley. His brother, Nathan, a private, ran out in front of the ranks and yelled “A running fire or they will kill us all.” The men obeyed, and the party was saved.1
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Citations
- Chamberlain, George Walter. Soldiers of the American Revolution, of Lebanon, Maine. Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth & Braintree Publish Comany, 1992.