Joseph Weeks FERNALD

1756 -

• Name	Joseph Weeks FERNALD
  Born	4 Jun 1756	Kittery, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Served on the “Ranger” with Capt John Paul Jones
  Military Event	American Revolution - Capt T, Fernald’s Co, 30th Reg; Pvt
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Person ID	I4683	Main
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Jonathan FERNALD,   b. 31 Aug 1731, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 26 Dec 1789, Kittery, York, Maine  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Sarah WEEKS,   b. 3 Jun 1736, Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. 26 Dec 1789  (Age 53 years)
  Married	21 Aug 1755	Kittery, York, Maine
  Family ID	F1752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Jun 1756 - Kittery, York, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Enlisted, May 13, 1775, residence Kittery, as private in Capt. T. Fernald's company, of the Thirtieth Regiment of the United Colonies. Was in the company Nov. 28, 1775, and was probably discharged Dec. 31, 1775. Enlisted, Jan. 16, 1776, as private, residence Kittery, aged twenty years, in Capt. E. Daniels' company, at Fort Sullivan, and remained there until about Dec. 10, 1776, when he enlisted or was drafted for three months' service with the Continental Army, and probably served in Capt. W. Holbrook's company, of Col. J. Frost's regiment of Massachusetts State Troops, in Connecticut and New York States. He was again in Captain Daniel's company, New Hampshire State Troops, at Fort Sullivan, on June 4, 1777, and Sept. 23, 1777. Enlisted on the Continental frigate “Ranger," Captain Jones, and was on her in the river Loire, France, in December, 1777. His name [is] on back of the third company roll of the town's militia June 23, 1779, and was a private in the same company Oct. 20, 1785. Born, June 4, 1756, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Weeks) Fernald, of Kittery. Married Catharine Chandler, Feb. 13, 1787, at Kittery, and both were residents. Lived in that part of town now called the Foreside. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S242] Kittery and Eliot, Maine,A Record of the Services of the Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of (Indexed) , (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), p96.